Books - "history"
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The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London
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: Jonathan Cape 2004
KEYWORDS: sarah wise history london crime murder nineteenth century
Science: A History 1543-2001
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PUBLISHER: Allen Lane
KEYWORDS: history of science scientific discovery progress john gribbin
Black Eros: The Sexual Customs of Africa from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day
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PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964
KEYWORDS: african sociology anthropology history sexuality sex
Oscar Slater: The Mystery Solve
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PUBLISHER: Canongate Press
KEYWORDS: oscar slater true crime history cold case murder
The Frock-Coated Communist: The Revolutionary Life of Friedrich Engels
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PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2009
KEYWORDS: friedrick engels communism communist biography memooir history prussian
Atlantic: The Last Great Race of Princes
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PUBLISHER: John Wiley and Sons 2002
KEYWORDS: kaiser's cup transatlantic race yacht racing sailing history
James Hutton - the Founder of Modern Geology
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PUBLISHER: Elsevier Publishing Co 1967
KEYWORDS: james hutton biography geology history
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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PUBLISHER: W W Norton and Company 2005
KEYWORDS: jared diamond human society history
Marlborough: His Life and Times
FOUR VOLUME SET, 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: Sphere Books Limited 1967
KEYWORDS: john churchill duke of marlborough english british history biography
Essential Works of Pavlov
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PUBLISHER: Bantam Books 1966
KEYWORDS: psychology i p pavlov psychiatry history
Robin Hood: The English Outlaw Unmasked
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PUBLISHER: Amberley 2011
KEYWORDS: david baldwin robin hood english british folk heroes history
Fallout: Hedley Marston and the British Bomb Tests in Australia
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PUBLISHER: Wakefield Press 2001
KEYWORDS: roger cross nuclear testing australia history
The Real Middle Earth: A History of the Dark Ages that Inspired Tolkein
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PUBLISHER: Pan Books 2022
KEYWORDS: brian bates j r r tolkein middle earth history
Great Geological Controversies
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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: geological controversy geology history a hallam
Travels in Tandem: The Writing of Women and Men Who Travelled Together
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PUBLISHER: Holo Books The Women's History Press 2012
KEYWORDS: history gender society travel writing travelogue susanna hoe
Precious Cargo: Scots and the China Trade
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PUBLISHER: National Museums of Scotland Publishing
KEYWORDS: scot history china trade relations scotland
Roman Imperialism
Super octavo, blue buckram boards gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 365pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to front eps, moderate cracking to gutters at terminals, other minor cracking to gutters occasionally throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company 1914
KEYWORDS: ancient Rome roman imperialism politics political rulers rule government history historical antiquity
The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship illus to front boards, teg, deckled page fore-edges, vol 1- xx + 380pp, vol 2- xvii + 428pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine extrems, moderate bruising & light rubbing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- ffeps partially detached, heavy glue residue to front pastedowns of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate water staining to fore-edges of pages to vol 1, minor soiling throughout to vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company N/D (c.1892?)
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical French revolution military navy naval France
The Blood Libel Legend: A Casebook in Anti-Semitic Folklore
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to spine- faded, ix + 385pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing to cover edges, sl chafing & tanning/soiling to covers, moderate knife damage/cutting to front cover through to prelim pages, ephemera loosely enc. to front)
PUBLISHER: The University of Wisconsin Press 1991
KEYWORDS: anthropology Judaism folklore lore religion religious studies Jews antisemitism history antiquity
Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art, with Apecial Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry (Facsimile Edition)
FACSIMILE EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & black illus to front board, xvi + 276pp, illus, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Gale Research Company 1969 (Chapman and Hall 1906)
KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints animals creatures fantastical beasts fantasy fiction art history appreciation criticism