Books - "history"
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Battle of the Atlantic, 50th Anniversary (1943-1993) Official Souvenir Brochure and Programme of Events
Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Brodie Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: military history brochures Battle of the Atlantic souvenirs celebrations commemorations
Artillery (Modern Military Series)
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Octopus Books 1975
KEYWORDS: military history warfare artillery weaponry development
The Neophiliacs
FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Gambit 1970
KEYWORDS: first editions literature social history Christopher Booker
Spitfire at War
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1977
KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes spitfires spitfire raf royal air force British armed forces
Spitfire at War: 2
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1985
KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes spitfires spitfire raf royal air force British armed forces
Famous Aircraft: The P-51 Mustang
Imperial octavo softcover, stapled (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Arco Publishing 1963
KEYWORDS: military aviation history p-51 Mustang design engineering fighter planes
Fighter Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G) jacket scruffy with extensive archival tape repairs; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Harleyford Publications 1960
KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 aircraft the great war
The Cambridge Ancient History, Plates Volume IV
THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) flaps of jacket missing; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1960
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history plates art antiquity
Men in Wonderland: The Lost Girlhood of the Victorian Gentleman
Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 250pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & bruising to board edges & extrems, light imprint of jacket to rear board, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor general fading)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: English literature history literary criticism victorian era girls gender identity female children
King James & Letters of Homoerotic Desire
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to black spine, viii + 251pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading & rubbing to board edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Iowa Press 1999
KEYWORDS: history lgbtq gay men homosexuality letters correspondence royal family King James
The Other Love: An Historical and Contemporary Survey of Homosexuality in Britain
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 323pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing/discolouration to prelims, occasional minor pencil markings) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edgeslight chafing & soiling, light foxing/tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1970
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British history gay men homosexuality lgbtq
Manhood: The Rise and Fall of the Penis
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 288pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2011
KEYWORDS: men male genitals genitalia anatomy history urology sexuality sexual behaviour behavior
The Sex of Men in Premodern Europe: A Cultural History
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 327pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to top edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: gender sexuality men sexual behaviour behavior physiology anatomy history culture
Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, green & lilac lettering to spine, xi + 258pp, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to covers/edges, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Harington Park Press 2004
KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay lesbian studies history Europe European France French gender sexuality male prostitution politics government political sex
Richard Strauss: A Critical Commentary on His Life and Works (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges of vol 1 stained grey, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & rubbing to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate staining/soiling to boards, light fading to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff / Barrie & Jenkins 1962-72
KEYWORDS: Richard Strauss music history musicians classical composers biography biographies memoir
Intimate Companions: A Triography of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, Lincoln Kirstein and Their Circle
Super octavo, black heavy boards, green gilt lettering to spine, xix + 316pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to top of spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press 2000
KEYWORDS: art history photography phtoographers George Platt Lynes Paul Cadmus Lincoln Kirstein biographies gay men homosexuality
When Romeo Was a Woman: Charlotte Cushman and Her Circle of Female Spectators
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 318pp, illus, VG+ (minor library markings, light tape residue to board edges, sl rubbing to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, minor library markings)
PUBLISHER: The University of Michigan Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Charlotte Cushman gay lesbian history lgbtq stage theatre theater gender portrayal biography
A History of Africa (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decoration to boards, xv + xi + 702pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2008
KEYWORDS: folio society history Africa
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, white & blue illus to front boards, frontispieces, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2013
KEYWORDS: folio society Russia Russian history revolution 19th 20th nineteenth twentieth century
The Dardanelles: Colour Sketches from Gallipoli
Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blue lettering & gilt nautical illus to front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 118pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising & moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling & rubbing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's label to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, old newspaper clipping of 1939 London Anzac Day to rear pastedown, sl cracking to gutters, occasional minor foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1915
KEYWORDS: military history Gallipoli Anzac Dardanelles Norman Wilkinson art sketches