Books - "history"
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The American Road to Nuremberg: The Documentary Record 1944-1945
Super octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine, x + 259pp, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (ligh tcreasing & moderate chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hoover Institution Press 1982
KEYWORDS: war crimes nazi Germany ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Nuremberg trials holocaust Jewish genocide Jews military history
Hanna Reitsch: Flying for the Fatherland
Ex-library, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 244pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, spine cocked & creased, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate tape & residue to board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges, minor soiling & tape/residue to eps, library tape reinforcement to front & rear gutter, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, occasional light soiling to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges & spine, light tanning & fading to spine, other minor wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1988
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation luftwaffe aerial warfare combat pilots Hanna Reitsch nazi Germany biography
Finland at War: The Winter War 1939-40
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, blue & black lettering to spine, illus title page, top edges of front eps & prelims deliberately aged, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/rubbing to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, late tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 2018
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Finland Finnish winter
Straight On
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, cream lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xi + 178pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1947
KEYWORDS: first editions ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 concentration camps history pows prisoners of war
The Ford Model A
Quarto, brown buckrma boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 244pp + index to rear, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy water staining to corners & edges, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Motor Cities Publishing Company 1975
KEYWORDS: automotive cars Ford model A design engineering history
Cox's Navy: Salvaging the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 213pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Maritime 2008
KEYWORDS: navy naval Ernest Cox Scapa Flow Orkney salvage maritime nautical history German High Seas Fleet warships
A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character & Thought of the People of Persia
RE-BOUND, super octavo, quarter leather bound blue boards, brown lettering to beige leatherette title plate to spine with raised bands also, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxi + 650pp, folding map to rear, VG+ (single sm library ink stamp to base of copyright page- no other stamps/markings detected, minor fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1926
KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Persia Edward Granville Browne history
Mauthausen: The History of a Death Camp
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 296pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing & scuffing/chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions war history crimes nazi Germany concentration camps pows prisoners of war Mauthausen death camp
Constraint on Trial: Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert and Religious Freedom
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 268pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading to spine & cover edges, minor chafing & curling/creasing to covers/edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, minor pencil markings/annotation to margins)
PUBLISHER: Truman State University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: biography Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert biographies memoir history historical philosophy
Graven in the Rock; or, The Historical Accuracy of the Bible, Confirmed by Reference to the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments in the British Museum and Elsewhere
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxii + 703pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG- (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- frontispiece detached but present, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's blind embossed to half title page, moderate cracking to gutters to prelims- some pgs partially detached)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1891,
KEYWORDS: religion religious history bible biblical resources research archeology archaeology British Museum Assyria Egypt
Institutes of the Christian Religion (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, ex-library- no external markings, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xxiv + 582pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 704pp, VG (no library markings detected, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards/edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light tanning throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, top section of vol 2 spine missing, moderate tanning to spines, moderate foxing & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: James Clarke & Co 1949
KEYWORDS: religion Christianity history institutions John Calvin
Human Accomplishment: The Pursuit of Excellence in the Arts and Sciences, 800 BC to 1950
Super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to red spine, xx + 668pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, author's inscription & signature to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (ligh tcreasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2003
KEYWORDS: history human achievements gifted persons genius psychology
Hitler's Last General: The Case Against Wilhelm Mohnke
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 393pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing/rubbing to edges, light chafing, 8cm closed tear & yellowing tape staining to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 1989
KEYWORDS: nazi Germany german war criminals Wilhelm Mohnke history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Hitler's Spanish Legion: The Blue Division in Russia
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 434pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine lightly cocked & warped, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Eastern Front / Warfield Books N/D (c.1990s?)
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 blue division Russia Spanish legion campaigns German occupation infanteriedivision
Knight's Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service: Knights of the Wehrmacht
Super octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, marbled eps, 307pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light soiling to flap edges)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1995
KEYWORDS: knights of the wehrmacht u-boat waffe nazi Germany german ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history navy naval soldiers sailors profiles military
Star Trek to Hawa-i'i: Mesopotamia to Polynesia
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 208pp, illus, VG (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, heavy crack to gutter of pgs64/65- otherwise a very tidy copy still)
PUBLISHER: The Diamond Press 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Clyde Hostetter travel writing literature history Polynesia origins
Winged Shield, Winged Sword: A History of the United States Air Force 1907-1997 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, brown & blue illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spines, vol 1- x + 513pp, vol 2- x + 659pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spines & cover edges, minor chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing & moderate soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Air Force History and Museums Program 1997
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aeronautics US Air Force
Bloody Skies: A 15th AAF B-17 Combat Crew: How They Lived and Died
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxi + 424pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising/warping to spine & board extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate wrinkling & chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Yucca Tree Press 1993
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aerial combat warfare operations US Army Air Corps 15th aaf b-17 crew
Mailships of the Channel Islands 1771-1971
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated illus prelims + 108pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light tanning & fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, 1cm scuff/tear to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Picton Publishing 1971
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Channel Islands mailships ships boats shipping
Missions in Western Polynesia: Being Historical Sketches of These Missions, from Their Commencement in 1839 to the Present Time
ALL MAPS & PLATES PRESENT, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 489pp + 16pp to rear, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy chafing/scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing & water staining to frontispiece & other plates/pages, occasional moderate soiling to pages, 2cm closed tear to fore-edge of pg10- tidy archival repair)
PUBLISHER: John Snow 1863
KEYWORDS: Polynesia missions religion religious missionaries history historical travel literature writing A W Murray