Books - "history"
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A Literary Journey, Through Wartime Britain
IN SLIPCASE, octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 1944
KEYWORDS: literature literary history Great Britain British ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
The Publishing Unwins
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: William Heinemann 1972
KEYWORDS: publishing history publishers Unwin literature literary
The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopedie 1775-1800
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: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press 1979
KEYWORDS: encyclopedias dictionaries history literature literary
Shakespeare: The Man and His Achievement
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: J M Dent & Sons 1977
KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare literature literary biography biographies memoir history
The Shakespeare Conspiracy
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: Century 1994
KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare literature literary conspiracy history historical alternative
Caxton's Own Prose
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: Andre Deutsch 1973
KEYWORDS: literature literary history biographies biography memoir English language printing printers Caxton
A Biography of William Caxton: The First English Editor Printer, Merchant and Translator
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) minor water staining to jacket & base of page 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1976
KEYWORDS: printers printing history biography biographies memoir William Caxton literature literary
The Farm and the Village
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 and Faber 1969
KEYWORDS: England English farming agriculture agricultural history East Anglia rural life
The Elements of Book-Collecting
Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Elkin Mathews & Marrot 1927
KEYWORDS: collectables collectibles books book-collecting hobbies antiques history historical
Harrap's Book of Nicknames and Their Origins
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: Harrap 1990
KEYWORDS: personal nicknames guide history historical figures profiles
The Customs and Ceremonies of Britain: An Encyclopaedia of Living Traditions
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1986
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British culture customs ceremonies rituals history traditions
Printing in the 20th Century
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Northwood Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: printing history design 20th twentieth century art
Names & Nicknames of Places & Things
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: Grafton Books 1987
KEYWORDS: nicknames language place names geographical places history
The Rifles are There: The Story of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Ulster Rifles 1939 - 1945
8vo, black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, xiv + 274 pp., illus., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2005
KEYWORDS: World War 2 WW2 WWII II Second Royal Ulster Rifles battallion military history war warfare conflict
Life is a Twisted Path: A time of imprisonment, escape, evasion and final refuge with the Mattei of Montecelio and Bishop Alois Hudal of Santa Maria dell'Anima, Rome
Super 8vo, blue illus light card covers, 147 pp., loose errata slip, illus., photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges, minor cracking to rear gutter).
PUBLISHER: J. and S. A. Burns 2002
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II memoir biography life lives prison prisoner prisoners of war POW military history New Zealand army
With the Cambridgeshires at Singapore
Super 8vo, blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, frontis., xii + 115 pp., illus., plates, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light fraying, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, front gutters sl loose--bdg sloppy, moderate tanning throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling with some loss of colour, moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & tearing, moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Trevor Allen Bevis 1971
KEYWORDS: memoir biography life lives war warfare military history 20th century conflict Far East Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II England Great Britain British
Diary of Life in a Stalag: A New Zealand Soldier's Wartime Story
SCARCE. SIGNED. Sm 8vo, illus. light card covers, 69 pp., illus., photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling/tanning/fading to covers, minor bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning to pg edges, light tanning to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Alf Rawlings n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II war warfare conflict memoir biography life lives Egypt Italy 20th century military history
Prisoner of War and Fugitive
Sm 8vo, blue cl bds, front board lettered in silver gilt, top edge stained red, [6] + 70 pp., plate to front, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, minor tanning & soiling to pg edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & minor tearing, moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden 1947
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II prison prisoners prisoner of war Egypt Italy war warfare military history memoir biography life lives
The Dominion Post: 150 Years of News
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Dominion Post / Fairfax Media 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand media history journalism news Dominion Post newspapers
Printing and the Mind of Man (Assembled at the British Museum and at Earls Court London 16-27 July 1963)
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: Messrs F W Bridges & Sons 1963
KEYWORDS: exhibitions British Museum printing history