Books - "history"
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The Life of John Wilson: For Fifty Years Philanthropist and Scholar in the East
Ex-library, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 652pp, G (spine almost detached & flapping loose, usual library markings, moderate to heavy scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, moderate glue damage to front eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional soiling/foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1878
KEYWORDS: history John Wilson biography memoir biographies philanthropists
Two Fists - and a Fortune
Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl chafing to boards, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G (shockingly heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine & cover edges- heavy aging tape repair attempts with minimal success, moderate soiling- very delicate!)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson's 1951
KEYWORDS: sport history boxing boxers Bruce Woodcock autobiography memoir autobiographies
The Sicilian Vespers: A History of the Mediterranean World in the Later Thirteenth Century
FIRST EDITION, 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: Cambridge University Press 1958
KEYWORDS: first editons history mediterranean 13th thirteenth century
The Horsemen of the Steppes: The Story of the Cossacks
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: The Bodley Head 1985
KEYWORDS: history Russia Russian Cossacks
The Gates Burst Open
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: Arco Publishers 1955
KEYWORDS: military history RAF Royal Air Force French Resistance ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Germans Under My Bed
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Arthur Barker 1957
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
One God, Too Many Devils
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: Chrysanthemum Publishing House 1989
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese
Sequel to Boldness: The Astonishing Follow-on Story to One of the Greatest War Books Ever Written
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: Odhams Press 1959
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war Richard Pape
G-String Jesters
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: Currawong Publishing Co 1966
KEYWORDS: Burma-Siam Death Railway military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 entertainment entertainers
Defending Northern Skies 1915-1995
Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: The Royal Air Force Historical Society / University of Newcastle 1996
KEYWORDS: military history aviation RAF Royal Air Force historical society
Brighton (Nelson South-West Goldfield): Its Boom or Bust
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: Friends of Fox River and Bridge Inc 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Nelson gold hunting mining goldmining Brighton
Stark Decency: German Prisoners of War in a New England Village
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: University Press of New England 1988
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war
The Survival Factor
Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Kangaroo Press 1989
KEYWORDS: military history Australians pows prisoners of war ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Dr Rowley Richards
Underground from Posen
FIRST EDITION, 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: William Kimber 1954
KEYWORDS: first editions military history pows prisoners of war ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Fort VIII Posen
Escape From Paradise; by Seven Who Escaped and One Who Did Not
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: Hollis & Carter 1954
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
The Colditz Myth: British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany
Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Oxford University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war
At the Going Down of the Sun: Hong Kong and South-East Asia 1941-1945
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: Hamish Hamilton 1981
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Hong Kong surrender Japan
From the Somme to Singapore: A Medical Officer in Two World Wars
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: D J Costello 1988
KEYWORDS: military history medical officers services Charles Huxtable 20th twentieth century
POW: A Digger in Hitler's Prison Camps 1941-45
Octavo hardcover (VG) occasional cracking to gutters, 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: Macmillan 1985
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war camps
Tinker's Mufti: Memoirs of a Part-time Soldier
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: Seeley Service & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: military history Major Basil Peacock autobiography autobiographies memoir