Books - "history"
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The Underated Enemy: Britain's War with Japan December 1941 - May 1942
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
Overture to Overlord: Special Operations in Preparation for D-Day
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
Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign
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
An Adiction to Automobiles: The occupational autobiography of an engineer and journalist
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
Romanian Humanists and European Culture: A Contribution to Comparative Cultural History
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
Art from the Ashes: A Holocaust Anthology
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
The Exiles of Crocodile Island
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
Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard - Part XVIII - I . Landscapes
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
Lapita: Ancestors And Descendants
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
Strapped For Cash - A History Of American Hustler Culture
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
Picturing Time - The Work Of Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904)
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
The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth - Century Philosophers
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
The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man : An Essay on Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East
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
The Gospel According to Woman : Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West
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
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History
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
Portraits to the Wall : Historic Lesbian Lives Unveiled
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
Against the Odds: Battles at Sea 1591-1949
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
Eclipse of Empire? Perceptions of the Western Empire and Its Rulers in Late-Medieval France
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
The World of Emperor Charles V
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
The Franco-German War, 1870-1871 [5 volume set with 5 volumes of maps]
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