Books - "history"
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Two Russian Reformers
ivan turgenev leo tolstoy
ex-lib 335pp+ads.ills. VG (red cloth,sl.sunned,mod.rubbed and soiled,bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,prelims.and edges mod.foxed/soiled,some minor foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: stanley paul london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history literature biography ivan turgenev leo tolstoy j.a.t.lloyd russia
New Shelley Letters
ex-lib first edition thus 170pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,sl.sunned spine w.libr.mark,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumped and chipped extrems.w.minor losses to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1948
KEYWORDS: history literature poetry biography percy bysshe shelley w.s.scott
The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley
2 vols.illustrated classics series
first edition thus 2 vols.415/469pp ills. VG+ (green cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,te black,sl.shaky spines) in VG- d/ws (sl.rubbed and mod.foxed/sunned,spines sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,8x1cm loss to upper hinge of vol.1)
PUBLISHER: j.m.dent london 1933
KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley humbert wolfe
The Real Shelley
new views of the poets life 2 vols.
ex-lib first edition 2 vols. 435/478pp VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.sunned w.libr.marks to spines,bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.bubbling to cloth on spines,boards sl.shaky w.separation starting at ep gutters,usual stamps and pockets,vol.1 lacks ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.contents sl.soiled,cocked w.sl.shaky and cracked spines)
PUBLISHER: hurst and blackett london 1885
KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley john cordy jeaffreson
The Young Shelley
ex-lib first edition 437pp VG+ (green cloth,libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,sl.shaky boards w.sl.paper separation at ep gutters,sl.cocked) in G d/w (in 2 pieces w.spine missing,rubbed and tape stained,chipped w.losses)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1951
KEYWORDS: history biography literature percy bysshe shelley kenneth neill cameron
The Nascent Mind of Shelley
ex-lib first edition 272pp VG (black cloth,sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some closed tears and minor losses)
PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1947
KEYWORDS: history literature biography poetry percy bysshe shelley a.m.d.hughes
Desire and Restraint in Shelley
ex-lib first edition 308pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.stains to head of cover,sl.sunned,usual stamps and pockets,te yellow,edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: duke univ.press durham 1931
KEYWORDS: history literature poetry percy bysshe shelley floyd stovall
The Art of Romare Bearden
the prevalence of ritual
[first edition] 230pp ills.[many col.] NF (blue buckram,extrems.v.sl.sunned,v.minor bump to upper hinge w.corresponding v.minor chip to front pastedown gutter,v.minor soiling to blank prelim.and edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,v.sl.sunned,minor bumps and wear to extrems.,minor closed tear to cover has been unobtrusively repaired w.tape)
PUBLISHER: abrams new york [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts history romare bearden m.bunch washington
Modern History of the City of London
a record of municipal and social progress from 1760 to the present day
first edition in half-leather 492pp ills. G+ (boards detached,spine barely attached to top hinge,cloth boards w.black half-leather,rubbed and soiled,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.surface losses,40% leather lost on spine,chipped hinge area,prelims.and edges sl.soiled/foxed,some minor soiling to contents o/w clean,spine cracked but contents tight)
PUBLISHER: blades london 1896
KEYWORDS: history london geography britain sociology charles welch
Diary of Charles Francis Adams
vol.1 only jan.1820-june 1825
ex-lib first edition 469pp VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,rear flap clipped)
PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1964
KEYWORDS: history biography charles francis adams politics
Diary of Charles Francis Adams
vol.2 only july 1825-sept.1829
ex-lib first edition 514pp VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,rear flap clipped)
PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1964
KEYWORDS: history literature biography charles francis adams politics
Diary of Charles Francis Adams
vol.3 only sept.1829-feb.1831
ex-lib first edition 431pp few ills. VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1968
KEYWORDS: history literature biography politics charles francis adams
Diary of Charles Francis Adams
vol.4 only march 1831-dec.1832
ex-lib first edition 502pp VG+ (tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.sunned,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: belknap press cambridge 1968
KEYWORDS: history biography politics literature charles francis adams
Glasgow
british cities and towns series
ex-lib first edition 176pp ills. VG+ (orange cloth,sl.stained w.minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,te red) in VG d/w (sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,spine sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.sl.loss to foot of cover,minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: batsford london 1956
KEYWORDS: history glasgow geography scotland j.m.reid
Fratres
club boys in uniform
ex-lib first edition 216pp VG+ (blue cloth,libr.mark to spine w.minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.libr.mark,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: secker and warburg london 1951
KEYWORDS: history literature clubs military basil l.q.henriques
Man: Fallen and Free
oxford essays on the condition of man
first edition 187pp VG+ (black cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,dealer's stamp to rfep,eps and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.soiled,spine sunned w.sl.uneven sunning to covers,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped,dealer's stamp to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1969
KEYWORDS: history sociology psychology e.w.kemp
A Century of Nottingham History 1851-1951
ex-lib 57pp few maps VG (paper boards w.cloth spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,minor wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets)
PUBLISHER: univ.of nottingham [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography nottingham
The Monmouth Episode
ex-lib first edition 268pp ills.[incl.fold-out maps] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,sunned spine w.sl.uneven sunning to boards,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some minor losses)
PUBLISHER: werner laurie london 1956
KEYWORDS: history geography politics military monmouth bryan little
Coventry's Heritage
an introduction to the history of the city
ex-lib first edition 192pp ills.[incl.fold-out maps] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.w.creasing to upper corner of both boards,sl.sunned,usual stamps and pockets,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: coventry evening telegraph 1947
KEYWORDS: history geography coventry britain levi fox
11 Ironmonger Lane
the story of a site in the city of london
ex-lib first edition 144pp ills. VG+ (blue cloth,libr.mark to spine w.cloth sl.rippled at hinges,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and stained,mod.sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1952
KEYWORDS: history architecture geography ironmonger lane london donovan dawe