Books - "history"
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The Discovery of King Arthur
In Association with Debrett's Peerage
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: king arthur history debrett's peerage britain britsh
Dream Reaper: The Story of an Old-Fashioned Inventor in the High-Tech, High-Stakes World of Modern Agriculture
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: University of Chicago Press 1997
KEYWORDS: mark underwood combine craig canine history technology america american mechanization mechanisation
Life Against Death: The Psychoanalytical Meaning of History
Second Edition
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: Wesleyan University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: psychoanalysis history psychoanalytic theory norman o brown theory criticism
Conservatism: The Fight for a Tradition
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: Princeton University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: conservatism conservative history politics edmund fawcett
Toward the Final Solution: A History of European Racism
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 277pp, VG (light scuffing & soiling to extrems & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light markings to margins in pencil) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing to covers, sl foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1978
KEYWORDS: first editions history race ethnicity racism Europe European nazism
Hitler - Memoirs of a Confidant
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xxvi + 333pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, moderate fading to spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light cracking to front gutter, some light to moderate underlining to text in ink)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: Europe European history nazism Adolf Adolph Hitler nazi German Germany national socialism politics
The German Revolution
Super octavo, red glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, xiii + 334pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl curling to cover edges, light foxing to page edges, light underling to text in red ink- unobtrusive)
PUBLISHER: The Landpost Press 1992
KEYWORDS: Europe European history German Germany revolution politics philosophy national socialism culture cultural evolution nazism
The Up-to-Date Housewife
FIRST EDITION (1926), SCARCE NZ COOKBOOK, sm octavo, illus heavy boards, plain brown cloth spine, illus prelims, 254pp, illus, VG- (heavy soiling/scuffing & fraying to boards & spine, 6cm crack to rear hinge, ffep potentially missing, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to full title page, cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie 1926
KEYWORDS: New Zealand cookbooks cookery cooking culinary history first editions homemaking recipes
Take Your Choice: Separation or Mongrelization
Octavo, purple light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 330pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Historical Review Press 1980
KEYWORDS: antiquated racism racist ideas ideology US America American history mixed race relations multiracial relationships African-Americans
The Englishman's Chair: Origins, Design and Social History of Seat Furniture in England
Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xviii + 307pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & staining to spine & flaps, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1964
KEYWORDS: antique furniture design chairs craft England English social history
Germany Reborn
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 67pp, VG (light scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor ink underlining to text)
PUBLISHER: Noontide Press 1983
KEYWORDS: nazi party Germany German Hermann Goering politics third reich national socialist party history
My New Order
FIRST AUSTRALIAN EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xv + 807pp, VG- (heavy staining & discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate scuffing & fraying to board edges, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, binding loose- boards sl shaky)
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1942
KEYWORDS: first Australian editions Adolf Adolph Hitler German Germany politics nazism military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii third reich
The Irish Pro-Boers 1877-1902
Super octavo, yellow heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xx + 189pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Perskor Publishers 1989
KEYWORDS: South Africa Ireland Irish military history Boer Boers war conflict
State Secrets: A Documentation of the Secret Revolutionary Mainspring Governing Anglo-American Politics
Octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 191pp, VG (boards sl warped, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Britons Publishing Company 1975
KEYWORDS: philosophy Comte Count Leon de Poncins literature politics history
The Reign of the House of Rothschild
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding frontispiece, xii + 511pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & inscription in pencil to ffep, binding loose)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1928
KEYWORDS: biographies memoir house of Rothschild family genealogy wealthy families politics political history
Dictionnaire des Chateaux et des Fortifications du Moyen Age en France
TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial octavo, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 1288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Editions Publitotal Strasbourg 1979
KEYWORDS: text in French churches religion religious buildings architecture history
Wild Bill and Deadwood
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm quarto, blue & cream cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to board edges, boards sl warped, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some loss, heavy scuffing & soiling with soem surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Superior Publishing Company 1965
KEYWORDS: signed history wild west James Butler Wild Bill Hickok cowboys outlaws Deadwood US American
Bugles, Banners and War Bonnets
Sm quarto, blue heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front boards, frontispiece, illus prelims, xx + 362pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Printers 1977
KEYWORDS: US American America history General Custer civil war 7th cavalry army weapons soldiers
Calder's Universe
Square quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 351pp, illus/photos, VG (boards sl warped, light scuffing & soiling to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Running Press 1989
KEYWORDS: Calder family collection collections art history
Our Heritage: A Brief History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 1996
KEYWORDS: religion religious history church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints mormons mormon philosophy