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A CONTINENT DECIDES
Introducing two new members in the great and diverse family of the Commonwealth, and some of the problems which they offer for our understanding and solution
ex lib, min markings, 315pps, map, VG+ (eps slightly browned, v sl bruised corners, spine head & foot bumped & sunned, v sl soiled boards) d/w POOR (tatty)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Limited, London 1953
KEYWORDS: history politics kashmir india pakistan sheikh abdullah
Alexandria and Her Schools
four lectures
first edition 172pp+ads. VG (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.,foot of upper hinge starting,ink price to front pastedown,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,dealer's label to rear pastedown,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: macmillan cambridge 1854
KEYWORDS: history theology alexandria charles kingsley
War Sketches in Colour
first edition 274pp ills.[col.plates] VG+ (blue cloth w.red/orange dec.borders,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,new eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,contents and plates clean w.tissue guards present,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: adam & charles black london 1903
KEYWORDS: history military geography arts s.e.st.leger
Le Declin D'Une Civilisation
ou la fin de la grece antique
first edition rebound in half-leather 320pp [text in french] VG+ (rebound w.red cloth boards and tan half-leather,sl.rubbed and soiled,new eps,some red pen underlining to contents,edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: payot paris 1927
KEYWORDS: history literature corrado barbagallo greece
Life & Labour
characteristics of men of industry culture and genius
first edition in half-leather 474pp VG (blue cloth boards w.blue half-leather,school gilt stamp to top board,gilt stamps and gilt-on-red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.incl.hinges,marbled eps and edges,surface scuffing to front pastedown,paper separation at half-title gutter,prelims.sl.foxed,contents sl.browned,tight)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1887
KEYWORDS: history literature sociology samuel smiles
Lawn Tennis Up-To-Date
first edition rebound 233pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (rebound in dk,green cloth w.gilt-on-black title label to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,new prelims.,content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,tight)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1921
KEYWORDS: sport lawn tennis history s.powell blackmore
Practical Boat Sailing for Amateurs
198pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.fold-out diagrams] VG- (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,60% split to lower hinge,dented lower board chipped through to pastedown,dec.eps,owner's sign.to title and once in contents,lacks part of one diagram o/w all others are complete if loose,prelims.and edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: upcott gill london [nd,c.1890]
KEYWORDS: nautical history sailing sport g.christopher davies
British Castles
first edition 80pp ills.[b/w] NF (brown cloth,minor shelf wear,eps v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.minor wear to extrems.,minor internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: batsford london 1973
KEYWORDS: history british castles alan sorrell geography travel
Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign
second edition 203pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1895
KEYWORDS: history military waterloo cavalry evelyn wood
Sunday Morning Discourses on the Night Side of City Life
as recently seen in company with three high police officials
[first edition] 204pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,stained and chipped spine,mod.wear to extrems.,green eps sl.soiled,content edges sl.foxed/browned,minor pencil marks to margins)
PUBLISHER: corrie johnston melbourne 1879
KEYWORDS: history literature theology t.de witt talmage
An Ancient History
from the earliest records to the fall of the western empire;vols.1/2 only
[first edition] vols.1/2 only [of 3] VG- (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of both spines,splits to both hinges of vol.1,brown eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to head of title on both vols.,some sl.foxing to contents,spines cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: james walton london 1868
KEYWORDS: history geography literature antiquity philip smith
Service in the Post-Marian Roman Army
reprint 76pp octavo blue cloth boards, VG+ (light wear to edges, prev owners name in ink to fep, v sl foxing) in d/w VG (heavy tanning to lower half of front cover, tape stains to flaps, covered in tatty plastic wrapper which is removeable)
PUBLISHER: manchester univ.press manchester 1961
KEYWORDS: history roman army military r.e.smith
Stanley Morison
first edition inscribed by author [from the dennis mceldowney collection] 566pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled extrems.,inscr.by author to mceldowney and his wife on ffep,te red,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1972
KEYWORDS: history biography literature stanley morison nicolas barker dennis mceldowney
Lost Trails of the Transvaal
first edition 336pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,maps and paste action to eps,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping to extrems.w.losses to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: howard timmins cape town 1956
KEYWORDS: history geography south afriva transvaal t.v.bulpin
Modo Nuovamente Ideato
per acevolare la cognizione, e l'uso della lingua toscana
rebound in vellum 365pp [text in italian] VG+ (modern rebind in vellum w.black titling to spine,sl.soiled,new eps,contemporary [?] drawings by owner to front and rear prelims.,contents printed on attractive handmade paper,untrimmed edges sl.foxed/soiled o/w contents clean,tight)
PUBLISHER: pasquali venezia 1800
KEYWORDS: history italy literature modo nuovamente ideato
MAIN CURRENTS IN ENGLISH HISTORY
ex lib, mnimal markings, 209pp, VG+(sl wear to extrems & spine)
PUBLISHER: D Appleton Century Co New York 1943
KEYWORDS: history england anglo-saxon
A FIVE - YEAR PEACE PLAN
A Schedule of Peace Building
ex lib, minimal markings, 184pp, VG+(v sl wear & sunning to edges) d/w VG(sl wear, tears & creasing to extrems with sl chipped upper rear cover, sl sunned & v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Coward Mc Cann New York 1943
KEYWORDS: history post ww2 peace plan america
THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD WAR II
VOLUME II
ex lib, minimal markings, 635pp, illus and maps, VG+ (v sl gum stains to eps and boards, v sl bruised corners) d/w in plastic, VG+, rear flap cut and attached to fep, v sl sunned and soiled
PUBLISHER: Harper and Row, New York, 1964
KEYWORDS: history world war 2 usa
IN PURSUIT OF RELEVANCE
ex lib, minimal markings, 306pp, VG+ (sl gum stains to eps and boards, v sl bruised corners) d/w in plastic, VG+, v sl sunned and soiled
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press, Bloomington, 1971
KEYWORDS: history, humanities, ethics, philosophy
KING-HALL SURVEY 1936
ex lib, minimal markings, 215pp, illus, maps, G+ (separated at front spine joint with tears to rear spine joint, edges are bumped and worn, boards and sunned and rubbed and slightly soiled,sl shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: Newnes, London, 1936
KEYWORDS: history king-hall survey