Books - "history"
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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
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
THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
A HISTORY OF MEN AND IDEAS
ex lib, minimal markings, 920pp, illus VG- (sl gum stains to eps and boards, sl edge wear, sl internal separation at rear of text) d/w in plastic, VG, slightly sunned and rubbed, sl soiled
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, London, 1968
KEYWORDS: history usa
NATIONAL AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS
ex lib, library stamps spasmodically throughout, 462pp, VG (sl cocked, v sl bruised and scuffed corners, v sl worn and bumped spine head & foot and lower board edges, boards v sl sunned and rubbed)
PUBLISHER: MacMillian and Co, London 1908
KEYWORDS: history pre world war I politics europe egypt afghanistan boer war
THE SOVIET EXPERIMENT
ex lib, minimal markings, 120pp, VG+ (v sl bruised corners, v sl soiled, v sl edge wear)
PUBLISHER: Richard R. Smith, New York, 1941
KEYWORDS: history sociology soviet revolution
SIEGT ASIEN IN ASIEN?
TRADITIONLISMUS, NATIONALISMUS, KOMMUNISMUS, STRUKTURPROBLEME EINES KONTINENTS
ex lib, minimal markings, 618pp, VG+ (sl gum stains to eps and boards) d/w in plastic, front flap trimmed, front cover sl creased, v sl sunned
PUBLISHER: Musterschmidt-Verlag, Gottingen, 1966
KEYWORDS: history asia communism
THE WOMAN'S DOMAIN
WOMEN AND THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HOUSE
ex lib, minimal markings, library stamp to lower text edge221pp, photos, VG+ (v sl gum stains to eps and boards, v sl edge wear) d/w in plastic, VG+ v sl wear to extrems
PUBLISHER: Viking, London, 1990
KEYWORDS: history english country houses women architecture