Books - "history"
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Progress of a Race, or, The Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro
1969 REPRINT, very tidy ex-library, octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 732pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Mnemosyne Publishing 1969
KEYWORDS: African-American US America civil rights history slavery freedom
Children of Bondage: The Personality Development of Negro Youth in the Urban South
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, sm illus plate to front board, xxviii + 299pp, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to spine & extrems, moderate soiling to boards, sm illus plate to front board partially removed, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, moderate staining to prelims)
PUBLISHER: American Council on Education 1944
KEYWORDS: African-American US America black youth juvenile history ethnicity civil rights
Blues & Gospel Records 1902-1943
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 900pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Storyville Publications 1982
KEYWORDS: discography discographies blues gospel history early 20th twentieth century music
The Book of the Dead II: Books on Egypt & Chaldaea Vol VII
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, folding frontispiece, xv + pg 79-406pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & rubbing to base of boards, light chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing & damp staining to eps, light foxing & damp staining to prelims & terminals, moderate spots of foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Chaldea Chaldaea E A Wallis Budge book of the dead antiquity
The Book of the Dead III: Books on Egypt & Chaldaea Vol VIII
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, folding frontispiece, ix + pgs 407-698 + index to rear, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, sl soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Chaldea Chaldaea E A Wallis Budge book of the dead antiquity
The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL BOXED SET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, 1302pp total, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl staining to boards, light soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG (light scuffing & peeling to joins/extrems, light chafing & staining)
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 1984
KEYWORDS: US American American history native Indians government politics governance
They Chose Adventure: Men from New Zealand who fought in British East Africa with the 25th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Frontiersmen) in World War One
Sm 8vo, pp. [6] + vi + 74; illus. light card covers, black cl spine; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; tape to rear cover).
PUBLISHER: Fenreach Trust 2010
KEYWORDS: Bruce G Fuller New Zealand military history First World War One 1 I WWI WW
The British Species of Angiocarpous Lichens, Elucidated by Their Sporida
8vo, pp. [6] + 102 + xxx plates +18 + 3; green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, arabesques in blind to boards bordering lettered wreath centrepiece in gilt (in blind to rear board); teg, publisher's tp vignette, plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; binder's stamp to rear pastedown (Westleys & Co.); lg segment of cl to spine torn at rear joint, attatched only at front joint, some loss to lettering).
PUBLISHER: The Ray Society 1851
KEYWORDS: W A Leighton lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century natural history
A Monograph of Lichens Found in Britain: Being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum Part I
This volume only. 8vo, pp. viii + 520 + 18; green buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained dark; illus.; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; lg segment of cl to upper half of spine torn at rear joint with heavy loss, cl remaining attached only to front joint; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation plate to ffep; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1894
KEYWORDS: James M Crombie lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century British Museum natural history reference catalogue catalog
Lat inte rattor eller mal fordarva: Linnesamlingar I Uppsala: Uppsala Universitets Jubileumsbok
Text in Finnish, with English summaries and captions. 4to, pp. 225; red heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in silver gilt; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; lg closed tear to front cover at head; light tanning; gift inscription in blue ink to tp).
PUBLISHER: Uppsala Universitet 2007
KEYWORDS: Finland Finnish language Uppsala Universitet University history botany biology
Children of Mao: Personality Development and Political Activism in the Red Guard Generation
8vo, pp. viii + 254; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1985
KEYWORDS: politics political socialization social history China Chinese Mao 20th century
The Infested Blanket: Canada's Constiution: Genocide of Indian Nations
Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. xxiv + 168; illus. light card covers; VG- (moderate tanning, foxing, scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, ht, tp verso, p. 168 & rear cover recto; moderate pencil annotations throughout).
PUBLISHER: Queenston House Publishing Co. 1985
KEYWORDS: Eric Robinson Henry Bird Quinney Canada government Indian Native American genocide social history
Anglo-Saxons and Celts: A Study of Anti-Irish Prejudice in Victorian England
Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xii + 162; green buckram boards, spine & front board lettered & illus. in red; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soilign to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso).
PUBLISHER: Conference on British Studies 1968
KEYWORDS: L P Curtis Ireland Irish prejudice Victorian 19th century England social history
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham 1708-1778: A Bibliography
Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xviii + 145; blue buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, top & bottom pg edge, ht, tp verso & eps).
PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Karl W Schweizer William Pitt 18th century history Earl of Chatham
Charles James Fox 1749-1806
Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xlii + 209; blue buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, top & bottom pg edge, ht, tp verso & eps).
PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Daniel Schweizer Charles James Fox 18th 19th century history
The Antiquities of County Clare: Letters containing information relative to the Antiquities of the County Of Clare collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839; & letters and extracts relative to Ancient Territories in Thomond, 1841
Super 8vo, pp. viii + 323; yellow heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate pencil annotations throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Clasp Press 1997
KEYWORDS: John O'Donovan Eugene Curry County of Clare 19th century local history
The Iron Redskin
Super 8vo, pp. 335; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus. prelims, frontis., photos, illus,; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to ffep); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Haynes 1977
KEYWORDS: Harry V Sucher motorcycle motor bikes motorbikes motorcycles American motorsport motor sport history
Kilkenny: An Urban History, 1391-1843
Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 306; grey heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate pencil annotations throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: The Institute of Irish Studies 1989
KEYWORDS: W G Neely Kilkenny Ireland Irish history
Cruise Ships: An Evolution in Design
Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 2000
KEYWORDS: luxury travel transport maritime nautical passenger cruises cruise ships design history
Ship Style: Modernism and Modernity at Sea in the 20th Century
Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime 2010
KEYWORDS: luxury travel transport maritime nautical passenger cruises cruise ships design history 20th twentieth century