Books - "history"
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Some Nineteenth Century Scotsmen
first edition 456pp VG (burgundy cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: oliphant,anderson edinburgh 1903
KEYWORDS: history literature scotland biography william knig
Eutychus
the future of the pulpit
first edition 142pp+ads. VG+ (burgundy paper boards w.cream title labels to spine and front cover,sl.soiled wminor bumps to extrems.,content edges v.sl.soiled,tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.6cm split to foot of upper hinge)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul london 1928
KEYWORDS: history eutychus theology sociology literature to-
Midas
the united states and the future
first edition 96pp+ads. VG+ (burgundy paper boards w.cream title labels to spine and front cover,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.1cm loss to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul london 1926
KEYWORDS: history geography united states sociology to-day a
Lycurgus
the future of law
first edition 94pp+ads. VG+ (burgundy paper boards w.cream title labels to spine and front cover,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history law to-day and to-morrow e.s.p.haynes
Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo
first edition 318pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,teg) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.loss to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: stanley paul london 1915
KEYWORDS: history biography literature victor hugo juliette
Babylon,Assyria and Israel
181pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to half-title,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: maran-atha press london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography babylon assyria israel w.h.boult
English Sects
an historical handbook
first edition 244pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.rubbed,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: mowbray london 1921
KEYWORDS: history theology arthur reynolds literature
The Quakers
a study historical and critical
first edition 408pp VG (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1889
KEYWORDS: history quakers theology geography frederick storr
A Modern Treasure Hunter
first edition 256pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,eps and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: temple london 1958
KEYWORDS: history biography nautical literature harold t.wil
Deep-Water Archaeology
first edition 71pp NF (blue cloth,tape stains to eps) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.yellowed,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1962
KEYWORDS: history nautical arts archaeology frederic dumas
Considerations on Edmund Gosse
[first edition] 162pp [frontis.] VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,sl.paste action to eps,edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,insect nibbles and holes to flap hinges)
PUBLISHER: drane's london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature history biography edmund gosse patrick
Fluorescent Lamps and Lighting
first edition thus 346pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,boards sl.shaky w.paper separation at ep gutters,owner's sign.to ffep,content edges sl.soiled,sl.shaky spine) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: philips' technical library london 1959
KEYWORDS: history technical lighting fluorescent lamps w.ele
The Mechanism of Men-Of-War
being a description of the machinery to be found i
first edition 286pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.blind stamps,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1896
KEYWORDS: history nautical military men-of-war transport reg
My Contemporaries
first edition 287pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,browned spine,mod.wear to extrems.,2cm closed tear to head of upper hinge)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1926
KEYWORDS: history biography literature maximilian harden jou
Twelve Monstrous Criminals
from nero to rasputin a.d.37-a.d.1916
[first edition] 276pp ills.[8 b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history crime nero rasputin philip beaufoy barry b
Gautier & the Romantics
first edition 186pp ills.[7 b/w] VG+ (purple cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.minor uneven sunning,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and edges v.sl.soiled) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1927
KEYWORDS: history biography literature gautier john garber p
Frontiers and the Fur Trade
first edition inscribed by author 235pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.water stain to fore-edge of both boards,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's warm inscription to ffep,sl.water stain to edge of pastedowns,content edges v.sl.soiled,spine cracked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,mod.water stain to fore-edge area of both covers,sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: john day new york 1929
KEYWORDS: history biography travel fur trade sydney greenbie
Foo a Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun
the secret prison prison diary of frank 'foo' fuji
first edition, ills (b/w), 371pp G+ (beige cloth, minor bumps to extrems, minor water damage to lower front board, spine sl faded, small owners adhesive to front paste down, authors signature to tp, rear ffep has letter from fellow pow pasted in, rear paste down has list of fellow roomates in camp pasted in.) in VG+ d/w (minor bumps and creases to extrems, small tape repairs to internal spine.)
PUBLISHER: university of north texas, texas, 1993
KEYWORDS: frank foo fujita japan history military biography
John Flaxman 1755-1826
sculptor illustrator designer
248pp, ills (b/w) VG+ (black cloth, minor bumps to extrems.) in VG d/w (v sl creasing to extrems, , v sl discolouring.)
PUBLISHER: studio vista, london, 1979
KEYWORDS: david irwin john flaxman arts history biography
The Writing of Arabic Numerals
424pp, VG (blue cloth, paste action to ffep, upper corner to ffep cut,sl foxing to foredges and some contents.) in VG- d/w (minor closed tears to some extrems, sunned, price clipped.)
PUBLISHER: university of london, london, 1952
KEYWORDS: niell wright arabic numerals literature history