Collection: History
Our selection of often rare and hard-to-find history books offers a deeper understanding of the world around us, shedding light on how past events shape present-day politics, society and culture.
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The Historie of Twelve Caesars, Emperors of Rome. Written in Latine by C. Suetonius Tranquillus, and newly translated into English by Philemon Holland | Haslewood Books, Frederick Etchells, 1931
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Modern War – C.R.W. Nevinson | Grant Richards Ltd, 1917 | Intro P. G. Konody
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Petite histoire de l’espèce humaine by André Maurois Les Cahiers de Paris, 1937
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Rhona Reginalda Podd – Flight log-book from 1939
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On Our Own. Americans in the Sixties by Douglas T. Miller. D.C. Heath & Co, 1996
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The Historian at Work by V.H. Galbraith | BBC Publication, 1962
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A Brief History of The Order of St John compiled by Pamela Willis, 1994
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War Pictures by British Artists. Second series – Soldiers | Introduction by William Coldstream 1943
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Views of Brighton | T. Nelson & Sons. Small pictorial fold-out guide book c1870s
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Life in the 1870s seen through advertisements in The Times R.H. Langbridge | Times Newspapers, 1974
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Rufus Porter. Yankee Pioneer by Jean Lipman | Clarkson N. Potter, 1968
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Bulletin University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, Vol XIV No 4, June 1950
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Renault In the Thirties by Robert Doisneau | Nishen 1990 | English edition
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Exhibition of historical relics of Sir Francis Drake Berger House, London 1952
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Photo of Metropolitan airship in a hanger dated November 1987 on reverse
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Homes for the People by The Association of Building Technicians | Elek 1945
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Paris, Capital of Modernity by David Harvey | Routledge, 2006 paperback
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Photo of Goodyear N2A Europa airship from below
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Photo Non-rigid airship M4 flight over USS Saipan 11 October 1949
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The Daily News newspaper ‘Zeppelin raid over outer London’ No 21599 1 June 1915. Final War Edition
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Photo Goodyear non-rigid ‘Volunteer’ airship from Miami Beach Florida March 1930
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Postcard L32 wreckage of Zeppelin shot down by Lt Frederick Sowrey on 24 September 1916. With embossed stamp
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Identity certificate for Alfred Norton Hillman balloon hand 32 B.S. B.E.F. British Expeditionary Force in France. Dated 2 January 1919
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Bygone Kent. A monthly Journal on all aspects of local history. Volume 5 Number 8 1984. Includes When airships flew from Capel by David G. Collyer
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