Books - "history"
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The Revolution of Ideas: Philosophy, Religion & Some Ultimate Questions
Octavo, dark blue and white light card wrappers, white and mint green lettering to front wrapper, yellow lettering to spine, loosely enclosed ephemera to fep, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Hale & Iremonger 1982
KEYWORDS: philosophy religion history
A History of West Indies Cricket
Super octavo, wine coloured heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/tables, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1988
KEYWORDS: history cricket sports West Indies Caribbean politics colonialism
Hitler Strikes North: The Nazi Invasion of Norway and Denmark, 9 April 1940
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, Near Fine in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Frontline Books 1988
KEYWORDS: Norway Denmark Nazi Germany World War 2 WWII history military invasions
Zombie Myths Of Australian Military History
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black, brown, white and yellow lettering to front wrapper, white and yellow lettering to spine, illus/maps, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: New South 2010
KEYWORDS: war military history Australia myths
The British Carrier Strike Fleet After 1945
Super octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos/diagrams, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Seaforth 2015
KEYWORDS: military navy history british Cold War mechanics engineering ships aircraft carriers
The Changing of The Guard: The British Army Since 9/11
Super octavo, dark beige heavy boards, white lettering to spine, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Scribe 2021
KEYWORDS: british army 9/11 military history
Queen of the Skies: The Lockheed Constellation
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos/diagrams/maps, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Ivy House Books 2005
KEYWORDS: civil aviation planes Lockheed mechanics engineering history
Titan II: A History of a Cold War Missile Program
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: University of Kansas Press 2000
KEYWORDS: history Cold War missile systems military technology
Fighting the People's War: The British and Commonwealth Armies and the Second World War
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/diagrams/photos/maps, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: history military british Commonwealth World War 2 WWII
Legon History Series: Asante and Its Neighbours 1700-1807
Super octavo, maroon red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps/diagrams, Near Fine (minor creasing to lower edge of front board) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Longman & Northwestern University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Ghana politics history Africa Asante
Railways of the World: Railways of Canada
Super octavo, orange heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, book plate to front pastedown, illus/maps/diagrams/tables, Near Fine (minor previous owners' markings to fep) in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1973
KEYWORDS: railways trains maps locomotives Canada history mechanics engineering
The Last Parade: An Authorised Tribute to British Steam Preservation
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, imperial octavo, midnight blue leather boards, gilt silver lettering to front board and spine, dark blue staining to page edges, illus/photos, Near Fine (photos available on request) in slipcase
PUBLISHER: New Cavendish Books 1977
KEYWORDS: british steam trains locomotives history mechanics engineering
Infantry Operations & Weapons Usage in Korea
Super octavo, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, XIX + 151pp, illus/photos, VG+ in d/w, Near Fine (loose protective cover) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books 1988
KEYWORDS: army Korea american history war
The Heisler Locomotive 1891-1941
Imperial octavo, maroon red heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, loosely enclosed related ephemera to fep, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Benjamin F G Kline, Jr 1982
KEYWORDS: trains locomotives Heisler mechanics engineering history
The Climax Locomotive
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos/tables, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Oso Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: First Edition trains locomotives history mechanics engineering Climax
On the Trail of the Indian Tiger
Super octavo, orange leather boards, black lettering to spine, loosely enclosed related ephemera to fep, illus/photos, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Safari Press 2009
KEYWORDS: hunting history India tigers safari
The Elephant Hunters of the Lado
Super octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, XXI + 311pp, illus/photos/maps, VG+ in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Safari Press 2007
KEYWORDS: elephants hunting Lado Enclave Africa history safari
Shots Fired in Anger
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt red lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page and prelims, XX + 535pp, loosely enclosed related ephemera to fep, Near Fine in d/w, VG (minor chipping to upper edges of wrappers, minor creasing to base of spine, minor 1.5cm loss to lower edge of rear wrapper) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: National Rifle Association of America 1981
KEYWORDS: First Edition military american history Burma
Development of the P-51 Long-Range Escort Fighter Mustang
Quarto, navy blue heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos/diagrams, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (loose protective cover) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Classic 2003
KEYWORDS: Mustang military aviation planes mechanics engineering history
The American Steel Navy: A Photographic History of the U.S. Navy from the introduction of the Steel Hull in 1883 to the Cruise of the Great White Fleet, 1907-1909
Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt silver lettering to spine, illus/photos/diagrams, Near Fine in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: American Heritage Press 1972
KEYWORDS: american military navy history photography mechanics engineering