Books - "history"
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Paper and Paper Making
first edition 353pp ills. VG (sl.stained w.sunned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and edges sl.soiled,cocked w.sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press london 1952
KEYWORDS: history printing paper making f.h.norris
Qvinti Horati Flacci Opera Omnia
numbered edition [649] 291pp [text in latin] VG (paper boards w.cloth spine,paper title labels to cover/spine,sl.rubbed and sunned,stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.chipping to head/foot of spine and minor split to upper hinge,paste action to eps w.owner's sign.to front pastedown,eps and untrimmed fore-edges sl.soiled,teg)
PUBLISHER: medical society [np] 1910
KEYWORDS: history latin horati flacci opera classical literature e.c.wickham
Intimate Society Letters of the Eighteenth Century
vol.1 only
ex-lib vol.1 only 327pp ills. VG (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,libr.label to cover,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,eps and edges sl.foxed,cocked)
PUBLISHER: stanley paul london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history letters literature sociology duke of argyll
The Fight For the Ashes 1956
first edition 310pp ills. VG+ (yellow cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.surface nibbles towards head of spine,minor bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,edges sl.soiled/foxed,sl.cocked) in G d/w (major losses from head of cover/spine/rear,soiled w.extrems.chipped and closed tears,rough)
PUBLISHER: harrap london 1956
KEYWORDS: history sport cricket the ashes australia england peter west
The Quest of the Golden Boy
the life and letters of richard le gallienne
first edition 580pp ills. VG+ (mod.soiled w.sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,te blue,edges sl.soiled) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned w.price sticker to spine,bumps and chipping and minor closed tears to extrems.w.sl.loss to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: unicorn press london 1960
KEYWORDS: history biography literature richard le gallienne
BRACE BY WIRE TO FLY - BY - WIRE
75 Years of the Royal Air Force 1918-1993
First edition in slip case, Navy blue cloth with gilt to spine, 168pp illus, FINE, d/w FINE
PUBLISHER: Royal Airforce Benevolent Fund Enterprises 1993
KEYWORDS: aviation RAF history
Frederick Engels Lewis Morgan and the Australian Aborigine
64pp G+ (in wrappers,rubbed and sl.soiled,mod.sunned,spine hinge chipped,rear cover barely attachedchipping and creasing to extrems.,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: current book distrib.sydney [nd]
KEYWORDS: history aborigine australia anthropology frederick engels lewis morgan jagara
The People in Between
the pitjantjatjara people of ernabella
Ex library, first edition 253pp ills.[few col.] VG (minor bumps to extrems.,usual library markings, d/w taped to boards at paste downs) in VGd/w (sl.soiled,minor bumps and creasing to extrems, in clear protective wrappers with blue tape edging)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1968
KEYWORDS: history anthropology australia aborigine sociology
Alias Simon Suggs
the life and times of johnson jones hooper
ex-lib first edition 283pp VG+ (minor bumps to extrems.w.libr.mark to spine,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,minor bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: univ.of alabama press alabama 1952
KEYWORDS: history biography simon suggs johnson jones hooper
Martin Cash,the Bushranger of Van Diemen's Land in 1843
183pp VG- (in red paper wrappers,mod.rubbed andstained and sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.w.most of paper from spine missing,chipped hinges,covers starting from foot,prelims.and edges mod.soiled)
PUBLISHER: j.walch hobart [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography biography australia tasmania van diemen's land bushranger martin cash
House Scraps
for private circulation only
first edition 183pp ills.by geo.cruickshank/f.c.gould/lucien davis VG+ (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,marbled eps,lacks half-title,edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: publ.by author at stock exchange london 1887
KEYWORDS: history literature modern first edition c.duckworth atkin geo.cruickshank
The Amazing Argentine
a new land of enterprise
first edition 291pp ills. VG (sl.stained and sunned,minor bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1914
KEYWORDS: history geography argentina south america john foster fraser
The Land That is Desolate
an account of a tour in palestine
popular edition 287pp ills.[incl.fold-out map at rear] VG (mod.stained w.spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.shaky boards,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,map has minor closed tears,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: smith,elder london 1913
KEYWORDS: history arabia holy land middle east travel geography
The Road
first edition 218pp ills. VG+ (mod.soiled and sl.sunned,minor bumps to extrems.,edges sl.soiled/foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: british reinforced concerete engineering manchester 1923
KEYWORDS: history roads engineering hilaire belloc
The Legion Book
eighth impression 234pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.soiled w.some sl.foxing to contents,untrimmed fore and lower edges,te red)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1930
KEYWORDS: literature the legion book history h.cotton minchin
King Albert's Book
a tribute to the belgian king and people from representative men and women throughout the world
188pp ills.[some tipped-in col.plates] VG+ (cream cloth,mod.soiled and sunned w.stain to head of rear/spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.water stain to head of final section,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some mod.foxing in patches to contents,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: daily telegraph/hodder and stoughton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature history king albert's book
Across the Great Saint Bernard
first edition 444pp+100pp appendix ills. VG+ (green cloth w.silver stamps,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,front pastedown scratched,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.sl.chipping to fore-edge of some pp,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: bemrose london 1904
KEYWORDS: history saint bernard geography travel switzerland a.r.sennett
The Road to Yalta
soviet foreign relations 1941-45
ex-lib first edition 238pp VG+ (libr.mark to spine,tape stains to eps,usual stamps and pockets,v.sl.bowed) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled and sunned w.libr.mark to spine)
PUBLISHER: harper and row new york [1972]
KEYWORDS: history russia military politics yalta louis fischer
The Story of Hampstead
ex-lib first edition 88pp ills. VG+ (libr.mark to spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,boards sl.bowed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: staples press london 1948
KEYWORDS: history geography hampstead london j.h.preston
Turkestan
im xx. Jahrhundert
ex-lib first edition 406pp [text in german] NF (libr.mark to spine w.minbor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sunned,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: c.w.leske verlag darmstadt 1956
KEYWORDS: turkestan history politics baymirza hayit