Hard To Find Books
Books

Search For Hard To Find Books

Advanced Search

Books - "history"

Showing 43741 to 43760 of 44636 results.

$19.50
xxhrn223410

Edward Bawden, Eric Ravilious: Design


WEBB, BRIAN & SKIPWORTH, PEYTON

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: Antiques Collectors' Club 2010

KEYWORDS: Edward Bawden Eric Ravilious art design history historical

$22.50
xxhsc223421

The Ordeal of Captain Roeder: From the Diary of an Officer in the First Battalion of Hessian Lifeguards During the Moscow Campaign of 1812-13


CAPTAIN ROEDER & ROEDER, HELEN (Trans & Ed)

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: Methuen & Co 1960

KEYWORDS: military history Captain Roeder Hessian Lifeguards 19th nineteenth century Moscow campaign Napoleonic army grand armee

$19.50
xxhsc223422

Napoleon on St Helena


BROOKES, MABEL

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: Fonthill Media 2012

KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte history St Helena exile

$17.50
xxhsc223424

Ali: A Life


EIG, JONATHAN

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG) boards soiled; 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: Simon & Schuster 2017

KEYWORDS: Muhammad Ali sport history boxing boxers biography biographies memoir Cassius Clay

$22.50
xxhtd223435

Andre Levinson on Dance: Writings from Paris in the Twenties


LEVINSON, ANDRE & ACOCELLA, JOAN (Ed & Intro) & GARAFOLA, LYNN (Ed & Intro)

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: University Press of New England 1991

KEYWORDS: dance Paris France French Parisien history 1920s 20s twenties

$15.00
xxhtd223439

Stretcher Bearer! Fighting for Life in the Trenches


HORTON, CHARLES H & LE VACK, DALE (Compiled & Ed)

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: Lion Books 2014

KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war medical RAMC Royal Army Medical Corps Charles Bert Horton biography

$19.50
xxhtd223440

Exemplary Justice


ANDREWS, ALLEN

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: George G Harrap & Co 1976

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapees war crimes Stalag Luft III

$27.50
xxhtaa223446

An Aide-de-Camp of Napoleon: Memoirs of General Count de Segur


GENERAL COUNT DE SEGUR & PATCHETT-MARTIN, H A (Trans)

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: Worley Publications 1995

KEYWORDS: history Napoleonic war Napoleon memoir biography General Count de Segur

$70.00
3h2/1

Annales Gandenses / Annals of Ghent


JOHNSTONE, HILDA (Trans, Intro & Notes)

DUAL ENGLISH LATIN TEXT, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red - faded, xxix + pgs1-100 dual pagination + pgs101-105 index, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems, sl chafing/rubbing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, ligh tto moderate tanning & soiling to spine, other general moderate soiling also)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1951

KEYWORDS: DUAL ENGLISH LATIN TEXT Nelson's medieval classics series annals Ghent history historical battle of courtrai Hilda Johnston

$300.00
3h2/3

The Shipbuilding Industry of Germany


LEHMANN-FELSKOWSKI, G (Compiled & Ed)

Sm folio, grey buckram boards, blank spine with red lettering & coloured illus to front board, printed/patterned eps, unpaginated prelims + 187pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising & cracking/scuffing to head of spine- boards a little shaky, moderate bruising & scuffing to other extrems, moderate to heavy staining/soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, 7cm closed tear & prev. owner's ink stamp to full title page, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, light tanning & foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Crosby, Lockwood & Son 1904

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history shipbuildings design engineering German Germany industry

$40.00
3h2/7

Bismarck and the Hohenzollern Candidature for the Spanish Throne: The Documents in the German Diplomatic Archives


BONNIN, GEORGES (Ed & Intro) & M MASSEY, Dr ISABELLA (Trans) & GOOCH, Dr G P (Fore)

Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 312pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine, other minor soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1957

KEYWORDS: history Spain Spanish rulers Franco-Prussian war Hohenzollern Prince conflict

$50.00
3h2/8

Memoirs; With a Full Account of the Great Malaria Problem and its Solution


ROSS, RONALD

Ex-library, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 547pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & other pencil markings to rear pastedown, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1923

KEYWORDS: history medical diseases malaria General Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross

$40.00
3h2/9

No Bath But Plenty of Bubbles: An Oral History of the Gay Liberation Front, 1970-73


POWER, LISA

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, x + 340pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1995

KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay rights movements Gay Liberation Front 70s seventies 1970s history lesbian homosexuality

$60.00
3h2/12

The Mother of all Departments: The History of the Department of Internal Affairs


BASSETT, MICHAEL

Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, green lettering to spine, 312pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, library reinforcement to front & rear gutters, text block clean)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand government agencies DIA Department of Internal Affairs history

$40.00
3h2/16

Trotsky: Towards October 1879-1917 ; The Sword of the Revolution 1917-1923 ; Fighting the Rising Stalinist Bureaucracy 1923-1927 ; The Darker the Night the Brighter the Star 1927-1940 (4 Vol Set)


CLIFF, TONY

4 VOL SET, octavo, illus coloured light card wrappers, white lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG (light to moderate fading & creasing to spines, moderate creasing to covers/edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, varying degrees of foxing throughout- mostly quite light)

PUBLISHER: Bookmarks 1989-93

KEYWORDS: Leon Trotsky revolution Russia Soviet Union history

$85.00
3h2/18

Jan Tschichold: Master Typographer: His Life, Work & Legacy


TSCHICHOLD, JAN & DE JONG, CEES W et al

Sm folio, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp motif to front board, 351pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to boards & spine, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2008

KEYWORDS: typography typographers Jan Tschichold biography memoir biographies printing history

$40.00
3h2/19

Modern Painters: The Camden Town Group


UPSTONE, ROBERT (Ed) & BAKER, FIONA et al

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white & yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing/peeling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Tate Publishing 2008

KEYWORDS: art artists history Camden Town Group

$85.00
3h2/32

Chagall: The Russian Years 1907-1922


KAMENSKY, ALEKSANDR & D'HAUTEVILLE, ISABELLE (Picture Research)

Sm folio, black cloth boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, 376pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine, sl creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1989

KEYWORDS: Marc Chagall art artists painters history Russia Russian years

$40.00
3h2/34

Andrei Mylnikov


SAZONOVA, K (Compiled & Intro) & PROHAZKA, E (Trans)

Quarto, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, frontispiece, 176pp, illus, VG (light to moderte bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & wrinkling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, rear pastedown partially peeling from board, prev. bookseller's label to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Aurora Art Publishers 1977

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian art artists Andrei Mylnikov history

$47.50
3h1/8

Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World


BORCHARDT-HUME, ACHIM (Ed)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, illus prelims, 190pp, illus, Near FINE (sl rubbin to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: art artists modernism modernists Joself Albers Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Bauhaus history

site powered by - Turboweb :: Simple Web Manager