Books - "history"
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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
The Secret History of Stalin's Crimes
FIRST EDITION, EXTENSIVE ANNOTATION & HIGHLIGHTING, ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS TO JACKET, octavo, black buckram boards, yellow & white lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained black, xvi + 366pp, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes, aforementioned v heavy annotations & highlighting to eps & text throughout, light cracking to some gutters- boards sl shaky) in d/w, VG- (v heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some archival tape repairs, moderate scuffing & surface loss, price clipped, light highlighting to text to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Random House 1953
KEYWORDS: Josef Stalin war crimes history Russia Russian espionage USSR soviet Moscow trials Lubianka prison assassinations
Scarlet Memorial: Tales of Cannibalism in Modern China
Super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xxii + 199pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, 1x highlighted part to index at rear- rest of text clean) in d/w & plastic protective wrap, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Westview Press 1996
KEYWORDS: China Chinese cannibalism mass murder executions modern history communist party Guangxi province Zhuang people politics
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
Jane's Fighting Ships 1982-83
Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, 936pp total, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, boards sl shaky, light tanning & soiling to page edges, tape residue to front pastedown, moderate foxing to half title page & some prelims, partial contents page taped to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing Company 1982
KEYWORDS: maritime Jane's nautical ships boats history early 80s eighties warships military naval navy silhouette recognition stats engineering design
Sleeps Standing Moetu
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to front board, frontispiece, 221pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Vintage/Penguin Random House 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand te reo Maori literature Witi Ihimaera Hemi Kelly modern first edition battle of orakau history fiction Sleeps Standing novella
Molotov Remembers: Inside Kremlin Politics
SOME OCCASIONAL HIGHLIGHTING & UNDERLINING TO TEXT & NOTES TO MARGINS, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to red cloth spine, xxiii + 438pp, VG+ (aforementioned highlighting & underlining- v occasional & relatively unobtrusive, light bruising & fading to top spine extrem, light foxing & ink marking to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine & front cover, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Ivan R. Dee 1993
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian politics Felix Chuev V M Molotov history 20th twentieth century Kremlin
Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph (De Luxe Edition)
DE LUXE EDITION, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 672pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & soiling to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crack to some gutters sporadically throughout, sm annotation in ink to terminal page) in d/w, scruffy/delicate (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape repairs, moderate to heavy staining, heavy cracking to folds of flaps, all corners sl clipped)
PUBLISHER: Garden City Publishing 1938
KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia literature Arabian adventures military history warfare
The New Zealand People at War: War Economy
EX-LIBRARY, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) flaps cut & pasted to front pastedown; 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: R. E. Owen, Gov't Printer 1965
KEYWORDS: New Zealand war history economy politics business ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
Merchant Adventurers: The Voyage of Discovery That Transformed Tudor England
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2013
KEYWORDS: English history tudors tudor times exploration merchant sailing Asia British
Medieval Intrigue: Decoding Royal Conspiracies
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: Continuum 2012
KEYWORDS: medieval history royal families mysteries conspiracy theories