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Rosenfeld, Oscar
The Phony War
New York: Vantage Press 1981. 157pp. Page edges lightly foxed. Cloth boards in jacket. The story of one man's struggle to escape France before the Nazis arrive. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Vantage Press Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028522 ISBN : 053304782X 9780533047826
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Vincent, Isabel
Bodies and Souls: The Tragic Plight of Three Jewish Women Forced Into Prostitution in the Americas
New York: William Morrow 2005. xii 276pp 8pp b/w photos bibliography index. Papered boards in jacket. Sophia Chamys Rachel Liberman Rebecca Freedman. Young and poor these Jewish women and thousands of others like them from the late 1860s until 1939 left Eastern Europe and were sold or duped into slavery forced to become prostitutes in South America Latin America South Africa India and New York by the Zwi Migdal a notorious criminal gang comprised entirely of Jewish mobsters. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. William Morrow Hardcover
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Martin Robert Montgomery
The Political Commercial & Financial Condition of the Anglo-Eastern Empire in 1832 : an Analysis of its Home and Foreign Governments and a Practical Examination of the Doctrines of Free Trade and Colonization with Reference to the Renewal or Mod
London: Parbury Allen and Co 1832. xi 403pp marbled endpapers and page edges. A stain affects the lower section of the first few pages with insect damage in the same area from the front flyleaf decreasing in size to six small holes on the title page to one small hole on pp 57/58. Ex-Public Library Adelaide copy with PLA in gilt at the centre of the front board and the Library name by the upper edge and a library reference by the lower edge of the spine which has five raised bands. Half bound in contemporary calf red cloth. The front board is almost detached. The East India Company territories in India. Extremely scarce. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair to Good. Ex-Library. Parbury, Allen, and Co Hardcover
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Savatorelli Luigi; Mira Giovanni
Storia d'Italia Nel Periodo Fascista
Torino: Giulio Einaudi Editore 1964. 1192pp index notes. Or green cloth in jacket. Place/year written on half title page. Biblioteca di cultura storica 53. Italy under the rule of the fascists. Text in Italian. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Giulio Einaudi Editore Hardcover
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Barnett, Ratcliffe
The Road to Rannoch and the Summer Isles
Edinburgh: John Grant Booksellers 1946. xv 184pp with frontis and 21 illustrations two drawings glossary endpaper maps. Upper-edge tinted. Fore- and lower-edges uncut and foxed. Blue cloth boards in lightly edge-worn jacket. Most of the articles first appeared in The Scotsman. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Robert M Adam. 8vo. John Grant Booksellers Hardcover
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Musulin, Stella
Vienna in the Age of Metternich: From Napoleon to Revolution 1805-1848
Boulder: Westview Press 1975. 328pp b/w plates 3 maps Habsburg family tree bibliography index. Cloth boards in price-clipped jacket. The Metternich regime. American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Westview Press Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028035 ISBN : 089158501X 9780891585015
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Bailey, Brian
Great Romantic Ruins of England and Wales
New York: Crown Publishers Inc 1984. HEAVY. 256pp color and b/w photos bibliography index pictorial end-papers. The front flyleaf and following half title page have a long crease from the upper-edge to the fore-edge. Papered boards in pictorial jacket. This cross section of the ruins of England and Wales covers not only the most famous and spectacular places but also the lesser-known sites. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Photographs by Rita Bailey. 4to. Crown Publishers Inc Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 028005 ISBN : 0517551519 9780517551516
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Doyle, Arthur Conan
The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1915
London: Hodder and Stoughton 1917. xi 259pp maps plans index. Bookshop stamp by the lower edge and prev owner's name by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. Page edges foxed. Or blue cloth boards lightly flecked gilt spine titles with some damage near the spine head affecting the first three lines of the title. This volume follows the author's earlier work The British Campaign in France and Flanders 1914. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Hodder and Stoughton Hardcover
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Colonel Colomb
"The Prince of Army Chaplains." Pseudo St Peter; or A Regicide's Career
London: Burns & Oates. 1899. viii 206pp two appendices. Prelims and endpages foxed. Or red cloth boards toned at the spine with gilt titles now almost illegible. From the Preface 'This little work on the character and doings of Hugh Peters 1598-1660 is meant for the edification and entertainment of those persons who are so constituted as to be unable to fall in love with regicides however saintly they are asserted to have been.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo. Burns & Oates. Hardcover
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Gunston, Bill (editor)
So Many: a Folio Dedicated to All who Served with RAF Bomber Command 1939-45
Toronto: Macmillan Canada 1995. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Kent. 276pp illustrated throughout with photos facsimiles and paintings. With page marker. Six-line Christmas greeting by the upper corner of the front flyleaf. Cloth boards in jacket which has two small marks on its rear panel.The principal content allocates ten pages to each of twenty-five aircrew who served in Bomber Command in World War II. Each has a biography a photograph of his memorabilia a handwritten reminiscence and a painted silhouette. VERY HEAVY additional shipping may be required. Popular Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio. Macmillan Canada Hardcover
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Murray, A S
Greek Bronzes
London: Seeley and Co 1898. 104pp frontis and three copper plates foxed 41 text-ills index. Endpapers heavily toned. Prelims endpages and pge edges foxed. Small bookshop stamp by the lower edge of the ffep. Decorative cloth boards gilt. Boards heavily toned at the spine with some wear at the edges and several stains. Written by the Keeper of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum who discusses ancient bronze statuettes. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 4to. Seeley and Co Hardcover
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von Stockhausen, Juliana
Im Schatten Der Hofburg. Gestalten Puppen und Gespenster
Heidelberg: F. H. Kerle Verlag 1952. 280pp folding genealogical chart bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Place.date written on half-title page very occasional marginal notes in ink. Hacket tape reinforced at top and bottom of spine. Text in German/auf Deutsch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. F. H. Kerle Verlag Hardcover
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Irwin, Will
The Jedburghs: The Secret Histo4ry of the Allied Special Forces France 1944
New York: Public Affairs 2005. xxiv 323pp 8pp b/w photos appendix: The French Jedburgh Teams index. Prev owner's name by the upper edge of the half-title page. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The Jedburghs were a pioneering Special Forces unit made up of American British and French volunteers. They parachuted deep behind the German lines to assist with the recapture of France in 1944. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Public Affairs Hardcover
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Head, Ronald E
Godalming: a Photographic History of Your Town
Salisbury: Black Horse Books for W H Smith 2001. 62pp b/w ills throughout. Pictorial card cover. The book's chapters cover: Early history The High Street Byways and buildings River road and rail Industry The churches Godalming Schools and Farncombe. The photographs in this pictorial history were selected from the Francis Frith Collection. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Black Horse Books for W H Smith Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027727 ISBN : 1904033415 9781904033417
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Drix, Samuel
Witness to Annihilation: Surviving the Holocaust. A Memoir
Washington: Brassey's 1994. xvi 249pp b/w ills map of Janowska Camp index. An 'important contribution to the literature of the Holocaust' written by a survivor of Janowska camp. Reprint. Soft Cover. Near Fine. Trade Paperback. Brassey's Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027755 ISBN : 0028810872 9780028810874
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Munro, R W and Munro, Jean
Tain Through the Centuries
Tain: Tain Town Council 1966. 138pp frontispiece b/w plate line drawings index folding chart showing the Burgh lands of Tain at the rear. Red cloth boards gilt spine titles in price-clipped dust-jacket. This history of the Royal Burgh of Tain in Easter Ross was specially commissioned for the 900th anniversary celebrations in June 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Tain Town Council Hardcover
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Jay, Bee
Sunset on the Loch
Gairloch: Barker Johnson 1965. 298pp text-ills frontpiece map with blue biro outline of a probable route. There is a small cross above the page number of p29. The page edges and title page are lightly soiled in places. Papered boards with a lightly creased front cover in dust-jacket which has a soiled rear panel and some wear to its edges. The book deals in the main with the Gairloch area of Wester Ross also including Skye and with the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora Macdonald. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo. Barker Johnson Hardcover
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Finn, James
Sabres of France: The Napoleonic Wars
New York: Walker and Company 1961. x 115pp profusely illustrated with authentic paintings drawings and maps dating from the Napoleonic era. End-pages and page edges foxed half-title and acknowledgements page at the rear toned. Cloth-backed papered boards in rubbed lightly edge-worn and soiled dust-jacket. The book presents a short and simple account of some of Napoleon's outstanding battles and campaigns generals and fighting units with special emphasis on his cavalry. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Walker and Company Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027809
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Laing, Margaret
Josephine & Napoleon
New York: Mason/Charter 1974. 196pp color and b/w ills index. Papered boards in price-clipped dust-jacket with flaps that have been sellotaped to the paste-downs. The life and times and the extraordinary character of Josephine and her relationship with Napoleon. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Mason/Charter Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027810 ISBN : 0884050912 9780884050919
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Sisson, Jessie
A Tour by Car Through England Scotland and Wales
Sydney: Bank of New South Wales 1953. vi 377pp b/w photos gazetteer index to gazetteer 24pp of colour maps at the end. Cloth boards a little soiled rubbed at the edges with a lighlty bumped upper front corner and a short tear at the spine fold. The tour of 6000 miles divided into short itineraries to allow maximum flexibility of travel was planned especially for Australians and New Zealanders. The route was chosen with regard to the scenic historic and legendary value of each section. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo. Bank of New South Wales Hardcover
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Jenkins, Elizabeth
The Mystery of King Arthur
New York: Dorset Press 1990. 224pp color and b/w ills throughout bibliography index. Textured papered boards in jacket. In this story of Arthur one of the greatest legends in the world the author separates legend and history presenting at once the rich literary tradition born of the historical ruler. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Dorset Press Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027830 ISBN : 0880295112 9780880295116
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Verdoner, Yoka and Verdoner Kan, Francisca (editors)
Signs of Life: The Letters of Hilde Verdoner-Sluizer from Nazi Transit Camp Westerbork 1942-1944. Edited y Her Daughters
Washington D.C.: Acropolis Books 1990. Foreword by Jacob Boas. 224pp b/w ills references. Or cl boards in jacket. The letters from Transit Camp Westerbork in Holland provide a personal account of camp life from the perspective of a 33-year-old housewife and mother of three young children ages 3 5 and 8. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Acropolis Books Hardcover
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Warwick, Charles F
Napoleon and the End of the French Revolution
Philadelphia: George W. Jacobs 1910. 481pp portrait frontis and b/w plates. There is a hole erasure excess by the upper corner of the front flyleaf. Front hinge cracked. There is some toning to pages facing the plates. Top edge gilt. Fore- and lower-edges uncut. Decorative cloth boards gilt with a slightly toned spine. This is the sequel to the author's earlier works on Mirabeau Danton and Robespierre and their part in the French Revolution which made Napoleon. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. George W. Jacobs Hardcover
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Gloag, John and Thompson Walker, C
Home Life in History: Social Life and Manners in Britain 200 B.C. -- A.D. 1926
New York: Coward-McCann Inc 1928. 302pp frontis and b/w ills genealogical table bibliography index. The book has been generously annotated in pencil with a considerable amount of pencil underlining. Prev owner's name on front and rear paste-downs. Upper-edge tinted fore-edge uncut with a stain on the lower-edge by the spine foot. Or blue cloth boards with a nick at the spine foot and lightly bumped lower corners gilt spine titles. The book was written to show as clearly as possible representative examples of home life in Britain from the days of the pre-Roman British princes to the first quarter of the 20th century. In each of the chapters the authors answer three questions: where did they live how did they live and what did they think and talk about. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. Illus. by A B Read. 8vo. Coward-McCann, Inc Hardcover
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Gash, Norman
Peel
London: Longman Group Limited 1979. xiii 319pp b/w ills bibliography index. The author adapted and rewrote the text of his two-volume life of Peel Mr Secretary Peel and Sir Robert Peel to present this book which covers Peel's life and career in a single volume. Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Longman Group Limited Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027936 ISBN : 0582485991 9780582485990
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Callaghan, Mary Rose
Kitty O'Shea: A Life of Katharine Parnell
London: Pandora Press 1989. xiv 192pp 8pp b/w plates bibliography index. Pages toned at the edges. Paperback. In the series: Valiant Women. Newspaper cutting about Parnell loosely inserted. The author discovers the real woman behind the Kitty O'Shea legend. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Pandora Press Paperback
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Lack, Clem
A Bookman's Essays
Brisbane: W R Smith & Paterson 1969. First edition Limited to 500 copies of which this is number 479. SIGNED by the author. xv 388pp 4pp b/w plates bibliography references. Upper edge lightly foxed. Half title toned. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. A collection of Trojan fact and legend Celtic legend and historical tales historical incident anecdote and biography. Signed by Author. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. W R Smith & Paterson Hardcover
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Carson, Gerald
The Dentist and the Empress: The Adventures of Dr Tom Evans in Gas-Lit Paris
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1983. xiii 222pp 16pp b/w plates notes bibliography index. Cloth-backed boards in very lightly edge-worn dust-jacket. An account of an American dentist in 19th century Paris moving in the highest circles of France's Second Empire. When the Second Empire fell it was Evans who saved the Empress Eugenie from prison in an escape to England. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Houghton Mifflin Company Hardcover
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Wilkinson B
The Later Middle Ages in England 1216-1485
New York: Davd McKay Company 1969. xiii 419pp 4 maps bibliography index. Cloth boards spine label title in rubbed dust-jacket which has a creased section at the lower edge of its rear panel a tear from the spine foot some silverfish damage by the fore-edge of the rear panel and a small old price sticker on the front cover. The book covers the period between the High Middle Ages and the early modern world. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo. Davd McKay Company Hardcover
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Juxon John
Lewis and Lewis
New York: Ticknor & Fields 1984. Foreword by John Mortimer. 320pp 12pp b/w plates bibliography index. Cloth-backed papered boards in creased and edge-worn dust-jacket which is unevenly sunned with silverfish damage particularly to its spine. The life and times of Sir George Lewis an English Victorian solicitor. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Ticknor & Fields Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027236 ISBN : 0899192777 9780899192772
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Kleinwaechter Friedrich FG
von Schunbrunn bis St. Germain. Die Entstehung der Republik Osterreich
Graz.: Verlag Styria 1964. 336pp bw ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Place/year written on half-title page 1mm tear at top of front jacket panel. The genesis of the Ausrian republic. Text in German/auf Deutsch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Verlag Styria Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027280
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Ruhle, Otto
Karl Marx: His Life and Work
New York: The New Home Library 1943. Translated by Eden and Cedar Paul. 419pp chronological table bibliography index. Page edges tinted. Decorative cloth boards bumped at the upper edge of the front board worn at the spine head and foot. The spine is slightly faded. The book's sections cover Preliminaries; Clarification; Trial; Achievement; and Appraisement of the man and his work. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The New Home Library Hardcover
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Victor, George
Hitler: The Pathology of Evil
Washington D.C.: Potomac Books 2007. Foreword by John Laffin. ix 260pp chronology of Hitler's life notes index. Paperback. The author explains how Hitler forced an entire nation to advance his dark personal agenda and how his disastrous wartime decisions satisfied his psychological needs. . First Potomac Paperback Classics Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo. Potomac Books Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027393 ISBN : 1597970948 9781597970945
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Neesam, Malcolm
Harrogate History & Guide: a History of the English Spa From the Earliest Times to the Present
Stroud: Tempus Publishing 2001. 128pp 16pp section of colour plates b/w ills throughout walking tour index. Pictorial card covers. This history of Harrogate encompasses both its pre-Conquest origins and the most recent developments. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Tempus Publishing Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027364 ISBN : 0752422340 9780752422343
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Dunnigan, James F
The World War II Bookshelf: 50 Must-read Books
New York: Barnes & Noble 2007. xviii 302pp appendix index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. Taken together the books provide invaluable insight into the scope of the war the theaters of operation and the new technologies the war made possible. The author's commentary on each title includes not only an analysis of the book's major themes but also its significance and value in the literature of the war. American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Barnes & Noble Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027455 ISBN : 0760793514 9780760793510
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Ebbutt, M I
The British. Myths and Legends Series
London: Bracken Books 1986. 375pp with 64 illustrations from drawings and famous paintings glossary and index. Papered boards gilt spine titles in dust-jacket. The author traces the probable origins and evolution of 16 stories some well-known some less so dating from the 8th century onward. Included are stories about Havelok the Dane Roland of France Gamelyn Black Colin of Loch Awe Robin Hood and Hereward the Wake. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Bracken Books Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027439 ISBN : 0946495831 9780946495832
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Barthorp, Michael
The Zulu War: a Pictorial History
Poole: Blandford Press 1987. 181pp with more than 150 photographs and contemporary illustrations two appendices index. Pictorial light card cover. The book 'depicts the scenes and protagonists of the Zulu War as they appeared to those who took part. The illustrtions are complemented by a text which explains the background and causes of the war the opposing forces and plans and the course of the campaign from its disastrous beginning until the final overthrow of the most feared tribe in Africa.'. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. Large 8vo. Blandford Press Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027458
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Donaldson, Gordon
Scottish Kings
London: B T Batsford Ltd 1977. 224pp 16pp b/w plates genealogical tables bibliography index. There is an erasure mark by the upper edge of the front flyleaf. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The book covers the early Scottish monarchy the House of Bruce and the accession of the Stewarts with a portrait of each of the Stewart Monarchs. Second Edition revised. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. B T Batsford Ltd Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027504 ISBN : 0713410280 9780713410280
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Brenna, Gillian
Patriotism Power and Print: National Consciousness in Tudor England
Pittsburgh. Printed in Great Britain: Duquesne University Press 2003. 160pp bibliography index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The author examines national consciousness language and literature in late Tudor England. From the blurb 'The bases of intellectual cultural and moral unity are seen to be essential in the formation of a national spirit and linguistic unity is shown to be especially important. The shift of power from the clergy to the intellectual laity meant that language was slowly clarified and the use of the vernacular became widespread. Patriotism in dram and in poetry is examined giving the reader a new perspective on many aspects of life and perception in the 16th century.'. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Duquesne University Press Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026889 ISBN : 0820703397 9780820703398
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Brugel, J. W. (Johann Wolfgang)
Tschechen und Deutsche 1918-1938
Munchen Munich: Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung 1967. 662pp index bibliography. Or black cloth in jacket. Place/year written on half title several clippings taped in 2 line notation on front free endpaper. Relations betwen Germany and Czechoslovakia between the wars. Text in German/auf Deutsch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung Hardcover
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Brugel, J. W. (Johann Wolfgang)
Tschechen und Deutsche 1939-46
Munchen Munich: Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung 1974. 326pp index bibliography appendix. Or black cloth in jacket. Place/year written on half title several clippings taped in. Relations betwen Germany and Czechoslovakia through WWII. Text in German/auf Deutsch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung Hardcover
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Kann, Robert A
Das Nationalitatenproblem Der Habsburgermonarchie. Geschichte und Ideengehalt der Nationalen Bestrebungen vom Vormarz bis zur Auflosung des Reiches in Jahre 1918. 2 volumes
Graz-Koln: Verlag Hermann Bohlaus Nachf. 1964. HEAVY. 2 volumes complete. 472 457pp index bibliography. Or gray cloth in jackets. Place/year written on half title of Band I several clippings taped in light rubbing and slight edgewear to jackets. Erster Band I: Das Reich und die Volker; Zweiter Band II: Ideen und Plane zur Reichsreform. Text in German/auf Deutsch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Verlag Hermann Bohlaus Nachf. Hardcover
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Kingsland, P W and Keable, Susan
British Military Uniforms and Equipment Series 1: The Light Cavalry 1798-1830
London: Guinness Button Holdings 1971. Edition limited to 2500 copies. Unpaginated 32pp 8pp full-page colour plates. b/w text-ills throughout. Recto of first plate plate 1 and following first page of text foxed with some foxing by the upper page edges. Blind-stamped decorative red boards gilt titles on the front board. The book covers: Series 1 The Light Cavalry 1798-1855 No 1 General officer of Hussars; No 2 3rd Light Dragoons 1821; Series 2 The Household Division 1750-1970 No 2 Royal Horse Guards 1814; No 1 Horse Grenadier Guards 1788; Series 3 The Highland Corps No 1 The 42nd Regiment Black Watch 1814; No 2 The 92nd Regiment Gordon Highlanders; Series 4 the Rifle Regiments No 2 The 60th Regiment Kings Royal Rifle Corps 1824; No 1 The Rifle Brigade. American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by P W Kingsland research; drawings by Peter Henville and Malcolm McGregor. Folio. Guinness Button Holdings Hardcover
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Infield Glenn B
Skorzeny: Hitler's Commando
New York: Military Heritage Press 1981. ix 266pp b/w photos map two appendices bibliography index. A few of the upper page corners are dog-eared. Cloth-backed papered boards in dust-jacket. The warmtime activities and use of Nazi gold to establish international neo-Nazi organizations by Otto 'Scarface' Skorzeny. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Military Heritage Press Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 027074 ISBN : 0312727771 9780312727772
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Mansfield, Peter
The British in Egypt
Newton Abbot: Victorian & Modern History Book Club 1973. xiv 351pp 8pp b/w plates index. Pages slightly toned. Papered boards gilt spine titles in dust-jacket. This is the story of a country dominated by England and yet never formally incorporated into the British Empire a story of muddled motives from the first devious politics to the last the story of the growth of a people from passivity to fierce nationalism and of England's final retreat. Book Club. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Victorian (& Modern History) Book Club Hardcover
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Baxter, Ian
Blitzkrieg: The Unpublished Photographs 1939-1942
New York: Barnes & Noble 2002. HEAVY. 224pp 400 previously unpublished photos from German sources index. Pictorial card cover lightly worn at its edges. The book covers the major early Blitzkrieg campaigns from the invasion of Poland to the defeat of France and the Low Countries and Rommel's victories with the Afrika Korps. Photos of the Anschluss with Austria and the occupation of the Sudetenland in 1938 are included. In-depth captions and a narrative history of events accompany the photos. First American Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. Barnes & Noble Paperback
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026373
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Herman, Arthur
To Rule the Waves: How the British Navy Shaped the Modern World
New York: HarperCollins Publishers 2005. HEAVY. xix 648pp 11 maps index. Papered boards in dust-jacket. The author describes 'an epic journey from the age of Reformation to the age of computer warfare and special ops. He tells the tale of great battles at sea; of heroic sailors admirals and aviators; of violent conflict and personal tragedy; of the way one mighty institution forged a nation an empire and a new world'. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. HarperCollins Publishers Hardcover
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Hallam Elizabeth general editor
The Plantagenet Encyclopedia: An Alphabetical Guide to 400 Years of English History
London: Tiger Books International 1996. HEAVY. 224pp more than colour 120 illustrations maps bibliography index. Pictorial lamainated boards in dust-jacket. From the origins of the house of Anjou to the Battle of Bosworth Field. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Tiger Books International Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026503 ISBN : 1855017326 9781855017320
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Stadtlaender, Chris
Habsburg Intim
Klosterneuburg: Verlag Osterreich 1998. 222pp num bw ills. Or pictorial laminated boards. Place/year written on half-title page. An intimate look at the Habsburgs. Text in German/auf Deutsch. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Folio. Verlag Osterreich Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026455 ISBN : 370461095x 9783704610959
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Thomas Chantal
The Wicked Queen: The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette
New York: Zone Books 1999. Translated by Julie Rose. 255pp b/w ills select chronology. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. The author presents the history of the verbal and visual representations of Marie-Antoinette a history of her mythification. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Zone Books Hardcover
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 026497 ISBN : 1942299396 9781942299394
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