Books - "history"
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Sybille Bedford: An Appetite for Life
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: Chatto & Windus 2020
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sybille Bedford history
The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919-1939
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: University of Queensland Press 1985
KEYWORDS: signed history aviation Qantas Airways business
Town Transport in Camera
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: Ian Allan 1980
KEYWORDS: transport history photography photos passenger
The Roman World 44bc - ad180
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: Routledge 1999
KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome roman antiquity empire
The Wolf by the Ears: Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
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: The Free Press 1977
KEYWORDS: US presidents slavery Thomas Jefferson history civil rights
The Kings of Arabia: The Rise and Set of the Turkish Sovranty in the Arabian Peninsula
First edition. Demy 8vo, pp. 294 + [6 (advts)]; blue buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; frontis., plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, foxing & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; pasted slip peeled from front pastedown; moderate foxing throughout; light to moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon 1923
KEYWORDS: Harold F Jacob Arab Arabia Kings Arabian Peninsula politics political history Turkish 20th century first edition
The Arab Awakening: The Story of the Arab National Movement
8vo, pp. 471; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; foldout maps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Khayat's College Book Cooperative
KEYWORDS: George Antonius Arabia Arabian peninsula politics political history
Frontiers and Wars: His Four Early Books Covering His Life as Soldier and War Correspondent
First edition. Super 8vo, pp. 567; blue buckram bds, red label to spine letteredin gilt; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate, soiling tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: eyre & Spottideoode 1962
KEYWORDS: Winston S Churchill war warfare life lives biography autobiography military history
Wyndham Lewis: Time and Western Man
Super 8vo, pp. xx + 617; illus. light card covers; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light cracking to front gutters).
PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Wyndham Lewis 20th century literature criticism history philosophy
The Black Truffle: Its History, Uses and Cultivation
Second edition. Super 8vo, pp. [4] + 107; black heavy card bds, front board lettered in gilt, tree motfi to front baord in gilt; patterned eps, photos, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soilign to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling).
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand food crop food black truffle history uses cultivation
Let Dons Delight: Variations on a Theme in an Oxford Common-Room
First edition. Ex-library. 8vo, pp. [8] + 280; black buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained yellow; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library stamps in blue ink to ffep, rfep, ht, tp, p. 1, 139, & 279; light cracking to central & rear gutters; spine cocked); in d/w VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; price clipped to front flap; sm open tears to spine extrems).
PUBLISHER: Sheed & Ward 1939
KEYWORDS: Ronald A Knox essays academic life Oxford College conversation social history criticism
The Story of the Sail
Imp. 8vo, pp. 147; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained black; illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to central & rear gutters; spine sl cocked; light foxing throughout; some tearing to top edge of text); in d/w, G (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; many lg closed tears to edges, some open tears to spine; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1936
KEYWORDS: transport ships sail sailing history illustrated sailors
The Tunbridge Wells Guide; or An Account of the ancient and present State of that Place, to which is added a particular Description of the Towns and Villages, Remains of Antiquity, Gentlemens Seats, Founderies, &c. &c. within the Circumference of Six
Rebound. Foolscap 8vo, pp. xii + 336; bd full in brown leather bds, red label to spine lettered in green; all edges deckled, frontis., opp. ornate dedication, foldout plates & table; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning, soiling & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: J. Sprange 1801
KEYWORDS: J Sprage travel description travelling England Britain 19th social history towns villages
John Deere's Company: A History of Deere & Company and Its Times
Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 870 +[10 (index)]; brown cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, plough motif in blind to front board; illus. tp, photos, plates, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; minor soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Doubleday & Company 1984
KEYWORDS: John Deere industry agricultural agriculture company business 19th 20th century history
The Martyrdom of Man
Crown 8vo, pp. viii + 544; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, roll-tooled border in blind to front board; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to joints & spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to central & rear gutters; light to moderate foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Trubner & Co, 1887
KEYWORDS: Winwood Reade war warfare military history religion religious North Africa ancient medieval mediaeval Europe European
The Two Battles of the Marne
8vo, pp. 255; green cl bds, spine & front board lettered in black; fore & bottom edges sl deckled; maps; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation bookplate & prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; moderate cracking to central gutters; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy); in d/w, G- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; torn at spine, front & rear covers separated; rear flap torn from rear cover, both loosely enclosed; heavy loss to spine; very poor condition).
PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1927
KEYWORDS: Battles of Marne war warfare military history Great War First World War 1 WW1 WWI I WW
B-29: Superfortress: in detail & scale
Imp. 8vo, pp. 72; stapled illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; p. 1-2, 3-4, 71-2 loose (vol. 2);
PUBLISHER: TAB Books 1987
KEYWORDS: B-29 B 29 bomber history aircraft air plane airplane Air Force military
Pakistan: Past & Present
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Stacey International 1977
KEYWORDS: middle east Pakistan history heritage culture
The Art Treasures of the Moscow Kremlin
TEXT IN RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH INSERT, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Planeta Publishers 1984
KEYWORDS: Russia Soviet Kremlin history historic buildings artefacts antiques art
Battleships in Transition: The Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860
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: Conway Maritime Press 1984
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history steam battleships warfare 19th nineteenth century naval