Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs, 2014
ISBN 10: 075245269X ISBN 13: 9780752452692
Anbieter: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No dj. Second Edition. Shiny tight clean crisp paperback, free of markings. Size: 8vo.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs., 2015
ISBN 10: 0750956844 ISBN 13: 9780750956840
Anbieter: Broad Street Book Centre, Hereford, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. 288pp. b/w illus. Condition as new. Overseas orders may require additional postage.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs, UK, 2010
Anbieter: Sarah Zaluckyj, KINGTON, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Soft cover. Zustand: Good. First Edition - Softcover. 154 pages. Softback, shiny coivers with slight surface wear, light wear to spine-ends, edges and corenrs, slight creases to corers which curl outwards. Pages very clean and in nice condition. .
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs, 2009
ISBN 10: 0752452835 ISBN 13: 9780752452838
Anbieter: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Paperback. Zustand: VG+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No dj. First Edition. Double author signed copy, no other markings, minor rubbing to corners. Size: 8vo. Signed by Author.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs., 2010
ISBN 10: 0750937688 ISBN 13: 9780750937689
Anbieter: Broad Street Book Centre, Hereford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good+. 232pp. b/w & col. illus. Very slight shelf wear to covers and a small price sticker to rear, o/w a lovely clean copy.
Verlag: The History Press LTD, Stroud Gloucs. UK., 2004
ISBN 10: 0750935448 ISBN 13: 9780750935449
Anbieter: Cocksparrow Books, Salisbury, WILTS, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: F/F/ND. No Jacket. First Edition Thus, 1st. Imp. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2004* Publisher: Sutton Publishing.* Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers. No bumps or rubs. Absoluteley minimal shelf wear to covers. No creases to spine or hinge. Seems un-used. FINE* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. FINE* Illustrations: One block of 24 pp. b/w photographs.* Pages: 205 pp. text. xcvii pp. epilogue, notes & index at rear.* Product Description:- A horrifying epidemic of smallpox was sweeping across North America when the War of Independence began. This work reveals how deeply this disease affected the outcome of the war in every colony and the lives of everyone on the continent. It shows how the disease devastated the American troops at Quebec and kept them at bay during the British occupation of Boston, and how it ravaged slaves in Virginia who had escaped to join the British forces. It also shows how this tragedy was met and what its consequences were for the young republic.* This is a FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with absolutely minimal shelf wear.*.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs., 2011
ISBN 10: 0752458868 ISBN 13: 9780752458861
Anbieter: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (£18.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 254pp, illustrated. On a bright July morning in 1870 the British explorer George Hayward was brutally murdered high in the Hindu Kush. Who was he, what had brought him to this wild spot, and why was he killed? Told in full for the first time, this is the gripping tale of Hayward's journey from a Yorkshire childhood to a place at the forefront of the 'Great Game' between the British Raj and the Russian Empire. Driven by 'an insane desire' Hayward crossed the Western Himalayas, tangled with despotic chieftains and ended up on the wrong side of both the Raj and the mighty Maharaja of Kashmir. Tim Hannigan explores the conspiracies and controversies that surrounded his death, travelling in Hayward's footsteps to bring the story up to date, and to reveal how the echoes of the Great Game still reverberate across Central Asia in the twenty first century.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs., 2009
ISBN 10: 0752451898 ISBN 13: 9780752451893
Anbieter: Duck Cottage Books, HARLESTON, Vereinigtes Königreich
Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Autobiography. Illustrated with photographs. Condition: A little edge wear, otherwise as new.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs., 2011
ISBN 10: 0752461222 ISBN 13: 9780752461229
Anbieter: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, 3" creased tear to top back jacket at corner, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (£16.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg copy. 224pp. Eliza Acton is the forgotten hero of our culinary past. A debt of gratitude to her is what Delia Smith, Elizabeth David and Mrs Beeton have in common. She was the original and best, the first cook to write recipes in a clear, accessible format, one of the few Victorian ladies whose legacy has lasted well into the twenty first century and whose recipes are still used in thousands of kitchens today. In this absorbing first biography, Sheila Hardy creates a vividly painted narrative of how a young woman produced the first cookery book for general use and changed history. She provides a rich background to Eliza's success, not only as the little known mother of modern cookery, but as a poet and a campaigner for healthy eating. She encouraged us to eat curry, chorizo and gluten free diets 150 years before they became fashionable. She knew Charles Dickens, and her family life was possibly an inspiration for several of his plots. She had a fascinating career and this brilliantly researched book is a must for anyone interested in food and cookery, or simply as an insight into the life of a unique lady who was years ahead of her time.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs., 2013
ISBN 10: 0752488120 ISBN 13: 9780752488127
Anbieter: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some very slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, not price clipped (£17.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 224pp, illustrated. In 1464, the most eligible bachelor in England, Edward IV, stunned the nation by revealing his secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, a beautiful, impoverished widow whose father and brother Edward himself had once ridiculed as upstarts. Edward's controversial match brought his queen's large family to court and into the thick of the Wars of the Roses. This is the story of the family whose fates would be inextricably intertwined with the fall of the Plantagenets and the rise of the Tudors. Richard, the squire whose marriage to a duchess would one day cost him his head, Jacquetta, mother to the queen and accused witch, Elizabeth the commoner whose royal destiny would cost her three of her sons, Anthony, the scholar and jouster who was one of Richard III's first victims, and Edward, whose military exploits would win him the admiration of Ferdinand and Isabella. Join bestselling novelist Susan Higginbotham as she draws on little known material such as private letters and wills, to shed light on the controversial events surrounding one of England s most notorious families. Quite a scarce book.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs., 2013
ISBN 10: 0752488139 ISBN 13: 9780752488134
Anbieter: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some very very slight creasing to top of spine, otherwise in 'as new' condition, not price clipped 9£16.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unread. 192pp, illustrated. When Betty Farmer married double agent Eddie Chapman, Agent Zigzag, she knew her life would never be ordinary. Yet even before her marriage to Eddie, her life involved incendiary bombs, serial killers, film roles and love affairs with flying aces. After her marriage she coped with Eddie's mistresses, his criminal activities, separations and personal traumas. Coming from humble origins, Betty would, in time, own a beauty business, a health farm and a castle in Ireland, become the friend and confidante of film stars and an African president, and the honoured guest of Middle Eastern royalty. In an age where women were still very much second class citizens, she became a perfect example of what, in spite of everything, was possible. Much has been written about Eddie Chapman, films have been made, television programmes produced. Yet alongside Eddie for most of his extraordinary life was an equally extraordinary woman - Mrs Zigzag. This book tells the story of the Chapmans' often fraught but ultimately loving relationship for the first time.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs., 2009
ISBN 10: 0752447513 ISBN 13: 9780752447513
Anbieter: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners bruised, not price clipped (£18.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg+ copy. 280pp, illustrated. Bareknuckle fighter Thomas Cribb (1781-1848) was a sporting legend whose exploits still feature in thousands of publications on boxing, a primitive activity he dragged from the gutter into the smoking rooms of country houses. His most famous bouts were against Tom Molineaux, a black American. People slept in ditches and dangled from trees to catch a glimpse of a fight that would never be forgotten. The exploits of Cribb popularised boxing among the upper classes, and in 1821 Cribb was a Page at the Coronation of King George IV. A key figure in the history of boxing, an amazing character and a great story. Quite a scarce book.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs., 2013
ISBN 10: 075248575X ISBN 13: 9780752485751
Anbieter: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. In almost 'as new' condition, some tiny bruising to corners, not price clipped (£17.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, looks unread. 263pp. A remarkable and much loved family, the Mitfords have remained largely unrepentant concerning theirs and particularly Unity's enthusiastic support of Hitler, the Nazis, Oswald Mosley and British fascism. However, having initially encouraged and supported Unity's affair with Hitler, they subsequently insisted that she had in fact been a rather unintelligent, clumsy lump of a girl, whose virginal relationship with one of the most terrifying dictators of all time was a mere unrequited romantic obsession. As this book will show, nothing could be further from the truth. A new appraisal.
Verlag: Stroud Gloucs : The History Press, 2015
Anbieter: Aquila Antiquariaat, Lochem, GLD, Niederlande
Square 4to, 25cm. Pp. 160, 16 colour plates, very numerous photos throughout. Hardbound, boards with pictorial dust-jacket. Jacket edge with minimal trace of handling, fine otherwise. - The original hardbound edition, not the paperback reissue of 2022.
Verlag: History Press, Stroud, Gloucs., 2010
ISBN 10: 0752436392 ISBN 13: 9780752436395
Anbieter: Stephen Dadd, Ashford, Vereinigtes Königreich
Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. 95pp. Clean copy inside & out. No inscriptions. Includes supply & fitting of new correctly sized protective lyfjacket.
Verlag: The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs, 2009
ISBN 10: 075244820X ISBN 13: 9780752448206
Anbieter: Booklover Oxford, Evesham, Vereinigtes Königreich
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Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Very good condition used 2009 First Edition Hardback with intact Dust Jacket. Published by The History Press, Stroud, Gloucs, UK. Author: Richard Woodman. ISBN: 9780752448206. Approx dims: 240mm h x 165mm w x 35mm d. Intact clean, glossy condition pictorial dust jacket with slight creasing to edges and corners, slight rubbing to front cover, some and slight signs of handling. Intact DJ spine with some creasing to top and bottom. DJ over very good condition green cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine. 383 clean inside pages of English text with some b&w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 24 colour plates, no inscriptions. Some slight signs of handling to a few inside pages. Slight rubbing to page ends. Image shown is actual book for sale. Synopsis: Masters under God is the third of a five volume work on the history of Britain's Merchant Navy by Richard Woodman.