Books - "history"
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Life and Literature
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled page edges, x + 393pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, half title page partially detached at gutter- still fully present, light to moderate foxing to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters, occasional light pencil markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann N/D (c.1922?)
KEYWORDS: literature reading literary social history criticism prose Lafcadio Hearn
The Himmler Brothers: A German Family History
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 333pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2007
KEYWORDS: nazi Germany Heinrich Himmler family history biography autobiography Katrin Himmler war criminals holocaust
Robert Kuok: A Memoir
Octavo, brown patterned heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 376pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/scuffing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Landmark Books 2017
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Robert Kuok autobiographies Asia business businessmen Asian history
Backwards Into Battle: A Tail Gunner's Journey in World War II
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 156pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing & creasing to spine & covers/edges, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Tall Tree Press 1997
KEYWORDS: signed Andy Doty military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial warfare tail gunners b-29
History at War: The Campaigns of an Historian
HOLOGRAPH LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & red lettering to spine, viii + 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to verso of full title page)
PUBLISHER: Giles de la Mare Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: military history Noble Frankland ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 campaigns battles
Alfie's War: A Fleet Air Arm Officer's Exciting Exploits on HMS Illustrious in Greece and Crete
Super octavo, yellow heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 189pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, sl oiling to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2012
KEYWORDS: military history Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm British armed forces ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
The American Road to Nuremberg: The Documentary Record 1944-1945
Super octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine, x + 259pp, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (ligh tcreasing & moderate chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hoover Institution Press 1982
KEYWORDS: war crimes nazi Germany ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Nuremberg trials holocaust Jewish genocide Jews military history
Hanna Reitsch: Flying for the Fatherland
Ex-library, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 244pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, spine cocked & creased, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate tape & residue to board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges, minor soiling & tape/residue to eps, library tape reinforcement to front & rear gutter, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, occasional light soiling to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges & spine, light tanning & fading to spine, other minor wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1988
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation luftwaffe aerial warfare combat pilots Hanna Reitsch nazi Germany biography
White Wings, Vol II: Founding of the Provinces and Old-Time Shipping: Passenger Ships from 1840 to 1885
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, 259pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, moderate scuffing & bruising to board corners/extrems, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. ownership inscriptions in ink to front eps, light wrinkling & adhesive residue to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing Company 1928
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical shipping history passenger ships Sir Henry Brett
Finland at War: The Winter War 1939-40
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, blue & black lettering to spine, illus title page, top edges of front eps & prelims deliberately aged, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/rubbing to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, late tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 2018
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Finland Finnish winter
From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film
SECOND PRINTING, super octavo, black buckram boards, black lettering set in to silver gilt decoration to spine, silver gilt decoration to front board, top page edges stained black, decorated title page, xii + 361pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & adhesive staining to front & rear eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & tearing to spine & cover edges- yellowing tape repairs, other general heavy creasing & scuffing/chafing also)
PUBLISHER: Dennis Dobson 1947
KEYWORDS: Germany German film films cinema movies history psychology early 20th twentieth century
Straight On
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, cream lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xi + 178pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1947
KEYWORDS: first editions ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 concentration camps history pows prisoners of war
Whales & Destiny: The Rivalry Between America, France and Britain for Control of the Southern Whale Fishery 1785-1825
SIGNED, super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, illus title page, xii + 427pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor pencil annotation to terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, minor chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: University of Massachusetts Press 1972
KEYWORDS: signed Edouard A Stackpole maritime nautical history whaling fishing fisheries Southern Whale Fishery
The Ford Model A
Quarto, brown buckrma boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 244pp + index to rear, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy water staining to corners & edges, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Motor Cities Publishing Company 1975
KEYWORDS: automotive cars Ford model A design engineering history
Cox's Navy: Salvaging the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow 1924-1931
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 213pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Maritime 2008
KEYWORDS: navy naval Ernest Cox Scapa Flow Orkney salvage maritime nautical history German High Seas Fleet warships
A Year Amongst the Persians: Impressions as to the Life, Character & Thought of the People of Persia
RE-BOUND, super octavo, quarter leather bound blue boards, brown lettering to beige leatherette title plate to spine with raised bands also, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxi + 650pp, folding map to rear, VG+ (single sm library ink stamp to base of copyright page- no other stamps/markings detected, minor fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1926
KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Persia Edward Granville Browne history
Beware of the English! German Propaganda Exposes England
Octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xviii + 304pp, illus, VG (light bruising & tanning to spine & board extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate scuffing with ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor cracking to rear gutter & sporadically throughout, sl occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking/tearing to spine & edges with tape repairs, light fading to spine, general minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1939
KEYWORDS: war history German propaganda press England
Mauthausen: The History of a Death Camp
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 296pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing & scuffing/chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions war history crimes nazi Germany concentration camps pows prisoners of war Mauthausen death camp
Constraint on Trial: Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert and Religious Freedom
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 268pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading to spine & cover edges, minor chafing & curling/creasing to covers/edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, minor pencil markings/annotation to margins)
PUBLISHER: Truman State University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: biography Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert biographies memoir history historical philosophy
Graven in the Rock; or, The Historical Accuracy of the Bible, Confirmed by Reference to the Assyrian and Egyptian Monuments in the British Museum and Elsewhere
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxii + 703pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG- (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- frontispiece detached but present, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's blind embossed to half title page, moderate cracking to gutters to prelims- some pgs partially detached)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1891,
KEYWORDS: religion religious history bible biblical resources research archeology archaeology British Museum Assyria Egypt