Books - "history"
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The Story of the Arab Legion
Octavo, orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt military insignia to front board, to ppage edges stained red, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, 371pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. booksellers' markings to front eps) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping/tearing & loss to spine & edges- clear tape repairs, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1948
KEYWORDS: military history Arab legion middle east
Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, top page edges stained blue- faded, frontispiece, 160pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate fading to spine extrems, light chafing & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional foxing throughout, jacket taped to front board) in d/w, G+ (jacket taped to front board with front flap detached but present, heavy loss & tape repair/reinforcement to edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D (c.1937?)
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions G H Cunningham biography biographies memoir Squadron-Leader McGregor military history aviation New Zealand
Chinese Art Motives
LACKS D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 110pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1915
KEYWORDS: art history China Chinese interpretation criticism
Pfaltzgraff: America's Potter
Square super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- sl loss, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Pfaltzgraff Co 1989
KEYWORDS: Pfaltzgraff pottery potters art history crafts
Life and Works of Robert Burns: Critical and Analytical Edition
Heavy quarto, half leather bound green buckram boards, gilt lettering/tooling & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to leatherwork with some surface loss, light chafing & soiling to boards, heavy cracking at front gutter, light to moderate soiling throughout, frontis tissue guard & rear ep missing, heavy cracking to rear gutter, annotation in ink to terminal page)
PUBLISHER: David Wilson 1881
KEYWORDS: Robert Burns literature poets poetry verse poems Scotland Scottish literary biography criticism history historical
Alonso Victor de Paredes' Institution, and the Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors [Madrid: ca. 1680]
Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 449; black buckram bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Legacy Press 2018
KEYWORDS: Alonso Victor de Paredes Pablo Alvarez 18th century printing publishing history methods techniques book arts design letterpress bibliography
The History of England from 1485 to 1685
Super 8vo, pp. xxxiv + 337; green buckram bds, gilt panel spine, front board paneled & decorated in gilt; top edge stained green, frontis., plates; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems); in slipcase; VG+ (minor scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1985
KEYWORDS: Thomas Babington Macaulay England English history 15th 16th 17th century Folio Society
The Native Americans: An Illustrated History
Heavy 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: Turner Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: US America American native Indians history anthropology heritage culture
500 Nations
Heavy 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: Alfred A Knopf 1994
KEYWORDS: North American Indians native US America history indigenous anthropology heritage
Selznick's Vision: Gone With the Wind and Hollywood Filmmaking
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: University of Texas Press 1997
KEYWORDS: David O Selznick film studies movies Hollywood industry producers Gone With the Wind silver screen history
The Blue and the Gray on the Silver Screen: More Than Eighty Years of Civil War Movies
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: Birch Lane Press / Carol Publishing 1996
KEYWORDS: movies film studies Hollywood US Civil war films history
The First Electric Road: A History of the Box Hill and Doncaster Tramway
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 Mason Press 1989
KEYWORDS: transport history trams tramways box hill doncaster tramwayMelbourne Australia
Va-Va-Voom! Classic Hollywood Pin-Ups
Super octavo stiff card covers (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: Metro Books 2008
KEYWORDS: Hollywood women pin-ups sex symbols historical history film studies movies actresses
Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacle
Oblong 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: Columbia University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: entertainment history film studies Busby Berkeley musicals
Good Night Officially: The Pacific War Letters of a Destroyer Sailor
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: Westview Press 1994
KEYWORDS: military history letters correspondence Yeoman James Orvill Raines autobiography memoirs navy naval
The Battle for Hong Kong 1941-1954: Hostage to Fortune
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: Hong Kong University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Hong Kong China Chinese politics political
Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters
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: New Millenium Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Howard Hughes biography biographies memoir US American billionaires wealthy moguls history
Those Crazy Wonderful Years: When We Ran Warner Bros
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: Lyle Stuart Inc 1983
KEYWORDS: movie industry Hollywood studios film Warner Bros history
The Story of the US Cavalry 1775-1942
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: Bonanza Books 1984
KEYWORDS: military history US army armed forces cavalry America American
The Story of Gallipoli
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: Penguin 1981
KEYWORDS: military history Gallipoli ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war Anzac soldiers anzacs film movies films