Books - "history"
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For Love and Courage: The Letters of Lieutenant Colonel E W Herman from the Western Front 1914-1917
Ex-library, 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: Preface Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war letters correspondence Lieutenant Colonel E W Herman western front
The Battle of the Somme (First Phase)
Octavo stiff card covers (G+) very scruffy- prev. owner's tape repairs at spine; 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: Thomas Nelson & Sons N/D
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war battles campaigns Somme
Alpine Partisan: The Survival of Trooper Southon
Scruffy ex-library - lacks prelims, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Not Availabe
KEYWORDS: Alfred Southon military history war stories biography biographies memoir
A Case to Answer: The Story of Australia's First European War Crimes Prosecution
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: Wakefield Press 1994
KEYWORDS: military history war crimes trials Australia Europe Ivan Polyukhovich ww2 Ukraine
The Fall of Singapore
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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 Quality Book Club / Michael Joseph 1960
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history Malayan campaigns far east Frank Owen
To Perish Never
SECOND EDITION, 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: Cassell & Co 1954
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Peter Saunders aviation aerial combat warfare
Anzac: A Retrospect
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG) minor insect damage to rear pages; 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1965
KEYWORDS: military history anzac Gallipoli
Escape to Freedom
Ex-library- rebacked, 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: Hutchinson & Co 1953
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
When Britannia Ruled the Waves: The Heyday of the Royal Navy through the Paintings of Vice Admiral Sir Henry Kitson, KBE, CB (1877-1952)
Super 8vo, navy blue heavy card bds, gilt lettering to spine, illus. tp, 112pp., illus., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing, light bruising & creasing/curling to edges & extrems with minor chipping to spine, 2cm closed tear to top edge).
PUBLISHER: Halsgrove 2007
KEYWORDS: England Britain Royal Navy military history Britannia ships HMS Sir Henry Kitson 19th 20th century Admiral paintings
Bloomsbury Portraits: Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, and their cicle
Super 8vo, illus. heavy hard bds, blue & yellow lettering to spine, frontis., 272 pp., illus., photos, VG+ (light scuffing & tanning/soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & light soiling to pg edges, light tanning & soiling to eps), in d/w VG (moderate to heavy fading to spine, light scuffing & soiling, light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1976
KEYWORDS: Bloomsbury Group artist writer 20th century London Vanessa Bell Virginia Woolf Duncan Grant culture social history custom
Kleinwagen / Small Cars / Petites Voitures
TEXT IN GERMAN, ENGLISH & FRENCH, lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, illus ffep, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling/discolouration to covers, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Benedikt Taschen 1994
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN, ENGLISH & FRENCH small cars automotive transport history design engineering
Racing Against the Tide
Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white, black & brown letteirng to spine, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & creasing to cover edges, sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Castlepoint Racing Club 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand horse racing history sport Castlepoint equine
A Genealogical Gazetteer of England: An Alphabetical Dictionary of Places
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xv + (3pp) + 599pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, lower corner of pgs 595-596 creased)
PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publishing Co 1982
KEYWORDS: gazetteer England English history place names places registers data parish parishes diocese historical statistics
In My Tower: Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, v + pgs279-561, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & rear ep, prev. bookseller's sm nik stamp to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography autobiographies Lady Paget Walburga history historical
The Complete Knight's Cross: Volume One - The Years of Victory 1939-1941
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 404pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Fonthill 2021
KEYWORDS: knight's cross iron cross military history recipients awards nazi soldiers officers German Germany officers medals
Me 'n Elvis
PRODUCTION SAMPLE, FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (production sample slip stapled to front cover, light chafing & curling to covers, minor water damage to rear, sl staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Castle Books 1988
KEYWORDS: production samples first editions music history musicians Elvis Presley biographies memoir Charlie Hodge autobiography
Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production
EARLY UK EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black motif to front board, xxxi + 816pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising & chipping to spine extrems, light bruising & rubbing to board corners, moderate to heavy discolouration to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling & light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sm newspaper clipping tipped in to front pastedown- with sm ink numeral also, sm label tipped in to ffep- mostly missing/detached, light cracking to gutters, some minor underlining in blue pencil to early pages)
PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1908
KEYWORDS: early editions Karl Marx English translations economics money commodities philosophy literature history historical
Irish Brigades Abroad: From the Wild Geese to the Napoleonic wars
Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey & red lettering to spine, 288pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges/corners, sl soiling to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: The History Press Ireland 2014
KEYWORDS: military history Irish regiments Europe
Life of Hernan Cortes
Duodecimo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to maroon leather title plates on spine with gilt decoration/tooling also, title vignette to prelims, 344pp, VG (light rubbing to leatherwork on spine & board corners, light chafing & rubbing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, minor cracking to gutters at front, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co, and Hurst, Chance, and Co London 1829
KEYWORDS: antiquarian books biography biographies memoir Hernan Cortes Mexico Mexican history 16th sixteenth century Spanish conquistadors
Vietnam War Diary 1964-1975
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: Silverdale Books 2003
KEYWORDS: military history 20th twentieth century Vietnam Southeast Asia soldiers