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$29.16
2d22/9

No Surrender !


the seige of londonderry 1689

GRAY, TONY

first edition,218pp, ills (b/w) NF (mustard cloth minor bumps to spine extrems, v sl soil to half title amd half title verso, otherwise clean.) in VG+ d/w (minor bumps top extrems, sl discolouration to flaps.)

PUBLISHER: macdonald and janes, london, 1975

KEYWORDS: tony gray ireland history military

$42.50
1m23/26

Curious Customs of Sex and Marriage


an inquiry relating to all races and nations from antiquity to the present day

SCOTT, GEORGE RYLEY

no 376 of 975 limited copies, 312 pp,ills (b/w) VG+ (fawn cloth, sl foxing to half title and foredges, otherwise clean.) in NF d/w (minor bumps to spine extrems.)

PUBLISHER: torchstream, london, 1953

KEYWORDS: geogre scott ryley customs marriage sociology history anthropology

$35.00
2d18/32

A Southern Woman's Story


life in confederate richmond

PEMBER, PHOEBE YATES

199pp,ills (b/w) in VG+ (red cloth, owners inscipt to ffep, sl cocked.) in VG d/w (minor closed tears to extrems, v sl surface soiling, internal foxing.)

PUBLISHER: mccowat-mercer press, tennessee, 1959

KEYWORDS: phoebe pember colonisation biography history america

$30.98
2g6/32

The War Illustrators


HODGSON, PAT

first edition,191pp, ills (b/w) NF (mustard cloth, owners inscription to front paste down, v sl discoloration to content extrems.) in VG+ d/w (v minor bumps to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: osprey, london, 1977

KEYWORDS: pat hodgson war arts history

$24.79
2d1/17

Surveying and Field Work


a practical text-book intended for the use of students in technical schools and colleges and as a work of reference for surveyors, engineers & architects

WILLIAMSON, JAMES

second edition, 511, ills and foldouts (b/w) G+(red boards , faded and scuffed, bumps to extrems, dealers and adhesives to front paste down and ffep, binding shaky, contents clean.)

PUBLISHER: constable & co, london, 19038

KEYWORDS: james williamson surveying history science

$30.98
2d2/6

The Days of Alkibiades


ROBINSON, C. E

301pp, ills (b/w) G+ ( orange cloth with bumps and soils, repair to length of ffep gutter, paper remnants to frontis gutter, foxing to prelims, contents and foredges, uneven cut pages.0

PUBLISHER: edward arnold, london, 1916

KEYWORDS: c e robinson alkibiades ancient history

$100.00
2d19/2

The Ruins of Mexico


volume 1

RICKARDS, CONSTANTINE GEORGE

153pp, ills (b/w) VG- (large format faded green cloth, spine detached but present,sl scuffing and soiling to some surfaces, owners inscription to front paste down, beginnig to separate at ffep gutter, foxing to prelims and all contents though not affecting the tipped in plates, errata slip to lower tp verso, binding a little shaky.)

PUBLISHER: shrimpton, london, 1910

KEYWORDS: constantine george rickards mexico history architecture photography

$43.38
2d15/33

Characters and Characteristics of William Law


nonjuror and mystic

WHYTE, ALEXANDER

328pp, VG- (black cloth with gold decorative stamps minor bumps to extrems, sl surface soiling,rough cut edges, upper edge gilt, foxing and paste action to front paste down, minor foxing and discolouration to prelims, eps and contents, sl cocked.)

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton, london, 1893

KEYWORDS: william law alexander white essays literature history

$45.00
2d2/15

Notes on Sport and Travel


with a memoir by his daughter mary h kingsley

KINGSLEY, GEORGE HENRY

544pp, VG- (red cloth, bumps to extrems, spine sunned, adhesives to front paste down and ffep, pencil to ffep verso, sl foxing to prelims, eps and some contents, rough cut edges some unopened, foredges browned.)

PUBLISHER: macmillan & co, london, 1900

KEYWORDS: george henry kingsley sport travel biography history

$24.79
1k23/19

THROUGH A POCKET LENS


SCHERREN, HENRY:

first edition, gold cloth, 192pp + 16 pp advs illus, G+(boards rubbed with minor surface loss, spine head & foot sl bumped & worn, corners sl bruised, sl edgewear, spine sunned, ep's v sl browned with v sl foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society Oxford 1897

KEYWORDS: history science pocket lens microscopes arthropods cockroaches crustaceans

$12.39
1k23/21

DENIS COMPTON


Our Greatest All-Round Sportsman

ALLEN, JOHN:

glossy green & yellow pictorial wrappers, 32pp illus, VG(sl wear & creasing to extrems with sl tear to lower front, v sl soiled, prev owners sign to upper front)

PUBLISHER: Ptkin Pictorials London (nd)

KEYWORDS: sports history cricket denis compton

$27.89
2d16/47

ROYAL NEWMARKET


LYLE, R. C:

first edition, green cloth, 108pp illus, VG(v sl bruised & scuffed corners, v sl wear & tears to spine head & foot, v sl bumped edges, v sl soiled & rubbed, prev owners inscr to fep, sl shaky spine, v sl foxing to ep's)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co London 1945

KEYWORDS: history royal newmarket william III prince regent george V

$117.73
1m38/35

ENGLISH COSTUME


Vol I - Early English Vol II - Middle Ages - Vol III - Tudor and Stuart - Vol IV - Georgian

CALTHROP, DION CLAYTON:

4 vols, first edition, blue cloth with gilt to spine & front, gilt upper edge, vol I xiv 80pp, vol II xiv142pp, vol III viii 142pp, vol IV x 99pp, all vols with illus & advs, vol I VG(v sl scuffed corners, v sl wear & tears to spine head & foot, v sl soiled, spine sunned, sl soiled rear ep's, ep's browned, sl foxing throughout but plates clean, bookplate to fep) vols II - IV VG-(spines sunned & seperated at front joints, vol III & IV spines chipped & torn, corners sl scuffed & edges sl bumped, boards v sl soiled, sunned & rubbed, vol II ep's v sl browned, vols III & IV ep's browned, sl foxing throughout with paltes clean all vols, bookplate to fep's, prev owners sign to front pastedown & frontispiece loose vol III, sl internal seperation at front hinges vols III & IV)

PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black London 1906

KEYWORDS: history english costume

$55.77
man1k24/5

WITH THE BOER FORCES


HILLEGAS, HOWARD C:

colonial library edition, green cloth with gilt to spine, 318pp + 47pp advs illus, VG-(boards soiled & sl rubbed, corners v sl bruised, spine head & foot sl worn, ep's sl browned, prev owners sign to fep, v sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co London 1900

KEYWORDS: history boer war

$18.59
1k24/9

THE HISTORIANS HISTORY OF THE WORLD


A comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by the great writers of all ages

n/a

supplement to vol XXII, burgundy cloth & half leather, 75pp, VG(v sl chipped spine foot, corners sl bruised & scuffed, v sl edgewear, boards sl sunned, soiled & rubbed, sl foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Times London 1908

KEYWORDS: history

$18.59
1k24/11

THE BEAUTY O SAIL


BEKEN, FRANK & KEITH:

second impression, blue cloth, unpaginated 97 illus, G+(boards soiled & sl sunned & rubbed, spine sunned & discoloured, v sl tears t spine head & foot, corners v sl bruised & scuffed, minor internal seperation at front hinge, gum stains & sl browning to ep's, v sl foxing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Adlard Coles Ltd London 1954

KEYWORDS: history sailing photographs beken

$99.14
man1k24/15

GREATER LONDON


A Narrative of it's history it's people and it's places

WAFORD, EDWARD:

2 vols in red gilt & black decorative boards, a.e.g. 8vo, vol 1 11 plates to front, xvi 576pp illus, vol 2 11 plates to front, xv 560pp illus map missing from pocket at front pastedown, VG-(boards rubbed with some surface loss & discolouration, spines sunned & discoloured, spine head & foot worn with v sl tears to foot & sl tears to head, corners sl bruised & v sl scuffed, boards sl sunned & soiled, v sl internal seperation at front & rear hinges, booksellers stamp to fep, sl foxing to ep's incl plates & edges with v sl foxing spasmodically throughout, vol 2 has white ink to front board & water stain to rear board)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co London (nd)

KEYWORDS: history london

$61.97
man1k24/17

THE PERSONAL LIFE OF DAVID LIVINGSTON


Chiefly from his unpublished journals and correspondence in the possession of his family

BLAIKIE, WILLIAM GARDEN:

first edition, in brown cloth with decorative black band & gilt title to spine, xix 504pp + 32, folding map at rear & portrait at frontispiece, VG-(corners sl bruised & scuffed, sl bumped apine head & foot with v sl tears, edges sl bumped & worn, boards soiled & v sl discoloured, prev owners sign to fep, sl internal seperation at tilte page & rear hinge, sl foxing to ep's & edges, sl shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1880

KEYWORDS: history david livingston biography

$74.36
man1l10/25

The World Bibliography of Armed Land Conflict from Waterloo to World War 1


2 vols.

FLOYD,DALE E.

first edition 2 vols.282/293pp NF (red cloth,sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: george prior london [1979]

KEYWORDS: military history bibliography dale e.floyd literature

$18.59
1l11/2

The Heber Letters 1783-1832


CHOLMONDELEY,R.H.

first edition 355pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,stained w.sl.bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,top board shaky w.paper separation at ep gutter,frontis.detached,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: batchworth press london 1950

KEYWORDS: history literature biography heber r.h.cholmondeley

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