Books - "history"
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The Shadows of Elisa Lynch; how a nineteenth-century Irish courtesan became the most powerful woman in Paraguay
softcover octavo (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: Hodder 2003
KEYWORDS: history historical fiction literature sian rees elisa lynch biography paraguay courtesan specials
Karl Marx; His Life and Environment (fourth edition)
hardcover octavo (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: biography karl marx history philosophy politics isaiah berlin specials
Latin Church Music in England 1460-1575
first edition, hardcover octavo (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1975
KEYWORDS: music religion latin church music hugh benham england history specials
A Short History of Canada (fifth edition)
softcover octavo (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: M&S 2001
KEYWORDS: canada history desmond morton specials
The Roots of the Blues; An African Search
softcover octavo (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: Da Capo Press 1981
KEYWORDS: africa history music arts blues samuel charters specials
The World to Come: From Christian Past to Global Future
Softcover super octavo (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: Bridget William Books 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Lloyd Geering religion christianity church environment politics spirituality history social issues
Web of Gold: The Secret Power of A Sacred Treasure
Softcover super octavo (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: Sidgwick & Jackson 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Guy Patton Robin Mackness history mystery treasure secret societies wealth
Bull Fever
Octavo hardcover in dw (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: Longmans Green & Co 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Kenneth Tynan Spain bullfights bull-ring Madrid Valencia Pamplona history culture
Christopher Isherwood: A Critical Biography
Octavo hardcover (VG) in dw (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: Faber & Faber 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Brian Finney biography politics author writer Christopher Isherwood literary history
Harvard Historical Studies: The Puritan Moment: The Coming of Revolution in an English County
First edition, scarce, review slip loosely enclosed, super octavo, maroon heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 367pp, VG (owner's name in ink to front & rear feps, brown staining to upper and lower prelim page edges) in VG d/w (plastic covered, black taped edges)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1983
KEYWORDS: William Hunt history England English Civil War Essex demography economics agriculture Puritanism first edition
Shameless Scribblers: Australian Women's Journalism 1880-1995
Super octavo paperback (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: Central Queensland University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Sharyn Pearce Australian journalism Louisa Lawson Mary Gilmore Charmian Clift Anne Summers Adele Horin women literary history
Foreign Babes in Beijing: Behind the Scenes of a New China
Super octavo paperback (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: Granta Books 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Rachel deWoskin autobiography history culture China Chinese Beijing American foreigner television series
A Short History of Germany 1815 - 1945
Paperback (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: Cambridge University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: specials EJ Passant WO Henderson German history Holy Roman Empire Austria Prussia Weimar Nazism politics
Love Me Tender: The Stories Behind the World's Best-Loved Songs
Octavo hardcover 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Max Cryer music songs Blue Moon Moon River Greensleeves Yesterday Elvis Presley songs folksongs anecdotes history
New Zealand! New Zealand! In Praise of Kiwiana
softcover small quarto (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: Penguin Books 2000
KEYWORDS: new zealand kiwiana stephen barnett richard wolfe history specials
Venice; an illustrated anthology
introduction by Anthony Burgess
ex-library, hardcover imperial octavo (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Conran Octopus 1988
KEYWORDS: michael marquesee anthony burgess arts history venice travel specials
The Pleasures: A Memoir of Women in Paris
paperback octavo (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: vintage
KEYWORDS: specials women memoir lucinda holdforth paris history colette nancy mitford biography coco chanel edith wharton feminism
The Sunne in Splendour
First edition, octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 1078pp, VG (fading to spine, bruising to spine, front gutter loose but not cracked or broken) in VG d/w (rubbing to top of spine, bruising to edges, folding crease to centre front)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan London 1983
KEYWORDS: Sharon K Penman first edition fiction historical novel English history Richared III biographical literature
Jackson's Track: Memoir of a Dreamtime Place
Super octavo paperback (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: Viking Penguin 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Daryl Tonkin Carolyn Landon memoir Australia bushman autobiography history literature
Adolf Hitler
Paperback (scruffy, spine detaching from text block); 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: Ballantine Books 1977
KEYWORDS: specials John Toland Adolf Hitler biography history 2nd world war WWII Germany Nazi holocaust