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$12.39
1m13/26

THE UNITED STATES AND CIVILIZATION


Walgreen Foundation Lectures, 1940-41

NEF, JOHN U.:

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

$12.39
1m13/27

PICCADILLY PAGEANT


WITH 15 ILLUSTRATIONS

DEWES, SIMON:

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

$12.39
1m13/28

DEMOCRACY IN THE MAKING


THE JACKSON - TYLER ERA

FRASER, HUGH RUSSELL:

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

$12.39
1m13/6

HISTOIRE DE L'AFRIQUE NOIRE


TOME I

SIK, ENDRE:

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

$35.00
w12/27

The Titanic and the Californian


PADFIELD, PETER

318pp, VG (white cloth, minor creasing to upper and lower spine, spine sunned, minor bumps to rear boards, v sl foxing to some prelims, eps and fordeges.) in G d/w (tattered remnants)

PUBLISHER: quality book club, london, 1965

KEYWORDS: peter padfield titanic history nautical

$30.00
2d20/37

Evil Genius


the story of joseph goebbles

EBERMAYER, ERICH; MEISSNER, HANS-OTTO

245pp, ills (b/w) VG- (black cloth, v sl soils to rear board, owners inscription to ffep, stamp to first four pages, foxing to prelims, foredges, eps and some contents, date at upper rear paste down, sl cocked.) in VG- d/w (browned, soiled and foxed.)

PUBLISHER: allan wingate, london, 1953

KEYWORDS: ebermayer meissner hage goebbles biography history

$68.16
2d13/19

Memoirs of Anna Maria Wilhelmina Pickering


edited by her son spencer pickering, f.r.s togethe

PICKERING, ANNA MARIA WILHELMINA ; STANHOPE, JOHN

second edition, ills (b/w),568pp, G+ (black and white cloth with gold stamps, small tear and loss to lower spine, sl soils, bumps, scuffing and wear,rough cut edges, owners inscription to ffep, beginning to separate at tp gutter, moderate foxing to prelims, eps, foredges and some contents, binding cocked and beginning to separate at some sections.)

PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton, london, 1904

KEYWORDS: anna pickering john stanhope napoleon history biog

$12.39
1m14/18

THE GREAT EXPLORERS


THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA

MORISON, SAMUEL ELIOT:

first edition, blue cloth, 752pp, illus, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed) d/w VG (7cm tear & chipped to rear cover, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, New York, 1978

KEYWORDS: history america cabot verrazzano cartier gilbert f

$12.39
1m14/20

VICTORIA'S SUBJECTS TRAVELLED


AN ANTHOLOGY FROM THE WORKS OF EXPLORERS AND TRAVE

VAN THAL, HERBERT (ED):

first edition, beige cloth, 384pp, illus, VG (v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl foxed text edges and spasmodically throughout, prev owners label to front fep, insert publisher label advertising the 1001 nights) d/w VG- (v sl wear tears & chips to extrems, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Arthur Baker Ltd, London, 1951

KEYWORDS: modern first edition history exploration baker bat

$12.39
1m14/21

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS


TRANSLATED BY STEPHEN SARTARELLI

GRANZOTTO, GIANNI:

first edition, book club, mustard cloth, 300pp, VG+ (v sl foxed upper text edge) d/w VG- (13cm open tear to front cover, v sl sunned & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing, London, 1986

KEYWORDS: modern first edition history christopher columbus

$27.89
1m14/22

EXPLORERS OF THE NEW WORLD


BAKELESS, KATHERINE AND JOHN:

first edition, green cloth, 304pp, illus, VG+ (v sl edge wear, v sl foxed edges and ep's, v sl soiled) d/w VG (sl wear tears and chips to extrems, v sl internal foxing, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)

PUBLISHER: G. Bell and Sons Ltd., London, 1959

KEYWORDS: modern first edition history americas exploration

$24.79
1m14/26

EXPLORERS ALL!


SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AND ELEVEN MAPS

COLLINSON, CLIFFORD:

first edition, purple cloth, 286pp, illus, VG- (sl bruised corners, sl bumped spine head & foot, sunned spine, sl sunned rubbed & soiled, sl paste action to feps, sl foxed text edges and spasmodically throughout, previous owner stamp unobtrusive to front fep)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. Ltd., London, 1933

KEYWORDS: modern first edition history exploration vikings m

$12.39
1m14/17

THE RACE TO FASHODA


EUROPEAN COLONIALISM AND AFRICAN RESISTANCE IN THE

LEWIS, DAVID LEVERING:

first edition, beige paper with burgundy cloth spine, 304pp, illus, VG+ (v sl bruised lower rear corner) d/w VG+ (v sl creased extrems, v sl soiled)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, New York, 1987

KEYWORDS: history africa colonialism england france belgium

$12.39
1m14/16

TAKE A SPARE TRUSS


Tips for the Nineteenth Century Travellers

BRETT, SIMON:

first edition, blue cloth, 128pp illus, VG+(v sl edgewear, v sl foxing to ep's & edges, text yellowed) d/w VG+(v sl foxing internally & to flaps, v sl sunned spine, v sl soiled)

PUBLISHER: Elm Tree Books London 1983

KEYWORDS: modern first ediiton history travel 19th century

$49.57
1m15/5

SOUTH SEA BUBBLES


THE EARL AND THE DOCTOR:

first aust edition, 286pp, 18mo, half calf, with gilt label to spine, VG-(rubbed & soiled with sl surface loss to edges & spine joints, sl cocked, v sl internal seperation at front & rear hinges, sl foxing throughout with text edges sl browned, ink marking & stamp to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: George Robertson Melbourne 1872

KEYWORDS: tavel history earl of pembroke south seas charles

$15.50
1m15/6

LIVINGSTONES LAST JOURNEY


COUPLAND, REGINALD:

first edition, brown cloth, 271pp maps, VG+(v sl edgewear, boards v sl sunned & soiled, v sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG(sl wear & tears to extrems, sl foxing, v sl chipped, sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: Collins London 1945

KEYWORDS: travel history livingstone africa zanzibar

$15.50
1m15/7

FAMILY LETTERS 1841-1856


Volume One 1841-1848

LIVINGSTONE, DAVID:

first edition, vol 1 only, turquoise cloth, 266pp maps, VG+(v sl bumped spine foot, v sl edgewear, v sl sunned spine, prev owners inscr to fep, sl paste action to ep's, v sl foxing to text edges) d/w VG(v sl wear & tears to extrems, sl sunned & foxed, v sl rubbed & soiled)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus London 1959

KEYWORDS: history travel livingstone

$123.93
1m15/11

THE MINOR WORKS OF GEORGE GROTE


With critical remarks on his intellectual characte

BAIN, ALEXANDER:

first edition, half leather with black label & gilt title & decorative spine with marbled ep's & edges, xii 364pp, VG(corners v sl bruised, sl edgewear, boards sl rubbed with v sl surface loss, bookplate to front pastedown, prev owners sign to fep, sl foxing to prelims but text clean)

PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1873

KEYWORDS: history george grote

$42.50
1m42/33

Africa Unveiled


ROWLEY, HENRY

first edition,313pp+appendix&ads, ills+foldout map,VG- (red cloth with black and gold decorative stamps, minor bumps surface scuffing and soils, fraying to head and foot if spine,book plate to front paste down,seperated but still attached at ffep gutter,paste action to half tp, nibbles to tp and first page of contents, foxing to map,prelims,eps and some contents,small tear to fold of map,not affecting map itself.)

PUBLISHER: society for promoting christian knowledge, london,

KEYWORDS: henry rowly history africa missions theology

$92.95
1m43/8

Nights in London


where mayfair makes merry

WYNDHAM, HORACE; ST JOHN GEORGE, DOROTHEA (ills)

first edition,209pp+ads,ills (b/w) VG-(mustard cloth , minor bumps and sl surface soils,upper foredge red, paste action to ffep,beginning to seperate at ffep verso, moderate at foxing to prelims, eps and some contents.) in VG- d/w (minor losses amd creasing to extrems, sl surface scuffing.)

PUBLISHER: bodley head, london, 1926

KEYWORDS: hoarce wyndham dorothea st george travel history l

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