Books - "history"
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The Gipsies, and Do Snakes Swallow their Young?
Demy 8vo, light card covers, 39 pp. + [8] advts. + [1 (contents)] p., VG (light to moderate soiling & creasing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, sm open tear to spine at head & rear joint, rear cover sl loose, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, v sl foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: James Miller 1883
KEYWORDS: Gipsies Gipsy Gypsies Gypsy Romani Romany emancipation social history habits customs James Simson
Was John Bunyan a Gipsy?
Demy 8vo, stapled light card covers, 21 pp. + [7] pp. advts + [1 (contents)] p., VG (light to moderate soiling to covers, rust from staples to covers & throughout, light bruising to edges & extrems with sl chipping to spine).
PUBLISHER: James Miller 1882
KEYWORDS: Gipsies Gipsy Gypsies Gypsy Romani Romany emancipation social history habits customs James Simson
John Bunyan and the Gipsies
Demy 8vo, stapled light card covers, 23 pp. + [7] pp. advts + [1 (contents)] p., VG (light to moderate soiling to covers, rust from staples to covers & throughout, light bruising to edges & extrems with sl chipping to spine, moderate stainign to tp).
PUBLISHER: James Miller 1882
KEYWORDS: Gipsies Gipsy Gypsies Gypsy Romani Romany emancipation social history habits customs James Simson
An American-Romani Vocabulary
Super royal 8vo, stapled light card covers, 14 pp. + [2 (blank)], G+ (moderate to heavy soiling & water damage--covers & pgs warped & stained, staple rust throughout, second & third gatherings detached).
PUBLISHER: The New York Public Library 1915
KEYWORDS: Gipsies Gipsy Gypsies Gypsy Romani Romany emancipation social history vocabulary dictionary
Civilised Gipsies and The Encyclopaedia Britannica on the Viper
Demy 8vo, stapled light card covers, 24 pp. + [2] pp. advts. + [1 (contents)] p. + [1] p. advt., VG (light soiling & creasing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, staple rust to front cover & throughout, light foxing thoughout).
PUBLISHER: Thomas R. KNox & Co. 1889
KEYWORDS: Gipsies Gipsy Gypsies Gypsy Romani Romany emancipation social history James Simson
The Scottish Press and The Gipsies
Demy 8vo, stapled light card covers, 26 pp. + [2] pp. advts. + [1 (contents)] p., VG- (light to moderate soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems, staple rust holes to cover, staple rust throughout, light foxing throughout, pp. [3] - final (in quires) detached).
PUBLISHER: E. O. Jenkins' Sons 1890
KEYWORDS: Gipsies Gipsy Gypsies Gypsy Romani Romany emancipation social history James Simson
The Life of David Haggart
Crown 8vo, blue heavy card bds, pg edges deckled. frontis., viii + 173 pp. + [2] advts. pp., G- (heavy soiling to bds, mug stain to front board, heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, backing detatched, bds connected only by cords--very fragile, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: W. and C. Tait 1821
KEYWORDS: David Haggart 19th century social history culture customs habits prison prisoner
The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia
12mo, maroon leather bds, triple fillet panel & fleuron cornerpieces in black, scene to front & rear bds & spine lettering in gilt, aeg, turn ins decorated in gilt, title vignette, 408 pp., plates to front, VG (light to moderate scuffing to bds & joints, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & wear to pg edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, light soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: Scott, Webster, and Geary 1836
KEYWORDS: Voltaire Tobias Smollett Peter the Great Russia Russian Emperor history life lives
Gli Zingari: Storia D'un Popolo Errante
TEXT IN ITALIAN. Royal 8vo, brown leather bds with triple filleted panel in black, front board & spine lettered in gilt, 5 raised bands to spine--red labels/panels to sections 2 & 4 & double ruled in gilt, teg, bottom pg edges deckled, marbled eps, [8] + 419 pp. + [2 (errata & corrigenda)] pp., illus., map to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate scuffing to joints, moderate staining/fading to bds, light soiling & tanning/foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Ermanno Loescher 1889
KEYWORDS: Italy Italian Gipsy Gipsies Gypsy Gypsies Romani Romany travel travellers travelling 19th century social history
Captain Pantoja and the Special Service
FIRST US EDITION. Super 8vo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1978
KEYWORDS: Mario Vargas Llosa modern first edition 20th century military letters correspondence social history criticism
Japanese Prints from 1700 to 1900
Folio 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: Phaidon Press 1976
KEYWORDS: art history appreciation Japan Japanese prints historical reproductions
Chinese Painting
Folio softcover (VG-) page block detached from covers; 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: Phaidon Press 1979
KEYWORDS: art history China Chinese appreciation paintings
100 Years of Posters
Folio, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xvi + 96pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & tape repairs to spine, moderate creasing & chafing to covers, moderate insect damage & light loss to bottom corner of front cover & page block, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Pall Mall Press 1972
KEYWORDS: art posters history centennial centenary design
The Maori as an Artist
Sm folio, cream heavy boards, brown lettering to white buckram spine, unpaginated, 45 plates- some missing, VG- (moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to boards & spine, minor staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor scuffing & surface loss to front eps, plates 19-30 detached, plates 19-22 & 26-30 missing, other sections of page block loosened but still attached) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine & edges- minor archival tape repair to spine, moderate tanning & foxing, light staining)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1957
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history culture Maori carvings Renzo Padovan
Later Japanese Prints: 65 Illustrations, with 33 in Colour
Folio, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated prelims, 64 plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing/rubbing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's am ex-libria label to inside front cover, heavy cracking/separation to front & rear gutters/spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1978
KEYWORDS: art history Japan Japanese oriental prints
The Australasian Sketcher, with Pen and Pencil 1874
FACSIMILE EDITION, folio, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims & index pgs, 208pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, light tanning/discolouration to eps & prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to gutters, occsional light closed tearing to base of some pages) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges- tidy tape repairs, 2cm loss to spine, light to moderate fading to spine & top edges, minor wrinkling & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Heritage Publications N/D (facsimile edition)
KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints Australasian sketcher past issues years 1874 history historical
Tom Roberts: The Man and His Art
Folio 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: Heidelberg Publishing N/D
KEYWORDS: art history appreciation Tom Roberts Australian Australia collections exhibitions
Frederick McCubbin: The Man and His Art
Folio softcover (VG) 6cm closed tear to top spine edge; 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: Heidelberg Publishing 1989
KEYWORDS: art history appreciation Frederick McCubbin Australian Australia collections exhibitions
Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of Southern Africa
FACSIMILE EDITION, folio, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt antelope illus to front board, frontispiece, illus title page, vi + 175pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & glue/paper residue to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy crack to gutter towards rear) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy chafing/scuffing & soiling with minor foxing also,
PUBLISHER: Sable Publishers 1986 (Facsimile Reprint of 1840 edition)
KEYWORDS: facsimile editions Southern Africa game hunting art portraits history historical Captain Sir William Cornwallis Harris travel travellers
Louis Agassiz: A Life in Science
Octavo softcover (G+) scruffy copy; 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: University of Chicago Press / Phoenix 1966
KEYWORDS: Louis Agassiz biography biographies memoir history