Books - "history"
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Salisbury Plain
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, viii + 271pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing, light to moderate foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1955
KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history Ralph Whitlock Salisbury Plain Great Britain British prehistoric
The Northern Marches
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, viii + 218pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing, light to moderate foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1953
KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history Cledwyn Hughes Wales Welsh
Merthyr, Rhondda and The Valleys
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 212pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing, light to moderate foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1958
KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history A Trystan Edwards Wales Welsh
Pamphlets of the American Revolution 1750-1776, Volume I: 1750-1765
FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt initials to front board, xvi + plates + 771pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges/folds, light chafing & soiling, 1cm little gauge to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: first editions US America American revolution history literature 18th eighteenth century John Harvard Library series
Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light
TIDY INSCRIPTION IN CHINESE TO FFEP, octavo, glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xiv + 264pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges/corners, light tanning to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, ink inscription in Chinese to ffep)
PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 2000
KEYWORDS: China Chinese spirituality Sufi Sufism Islam Islamic historical literature religion religious history
The Vale of Pewsey
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, x + 230pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1954
KEYWORDS: first editions the regional books series history England English Great Britain British Wiltshire agricutlure
Panzer Leader
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 528pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/soiling to boards/edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing with light loss & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Zenger Publishing 1979
KEYWORDS: military history German Germany Panzer ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography biographies memoir generals leaders General Heinz Guderian
The Memoirs of Field-Marshal Keitel
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown buckram spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, top page edges stained brown, page fore-edges deckled, 288pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & scuffing/chafing to spine & board edges with minor bruising also, light tanning & foxing to page edges, newspaper clipping/photocopy tipped in to front pastedown, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep, light tanning & foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (plastic cover stuck to jacket- difficult to remove if needed, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading/discolouration to spine, sl tanning to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Stein and Day 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions military history nazi war leaders Field-Marshal Keitel ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 criminals crimes autobiography autobiographies memoir Nuremberg
The Occupation of The Rhineland 1918-1929 (Facsimile Edition)
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 444pp, rear eps illus/map, illus/maps, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps, light wrinkling to ffep/prelims, 1cm closed tear to base of ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1987 (Facsimile Edition)
KEYWORDS: military history Rhineland Imperial War Museum documents war cabinets official documents early 20th twentieth century
Phantom Nine: The 9th Armored (Remagen) Division, 1942-1945
SCARCE, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 327pp, illus/photos, folding maps to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Presidial Press 1987
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 9th Armored Remagen division US America American army armed forces battles campaigns
Allied Secret: The Sinking of HMT Rohna
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xxi + 207pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Red River Books / University of Oklahoma Press 2002
KEYWORDS: military history naval operations United States Army US America American armed forces HMT Rohna British troopships transport ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Combat Commander: Autobiography of a Soldier
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, unpaginated prelims + 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1970
KEYWORDS: first editions military history Major-General E N Harmon US American America armed forces autobiography autobiographies memoir
The Bloody Road to Tunis: Destruction of the Axis Forces in North Africa: November 1942-May 1943
Super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books 2001
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 North Africa African campaigns operations axis forces
The Super Sixth: History of the 6th Armored Division in World War II and its Post-War Association
SCRCE, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 512pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Sixth Armored Division Association 1975
KEYWORDS: military history sixth 6th armored division US Army armed forces veterans
The German Army in the West
FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 222pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & discolouration to board corners, light rubbing to top of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy cracking & chipping with tape repairs/reinforcement to spine, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1951
KEYWORDS: first editions military history German army third reich command leaders
The Monastic Order in England (Second Editions)
Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 780pp, VG- (light bruising to extrems, heavy staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges, with minor foxing also)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: medieval history monastic order England English St Dunstan fourth lateran council religion religious orders
Chinese Women and Christianity 1860-1927
Octavo, coloured glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, x + 225pp, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label & soiling to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Scholars Press 1991
KEYWORDS: China Chinese women religion Christianity faith history church
An Illustrated History of Wilson Marriage School
Quarto, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 125pp + photographic section to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, heavy fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, lg ink gift inscription to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Colin Reynolds 1984
KEYWORDS: England English schools history Wilson Marriage School St Leonard's Parish Hythe Wesleyan Day academic institutions
Thomas Jones (1742-1803): An Artist Rediscovered
Ex-library, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 287pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edgestape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press / National Museums & Galleries of Wales 2003
KEYWORDS: art history biographies biography Thomas Jones artists 18th eighteenth century Welsh Wales landscapes appreciation criticism
Three Thousand Years of Chinese Paintings
Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 402pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light soiling to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press / Foreign Languages Press 1997
KEYWORDS: art history appreciation criticism China Chinese historical