Books - "history"
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The Celtic Gauls: Gods, Rites and Sanctuaries
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 154pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: B A Seaby 1988
KEYWORDS: ancient history Celtic Gauls culture customs religion rites
Smiles of the Baby Buddha: Appreciating the Cultural Heritage of Kyongju
SOFTCOVER, super octavo, black light card covers, gilt lettering to spine & front cover, 268pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (light curling & rubbing to cover edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (all corners sl clipped, light chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Changbi Publishers 1999
KEYWORDS: history culture heritage Kyongju Korea Korean
Farm Tractors 1890-1980 (Second Edition)
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, illus title page, 752pp, illus/photo, VG (light to moderate wrinkling/curling to cover edges, light fading to spine, light fading & chafing/soiling to covers, sl tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: KP Books 2005
KEYWORDS: farming farm equipment tractors design history engineering
Living With Antiques
SIGNED, oblong quarto, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt floral illus to boards, illus eps, 202pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Mallinson Rendel 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand antiques signed Campbell Moon history historical artefacts interior design
Aircraft in War and Peace
Octavo, light brown buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, aviation illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 176pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate cracking to buckram on spine/rear hinge, moderate rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters, pgs 3-14 partially detached, light staining to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1916
KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft aeroplanes
The Aerial Age: A Thousand Miles by Airship Over the Atlantic Ocean
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, aviation illus to front board, frontispiece, 448pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading & chipping to spine, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: A R Keller & Company 1911.
KEYWORDS: aviation history airships airship voyages travel literature writing atlantic ocean polar sea aerial navigation
This Small Cloud: A Personal Memoir
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 241pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl adhesion damage to photo plates) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1986
KEYWORDS: Harry Daley autobiography autobiographies memoir law enforcement police history
The Airship: Its Design, History, Operation and Future
LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, viii + 248pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems/edges, moderate fading & foxing to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate smatterings of foxing & soiling to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: airships aviation history design engineering
The Book of Famous Flyers
Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp plane illus to front board, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, G+ (moderate rubbing & chipping to board & spine extrems, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, sm ink stamps to front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, whole page block detached and sections are loosley bound- very delicate! Varying degrees of soiling to pages- mostly light)
PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press N/D (Third Impression)
KEYWORDS: aviation aviators pilots biographies portraits pioneers history
The Laughing Cow: A U-Boat Captain's Story
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, 217pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to board & spine edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, sm ink stamp to ffep, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: military history naval warfare u-boats German Germany u69 ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Jost Metzler autobiography autobiographies memoir
Fighting Destroyer: The Story of HMS Petard
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 271pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber & Co 1976
KEYWORDS: naval military history hms petard destroyers
Speed Thrills
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: Affirm Press 2015
KEYWORDS: sport cricket players sportsmen history
Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper Case Closed
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: Little, Brown 2002
KEYWORDS: true crime history historical cases Jack the Ripper murders homicide Patricia Cornwell theory
Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Soccer Tactics
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: Nation Books 2013
KEYWORDS: sport football soccer history tactics strategies
The Scottish Nation 1700-2007
REVISED EDITION, 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 Books 2006
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history Act of Union politics political Great Britain British
Athenian Black Figure Vases: A Handbook
Octavo softcover (VG) crack to central gutter; 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: Thames and Hudson 1978
KEYWORDS: ancient history historical artefacts black figure vases classical atchaeology archeology
The Importance of Being Edward: King in Waiting 1841-1901
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 Murray 2000
KEYWORDS: British royal family monarchy history biography biographies memoir Edward 19th nineteenth century
The Greek Experience
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 1957
KEYWORDS: ancient history Greece Greek antiquity civilisation civilization
Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome
Super octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Random House 2010
KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome Romans emperors Hadrian antiquity
Realities of War
REPRINT, LACKS D/W, 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: William Heinemann 1920
KEYWORDS: war military history psychology Philip Gibbs