Books - "history"
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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new details from unpublished documents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
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
John Keats
ex-lib second edition 2 vols.631/662pp ills. VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,usual stamps and pockets,edges soiled,sl.shaky spines)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1925
KEYWORDS: history literature biography john keats amy lowell
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