Books - "history"
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Lenin and World Revolution
ex-lib first edition 252pp VG+ (grey cloth,libr.mark to spine,usual stamps and pockets) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping and creasing to extrems.w.some minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: new york univ.press new york 1959
KEYWORDS: history politics lenin stanley w.page
A Piece of Truth
ex-lib first edition 257pp ills. VG (blue cloth,tape stains to boards,sl.wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,tape stains to eps,sl.bumps to extrems.) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,sl.soiled and sunned)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1972
KEYWORDS: history biography alexander fleming amalia fleming science penicillin
Gandhi,Tagore and Nehru
ex-lib second edition 141pp VG (brown cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.w.libr.mark to spine,usual stamps and pockets,dealer's label to front pastedown) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hind kitabs bombay 1949
KEYWORDS: history biography india gandhi tagore nehru k.r.kripalani
The Passing of the Black Kings
ex-lib reprint 322pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.w.libr.mark to spine,usual stamps and pockets) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: negro univ.press new york 1969
KEYWORDS: history america geography negro hugh marshall hole sociology
Arctic Sun and Tropic Moon
vitus bering and james cook discover alaska and hawaii
ex-lib [unpaginated] margin ills. VG+ (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,minor wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets)
PUBLISHER: curtis paper company newark 1960
KEYWORDS: history travel hawaii alaska geography james cook vitus bering earl schenck miers
Wild Bill Hickok
first edition 282pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.soiled w.minor bumps to extrems.,edges sl.soiled/foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some losses and minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: alvin redman london 1960
KEYWORDS: history biography wild west wild bill hickok richard o'connor
Inns of Sport
second edition 54pp ills.[few col.] VG+ (ills.paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.chipping to corners and head/foot of spine) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.2x losses to foot of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: naldrett press london 1949
KEYWORDS: history sport britain inns geography j.wentworth day
Your Local
first edition 50pp ills.[few col.] VG (ills.paper boards,water stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems., pastedowns wrinkled) in VG d/w (water stained and sl.rubbed,bumps andchipping to extrems.w.minor losses to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: whitbread & co.london 1947
KEYWORDS: history geography britain whitbread
English Inns
britain in pictures series
first edition 48pp ills.[few col.] VG+ (paper boards,minor bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,eps and edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and foxed,spine sunned,bumps and sl.chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1943
KEYWORDS: history english inns britain in pictures series geography thomas burke
Songs of Two Savoyards
268pp [music score] some ills. VG+ (cream cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.some sl.foxing,mod.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses,closed tear to spine w.internally repaired cuts to cover,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1954
KEYWORDS: history arts music gilbert sullivan opera savoyards
The House of Collins
the story of a scottish family of publishers from 1789 to the present day
first edition 303pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,edges sl.foxed,cocked w.sl.shaky spine and sl.bowed boards) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and sunned,mod.stained,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1952
KEYWORDS: history literature publishing collins david keir
Simple Stories from Punch
first edition 145pp ills.by george morrow VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.shaky boards,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: dent london 1930
KEYWORDS: arts history literature punch modern first edition george morrow archibald marshall
They Came for Sandalwood
a study of the sandalwood trade
first edition 299pp ills. VG+ (brown cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: melbourne univ.press melbourne 1967
KEYWORDS: history geography dorothy shineberg sandalwood new caledonia
Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors
thomas b.macaulay
signed limited edition [93/940] 26pp [hand-illuminated initials] VG+ (soft leather wrappers w.yapp edges,v.sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,fore-edge of cloth pastedowns sl.lifting,teg,fore and lower edges untrimmed)
PUBLISHER: roycrofters new york 1900
KEYWORDS: history literature elbert thomas b.macaulay
Anonymous 1871-1935
first edition 336pp+ads.ills. VG (blue cloth,mod.soiled and sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1936
KEYWORDS: history literary criticism theatre arts anonymous
Kavanagh:A Tale
136pp ills. VG- (red cloth w.gilt stamps,sl.sunned,mod.rubbed and stained,bumps and wear to extrems.w.some surface losses,boards shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.mod.foxed w.sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked,aeg sl.rubbed,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: w.kent london 1858
KEYWORDS: history literature henry wadsworth longfellow
Pioneers of Photography
first edition 112pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled w.minor bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.w.sl.chipping to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: bison books london 1995
KEYWORDS: history arts photography eva weber
Memoirs of Chancellor Pasquier
a history of my time 3 vols.
ex-lib first edition 3 vols.559/474/461pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,libr.stamps and labels,paste action to eps,teg sl.rubbed,edges sl.soiled,some pp uncut w.some minor chipping at fore-edges from those roughly opened,minor libr.labels to spines)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1893/94
KEYWORDS: history biography politics chancellor pasquier france revolution empire
The Everlasting Spell
a study of keats and his friends
ex-lib first edition 256pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,tape stains to boards,usual stamps and pockets,te blue) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled and sunned,rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1963
KEYWORDS: history literature keats poetry joanna richardson
The Last Days of Percy Bysshe Shelley
new details from unpublished documents
ex-lib first edition 167pp ills. VG (grey cloth,mod.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,teg)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin 1898
KEYWORDS: history biography literature poetry percy bysshe shelley guido biagi