History

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the summer of 1972, the world held its breath as American prodigy Bobby Fischer faced Soviet champion...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the fiercely competitive world of championship chess, the 1973 Interzonal tournaments held in Leningrad and Petropolis stand as pivotal...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodCondition remarks: Faded boards. Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik, three-time World Chess Champion and one of the most dominant figures in...

Edition: 3rd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Remainder markIn the annals of competitive chess, no name resonates with greater intensity than Bobby Fischer, and My 60 Memorable Games...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFor fifty years, one institution shaped the voice of a nation — and This is the ABC: The Australian Broadcasting...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn an age when industrialisation was reshaping the fabric of English society, The Idea of Poverty confronts one of the most urgent and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodWhen the most celebrated spymaster of the Second World War steps back into the shadows for one final mission, the stakes could...

Edition: bomcCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the height of the Cold War, a shadowy network of intelligence operatives — British spycatchers and their CIA allies — set their...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFor over a century, ordinary men and women across Australasia have performed extraordinary acts of courage — and 7000 Brave Australians chronicles the remarkable...

Edition: First Edition.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: Boards: good with minor wear. DJ: chipped and worn along the edges. Binding: Remains tight. Clean...

Edition: 5th pr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodStep back through the millennia into a world before written record, where early humans carved survival from stone, bone, and...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of justice, sovereignty, and identity, Aborigines Human Rights and the Law presents a landmark examination...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the aftermath of the First World War, a daring contest captured the imagination of the entire British Empire — a gruelling 11,000-mile air...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: fep clipped.Few figures in 20th-century history captured the world's imagination quite like Charles Lindbergh, and I Remember Lindbergh...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerFew books have shaken the foundations of Western religious belief quite like The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail — a landmark...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the bloody spring of 1871, the French government unleashed its army upon its own capital, culminating in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of empire and ideology, few geopolitical confrontations of the twentieth century proved as consequential as...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the height of Cold War geopolitics and amid the world's growing fascination with the newly opened People's...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of innovation and crisis, Transport: Problems and Prospects presents a sweeping examination of one of...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the gaslit backstreets and workhouses of Victorian York, a hidden world of female desperation and survival played out far from polite...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of politics, welfare, and national identity, Social Security in Australia 1900-72 presents a sweeping and...

Edition: 1972 ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodCondition remarks: Usual signs of aging on jacket - still bright and structural. Clean pages and block. Firm binding.What compels millions of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodAt the intersection of economics and governance lies one of the most consequential questions facing a young nation: how should...

Edition: Revised editionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: Tears repaired with non-acidic tape. Jacket still structural One of the most penetrating and enduring works in the...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersWhat if the fallen German imperial family — stripped of their thrones and titles —...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the height of the Cold War, few questions were more urgent — or more politically charged —...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Slight water damage to first few pages top right corner of book. At the crossroads...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the decades following the Civil War, America harbored a remarkable secret — dozens of thriving communal societies,...

Edition: Fifth ImpressionCondition remarks:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerIn the muddy trenches and shell-scarred landscapes of the Western Front, one soldier's extraordinary courage became the stuff of legend...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodA searing indictment of colonial violence and a profound meditation on memory, The Cry for the Dead by Judith Wright...

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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodCondition remarks: small tear on front of jacket - otherwise fine.What drives nations to abandon diplomacy and embrace...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of Cold War geopolitics, Iran became the battleground for one of the twentieth century's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew political figures in Australian history commanded a room — or a crisis — quite like Jack Lang, the firebrand Premier of New South Wales...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodIn the steaming lowlands of Papua New Guinea's Morobe Province, the city of Lae stands as one of the most compelling testaments...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom the pastoral plains of New South Wales emerges a richly detailed chronicle of community, land, and transformation — The Changing Years presents a...

Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodNestled in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, the city of Goulburn holds a history as rich and vivid as the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the dawn of the British labour movement, one man rose from the coal mines of Scotland to...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the height of the Cold War's twilight, two global superpowers met in Moscow for one of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the turbulent crossroads of religion, politics, and intellectual freedom stands one of the most controversial movements of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of intellectual courage and political conviction stands Irving Howe, one of America's most formidable democratic...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the vast, brooding landscape of Tsarist Russia, the relationship between landlord and peasant was not merely economic...

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBefore the New Deal reshaped the American social contract, there was a decade of hardship, broken promises, and...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew events have so violently reshaped the modern world as the cataclysm that erupted in France in 1789,...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFor anyone passionate about uncovering the stories buried beneath the surface of their own community, The Local Historian's...