History & Historical Biography

Teresa Carpenter / New York Diaries, 1609 to 2009 (Hardback)

Draws from library archives, historical societies, and private estates in a year-long tribute to New York that is comprised of diary entries selected from four centuries of writings by famous city...

Roy Jenkins / Gladstone (Hardback)

From the New York Times bestselling author of Churchill, a towering historical biography, William Gladstone was, with Tennyson, Newman, Dickens, Carlyle, and Darwin, one of the stars of...

Liza Picard / Dr. Johnson's London (Hardback)

Like its popular and acclaimed predecessor Restoration London, this book is the result of the author's passionate interest in the practical details of the everyday life of our ancestors, so often...

Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) / Civil Defence Handbook (Advising Householder Protection Against Nuclear Attack) (Hardback)

In 1963, the Home Office and Central Office of Information distributed this handbook for the civil defence, police and fire services to advise the public on what to do in the event of a nuclear...

VisitBritain / Stately Service Then and Now (Coffee Table Book)

Written in a lively style and illustrated with archive material and specially-shotphotography, Stately Service will open the present-day visitor’s eyes to how the life and management of an historic...

Geoffrey Parker / The Times Compact History of the World (Coffee Table Book)

The fifth edition of The Times Compact History of the World is a wonderfully detailed, authoritative overview of world history, presented in a readable compact format.Geoffrey Parker's revised text...

Frank Barlow - The Feudal Kingdom of England, 1042-1216 (History of English)

This highly-regarded text was fully revised and rewritten, after much important work has been done on the period, not least by Frank Barlow himself -- with a major study of the English Church between...

Max Weber - The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

Author's best-known and most controversial study relates the rise of a capitalist economy to the Puritan belief that hard work and good deeds were outward signs of faith and salvation.Thias edition...

Nora Chadwick - The Celts - HB Slipcased Folio Edition - 2001

The Celts possessed a self-contained and remarkable culture whose influence is by no means restricted to those parts of Europe traditionally regarded as 'Celtic'. A proud and independent nation...

Folio Society - The Folio History of Ancient Greece - 4 X HB - Slipcased - 2nd Printing 2002

A large and heavy set - weighs just over 4.3 kg unboxed.  All books in excellent ' as new' condition - matching uniform designs, light edgewear to the external slipcase, small compressed/ impacted...

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

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...

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)

    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...

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

Discusses the archaeology and civilizatio

E.E. O'Donnell / Father Browne's Titanic Album: A Passenger's Photographs and Personal Memoir (Coffee Table Book)

Thanks t

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...

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

Douglas Boin / Alaric the Goth (Hardback)

Stigmati

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...

Melvyn Bragg / The Book of Books - The Radical Impact of the King James Bible (Hardback)

NB -this is about the history and impact of the KJV Bible, not the actual bible itself.  The King James Bible is both the standard scriptural text and, for centuries, the bestselling book in the...

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...