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Disaster at Stalingrad


TSOURAS, PETER G & PETERS, RALPH (Fore)

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: Frontline Books 2013

KEYWORDS: alternative alternate history ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two ii German victory literature Peter Tsouras

$22.50
xx117pol205411

The Rape of the Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art


KIMBALL, ROGER

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: Encounter Books 2005

KEYWORDS: art history criticism literature political correctness

$25.00
xx117pol205413

The Creation of Psychopharmacology


HEALY, DAVID

Tidy ex-library, 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: Harvard University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: mental health psychology pharmaceuticals psychopharmacology psychotropic drugs psychiatry history

$40.00
2a18e/41

A Puritan in Babylon: The Story of Calvin Coolidge


WHITE, WILLIAM ALLEN

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece, xx + 460pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Easton Press 1986

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings library of the presidents series collections former US presidents Calvin Coolidge biography biogarphies memoir history US America American politics political leaders governemnt white house

$40.00
2a18e/45

The Mare's Nest


IRVING, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, 2nd IMP., scruffy ex-library, super octavo, blue heavy boards, 320pp, illus/photos, G+ (usual library markings, jacket & some prelims & terminals affixed to boards with yellowing tape, board edges appear quite scuffed, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, v heavy crack to gutters of pgs48/49, light to moderate foxing & soiling to some pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges despite tape & covering, jacket firmly affixed with messy yellowing tape)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1964

KEYWORDS: first editions (2nd impression) David Irving military history German secret weapons weaponry British intelligence counter-measures bombs defence defense ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$245.00
2a18j/33

Old and New London: A Narrative of its History, its People and its Places (6 Vol Set)


THORNBURY, WALTER & WALFORD, EDWARD

6 VOL SET, imperial octavo, half leather bound brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering with raised bands & tooling/decoration to spines, marbled page edges, frontispieces & vignettes to prelims of each vol, varied pagination, illus, VG- (varying degrees of rubbing & scuffing to leatherwork- mostly quite heavy, moderate to heavy cracking to hinges of spines/boards, light to moderate loss & chipping to top spine edge of vol 5, heavy chipping & loss to top edge of spine to vol 6, moderate to heavy tanning & discolouration/staining to page edges- internal & external, moderate cracking to some gutters, prev. bookseller's sm plate to ffeps of all vols, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to eps of all vols, heavy staining to edges of prelims to vol 2- ffep heavily chipped at edges also, varying degrees of foxing throughout all vols- mostly quite minor, occasional minor closed tearing to some page edges, heavy staining to prelims of vol 6)

PUBLISHER: Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York N/D

KEYWORDS: England Great Britain English British cities London history culture

$40.00
2a18j/34

The Adventures of Giuseppe Pignata, Who Escaped from the Prisons of the Inquisition of Rome 1693


PIGNATA, GIUSEPPE & SYMONS, ARTHUR (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 253pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing/soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's inscription in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (all corners lightly clipped, light to moderate insect damage & loss to rear cover, light tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions history English translations Giuseppe Pignata prisoners prisoner escapees 17th seventeenth century inquisition Rome inquisition autobiography memoir

$45.00
2a18m/44

The World of San Bernadino


ORIGO, IRIS

Imperial octavo, green patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, frontispiece, ix + 303pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (all corners lightly clipped, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label residue to front flap, minor tanning to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society 1964

KEYWORDS: religion religious figures history Bernadino degli Albizzeschi biography biographies memoir

$40.00
2a18m/45

England's Other Cathedrals


JEFFERY, PAUL

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The History Press 2012

KEYWORDS: England Great Britain English British cathedrals religious buildings churches history historical architecture design

$70.00
2a18n/49

The Cotton Mills of Bolton 1780-1985: A Historical Directory


LONGWORTH, JAMES H

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 184pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris ink stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Bolton Museum and Art Gallery 1987

KEYWORDS: history cotton mills Bolton industrial industry textiles factories

$40.00
2a18n/50

Fleet Sweepers at War: Fleet Minesweepers of the Royal Navy 1939-1945


WILLIAMS, JACK

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, ix + 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light fading to spine, sl creasing & chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: J F Williams (Oropesa) 1997

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 royal navy British defence forces naval minesweepers

$15.00
xx125pol205434

The Rise and Fall of British Naval Mastery


KENNEDY, PAUL M.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: MacMillan 1985

KEYWORDS: british naval history navy seafaring warfare

$22.50
xx125pol205447

The Blue Berets: The Story of the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces


HARBOTTLE, MICHAEL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1971

KEYWORDS: blue berets military history peacekeeping united nations

$22.50
xx125pol205452

Jack Tar: the Story of the British Sailor


LAFFEN, JOHN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1969

KEYWORDS: british sailors john laffen history literature

$15.00
xx125pol205454

A Soldier of the Seventy-First: The Journal of a Soldier of the Highland Light Infantry 1806-1815


HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1976

KEYWORDS: history peninsular war highland light infantry

$17.50
xx125pol205455

The Devil's Wind: The Story of the Naval Brigade at Lucknow, from the letters of Edmund Hope Verney and Other Papers concerning the Enterprise of the Ship's Company of the H.M.S. Shannon in the Campaign in India


VERNEY, MAJOR-GENERAL G L

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1956

KEYWORDS: naval history indian campaign edmund home verney hms shannon

$19.50
xx125pol205456

Jackboot: The Story of The German Soldier


LAFFIN, JOHN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1966

KEYWORDS: history fictionalised memoir german military john laffin

$18.50
xx125pol205457

Warrior to Soldier 449-1660: A brief introduction to the history of English warfare


NORMAN, AVB & POTTINGER, DON

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicholson (Educational) 1966

KEYWORDS: britain british military history

$25.00
xx125pol205458

The Path of Glory: Being the Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp, written by Himself


SHIPP, JOHN & STRANKS, CJ (edit)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1969

KEYWORDS: history memoir english india john shipp

$15.00
xx125pol205459

Clubs to Cannon: Warfare and weapons before the introduction of Gunpowder


HOGG, Brigadier O F G

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co 1968

KEYWORDS: history military warfare weapons

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