Collection: History Books
Antique history books offer a fascinating glimpse into the past, giving an insight into the thoughts and views of previous generations and preserving knowledge and events from times gone by. Old books allow us to not only connect with history but also to appreciate the craftmanship and significance of early printed works, particularly early editions of 17th century and 18th century books. We have an extension selection of old history books covering a variety of geographical locations and historic subjects of interest. Having been the catalyst for J.W.B Books, we have a particular passion for Scottish history books and take pride in offering a great selection of these, featuring rare and collectable editions. All of our history books on offer can be found below, or use the links to browse through our different historic categories.
Scottish History Books
British History Books
Other History
Natural History
Military & Naval History
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The Book of the Dead, The Papyrus of Ani in the British Museum by E. A. Wallis Budge, 1967
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Russia: A Short History by Michael T. Florinsky, 1964
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Photographers Of The Western Isles By Martin Padget 2010
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No Great Mischief If You Fall The Highland Experience By John Macleod 1993
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The Radical Laird A Biography of George Kinloch 1775-1833 By Charles Tennant 1970
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John Prebble's Scotland 1984
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Road Transport In Cumbria In The Nineteenth Century By L.A. Williams 1975
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Notes Descriptive and Historical Principally Relating To The Parish of Moy In Strathdearn and The Town and Neighbourhood of Inverness By Sir Aeneas Mackintosh 1892
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Early Sources of Scottish History A.D. 500 To 1286 Collected and Translated By Alan Orr Anderson 1990
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Inveraray and The Dukes of Argyll By Ian G. Lindsay and Mary Cosh 1973
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The Books of Assumption Of The Thirds of Benefices Scottish Ecclesiastical Rentals At The Reformation Edited By James Kirk 1995
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In Memoriam Ian Charles, Eighth Earl of Seafield, Twenty-Seventh Chief of The Clan Grant
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The Gordon's Mill Farming Club 1758-1764 By J.H. Smith 1962
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The Inscriptions of Pictland An Essay On The Sculptured and Inscribed Stones Of The North-East and North of Scotland With Other Writings and Collections By Francis C. Diack 1944
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The Tobacco Lords A Study Of The Tobacco Merchants of Glasgow and Their Trading Activities C.1740-90 By T.M. Devine
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A History of the Scotch Poor Law By Sir George Nicholas (1856) 1967 Reprint
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A Description Of The Western Islands of Scotland Ca 1695 and A Late Voyage To St Kilda Martin Martin Description Of The Occidental I.E. Western Islands of Scotland By Donald Monro
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The Companion To Gaelic Scotland Edited by Derick S. Thomson 1983
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Highland Resistance The Radical Tradition In The Scottish North By Iain Fraser Grigor 2000
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The Development Of The West of Scotland: 1750-1960 By Anthony Slaven 1975
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Last Of The Free A Millennial History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland By James Hunter 1999
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Historians By Daniel Snowman 2007
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Forgotten Frontier by Geoffrey Tyson, 1945
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The Jungle Is Neutral by E. Spencer Chapman, 1949
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Royal India, A descriptive and historical study of India's fifteen principal States and their Rules by Maud Diver, 1943
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Our Empire Story Told To Boys and Girls By H.E. Marshall
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Famous Scottish Houses The Lowlands By Thomas Hannan 1928
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The County of Stirling Edited By R. C. Rennie The County of Clackmannan Edited by T. Crouther Gordon 1966
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The Romance of the World, The Romance of India, edited by Herbert Strang
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Forty-One Years in India from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief by Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar, 1898
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Odtaa, Being Extracts from the diary of an Officer who served with the 4/10th Gurkha Rifles in Manipur and Burma, by Anthony Charles Bickersteth, 1953
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The Clan Mackintosh and The Clan Chattan by Margaret Mackintosh of Mackintosh 1948
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The Mapping Of A Scottish Estate By I. H. Adams 1971
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The Colonies of Stockbridge By Rosemary J Pipes 1998
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The Salt Industry and Its Trade In Fife and Tayside C1570-1850 By C A Whatley 1984
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Stanley Its History and Development 1977
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