Books - "history"
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Speed Camera: The Amateur Photography of Motor Racing
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: G T Foulis & Co 1946
KEYWORDS: motorsport automotive motor racing art photography amateur hobbies history historical
Communities of Women: Historical Perspectives
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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: University of Otago Press 2002
KEYWORDS: signed Barbara Brookes New Zealand gender women history sociology social perspectives
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Girl Groups from the 50s on
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: Virago Press 1989
KEYWORDS: pop music girls groups women female bands history entertainment 50s fifties
The Victorian Garden
Ex-library, imperial 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: Bell & Hyman 1984
KEYWORDS: Victorian homes gardens rural history historical country
Ghosts of Everest: The Authorised Story of the Search for Mallory & Irvine
Square 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: Macmillan 1999
KEYWORDS: exploration mountain climbing Mount Everest history George Mallory Andrew Sandy Irvine missing persons
Cream: Strange Brew
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Castle Communications 1994
KEYWORDS: rock music musicians bands Cream Eric Clapton biographies history entertainment
British Beat
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Sociopack Publications N/D
KEYWORDS: British pop music bands britpop history profiles
Almodovar: Labyrinths of Passion
Square 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: Peter Owen 2001
KEYWORDS: film history studies directors Pedro Almodovar movies Spanish
In Stalin's Secret Service
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: Enigma Books 2000
KEYWORDS: Josef Stalin military history secret service espionage spies Russia Russian soviet
The Discovery of Early Childhood: The Development of Services for the Care and Education of Very Young Children, Mid Eighteenth Century Europe to Mid Twentieth Century New Zealand
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: Auckland University Press / Bridget Williams Books 2008
KEYWORDS: Europe New Zealand Aotearoa children tamariki early childhood history development education
Marquis de Sade: A Biography
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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 1995
KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Marquis de Sade
Frances Hodgkins and Her Circle
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Grant Galleries 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Frances Hodgkins history biographies
Ecurie Ecosse: The Story of Scotland's International Racing Team
Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Motoraces Book Club / Stanley Paul 1964
KEYWORDS: motorsport motor racing automotive cars Scotland Scottish team history David Murray
Competition Cars of Europe
Ex-library, 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: Robert Hale 1970
KEYWORDS: motorsport motor racing history Europe European cars design engineering Anthony Pritchard
The Second World War Tank Crisis: The Fall and Rise of British Armour, 1919-1945
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 242pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/curling & fading to edges- sl chipping also, minor fading)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2021
KEYWORDS: military history Great Britain British armour armor armoured vehicles tanks early 20th twentieth century design engineering
The End of Empire and the Making of Malaya
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 417pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining to page edges, light soiling to front eps) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges & rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Malaya history geopolitics politics
Canaris
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 703pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & light to moderate foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, minor general chafing/wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1979
KEYWORDS: first editions military history nazi third reich Admiral Canaris biography biographies memoir
Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle Round the World, Under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy
Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 500pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, occasional minor foxing & soiling throughout, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding quite weak, pgs193-208 loose but present, prev. owner's map & illus of Ascension tipped in to pgs470-471, closed tear with yellowing tape repair to bottom corner of pg267/268)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890
KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin geology journals exploration HMS Beagle
Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands and Parts of South America Visited During the Voyage of HMS Beagle
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, xiii + 648pp, illus/folding maps [some missing or loose], VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, occasional points of insect damage to exterior & interior- deemed inactive, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, prev. owners' names in ink & minor foxing to prelims, folding map at rear has multiple closed tears, lacks plates II-V, folding map of South America loose but present, pg629-630 detached but present, occasional ink & pencil markings to margins & underlining- unobtrusive & minor)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1891
KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin exploration geology volcanic landscapes volcanoes HMS Beagle South America American islands
Reviving the English Revolution: Reflections and Elaborations on the Work of Christopher Hill
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 356pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (2x closed tears to head of spine, other minor creasing & chipping to top edges, moderate to heavy foxing foxing, minor tanning to spine, sm pencil notation to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Verso 1988
KEYWORDS: history historiography English revolution Christopher Hill Stuarts