Books - "history"
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The Identitly of Jack the Ripper
first edition 192pp.VG+(black cloth,red title to spine,v.sl.soiled,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.,paste-action to eps.and prelims.,mod.foxing to edges and eps.,sl.foxing to contents) in VG+ d/w(sl.foxed,sl.soiled,sl.shelf-wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jarrolds london 1959
KEYWORDS: donald mccormick jack the ripper english history true crime
The German Army From Within
third edition 192pp. VG (red cloth,black titles to spine and front board,mod.soiled,spine browned,mod.shelf-wear to extrems.,paste-action to eps.,owner's sign.to front paste-down,mod.foxing to edges and prelims.,sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: hodder london 1914
KEYWORDS: german british military history
LONDON
WITH 32 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
4th edition, blue cloth blind embossed boards, 267pp, illus, VG (all plates present, v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled, sl paste action to feps, v sl foxed eps & edges, bookseller stamp unobtrusive to ffep) d/w G+ (price clipped, sl chips creases wear & tears to extrems, 3cm diam closed tear to front, sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: A & C Black, London, 1929
KEYWORDS: london travel guide hope moncrieff history anecdote observation reflection
Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
3 vols.
first edition 3 vols.440/454/524pp.illus.(b&w) VG-(full leather,gilt border to both boards,gilt title and decor.to spines,leather scuffed and chipped,spines very worn w.pieces missing,front boards partially detached,marbled edges and eps.,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: lefevre paris 1820
KEYWORDS: gil blas french history biography literature
A HISTORY OF RUSSIA
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY C. J. HOGARTH
first UK edition, ex lib, moderate markings, maps & illus, 295pp, G+ (cocked, sticker damage to pastedowns, mod edge wear and mod rubbed boards, internal separation at both hinges and in several locations in text but binding holding, sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent, London, 1930
KEYWORDS: history russia kievan rostov suzdal mongolian invasion novgorod moscow romanov peter elizabeth catherine paul alexander nicholas
HISTORIOGRAPHY AND URBANIZATION:ESSAYS IN AMERICAN HISTORY IN HONOR OF W. STULL HO
reissue, ex lib, minimal markings, 220pp, NF (v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Kennikat Press, Port Washington, 1968
KEYWORDS: st julien ravenel childs bernard history essays mayo ollinger crenshaw william diamond albert k weinberg donald e emerson alred goldberg charles hirschfeld eric f goldman
DEBATES WITH HISTORIANS
ex lib, minimal markings, 241pp, G (cocked and shaky, internal separation at both joints but binding holding and no sections loose, text clean, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: B. T. Batsford, London, 1995
KEYWORDS: history pieter geyl ranke macaulay carlyle michelet toynbee sorokin talleyrand napoleon american civil war
DOWN STREAM
ex lib, minimal markings, 300pp, G+ (cocked, internal separation at both joints repaired with tape, mod edge wear, sunned spine, boards sunned & rubbed, v sl foxed prelims and spasmodically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph Ltd, London, 1939
KEYWORDS: history leonard moseley biography outbreak ww2 germany journalism
FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
ex lib, minimal markings, illus, 695pp, VG (v sl edge wear, spine sunned, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl foxed upper text edge)
PUBLISHER: D. C. Heath & Co, n.p., 1939
KEYWORDS: history bossenbrook johannesen burks lechler kemmer miller scheyer europe ancient orient greece byzantine moslem western christianity medieval western seaboard spain netherlands england
HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITIES
A COMPARATIVE AND ANALYTICAL GUIDE TO DEGREE COURS
ex lib, minimal markings, 300pp, VG+ (library rebacked with stiffened boards taped spine and new eps, clean text, v sl edge wear, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Historical Association, London, 1971
KEYWORDS: guide degree courses history
DANMARK OPPNAR PORTARNA
OVERSATTNING FRAN DET DANSKA ORIGINALMANUSKRIPTET
ex lib, minimal markings, unissued, 191pp, VG+ (library rebacked with stiffened boards taped spine and new eps, sl internal separation half way down front hinge, v sl edge wear, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Nordisk Samverkan for Nordsk Ratt, n.p., 1947
KEYWORDS: denmark politics history jorgen sehested
Germany the Aggressor
throughout the ages
288pp, 1 foldout with 2 maps, VG (red cloth, minor fading to upper hinge extrem, v minor bumps, paste action to feps, sl foxing to prelims, foredges and some contents,sm closed tear to map hinge not affecting map, sl cocked.) in VG d/w (minor creasing and wear to extrems, moderate soils amd foxing.)
PUBLISHER: chambers, london, 1940
KEYWORDS: f j c hearnshaw german history military
London's Glory
twenty paintings of the city's ruins
first edition 52pp ills.[20 tipped-in col.plates by wanda ostrowska] NF (red cloth,sl.sunned,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,plates are clean and bright) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,sl.browned)
PUBLISHER: george allen & unwin london 1945
KEYWORDS: geography history london arts viola g.garvin wanda ostrowska
Syria As It Is
first edition 211pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,maps to eps,owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1939
KEYWORDS: history geography travel syria helen cameron gordon
ANGLO - SAXON UNITY
And Other Essays
reprint, ex lib with minimal markings, 306pp, FINE
PUBLISHER: Kennikat Press New York 1971
KEYWORDS: essays anglo saxon history
THE RIGHTS OF NATIONS
ex lib, minimal markings, 192pp, VG+(v sl foxing to board & text edges) d/w VG(sl tears & chipping to spine head & foot, v sl wear, tears & chipped to remainder of extrems, sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Roy Publishers New York 1945
KEYWORDS: history politics czeslaw poznanski league of nations
VOTE OF CENSURE
ex lib, minimal markings, 253pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl cocked) d/w in plastic VG+(v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg London 1968
KEYWORDS: history WWII winston churchill
STRUGGLE FOR THE WORLD
The Cold War from its Origin in 1917
ex lib, minimal markings, 511pp maps, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl edgewear, v sl paste action to ep's) d/w in plastic, VG+(v sl sunned & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Collins London 1965
KEYWORDS: history cold war
ROMANTICISM AND REVOLT
Europe 1815-1848
ex lib, minimal markings, 216pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl paste action to ep's) d/w in plastic, VG+(rear flap trimmed, v sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson London 1967
KEYWORDS: history french revolution
CONTINENTAL STAKES
Marshes of Invasion - Valley of Conquest and Peni
ex lib, minimal markings, 135pp, VG+(v sl edgewear) d/w VG-(sl wear & tears to extrems with sl chipped spine head & foot, sl sunned, soiled & creased)
PUBLISHER: British Continental Syndicate London 1944
KEYWORDS: history russia rumania czechoslovakia yugoslavia WWII