History Mysteries from Tom Heywood Books

An excellent copy of the first edition of British journalist Christopher Robbins' intriguing book abut 'Air America', the CIA's covert Air Force operating since world war two. This 1979 work takes the story up to the operations in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Fascinating. Pages are first rate: clean, bright, no inscriptions, tanning or foxing at all. NOT ex-library. Binding is… Read more about this item

A very nice copy in an excellent dust wrapper, of the two-volume 1981 edition. Renowned writer and scientist Isaac Asimov looks at some of the trucks historical, geographical and biographical aspects of the Old and New Testaments. Pages are excellent: no inscriptions, markings , notes or foxing. A little tanning on page edges (seemingly inevitable in this edition). Binding is… Read more about this item

Very rare. A very nice copy indeed of the first English translation of Faber-Kaiser's classic theory of Christ surviving the cross and heading East to find the 'children of Israel' in Kashmir. This edition is vanishingly scarce, and especially in such excellent condition. Pages are first rate, by far the best of the few copies we've seen of this edition:… Read more about this item

A lovely copy of the first edition of Van Buren's classic book on Rennes le Chateau. Undoubtedly one of the most unique and fascinating books on the famous mystery village. A beautiful copy. Pages are clean and bright with no markings or inscriptions. The fore edge has literally one or two hardly visible microscopic spots. All illustrations including the… Read more about this item

Chester, Leitch and Simpson's excellent book on the infamous Victorian scandal which sprang from the discovery of a male brothel in Cleveland Street in London in 1889, and ended up in an alleged Establishment cover up. A first rate copy. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, inscriptions or foxing at all. DJ is unclipped and excellent, just minor… Read more about this item

Barrister and sometime MP Harford Montgomery Hyde here looks at the infamous scandal which rocked the foundations of Victorian society. A lovely copy of the first edition. Pages are excellent: bright and clear with no markings or inscriptions at all save for slights tanning on FEP. Book has the slightest give but binding is tight. DJ is unclipped and has… Read more about this item

Well known researcher into the anomalous, Rupert Gould here looks at a range of curious cases. Chapters include: the ships seen on the ice; the moving coffins; the prophecies of Nostradamus, and many others. A nice copy of the 1945 reprint of the second impression. Pages are clean and without inscriptions. A few brown spots here and there. Binding is… Read more about this item

This is the uncommon true first edition of 1924. A nice copy. Pages are intact and sound, some foxing some pages but generally all very clean and bright. Uncut pages. No inscriptions. Tissue divider intact at title page. Usual light browning on FEP. Boards are nice and bright, the odd spotting. Spine very good, and binding totally sound. Rare in… Read more about this item

A first edition of Lamont Brown's excellent book in remarkable condition. This is the 1974 first edition, and yet pages and DJ are first-rate. Pages are clean and bright with no inscriptions, markings, tanning or foxing. Just the very vaguest of general age wear perhaps. DJ is intact and aside form some spine sun fade really no other issues at… Read more about this item

De Fontbrune's book on Nostradamus's alleged predictions, described on the cover as 'an explosive bestseller'! A first rate copy of the first UK edition, best copy we have seen. Pages are clean and bright, with no markings or foxing or inscriptions. DJ is excellent: unclipped, hardly any age wear visible, just a little tanning on flaps. This was a review… Read more about this item

'An exploration of mysticism, with a particular focus on the appearance of bodily wounds that bear resemblance to Jesus Christ's crucifixion wounds, known as Stigmata'. Another of Summers' interesting books on some of his typical themes. A nice copy. This is the second impression, from 1950. No DJ. Pages are very good: foxing to the first few and to fore… Read more about this item

Haining's fascinating book examines whether the source of Mary Shelley's famous book was in fact an eccentric English scientist called Andrew Crosse. An excellent copy: pages are bright and clean and unmarked. DJ is unclipped and only the very slightest of age wear. Please see all photos. Now covered in a professional removable clear cover.

A lovely copy of Walker's excellent summary of possession and exorcism in England and France several hundred years ago. Pages are Fine: bright, unmarked, with no inscriptions, tanning or spotting: exceptionally good. Boards are clean and tight. DJ is unclipped and in very nice condition. As it is essentially a paper DJ there are a couple of minor tears and… Read more about this item

Noorbergen's book examines the evidence for ancient civilisations deploying advanced technologies. A really nice copy of the first British edition. Pages are remarkably clean and unmarked with literally one foxing spot on the side edges and some slight age wear on the top edge. DJ is unclipped and with no real wear, just the lightest of rubbing to rear. See… Read more about this item

Kirsch examines the case of Reb Hile Wechsler who apparently predicted the Holocaust in his 1881 'a word of warning' brochure. In very good condition. Pages are clean and unmarked, with just some slight foxing and natural age wear on edges. DJ is unclipped, one or two small enclosed tears on the top of the spine and the top of… Read more about this item

Carl Sagan's seminal debunking of the irrational. This is the relatively scarce first UK edition. A really nice copy. Pages are clean and bright with just the slightest tanning to extremities, and a previous owner has neatly written their 3 letter name on the FEP. See photos, all of which are of the actual copy for sale. DJ is intact,… Read more about this item

Paul Christian's classic of occultism brought to life in a modern English translation. This is the 1972 1st edition 6th printing, Volume 1. A very nice copy. Pages are excellent: bright, clean, unmarked, only really minor age wear. No inscriptions. DJ is unclipped, very complete with some creases and some small missing areas most obviously at the top edges (see… Read more about this item

Historian and Cromwell expert Fitzgibbons turns his attention to the remarkable tale of Cromwell's head. Three years after his majestic funeral in 1658, Cromwell's corpse was removed and 'executed' at Tyburn, first hanged and then decapitated. His head then embarked on three centuries of adventure encountering a whole range of serious and not so serious observers, until it reached its… Read more about this item

Clunn was a retired major and amateur archaeologist who discovered the site of the battle of Teutoburg Forest. This book tells the story of his search for the site, the location of where three Roman legions were wiped out by German tribesmen in AD 9. He first found coins and then other items, all finally leading him him to discover… Read more about this item

The indefatigable Henry Lincoln joins forces with documentary film maker Haagensen to examine the tiny island of Bornholm in the Baltic sea. Its fifteen extraordinary medieval churches and many hundreds of standing stones mark the island out as a sacred site since remote antiquity. The book examines the intriguing links between medieval Scandinavia, France and Jerusalem, and how the Templar… Read more about this item