Books - "history"
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Chico Goes to the Wars
a chronicle 1933-1943
ex-lib first edition 403pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,top board sl.shaky w.minor paper separation at prelim.gutter,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned,mod.bumps and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: dutton new york 1943
KEYWORDS: history literature chico david ormsbee s.longstreet
The Middle East
temple of janus
ex-lib first edition 414pp VG+ (red cloth,tape stains to boards/eps,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (in libr.plastic,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1972
KEYWORDS: history middle east politics desmond stewart
Waging Peace
the swiss experience
ex-lib 101pp VG+ (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.browned) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and edges sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.w.some minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: public affairs press washington [1958]
KEYWORDS: history politics switzerland geography military william bross lloyd
The United States and the Arab World
ex-lib revised edition 377pp VG+ (beige cloth,tape stains to boards,usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,sl.soiled and sunned)
PUBLISHER: harvard univ.press cambridge 1969
KEYWORDS: history politics america middle east arabia geography william r.polk
The Traditional Near East
ex-lib 183pp VG+ (black cloth,usual stamps and pockets) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,sl.soiled and sunned)
PUBLISHER: prentice-hall englewood cliffs [1966]
KEYWORDS: history near east politics geography j.stewart-robinson
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
Palestine:A Search for Truth
approaches to the arab-israeli conflict
ex-lib 284pp VG+ (beige cloth,tape stains to boards,usual stamps and pockets,tape stains to eps) in VG d/w (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,sl.soiled and sunned)
PUBLISHER: public affairs press washington [1970]
KEYWORDS: history palestine middle east geography politics alan r.taylor richard tetlie
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