Books - "history"
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Aircraft in War and Peace
Octavo, light brown buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, aviation illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 176pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate cracking to buckram on spine/rear hinge, moderate rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters, pgs 3-14 partially detached, light staining to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1916
KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft aeroplanes
This Small Cloud: A Personal Memoir
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 241pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl adhesion damage to photo plates) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1986
KEYWORDS: Harry Daley autobiography autobiographies memoir law enforcement police history
The Airship: Its Design, History, Operation and Future
LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, viii + 248pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems/edges, moderate fading & foxing to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate smatterings of foxing & soiling to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: airships aviation history design engineering
The Book of Famous Flyers
Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp plane illus to front board, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, G+ (moderate rubbing & chipping to board & spine extrems, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, sm ink stamps to front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, whole page block detached and sections are loosley bound- very delicate! Varying degrees of soiling to pages- mostly light)
PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press N/D (Third Impression)
KEYWORDS: aviation aviators pilots biographies portraits pioneers history
Fighting Destroyer: The Story of HMS Petard
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 271pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber & Co 1976
KEYWORDS: naval military history hms petard destroyers
Speed Thrills
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: Affirm Press 2015
KEYWORDS: sport cricket players sportsmen history
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed
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: Little, Brown 2002
KEYWORDS: true crime history historical cases Jack the Ripper murders homicide Patricia Cornwell theory
Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Soccer Tactics
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: Nation Books 2013
KEYWORDS: sport football soccer history tactics strategies
Athenian Black Figure Vases: A Handbook
Octavo softcover (VG) crack to central gutter; 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: Thames and Hudson 1978
KEYWORDS: ancient history historical artefacts black figure vases classical atchaeology archeology
The Importance of Being Edward: King in Waiting 1841-1901
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: John Murray 2000
KEYWORDS: British royal family monarchy history biography biographies memoir Edward 19th nineteenth century
The Greek Experience
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 1957
KEYWORDS: ancient history Greece Greek antiquity civilisation civilization
Realities of War
REPRINT, LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (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: William Heinemann 1920
KEYWORDS: war military history psychology Philip Gibbs
Fifty Great Disasters and Tragedies That Shocked the World
LACKS D/W, TIRED COPY, octavo hardcover (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: Odhams Press N/D
KEYWORDS: history collection stories historical events disasters
Great War Archaeology
Imperial octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Editions Ouest-France 2009
KEYWORDS: military history the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 archaeology archeology
Elections 1975
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: Angus & Robertson 1975
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian politics political history elections
The Encyclopedia of Toys
Quarto 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: Quarto / Rigby 1978
KEYWORDS: toys antiques collectables collectibles encyclopedia encyclopaedia history
Classic Grand Prix Cars: The Front-Engined Formula 1 Era 1906-1960
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: motorsport history f1 formula 1 one grand prix classic cars
Of Arms and Men: A History of War, Weapons and Aggression
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: Oxford University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: military war history weaponry antiquity
An Institution Reborn
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: SBS / Southland Building Society1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sbs southland building society history banks banking finance financial
Like Lions They Fought
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 and Nicolson 1988
KEYWORDS: war history zulu zulus south africa British colonialism