Books - "history"
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The Russo-Ukrainian War
FIRST EDITION, super ocatvo, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, xxii + 376pp, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane / Penguin 2023
KEYWORDS: first editions modern history war Russia Ukraine Ukrainian Russian geopolitics
History of Civilization in England, in Three Volumes (3 Vols Bound as 1)
Ex-school library, duodecimo, black leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plate to spine with raised bands & gilt decoration also, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, mixed pagination, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine, light scuffing & bruising to board corners, minor tanning to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor adhesion to prelims pgs)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1911
KEYWORDS: history England English civilisation civilization
Printed: Images in Colonial Australia 1801-1901
Very tidy ex-library, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvii + 294pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings, light fading & tape residue to board edges, binding sloppy/loose, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (usual library markings/labels, light creasing to edges, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Australia 2007
KEYWORDS: art history colonial Australia Australian 19th nineteenth century prints
Blood & Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, 303pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine/extrems, light fading to boards)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history labour force convicts criminals law justice development prison prisoners
All-Time Greats of Boxing
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY DAVID TUA & OTHERS, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, light foxing/soiling to page edges, sl adhesive staining/residue to front & rear pastedowns) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss to top edge of spine)
PUBLISHER: Bison Books 1988
KEYWORDS: signed sport history boxing boxers profiles greats sporting legends
40s All-American Ads
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 764pp + ads to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Taschen 2001
KEYWORDS: US America American adverts ads advertising history 1940s forties 40s marketing art design
Naumovski: Afion - Dreams and Eros Images
Lg quarto, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 178pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbinbg/soiling & bruising to boards & edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & soiling to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Alpine Fine Arts Collection Ltd 1985
KEYWORDS: Vangel Naumovski art appreciation history criticism painters
The Waterloo Companion
TITLE & COPYRIGHT PAGE REMOVED, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 432pp, illus, G+ (heavy soiling to boards, heavy bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate crack to rear gutter- rear board shaky, binding a little sloppy, minor foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning to prelims, full title page & copyright page roughly cut out/removed, minor water staining to top of page block at spine, occasional soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Aurum Press N/D
KEYWORDS: military war history French Napoleon Bonaparte Duke Wellington Europe
The Tile: Making, Designing and Using
FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library (minimal markings), super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, mino rtape staining to board edges, light general soiling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, light soiling to contents page) in d/w, VG (usual library labels/markings- minimal, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling- possibly just to plastic cover)
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2002
KEYWORDS: first editions arts crafts hobbies tiles tilemaking design history interior design
Steaming to the Sunrise: A History of Railways in the Gisborne Region
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside covers, 104pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: IPL Books / Te Rau Herald Print 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways Gisborne steam locomotives
Monsieur Nicolas, or, The Human Heart Laid Bare
Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 456pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff 1966
KEYWORDS: art history Restif de la Bretonne writers art literature 18th eighteenth century
The Elite: The Story of the Rhodesian Special Air Service
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FRONT COVER RIPPED OFF, octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Three Knights 1985
KEYWORDS: barbara cole rhodesia rhodesian special air service military history
Lionheart Gal: Life Stories ofJamaican Women
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Women's Press 1986
KEYWORDS: jamaica jamaican history memoir biography women's collective feminist feminism
Women Like Us
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Women's Press 1992
KEYWORDS: lesbian history wlw queer sapphic romance life memoir
History and Eschatology: The Gifford Lectures 1955
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: Edinburgh the University Press 1957
KEYWORDS: rudolf bultman history eschatology theology christian
The Christ's Hospital Book 1553-1953
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: Published for a Comittee of Old Blues by Hamish Hamilton
KEYWORDS: christ's hospital school charity foundling education history uniform
Sexual Anarchy: Gender and Culture at the Fin de Siecle
FIRST UK 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1991
KEYWORDS: sexual anarchy sex gender fin de siecle elaine showalter feminist feminism history
Passions Between Women: British Lesbian Culture 1668-1801
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: HarperCollins
KEYWORDS: lesbian british history women wlw emma donoghue
Sex-Crime Panic: A Journey to the Paranoid Heart of the 1950s
LACKS FEP TIDY EX LIBRARY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Alyson Books 2002
KEYWORDS: neil miller sex crime 1950 history sexuality
Lesbians in Germany: 1890's-1920's
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Naiad Press Inc 1990
KEYWORDS: german lesbians lesbianism history germany lilliam faderman brigitte eriksson