Books - "history"
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Take the Young Stranger by the Hand: Same-Sex Relations and the YMCA
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 267pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Univesity of Chicago Press 1998
KEYWORDS: gay lgbtq homosexual homosexuality men YMCA culture history sexuality
The Gilded Age Construction of Modern American Homophobia
Octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 232pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & rear cover, light discolouration to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2003
KEYWORDS: gay lgbtq homophobia gender men history American America homosexuality homosexuals
Merchant Ships, 1963 Edition
Oblong super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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 Journal of Commerce and Shipping Telegraph 1963
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical merchant ships
Issigonis: The Official Biography
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: Icon Books 2006
KEYWORDS: automotive motoring history industry Sir Alec Issigonis British biography
Villeroy & Boch: 250 Years of European Industrial History 1748-1998
Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Saarbrucker Zeitung Verlag 1998
KEYWORDS: industrial history Villerot Boch art Europe European
Leyland Heritage
Quarto 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: Temple Press 1984
KEYWORDS: transport Leyland history commercial vehicles
Battle of the Atlantic, 50th Anniversary (1943-1993) Official Souvenir Brochure and Programme of Events
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Brodie Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: military history brochures Battle of the Atlantic souvenirs celebrations commemorations
Artillery (Modern Military Series)
Quarto 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: Octopus Books 1975
KEYWORDS: military history warfare artillery weaponry development
The Neophiliacs
FIRST EDITION, 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: Gambit 1970
KEYWORDS: first editions literature social history Christopher Booker
Spitfire at War
Quarto 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: Ian Allan 1977
KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes spitfires spitfire raf royal air force British armed forces
Spitfire at War: 2
Quarto 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: Ian Allan 1985
KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes spitfires spitfire raf royal air force British armed forces
Famous Aircraft: The P-51 Mustang
Imperial octavo softcover, stapled (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: Arco Publishing 1963
KEYWORDS: military aviation history p-51 Mustang design engineering fighter planes
Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G) jacket scruffy with extensive archival tape repairs; 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: Harleyford Publications 1960
KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 aircraft the great war
The Cambridge Ancient History, Plates Volume IV
THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) flaps of jacket missing; 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: Cambridge University Press 1960
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history plates art antiquity
Black Reconstruction in America: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880
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: Oxford University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: ethnicity US America American history African-American 19th nineteenth century race
Men in Wonderland: The Lost Girlhood of the Victorian Gentleman
Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 250pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & bruising to board edges & extrems, light imprint of jacket to rear board, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor general fading)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: English literature history literary criticism victorian era girls gender identity female children
King James & Letters of Homoerotic Desire
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to black spine, viii + 251pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading & rubbing to board edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Iowa Press 1999
KEYWORDS: history lgbtq gay men homosexuality letters correspondence royal family King James
The Other Love: An Historical and Contemporary Survey of Homosexuality in Britain
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 323pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing/discolouration to prelims, occasional minor pencil markings) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edgeslight chafing & soiling, light foxing/tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1970
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British history gay men homosexuality lgbtq
Manhood: The Rise and Fall of the Penis
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 288pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2011
KEYWORDS: men male genitals genitalia anatomy history urology sexuality sexual behaviour behavior
The Sex of Men in Premodern Europe: A Cultural History
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 327pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to top edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: gender sexuality men sexual behaviour behavior physiology anatomy history culture