Books - "history"
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Two Essays in Soviet Historiography
ex-lib first edition 61pp+ads. VG (paper boards,sl.rubbed and sunned,mod.soiled,minor wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets)
PUBLISHER: research program on the ussr new york 1955
KEYWORDS: history geography soviet union leo yaresh
Dissent and Parliamentary Politics in England,1661-1689
ex-lib first edition 520pp VG+ (d/w in plastic taped to boards,tape stains to eps,usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled and sunned w.split to plastic on cover)
PUBLISHER: rutgers univ.press new brunswick 1969
KEYWORDS: history england politics douglas r.lacey
South West Africa & the United Nations
ex-lib first edition 123pp VG+ (d/w in plastic taped to boards,usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned spine,sl.creasing to cover)
PUBLISHER: univ.of kentucky press lexington 1967
KEYWORDS: history geography politics south west africa united nations faye carroll
Lion With Blue Wings
the story of the glider pilot regiment
first edition 245pp ills. octavo blue cloth boards, VG (moderate wear and soiling to upper board edges, heavy wear to lower board edges with loss to cloth and lower spine, bookseller stamp to front pastedown, moderate foxing ,sl.cocked spine) in VG- d/w (several small tears, chipping and moderate soiling to extrems, light soiling and wear to covers, light tanning and foxing)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1955
KEYWORDS: military history aviation transport biography ronald seth
The Savage Country
ex-lib second printing 308pp VG+ (usual stamps and pockets,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled and sunned,sl.chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: houghton mifflin boston [1960]
KEYWORDS: history geography north america walter o'meara
Famous American Athletes of Today
sixth series
ex-lib revised edition 407pp ills. VG (dec.cloth binding,sl.soiled w.water stain to head of rear board,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,d/w flaps mounted on pastedowns,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: l.c.page boston 1943
KEYWORDS: history sport harold kaese
My Heart and My Home
pearl buck's biography
first edition 64pp VG (paper boards and spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine and edges sunned,contents sl.shaky in binding,prelims.and edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: peter huston sydney 1948
KEYWORDS: history biography pearl buck cornelia spencer modern first edition
Old Coventry and Lady Godiva
being some flowers of coventry history
ex-lib 272pp VG+ (sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) in G d/w (tatty and in several pieces)
PUBLISHER: cornish brothers birmingham [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography coventry lady godiva f.bliss buridge
A History of South Africa
ex-lib in half-leather 363pp VG (burgundy cloth boards w.half-calf,libr.stamp to cover,mod.rubbed and soiled and sunned,sl.wear to extrems.w.minor chipping to spine,spine mod.rubbed and cracked,boards sl.shaky,usual stamps and pockets,ae red sl.soiled,sl.cocked w.sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: william sands edinburgh 1904
KEYWORDS: south africa history geography politics h.a.bryden
Aviation Indochine
bibliotheque de l'aviation
ex-lib 242pp [text in french] ills. VG+ (paper boards,sl.rubbed and sunned,mod.soiled,usual stamps and pockets,minor wear to extrems.,edges sl.browned)
PUBLISHER: amiot dumont paris 1954
KEYWORDS: history military vietnam aviation indochina politics l.m.chassin
The Last Tribal War
a history of the bondelswart uprising which took place in south west africa in 1922
ex-lib first edition 117pp ills. VG+ (d/w taped to boards,usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,spine and cover unevenly sunned)
PUBLISHER: struik cape town 1964
KEYWORDS: history bondelswart military south west africa politics richard freislich
The Sudden Assignment
ex-lib first edition 255pp VG+ (d/w taped to boards,usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled and mod.sunned)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1965
KEYWORDS: history politics africa geography military lord alport
Slow Motion
proof copy 245pp NF (in pict.wrappers,sl.soiled w.minor bumps to corners)
PUBLISHER: b;oomsbury london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition biography proof copy history dani shapiro
Three Years in Savage Africa
first colonial edition 594pp+ads.ills.[incl.fold-out maps;all present] VG (rebacked w.green cloth over red boards,title area of original spine laid-down,mod.soiled w.boards unevenly sunned,sl.rubbing and wear to title 'label',sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps v.sl.soiled,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some v.minor foxing to contents,maps clean,edges soiled,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1898
KEYWORDS: history geography biography africa travel anthropology lionel decle
Freedom in the Western World
from the dark ages to the rise of democracy
ex-lib first edition 428pp ills.VG+ (d/w in plastic taped to boards,usual stamps and pockets,sl.tape stains to eps,rear flap blurb tipped-in to ffep) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled and sunned,rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: harper & row new york 1963
KEYWORDS: history sociology herbert j.muller
Power and Control of the Gulf Stream
ex-lib first edition inscribed by author 102pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,author's inscr.to blank prelim.[to mr.wm.o.ingles with the compliments of the author & with many thanks to him for his kind suggestions during compilation & publication carroll l.riker - sept.25,1912],edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: scientific press new york 1912
KEYWORDS: history meteorology science gulf stream weather carroll livingston riker
Napoleon III and Europe
ex-lib limited edition [30/1000] 170pp [text in french/engl.] ills. VG+ (spine sl.sunned w.libr.mark,usual stamps and pockets) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: pergamon press london/editions brepols bruxelles 1966
KEYWORDS: history napoleon france military politics
The Plain Man's History of Leicester
ex-lib first edition 125pp ills. VG+ (sl.sunned spine w.libr.mark,usual stamps and pockets) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some losses to foot edge,2x 4cm closed tears to foot of cover/rear)
PUBLISHER: edgar backus leicester 1950
KEYWORDS: history leicester geography britain f.e.skillington
Kashmir Under the Sultans
abdul halim memorial volume
ex-lib first edition 338pp some ills. VG+ (sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,minor crease to top board,usual stamps and pockets,prelims.sl.shaky,sl.shaky spine,sl.bowed boards) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.sl.uneven sunning to covers,libr.mark to spine,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.minor losses at corners and to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: iran society calcutta 1959
KEYWORDS: history iran middle east politics military kashmir pakistan sultans mohibbul hasan abdul halim memorial volume
The History of the United States of America
6 vols. Reproductions
ex-lib 6 vols.reproductions VG+ (red paper wrappers w.red cloth spines,libr.marks to spines,all vols.sl.soiled,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: harper new york/bell & howell cleveland [nd,1970?]
KEYWORDS: history america richard hildreth