Books - "history"
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Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Secretay to the Admiralty in the Reigns of Charles II and James II (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, mixed pagination, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, sl soiling to page edges of vols 2/3 & 4, minor damage to page edges of vol 2 with light wrinkling to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1924
KEYWORDS: literature literary correspondence Samuel Pepys history historical
Die Leica: Fortgesetzt als Kleinfilm-Foto (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, beige heavy boards, brown lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor soiling to page edges, sm stain to front board of vol 4)
PUBLISHER: Verlag Schliemann & Co 1981
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN art hobbies photography Leica cameras history design
Get Off My Ship: Ensign Berg vs. the US Navy
SCARCE, octavo, grey light card covers, red & black lettering to spine & covers, viii + 385pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light rubbing & curling to covers, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing to covers, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Avon 1978
KEYWORDS: military history navy naval US ensign vernon e berg homosexuality social stigma
A Lexicon of Freemasonry; Containing a Definition of All its Communicable Terms, Notices of its History, Traditions and Antiquities, and An Account of all the Rites and Mysteries of the Ancient World
LACKS FEP, sm octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & masonic illus to spine, gilt masonic illus & blind rule to front board, 444pp + 23pp catalogue to rear, G+ (heavy bruising & rubbing/chafing to spine & boards/edges with considerable surface loss, heavy cracking to rear hinge of spine- rear board partially detached, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, front & rear eps missing, moderate to heavy foxing to pages throughout, several prev. owners' names in ink to prelims, v heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, pgs 193-208 detached but present, other page segments partially detached but still tentatively hanging on, despite its pre-loved condition text block is still readable)
PUBLISHER: Charles Griffin & Co 1870
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic lexicon dictionary terms terminology rites secret societies history historical literature
Manual of Freemasonry
Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind decorative rule to boards, printed front eps, xv + 311pp, G+ (v heavy scuffing to spine- heavily cracked at front hinge, moderate soiling to boards, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board extrems & edges, front gutter completely cracked/detached, yellowing tape staining to & ex-libris ink stamp to front eps, numerous pgs detached but present, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout- some page segments partially detached/loosened) Very delicate condition- please feel free to ask for photos
PUBLISHER: Reeves & Turner N/D (c.mid-late 1800s?)
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies royal arch history rites manuals
The Travels and Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt & black lettering & decoration/rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 268pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & chafing/surface loss to boards- minor to spine, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front gutter- partially detached with front board shaky, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout, plate at pg154 partially detached with failed attempts at yellowing tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: William Tegg 1868
KEYWORDS: literature history Baron Munchausen
Apron Men: The Romance of Freemasonry
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt masonic illus to front board, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, 3.5cm crack to top hinge of spine/front board, heavy fading to spine & boards, light soiling with some water staining to front hinge, moderate tanning to page edgesprev. owner's name & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, extensive synopsis pasted to front eps - possibly from absent dust jacket, sm ink numerals to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages- text block mostly unaffected, illus with sm ink inscription pasted to verso of contents page)
PUBLISHER: Rider & Co 1933
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies rites history
New Delhi: Making of a Capital
FIRST EDITION, square quarto, white heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 237pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Lustre Press / Roli Books 2009
KEYWORDS: India history culture buildings infrastructure capital cities New Delhi development first editions
Nature's Work of Art: The Human Body as Image of the World
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 291pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: first editions human anatomy art history image
The Coinage of the European Continent, with an Introduction and Catalogues of Mints Denominations and Rulers
Octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule to boards, teg, frontispiece, xviii + 554pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine, moderate staining & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light to moderate occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1893
KEYWORDS: antiques coins Europe European catalogues history historical mint
Hitler's Favorite Political Badges and Decorations: Their History and How to Authenticate Them (Volume 1)
NUMBERED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (#92), octavo, white light card covers, black lettering to spine, 78pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling to cover edges, light to moderate foxing & light chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Promethian Press N/D (c.1990)
KEYWORDS: antiques guides badges politics political Adolf Hitler authentication military war history signed numbered editions Mickey Huffman
Suffolk Windmills
Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 164pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate water damage to base of page block & boards- boards lightly warped & stained, light tanning & foxing/water staining to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, otherwise still a tidy copy) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing, moderate damp wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 1979
KEYWORDS: England English history natural resources energy windmills Suffolk East Anglia
The Predecessors of the Royal Army Service Corps
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 116pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board edges & corners, light staining to spine & rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & edges with minor loss & tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Gale and Polden 1948
KEYWORDS: British army military history supply transport services service corps first editions
2/ Auckland, 1918; being a Partial Record of the War Service in France of the 2/ Auckland Regiment During The Great War
FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAPS AT REAR, INSCRIBED & SIGNED FROM THE AUTHOR, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 188pp, VG+ (minor rubbing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1920
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war Auckland France French campaigns first editions
The Velocette Saga: The Story of a Great British Motorcycle
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front, sl tanning & foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Amulree Publications 1994
KEYWORDS: automotive motorbikes motorcycles Velocette British engineering design history
Velocette 'Technical Excellence Exemplified'
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Osprey 1997
KEYWORDS: signed Ivan Rhodes automotive motorbikes motorcycles Velocette British engineering design history
Riding to War
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, illus eps, viii + 184pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & moderatre soiling)
PUBLISHER: Monks 1993
KEYWORDS: first editions 28th light cavalry Indian Army military history
Key to W E Lockhart's Picture of the Jubilee Ceremony in Westminster Abbey 21st June 1887, Painted by Command of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
Square duodecimo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp motif to rear board, single large folded illus- cloth backed, VG (moderate scuffing to board extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate foxing & discolouration to eps & back sides of illus, minor weakening & scuffing to folds/creases of illus, light staining to illus)
PUBLISHER: William Doig & Co 1887
KEYWORDS: English monarchy jubilee ceremony Queen Victoria history queens Westminster Abbey guests names
Three Years with the New Zealanders
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, maps to prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing to spine- 2cm loss to base of spine, moderate cracking to hinges, moderate scuffing & bruising to board extrems, heavy staining to spine & boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Skeffington & Son N/D
KEYWORDS: first editions military history New Zealand ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers
Young England, Volume I & II 1862-3 (Bound as One Volume)
FIRST EDITION - VERY SCARCE! Imperial octavo, green textured heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, illus title page, 376pp total, illus, VG (heavy bruising/scuffing to spine extrems- light loss to top edge, light scuffing & bruising to board extrems, light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light staining to eps, prev,. owner's name in ink to ffep, historic gift inscription in ink to title page of vol 1, varying degrees of foxing & soiling throughout- mostly light & age appropriate, occasional light cracking to gutters, minor insect damage to top corners of rear pages)
PUBLISHER: W Tweedie 1867
KEYWORDS: young England publications literature past years volumes one i 1 two ii 2 history