Books - "history"
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Red River Women
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: Republic of Texas Press 1996
KEYWORDS: texas frontier women red river pioneers united states of america american history confederate confederates confederacy
A Political History of the Texas Republic 1836-1845
Some annotations. 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: Texas 1956
KEYWORDS: texas texan history republic confederate confederacy united states of america american politics
America As Seen By It's First Explorers
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: Dover 1961
KEYWORDS: america american discovery exploration european explorers colonization united states of history
An Italian Renaissance Sextet: Six Tales in Historical
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: Toronto 2004
KEYWORDS: italian renaissance sextet ricciarda scopone friar and priest bianco alfani giacoppo the fat woodcarver literary analysis history
My Jihad
A couple of areas highlighted. Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Lyons Press 2002
KEYWORDS: jihad usama bin laden laden's training camps counterterrorism terrorism fbi cia american war on terror mujahid politics history jihadis
The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West
Some highlighting and annotations. Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: St. Martins Press 1994
KEYWORDS: gorbachev era soviet politics intelligence spies cia esponiage cold war history russia russian
I Was Stalin's Agent
First edition (some staining, lacks f/p, some annotations). Super octavo (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: Hamish & Hamilton [n. d.]
KEYWORDS: stalin spy russian russia soviet intelligence history
Strange War, Strange Strategy
First edition. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Funk & Wagnalls 1970
KEYWORDS: memoir vietnam war lewis w. walt america american history military united states of
Texas Through Time: Evolving Interpretations
Highlighting and annotation. 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: Texas A & M University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: texas texan history united states of america american politcs society culture
The Tunnels of Cu Chi
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing 1985
KEYWORDS: vietnam war US tunnel rats american military history united states usa soldiers tunnels
Shadow Warriors: Inside the Special Forces
First edition. Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1988
KEYWORDS: american special forces united states of america usa history military soldiers army
How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War
A couple of pages of highlighting & annotation. 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: Public Affairs Reports 2001
KEYWORDS: terrorism us united states of war on terror military history america american pyschology
Spy in the U.S.
First edition. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1962
KEYWORDS: espionage cold war communist communism polish colonel history politics
Von Richthofen and the Flying Circus
Quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 211pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & chafing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Aero Publishers 1964
KEYWORDS: avaition history German Germany luftwaffe von Richthofen biography
Fokker - The Man and the Aircraft
Quarto, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading/soiling & scuffing to board edges/extrems, light fading to spine, light soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing & tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Harleyford Publications 1961
KEYWORDS: Anthony Fokker biography aviation history design engineering
Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War
Quarto, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate fading & tanning to spine, sl soiling to boards & page edges, light tanning & wrinkling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Harleyford Publications 1960
KEYWORDS: aviation military ww1 first 1st world war one 1 fighter planes history design engineering aircraft
The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel 1250 - 1050 B.C.E.
Impreial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine, xxv + 916pp, VG- (heavy curling & creasing to cover edges with some sl peeling & chipping/closed tearing, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers & page edges, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Orbis Books 1981
KEYWORDS: Israel Israeli history ancient antiquity sociology religious religion liberation God Yahweh Jews Jewish theology biblical twelve tribes 12
A Man Must Choose
FIRST EDITION, EXTENSIVE HIGHLIGHTING, ANNOTATIONS & POST-IT NOTES FROM A PREVIOUS PASSIONATE READER/OWNER! Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, top page edges stained blue, ix + 302pp, VG (light to moderate discolouration to spine/board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, highlighter remnants to ffep, aforementioned heavy/extensive highlighting & annotations to text throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate highlighting to text & sm annotated post-it note on front flap)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1963
KEYWORDS: first edition China Chinese espionage spies Eric Chou communism communist party politics war military political history brainwashing re-education Hong Kong
The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to red buckram spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xviii + 461pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems with some sl surface loss, light tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (v heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- some loss, moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Monthly Review Press 1956
KEYWORDS: first edition biography Chu Teh Agnes Smedley China Chinese politics red army military history
The William Morris Manuscript of The Odes of Horace
#619 OF A NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION OF 980, octavo sized book presented in a quarto sized clam shell presentation case, enclosed is the quarto sized commentary & translation, The Odes of Horace text is fully leather bound with raised bands & gilt lettering to spine, each of the 183pp are beautifully illustrated and/or decorated, the insert in which it sits is maroon velvet & has beautiful gilt decoration in its surroundings, the quarto sized accompanying commentary & translation sits atop the presentation text nicely and is of deep green heavy boards with gilt lettering to the front board, it also has a frontispiece & 63pp. With the exception of the clam shell case, both text & commentary are in Near FINE condition. The deep green clam shell case is with gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & silver gilt decoration to front board & in VG+ condition (light chafing & soiling to case only) A truly magnificant addition to anyone's bookcase!
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2014
KEYWORDS: Odes of Horace folio society limited numbered edition literature translated poems eulogy verses social commentary prose history