Books - "history"
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2Stoned
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: Vintage 2003
KEYWORDS: music Rock and Roll The Rolling Stones band manager Andrew Loog Oldham history musical history biographical recount music industry entertainment
Cetshwayo; The Last Zulu King
Ex library. Proof copy. Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd 1963
KEYWORDS: C.T. Binns South Africa Zulu history biographical history Cetshwayo proof copy
Sailormen All
lacks fep, super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton Limited c.1933
KEYWORDS: naval history seafaring life shipwrecks survival voyages history Godon Campbell maritime exploration
The New Medievalism
super octavo softcover (VG+) : all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: history and criticism medieval history medievalism medieval studies
Rendezvous With Destiny: A Sailor's War
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 reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1997
KEYWORDS: history second 2nd world war two 2 wwii ww2 naval operations American war history Navy biographical presonal narratives sailors
My War
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 reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs 2000
KEYWORDS: history second 2nd world war two 2 wwii ww2 biographical personal narraitves war correspondents United States American history army
Lawrence and Oppenheimer
UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained orange, 384pp, VG (moderate staining to boards, sl rubbing/bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional pencil underlining to text) in d/w, VG- (all corners lightly clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- minor tape repairs, light chafing, moderate tanning/foxing & creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1969
KEYWORDS: UK first editions nuclear science Ernest Lawrence J Robert Oppenheimer history physics history
Marxism and Literary History
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: Harvard University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: discourse analysis literary history Marxism Marxist criticism literature history
Doctor of Revolution: The Life and Genius of Erasmus Darwin
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: Faber & Faber 1977
KEYWORDS: Erasmus Darwin 18th eighteenth century science history of social history enlightenment first edition
Early Meissen Porcelain in Dresden
Imp. octavo, white cl boards, spine lettered in white, device to front board in blue; photos; 212 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, sl bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1990
KEYWORDS: ceramics pottery Meissen porcelain history arts crafts German history
75 Years of Leica Photography / 75 Jahre Leica Fotografie / 75 ans de photographie Leica 1914 - 1989
MULTI LINGUAL ENG/FRE/GER. Quarto, heavy white cloth boards, blind stamp lettering on spine, illus title page, 340pp, illus/photos, near FINE (sl soiling to boards & page edges) in clear mylar d/w, VG+ (transparent with text, sl scuffing and bruising to front and rear, sl tanning to spine) in slipcase VG ( light to moderate white card with minor soiling and scuffing all over, light foxing on rear, previous bookseller's sticker on the front).
PUBLISHER: The Leica Camera Group 1991
KEYWORDS: MULTI LANGUAGE photography photographs Leica history world culture art history 20th century German French English world
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory
Super octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; x + 252 pp.; VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps; ownership inscr to ffep; major pencil annotations to reps; light annotation throughout); in d/w VG (light soiling & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1981
KEYWORDS: philosophy moral morals virtue history social history science
Hacks and Dunces: Pope, Swift and Grub Street
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: Methuen 1980
KEYWORDS: English literature literary studies history biography social history
Wealth & Poverty: An Economic History of The Twentieth Century
Quarto hardcover (VG+) 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 1990
KEYWORDS: economy history social history 20th Century Twentieth
Airlines of Asia: Since 1920
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii+572pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chaffing to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (minor fading to spine, light creasing to extrems/edges, light chaffing, light tanning & soiling to interior extrems, previous booksellers sticker on flap).
PUBLISHER: Paladwr Press 1997
KEYWORDS: aviation aeronautics aeroplane civilian commercial airline history Asia history transport
Tannenberg: The First Thirty Days in East Prussia
FOLDING MAPS AT REAR. Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 306pp, VG ( moderate tanning & soiling to spine, minor scuffing to spine & board extrems, minor crease & soiling on front board, moderate foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, foxing throughout, signed with previous owners name in ink with moderate pencil notes and underscoring throughout, occasional sm closed tears to folding maps at rear- all maps present).
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1925
KEYWORDS: Tannenberg Prussia military history Sir Edmund Ironside history tactics Russia UK England Germany Europe campaigns
Song of the Old Tides
Signed by author. Numbered FIRST EDITION (#59). Prev owner's pre-publication receipt loosely enclosed. Quarto, grey card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus., photos; 320 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, w some sl chiping; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light to moderate soiling & rubbing; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: StonePrint Press 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history songs folklore poetry history
The Emergence of the Delhi Sultanate: 1192 - 1286
Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. 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: Permanent Black 2020
KEYWORDS: Delhi sultanate history India kingdom history muslim hindu culture Asia
Astrological Roots: The Hellenistic Legacy
Super octavo, illus. light card covers; illus.; xx + 314 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some chiiping; moderate soiling & tanning to page edges & prelims/terminals);
PUBLISHER: The Wessex Astrologer 2007
KEYWORDS: Astrology astrological history ancient history Greek Greece
Hellenistic Astrology: The Study of Fate and Fortune
Imp. octavo, illus. light card covers; illus., photos, xxvi + 670 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to page edges).
PUBLISHER: Amor Fati 2017
KEYWORDS: Astrology astrological history ancient history Greek Greece