Books - "history"
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Fallen Heroes: A History of New Orleans Brass Bands
DISC MISSING, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper and spine, 272pp, VG (light creasing, chipping and fading to spine, minimal creasing to rear cover, minimal bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, cracking to rear gutter- rear page partially detached, disc jacket to rear empty)
PUBLISHER: Jazzology Press 1996
KEYWORDS: New Orleans jazz music bands history
British Battleships: Warrior 1860 to Vanguard 1950: A History of Design, Construction and Armament: New and Revised Edition
Quarto, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 701pp, illus/photos, VG (light soiling and foxing to page edges, 4cm closed tear to base of front pastedown- binding separated/exposed with front board shaky, moderate foxing to terminals and prelims, rest of contents in VG+ condition) in d/w, VG (light creasing with minimal chipping to spine, flaps and folds, moderate fading to spine & edges, sl general chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1990
KEYWORDS: military maritime history British battleships navy naval
Battleship Missouri: An Illustrated History
Ex Library, quarto, orange buckram boards with d/w stuck to pastedowns, illus title page, xiv + 450pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate scuffing to board edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to gutter of full title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing to edges, jacket affixed to pastedowns)
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1995
KEYWORDS: history navy naval maritime military ships battles war American Missouri
The Brunei Revolt 1962-1963
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 222pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2012
KEYWORDS: Malaysia Indonesia battles revolts military Brunei british modern history
Inside History of the USAF Lightweight Fighters, 1900 to 1975
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, xxxiii + 588pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Paso Robles 2017
KEYWORDS: jets aviation military engineering Herbert A. Hutchinson USAF history
The Meaning of Trees
Super octavo, ivory white illus boards, black and mossy green lettering to front cover and spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history plants native trees botany biology science Maori
Sumner-Gearing-Class Destroyers: Their Design, Weapons, and Equipment
Quarto, black buckram boards, gilt copper lettering to spine, xi + 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, 1cm chip to head of half title page, minimal foxing to page edges, eps and prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, sl chafing, sl tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1995
KEYWORDS: history destroyers navy naval maritime engineering design military engineering battles war ships american
Every 17 Seconds: A Global Perspective on the AIDS Crisis
Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to front cover, white lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to wrapper edges, light fading to rear wrapper/spine area, minimal tanning to page edges, light soiling to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Aperture 1992
KEYWORDS: gay history science health society social science AIDS HIV
Dodge, Plymouth & Chrysler Police Cars 1956-1978
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, red and black lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate fading to spine area, minor soiling/tanning & curling to wrappers, light foxing/soiling & tanning to page edges, minor foxing to inside wrappers)
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks 1994
KEYWORDS: history engineering police cars Dodge Plymouth Chrysler american automobile automotive law enforcement
On Pontiac 1960-1983
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, green and grey lettering to spine, 103pp, illus/photos, VG (light crasing/curling to spine & wrapper edges, light chafing & soiling to wrappers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & title page & rear ep, front & rear gutters sl cracked)
PUBLISHER: Brooklands Books N/D (c.1984)
KEYWORDS: cars Pontiac Road & Track engineering automobile history mechanics automotive
Capri Muscle Portfolio 1974-1987
Imperial octavo, illus burgundy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside wrappers, 140pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, minimal fading & soiling to rear wrapper, sl chafing & curling to wrappers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Brookland Books N/D (c.1988)
KEYWORDS: cars Capri engineering automobile history automotive mechanics
The Royal Navy and German Naval Disarmament 1942-1947
Super octavo, navy blue illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine, XX + 277pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 1998
KEYWORDS: navy ships military war negotiation Royal Navy German Navy disarmament history maritime
G. J. Churchward: A Locomotive Biography
Super octavo, dark green illus light card wrappers, lime green and white lettering to front wrapper and spine, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & scuffing to extrems, minor chafing/creasing & soiling to wrappers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minro foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1975
KEYWORDS: trains locomotive biography G J Churchward history railways industrial transport
Made in Italy: Apparechi Fotografici Italiani: Italian Cameras
Super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to front cover, 187pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (protective cover- easily removed if desired, light scuffing to erxtrems, minimal tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Foto Camera 1983
KEYWORDS: cameras photography Italian history art vintage
My Memoirs: 1878-1918 Ex-Kaiser William II
FIRST EDITION super octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front boards and spine, gilt motif to front board, unpaginated prelims + 348pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light wrinkling to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate foxing & ligh ttanning/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to front pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1922
KEYWORDS: first edition Kaiser William II Ex-Kaiser memoir biography Germany Prussia emperor WW1 World War I Hohenzollern Dynasty abdication history
The History of The Civil Wars of France
Quarto, bound in brown leather with raised bands, gilt lettering to leather title plate to spine- missing, gilt decoration/tooling to spine, gilt decoration/tooling to board edges, black stained upper page edges, marbled eps, [7] + 734pp + unpaginated table to rear, G+ (heavy cracking & chipping to spine & hinges- some loss to spine extrems & boards a little shaky, heavy scuffing & loss to board extrems, moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards, title plate on spine missing, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, cloth reinforcement to front gutter, moderate to heavy soiling to prelims & terminals, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil [historic] to title page, heavy cracking to gutters at prelims & terminals, other age appropriate soiling to pages throughout- text block reasonably unaffected)
PUBLISHER: Printed by T. N. for Henry Herringman 1678
KEYWORDS: history France military revolution civil war war H C Davila leather bindings antiquarian books
Aston Martin Ultimate Portfolio 1994-2006
Imperial octavo, white and red illus light card wrappers, yellow, black and dark green lettering to front cover, pink & black lettering to spine, printed inside wrappers, 224pp, illus/photos, NF
PUBLISHER: Brookland Books 2007
KEYWORDS: cars Aston Martin engineering automobile history mechanics automotive high performance
Iso and Bizzarini: Limited Edition Ultra
Imperial octavo, black and white illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper and spine, printed inside wrappers, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to spine & wrapper edges, light chafing & soiling to wrappers
PUBLISHER: Brookland Books 2008
KEYWORDS: cars Iso Bizzarini engineering automobile history automotive mechanics
The Cadillac Story: Post War Years
Imperial octavo, cyan blue buckram boards, gilt red lettering to spine, vii + 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter) in d/w, VG (minimal soiling to front and rear, minimal creasing to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Stanford General Books 2004
KEYWORDS: history Cadillac cars World War II WW2 The Great Depression engineering mechanics automobile automotive classic vintage
Pontiac Tempest and GTO 1961-1965
Imperial octavo, dark navy blue illus light card wrappers, 101pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal tanning and foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Brookland Books N/D
KEYWORDS: cars automobile history mechanics engineering Tempest GTO Pontiac automotive