Books - "history"
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AIRSHIPWRECK
Black cloth with silver title to spine & front, 72pp illua, FINE in d/w NEAR FINE with v sl tears & creasing to upper rear
PUBLISHER: Holt Rinehart & Winston New York 1978
KEYWORDS: history aviation airships
FOCKE-WULF
An Aircraft Album
First edition, red cloth with silver to spine, NEAR FINE with v sl foxing to ep's & v sl bumped spine head in d/w VG+(v sl wear to extrems, price clipped & v sl internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan London 1973
KEYWORDS: aviation history germany focke-wulf
THE FLYING WINGS OF NORTHROP: Pilots Handbook for Model YB-49 Airplane
quarto softcover 75pp illus, VG+ with v sl foxing to fore edges & v sl soiled covers
PUBLISHER: Aviation Publications Wisconsin 1977
KEYWORDS: aviation history northrop YB-49
Mentone and its Neighbourhood:The Past and the Present
first edition 464pp ills.[b/w incl.fold-out map at rear] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.sl.sunned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.separation starting at rear prelim.gutter,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton london 1910
KEYWORDS: history travel geography mentone france george muller
Tales of the Sea
142pp+ads.ills.[text and ills.in green] VG- (green cloth w.dk.green/gilt stamps,rubbed and stained and sl.sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.w.1cm splits to head and foot of upper hinge,binding attached only at rear gutter,owner's inscr.to both feps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some thumb stains to contents,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections,cocked)
PUBLISHER: charles and dible london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history nautical john t.mawson
The British Fleet
the growth,achievements and duties of the navy of the empire
ex-lib first edition in half-leather 560pp ills. VG+ (marbled paper boards w.red half-leather,gilt bands/titling/libr.stamp to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.some minor surface losses,spine sl.sunned and mod.stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,libr.stamp to ffep o/w no other marks,sl.paper separation at fep gutter,contents clean,edges speckled and sl.rubbed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1894
KEYWORDS: history nautical military britain navy charles n.robinson
Scholar Mountaineers
pioneers of parnassus
first edition 164pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth,sl.rubbed,sl.bumps to extrems.,clear acetate protector is taped to pastedowns,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: dennis dobson london 1950
KEYWORDS: mountaineering history sport travel geography wilfrid noyce
Fighting Instructions 1530-1816
new impression 366pp NF (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,te green,ribbon marker) in NF d/w (minor bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: conway maritime press london 1971
KEYWORDS: history military nautical julian s.corbett
Old Oak
the life of john jervis earl of st.vincent
first edition 230pp few ills. VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,edges sl.soiled,cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine mod.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,internal tape reinforcements)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1950
KEYWORDS: history biography nautical john jervis william james
The Germans in England 1066-1598
first edition 262pp+ads.[fold-out map] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,amateur internal reinforcements to head/foot of spine,paste action to eps,minor insect hole to ffep,map sl.browned,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: the national review office london 1915
KEYWORDS: history germany england military geography ian d.colvin
Uneasy Oceans
first edition 382pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps at rear] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,maps and paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,amateur internal reinforcements to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1939
KEYWORDS: military history nautical kenneth edwards
The Evolution of Sea-Power
first edition 288pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.spine browned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1912
KEYWORDS: military history nautical p.a.silburn
King,Lords and Gentlemen
influence and power of the english upper classes
first edition in engl. 259pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and edges browned,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1939
KEYWORDS: history sociology karl heinz abshagen
Danger Zone
the story of the queenstown command
first edition 437pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,amateur internal reinforcements to head/foot of spine,maps to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: rich & cowan london 1934
KEYWORDS: history nautical military e.keble chatterton queenstown
The Londons of the British Fleet
how they faced the enemy on the day of battle and what their story means for us to-day
first edition 455pp+ads.ills[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.contents sl.foxed,owner's stamp throughout,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1908
KEYWORDS: history military nautical edward fraser
Blockade and Sea Power
the blockade,1914-1919,and its significance for a world state
first edition 449pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,edges sl.browned/foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [1924]
KEYWORDS: military history nautical maurice parmelee
Sea Elephant
the life and death of the elephant seal
first edition 185pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,internal tape reinforcements to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee 1952
KEYWORDS: natural history sea elephant l.harrison matthews
Richtofen The Red Knight of the Air
285pp ills.[b/w] VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sunned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,2x owner's inscr.to feps,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed,contents sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: john hamilton london [nd,inscr.dated 1935]
KEYWORDS: history aviation biography military richtofen
Civilization
an essay
first edition 257pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned,sl.paper separation to ep gutters,owner's inscr.in pencil to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1928
KEYWORDS: history literature clive bell bloomsbury civilization
State Aid and State Interference
illustrated by results in commerce and industry
first edition 284pp+ads. VG- (red cloth,soiled and mod.rubbed,sunned spine,bumps and chipping to extrems.,contents sl.soiled,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1882
KEYWORDS: history politics commerce george baden-powell