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Memoirs of a Buccaneer: The Adventures and Amours of Louis le Golif
$40.00 AUD
Author: Louis Adhémar Timothée Le GolifBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1954Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical adventure...
Boris Godunov: The Tragic Tsar
$15.00 AUD
Author: Ian GreyBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Union, Newton Abbot, 1974Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: FEP missingMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography, Boris Godunov: The Tragic Tsar, chronicles...
Roman Domestic Buildings
Intended as a companion to "Roman Public Buildings"(0-85989-239-5) by the same editor, this volume completes the architectural picture of Roman society. The text covers the political, social and economic significance...
Rome: Day One
Andrea Carandini's archaeological discoveries and controversial theories about ancient Rome have made international headlines over the past few decades. In this book, he presents his most important findings and ideas,...
The Birth and Rebirth of Pictorial Space
$50.00 AUD
Professor White's historical study of the rediscovery of pictorial space during the Renaissance and of its origins in antiquity was acclaimed when it first appeared. It opened up important new...
Tosca's Rome: The Play and the Opera in Historical Perspective
A timeless tale of love, lust, and politics, Tosca is one of the most popular operas ever written. In Tosca's Rome, Susan Vandiver Nicassio explores the surprising historical realities that...
The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England
The lives of England's Kings and Queens, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II. This painstakingly illustrated book celebrates the Great Dynasties of English Royalty, from the establishment of the...
Facts And Figures: Notes Of Progress, Statistical And General
$30.00 AUD
Author: William Henry ArcherBinding: HardbackPublished: Queensberry Hill Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: No. 309 of 500....
The Rise Of Modern Europe: The Dawn Of A New Era 1250-1453
$12.00 AUD
Author: Edward P. CheyneyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harper Torchbooks, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEdward P. Cheyney's The Rise Of Modern Europe:...
World War II: Prelude to War
$15.00 AUD
Author: Robert T. Elson And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsWorld War II: Prelude To War chronicles the tumultuous political and social...
The Aftermath: Europe
$15.00 AUD
Author: Douglas BottingBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1984Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe historical account The Aftermath: Europe chronicles the tumultuous period following World War II, detailing the continent's struggle for...
The Second Front
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Author: Douglas Botting And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1981Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account The Second Front: World War II meticulously chronicles the strategic...
Battles For Scandinavia
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Author: John R. Elting And The Editors Of Time-Life BooksBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1985Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsBattles For Scandinavia: World War II chronicles the intense military campaigns that...
Creating French Culture: Treasures From The Bibliothèque Nationale De France
$30.00 AUD
Author: Emmanuel Le Roy LadurieBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press., 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Water damage to various pages and edges, foxed edges, previous...
The Hermitage Western European Painting: Of The Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries
$20.00 AUD
Author: A. KostenevichBinding: HardbackPublished: Aurora Art Publishers., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThe Hermitage, one of the world's biggest treasuries of Western European art, already had a wide...
Studies in Ancient Technology: Volume III
"Studies in Ancient Technology" forms a series of books, each containing a number of essays on ancient technology, covering both the preclassical and classical period and demonstrating the continuity and...
The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor
England, late 1547. Henry VIII is dead. His 14-year-old daughter Elizabeth is living with the old king's widow Catherine Parr and her new husband Thomas Seymour. Ambitious, charming and dangerous,...
Churchill
During the Second World War, Winston Churchill won two resounding victories. The first was a victory over Nazi Germany, the second a victory over the legion of sceptics who had...
An Open Elite?: England 1540-1880
An Open Elite? sets out to test the traditional view that for centuries English landed society has been open to new families made rich by business or public office. From...
The Family, Sex and Marriage in England 1500-1800
This book studies the evolution of the family from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and how the process radically influenced child-rearing, education, contraception, sexual behaviour and marriage.
Edward VII: Image of an Era, 1841-1910
$12.00 AUD
How did Edward VII, whose reign lasted for only nine years, become one of the most popular and well-known of British monarchs? This biography, combining informative text with illustrations, provides...
La Roja
La Roja is bestselling author Jimmy Burns tremendous opus on Spanish soccer. From its early beginnings when the first soccer on the shores of Bilbao and Buenos Aires was played...
Children of the Shadows: Voices of the Second Generation
The children of survivors of the Holocaust, the second generation, are in middle life, their own children already independent. This volume contains a collection of personal reflections of the child...
Orsay: Masterpieces Of 19Th-Century Art
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Author: Musée d'OrsayBinding: PaperbackPublished: San Francisco, CA Munich; New York [Paris, France]: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing; Musée d'Orsay, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No...
In Pursuit of Love: A Journey in the Footsteps of Obsession
From Normandy to the Caribbean Islands, this innovative biographical pursuit follows Adele Hugo on her reckless journey of unrequited love - and the writer who chased after her more than...
Europe: Privilege And Protest 1730-1789
$12.00 AUD
Author: Olwen H. HuftonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Fontana Press, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical analysis, Europe: Privilege And Protest 1730-1789, chronicles...
The Last Attachment: The Story Of Byron And Teresa Guiccioli As Told In Their Unpublished Letters And Other Family Papers
$30.00 AUD
Author: Iris OrigoBinding: HardbackPublished: CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1111Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Stained book block. The acclaimed historical work The Last Attachment:...
Denmark
$40.00 AUD
Author: Compiled By The Editors Of The Danish National EncyclopediaBinding: HardbackPublished: The Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1996Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume presents an...
The Mother Must Die
The fashion industry is killing the planet but I really need that new designer handbag...Her daughter is divorcing and she's going to die because of it... The mother must be...
A Stranger In Spain
$20.00 AUD
Author: H. V. MortonBinding: HardbackPublished: METHUEN & CO. LTD, LONDON, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsA Stranger In Spain...
Europe In The Eighteenth Century: 1713-1783
$20.00 AUD
Author: M. S. AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: LONGMANS, 1963Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis authoritative historical account, Europe In The Eighteenth Century: 1713-1783, chronicles a pivotal...
Ways Of Medieval Life And Thought
$20.00 AUD
Author: F.M. PowickeBinding: HardbackPublished: Odhams Press Limited, 1949Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Stain on book block. Insect damage on a...
Europe And A Wider World: 1419-1715
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Author: J. H. ParryBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson University Library, 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the transformative period between 1415 and 1715, detailing Europe's burgeoning global...
Earlier Diplomatic History: 1492-1713
$30.00 AUD
Author: Sir Charles Petrie, Br.Binding: HardbackPublished: Hollis and Carter Ltd., 1949Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsEarlier Diplomatic History: 1492-1713 presents a comprehensive account of...
The Catacombs: Rediscovered Monuments Of Early Christianity
$15.00 AUD
Author: J. StevensonBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames and Hudson, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work, The Catacombs: Rediscovered Monuments Of Early Christianity, presents a meticulous examination of the...
Europe In The Seventeenth Century
$35.00 AUD
Author: David OggBinding: HardbackPublished: Adam & Charles Black, 1961Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Glue stain on endpapers. David Ogg's Europe...
The Portrait In The Renaissance
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Author: John Pope-HennessyBinding: PaperbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly volume chronicles the evolution and significance of portraiture...
The World Turned Upside Down
$15.00 AUD
Author: Donald McleanBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThe World Turned Upside Down chronicles a pivotal era...
Australians At War: Air Battle Europe 1939-1945
$15.00 AUD
Author: Peter StanleyBinding: HardbackPublished: TIME-LIFE BOOKS AUSTRALIA in association with JOHN FERGUSON SYDNEY, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account meticulously chronicles the pivotal role Australian airmen played in...
Target De Gaulle: The True Story Of The 31 Attempts On The Life Of The French President
$40.00 AUD
Author: Pierre Démaret And Christian PlumeBinding: HardbackPublished: The Dial Press, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: dust jacket has some tears...
English Historical Documents Volume XII 1833-1974 (Two-Volume Set)
$140.00 AUD
Author: David C. DouglasBinding: HardbackPublished: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis two-volume reference set presents a curated archive of primary source material documenting British political,...
The Italian Boy: Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London
A fascinating historical investigation that brilliantly illuminates a macabre episode in 1830s London and brings the capital's underclass roaring back to life. Towards the end of 1831, the authorities unearthed...
The New Russia
After years of rapprochement, the relationship between Russia and the West is more strained now than it has been in the past 25 years. Putin's motives, his reasons for seeking...
DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Berlin
DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Berlin will lead you straight to the very best on offer. Whether you're looking for the things not to miss at the Top 10...
Kings & Queens of England and Scotland
New edition of the drama and history of Britain's royal lineage from the Saxons to the Windsors From the Saxons to the Windsors, from the Tudors to Hanovers, Britain's royal...