Books - "history"
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Four Main Lines
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1950
KEYWORDS: specials Hamilton Ellis Great Britain British railways transport trains history first edition
The Beauty of Old Trains
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1952
KEYWORDS: specials Hamilton Ellis transport trains railway history first edition
The South Western Railway
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: George Allen & Unwin 1962
KEYWORDS: specials Hamilton Ellis British Souther Western railway transport trains history
The Story of London's Undergroud
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: London Transport 1974
KEYWORDS: specials London transport underground trains railway history
Forgotten Stations of Greater London
Octavo, staped light card covers (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: Town and Country Press 1972
KEYWORDS: specials J E Connor B L Halford London railway stations trains transport history
The Engines That Passed
First edition, imperial 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: George Allen & Unwin 1968
KEYWORDS: specials C Hamilton Ellis transport steam trains engines railway history first edition
The First Railway in London: Being the Story of the London and Greewich Railway from 1832 - 1878
Quarto 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: Conway Maritime Press 1971
KEYWORDS: specials Alfred Rosling Bennett London Greenwhich railway transport trains history
Railway Art
Quarto 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: Ash & Grant Ltd 1977
KEYWORDS: specials C Hamilton Ellis Susan Hyman railway trains transport art history illustration painting sketches
Designed for London: 150 Years of Transport Design
Quarto 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: Laurence King Publishing 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Oliver Green Jeremy Rewse-Davies London transport vehicles design engineering history
North London Railway: A Pictorial Record
Oblong quarto 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Staionary Office 1979
KEYWORDS: specials North London railway transport trains pictorial history
London's Trams
Quarto, stapled light card covers (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: Ian Allan 1990
KEYWORDS: specials J Joyce London transport trams tramways railway history
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Crete
First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind coat of arms stamp to front board, frontispiece, xvii + 547pp, illus, folding maps, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's inscription) in d/w, VG- (several small tears (max 2cm), light rubbing, sun fading to spine, slight soiling)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1953
KEYWORDS: first edition D M Davin New Zealand official military history second world war two ww2 wwII army expeditionary force Crete
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Italy Volume I: The Sangro to Cassino
This volume only, first edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind coat of arms stamp to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 388pp, illus, folding maps, VG (some rubbing to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, v slight soiling to upper boards, light tanning to eps, some ink staining to edges of eps, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light rubbing, some creasing to edges, some creasing with closed tears to fold lines)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1957
KEYWORDS: first edition N C Phillips New Zealand official military history second world war two ww2 wwII army expeditionary force Italy Sangro Cassino
Lucan - Not Guilty
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Fontana 1988
KEYWORDS: specials sally moore lord lucan mystery crime history
Four Against The Bank of England
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Playboy Paperbacks 1980
KEYWORDS: specials ann huxley history crime suspense england theft banks
Nancy Reagan - The Unauthorized Biography
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Bantam 1992
KEYWORDS: specials nancy reagan usa america biography presidents kitty kelley history
Lectures on the History of the Jewish Church: Vol.1 Abraham to Samuel; Vol.2 Samuel to the Captivity; Vol.3 The Captivity to the Christian Era
Three-volume set, octavo, blue buckram boards with blind decorative rule to front boards & gilt lettering to spines, frontispiece with tissue guard + 472pp + folding map (vol.1), frontispiece folding map + 511pp + 2nd folding map (vol.2), 440pp (vol.3), VG (some browning to spines, some fading & staining to boards, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing elsewhere)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1906
KEYWORDS: Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Judaism Jewish church history religion theology
The Eye's Mind: Bridget Riley Collected Writings 1965-1999
Imperial octavo, patterned light card covers with large French flaps, 238pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1999
KEYWORDS: Robert Kudielka Bridget Riley art artist abstract painting art history philosophy
The Cyclopedia of Otago & Southland Volumes 1 and 2
Two-volume set in matching slipcase- heavy, quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, slight sunfading to spine, orange eps, 1216pp in two vols, illus, VG+) in matching slipcase, VG (light rubbing and slight sun fading)
PUBLISHER: Dunedin City Council 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedia Otago Southland history people culture
The Great Fire of London in 1066
With 41 illustrations including Plans and Drawings, Reproductions of English and Foreign Prints, and Photographs
Super octavo, beige cloth boards with red lettering to spine & red rule & red tower motif to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 387pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG- (browning & fading to spine, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, some foxing elsewhere, browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1923
KEYWORDS: Walter George Bell Great Fire London history