Books - "history"
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A People's History of the Progressive Era and World War I, Volume Seven: America Enters the World
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: McGraw-Hill 1985
KEYWORDS: US America American history campaigns battles historical politics government
A People's History of the 1920s and the New Deal, Volume Eight: Redeeming the Time
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: McGraw-Hill 1986
KEYWORDS: US America American history campaigns battles historical politics government
Gold on Blue
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, x + 398pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light staining/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Graham Hoskins 2022
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Graham Hoskins military history Royal Navy music band Royal Marines Band Service armed forces British servicemen
Children of the Jade Dragon: The Naxi of Lijiang and Their Mountain Neighbours the Yi
IN SLIPCASE, quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to frnot board, illus eps, 235pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing) in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Teak House / Amarin Printing & Pubishing Public Company 1997
KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Yunnan Lijiang County Jade Dragon Mountain culture history customs
The Art of Bollywood
Quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasingto edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Taschen 2010
KEYWORDS: India Indian film industry movies Bollywood poster art posters history
All Aboard: The Wonderful World of Disney Trains
Lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus prelims, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Disney 2015
KEYWORDS: entertainment Walt Disney World trains history archives cartoons animation animated
History of Serbia (Second Impression)
Octavo, brwon tectured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, map frontispiece, x + 359pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, ligh tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light cracking to gutter of pgs 288/289)
PUBLISHER: G Bell and Sons 1919
KEYWORDS: history Serbia geography geopolitics politics
The Black Watch: The History of the Royal Highland Regiment
Super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, price clipped, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1977
KEYWORDS: military history British army armed forces defence defense The Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment campaigns
The Blue, the Gray, & the Red: Indian Campaigns of the Civil War
Octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to red spine, xi + 274pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in protective plastic cover- easilt removed if desired, light creasing to edges, pink staining to rear- on plastic cover only)
PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books 2003
KEYWORDS: US America American civil war history North Indians
The Second Mexican-Texas War 1841-1843
Octavo, white buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xii + 127pp, illus, VG (light rubbing 7 moderate soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light water staining to top edges of page block)
PUBLISHER: Hill Junior College Press 1972
KEYWORDS: military history US American America Mexico Mexican conflict border wars borders 19th nineteenth century
Inglorious Soldier
FIRST EDITION, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 333pp, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor creasing to top corners of rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, moderate tanning to flaps & rear)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1968
KEYWORDS: first editions military history soldiers autobiography autobiographies memoir Monk Gibbon British army armed forces defence defense
The Trooper Police of Australia: A Record of Mounted Police Work in the Commonwealth From the Earliest Days of Settlement to the Present Time
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, coloured coat of arms to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 431pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking to spine/hinges- spine partially detached, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate rubbing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to rear gutters, numerous sm ex-libris ink stamps throughout, moderate cracking to gutters at front- title page partially detached)
PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1911
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian law enforcement police mounted history early settlers settlements troopers
Model Soldiers: An Illustrated History
Imperial octavo, greem buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt soldier motif to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, 6cm crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, price clipped, light fading to spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: New York Graphic Society 1972
KEYWORDS: hobbies toys toy soldiers model figures history historical collectables collectibles
A Pictorial History of the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)
Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt military insignia to front board, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 343pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, 9cm light crack to front hinge, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pgs 107/108)
PUBLISHER: Brigadier-General S V Radley-Walters 1973
KEYWORDS: military history Canada 8th eighth Canadian Hussars Princess Louise regiments
Texas in Revolt: Contemporary Newspaper Account of the Texas Revolution
Quarto, maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 139pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl cracking to gutterslight wrinkling to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Old Army Press 1973
KEYWORDS: US America American history Texas war conflict newspaper reports journalism
The Anatomy of Glory: Napoleon and His Guard
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 564pp, folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1978
KEYWORDS: French war history France Napoleon Bonaparte grand armee leadership military
The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1893
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, folding map to front, viii + 456pp, VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems- minor loss to top edge, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, 3cm crack & heavy tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing with 7cm closed tear to folding map, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Samuel Costall, Gov't Printer 1893
KEYWORDS: New Zealand official yearbooks past years 1893 history historical
The New Zealanders
ORIGINAL BINDING, SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece, iv + 424pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate rubbing & tanning to spine, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims inc. map/frontispiece, minor cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Charles Knight, Pall Mall East 1830
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history original bindings exploration development early settlers anthropology customs culture Maori
Report of the Education Commission 1863
Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 79pp, VG- (moderate creasing & closed tearing to spine, moderate creasing & tanning to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to back page, minor cracking to rear gutter, minor loosening at string binding)
PUBLISHER: Lyttelton Times 1864
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education commission reports history historical 19th nineteenth century school schools scholling
Far Famed Fiordland: Historic and Descriptive
Ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 141pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light chafing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy tape staining to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1950
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Herries Beattie early settlers pioneers explorers Fiordland