Storia

Dunkeld : An Ancient City.

STEWART, ELIZABETH. · 1926 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Perth: The Munro Press, 1926. 1st edition. Local Lore, Persons and Places. Pp.150, black & white frontispiece + 12 futher illustrations, inscribed by the author to front free endpaper, owners name to front free endpaper, toning to endpapers, a few light spots. Green boards wor...

South-Eastern Catholic History. (Incorporating Essex Recusant and London Recusant). No.1.

ESSEX RECUSANT SOCIETY. · 2009 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Brentwood Diocesan Historical Society, 2009. Contents include: Homily from the 50th Anniversary Mass of the Essex Recusant Society (Rev. Dr S. Foster); Monsignor Dan Shanahan: Founder of Essex Recusant (Re. Dr S. Foster); New Hall's Catholic Heritage (T.Tuckwell); The Petre Ch...

Remember Mazoe. The Reconstruction of an Incident.

BOND, GEOFFREY. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Salisbury: Pioneer Head, 1973. 1st edition. "The story of the Mazoe Patrol is not only an important part of Rhodesia's history but an epic account of man's determination to survive in the face of overwhelming odds. Unlike the earlier Shangani Patrol, there were survivors who "...

Heritage of Rhodes.

GALE, W.D. · 1950 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Cape Town: Geoffrey Cumberlege/ Oxford University Press, 1950. 1950 marked the Diamond Jubilee of the Occupation of Mashonaland in 1890, which led to the establishment of the Colony as a member of the British Commonwealth. "Tells the story of the foundation of Southern Rhodesi...

With The Mounted Infantry And The Mashonaland Field Force 1896.

ALDERSON, E.A.H. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Bulawayo: Books of Rhodesia, 1971. Rhodesiana Reprint Library Volume 20. Facsimile reproduction of the 1898 edition with additions. "This is the account of the five-month campaign conducted by Colonel Alderson who played a major role in subduing the Rebellion in Mashonaland al...

The Rhodesian Press. The History of The Rhodesian Printing and Publishing Company Ltd.

GALE, W.D. · 1962 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Salisbury: Rhodesian Printing & Publishing Co.Ltd, 1962. 1st edition. Written by Mr W.D.Gale, author, historian and a former employee of the Company, from material gathered from official Company records and the files of its newspapers. "It is a story which is bound up with the...

Modern African Wars (1) : Rhodesia 1965-80.

ABBOTT, PETER AND BOTHAM, PHILIP. · 2003 · Chilton Books

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

London: Osprey, 2003. 0850457289. Osprey Men-At-Arms series.No.183. 24.5cms x 18.5cms. Pp.48, many black & white photos and illustrations + 8 colour plates (illustrating uniforms) by Mike Chappell. Paperback. VG.

The Historical Dimensions of Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe. Volume One: Pre-Colonial and Colonial Legacies.

BHEBE, NGWABI AND RANGER, TERENCE. · 2001 · Chilton Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,494)

Harare: University of Zimbabwe Publications, 2001. 0908307942. 1st edition. "Asks whether there are democratic legacies from pre-colonial politics and what limitations then existed on human rights. It also asks what colonialism contributed to the discourse of human rights and ...

The Chitepo Assassination.

MARTIN, DAVID & JOHNSON, PHYLLIS. · 1985 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Harare: Zimbabwe Publishing House, 1985. 0949225045. "Chitepo was a central figure in the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, and the history of its latter years is bound up in the aftermath of his death. To understand the significance of his assassination, it is necessary to know t...

Through Mashonaland with Pick and Pen.

FITZPATRICK, J. PERCY./ CARTWRIGHT, A.P. (EDITOR). · 1973 · Chilton Books

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Johannesburg: AD Donker, 1973. 0949937017. Revised edition. "The personal account of a trio FitzPatrick made in 1891, when he accompanied Lord Randolph Churchill to Mashonaland. FitzPatrick had the knack of meeting interesting people and running into extraordinary adventures.....

A Sequence of Time. The Story of Salisbury, Rhodesia 1900-1914.

TANSER, G.H. · 1974 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Salisbury: Pioneer Head, 1974. 0869180029. 1st edition. "The period between the Anglo-Boer War and the First World War was a severe testing time for the people of Rhodesia. Yet it was in these years that Salisbury began to establish itself as the capital of Southern Rhodesia a...

War Crimes in Poland : Erich von dem Bach.

BARTOSZEWSKI, WLADYSLAW. · 1961 · Chilton Books

£58.00 (€69.52 | $76.63 | ¥12,236)

Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Zachodnie, 1961. Elaboration of the Polish text finished on May 15 1961. Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, former SS-Obergruppenfuhrer, General of the Police and commander of German formations, which in 1944, after many weeks of fighting, suppressed the Warsaw...

Compton-Land Revisited : New Looks at an Oldd Puzzle.

SIMPSON, ALAN AND MARY. · 1994 · Chilton Books

£25.00 (€29.97 | $33.03 | ¥5,274)

Little Compton, Rhode Island: Little Compton Historical Society, 1994. Volume II in a series of publications in honor of Carlton C.Brownell printed by the Little Compton Historical Society. "Compton-land is our name for the enchanting countryside in the southwest of England th...

The State of the Church in Gloucestershire 1563.

FIELD, COLIN W. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.96 | ¥29,536)

Privately printed, 1971. Extracts from the churchwardens presentments. "The parishes chosen and listed here are those which for the most part give some evidence of the upheaval implicit in the replacement of one ecclesiastical dispensation for another.." 34cms x 21cms. Pp.32 (...

Recusancy in Kent. Studies and Documents.

WHATMORE, REVD. L.E. · 1973 · Chilton Books

£32.00 (€38.36 | $42.28 | ¥6,751)

Hailsham: L.E.Whatmore, 1973. Transcripts from papers of the late Arthur Hussey of Wingham plus remaining material from the Southwark Record. Contents includes: Hussey Papers relating to Kentish Recusants; Parochial Statistics in East Kent 1557-1563; Recusants fined for their ...

Nottingham University College. A Record of its History and an Appreciation of the New Buildings.

TOWNROE, B.S.. · 1928 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Nottingham: Printed for private circulation, July 1928. Record and appreciation of Nottingham University College, and of the new buildings at Highfields. "This book, written by a Nottingham man, gives the dramatic history of the demand of local men and women to gain more knowl...

Chronicle of an African Trip.

EASTMAN, GEORGE. · 1927 · Chilton Books

£48.00 (€57.54 | $63.41 | ¥10,127)

Privately printed for the Author, 1927. 1st edition. Record and photographs of a big-game hunting trip to Africa. "The following letters chronicle the adventures of a party - consisting of Daniel E. Pomeroy, of New York, Dr Audley D. Stewart, of Rochester, and the writer [Geor...

Clapham and the Clapham Sect.

DALE, REV. T.C. ET AL. · 1927 · Chilton Books

£28.00 (€33.56 | $36.99 | ¥5,907)

Clapham: The Clapham Antiquarian Society by Edmund Baldwin,1927. 1st ed. Pp.14/236, frontispiece + 12 other black & white illustrations + maps of Clapham to endpapers, minor spotting to preliminaries. Blue cloth, gilt crest to front, gilt title to spine, slight darkening to sp...

War Letters to a Wife. France and Flanders, 1915-1919.

FEILDING, ROWLAND. · 1929 · Chilton Books

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

London: The Medici Society Ltd, 1929. 2nd impression. "The letters were written while the events described were fresh in mind - often actually on the battlefield or in the trenches. That is their claim to interest, coupled with the extraordinary luck which permitted an individ...

Accidental Agent.

GOLDSMITH, JOHN. · 1971 · Chilton Books

£20.00 (€23.97 | $26.42 | ¥4,219)

London: Leo Cooper, 1971. 0850520371. 1st edition. "Truth, indeed, is stranger than fiction; certainly it is more dramatic. This breathtaking story of John Goldsmith's adventures as an SOE agent in France during the Second World War leaves any spy novel at the post - as the au...