HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
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THE PARTISANS OF EUROPE IN WORLD WAR II
Written by Kenneth Macksey.
Stock no. 1829605
Published by Granada Publishering Limited.
1st
1975.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book takes a long, cool look at the development of partisan and guerrilla warfare throughout Europe during the Second World War. Black cloth spine with gilt title, yellow sides. B/w photos. 271 pages including index. ISBN: 0246105747. Front board a little grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is scuffed, author name to spine is faded from red to pink.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
DIGGING FOR HITLER: THE NAZI ARCHAEOLOGISTS SEARCH FOR AN ARYAN PAST
Written by David Barrowclough.
Stock no. 1829538
Published by Fonthill Media Limited.
1st
2016.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A deep evaluation of the practices and beliefs of the SS-Ahnenerbe and similar Nazi groups, revealing the myriad frauds committed by individuals seeking a moral justification for categorically indefensible acts. A gripping journey into the warped minds within the Third Reich, stratching from the mythical lost world of Atlantis to the mountains of Tibet. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 223 pages including index. ISBN: 9781781555002. A lovely copy.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- NAZIS
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- ANTHROPOLOGY
ART AND POWER: EUROPE UNDER THE DICTATORS 1930-45
Written by Dawn Ades.
Stock no. 1829477
Published by Hayward Gallery.
1st
1995.
Slightly better than very good condition.
This book is about the relationship between art and politics in the 1930s, in the Europe of the dictators. It provides a history of the plight of individual artists and architects under totalitarian rule, structured around the four capital cities of Paris, Rome, Moscow and Berlin. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name organized by the Hayward Gallery, London, running from 1996 - 1996. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w illustrations. 360 pages. ISBN: 1853321486. A lovely copy with some minor staining to lower edge of text block else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- ART
- CATALOGUE (ART)
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- ARCHITECTURE
THE HOLY REICH: NAZI CONCEPTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY, 1919-1945
Written by Richard Steigmann-Gall.
Stock no. 1829451
Published by Cambridge University Press.
2009.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Originally published as a hardback in 2003 and transferred to digital printing in 2009. The author here argues that the Nazi movement, contrary to the conventional view, was not anti-Christian, let alone atheistic. He demonstrates that many participants in the Nazi movement felt a personal attachment to Christiantity, and claimed that their ideology of antisemitism, anti-Marxism, and antiliberalism was inspired by Christian values. Pictorial cardwraps. xvi and 294 pages including index. ISBN: 9780521603522. A physical copy of a Print-On-Demand item. Minor knock to top rear cover edge. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- NAZIS
- RELIGION
- CHRISTIANITY
THE HUNDRED DAYS TO HITLER
Written by Roger Manvell; Heinrich Fraenkel.
Stock no. 1829447
Published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd..
1st
1974.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
What were the precise circumstances that made possible Hitler's seizure of power? A detailed day-to-day account of exactly how Hitler and the Nazi leaders manoeuvred their way to power. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 245 pages including index. ISBN: 0460078593. Text block browned with some foxing and a small stain. Grubby marks to page 15 and facing page else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly rubbed at corners.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- NAZIS
- POLITICS
THE SPANISH INQUISITION: A HISTORICAL REVISION
Written by Henry Kamen.
Stock no. 1828553
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1998.
Very good condition.
A Historical Revision. Black cloth, gilt title to spine, dramatic gilt and red decoration to front. Brown endpapers show districts of the Spanish Inquisition. Colour plates. Contents are bound UPSIDE-DOWN and back to front. Else a lovely copy contained in VG publisher's slipcase which has some surface paper loss to lower spine and is a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- SPAIN
THE COWARD OF MINDEN: THE AFFAIR OF LORD GEORGE SACKVILLE
Written by Piers Mackesy.
Stock no. 1828462
Published by Allen Lane.
1st
1979.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Lord George Sackville was court-martialled for disobedience at the battle of Minden in 1759 and pronounced to be 'unfit to serve His Majesty in any military capacity whatsover'. What caused him to disobey the orders of his German Commander-in-Chief to bring up the cavalry? Was it cowardice? Or incompetence? Or a determination to be awkward? Or was he an unlucky victim of circumstance? Yellow cloth boards, black title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0713908513. Small black mark to front endpaper. Pencil erasure mark to front endpaper. Top edge of text block slightly grubby. Contents clean. Black dustwrapper is a little scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (GERMAN)
- MILITARY
THE HISTORY OF THE REIGN OF THE EMPEROR CHARLES V
Written by William Robertson.
Stock no. 1828342
Published by Jones & Co.
1829.
Good condition.
Red cloth. B/w frontis and title page. 1" cut from top edge of title page. Some foxing, a few grubby marks & pale damp marks to contents. Frontis detached. Hinges pulled but binding tight. Large name & date written in colour pencil (lilac) rear endpaper. Covers grubby/scuffed and unevenly faded. Spine browned.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- HISTORY (FOREIGN)
- FRANCE
- ANTIQUARIAN
- HISTORY (FRENCH)
THE PORTUGUESE SEABORNE EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327780
Published by Hutchinson & Co. Ltd.
1st
1969.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
A comprehensive record of nearly four centuries of exploitation and bureaucracy in India, the Orient, Africa and Brazil, and a detailed study of the fleets, the men, the missions and racialism involved in this extraordinary maritime achievement. Blue cloth with green title labels to spine (and gilt titles). B/w photos & maps. 426 pages including index. ISBN: 0090979400. Spine slightly bumped. Cover edges lightly faded. Foxing to page edges. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly faded to spine and with a small tear to lower edge of front panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- PORTUGAL
- MARITIME
RACE RELATIONS IN THE PORTUGUESE COLONIAL EMPIRE 1415-1825
Written by C.R. Boxer.
Stock no. 1327779
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1963.
Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 136 pages. Spine slightly bumped. Neat writing to rear free-endpaper (list of further titles to read). Dustwrapper is damp stained to edges of front panel.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- PORTUGAL
- SOCIAL HISTORY
MOSCOW'S ROAD TO NUREMBERG: THE SOVIET BACKGROUND TO THE TRIAL
Written by George Ginsburgs.
Stock no. 1827826
Published by Martinus Nijhoff.
Circa
1996.
Nearly fine condition.
The Soviet regime's contribution to the pre-history of the Nuremberg trial i.e. the repertory of official acts and pronouncements as well as scholarly treatment of issues which ultimately shaped the legal complexion of the Nuremberg test. Blue boards. ISBN: 9789041101822. Still in original shrinkwrap which is just starting to split at joins and lower corners are rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- RUSSIA
- NAZIS
- LAW
KINGDOMS IN CRISIS: IRELAND IN THE 1940S
Written by Micheal O. Siochru.
Stock no. 1327427
Published by Four Courts Press.
1st
2001.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Charting developments in Ireland in the aftermath of the Ulster rising in October 1641. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 288 pages. A few b/w maps. ISBN: 1851825355. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper slightly edge rubbed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- IRELAND
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)