Books - "history"
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Theocritus' Pastoral Analogies: The Formation of a Genre
LACKS D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 304pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Theocritus pastoral poetry literature writings Greek history criticism literary form
Butler's Lives of the Saints (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, ex-library, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt illus to front boards, top page edges stained red, illus title pages, mixed pagination, VG (usual library markings/pockets, sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic covers with adhesive edges- jacket edges likely stained, occasional minor creasing)
PUBLISHER: Burns & Oates 1956
KEYWORDS: theology religious figures saints ancient history antiquity religion
Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Baronet, with Selections from his Correspondence
Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates to spine, gilt tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 600pp, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spine/boards, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, remembrance plate tipped in & gift inscription in ink to recto of half title page, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle Street 1848
KEYWORDS: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton biography biographies memoir autobiographies literature letters correspondence history
For Dauntless France: An Account of Britain's Aid to the French Wounded and Victims of the War
LACKS FEP, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 372pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & staining to spine, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, occasional minor foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton N/D
KEYWORDS: France French history Great Britain British casualties soldiers war red cross wounded ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war
Red Deer Stalking in New Zealand
Octavo, orange/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt stag illus to front board, blind rule to spine & board edges, teg, deckled/roughcut page edges, frontispiece, xii + 270pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (spine sl cocked, minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate soiling & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand hobbies hunting red deer stalking camping history historical
The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold (Fifth Edition) (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering to spines, black rule & decoration to spines & boards, gilt initials in gothic script to front boards of both vols, all page edges stained red, marbled eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxiii + 440pp, vol 2- xvi + 448pp, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to spines & board edges, minor chafing & rubbing/surface loss to boards, light soiling to page edges, numerous gift & ownership inscriptions in ink to prelims, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional ink markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: B Fellowes, Ludgate Street 1845
KEYWORDS: Thomas Arnold biography biographies memoir autobiographies history letters correspondence historical
The Danube With Pen and Pencil
LACKS FEP, imperial octavo, blue/grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & coloured lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 191pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems- some minor loss to illus on front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps, sm rust stains to front eps, ffep missing, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Company / Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1911
KEYWORDS: travel literature art drawings rivers Dunube history historical
Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xi + 547pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2019
KEYWORDS: art design history Walter Gropius biography biographies memoir
The Poet and the Publisher: The Case of Alexander Pope, Esq., of Twickenham Versus Edmund Curll, Bookseller in Grub Street
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 470pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2021
KEYWORDS: literary history Alexander Pope Edmund Curll literature feuds conflict
Merrythought Bears
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl rubbing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Remember When 2009
KEYWORDS: toys collectables collectibles merrythought teddy bears British manufacturers history
Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-Bye to All That (1895-1929)
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018
KEYWORDS: literary biography biographies memoir Robert Graves literature history
An Encyclopedia of Rural Sports, or, Complete Account (Historical, Practical, and Descriptive) of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing &c &c
LACKS FEP, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black & gilt illus to front board, illus title page, xii + 1246pp + 24pp to rear, G+ (heavy rubbing & chipping to spine, moderate cracking to hinges, heavy cracking to gutters- binding loose, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, ffep & some prelims missing, binder's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate soiling & foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer 1870
KEYWORDS: history historical hobbies hunting rural sports shooting fishing
The Fifteenth-Century Printing Practices of Johann Zainer, Ulm, 1473-1478
LACKS D/W, octavo, green heavy boards, green lettering to cream buckram spine, xv + 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford Bibliographical Society / Printing Historical Society 2016
KEYWORDS: history printing printers historical Johann Zainer 15th fifteenth century crafts
With the 6th Airborne Division in Normandy
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 160pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional soiling & foxing to pages- v sporadic) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & v heavy closed tearing to edges with some minor loss, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1948
KEYWORDS: 6th airborne division military history aviation aerial combat warfare Normandy Lieutenant General R N Gale
A History of English Advertising
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 231pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & peeling to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Business Publications / B T Batsford 1962
KEYWORDS: history advertising England English journalism art design composition
Uniformes do Exercito Brasileiro 1730-1889
4to, folded sheet enclosing 30 loose plates; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER:
KEYWORDS: Jose Wasth military uniforms army history historical illustration illustrated 18th 19th century Brazil Brasil
Abu Dhabi: An Arabian Album
Fol. pp. 199; black buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. eps & prelims, photos; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Motivate Publishing 2011
KEYWORDS: Abu Dhabi 20th century Arab Arabia Arabian Middle East pictorial history photos photograph photography
Sir John Tenniel: Aspects of His Work
4to, pp. 187; black cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Sir John Tenniel 19th century illustrator illustration history
Zane Grey: A Photographic Odyssey
FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, pp. [10] + 211; grey cl bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; lg open tear to front flap at head).
PUBLISHER: Taylor Publishing Company 1985
KEYWORDS: Zane Grey fish fishing angling angler adventure travel sport game life lives pictorial history
Wilhelm von Gloeden: Sehnsucht nach Arkadiien
Imp. 8vo, pp. 159 + [1 (advt)]; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (moderate scuffing, tanning & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light to moderate tanning throughout).
PUBLISHER: Nishen 1987
KEYWORDS: photos photograhy 19th century pictorial history social photographer