Books - "history"
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Becoming Shakespeare: How a dead poet became the world's foremost literary genius
Super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 306pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Constable 2008
KEYWORDS: Jack Lynch William Shakespeare biography history Stratford literary criticism literature drama theatre bard
NeoCraft: Modernity and the Crafts
Super octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, xxii + 273pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Nova Scotia College of Art & Design Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Sandra Alfoldy craft art design essays articles visual culture art history philosophy anthropology fashion technology
A Death in Brazil
First edition, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing 2004
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Peter Robb Brazil history politics food art Brazilian culture
The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel's Soul
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Basic Books 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Yoram Hazony Israel Palestine Jewish State history politics government post-Zionism culture
The Power of News: The History of Reuters 1849-1989
First edition, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Donald Read Reuters journalism press newspapers history
An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his Officers who, in August 1783,
A Packet Belonging to the Honourable East India Company
Re-bound, all plates & maps present, quality archival tape repair to minor closed tears to folding map, quarto, quarter-bound, heavy card boards & leather title panel cut into brown leather spine, frontispiece, folding map, xvii + 378pp, illus + folding maps, VG+ (4cm piece of sellotape to rear board, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, year 1788 in crayon to title page, mild foxing & mild tanning)
PUBLISHER: Printed for Captain Wilson & sold by G Nicol1789
KEYWORDS: George Keate Pelew Islands Pacific The Antelope Captain Henry Wilson nautical history diaries journals exploration shipwreck anthropology culture
100,000 Jahre Sex uber Liebe, Fruchtbarkeit und Wolust
Oblong imperial 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: Verlag Waanders 2007
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN Dr Vincent Van Vilsteren Dr Rainer Maria Weiss archaeology human sexuality ancient history art religion erotica artefacts
The Symbols of Sovereignty
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Brian Barker heraldry crowns swords sceptres symbols history archaeology royalty royal regalia
Everday Life in Roman Britain
Hardcover 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: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1947
KEYWORDS: specials Marjorie Quennell C H B Quennell history Roman Britian daily life society
Motley Heraldry
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: Tabard Publications Ltd undated
KEYWORDS: specials The Fool of Arms C W Scott-Giles history heraldry tabard design crests
Motley Heraldry
Hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; some illustrations coloured in with pen ; 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: Tabard Publications Ltd undated
KEYWORDS: specials The Fool of Arms C W Scott-Giles history heraldry tabard design crests
Lost Cities
First edition, octavo hardcover - lacks fep (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1957
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Leonard Cottrell Babylon Nineveh Ur Hattusas Pompeii Anuradhapura history Macchu Picchu Chichen-Itza archaeology
The Drama of the Scharnhorst
A Factual Account from the German Viewpoint
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Corvette Captain Fritz-Otto Busch Scharnhorst World War II naval history war battle
The Climate of Treason: Five who Spied for Russia
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Boyle espionage Russia Soviet Union Philby Maclean Burgess Cambridge KGB MI5 history biography
Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Denys Hay political social cultural history Europe
Augustus Hare in Italy
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Ecco Press 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Augustus Hare Gavin Henderson Italy travel history wood engravings
The First Dance of Freedom: Black Africa in the Postwar Era
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Abacus Sphere 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Martin Meredith Africa history economics economy politics
Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1982
KEYWORDS: specials James Morris history British Empire
The Rise of the West 1754-1830
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Harper Torchbooks / Harper Row 1966
KEYWORDS: specials Francis S Philbrick American USA history the West
Dispatches from Africa
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Abacus 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Patrick Marnham Africa history foreign intervention politics finance