Books - "history"
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Fairs,Circuses and Music Halls
britain in pictures series
first edition 48pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (dec.yellow paper boards,minor bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.foxed,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.w.minor loss to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1942
KEYWORDS: history arts collins britain in pictures series m.willson disher
Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages
a collaborative history
ex-lib first edition 574pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,sl.shaky boards,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1959
KEYWORDS: literature arthurian legend mythology history roger sherman loomis
South and East Asia since 1800
first edition 228pp VG+ (dec.paper boards,sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: cambridge univ.press cambridge 1965
KEYWORDS: history geography politics asia victor purcell
The Arthur of the English Poets
ex-lib reprint 454pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: houghton,mifflin boston 1969
KEYWORDS: history literature arthurian legend mythology howard maynadier
The Remarkable Australians
208pp ills. VG+ (black cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.chipping)
PUBLISHER: murray sydney [nd]
KEYWORDS: history australia geography frederick c.folkard
Revolution and the Napier Brothers 1820-1840
first edition 317pp [fold-our chart] NF (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,minor bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1973
KEYWORDS: history military napier brothers biography priscilla napier
Extracts From a Journal,written on the coasts of Chili,Peru,and Mexico
vol.iii only
vol.iii only 311pp G+ (blue cloth w.paper title label to spine,rubbed and stained and sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.,split to cloth at hinges,title label rubbed and chipped,boards shaky,owner's inscr.to pastedown,prelims.and edges mod.soiled,minor foxing to sl.browned contents,sl.cocked w.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: constable edinburgh 1827
KEYWORDS: history travel geography south america basil hall
Arthur of Albion
ex-lib first edition 218pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,some sl.losses and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: barrie and rockliff london 1961
KEYWORDS: history literature arthurian legend r.w.barber
Memoirs of a Monticello Slave
ex-lib first edition 45pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,untrimmed fore-edges) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: univ.of virginia press charlottesville 1951
KEYWORDS: history biography slaves monticello america sociology rayford w.logan
A History of Punch
first edition 384pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,white tape to upper/lower edges,sl.loss to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1957
KEYWORDS: modern first edition punch humour history r.g.g.price
View of The State of Europe during the Middle Ages
3 vols.
twelfth edition 3 vols.503/428/518pp VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.w.chipping to head/foot of spines,8cm split to cloth at head of lower hinge on vol.1 w.horizontal split across spine creating a flap,boards sl.shaky,owner's inscr.to ffeps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed o/w contents quite clean,spines cracked w.separation starting at some sections,cocked w.shaky spines)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1868
KEYWORDS: history middle ages europe politics henry hallam
Peasant Customs and Savage Myths
selections from the british folklorists 2 vols.
ex-lib first edition 2 vols.751pp VG+ (red cloth,tape stains to boards,mod.bump to foot of spine on vol.1 and foot of fore-edge on vol.2,usual stamps and labels,sl.creasing to foot of contents of vol.2) in VG d/ws (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,sl.soiled and sunned)
PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1968
KEYWORDS: history mythology customs britain folklore richard m.dorson
Indian Gods and Kings
the story of a living past
ex-lib 304pp ills. VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned and sl.stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.some minor surface losses,boards shaky,maps to eps,usual stamps and labels,paper separation at prelim.gutters,edges sl.soiled/foxed,shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: rich & cowan london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history india geography theology emma hawkridge
Gilmour of the Mongols
191pp few ills. VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.water stain and damage to rear board,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,presentation bookplate to ffep,edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked but only sl.shaky,minor water damage to foot of final section)
PUBLISHER: pickering & inglis london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography travel mongolia w.p.nairne james gilmour
The Charles Dickens Show
an account of his public readings 1858-1870
proof copy 187pp ills. VG+ (in paper wrappers w.title label to cover,sl.rubbed and soiled w.minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: geoffrey bles london 1970
KEYWORDS: literature history charles dickens raymund fitzsimons proof copy
Letters and Literary Remains of Edward Fitzgerald
3 vols.
first edition 3 vols. 502/488/492pp VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spines browned w.boards mod.sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.w.sl.chipping to head/foot of spines,owner's bookplate to front pastedown of vol.1 [pat lawlor - nz author],boards sl.shaky,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to sl.browned contents,spines cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1889
KEYWORDS: history literature edward fitzgerald biography william aldis wright
Rural Nooks Round London
(middlesex and surrey)
first edition 194pp ills.[incl.fold-out map at rear] VG- (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,top board shaky and barely attached,owner's inscr.to ffep,paste action to eps,contents sl.foxed w.edges soiled,tape repairs to map,repairs at rep gutter,shaky and cracked spine)
PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london 1907
KEYWORDS: history geography london rural middlesex surrey charles g.harper
LE LIBAN & L'ORIENT ARABE 1943-1956
ex lib with minimal markings, 233pp, VG(stiffened boards & taped spine, v sl wear & sunning to extremeties, sl internal seperation at front )
PUBLISHER: La Pensee Universitaire Aix-enProvence 1956
KEYWORDS: history arabs liban france
SCOTLAND
ex lib, minimal markings, 371pp map at rear, VG+(v sl wear to corners with some staining to lower corners & board edges)
PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn London 1935
KEYWORDS: history scotland
BRITAIN CENTURY BY CENTURY
ex lib, minimal markings, 176pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bruised corners) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles Newton Abbot 1972
KEYWORDS: history britain