Books - "history"
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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
My Recollections
ex-lib first edition in half-leather 421pp VG (black cloth boards w.black half-leather,libr.stamp to top board w.libr.mark to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.incl.rubbing to hinges,top hinge starting,usual stamps and pockets,speckled edges sl.soiled,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: james nisbet london 1909
KEYWORDS: history biography travel geography theology eugene stock
Handbook of World Salt Resources
ex-lib first edition 384pp [diagrams] VG+ (minor gum stains to boards,libr.mark to spine,usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: plenum press new york 1969
KEYWORDS: history geology science salt minerals stanley j.lefond
Five Years of My Life
ex-lib first edition 345pp G (rough,splits and chipping to spine,needs rebacking,libr.stamp to top board,rubbed and sunned and soiled,bumps and mod.wear to extrems.,shaky boards,usual stamps and pockets,tape repirs to ep gutters,some sl.foxing to contents,separation starting at some sections,cocked)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1901
KEYWORDS: history biography politics alfred dreyfus
Fruitland,New Mexico
a navaho community in transition
ex-lib first edition 217pp VG+ (mod.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,usual stamps and pockets) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: cornell univ.press ithaca new york 1960
KEYWORDS: history america new mexico navaho indians anthropology tom t.sasaki
Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville
a study of the federal operations - the pall mall military series
ex-lib first edition 285pp [maps - 1 missing from rear pocket] VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,libr.mark to sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.foxed/soiled,shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: hugh rees london 1913
KEYWORDS: history geography politics america fredericksburg chancellorsville military j.e.gough
A Memoir of John Fernley
ex-lib first edition in full-leather 52pp VG (full-leather w.black/blind stamps and gilt lettering,top board detached,mod.rubbed and soiled w.wear and sl.surface loss to corners and hinges,2cm loss to head of spine,marbled eps w.dedication label to front pastedown,usual stamps and pockets,aeg)
PUBLISHER: wesleyan conference london 1874
KEYWORDS: history biography john fernley theology wesleyan w.b.pope