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GLORY-HUNTER: A LIFE OF GENERAL CUSTER
Written by Frederic F. Van De Water.
Stock no. 1818935
Published by Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd..
1st thus
1963.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Originally published 1934. Limited to 750 copies. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w plates. A few marks to free front endpaper.
NAZI POLICY, JEWISH WORKERS, GERMAN KILLERS
Written by Christopher R. Browning.
Stock no. 1818903
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2000.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Focusing on controversial issues in current Holocaust scholarship. How did Nazi Jewish policy evolve during the first years of the war? When did the Nazi regime cross the historic watershed from population expulsion and decimation ("ethnic cleansing") to total and systematic extermination? How did Nazi authorities attempt to reconcile policies of expulsion and extermination with the wartime urge to exploit Jewish labour? This work attempts to shed light on these important questions. ISBN: 0521772990. Light scuffing to dustwrapper which is in a protective laminate film attached to verso with clear tape.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- WORLD WAR II
- JEWS AND JUDAISM
- NAZIS
- POLAND
BRITISH RELATIONS WITH SIND 1799-1843: AN ANATOMY OF IMPERIALISM
Written by Robert A. Huttenback.
Stock no. 1818899
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
2007.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A study of British relations with an independent Sind from 1799-1843 gives valuable insight into the complexities of nineteenth-century British imperialism. Blue cloth spine with gilt title, light blue paper boards. ISBN: 9780195473995. Bump to vertical edge of boards. Pictorial dustwrapper has laminate film stuck to it on the verso with tape (for protection).
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ASIA
- INDIA
- PAKISTAN
A HISTORY OF BRITISH GARDENING
Written by Miles Hadfield.
Stock no. 2132141
Published by John Murray.
3rd
1979.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
3rd edition, revised and expanded. Green cloth with red title label, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0719536448. Spotting along edge of rear cover. Wrapper is edge-creased with bottom corner of front flap cut off. Foxing to outer page edges.
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- GARDENING
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
ODESSA, 1941-1944: A CASE STUDY OF SOVIET TERRITORY UNDER FOREIGN RULE
Written by Alexander Dallin.
Stock no. 1818890
Published by The Center For Romanian Studies.
1st
1998.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
originally prepared as a Rand Corporation report, this book is a comprehensive study of the Romanian administration in Odessa and Transnistria. Black boards, gilt titles. White ribbon page marker. ISBN: 9739839118. Corners lightly bumped. White dustwrapper is lightly creased at corners.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- RUSSIA
- UKRAINE
- WORLD WAR II
- ROMANIA
ISLAM AND THE ARMY IN COLONIAL INDIA: SEPOY RELIGION IN THE SERVICE OF EMPIRE
Written by Nile Green.
Stock no. 1818887
Published by Cambridge University Press.
1st
2009.
Fine condition in a fine dustwrapper.
A ground-breaking study of the cultural world of the Muslim soldiers of colonial India. Set in Hyderabad in the mid nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the book focuses on the soldiers' relationships with the faqir holy men who protected them and the British officers they served. Black boards, silver title to spine. A few b/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780521898454.
IRAQ A HISTORY
Written by John Robertson.
Stock no. 2132129
Published by Oneworld.
1st
2015.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9781851685868. Small knock to base of spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- MIDDLE EAST
- ASIA
- IRAQ
THE LEGACY OF ISRAEL
Written by I. Abrahams.
Stock no. 1818856
Published by Oxford at the Clarendon Press.
1948.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The Legacy series. Companion to The Legacy of Greece and The Legacy of Rome. This volume deals with those elements that Western Civilization has drawn from Israel throughout the ages. A collection of essays concerned with the history and character of Israel only in so far as these have determined Israel's gifts to the World. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. White marks to front edge of spine. Heavy foxing to text block and browning to endpapers. Musty odour present. Price-cut white pictorial dustwrapper has a few edge-chips and is heavily scuffed/grubby.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- ASIA
- JEWS AND JUDAISM
- ISRAEL
THE MODERN STEAM CAR AND ITS BACKGROUND
Written by Thomas S. Derr; Floyd Clymer.
Stock no. 1818834
Published by Lindsay Publications.
1st thus
1998.
Nearly fine condition.
Reprint of the 1932 publication with a supplement on historical steam cars by Floyd Clymer to the rear. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. An interesting little book. ISBN: 1559182172.
THE THIRD REICH BETWEEN VISION AND REALITY: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON GERMAN HISTORY 1918-1945
Written by Hans Mommsen.
Stock no. 1818770
Published by Berg.
1st
2001.
Fine condition.
German Historical Perspectives vol XII. Edited by Mommsen. This book covers such topics as the Viennese background to Hitler's career; the development of fascist tendencies among the German population during the Weimar period; the nature of popular support for national socialism; the myth of the Nazi economic boom and the ideological concepts and political developments which culminated in the mass murder of European Jews. Matt pictorial boards. ISBN: 1859732542.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- NAZIS
THE CULT OF THE DUCE: MUSSOLINI AND THE ITALIANS
Written by Stephen Gundle; Christopher Duggan; Giuliana Pieri.
Stock no. 1818767
Published by Manchester University Press.
1st
2013.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Exploring systematically the personality cult of the Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. The factors which informed the cult and its many manifestations in the visual arts, architecture, political spectacle and the media. Matt pictorial boards. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 9780719088964. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents fine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (ITALIAN)
- POLITICS
AKBAR THE GREATEST MOGUL
Written by S.M. Burke.
Stock no. 1818763
Published by Munshiram Manoharlal.
1st
1989.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Based mainly on accounts left behind by those who personally knew the emperor well, the result of several years of research. Insight into the character and achievements of the founding fathers of the celebrated Mogul dynasty in India. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Pictorial dustwrapper is faded to spine.