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Norse In The South: The Hansen Berg Family Høvding Emigrants From Grue, Norway, To New Zealand Then Tumut, Canberra And Melbourne, Australia
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Very good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account, Norse In The South: The Hansen Berg Family Høvding...
Other People's Houses: A Refugee In England 1938-48
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsOther People's Houses chronicles a young woman's experiences navigating various households during wartime, offering...
The Story Of The Greek People
$30.00 AUD
Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous owner details to FEP, some fraying...
French Exploration Of Australia: With Special Reference To Tasmania
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerThis historical account chronicles the significant contributions of French navigators and scientists to the early mapping and understanding...
Women in the Twentieth Century
The 20th century has seen massive changes technologically, socially and in virtually every sphere of life. One of the most marked changes, however, has been the position of women in...
Among the Italian Partisans: The Allied Contribution to the Resistance
The remarkable story of the foreigners who volunteered to join the guerrilla war against Germans and Fascists in World War II Italy. The fighters included Britons, Australians, Canadians, New Zealanders,...
Imagining England's Past: Inspiration, Enchantment, Obsession
Imagining England's Past takes a long look at the country's invented histories, from the glamorous to the disturbing, from the eighth century to the present day. England has long built...
The Ides: Caesar's Murder and the War for Rome
Unraveling the many mysteries surrounding the murder of Julius Caesar The assassination of Julius Caesar is one of the most notorious murders in history. Two thousand years after it occurred,...
Retreat and Rearguard - Somme 1918
The German Spring offensive - or Kaiserschlacht - was a period of great danger for the Allies. Both sides were exhausted after years of bitter fighting and huge losses. While...
Alice's Book: How the Nazis Stole My Grandmother's Cookbook
"A remarkable and important story" BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour "Unputdownable . . . Urbach has also retold the tragic Holocaust story in quite unforgettable lines" A.N. Wilson "This fascinating...
The Irish Diaspora: Tales of Emigration, Exile and Imperialism
The Irish have always been a travelling people. In the centuries after the fall of Rome, Irish missionaries carried the word of Christianity throughout Europe, while soldiers and mariners from...
Berlusconi's Shadow: Crime, Justice and the Pursuit of Power
As one of the first investigative journalists to publicly question Berlusconi's fitness for government, Economist writer David Lane sparked an uproar in Italy. Now, after years of research and using...
The Age of Caesar: Five Roman Lives
Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives still haunt us as...
God's Playground: A History Of Poland (Two-Volume Set)
$250.00 AUD
Author: Norman DaviesBinding: HardbackPublisher: Clarendon Press Oxford, 1983Edition: repr.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis two volume historical study...
Versailles And The Trianons
$100.00 AUD
Author: Pierre De NolhacBinding: HardbackPublisher: WILLIAM HEINEMANN, 1906Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the opulent history and architectural...
Reshaping Holland
$25.00 AUD
Author: J. S. LingsmaBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Nijgh & Van Ditmar, Rotterdam/The Hague, 1970Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageJ. S. Lingsma's...
The Medieval Church And Canonry Of S. Clemente In Rome
$50.00 AUD
Author: Joan Barclay LloydBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Roma, Collegio San Clemente, 1989Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the bustling streets of...
Flower of Cities: A book of London, Studies and sketches by twenty-two authors
$50.00 AUD
Author: Twenty two authorsBinding: HardbackPublisher: Mas Parrish London, 1949Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good Markings: No markingsA great city reveals itself not in monuments...
Boswell In Holland 1763-1764: Including His Correspondence With Belle De Zuylen (Zélide)
$20.00 AUD
Author: Frederick A. PottleBinding: HardbackPublisher: William Heinemann Ltd, 1952Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: DamagedPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: long tears along spineThis compelling biographical account chronicles James Boswell's...
Tirant Lo Blanc
$20.00 AUD
Author: Joanot Martorell & Marti Joan De GalbaBinding: HardbackPublisher: MACMILLAN, 1984Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsTirant Lo Blanc stands as a monumental work of chivalric...
The Exercise Of Armes: A Seventeenth Century Military Manual
$30.00 AUD
Author: Jacob De GheynBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Greenhill Books, 1989Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageJacob De Gheyn's The Exercise Of Armes:...
Heat Wave In Berlin
$15.00 AUD
Author: Dymphna CusackBinding: HardbackPublisher: Heinemann, London, 1961Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageHeat Wave in Berlin chronicles the tense atmosphere...
Connoisseurs And Secret Agents: In Eighteenth Century Rome
$80.00 AUD
Author: Lesley LewisBinding: HardbackPublisher: CHATTO & WINDUS, 1961Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Connoisseurs And Secret Agents In Eighteenth Century...
Secession: The Vienna Secession From Temple Of Art To Exhibition Hall
$45.00 AUD
Author: Otto KapfingerBinding: HardbackPublisher: HATJE, 1997Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling art history volume chronicles the revolutionary spirit of the Vienna Secession, tracing its...
The Colosseum
$30.00 AUD
Author: Peter QuennellBinding: HardbackPublisher: NEWSWEEK, 1981Edition: 8th impr.Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThis historical account The Colosseum chronicles the monumental construction and enduring legacy of...
USSR Old Master Paintings
$15.00 AUD
Author: Bernice MurphyBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Australian Gallery Directors Council, Sydney, 1979Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageUSSR: Old Master Paintings by...
Wellington: Years of the Sword & Pillar of State (Two-Volume Set)
$40.00 AUD
Author: Elizabeth LongfordBinding: HardbackPublisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1969; 1972Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis two volume political and military biography presents a commanding...
Sicily
$15.00 AUD
Author: Mario KosBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Arnone Editore, 2001Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA vibrant portrait of one of the Mediterranean’s...
Kirkniemi: An Estate With A Glorious Past
$15.00 AUD
Author: Veikko KallioBinding: HardbackPublisher: Veikko Kallio; Edita, 2001Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Good Markings: No markingsKirkniemi: An Estate With A Glorious Past chronicles...
Italy Architecture And Antiquity
$20.00 AUD
Author: Denise [cataloguer]. B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd ChaferBinding: PaperbackPublisher: B. Weinreb Architectural Books Ltd., 1978Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown...
Venice: An Illustrated Anthology
$20.00 AUD
Author: Michael MarquseeBinding: HardbackPublisher: CONRAN OCTOPUS, 1988Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsVenice: An Illustrated Anthology presents a rich...
Wiener Barockpaläste
$35.00 AUD
Author: Bruno GrimschitzBinding: HardbackPublisher: WIENER VERLAG, 1944Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: ** GERMAN text only**Wiener Barock...
The San Rocco Villa At Francolise
$30.00 AUD
Author: M. Aylwin Cotton And Guy P. R. MetrauxBinding: HardbackPublisher: The British School at Rome and The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust...
The King's Apartments: Hampton Court Palace (William Iii 1689-1702)
$35.00 AUD
Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublisher: Apollo Magazine, 1994Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis authoritative historical account chronicles the opulent and politically...
This Is Waterloo
$15.00 AUD
Author: Colin J. MarsdenBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Ian Allan, 1981Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis Is Waterloo presents a vivid and...
Villenarchitektur / Villa Architecture In Dresden
$20.00 AUD
Author: Volker HelasBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Benedikt Taschen, 1991Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. **text in German, English, and French**Villenarchitektur /...
France Observed
$15.00 AUD
Author: Henri Gougaud And Colette GouvionBinding: HardbackPublisher: Bracken Books, 1986Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsFrance Observed presents a captivating journey through the diverse landscapes and...
Guide To Jewish Italy
$12.00 AUD
Author: Annie SacerdotiBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Israelowitz Publishing, 1989Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis comprehensive travel guide, Guide To Jewish Italy,...
Carolingian Art
$40.00 AUD
Author: J. Hubert, J. Porcher, W. F. VolbachBinding: HardbackPublisher: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1970Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis authoritative volume, Carolingian Art, chronicles the vibrant artistic...
The First Respectable Spy: The Life And Times Of Colquhoun Grant, Wellington's Head Of Intelligence
$600.00 AUD
Author: Jock HaswellBinding: HardbackPublisher: Hamish Hamilton, 1969Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards in good condition with light bumping on...
Wander Through Wartime London: Six Walks Revisiting the Blitz
Through a series of six walks this book discovers the sights, sounds and experience of the capital at war; it details the remaining tangible evidence of the dark days via...
Emperors of Rome
In 27 BC, after the tumultuous period of civil war that followed the assassination of Julius Caesar, Octavian was proclaimed emperor by the Roman Senate and given the title 'Augustus'....
Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland
The Euromaidan uprising in Kiev, followed by radical regime change, the annexation of the Crimea and the war in Eastern Ukraine, have shattered European security. The Western response to Russian...
The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present
'A triumph' INDEPENDENT 'A thought-provoking and indispensable book' DAILY MAIL 'An instant classic ... I have been reading it with unalloyed admiration and delight' EVENING STANDARD Roy Strong has written...
Wellington's Brigade Commanders
Recent research into the Duke of Wellington's armies during the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign has enhanced our understanding of the men he led, and this new biographical guide...
The Lost City of London
In 1666 London was devastated by the Great Fire, which gutted over 13,000 houses, over eighty parish churches and St Paul's Cathedral. Bob Jones has set out to discover the...
Hasidic Tales of the Holocaust
$20.00 AUD
Eighty nine original Hasidic tales which have been collected by the author from survivors of the Holocaust. These tales provide unique witness to the victim's inner experience of unspeakable suffering...
Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties
The most celebrated history book of autumn 2006 comes with a massive publicity campaign. Having It So Good evokes Britain emerging from the shadow of war and the privations of...