History

A detailed guide to the many different stamps used to indicate mail posted on board a ship at sea, during the heyday of passenger liners. A most unusual book on the subject.

A comprehensive contemporary guide to ancient pottery; Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan and Roman.

An examination and interpretation of the personality and ideology of Napoleon.

A scholarly treatise on the history and construction of the Roman triumphal column, built in Rome to commemorate the Emperor Trajan's victory in the Dacian Wars.

The three volume officially commissioned history of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War.

The autobiography of Australian born Air Vice Marshall Bennett, including his experiences of bombing raids and piloting flying boats.

For the six years of WWII, Mollie Panter-Downes covered the war in her "Letter from London"  for The New Yorker magazine. These fortnightly reports are compiled here by New Yorker editor William Shawn.

Compiled by Charles Eade, the five speeches given by Churchill in secret sessions of the House of Commons during WWII. These were never officially recorded and are reproduced here from the Prime Ministers own notes.

A double biography of what have been called the first notable husband-and -wife partnership of modern history: Emperor Justinian and Theodora, daughter of a Syrian bear trainer.

A detailed summary of the contemporary state of knowledge of Hadrian's Wall, showing how it was reached from the earliest excavations.

A fascinating investigation in to what coins can tell historians about the art, politics, religion, economics and personalities of the Roman Empire.

An authoritative work of it's time by the Honorary Secretary of The Numismatic Society and expert of The British Museum.

A fascinating account of the renowned travel writers journey through islands of the Caribbean in the late 1940's. 

An illustrated history of the vast fleets of sailing trawlers that once fished the North Sea and English Channel, and the men who worked on them.

A history of submarine warfare during WWI, in a French edition.

A detailed history of the lesser known activities of the Royal Navy during WWI, in the Mediterranean area. One of a series by the publishers.

Written by a Professor of Mathematics of the US Navy. Subtitled "A Study of the Principles and Practice of Exterior Ballistics, as Applied to Naval Gunnery, and of the Computation and Use of Ballistic and Range Tables."

A history of the role of mercantile shipping during WWI.