Books - "history"
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Thomas Telford's Aqueduct's on the Stropshire Union Canal
Signed by author. 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: Swan-Hill Press 1992
KEYWORDS: aqueducts infrastructure canal canals united kingdom engineering thomas telford history
Speeches to the Party
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: Pathfinder 1973
KEYWORDS: socialism socialist history politics radicalizing socialist workers party american memoir
Land or Death: The Peasant Struggle in Peru
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: Pathfinder 1972
KEYWORDS: peru peruvian history peasant struggle working class politics revolution latin american america hugo blanco
Labour's Utopias: Bolshevism, Fabianism, Social Democracy
Underlining. 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: Routledge 1992
KEYWORDS: bolshevism fabianism social democracy socialism politics labour history left wing utopias
Time, Space and the Market
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: M. E. Sharpe 2003
KEYWORDS: politics economics time space the market retail stores history advertising
Fidel Castro Speeches: Cuba's Internationalist Foreign Policy 1975-80
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: Pathfinder 1981
KEYWORDS: fidel castro speeches political politics south american latin america cuba cuban revolution communism communist socialist history foreign policy
Plundering Paradise: The Struggle for the Environment in the Philippines
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: California 1993
KEYWORDS: environmentalism the environment the philippines politics history environmental resources
The Yellow Cross: The Story of the Last Cathars 1290-1329
First uk 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: Knopf 2001
KEYWORDS: cathars medieval history europe european french france the inquisition christianity christian religious religion persecution
The Secret Police in Lenin's Russia
Octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 332pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, sl crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/sm closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to edges)
PUBLISHER: Temple University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history soviet secret police VCheka Lenin
The Peenemunde Wind Tunnels: A Memoir
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, x + 187pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w & removable protective cover, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: first edition Peter P Wegener autobiography memoir supersonic wind tunnels Peenemunde ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 history aerodynamics science
Abyssinia on the Eve
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 286pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems & spine, light fading to spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking & soiling to some gutters throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling, moderate creasing to spine & flaps)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1935
KEYWORDS: Africa uncolonised Abyssinia independence history Ladislas Farago
Magic and Ritual in Tibet: The Cult of Tara
FIRST INDIAN EDITION, super octavo, mustard cloth boards, red gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 542pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & discolouration to extems, light soiling to boards, light foxing z7 moderate tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading, chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Motilal Banarsidass 1988
KEYWORDS: first Indian edition religion spirituality Tibet Tibetan Tara ancient history anthropology antiquity
L'Auberge de Secheron: Au Temps des Princesses et des Berlines
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#370/800), TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, cream textured heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, frontispiece, viii + 181pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate foxing to spine & boards, light tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Editions du 'Journal de Geneve' 1934
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH secheron inn princesses sedans history
Datus: A Chronology of New Zealand From the Time of the Moa
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red buackram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt moa illus to front board, deckled lower page edges, frontispiece, 221pp, illus/photos, VG- (prev. owner's clear tape repairs to spine, light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: National Printing Co. 1932
KEYWORDS: signed George Finn New Zealand Aotearoa history anthropology settlers pioneers moa
Fun & Fantasy: A Book of Drawings
FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, 87pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy warping & bruising to extrems, moderate foxing & tanning to lower board edges, light water staining to lower edge of rear board, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to edges with tidy archival tape repairs, moderate foxing, heavy tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co/Punch 1927
KEYWORDS: first edition Punch drawings comic strips history humour humor
The Protracted Game: A Wei-Ch'i Interpretation of Maoist Revolutionary Strategy
SCARCE! Octavo, illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, 242pp, illus/maps, VG- (moderate scuffing & curling to covers, heavy fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, light to moderate foxing to page edges, annotations in ink to inside front cover, occasional underlining to text)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: social political science politics revolution Mao Maoist philosophy wei-ch'i communism geopolitics 20th century twentieth history
The Reign of Elizabeth I: Court and Culture in the Last Decade
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, light brown lettering to spine, xiv + 313pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: British royal family history Elizabethan queens Elizabeth 1st first i politics the virgin queen political culture court
Into the Frozen South
Octavo, grey buckram boards, dark green lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + 246pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy soiling/staining to rear board, moderate soiling & discolouration to spine & front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light cracking to some gutters, light to moderate foxing to pages, moderate soiling to index at rear)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1923
KEYWORDS: quest expedition exploration travel literature history Scout Marr south
A Very Gallant Gentleman
FIRST EDITION, octavo, purple buckram boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy fading to spine & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, moderate cracking to some gutters, item between pgs 10-11 missing)
PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1933
KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir L E G Oates military history
Memoirs of a Slave-Trader
Octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 248pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D
KEYWORDS: Theodore Canot autobiography memoir slavery slave trade history traders