Books - "history"
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History of the Monotype Corporation
Super 8vo, pp. 432; blue cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; NF (sl scuffing to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Printing Historical Society 2014
KEYWORDS: printing publishing history 19th 20th century Monotype type typography letter forms machine press book arts design bibliography
Special Forces of the United States Army 1952-1982
Super 8vo, pp. 723 + [12 (index)]; illus. heavy card bds; illus. tp, 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 & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals),
PUBLISHER: R. James Bender 1990
KEYWORDS: United States of America army special forces military history 20th century
A History of Printing in New Zealand 1830-1940
No.297/600. Imp. 8vo, pp. [18] + 249 + [3 (index)]; half-bd in cl with textured heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; top edge stained blue, illus. eps, frontis., plates, elaborate initals, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate scuffing to joints with loss to colour; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & teminals; sticker, Fred B. Butler Collection, to front paastedown; moderate cracking to front gutters).
PUBLISHER: Richard Alexander McKay 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand printing publishing history 19th 20th century book arts design press type typography bibliography
A Book Printer's Display Material: As Used by William Clowes & Sons Ltd at the Caxton Works, Beccles
Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 246; illus. heavy card bds, red cl spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, type specimens; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; blue ink stains to tp verso).
PUBLISHER: William Clowes & Sons 1954
KEYWORDS: William Clowes & Sons type specimen book arts design type typography printing publishing history press
Peoples' Democracies
8vo, pp. 287; red cl bds, spine lettered in black; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate tanning throughout).
PUBLISHER: World Unity Publications 1951
KEYWORDS: Wilfred G Burchett politics political democracy democracies history system freedom liberty government
Defence of Madrid
New Left Book Club. Crown 8vo, pp. 221; orange light cl covers, spine & front cover lettered in black; map facing pp. 8 & 11; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; New Left Book Club stamp to top edge, p. 31; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; final pp. unopened; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters, covers sloppy; moderate foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1937
KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Cox 20th century history Spain Madrid war wafare military
Fallschirm-Jager RGT.3: A Pictorial History Volume 1: From Storm Battalion to Regiment 1916/1941
Super 8vo, pp. 265; illus. heavy card bds; photos, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: R. James Bender 1992
KEYWORDS: Germany First Second World War 1 2 One Two WW WW1 WW2 WWI WWII German military history battalion regiment
Wanton Wenches and Wayward Wives: Peasants and Illicit Sex in Early Seventeenth Century England
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: Rutgers University Press 1979
KEYWORDS: sex sexuality women 17th seventeenth century history promiscuity England English morality prostitution
Memories of the Life of J F H Wohlers
Print on Demand edition/copy, 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: Forgotten Books 2015 (Print on Demand copy)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical accounts Ruapuke missionaries J F H Wohlers autobiography autobiographies memoir
Madame Roland and the Age of Revolution
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: Columbia University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: history women's studies women Madame Roland biography biographies memoir
Religion in the lives of English Women, 1760-1930
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: Croom Helm 1986
KEYWORDS: women women's studies history religion religious Christian beliefs Christianity
Worlds Between: Historical Perspectives on Gender and Class
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: Polity Press 1995
KEYWORDS: gender class history historical perspectives social stratification
Feminism and Family Planning in Victorian England
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: Schocken Books 1974
KEYWORDS: feminism feminist women women's studies reproductive rights reproduction family planning contraception Victorian era England English values history
European Women: A Documentary History 1789-1945
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: The Harvester Press 1983
KEYWORDS: women women's studies history Europe European gender
Gender and the Politics of History
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: Columbia University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: gender politics women women's studies feminsim history employment working classes
McCann: War & Peace in Northern Ireland
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: Hot Press Books 1998
KEYWORDS: Eamonn McCann Northern Ireland politics political conflict modern history journalism
The Story of Film
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: Pavilion Books 2004
KEYWORDS: film studies history films movies cinema technology development
SAS Great Escapes: Seven Incredible Escapes Made by Second World War Heroes
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: Quercus 2021
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapes sas special forces elite
The Bedroom and the State: The Changing Practices and Politics of Contraception and Abortion in Canada, 1880-1980
Octavo softcover (VG-) spine damaged; 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: McClelland & Stewart 1986
KEYWORDS: Canada women's rights abortion history contraception birth control reproductive rights reproduction women
The Hidden History of the Korean War 1950-1951
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 & Company 1988
KEYWORDS: Korean War history 1950s fifties military conflict foreign relations politics