Books - "history"
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Meetings with Remarkable Men
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis.; xii + 303 pp.; VG+ (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w moderate chipping; heavy water damage).
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1963
KEYWORDS: Gurdjieff life lives memoir biography autobiography 20th century intellectual history first edition
Against All Odds: The History of the 2/18 Battalion A. I. F.
Signed by author, Paul F. Gemmell. Super octavo, green card boards, spine & front board lettered in white; illus., plates; 296 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & tanning to pg edges, eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w VG (light soiling .& rubbing, some tanning; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; some fading; lg tear to front cover).
PUBLISHER: 2/18th Battalion Association 1991
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian military history ww2 Second World War Two II 2
Noone of the Ulu
Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., plates; xviii + 253 pp.; VG (light to mdoerate soiling & rubbing to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; tearing to spine at head w archival repair).
PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1958
KEYWORDS: Malaysia Malaya social history anthropology jungle adventure
Serving Hong Kong: The Hong Kong Volunteers
Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, green lettering to spine, camo patterned eps, illus eps, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence 2004
KEYWORDS: military Hong Kong volunteers Asia Asian HKVDC history
The Great Society Subway: A History of the Washington Metro
Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 355pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor fading to upper edges, sl tanning ot upper edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains subways US America Washington Metro
The 4300 4-8-2's: Southern Pacific's Mt-Class Locomotives (Revised Edition)
Quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 172pp, folding diagrams to rear, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Signature Press 1996
KEYWORDS: transport rail trains locomotives steam 4300 4-8-2 southern Pacific mt-classs engineering design history
Panzer III & Its Variants
Quarto, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, white tank illus to front board, marbled eps, 167pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, minor wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: military armoured armored vehicles tanks Panzer iii German Germany history Spielberger series
The 451st Bomb Group in World War II: A Pictorial History
Quarto, blue buckram boards, light blue lettering to spine & front board, marbled eps, illus half title page, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, sl tanning & soiling to upper edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial warfare combat 451st Bomb Group ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 wwii
The Liberators from Wendling: The Combat Story of the 392nd Bombardment Group (H) of the Eighth Air Force During World War Two (With Illustrations)
Quarto, blue light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, grey aircraft illus & white lettering to front wrapper, xii + 288pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing to wrapper edges, ligh chafing & soiling to wrappers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter, minor tanning to inside wrappers, light soiling to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Sunflower University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial warfare 392nd bombardment group 8th eighth air force ww2 wwii second 2nd world war two ii 2
Gone the Way of All the Earth: Letters from a Kirkintilloch Weaver
Quarto, yellow light card wrappers, blue lettering to spine & wrappers, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 103pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine & upepr edge of front wrapper, sl chafing to wrappers, sl soiling to page edges, inscription in ink [signed Helen Edwards 26/12/03] to title page)
PUBLISHER: Helen Edwards 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ history letters correspondence McCulloch family
Brush, Seal and Abacus: Troubled Vitality in Late Ming China's Economic Heartland, 1500-1644
OWNERSHIP OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, octavo, light beige heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xv + 267pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl fading to spine & board edges, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Chinese Universtiy Press 2018
KEYWORDS: Asia Asian China Chinese late Ming dynasty history
Xinjiang and the Modern Chinese State
OWNERSHIP OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, octavo, grey buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 297pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine area, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 2016
KEYWORDS: Asia Asian China Chinese politics political history east
Bureaucracy and the State in Early China: Governing the Western Zhou
FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 383pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to top edge of page block, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: first editions China Chinese history Asia Asian studies western zhou
The Last Revolutionaries: German Communists and Their Century
Super octavo, red heavy boards, red gilt lettering to black buckram spine, unpaginated prelims + 322pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & rubbing to board & spine extrems/edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp & ink numerals to base of ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: German Germany communists communism politics political modern history
Blind Bat: C-130 Night Forward Air Controller Ho Chi Minh Trail
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, maps to prelims - not counted presumed all present, x + 173pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board edges/extfrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light crasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, light chafing & sl surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Eakin Press 1999
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare Viet Cong c-130a missions
Army Group North: The Wehrmacht in Russia 1941-1945
Super octavo, plum coloured boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 394pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 wwii second 2nd world war two ii 2 German germany nazi Russia army group north wehrmacht
Commando Despatch Rider: With 41 Royal Marines Commando in North-West Europe 1944-1945
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + [5] + 234pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 2001
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 wwii second 2nd world war two ii 2 Raymond Mitchell war diaries 41 Royal Marines Commando autobiography
Margaret Macdonald: Imperial Daughter
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: McGill-Queen's University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: military history nursing nurse life lives biography First World War One I 1 ww1
Voices from the Ming-Qing Cataclysm: China in Tigers' Jaws
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: Yale University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Asia Asian studies Ming dynasty
Liang and Lin: Partners in Exploring China's Architectual Past
Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. 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: University of Pennsylvania Press 1994
KEYWORDS: China Chinese art architecture architectural history building buildings