Books - "history"
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The Love of a Prince: Bonnie Prince Charlie in France, 1744-1748
FIRST EDITION, 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: University of British Columbia Press 1986
KEYWORDS: first editions history bonnie Prince Charlie France 18th eighteenth century jacobite rebellion
The Chronicle of Theophanes: Anni Mundi 6095-6305 (AD 602-813)
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 Pennsylvania Press N/D (modern printing)
KEYWORDS: Theophanes religion religious chronicles history medieval texts middle ages
The Encyclopaedia of Oxford
Imperial 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: Macmillan 1988
KEYWORDS: history England English towns Oxford university universities Oxfordshire
The Great World War 1914-45, Volume 1: Lightning Strikes Twice
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: HarperCollins 2000
KEYWORDS: military history 20th twentieth century global conflict warfare
Master Mariner: Capt James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific
US FIRST EDITION, oblong imperial 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: University of Washington Press 1978
KEYWORDS: pacific exploration Captain James Cook explorers voyages Endeavour Resolution 18th eighteenth century history first editions
The World of the American Indian
Square imperial 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: National Geographic Society 1974
KEYWORDS: national geographic American Indians culture anthropology history
The Indians of the Great Plains
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: Orbis Publishing 1982
KEYWORDS: native American Indians great plains history anthropology culture civilisations civilizations
Everyone Came: Yarns, Fantasies, Figments and Lies, Tales of Last Century New Zealand
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: Valid Press 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history anecdotes William Gruar
Paul: The Mind of the Apostle
Super octavo softcover (VG) patches of moderate highlighting to text; 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: Pimlico 1998
KEYWORDS: religion religious history Christianity apostles saints St Paul theology
This Sceptered Isle: Twentieth Century
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: BBC 1999
KEYWORDS: 20th twentieth century history Great Britian British England English Christopher Lee
Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea: The Story of 835 Naval Air Squadron in the Second World War
FIRST EDITION, 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: Leo Cooper 1995
KEYWORDS: military history aviation 835 naval air squadron first editions ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Dowding and Headquarters Fighter Command
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: Airlife 1996
KEYWORDS: military history battle of Britain aerial warfare combat aviation raf royal air force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Fighter Pilot's Heaven: Flight Testing the Early Jets
FIRST EDITION, 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: Airlife Publishing 1995
KEYWORDS: first editions military history aviation test pilots early jets
Amelia Earhart: A Biography
FIRST EDITION, 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: Airlife Publishing 1989
KEYWORDS: first editions aviators aviation pilots Amelia Earhart history biography biographies memoir
The Pleasures of Men
FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED. Super 8vo, [8] + 401 pp.; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in blue gilt; blue eps; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems); in d/w, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling; minor bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; in plastic wrapper).
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 2012
KEYWORDS: modern first edition Kate Williams 21st century historical fiction 19th century England London social history crime vice corruption thriller
EyeOpeners: A Little Something to Think About
Super 8vo, x + 195 pp.; illus. light card covers, VG- moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Horizon Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Scott Eastham New Zealand life social history custom human truth culture communication essays
In Search of Ancient Gods: My Pictorial Evidence for the Impossible
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: Souvenir Press 1974 - Illustrated Edition
KEYWORDS: erich von daniken alternative history alternate facts ancient aliens
The Ivory King: A Popular History of the Elephant and its Allies
Crown 8vo, pp. xiv + 330; brown buckram bds, black label to spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board lettered in black & decorated in red; frontis., plates; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in pencil to ffep; light cracking to front & central gutters).
PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1891
KEYWORDS: Charles Frederick Holder 19th century elephant wildlife animals natural history zoology
Angling in America: Its Early History and Literature
LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES. Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 381; textured grey leather bds, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in gilt to front board; teg, marbled eps, frontis., plates; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges); in cream cl slipcase, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; some tearing away to cl).
PUBLISHER: The Flyfisher's Classic Library 1996
KEYWORDS: American United States fish fishing angling angler history sport game
Katherine Mansfield's New Zealand
Revised edition. Obl super 8vo 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: Steele Roberts 2013
KEYWORDS: Katherine Mansfield New Zealand pictorial history 20th century