Books - "history"
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The Spirit of Man
an anthology in english & french from the philosophers & poets made by the poet laureate in 1915
ex-lib first edition unpaginated VG (paper boards and spine,title label to spine,rubbed and stained,chipping to extrems.w.closed tears to head of spine,usual stamps and labels,edges sl.soiled,cocked)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1916
KEYWORDS: literature history poetry
The Royal Navy As I Saw It
first edition 345pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,publisher's blind stamp to title,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1924
KEYWORDS: military history nautical royal navy g.h.a.willis
Vegetable Organography;
or,an analytical description of the organs of plants,vol.2 only
second edition vol.2 only 334pp ills.[plates 16-23 only] G (green cloth,lower board detached w.spine missing,rubbed and soiled and sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,eps soiled,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: houlston & stoneman london 1841
KEYWORDS: natural history vegetable organography m.aug.p.de candolle
A SHORT HISTORY OF GREECE
From Early Times to 1964
ex lib, minimal markings, 202pp maps, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,) d/w VG+(in plastic, rear flap trimmed, v sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: University Press Cambridge 1965
KEYWORDS: history greece king paul hellenistic byzantine turkey
CYPRUS A PLACE OF ARMS
Power Politics and Ethnic Conflict in the Eastern Mediterranean
ex lib, minimal markings, 232pp maps, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & baords, v sl browned ep's) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned & soiled, rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: Pall Mall Press London 1966
KEYWORDS: history cyprus greece ottoman turkey
REPORT FROM FORMOSA
ex lib, minimal markings, 210pp, VG(sl gum stains to ep's & boards, sl sunned board edges, v sl browned ep's) d/w VG(in plastic, chipped spine head, v sl tears to extrems, sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode London 1952
KEYWORDS: history formosa china chiang mao tse-tung hong kong macao manila japan
ENGLAND UNDER G.I.'S REIGN
Being a sketchy and humorous history of that venerable kingdom during the American occupation
ex lib, minimal markings, 61pp illus, VG( sl bruised & scuffed corners, 2cm chiped spine head & sl bumped & scuffed spine foot, sl sunned & soiled) d/w VG-(sl wear & tears to extrems with chipped spine head, sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Conjure House Detroit 1946
KEYWORDS: history england american occupation
FROM SCOTLANDS PAST
ex lib, minimal markings, 223pp, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped & sunned board edges) d/w VG-(sl wear, tears & chipped to extrems, sl gum stains to edges, sl sunned & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Heath Cranton Ltd London 1930
KEYWORDS: history scotland
INTERNATIONAL REGISTER OF ORGANISATIONS UNDERTAKING AFRICANIST RESEARCH IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES 1970
ex lib, minimal markings, 65pp, VG+(ring bound register, covers sl soiled & worn at extrems)
PUBLISHER: International African Institute London 1971
KEYWORDS: history africa social sciences register
TARGET GERMANY
The Army Air Forces Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command's First Year Over Europe
ex lib, minimal markings, 121pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear with v sl bumped spine head & foot)
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster New York 1943
KEYWORDS: history WWII germany VIII bomber command
URBAN LIFE IN SYRIA
Under the Early Mamluks
ex lib, minimal markings, library rebacked with stiffened boards & new ep's, 299pp maps, VG+(sl bruised lower front corner, v sl sunned, v sl wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: American University Beirut 1953
KEYWORDS: history syria mamluks
RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION IN EUROPE
The First Steps - An Interim Report by a Chatham House Study Group
ex lib, minimal markings, library rebacked with stiffened boards & new ep's, 40pp, VG+(v sl rubbed & sunned)
PUBLISHER: Royal Institute Of International Affairs London 1942
KEYWORDS: history
THE JOURNAL OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
first edition, blue cloth with gilt title to spine & illus to front, 227pp illus maps, VG+(v sl bruised & scuffed corners, v sl worn & bumped board edges, v sl soiled & rubbed, prev owners stamp & sign to fep & front pastedown, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1960
KEYWORDS: history christopher columbus
FORGOTTEN THAMESIDE
ex lib, minimal markings, 238pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised corners, sl browned ep's, v sl sunned spine foot) d/w VG(sl wear/tears to extrems with v sl chipped spine head & foot, vsl gum stains to front cover, sl sunned spine, vsl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Thames Bank Publishing Co Hadleigh 1951
KEYWORDS: history thameside essex
GLOUCESTERSHIRE STORIES
ex lib, minimal markings, 157pp illus, EXCELLENT with vsl foxing to upper text edge, in VG+ d/w( v sl wear to extrems, v sl sunned & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: British Publishing Co Gloucester 1949
KEYWORDS: history gloucestershire
THE ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON AFFAIRE OF 1941
A Study in Diplomacy in the North Atlantic Quadrangle
ex lib. minimal markings, 219pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl wear/tears to extrems, v sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1966
KEYWORDS: history newfoundland st pierre miquelon
THE CITY OF WORCESTER IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
ex lib, minimal markings, 288pp maps, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+ in plastic
PUBLISHER: Leicester University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: history worcester
THE JACOBIN CLUB OF MARSEILLES 1790-1794
ex lib, minimal markings, 245pp map, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press Ithaca 1973
KEYWORDS: history jacobin club marseilles rue thubaneau
TALKS IN A LIBRARY WITH LAURENCE HUTTON
ex lib, with library markings throughout, 458pp illus, VG(sl bruised & scuffed corners,, sl sunned & rubbed with v sl surface loss, spine head chipped, sl edgewear, internal hinges reinforced with tape, v sl foxing to ep's)
PUBLISHER: G P Putnams & Sons New York 1905
KEYWORDS: history laurence hutton
PORTRAT EINER EPOCHE
ex lib, minimal markings, 216pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bruised corners & v sl bumped board edges) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Verlag Ullstein Berlin 1963
KEYWORDS: history erich salomon photography germany