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
The Troopers' Tale: The History of the Otago Mounted Rifles
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 382pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor warping/creasing to spine, sl bruising to board edges, light tanning/staining to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate peeling/wrinkling to covers & spine, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Turnbull Ross Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Otago Mounted Rifles OMR
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 Age of Chivalry, Part 2
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, 109pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, spine sl cocked, light tanning to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Ward Lock 1981
KEYWORDS: uniforms military history medieval art soldiers castles artillery armour infantry cavalry renaissance slavic oriental
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