Books - "history"
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Islam in the African-American Experience
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: religion African-American studies history Islam religious muslims
China and the Superpowers
SOME HIGHLIGHTING, 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: Basil Blackwell 1986
KEYWORDS: China Chinese politics US America American Russia Russian political relations foreign history
Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America: A Memoir: Volume 1
THIS VOL ONLY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company 1990
KEYWORDS: Jefferson Davis US America American confederacy confederate biography memoir politics political history presidents presidency
War Between Russia and China
ANNOTATIONS & 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: W. W. Norton & Company 1969
KEYWORDS: Russia China relations conflict history soviet Russian Chinese politics political tensions
Peking and Moscow
SOME ANNOTATION & HIGHLIGHTING, 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: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1963
KEYWORDS: political politics history China Russia Chinese Russian soviet foreign relations
Seed of a Country: A Story of the Life and Times of John and Janet McGregor
Super octavo, black faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 140pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to boards, fep missing, inscription in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Privately Published 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Scottish migrants history Aotearoa early settlers pioneers biography memoir McGregor John Janet
A History of Queen's Redoubt & the Invasion of the Waikato
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, xiii + 314pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Atuanui Press 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history conflict Waikato War colonial Maori British Queen's Redoubt
Round Shot and Rammers
Quarto, orange heavy boards, black lettering to grey buckram spine, frontispiece, 128pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, white-out/tippex to top corner of ffep, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Bonanza Books 1969
KEYWORDS: US America American history muzzle loading artillery military weaponry guns canons mortars howitzers siege guns petards swivel columbiads
Milk of Paradise: A History of Opium
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 440pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2018
KEYWORDS: first edition opium drug opiates industry war pharmaceuticals history poppy tears poppies heroin fentanyl
The Epic Battles for Ticonderoga, 1758
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white & red lettering to spine, xi + 264pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light fading, chafing & soiling to spine & boards, sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 2007
KEYWORDS: military history war Ticonderoga British New York 18th eighteenth century conflict
Disraeli's Daughter
WARMLY INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 159pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2013
KEYWORDS: Benjamin Disraeli illegitimate children daughters biography family history British politicians Victorian Britain
Celtic Religion in Roman Britain
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 205pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Barnes & Noble Books 1987
KEYWORDS: religion ancient history celts celtic Roman Britain British archaeology archeology anthropology
Pillars of the Past: History, Science, Technology as These Relate to Chronology
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 578pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, sl soiling & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated (2003)
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity geophysics Immanuel Velikovsky civilisations civilizations archaeology archeology
When China Unites: An Interpretive History of the Chinese Revolution
FIRST EDITION, octavo, orange buckram boards, blue lettering & decoration/illus to spine, top page edges stained blue, 293pp + xiii index to rear, folding map to prelims, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1937
KEYWORDS: first edition China Chinese history revolution politics 20th twentieth century
East of the Iron Curtain
FIRST EDITION, SCARCE, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black illus to front board, illus eps, 361pp, VG- (heavy staining to boards, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some light to moderate water & water related staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ziff Davis 1946
KEYWORDS: first edition Russia Russian soviet geopolitics politics political territory history
Cursed Days: A Diary of Revolution
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, red lettering to black buckram spine, frontispiece, xiii + 286pp, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional light highlighting) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ivan R. Dee 1998
KEYWORDS: first edition Russian revolution Russia anti-bolshevik diary journal history
Galatas 1941: Courage in Vain
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate curling & creasing to cover edges & corners, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed 2006
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two ii Greece Galatas campaigns Crete New Zealand kiwi soldiers
In Darkest England and the Way Out
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, folding frontispiece, 285pp + xxxi appendix to rear, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems- adhesive strapping reinforcement/mending, light scuffing & cracking to spine & hinges, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters, half title pg detached but present & other prelim pgs loose, 1cm closed tear to folding frontis, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army N/D (c.1890)
KEYWORDS: Salvation Army Christianity history religion charity work charities poverty
The Syonan Years: Singapore Under Japanese Rule 1942-1945
Quarto, illus stiff card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps, illus title page & prelims, 345pp + unpaginated index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing/bruising to cover edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: National Archives of Singapore and Epigram Pte Ltd 2005
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Singapore Japan empire British Japanese Asia
Marguerite Higgins: War in Korea: The Report of a Woman Combat Correspondent
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY LEGENDARY PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, SCARCE! Octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine, illus eps, 223pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl discolouration to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday & Company 1951
KEYWORDS: military history pulitzer prize winners Marguerite Higgins photography Korean war signed rare