History & Historical Biography

David P. Silverman / Ancient Egypt (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Anna Bikont / The Crime and the Silence

Winner of the European Book Prize 'A masterpiece' Jan T. Gross 'Terrifying and necessary' Julian Barnes 'Scrupulously objective and profoundly personal' Kate Atkinson On 10 July 1941 a horrifying...

George Kerr / Okinawa - The History of an Island People

"The first full-length monograph on the history of the Ryukyu Islands in any Western language...a standard work."-Pacific Affairs Okinawa: The History of an Island People is the definitive book...

J.M. Roberts / Shorter Illustrated History of the World (Coffee Table Book)

Second revised edition, first published i

William Weir / 50 Battles That Changed the World (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Eusebius - The History of the Church - HB ( Splicased Folio Society Edition) - 2012

Hardcover, a 2012, reprint by Folio of the 1965 edition, translated by G.A Williamson.  Condition, a solid copy, but with a small bump to the lower corner, grey tan cloth covers, titles in black and...

Patrick K. O'Brien / World History (Coffee Table Book)

From the

Gordon Williamson / The SS: Hitler's Instrument of Terror. (Coffee Table Book)

Initiall

Tim Taylor / The Ultimate "Time Team" Companion: An Alternative History of Britain (Coffee Table Book)

Good: A copy that has been read, but rema

William C. Davis / The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the US Civil War: The Soldiers, Generals, Weapons and Battles (Coffee Table Book)

View the American Civil War as it really

Samuel Pepys - Pepys Diary ( HB 3 Volume edition( 1660-63, 1664-66, 1667-69) - Slipcased Folio Society Edition

The diary which Samuel Pepys kept from January 1660 to May 1669 ...is one of our greatest historical records and... a major work of English literature A witness to the coronation of Charles II, the...

H.V Morton - In Search of England - HB Folio Society

Hardcover in plain dark green slipcase, small bimp to lower spine of the slipcase, otherwise unmarked.  This edition Folio Society UK, 2002, introduction by Simon Jenkins, based on the 1927 original,...

John Kenneth Galbraith - The Great Crash 1929 - Pelican PB

The classic account of the Great Crash in US ( and subsequent global) stock markets in 1929, an event which precipitated the Great Depression. Originally published in 1954, this is a 1963 Pelican PB...

Aloys Winterling / Caligula (Large Paperback)

The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from A.D. 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. An exceptionally smart and cruelly witty man, Caligula made his contemporaries worship him as...

Lesley & Roy Adkins / An Introduction to the Romans (Coffee Table Book)

The Romans came from a city and went on t

Angus Konstam / Historical Atlas Of The Celtic World (Coffee Table Book)

The rema

Simon Schama / The British Wars, 1603-1776 (Coffee Table Book)

The begi

Susan Bennett / Cultivating the Human Faculties: James Barry 1741-1806 and the Society of Arts (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Simon Schama / A History of Britain: The British Wars 1603-1776 (Coffee Table Book)

The second volume of Simon Schama's BBC History of Britain: The British Wars, 1603-1776 is a more serious affair than the first. A History of Britain Vol I was free-range history: a fresh and at...

Evan S. Connell -Son of the Morning Star : General Custer and the Battle of the Little Bighorn - HB

Hardcover, published by Guild Publishing ( a BOOK CLUB EDITION), standard format hardcover. 1985   On a scorching June Sunday in 1876, thousands of Indian warriors - Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne and...

Ian Crofton / World History: 50 Events You Really Need to Know (Coffee Table Book)

People often complain that in history lessons at school they were taught just a few topics - the Romans, the Tudors, the Nazis - and how they have no idea at all about what happened in between. To...

Pamela Reeves / Ellis Island: Gateway to the American dream (Coffee Table Book)

Original pictures and text showing how ou

Dean Smith / Tempe: Arizona Crossroads, An Illustrated History (Coffee Table Book)

A VG copy or a little better due to cover

Nill / Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Coffee Table Book)

-- Dynamic and comprehensive history intr

Margaret Bunson / Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Coffee Table Book)

THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ANCIENT EGYPT is the first single-volume reference guide to the remarkable culture that flourished on the banks of the Nile from the predynastic period, 3200 B.C., to the fall of...

Tim Newark / In Heroes' Footsteps: A Walker's Guide to the Battlefields of the World (Coffee Table Book)

It's the

Paul Fitzgerald / Speechless: World History Without Words (Coffee Table Book)

Speechle

Donald Somervill / The Ultimate Illustrated History Of World War II: An Authoritative Account Of One Of The Deadliest Conflicts In Human History With Analysis Of Decisive Encounters And Landmark Engagements (Coffee Table Book)

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Dale Brown / Ancient India : Land of Mystery (Coffee Table Book)

Discusses the archaeology and civilizatio

Frances Bernstein / Classical Living: Reconnecting with the Rituals of Ancient Rome (Coffee Table Book)

Enhance your life using the riches of the Roman tradition. An authority on ancient Roman culture, Frances Bernstein shows you how to draw on the wisdom, history, myths and ancient prayers that were a...

Eknath Easwaran / Gandhi the Man: How One Man Changed Himself to Change the World (Coffee Table Book)

This is the moving story of a nonviolent hero, illustrated with more than 70 photographs, and told by a highly respected author who grew up in Gandhi’s India.Gandhi’s life continues to inspire and...

R. Hamilton / Ancient Egypt Kingdom of the Pharaohs (Coffee Table Book)

Although they were created thousands of years ago, the great monuments of Ancient Egypt continue to absorb and astonish us today. These imposing constructions the Sphinx, the Pyramids, the tombs in...

Rosemary Lord / Los Angeles Then & Now (Coffee Table Book)

"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr. DeMille!" Los Angeles, the City of Angels, is the capital of show business, where to be young and beautiful is to have it all. This all-new edition of Los Angeles Then...

D.K. Publishing / World War II (Coffee Table Book)

Engaging

Antun Travirka / Dubrovnik - History Culture Art Heritage (Coffee Table Book)

   

Iain Zaczek / Clans and Tartans of Scotland (Coffee Table Book)

Scotland

Mary Blume / Cote d'Azur - Inventing the French Riviera (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Steven Moore - Behind the Garden Wall : A History of Capital Punishment in Belfast - PB

Very interesting and informative book in relation to the history of historic executions at  Crumlin Road Gaol in Belfast - tells of capital punishment, the crimes, and info on the prisoners. The...

Rory Sweetnam & Lisa Marr - New Zealand’s Irish Revolution - BRAND NEW

Offering original New Zealand perspectives on the Irish Revolution from the third Home Rule crisis to the establishment of the Irish Free State, this collection explores the political, social, and...

Maurice J. Casey - Hotel Lux : An Intimate History of Communism's Forgotten Radicals - PB - BRAND NEW

Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2024: History Book of the Year 'Hotel Lux is an unforgettable book, bringing to life not only its protagonists but an entire world, and offering a new glimpse of...

Maria E. Brower / Gold Rush Towns of Nevada County (Large Paperback)

Images of Americ

Colin Quigley - Music From the Heart : Compositions if a Folk Fiddler - HB

Music from the Heart follows Emile Benoit, a fiddler from French Newfoundland, through a rapidly changing musical milieu as he moves from a small rural community to international musical and folk...

Robert Hughes / The Fatal Shore (Hardback)

A history of the transportation of convicts to Australia, 1787-1868   This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition sho

Deane Heller / Jaqueline Kennedy (Vintage Paperback)

      All of our Vintage books are Pre barcode the picture shown is the actual book you will receive. Please be aware that there will be a sticker with an identifying number on the spine of this book.

Peter V. Jones / Memento Mori: What the Romans Can Tell Us About Old Age Death

In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the problems associated with old age and death that so transfix us today were...

Desmond Forristal - The Second Burial of Bishop Shanahan - PB - 1990

Published by Veritas Books, 1990, a biography of Tipperay born Joseph Shanahan, who founded religious orders and worked on what were termed 'The Missions' in Southern Nigeria  as priest and bishop ,...

George Rudé Revolutionary Europe 1783-1815 (Fontana History of Europe) - PB 1981 (Originally 1964)

Centered largely on the events of the French Revolution and it's explosive impact on European history . Originally 1964, this reprint 1981. A standalone volume in the Fontana History of Europe...

David Brown / 501 Most Devastating Disasters (Coffee Table Book)

This fantastic book will take you through

Maureen Carroll-Spillecke / Earthly paradises : ancient gardens in history and archaeology (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Bonechi / Holland: A Splendid Journey Through History, Traditions and Art (Coffee Table Book)

Discover Holland with the New Millenium c

Robin Cross / World War I in Photographs (Coffee Table Book)

    This book is second hand, and while you may not get the same publication/version/reprint/edition shown in the picture it will be the same author and title. Removing existing stickers from a...

Robin Cross / World War 2 in Photographs (Coffee Table Book)

World Wa