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Barbed Wire and Bamboo: Stories of Captivity and Escape from the 1st
This book contains a collection of stories of captivity and escape from World Wars I and II, all involving Australian soldiers. The stories tell of capture, imprisonment and escape -...
Lorenzo The Magnificent
$20.00 AUD
Author: Hugh Ross WilliamsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Michael Joseph, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical biography Lorenzo The Magnificent chronicles the extraordinary life of one of the Renaissance's...
Magick City: Travellers to Rome from the Middle Ages to 1900, Volume
The most comprehensive anthology of writings by visitors to the eternal city ever compiled witty, profound and endlessly entertaining. Drawing on French, Italian, Spanish, English, German, Scandinavian and American sources,...
A Georgian Gent: The Life and Times of Charles Roe
$20.00 AUD
This book encapsulates, through the business and social connections of Charles Roe of Macclesfield and his son, William, the hitherto somewhat elusive period called Georgian. It highlights important families in...
Battles For Scandinavia
$15.00 AUD
Author: John R. EltingBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsJohn R. Elting's Battles For Scandinavia chronicles the pivotal military conflicts that shaped the history of the Nordic...
The Nazis
$15.00 AUD
Author: Robert Edwin Herzstein Binding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account chronicles the pivotal military engagements that shaped the destiny of the Scandinavian nations....
The Aftermath: Europe
$15.00 AUD
Author: Douglas BottingBinding: HardbackPublished: Time-Life Books, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsDouglas Botting's The Aftermath: Europe chronicles the tumultuous period following World War II, meticulously detailing the continent's struggle for...
Inside Europe Today
$20.00 AUD
Author: John GuntherBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1961Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work of non-fiction presents a panoramic view...
Blenheim: England Under Queen Anne
$30.00 AUD
Author: George Macaulay Trevelyan, O.M.Binding: HardbackPublished: Longmans, Green and Co., 1930Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Fold-out map intact. This...
A Scholastic Miscellany: Anselm To Ockham. Volume X
$25.00 AUD
Author: Eugene R. FairweatherBinding: HardbackPublished: SCM Press Ltd, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsUnknown
Saint Bridget Of Sweden: Volume II
$25.00 AUD
Author: Johannes JørgensenBinding: HardbackPublished: Longmans Green and Co, 1954Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly biography chronicles the profound spiritual journey of...
Leadership In Medieval English Nunneries (SIGNED)
$50.00 AUD
Author: Valerie G. SpearBinding: HardbackPublished: The Boydell Press, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionThis scholarly work Leadership In Medieval English...
Crossroads Of Power: Essays On Eighteenth-Century England
$30.00 AUD
Author: Sir Lewis NamierBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCrossroads Of Power: Essays On England In The 18Th Century...
Colonies
$25.00 AUD
Author: Eric A. WalkerBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge at the University Press, 1944Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical work, Colonies, meticulously chronicles the...
The She-Wolf Of France
$100.00 AUD
Author: Maurice DruonBinding: HardbackPublished: RUPERT HART-DAVIS, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis gripping historical novel chronicles the tumultuous life of Isabella, daughter of Philip...
Atlante Di Napoli: La Forma Del Centro Storico In Scala 1:2000 Nell'Ortofotopiano E Nella Carta Numerica
$70.00 AUD
Author: Compagnia Generale Ripreseserve; Tecnic Consulting EngineersBinding: HardbackPublished: Marsilio, 1992Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: ITALIAN TEXT ONLY. Slipcase: good. Atlante Di Napoli presents a comprehensive...
Boswell In Holland 1763-1764
$20.00 AUD
Author: James BoswellBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann, 1952Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis historical account, Boswell In Holland 1763-1764, chronicles a pivotal year in the life of...
Arnold Van Gennep: The Creator Of French Ethnography
$20.00 AUD
Author: Nicole BelmontBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Chicago Press, 1979Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNicole Belmont's Arnold Van Gennep: The Creator Of French Ethnography presents a compelling intellectual biography...
Hohenzollern
This is in German This is a historical book about the House of Hohenzollern, a German royal family. It covers the history of the family, from its origins in...
Notes from the North
$10.00 AUD
This is a personal and perceptive confrontation of racial intolerance in Scotland and notions of Englishness and Scottishness.
Unseen: London, Paris, New York
The first publication to bring together three major twentieth- century photographers - Wolfgang Suschitzky, Dorothy Bohm and Neil Libbert - presenting their artistic responses to three great world cities across...
Venetian Narrative Painting In The Age Of Carpaccio
$130.00 AUD
Author: Patricia Fortini BrownBinding: HardbackPublished: Yale University Press., 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Sun-faded spine, minor bumps to edges of DJ. Light foxing to...
Esso Presents Rubens And The Italian Renaissance
$20.00 AUD
Author: David JaffeBinding: PaperbackPublished: Australian National Gallery., 1992Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis...
Pompeii And Hercvlanevm: The Glory And The Grief
$15.00 AUD
Author: Marcel BrionBinding: HardbackPublished: Elek Books Limited, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerMarcel Brion's Pompeii: Pompeii & Herculaneum presents...
The Female Factor: A Report On Women In Western Europe
$15.00 AUD
Author: Shari SteinerBinding: HardbackPublished: -Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis insightful non-fiction work presents a comprehensive analysis of women's societal roles and experiences across Western Europe. It chronicles...
The Grandeur That Was Rome
$20.00 AUD
Author: J.C. StobartBinding: HardbackPublished: Book Club Associates, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis classic historical account chronicles the rise and fall of the Roman Empire, presenting...
Modern French Drawings In Czechoslovakia
$40.00 AUD
Author: Gabriela Kesnerová And Petr SpielmannBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Hamlyn, 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsModern French Drawings presents a comprehensive overview of artistic expression from a pivotal period...
Florentine New Towns: Urban Design In The Late Middle Ages
$40.00 AUD
Author: David FriedmanBinding: HardbackPublished: The MIT Press, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the ambitious urban planning initiatives undertaken by Florence during the Late Middle...
The First Crusade: A New History
Nine hundred years ago the Pope initiated one of the most controversial episodes in Christian history by stating that God wanted European knights to wage a fierce and bloody war...
Lorenzo De' Medici: An Historical Biography
$20.00 AUD
Author: Judith HookBinding: HardbackPublished: HAMISH HAMILTON, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA compelling historical biography, Lorenzo De' Medici: An Historical Biography chronicles the life and profound influence of...
Paris 1900-1914: The Miraculous Years
$20.00 AUD
Author: Nigel GoslingBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson - London, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerParis 1900-1914: The Miraculous Years chronicles a vibrant epoch in...
London In The Nineteenth Century
$25.00 AUD
Author: Thomas ShepherdBinding: HardbackPublished: Bracken Books, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, London In The Nineteenth Century, chronicles the transformative era of one of the...
The House That Hitler Built
$80.00 AUD
Author: Stephen H. RobertsBinding: HardbackPublished: Methuen Publishers London, 1937Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis historical account, The House That...
The Russian Revolution
$20.00 AUD
Author: Alan MooreheadBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS WITH HAMISH HAMILTON, 1958Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Minimal markings in grey lead. This compelling...
The Golden Ring: The Anglo-Florentines 1847-1862
$30.00 AUD
Author: Giuliana Artom TrevesBinding: HardbackPublished: LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO, 1956Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minor stains on book block....
St. Mark's Rest: The History Of Venice
$50.00 AUD
Author: John Ruskin, Ll.D.Binding: HardbackPublished: GEORGE ALLEN, 1894Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis compelling work of art history and architectural criticism...
Twelve Cities: A Personal Memoir
Roy Jenkins follows up Churchill with a book of a very different shape; short and semi-autobiographical, but also full of the wit and erudition which make that book such a...
Cesare Borgia: His Life And Times
$50.00 AUD
Author: Sarah BradfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA compelling biographical account, Cesare Borgia: His Life And Times presents a meticulously researched chronicle...
Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society
Go behind the scenes of generations of the British royal family, exploring both the glamour and domestic life inside the spectacular 300-year-old Kensington Palace Kensington Palace is renowned for its...
Rubens And His Times
$20.00 AUD
Author: Roger AvermaeteBinding: HardbackPublished: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling art history volume, Rubens And His Times, chronicles the extraordinary...
The Growth Of Papal Government In The Middle Ages: A Study In The Ideological Relation Of Clerical To Lay Power
$100.00 AUD
Author: Walter UllmannBinding: HardbackPublished: METHUEN & CO. LTD LONDON, 1955Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the intricate development of papal governance throughout the...
Description of Britain: A Modern Rendering
William Caxton first published his bestselling history of Britain in 1480. Basing his version on a 14th century Middle English translation of the Latin "Bolychronicon" - of universal history, he...
White Shotgun: The Sicilian Mafia in Their Own Words
Lupara bianca ('White Shotgun') -- an Italian term that refers to a Mafia-style killing, in which no trace of the victim can be found. For thirty years, prize-winning Sicilian journalist...
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
$15.00 AUD
In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria , A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of...
10 Downing Street: The Illustrated History
The black shiny door of 10 Downing Street is perhaps the best known entrance in Britain, possibly even in the world. Yet how many people know what really lurks on...
Picasso: Love And War 1935-1945: Life With Dora Maar
$30.00 AUD
Author: Anne BaldassariBinding: PaperbackPublished: Flammarion, 2006Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling art history volume, Picasso: Love And War 1935-1945 Life With...
Raphael
$20.00 AUD
Author: John Pope-HennessyBinding: HardbackPublished: New York University Press, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerAn authoritative art history volume, Raphael chronicles the extraordinary life and artistic genius of...