Books - "history"
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W O Bentley
Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, frontispiece, 366pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to lettering on spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Haynes 1978
KEYWORDS: cars automotive motoring W O Bentley history racing engineering design biography biographies memoir
Alvis: The Story of the Red Triangle
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 335pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Gentry Books 1981
KEYWORDS: classic vintage cars automotive motoring Alvis engineering design history
A Pictorial Survey of Racing Cars Between the Years 1919 and 1939
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps/prelims/terminals) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & tearing to edges & some loss, light chafing, minor tanning & folding to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1963
KEYWORDS: automotive motoring motorsport sport racing history cars early 20th twentieth century
De L'Automobile .... de Dion-Bouton ... a L'Aeronautique
TEXT IN FRENCH, square quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 230pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Retroviseur 1995
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH cars automotive motoring history de Dion Bouton
Grand Prix de Monaco: Profile of a Legend
Lg heavy quarto, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 460pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board extrems & edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Konemann 1998
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports Monaco grand prix car racing history f1 formula one 1
Touring Superleggera: Giant Among Classic Italian Coachbuilders
Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed eps, 351pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tape residue & scuff to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Edizioni di Autocritica 1983
KEYWORDS: Italian cars motoring automotive classic vintage history design engineering racing motorsport
Lancia Corse
TEXT IN FRENCH, ITALIAN & ENGLISH, heavy quarto, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps, 336pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to board edges/extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, shallow scratch to spine)
PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1988
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH ITALIAN & ENGLISH automotive motoring cars car racing motorsport Lancia Corse history
A History of Canterbury Volume III: 1876-1950
THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, 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: Canterbury Centennial Historical & Literary Committee / Whitcombe & Tombs 1965
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury
Village Bells
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: Papermac 1999
KEYWORDS: France French history 19th nineteenth century bells culture churches
Years of Combat: The First Volume of the Autobiography of Sholto Douglas
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket v 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 1963
KEYWORDS: military history autobiogrfaphy autobiographies memoir Sholto Douglas aviation pilots raf royal air force
The Southern Gates fo Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut
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: John Murray 1946
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Freya Stark Arabia history culture customs
The Art of Living
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: The English Universities Press 1940
KEYWORDS: self help history guide well living Andre Maurois
History's People: Personalities and the Past
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: Text Publishing 2015
KEYWORDS: history historical figures leaders Margaret Macmillan
Nurse Maude: The First 100 Years
Oblong 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: Nurse Maud Foundation 1996
KEYWORDS: medical history healthcare nurses Nurse Maude Foundation
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle
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: Sceptre 2019
KEYWORDS: history Clare Hunter historiography storytelling
Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World
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: Bloomsbury Circus 2022
KEYWORDS: history exploration Himalayas
The History of Jazz
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: Oxford University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: jazz music history entertainment
Africa Explored: Europeans in the Dark Continent 1769-1889
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: Allen Lane / Penguin 1982
KEYWORDS: Africa African history exploration travel writing literature Europeans
Tough Jews
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: Vintage 1999
KEYWORDS: Jewish criminals true crime New York history
Frontiers of Healing
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: Max Parrish 1958
KEYWORDS: medical history unorthodox practice