Books - "history"
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Rugby Football To-Day
352pp, ills (b/w) G+ (green cloth, minor bumps to extrems, soiled, sunned, owners inscription to ffep, foxing to prelims, some contents and foredges, sl soiling to some contents, binding cocked and shaky.)
PUBLISHER: john murray, london, 1931
KEYWORDS: e h d sewell rugby history sport
George Whale 1849-1925
first edition 270pp [frontis.] VG+ (burgundy cloth,paste action to eps,minor foxing to eps and content edges w.some minor foxing to contents,most sheets unopened at fore-edge) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.w.1cm closed tear to head of upper edge of front cover)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1926
KEYWORDS: biography history literature politics george whale
Journalistic London
being a series of sketches of famous pens and pape
reprint 249pp.illus.(b&w) Ex-lib.G+(half-leather library rebind and labelling to spine, owner's(?) gilt stamp to front bd.,mod.soiling and wear to both bds.and leather, foxing to edges and contents, library stamps and labels to eps.and prelims.,paste-action to eps.,both gutters cracked and partially 'repaired'.)
PUBLISHER: sampson london 1882
KEYWORDS: joseph hatton journalism literature london history
Diary of the Parnell Commission
(first edition) 365pp.+ads VG+(green cloth,mod.soiled and scuffed,mod.shelf wear to extrems.,front gutter cracked w.rear starting,edges and prelims.mod foxed.)
PUBLISHER: fisher unwin london 1890
KEYWORDS: ireland history politics john macdonald
Storia Naturale Di Buffon
(first edition) 167pp.[text in italian] illus.(col.lithographs) G+(quarter bd.heavy wear to bds.spine and edges,binding weak,feps.possibly missing,contents v.water-damaged and soiled,lge.tear to one illus.pge.,owner's notes covering paste-downs)
PUBLISHER: silvestri milano 1822
KEYWORDS: natural history
Sketches of the Institutions and Domestic Manners
second edition revised and enlarged 423pp. VG(green cloth,mod.wear to bds.and extrems.,title plate to spine v.worn,edges and contents foxed,both gutters cracked)
PUBLISHER: baldwin london 1826
KEYWORDS: roman history
The Roman Empire and its Neighbours
the weidenfeld and nicolson universal history #8
first english edition 362pp.illus.(b&w) VG+(blue cloth,sl.wear to boards and extrems.,sl.foxing to edges,mod.foxing,paste-action and dealer's label and stamps to eps.) in VG+d/w(mod.soiling,bumps to extrems.,tape repair to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld london 1967
KEYWORDS: fergus millar roman history
CHINESE LOOKING GLASS
ex lib, minimal markings, 370pp, illus & maps, VG+ (sl bruised corners, v sl gum stains to boards and feps) d/w in plastic, VG+ (v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg, London, 1967
KEYWORDS: china popular history travel guide dennis bloodwor
STORY OF SCOTLAND
first edition, blue cloth, 332pp illus, G+(sl bruised & scuffed corners, sl edgewear, spine head & foot sl bumped, spine sunned & stained, boards rubbed sl sunned & soiled, d/w front cover loose to front, sl foxing to ep's & edges with v sl spasmodically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Oliver & Boyd Edinburgh 1934
KEYWORDS: history scotland architecture art normans romans g
Task force History of ford commercial Vehicles
ex-lib copy, condition details on request. 60 years of trucks, vans, buses, military vehicles and caravans.
PUBLISHER: I.P.C. business press 1976
KEYWORDS: Task force History of ford commercial Vehicles vehicle manual
LAST TRAIN FROM ATLANTA
THE HEROIC STORY OF AN AMERICAN CITY UNDER SIEGE
ex lib, minimal markings, 558pp, illus, VG (v sl cocked, v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl soiled & rubbed) d/w G+ (minor wear, chips, tears & creasing to extrems, v sl sunned, soiled & rubbed, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Yoseloff, New York, 1958
KEYWORDS: history usa altanta a a hoehling
AMERICA MOVES WEST
fifth edition, ex lib, minimal markings, pictorial boards, 600pp, illus, VG+ (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine foot, v sl soiled edges)
PUBLISHER: Holt, Rinehart & Wilson, New York, 1971
KEYWORDS: history western usa robert riegel robert athearn w
BELGIUM AND THE FEBRUARY REVOLUTION
ex lib, minimal markings, 110pp, VG+ (library rebacked with stiffened boards & taped spine, v sl wear to extrems, v sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1963
KEYWORDS: history belgium brison d gooch february revolution
A CENTURY OF TEXAS GOVERNORS AND CAPITOLS
REPUBLIC AND STATE
revised edition, ex lib, unissued, minimal markings, 64pp, illus, VG+ (library rebacked with stiffened boards , taped spine & new ep's, v sl wear to extrems, v sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: Texas Centennial of Statehood Commission, Austin,
KEYWORDS: history usa texas centennial chief executives step
WHAT BRITAIN HAS DONE 1939 - 1945
ISSUED BY THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION
ex lib, unissued, minimal markings, 50pp, VG+ (library rebacked with stiffened boards & taped spine & new ep's, v sl wear to extrems, v sl soiled, v sl internal separation at front hinge)
PUBLISHER: Ministry of Information, British Government, Londo
KEYWORDS: history ww2
OIL ON TROUBLED WATERS
ex lib, minimal markings, 254pp, illus, VG+ (v sl edge wear,v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl soiled) d/w VG- (v sl wear tears & chipping to extrems, 3cm chip to spine foot and 3cm horiz tear, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Ltd, London, 1957
KEYWORDS: history 1956 middle east suez crisis british force
THE UNITED STATES AND CIVILIZATION
Walgreen Foundation Lectures, 1940-41
ex lib, unissued, minimal markings, 421pp, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl rubbed & soiled, v sl foxed top edge) d/w VG+ (v sl wear to extrems and v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1942
KEYWORDS: history usa democracy totalitarianism humanism rel
PICCADILLY PAGEANT
WITH 15 ILLUSTRATIONS
ex lib, minimal markings, 200pp, illus, VG (v sl cocked, sl bruised corners, sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed & soiled,sl internal separation at 3 places in text)
PUBLISHER: Rich and Cowan, London, n.d. (ca. 1950)
KEYWORDS: history piccadilly london ww2 simon dewes
DEMOCRACY IN THE MAKING
THE JACKSON - TYLER ERA
ex lib, unissued, minimal markings, 334pp, illus, lacks dustwrapper, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, New York, 1969
KEYWORDS: history usa jackson tyler democracy presidency hug
HISTOIRE DE L'AFRIQUE NOIRE
TOME I
vol 1 only, ex lib, unissued, minimal markings, illus, maps, 406pp, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl gum stains to eps and boards) d/w in plastic VG+ (v sl sunned & soiled, rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: Akademiai Kiado, Maison d'Edition de l'Academie de
KEYWORDS: history africa endre sik