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$12.39
1k29/21

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

BIRDWOOD, LORD:

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

$74.36
1l15/10

Alexandria and Her Schools


four lectures

KINGSLEY,CHARLES

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

$172.13
1l15/21

War Sketches in Colour


ST.LEGER,S.E.

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

$30.98
1l15/24

Le Declin D'Une Civilisation


ou la fin de la grece antique

BARBAGALLO,CORRADO

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

$25.00
man1l15/27

Life & Labour


characteristics of men of industry culture and genius

SMILES,SAMUEL

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

$51.00
man1l16/5

Lawn Tennis Up-To-Date


BLACKMORE,S.POWELL

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

$37.18
man1l16/8

Practical Boat Sailing for Amateurs


DAVIES,G.CHRISTOPHER

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

$30.98
1l16/11

British Castles


SORRELL,ALAN

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

$61.97
man1l16/13

Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign


WOOD,EVELYN

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

$123.93
man1l16/14

Sunday Morning Discourses on the Night Side of City Life


as recently seen in company with three high police officials

TALMAGE,T.DE WITT

[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

$43.38
man1l16/15

An Ancient History


from the earliest records to the fall of the western empire;vols.1/2 only

SMITH,PHILIP

[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

$40.50
1L16/16

Service in the Post-Marian Roman Army


SMITH,R.E.

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

$74.36
man1l16/17

Stanley Morison


MORISON,STANLEY;BARKER,NICOLAS

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

$37.18
man1l16/23

Lost Trails of the Transvaal


BULPIN,T.V.

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

$247.86
man1l17/2

Modo Nuovamente Ideato


per acevolare la cognizione, e l'uso della lingua toscana

N/A

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

$12.39
1m1/21

MAIN CURRENTS IN ENGLISH HISTORY


KLINGBERG, FRANK J:

ex lib, mnimal markings, 209pp, VG+(sl wear to extrems & spine)

PUBLISHER: D Appleton Century Co New York 1943

KEYWORDS: history england anglo-saxon

$18.59
1m1/22

A FIVE - YEAR PEACE PLAN


A Schedule of Peace Building

BYNG, EDWARD J:

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

$12.39
1m1/28

THE UNITED STATES AND WORLD WAR II


VOLUME II

BUCHANAN, A. RUSSELL:

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

$12.39
1m2/1

IN PURSUIT OF RELEVANCE


MULLER, HERBERT J.:

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

$12.39
1m2/2

KING-HALL SURVEY 1936


KING-HALL, STEPHEN:

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

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