Books - "history"
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Archangels & Archaeology: J. S. M. Ward's Kingdom of the Wise
Super octavo, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, xiv + 318pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Sussex Academic Press 2012
KEYWORDS: biography memoir J S M Ward history spirituality antiquities freemasonry freemasons religion
A Key to the Bible: Containing a Summary of Biblical Knowledge and a Dictionary of all the Principle Words in the Old and New Testaments
Modern rebind, octavo, green mottled buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, illus title page, folding map after contents pgs & to rear, x + cxxxvi dissertations, 420pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing & creasing to spine & board edges, light tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims, ex-libris label to fep, owner's name in ink to preface pg, light/moderate soiling & staining throughout, heavy creasing & foxing to fold out maps with some obvious tape repairs, crack to full length of gutters, pgs 1-2 missing, 8cm closed tear to edge of pg19-20 with obvious tape repair)
PUBLISHER: William Smith 1845
KEYWORDS: bible Christianity illustrated history religion scripture
Religious Mysteries of the Orient
Super octavo, purple buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus prelims, 274pp, illus, VG (light creasing & moderate scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling & foxing to page top edges, boards sl warped & shaky)
PUBLISHER: A. S. Barnes 1976
KEYWORDS: Asia spirituality illustrated history oriental
China in Decay: The Story of a Disappearing Empire
THIRD EDITION, octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine, Chinese script & motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map near front, smaller folding maps throughout, xiv + 418pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate bruising to board corners & edges, previous moderate water damage to back board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, sl foxing & occasional crease to some maps) the main folding map near the front is in beautiful condition and, despite being VG- , is a beautiful book indeed!
PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1900
KEYWORDS: China illustrated culture history antiquity treaty of Tientsin British politics
The Giant Cities of Bashan and Syria's Holy Places
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black tooling to front board, blind rule & stamp to rear board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus half title page, v + 371pp, VG- (heavy chipping & moderate chafing to spine extrems, light scuffing to spine & board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, crack to fulll length of gutters, pgs 1-10 missing, pgs 11-12 completely detached but present, boards sl shaky)
PUBLISHER: T. Nelson and Sons 1881
KEYWORDS: religion exploration travel history Syria Jerusalem Jordan Galilee northern border
Freemasonry and its Etiquette
FIRST EDITION, small octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp masonic motif to front board, vi + 507pp + 8pp adverts, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing & discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, various inscriptions in ink & pencil to eps, light sporadic foxing throughout, ocassional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: A. Lewis 1915
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic history etiquette culture
Gould's History of Freemasonry: Embracing and Investigation of the Records of the Organizations of the Fraternity in England, Scotland, Ireland, British Colonies, France, Germany, the United States of America, and Other Countries
5 VOL SET, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & masonic symbol motifs to spine & front board, blind decorative stamp to front boards, vii-ix + 258-328pp, illus, VG (moderate chipping & creasing to spine extrems, moderate bruising to board corners with sl surface loss, moderate foxing to front board of vol 5, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 5, 11cm loss to top corner of fep of vol 1) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover - vol 1 d/w missing, tatty (heavy chipping to spine & edges with 3cm loss to vols 3+5, moderate creasing & chips to spines, possible insect damage to rear cover of vol 4, heavy tanning to spines)
PUBLISHER: Caxton Publishing Company n/d
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic illustrated history culture customs international records
A History of London Transport: Passenger Travel and the Development of the Metropolis
This volume only, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xx + 554pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light tanning to covers, light creasing to edges, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1974
KEYWORDS: London rail transport illustrated history England English twentieth 20th century trains
Partisan
FIRST EDITION, octavo, light orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 186pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, moderate warping to front board, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, moderate insect damage to eps & prelims) in d/w, tatty (heavychipping to edges with some loss, heavy chafing to covers, light insect damage to front flap, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1945 approx.
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history biography memoir John Denvir medal for valour war hero first edition
Photo Album of Popular Personalities
Complete, oblong octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, printed front ep, unpaginated, illus, VG (light scuffing to edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to covers, light rust marks from staples to centre pgs)
PUBLISHER: Carreras/Grand Prix Paris circa early 20th century
KEYWORDS: social history illustrated cigarette cards promo promotional royal family royalty personalities famous people Picadilly Juniors
The Maori in European Art: A Survey of the Representation of the Maori by European Artists From the Time of Captain Cook to the Present Day
Lg quarto, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 138pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & soiling to edges, 1cm closed tears to both spine extrems, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1980
KEYWORDS: Maori New Zealand art culture history illustrated
The New History of Freemasonry in the Province of Cumberland & Westmorland
Imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, blue lettering to spine & boards, 280pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: K. W. Bond 1994
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic illustrated history culture customs Cumberland Westmorland
Studies in Psychical Research
first edition, super octavo, olive green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix+458pp, illus, VG- (spine shaky; both gutters torn along complete length, but pages intact; covers mod. rubbed, soiled, marked with bruising & sl. surface loss to edges; 4x2cm brown stain on bottom of spine; eps. & page edges mod. foxed; name of previous owner stamped on eps in purple ink; mod. pencil underlinings throughout).
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner 1897
KEYWORDS: spiritualism psychics mediums history
The Golden Remains of the Early Masonic Writers Illustrating The Doctrines Of The Order With An Essay By Rev. G. Oliver: Vol. II. Masonic Principles
lacks fep; quarto; light blue cloth boards; gilt lettering & masonic symbols on spine; 303pp, VG- (well read, mod. soiling, rubbing, bruising & fading to covers & edges; sl. cocked; some signatures shaky but intact; mod. foxing; spine has been repaired with sellotape)
PUBLISHER: Richard Spencer 1847
KEYWORDS: mason masonry theories theory history sanctions hyroglyphics Egypt charity principles exclusion of ladies women
The Gate of Rememberance: the Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury, second edition
super octavo; light tan cloth boards; black lettering & decoration on spine & cover; frontis; xvi+176pp; VG+ (sl. rubbing, soiling & bruising to covers & edges; pages, edges & prelims sl. foxed; spine faded; fr. gutter cracked along entire length)
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1921
KEYWORDS: Glastonbury history Loretto chapel Edgar Chapel England archaeology
Summer in Egypt: Illustrated Guide of the Egyptian State Railways
octavo, illus. light card covers, red lettering to fr. cover, frontis, 101pp, illus. incl 2 colour fold-out maps, VG (well-read but sound; sl. wear & tear to covers, with sl. surface loss to spine, which has been sealed with sellotape; sl. foxing to prelims; sl. tanning to pages; binding a little shaky; prvious owner's name, in pencil, on fep)
PUBLISHER: Egyptian State Railways c.1912 (reference on p.95 to sailings to be in 1913)
KEYWORDS: Egypt holidays holiday brochure information tourists tourism travel Nile history
Travelling Artists in Cyprus 1700-1960
square quarto, emerald green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. eps, frontis, 278pp, illus, Near FiNE, in d/w Near FINE.
PUBLISHER: Philip Wilson 2000
KEYWORDS: travel art history Cyprus influences imperialism orientalism colonialism Ottoman Greece Malta Britain artists painting monuments ethnography
The Scourging Angel: the Black Death in the British Isles
imperial octavo, dark grey cloth boards, black eps, silver lettering on spine, xvi+512pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w VG+ (sl. rubbing & soiling,small price/adhesive label residue on fr).
PUBLISHER: Bodley Head 2009
KEYWORDS: history English England medieval plague black death
The Story of Isaac Levinsohn, a Polish Jew, told by Himself
small octavo; tan cloth boards; gilt lettering, with attractive gilt & black illus, on spine & cover; patterned eps; frontis; 112+8ads pp, illus, VG (mod. foxing to prelims; mod. browning to pages; sl. rubbing & soiling to covers; sl. bruising to edges; name of previous owner, in pencil & tiny bookseller's label on fep)
PUBLISHER: Alfred Holness n/d
KEYWORDS: autobiography Levinsohn Judaism Jewish Ploish Poland history culture
The Natal Campaign
octavo; red cloth boards; gilt lettering, with blind decoration, on spine; frontis; viii+418+1ads pp; illus, fold-out maps; VG-(mod. foxing & browning to prelims; mod. browning to pages; mod. rubbing & soiling to covers; mod. bruising & some fraying to edges, partic. spine extrems; both gutters partially detached but book is sound & complete)
PUBLISHER: George Bell 1900
KEYWORDS: military history British Natal campaign Kwa Zulu South Africa Rand Dispute personal stories