Books - "history"
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Paths to the Present:
thoughts on the contemporary relevance of america's past
ex-lib first edition 164pp VG+ (sl.soiled,usual stamps and pockets) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: john wiley new york
KEYWORDS: history america geography politics thomas j.osborne fred r.mabbutt
Zanzibar Affairs 1914-1933
ex-lib first edition 164pp ills. VG+ (usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: francis edwards london 1953
KEYWORDS: history zanzibar politics geography r.h.crofton
Race and Nationalism
the struggle for power in rhodesia-nyasaland
ex-lib first edition 369pp+ads. 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)
PUBLISHER: allen and unwin london 1960
KEYWORDS: history rhodesia nyasaland africa politics geography thomas m.franck
The Egypt of the Future
ex-lib first edition 216pp VG (sl.rubbed and stained w.spine sl.sunned,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,sl.shaky spine,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1907
KEYWORDS: history egypt middle east geography edward dicey
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
Zambezi Sunrise
ex-lib 239pp ills. VG (sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,contents sl.browned) in G- d/w (rough w.closed tears and creasing and some losses)
PUBLISHER: timmins cape town [nd]
KEYWORDS: history rhodesia zanzibar south africa geography nyasaland politics w.d.gale
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
The Expansion of Russia 1815-1900
cambridge historical series
ex-lib in half-leather 386pp [maps to rear] VG (burgundy cloth boards w.half-calf,libr.stamp to cover,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.,spine rubbed w.mod.cracks,usual stamps and pockets,ae red sl.soiled,cocked w.sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: univ.press cambridge 1903
KEYWORDS: history russia geography politics
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
The Missionaries
first edition thus 368pp ills. NF (edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: readers union newton abbot 1975
KEYWORDS: modern first edition history africa theology geoffrey moorhouse