Books - "history"
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How Words Get Good: The Story of Making a Book
Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Profile Books 2022
KEYWORDS: literature history literary books writing
Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh 1929-1932
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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973
KEYWORDS: diary diaries journals letters correspondence Anne Morrow Lindbergh literature literary aviation flight history
Cheddar Gorge: A Book of English Cheeses
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: HarperCollins 2018
KEYWORDS: English cheese cheeses anecdotes history culinary dairy culture
The Templars
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999
KEYWORDS: knights templar history crusades soldiers religion religious orders military
Old Soldiers Never Die
Sm 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: Antony Rowe (Printer) N/D (Modern Copy)
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers autobiography autobiographies memoir Private Frank Richards
The Thousand Plan: The Story of the First Thousand Bomber Raid on Cologne
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: Chatto & Windus 1965
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 bombing raids Cologne
The Gurkhas
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: Macdonald & Co 1965
KEYWORDS: military history Gurkhas soldiers gurkha British Army Nepalese
Signal Catastrophe: The Story of the Disastrous Retreat from Kabul 1842
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1966
KEYWORDS: military history Afghan war British army battles Kabul defeats
The man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made
Octavo softcover (VG-) minor water staining; 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 2003
KEYWORDS: A C Gilbert biography biographies memoir toys history childhood memorabilia
All for a Shilling a Day
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: Jarrolds 1966
KEYWORDS: military history recruitment army 19th nineteenth century
The Frolik Defection: The Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent
Scruffy paperback (G+); 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: Corgi Books 1976
KEYWORDS: espionage history Josef Frolik intelligence agents defection autobiography autobiographies memoir Czech
The Angler's Vade Mecum, containing a Descriptive Account of the Water Flies, Seasons, and th Kind of Weather that Brings them Most on the Water
Crown 8vo, half-bound in black leather double roll-tooled in gilt & green/black marbled bds, gilt panel spine lettered in one panel & decorated in five, teg, fore & bottom edges sl deckled, marbled eps, frontis., viii + 128 pp., 11 plates to rear, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, bookplate to front pastedown, annotation in pencil to tp).,
PUBLISHER: Archibald Constable and Co. 1818
KEYWORDS: W Carroll angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history trout salmon
Fly-Fishing: Some New Arts and Mysteries
Crown 8vo, half-bound in blue leather double roll-tooled in blind & blue cl bds, gilt panel spine lettered in two panels & decorated in four, marbled eps, xiii + 272 pp., illus., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals).,
PUBLISHER: The Field & Queen [c. 1915]
KEYWORDS: J C Mottram angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies 20th century history trout salmon
An Open Creel
Crown 8vo, red cl bds, double roll-tool border to bds in blind, spine & front board lettered & illus. in gilt, teg, bottom edge deckled, xii + 305 pp. + 31 pp. advts., VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light soiling & tanning to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, bookplate & prev bookseller's stick to front pastedown, prev bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown).,
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1910
KEYWORDS: H T Sheringham angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 20th century history trout salmon
Angling Sketches
Crown 8vo, green cl bds, roll-tool border to front board in gilt & rear board in blind, spine lettered & front board illus. in gilt, teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, black eps, xii + 176 pp. + [4] pp. advts., illus., plates, elaborate initals, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping, light soiling & tanning/foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, gift inscription to ht in blue ink, light to moderate cracking to front gutters, moderate cracking to central & rear gutters, light to moderate foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1891
KEYWORDS: Andrew Lang angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history trout salmon
Fishing Gossip or Stray Leaves from the Note-Books of Several Anglers
Post 8vo, brown cl bds, two double roll-tooled panels in blind to front board with cornerpieces to inner panel, spine lettered & illus. in gilt, edges deckled, blue/green eps, frontis., xi + 329 pp. + [2] pp. advts., plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, 1 cm tear to spine extrem at head, moderate soiling & tanning/foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ht in black ink, moderate cracking to central gutters, light cracking to rear gutters, light to moderate foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1866
KEYWORDS: angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history trout salmon
The Rainbow Trout
Crown 8vo, maroon cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, front board monogrammed in blind, edges deckled, frontis., [8] + 64 pp., plates, VG (minor scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate foxing throughout).,
PUBLISHER: Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd. 1898
KEYWORDS: Charles Edward Walker Charles S Patterson angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history rainbow trout salmon
Ogden on Fly Tying
Crown 8vo, green cl bds, front board lettered & decorated in black & gilt, grey eps, iv + 89 pp., errata tipped to tp, plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light soiling to prelims/terminals, bookplate to front pastedown, minor tearing to paperat front gutters, light cracking to rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: John T. Norman 1879
KEYWORDS: James Ogden angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history rainbow trout salmon fly tying
The Angler's Guide; Being a New, PLain, and Complete, Practical Treatise on the Art of Angling for Sea, River, and Pond Fish; Deduced from Many Years' Practice, Experience, and Observation. To Which is Added, A Treatise on Trolling
Foolscap 8vo, half-bound in black leather double roll-tooled in blind & dark green bds, gilt panel spine lettered on red label, edges stained red, red/orange eps, frontis., illus., tp, xii + 382 pp., illus., plates, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds & spine with some loss to tooling, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with some chipping, moderate tearing to spine extrem at head, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate cracking to central gutters, moderate tearing to rear turn-ins at extrems, moderate soiling & foxing throughout).,
PUBLISHER: Sherwood and Co. 1825
KEYWORDS: T F Salter angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history rainbow trout salmon fly tying
Near and Far: An Angler's Sketches of Home Sport and Colonial Life
Sm post 8vo, brown cl bds, spine lettered in gilt & front board lettered in black, pg edges deckled, brown eps, xv + 304 pp., VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, bookplate & ex-libris sticker to front pastedown, moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington 1890
KEYWORDS: William Senior angling angler fish fly fishing literature fisher fisherman fishermen flies vade mecum 19th century history rainbow trout salmon fly tying