Books - "history"
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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
The Titanic and the Californian
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
Evil Genius
the story of joseph goebbles
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
Memoirs of Anna Maria Wilhelmina Pickering
edited by her son spencer pickering, f.r.s togethe
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
THE GREAT EXPLORERS
THE EUROPEAN DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
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
VICTORIA'S SUBJECTS TRAVELLED
AN ANTHOLOGY FROM THE WORKS OF EXPLORERS AND TRAVE
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
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
TRANSLATED BY STEPHEN SARTARELLI
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
EXPLORERS OF THE NEW WORLD
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
EXPLORERS ALL!
SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AND ELEVEN MAPS
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
THE RACE TO FASHODA
EUROPEAN COLONIALISM AND AFRICAN RESISTANCE IN THE
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
TAKE A SPARE TRUSS
Tips for the Nineteenth Century Travellers
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
SOUTH SEA BUBBLES
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
LIVINGSTONES LAST JOURNEY
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
FAMILY LETTERS 1841-1856
Volume One 1841-1848
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
THE MINOR WORKS OF GEORGE GROTE
With critical remarks on his intellectual characte
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
Africa Unveiled
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
Nights in London
where mayfair makes merry
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