Books - "history"
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Super octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to grey spine, xxiii + 416pp, illus, VG+ ( slight bruising to spine and extrems, slight scuffing to extrems, unusual repair using suspected correction fluid to lower corner of front board, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w VG+ (light creasing & sl chipping to edges, v slight tanning, adhesive price sticker to inside back flap)
PUBLISHER: MJF Books N/D (c.1990s)
KEYWORDS: joseph cambell classics history cultural anthropology narrative ancient historic
Trombone's Troubles: Experiences of a Queensland Jackeroo in Early Pastoral Days
Imperial octavo, burgundy illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine, x + 181, illus, VG+ (v slight rubbing to spine and extrems, slight creasing to cover edges, light chafing to covers, slight tanning and soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Boolarong Press 2010
KEYWORDS: henry plantagenet somerset early australian colonial history jackeroo
Sailors in Cages
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 237pp, VG+ ( light bruising to spine, slight soiling to base of front board, slight rubbing to extrems, slight soiling & tanning to page edges), in d/w VG- ( moderate creasing and scuffing/chipping to edges and extrems, heavy soiling, light tanning, two closed tears approx. 2cm each to upper edge of jacket)
PUBLISHER: MacDonald & Co 1967
KEYWORDS: pow pows escape memoir roger v coward world war two second ii history
Captured: My Experiences as an Ambulance Driver and as a Prisoner of the Nazis
Super octavo, khaki buckram boards, red lettering to spine, lightly deckled page edges, frontispiece, 256pp, VG (moderate fading and rubbing to spine, light fading and rubbing to edges and boards. light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, binding slightly sloppy- boards shaky, prev. owners name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1941 Reprint
KEYWORDS: bessy myers ambulance driver womens service world war two second ii pow pows escape memoir history europe
Pageant of the Pacific: Being the Maritime History of Australia in Two Volumes
TWO VOLUMES, imperial octavo, green marle buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, upper edges stained green, deckled page edges, frontispiece to volume one, volume one 411pp + volume two 487pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine and extrems of both volumes, light soiling and tanning to page edges, top of page blocks lightly faded, light general soiling throughout, light tanning and foxing to eps & prelims, plate to prelims of vol 1 detached but present, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: F J Thwaites Pty ca 1930s
KEYWORDS: captain f rhodes pacific maritime history australia
Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance
Square 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: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: music history middles ages renaissance instruments
Aircraft of the Aces: Legends of World War 2, Featuring the Acclaimed Artworks of Iain Wyllie
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: Osprey Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes aircraft ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Iain Wyllie
The Road From the Past
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: Kevin Peterson N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history autobiography memoir Kevin Peterson genealogy
Femme Fashion 1780-2004: The Modelling of the Female Form in Fashion
Super octavo softcover (VG+) minor staining to rear pages: 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: Arnoldsche Art Publishers 2003
KEYWORDS: fashion women female history models modelling
Ethnic Cleansing and the Indian: The Crime That Should Haunt America
FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 2014
KEYWORDS: first editions native American Indians tribes ethnic cleansing history
Collecting the World: The Life and Curiosity of Hans Sloane
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: Allen Lane 2017
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Hans Sloane collectors history
The Great Fashion Designers
Imperial 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: Berg 2009
KEYWORDS: fashion designers profiles biographies history
Captain James Cook
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1994
KEYWORDS: first editions maritime history Captain James Cook famous explorers voyages biography
Trampships, Tankers and Polite Conversation: Experiences of the Merchant Navy During the 1950s and 1960s
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: AuthorHouse 2007
KEYWORDS: Merchant Navy history maritime 20th twentieth century John Lee
The Steadfast Man: A Life of St Patrick
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: The Catholic Book Club / Michael Joseph 1958
KEYWORDS: literature history Paul Gallico St Saint Patrick Ireland Irish saints
Marks of London Goldsmiths and Silversmiths
Duodecimo 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: David & Charles 1972
KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles gold silver makers marks goldsmiths silversmiths history
Bloomsbury Ballerina: Lydia Lopokova, Imperial Dancer and Mrs John Maynard Keynes
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2008
KEYWORDS: history biography Bloomsbury biography memoir Lydia Lopokova Mrs John Maynard Keynes
Mr Bligh's Bad Language: Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) moderate to heavy water damage to bottom corners: 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 1992
KEYWORDS: history Captain Bligh HMS Bounty maritime biography mutiny
A Most Secret Place: Boscombe Down 1939-45
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: Jane's Publishing 1984
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Boscombe Down
Bowfin: The True Story of a Fabled Fleet Submarine in World War II
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: Burford Books 1998
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 submarines maritime warfare USS Bowfin Pacific naval operations