Books - "history"
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I Will Come Back For You: The Undercover Jewish Commando Who Helped Defeat the Nazis
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: Ithaka 2025
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 nazis nazi Germany Jewish commandos Manfred Gans war heroes
Secret Agent: The True Story of the Special Operations Executive
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: BBC Worldwide 2000
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history British secret agents operatives special operations SOE
The Oxford History of New Zealand Music
Tidy ex-library, 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: Oxford University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history
Les Folies du Music-Hall: A History of the Music-Hall in Paris from 1914 to the Present Day
Imperial 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: Hamlyn Publishing Group 1970
KEYWORDS: French music hall history entertainment 20th twentieth century Paris
The Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe
Paperback (VG-) heavy 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: Futura Publications 1976
KEYWORDS: German military history air force Luftwaffe ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial combat warfare
The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story
Quarto 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: M Press 2016
KEYWORDS: graphic novels The Beatles Brian Epstein biography biographies literature pop music history
Spitfire Mark I P9374
FIRST 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Grub Street Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: military aviation history Spitfire fighter planes aerial combat warfare design first editions
Green Devils / Red Devils: Untold Tales of the Airborne Forces in the Second World War
FIRST 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1993
KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial combat warfare
Command: How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War
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: Headline 2022
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America
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: Columbia University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: gay lesbian women lgbtq 20th twentieth century America history
History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Second, Revised Edition)
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: Foreign Languages Publishing House N/D
KEYWORDS: Soviet Union Russia Russian history communist party politics political
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1948
Pott 8vo, xxxii + 844; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderare to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals & throughout; moderate to heavy wear to spine with loss to lettering; light to moderate cracking to front hinge).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1948
KEYWORDS: Hubert Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1947
Pott 8vo, pp. xxxii + 716; illus. light cl. covers; advt eps, plates; G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; spine cocked; heavy warping to cl. at spine; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1947
KEYWORDS: Hubert Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1949
Pott 8vo, pp. viii + 936; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards with some loss to lettering; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy soiling & foxing & light to moderate tanning to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinge, bdg sloppy; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1949
KEYWORDS: Hubert Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1950
Pott 8vo, pp. viii + 1004; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, plates; G- (heavy scuffing & soiling to boards (water damage?) with moderate loss to lettering, esp to spine; 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 & throughout,; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges; prev ownership inscription to tp in pencil).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1950
KEYWORDS: Hubert Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1972
Pott 8vo, pp. xxxii + 1124; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, plates; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1972
KEYWORDS: Norman Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1973
Pott 8vo, pp. xxviii + 1084; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, plates; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to front hinge, bdg sl sloppy).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1973
KEYWORDS: Norman Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Tauchnitz International Editions in English 1841-1955: A Bibliographical History
Ex-library. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xxiv + 1078; red buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; frontis., photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges & prelims & terminals; library markings to top & bottom pg edges (blacked out with marker), ht, tp verso & rear pastedown).
PUBLISHER: Bibliographical Society of America 1988
KEYWORDS: William B Todd Ann Bowden Baron Tauchnitz bibliography bibliographical book history first edition 19th 20th century
The Golden Age of Black Nationalism 1850-1925
Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. 345; tan buckram boards, spine lettered in black; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; spine sl cocked; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, ht, tp verso & reps); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, tearing & some loss; moderate tanning & foxing; library marking to spine).
PUBLISHER: Archon Books 1978
KEYWORDS: Wilson Jeremiah Moses black African American nationalism 19th 20th century social history first edition
Tracking the Axis Enemy: The Triumph of Anglo-American Naval Intelligence
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 308; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & light to moderate soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: University Press of Kansas 1998
KEYWORDS: Alan Harris Bath 20th century Second World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII WW navy naval intelligence military history Anglo-American Anglo American