Books - "history"
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Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, ix + 326pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to board edges, sl staining to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light water staining to base of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press 2019
KEYWORDS: music blues musicians Robert Johnson history biographies memoir
The West Riding Wool Textile Industry: A Catalogue of Business Records from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 560pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Pasold Research Fund Ltd 1975
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues history historical textile industry business records
Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index 1985-1991: An International Author and Subject Index to History and Criticism
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unused, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxii + 677pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited 1993
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues scifi science fiction fantasy history criticism literature literary reference research
Waterloo: Myth and Reality
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 268pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, sl foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2014
KEYWORDS: first editions military famous battles Waterloo history Napoleon Bonaparte Duke of Wellington
The King's Dogge: The Story of Francis Lovell
Super Octavo Softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Matador 2013
KEYWORDS: literature fiction Richard III history
Bibliotheca Belgica: Bibliographie Generale des Pays-Bas / Belgian Library: General Bibliography of the Netherlands (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS (1964), very tidy ex-library- possibly unused, quarto, red leather-textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor bruising & chafing/rubbing to spines & extrems- sl surface loss, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Culture et Civilisation, Royal Library of Belgium 1964
KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues Netherlands geography history Royal Library of Belgium
Juarez and Diaz: Machine Politics in Mexico
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 467pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Northern Illinois University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Mexico Mexican history politics government
The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1945-1971: A Bibliography
FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 419pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light scuffing & bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1978
KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues Arab-Israeli conflict modern history 20th twentieth century politics religion religious conflict Israel Palestine
Foreign Investment in the American and Canadian West, 1870-1914: An Annotated Bibliography
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 192pp, VG+ (minimal library markings- none external, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1986
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues history finance foreign overseas investment America Canada
Romanian Military Bibliography (A 1944-1984 Selection)
Tidy ex-library, sm octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 184pp, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & scuffing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Military Publishing House 1985
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Romanian military history
Japan and the World 1853-1952: A Bibliographic Guide to Japanese Scholarship in Foreign Relations
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 462pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (in easily removed protective wrapper, light creasing to edges, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Japan Japanese foreign relations history historical reference
Pictorial New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 301pp + unpaginated publisher's catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate chipping to spine extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep possibly missing, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1895
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history pictorial
George Grenville 1712-1770: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of British Statesmen, No. 3)
FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxxiv + 227pp, VG+ (minimal library markings- none external, light bruising & soiling to spine & board edges)
PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1992
KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues George Grenville politics government history manuscripts British
Over the Top: Helena Rubinstein, Beauty, Art, Fashion, Design
Square quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, pink & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 216pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to edges, light chafing, sm gouge to spine)
PUBLISHER: Pointed Leaf Press 2003
KEYWORDS: fashion biographies Helena Rubinstein design history
The Struggle for the Falkland Islands: A Study in Legal and Diplomatic History
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxx + 482pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: Falkland Islands history legal law diplomatic colonialism government
Making Manhood: Growing Up Male in Colonial New England
Super octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 244pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to base of front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: history men New England US America American social conditions customs gender roles colonial times
The Gottingen Model Book: A Facsimile Edition and Translations of a Fifteenth-Century Illuminators' Manual (Based in Part on the Studies of the Late Dr Edmund Will)
Oblong super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & coloured illus to front board, 102pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate rubbing & soiling to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Missouri Press 1972
KEYWORDS: illuminated manuscripts art craft history historical Gottingen library
Japanese Surnames
Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, various pagination, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss with chipping to spine & extrems, moderate chafing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, large scuff & surface loss to rear pastedown, light cracking to gutters- boards sl shaky)
PUBLISHER: Edwards Brothers (Printer) 1942
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese surnames family history genealogy
Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times
Octavo, grey buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown lettering & decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispiece, xv + 350pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing with tanning to board edges & extrems, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate scuffing & surface loss to front gutter, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history war 1845 Ngapuhi tribe Maori traditions
Prints and Printmaking: A Dictionary and Handbook of the Art in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 385pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board/spine edges/extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1984
KEYWORDS: art history 19th nineteenth century Great Briain British prints printmaking dictionary bibliography bibliographies