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A People's History of the Ante-Bellum Years, Volume Four: The Nation Comes of Age


SMITH, PAGE

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: McGraw-Hill 1981

KEYWORDS: US America American history campaigns battles revolution historical

$20.00
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A People's History of the Civil War and Reconstruction, Volume Five: Trial by Fire


SMITH, PAGE

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: McGraw-Hill 1982

KEYWORDS: US America American history campaigns battles historical civil war

$20.00
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A People's History of the Progressive Era and World War I, Volume Seven: America Enters the World


SMITH, PAGE

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: McGraw-Hill 1985

KEYWORDS: US America American history campaigns battles historical politics government

$20.00
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A People's History of the 1920s and the New Deal, Volume Eight: Redeeming the Time


SMITH, PAGE

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: McGraw-Hill 1986

KEYWORDS: US America American history campaigns battles historical politics government

$47.50
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The Stones of Venice


RUSKIN, JOHN & MORRIS, JAN (Ed & Intro)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black decoration/illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, xlvi + 350pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2001

KEYWORDS: folio society John Ruskin literature illustrated Venice Venetian art architecture culture history historical Byzantine Gothic Renaissance buildings

$45.00
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Gold on Blue


HOSKINS, GRAHAM

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, x + 398pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light staining/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Graham Hoskins 2022

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Graham Hoskins military history Royal Navy music band Royal Marines Band Service armed forces British servicemen

$40.00
2g13b/29

Children of the Jade Dragon: The Naxi of Lijiang and Their Mountain Neighbours the Yi


GOODMAN, JIM

IN SLIPCASE, quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to frnot board, illus eps, 235pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing) in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Teak House / Amarin Printing & Pubishing Public Company 1997

KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Yunnan Lijiang County Jade Dragon Mountain culture history customs

$75.00
2g13b/30

The Art of Bollywood


DEVRAJ, RAJESH (Ed) & DUNCAN, PAUL (Ed)

Quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasingto edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2010

KEYWORDS: India Indian film industry movies Bollywood poster art posters history

$85.00
2g13b/31

All Aboard: The Wonderful World of Disney Trains


AMENDOLA, DANA & LASSETER, JOHN (Fore)

Lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus prelims, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Disney 2015

KEYWORDS: entertainment Walt Disney World trains history archives cartoons animation animated

$65.00
2g13b/33

History of Serbia (Second Impression)


TEMPERLEY, HAROLD W V

Octavo, brwon tectured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, map frontispiece, x + 359pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, ligh tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light cracking to gutter of pgs 288/289)

PUBLISHER: G Bell and Sons 1919

KEYWORDS: history Serbia geography geopolitics politics

$40.00
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The Black Watch: The History of the Royal Highland Regiment


LINKLATER, ERIC and ANDRO

Super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, price clipped, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1977

KEYWORDS: military history British army armed forces defence defense The Black Watch Royal Highland Regiment campaigns

$40.00
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The Blue, the Gray, & the Red: Indian Campaigns of the Civil War


HATCH, THOM

Octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to red spine, xi + 274pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in protective plastic cover- easilt removed if desired, light creasing to edges, pink staining to rear- on plastic cover only)

PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books 2003

KEYWORDS: US America American civil war history North Indians

$68.50
2g13e/41

Marlborough: His Life and Times, Book One: Consisting of Volumes I and II of the Original Work


CHURCHILL, The Rt Hon WINSTON S

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, frontispiece, 1050pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & chippingf/cracking to spine & extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate creasing & chipping to edges of fold-outs, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1949

KEYWORDS: British history Great Britain biography biographies memoir John, Duke fo Marlborough nobility aristocracy minor royalty royal family Winston Churchill

$75.00
2g13e/42

The Second Mexican-Texas War 1841-1843


LAMEGO, Gen. MIGUEL A SANCHEZ

Octavo, white buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xii + 127pp, illus, VG (light rubbing 7 moderate soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light water staining to top edges of page block)

PUBLISHER: Hill Junior College Press 1972

KEYWORDS: military history US American America Mexico Mexican conflict border wars borders 19th nineteenth century

$95.00
2g13e/43

Inglorious Soldier


GIBBON, MONK

FIRST EDITION, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 333pp, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor creasing to top corners of rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, moderate tanning to flaps & rear)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1968

KEYWORDS: first editions military history soldiers autobiography autobiographies memoir Monk Gibbon British army armed forces defence defense

$70.00
2g13e/46

The Trooper Police of Australia: A Record of Mounted Police Work in the Commonwealth From the Earliest Days of Settlement to the Present Time


HAYDON, A L

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, coloured coat of arms to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 431pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking to spine/hinges- spine partially detached, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate rubbing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to rear gutters, numerous sm ex-libris ink stamps throughout, moderate cracking to gutters at front- title page partially detached)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1911

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian law enforcement police mounted history early settlers settlements troopers

$40.00
1c61a/2

Model Soldiers: An Illustrated History


GARRATT, JOHN G

Imperial octavo, greem buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt soldier motif to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, 6cm crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, price clipped, light fading to spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: New York Graphic Society 1972

KEYWORDS: hobbies toys toy soldiers model figures history historical collectables collectibles

$45.00
1c61a/3

The Trooper's Tale: The History of the Otago Mounted Rifles


MACKAY, DON (Ed) & JONES, Lieutenant General RHYS (Fore)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 382pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor warping/creasing to spine, sl bruising to board edges, light tanning/staining to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate peeling/wrinkling to covers & spine, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Turnbull Ross Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Otago Mounted Rifles OMR

$145.00
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A Pictorial History of the 8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's)


CROOK, Major E D (Ed) & MARTEINSON, Major J K (Ed)

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt military insignia to front board, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 343pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, 9cm light crack to front hinge, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pgs 107/108)

PUBLISHER: Brigadier-General S V Radley-Walters 1973

KEYWORDS: military history Canada 8th eighth Canadian Hussars Princess Louise regiments

$40.00
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Texas in Revolt: Contemporary Newspaper Account of the Texas Revolution


GADDY, JERRY J (Compiled by) & HEFTER, J (Illus)

Quarto, maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 139pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl cracking to gutterslight wrinkling to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Old Army Press 1973

KEYWORDS: US America American history Texas war conflict newspaper reports journalism

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