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$25.00
ak4/19/2715

The Underated Enemy: Britain's War with Japan December 1941 - May 1942


STEWART, ADRIAN

Super octavo hardcover (NF) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: William Kimber, 1987

KEYWORDS: british japanese second world war 2 II ww2 military history

$25.00
ak4/19/2716

Overture to Overlord: Special Operations in Preparation for D-Day


MACKAY, FRANCIS

Super octavo hardcover (NF) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword, 2005

KEYWORDS: d-day second 2 II world war military history ww2

$32.50
ak4/19/2717

Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign


HESKETH, ROGER & WEST, NIGEL (intro)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: St. Ermin's Press, 1999

KEYWORDS: d-day second 2 II world war military history ww2

$39.50
ak4/19/2732

An Adiction to Automobiles: The occupational autobiography of an engineer and journalist


PLATT, MAURICE

SIGNED, CORRESPONDANCE WITH CADILLAC HISTORIAN MAURICE HENDRY ENCLOSED. Octavo hardcover (G+) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne, 1980

KEYWORDS: automobile car history cadillac autobiography signed with corresponende between author and historian maurice hendry

$25.00
ak4/19/2738

Romanian Humanists and European Culture: A Contribution to Comparative Cultural History


DUTU, ALEXANDRU

Octavo softcover (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Editura Academiei Republicii Socialiste Romania, 1977

KEYWORDS: socialism romanian cultural history issue 55 bibliotheca historica romanae

$25.00
ak4/19/2740

Art from the Ashes: A Holocaust Anthology


LANGER, LAWRENCE L. (eds)

ex-library, occasional pencil underscoring. Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, 1995

KEYWORDS: jewish history world war 2 second ww2 poetry journals diaries primo levi

$35.00
ak4/19/2742

The Exiles of Crocodile Island


MEYER, HENYE & DERSHOWITZ, YOSEF (illust.)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Mesorah Publications, 1991

KEYWORDS: jewish literature history artscroll series

$100.00
1y96/35

Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard - Part XVIII - I . Landscapes


ADLER, WOLFGANG

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo hardcover, black cloth boards, titleplate to spine, 376pp., illus, VG+ (mild foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (moderate curling to edges, mild creasing, mild fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Harvey Miller Publishers c. 1982

KEYWORDS: fine art painting criticism history biography

$75.00
1y96/39

Lapita: Ancestors And Descendants


SHEPPARD, PETER J., THOMAS, TIM & SUMMERHAYES, GLENN R.

Imperial octavo softcover, illus light card covers, black and red lettering to covers and spine, vii + 269pp., VG+ (sl rubbing to covers, light wear to extrems)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Archaeological Association 2009

KEYWORDS: history archaeology pacific islands pacifica culture

$40.00
1y97/3

Strapped For Cash - A History Of American Hustler Culture


FRIEDMAN, MACK

oblong quarto softcover, illus light card covers, white and red lettering to front cover, illus title page, xvi + 287pp., VG (heavy curl to covers, moderate fraying to cover corners, 2cm closed tear to base of spine, mild foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Alyson Books 2003

KEYWORDS: photography art history america usa us hustler culture

$40.00
1y97/5

Picturing Time - The Work Of Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904)


BRAUN, MARTA

Square super octavo softcover, illus light card covers, coloured lettering to covers and spine, frontispiece, illus titlepage, VG- (heavy bubbling to covers, heavy creasing to covers, moderately heavy splitting to cover edges, moderately heavy scuffing and bruising to cover and spine extrems, moderate soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: University Of Chicago Press 1992

KEYWORDS: art history biography photography criticism

$15.00
xxrmj164250

The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth - Century Philosophers


BECKER, CARL L.

Octavo, softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: history philosophers 18th eighteenth century age of reason St Augustine

$15.00
xxrmk164253

The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man : An Essay on Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East


FRANKFORT, H. & H.A. & WILSON, JOHN A. & JACOBSEN, THORKILD & IRWIN, WILLIAM A.

Octavo, softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1977

KEYWORDS: history ancient man human being beings intelligence intellect thought spiritual life Mesopotamians Hebrews Egyptians

$12.50
xxrml164267

The Gospel According to Woman : Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West


ARMSTRONG, KAREN

Octavo, softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1987

KEYWORDS: study history religion woman womans rights Christian Christianity effect society

$18.00
xxrnb164269

The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History


HEY, DAVID

Super octavo, softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: guide research researching family history alphabetical order information advice

$18.50
xxrnb164271

Portraits to the Wall : Historic Lesbian Lives Unveiled


COLLIS, ROSE

Octavo, softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1994

KEYWORDS: history celebration lesbian lesbians woman womans rights social influence culture

$50.00
ak4/20/2768

Against the Odds: Battles at Sea 1591-1949


MCKEE, ALEXANDER

Octavo black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, xii+272pp, illus., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, light tanning throughout) in d/w nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1991

KEYWORDS: maritime naval military history alexander mckee

$100.00
ak4/20/2772

Eclipse of Empire? Perceptions of the Western Empire and Its Rulers in Late-Medieval France


JONES, CHRIS

Super octavo illus. brown heavy card boards, xvii+415pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing to boards and small gouge (unobtrusive) to rear board, prev. owner's details in pen to title page, otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Brepols 2007

KEYWORDS: western empire medieval middle ages europe european history academic french france emperor frederick ii saint-denis pierre dubois charles d'anjou angevin sicily christianity

$40.00
ak4/20/2774

The World of Emperor Charles V


BLOCKMANS, WIM & MOUT, NICOLETTE (ed.)

Super octavo illus. white light card covers, vii+364pp, VG+ (sl. soiling and sl. tanning, otherwise nr. FINE) (NB most but not all essays are in English)

PUBLISHER: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 2004

KEYWORDS: spain netherlands dutch spanish european history early modern emperor charles v fifth 5th 5

$4500.00
ak1/16B/2778

The Franco-German War, 1870-1871 [5 volume set with 5 volumes of maps]


CLARKE, CAPTAIN F. C. H. (transl.)

5x VOLUME SET, WITH A FURTHER 5x VOLUMES OF MAPS (10x VOUMES TOTAL, VERY HEAVY); DESCRIPTION: super octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine (with part 1 vol's 1 & 2, and part 2 vol. 1 only, rebound in library bindings, red cloth also); DETAILS: First Part (2 vol's): History of the War to the Downfall of the Empire, comprising vol. 1: From the Outbreak of Hostilities to the Battle of Gravelotte, viii+439pp+143pp appendices, illus.; vol. 2: From the Battle of Gravelotte to the Downfall of the Empire, vi+543pp+120pp appendices, illus. / Second Part (3 vol's): History of the War against the Republic, comprising: vol. 1: From the Investment of Paris to the Re-Occupation of Orleans by the Germans, viii+390pp+182pp appendices, illus.; vol. 2: Events in Northern France From the End of November, in the North-West from the Beginning of December..., viii+390pp+232pp appendices, illus.; vol. 3: Twentieth Section: General Retrospect of the War From The Beginning of... / Events in South-East France From the Middle of Janurary to.... ix+248pp+111pp+4pp appendices; 5x map volumes comprise copious large fold-out maps in draw-cases accompanying each main vol. of the text, with the map volumes to part 1 (vol's 1 & 2) and part 2 vol 1. only being library rebinds (brown leather, raised bands), the rest in red cloth with gilt lettering and gilt arms to front; CONDITION: VG to VG+: tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings; light scuffing to boards, light tanning soiling and occasional light foxing within, with the occasional vol. with heavier scuffing rubbing and sl. chipping, also occasional minor tears within, part 1 vol. 2 has two pages of appendices loose; part 2 vol. 2 has heavier chipping and scuffing to spine and v. minor crack to front hinge; part 2 vol's 1 & 2 have rear flyleaf cut - a tidy set overall; HEAVY, EXPECT COMMENSURATE SHIPPING

PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationary Office 1874, 1876, 1880, 1883, 1884

KEYWORDS: franco-prussian franco prussian war napoleon 2nd second empire paris commune france prussia german germany unification moltke military history war european europe map maps her majesty's stationary office official translation french

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