Books - "history"
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The Private Press
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, 376pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing/chipping to spine & edges- archival tape repairs, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions printing history print literature
Report of the R101 Inquiry
Ex-library, octavo, blue stiffened boards, black lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 129pp, illus, folding charts to rear, VG (usual library markings, light scuffing & tanning to board edges, moderate scuffing to spine with 1cm loss to extrems, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1931
KEYWORDS: history historical aviation disasters airships r101 inquiry inquiries reports investigations
An Engineering History of the ZRS-4/5 Fin Design
Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt letteringf to front board, vi + 85pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Jeffrey Cook 1997
KEYWORDS: history aviation design engineering flight flying zrs-4/5
Airships vs Submarines
Quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine & covers, 434pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing to covers/edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Atlantis Productions 2009
KEYWORDS: military weapons weaponry aviation marine navy naval airships submarines history engineering
R100 in Canada
VINYL RECORD LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, marbled/patterned eps frontispiece, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Boston Mills Press 1982
KEYWORDS: airships r-100 r100 aviation history Canada flight engineering design
From Frigates to Flat-Tops: The Story of the Life and Achievement of Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett
LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus/rule to spine & front board, illus eps & title page, xx + 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Edward Arpee1953
KEYWORDS: military history biography biographies memoir Rear Admiral William Adger Moffett naval aviation US navy
Koje Unscreened
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/photos to prelims, 111pp, G+ (ugly tape reinforcement to spine, v heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to inside front cover, minor foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Britain-China Friendship Association N/D
KEYWORDS: military history Koje Island pows prisoners of war violence abuse Korean Chinese American soldiers troops massacres
Home Carpentry for Handy Men
LACKS FFEP, super octavo, light brown buckram boards, gilt & black lettering & illus to spine & front board, vii + 772pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling page edges, ffep missing, prev. owner's details in blue pencil to front pastedown, heavy cracking & scuffing to front & rear gutters, pgs 15/16 top portion detached/missing, heavy tearing to top edges of pgs 743-748 with some minor loss)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1899
KEYWORDS: hobbies carpentry woodwork home repairs historical history
A Source Book of French Advertising Art
Quarto, red/maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading/discolouration to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl wrinkling to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (light creasing to edges, moderate to heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, heavy rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1970
KEYWORDS: French history art advertising
Scribes and Sources: Handbook of the Chancery Hand in the Sixteenth Century
Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1980
KEYWORDS: history historical 16th sixteenth century literature literary handwriting Chancery Hand lettering John de Beauchesne
Grimaldi: King of Clowns
LACKS FEP, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, sm scuff & ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading/discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Macgibbon & Kee 1955
KEYWORDS: Joseph Grimaldi history clowns literature
Moundbuilders of the Amazon: Geophysical Archaeology on Marajo Island, Brazil
Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, xxvii + 495pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to spine & board extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims, inscription in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1990
KEYWORDS: antiquity South America Brazil Marajo Island ancient history archeology archaeology geophysical excavations geology
A Dictionary of Quotations, in Most Frequent Use, Taken Chiefly from the Latin and French, But Comprising Many from the Greek, Spanish and Italian Languages, Translated into English
Sm octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, red speckling to page edges, vii + 416pp, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to leatherwork, moderate tanning to page edges, light cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to terminal pages only, sporadic light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: G & W B Whittaker 1822
KEYWORDS: dictionary Latin French history historical language English translations languages
The Works of John Locke, the Tenth Edition (10 Vol Set)
10 VOL SET, TENTH EDITION, octavo, brown leather boards, blue ink lettering to white title plate on black adhesive cloth spines, speckled page edges, mixed pagination, folding chart to vol 1, VG- (heavy bruising & rubbing/surface loss to board edges & extrems, minor chafing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, tidy tape reinforcement to gutters, age appropriate tanning & foxing to pages throughout, top corner of ffep to vol 7 torn)
PUBLISHER: J Johnson, G G and J Robinson, W J and J Richardson, Otridge and Son, J Sewell, Leigh and Sotheby, F and C Rivington, T Payne, J Walker, R Faulder, W Lowndes, Lackington, Allen and Co Darton and Harvey, T Egerton, G Wilkie, J White, C Law, Longman an
KEYWORDS: literature John Locke essays writings prose collections anthologies history historical philosophy government politics
D-Day: Then and Now (2 vols)
2 volume set. 4to, pp. 315 + v, 316-706 + [21 (index)]; black leather bds; spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising, curling & creasing to edges & extrems); in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping).
PUBLISHER: Battle of Britain Prints 1995
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II WW2 WWII D-Day D Day photographs history 20th century
Jews in Germany from Roman Times to the Weimar Republic
Imp. 8vo, pp. 440; blue heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG+ (light to scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Konemann 1998
KEYWORDS: Jewish Jew Judaism Germany German history
Goring's Grenadiers: The Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1942-1945
Imp. 8vo, pp. 380; blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).
PUBLISHER: Axis Europa Books 2002
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II WW2 WWII WW Axis Germany Luftwaffe Goring Grenadier 20th century war warfare military history
Panzers in Normandy: Then and Now
4to, pp. 212; black leather bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising, curling & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Battle of Britain Prints 1993
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II WW2 WWII WW Axis Germany 20th century war warfare military history tank tanks Panzer
Knights of Steel Volume I: The Structure, Development, and Personalities of the 2.SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich
Divisional Commanders, Divisional Staff, Tank Regiment, Artillery Regiment
This volume only. Imp. 8vo, pp. 262; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Michael J. Horetsky 1989
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II WW2 WWII WW Axis Germany 20th century war warfare military history SS division panzer
Knights of Steel Volume 2: The Structure, Development, and Personalities of the 2.SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich
Motorcycle Battalion, Assault Gun Detachment, Battle Group Das Reich, Engineer Battalion
Imp. 8vo, pp. 236; black buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; 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); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping).
PUBLISHER: Mark C. Yerger 1994
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II WW2 WWII WW Axis Germany 20th century war warfare military history SS division panzer