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The Girlhood Of The Queen
$25.00 AUD
Author: Mrs. Herbert StrangBinding: PaperbackPublished: Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, 1912Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Yellowed cover. Inscription dated...
Balwyn: 1841-1941
$30.00 AUD
Author: Donald MacleanBinding: PaperbackPublished: Catherine Gregson Melbourne, 1942Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account, Balwyn: 1841 - 1941, chronicles the foundational...
The Book of Lasts
Everybody knows who was the first man on the moon; but who was the last? We know the dodo is extinct, but where was the last one seen - and...
Rural Britain Then & Now
- Firm Sale - A celebration of the British countryside and how it has changed over the last 140 years using photography from the Francis Frith Collection - the world's...
Women of the Durham Coalfield in the 19th Century: Hannah's Story
The success of the Durham Coalfield and its important role in the Industrial Revolution is attributed to men of influence who owned the land and the pits, and men who...
Eaglehawk & District Pioneer Register (SIGNED, Six-Volume Set)
$350.00 AUD
Author: Annette O'Donohue & Bev HansonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Annette O'Donohue , 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: Vol. 1 - No 610 (signed); Vol. 2 - No. 477; Vol. 3 -...
Korea: A Cold War Conflict 1950 - 1953: A Publication for Secondary Schools.
$20.00 AUD
Author: Australian Government Department of Veterans Affairs.Binding: PaperbackPublished: Australian Government Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2016Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, Spiral bound....
The History Today Companion To British History
$15.00 AUD
Author: Juliet Gardiner & Neil WenbornBinding: PaperbackPublished: TSP, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe History Today Companion To British History presents a...
Eyewitness To War: Australia's Pacific Campaign 1941-1945
$12.00 AUD
Author: AnonymousBinding: PaperbackPublished: -, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account, Eyewitness To War: Australia's Pacific Campaign 1941-1945, chronicles Australia's...
Art & Social Commitment: An End To The City Of Dreams 1931-1948
$15.00 AUD
Author: Charles MerewetherBinding: PaperbackPublished: Sydney, NSW Art Gallery, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the intricate relationship between artistic...
The Giant Book Of The 20Th Century: Eye-Witness Accounts Of The Moments That Shaped Our Century
$12.00 AUD
Author: Jon E. LewisBinding: PaperbackPublished: -Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe The Giant Book Of The 20Th Century: Eye-Witness Accounts Of The...
Hollywood Cameramen
$12.00 AUD
Author: Charles HighamBinding: PaperbackPublished: Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis non-fiction work chronicles the pivotal contributions of the...
The King Over The Water: Portraits Of The Stuarts In Exile After 1689
$20.00 AUD
Author: Edward CorpBinding: PaperbackPublished: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, 2001Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account, The King Over The Water: Portraits...
Terracotta Warriors: Guardians Of Immortality
$20.00 AUD
Author: Wayne Crothers, Tonia Eckfeld & Zhang WeixingBinding: PaperbackPublished: NGV, 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEdward Burman's Terracotta Warriors: Guardians Of Immortality...
Thirteen Days: The Road to the First World War
Enormously gripping popular history of the 13-day crisis that led to world war. At the end of WWI, Germany was demonised. The Treaty of Versailles contained a 'war guilt' clause...
Around Whitehaven in Old Photographs
The book titled Around Whitehaven in Old Photographs by the author Harry Fancy. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Smoke And Ashes: Opium's Hidden Histories
'A bracing new history of the global opium trade . . . Ghosh's tentacular history embraces opium's entanglement with furniture, architecture, gardens and its role in modern wars . ....
Who's In, Who's Out: The Journals of Kenneth Rose: Volume One
'The most detailed, amusing and accurate account ever of the post-war world of the English Establishment' William Shawcross, Daily Telegraph 'Extremely entertaining' Jane Ridley, Literary Review Kenneth Rose was one...
The Year of the Tiger: The Major Run That Made Tiger Woods
The inside story of legendary golfer Tiger Woods' magnificent run, when he won all four major tournaments in a single calendar year, becoming the greatest player of his generation-a show...
The Full English: A Journey in Search of a Country and its People
A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 Bestseller A Times bestseller A Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024 A Spectator Book of the Year What kind of...
Queensland Architects Of The 19th Century + Index (Two-Volume Set)
$60.00 AUD
Author: Donald Watson; Judith MckayBinding: PaperbackPublished: Queensland MuseumCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly two-volume set presents a definitive record of Queensland’s...
Fossil In The Sandstone: The Recollecting Judge
$25.00 AUD
Author: Sir Kevin AndersonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Spectrum Publications Melbourne , 1986Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsFossil In The Sandstone: The Recollecting Judge...
Robert Alexander Love: Goldfields Architect 1814-1876
$25.00 AUD
Author: Mike ButcherBinding: PaperbackPublished: Holland House Publishing for the National Trust of Australia (Victoria) Bendigo and District Branch, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages:...
Saving Of Spitalfields
$80.00 AUD
Author: Mark Girouard, Dan Cruickshank, Raphael Samuel And OthersBinding: PaperbackPublished: The Spitalfields Historic Buildings Trust, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: SignedCondition remarks: minor wear,...
City Of Cambridge (Two-Volume Set)
$50.00 AUD
Author: Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of EnglandBinding: PaperbackPublished: ROYAL COMMISSION ON THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS OF ENGLAND, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown...
The Ascent Of Science
$15.00 AUD
Author: Brian L. SilverBinding: PaperbackPublished: TSP, 1998Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe Ascent Of Science by Brian L. Silver presents a compelling...
The Day The War Ended
$15.00 AUD
Author: Martin GilbertBinding: PaperbackPublished: Harper Collins, 1995Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical account chronicles the dramatic final moments of World War...
Saving The Channel Ports 1918
$25.00 AUD
Author: W. D. Joynt, V.C.Binding: PaperbackPublished: Wren Publishing, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageSaving The Channel Ports: 1918 chronicles the pivotal events...
The Communist Party Of The Soviet Union
$30.00 AUD
Author: Leonard SchapiroBinding: PaperbackPublished: Methuen & Co Ltd in association with Eyre & Spottiswoode Publishers Ltd, 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThe...
The Romantic Exiles
$20.00 AUD
Author: E. H. CarrBinding: PaperbackPublished: Peregrine Books, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks:...
Five Georgian Group Journal
$80.00 AUD
Author: -Binding: PaperbackPublished: The Georgian GroupCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEach volume details research into eighteenth century architecture, uncovers case studies of...
Ten Victorian Society Annual Booklets
$40.00 AUD
Author: Chairman: Sir Nikolaus PevsnerBinding: PaperbackPublished: THE VICTORIAN SOCIETY, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageEach volume details the Society’s work in preservation,...
The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps: The Bloody Battles and Intrigues of the Shinsengumi
Author: Romulus Hillsborough Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Power to them meant everything. It was founded on courage, which begot honour. And by this courage and for this honour...
Busted! The 50 Most Overrated Things In History Exposed
A hilarious, myth-busting romp through history A hilarious, myth-busting romp through history Gallipoli- birth of a nation? BUSTED! The brontosaurus- greatest dino? BUSTED! Titanic- biggest movie ever? BUSTED! Pirates- lawless...
X Marks the Spot: An Adventurous History of Archaeology
Ancient shipwrecks in crystal seas, mythical princesses preserved in ice and astonishing lost rituals - this is the story of archaeology. Professor Michael Scott uncovers the true stories behind history's...
The Women of Rothschild: The Untold Story of the World's Most Famous
' Captivating, intimate, dazzling epic and revelatory' SIMON SEBAG-MONTEFIORE The story of the family who rose from the Frankfurt ghetto to become synonymous with wealth and power has been much...
Lady in Waiting: The charming, word-of-mouth bestseller, with over
** SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020** ** SUNDAY TIMES FAVOURITE PAPERBACKS OF 2020** 'The best royal book by miles . . . funny, gossipy and riveting' JANE RIDLEY, SPECTATOR...
Mary Churchill's War: The Wartime Diaries of Churchill's Youngest
'It wasn't easy being a Churchill child - and only Mary managed it with serenity and aplomb, as her diary of wartime ATS service shows' ANNE DE COURCY, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH...
Nuts and Bolts: How Tiny Inventions Make Our World Work
Shard engineer Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex inventions into seven fundamental objects: the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string and pump. _____________ 'Delightful' TIM HARFORD, FINANCIAL TIMES 'Appeals to...
Metamorphosis: A Natural and Human History
'Beautiful. Entertaining. Inspiring.' Nature 'Startling . . . riveting . . . hauntingly timely.' Washington Review of Books 'A meditation on transformation . . . Warm [and] empathetic . ....
My Dear Kabul: The extraordinary diary of an Afghan women's writing
* A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week * 'A real-time, moving and intimate portrait of a year living under the Taliban' DUA LIPA'S SERVICE95 'An intimate, courageous chronicle...
Churchill's D-Day: The Inside Story
'Do you realise that by the time you wake up in the morning twenty thousand men may have been killed? '- Winston Churchill to Clementine Churchill, 5 June 1944 2024...
The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our
The Cold War shaped the world we live in today - its politics, economics, and military affairs. This book shows how the globalization of the Cold War during the last...
Kings of Shanghai
'A masterpiece of research, The Last Kings of Shanghai is a vivid and fascinating story of wealth, family intrigue, and political strategy on the world stage from colonialism to communism...
The Power of Art: A World History in Fifteen Cities
To read most histories of art, you might be forgiven for supposing that great artists are superhuman, and the knowledge of different movements, periods and styles is essential to truly...
The Age Of Extremes: 1914-1991
THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawm's personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, and breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book...
Captain James Cook
In Cook's relatively short and adventurous life (1728-79) he voyaged to the eastern and western seaboards of North America, the North and South Pacific and the Arctic and Antarctic bringing...
A Critical History Of English Literature: Volume One: From The Beginnings To The Sixteenth Century
$12.00 AUD
Author: David DaichesBinding: PaperbackPublished: London: Secker & Warburg, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear and fading to outside cover; white out marks on first inside page;...