Books - "history"
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OLD AND NEW JAPAN
A Romantic Story of a Romantic People
green cloth with gilt title to spine, 144pp b&w illus 1 full col illus, VG-(v sl bruised & scuffed, boards rubbed & soiled, v sl bumpd spine head & foot, ffep missing, prev owners sign & newspaper clipping to ffep, v sl foxing to ep's & edges but text clean & bright, front pastedown & ffep v sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: circa 1927
KEYWORDS: history japan
PAPERS ON EARLY SOUTH-EAST ASIAN HISTORY
blue cloth with black title to spine & front, 197pp maps illus, VG (v sl edgewear, v sl rubbed & sl soiled, ep's sl browned)
PUBLISHER: The Journal of Southeast Asian History Singapore 1964
KEYWORDS: history south east asia
THE BOOK OF THE CHEESE
Being Traits and Stories of Ye Old Cheshire Cheese Wine Office Court, Fleet Street, London
Tenth edition, illustrated paper wraps, 92pp + 8pp ads, illus, VG+ (v sl edgewear, v sl foxed eps & edges, binding tight and contents bright)
PUBLISHER: Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, London, 1929
KEYWORDS: cheshire cheese tavern london est 1667 history famous visitors resort literateurs haunt parrot dr johnson
THE HOUSE OF COLLINS
The Story of a Scottish Family of Publishers from 1789 to the Present Day
first ediiton, blue cloth, 303pp illus, VG+(v sl edgewear, booksellers stamp to front pastedown, v sl paste action to ep's, v sl foxing to edges) d/w VG-(v sl wear & tears to extrems with tear repaired at spine head with tape, sl sunned foxed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Collins London 1952
KEYWORDS: history scotland publishers collins candleriggs glasgow
STEVENSON IN HAWAII
ex lib, minimal markings, 182pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised corners, vsl edgewear) d/w VG-(chipped with v sl wear & tears to extrems, sl sunned & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press Honalulu 1950
KEYWORDS: travel history hawaii robert louis stevenson
LETTERS TO MACMILLAN
first edition, burgundy cloth, 384pp illus, VG+(v sl edgewear, v sl foxing to ep's & edges, prev owners sign to title page) d/w VG+(price clipped, vsl wear to extrems, sl sunned, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: MacMillan London 1967
KEYWORDS: history macmillan
THE POLYNESIAN TRIANGLE
blue & brown cloth, 143pp illus, NF with v sl foxing to edges, in d/w NF with v sl sunning
PUBLISHER: Funk & Wagnalls New York US 1968
KEYWORDS: history polynesia pacific
THE COMPLETE BOOK OF AUTOGRAPH COLLECTING
ex lib, minimal markings, 154pp illus, VG+( sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Dodd Mead & Co New York 1971
KEYWORDS: history autographs
THE CATALOGUE OF INTERNATIONAL CIGARETTE CARDS
green paper boards, 96pp illus, NF with v sl foxing to boards, in d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Webb & Bower Exeter 1982
KEYWORDS: history international cigarette cards
TILL THE BOYS COME HOME
The Picture Postcards of the First World War
first edition, black cloth, 192pp illus, NF with v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, in d/w VG+(in plstic, price clipped, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: MAcDonalds & Jones London 1977
KEYWORDS: history picture postcard WWI
JUNGLE GREEN
5th impression, green cloth, 214pp maps illus, VG+(sl edgewear, v sl sunned spine head & foot, v sl foxing to edges) d/w tatty (tears & chipped extrems, sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd London 1953
KEYWORDS: history malaya jungle arthur campbell
BITTER BIERCE
A Mystery of American Letters
reprint, ex lib, minimal markings, 291pp, FINE
PUBLISHER: Cooper Square Publihers New York 1966
KEYWORDS: history ambrose pierce biography
CARLYLE
Prophet of Today
ex lib, minimal markings, 174pp illus, VG+(v sl edgewear, v sl rubbed & soiled boards) d/w VG+(price clipped, v sl wear & tears to extrems with sl chipped spine head, sl sunned spine, v sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Routledge London 1943
KEYWORDS: history carlyle
A FLAME IN SUNLIGHT
The Life and Work of Thomas De Quincey
ex lib with library labels to ffep's and stamps spasmodically throughout, 352pp illus, G+(v sl bruised & scuffed corners, sl edgewear, cocked, sl rubbed & soiled with sl sunned spine, v sl foxing to ep's & edges, ep's browned, sl internal seperation at front hinge)
PUBLISHER: Cassell London 1936
KEYWORDS: history thomas de quincey biography
TO ILLUSTRATE THE MONUMENTS
essays on Archaeology presented to Stuart Piggott
first ediiton, brown cloth, 332pp illus, FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson London 1976
KEYWORDS: history archaeology stuart piggott
GRACE AND TRUTH
A History of Theological Hall Knox College Dunedin 1876-1975
first edition, limited signed edition #38, black cloth, with gilt to spine & emblem to front, 188pp illus, VG+(v sl rubbed, v sl cocked, v sl bumped spine foot, bookplate & prev owners sign to ffep, v sl paste action to pastedowns)
PUBLISHER: Theological Education Committee Presbyterian Church NZ Dunedin 1975
KEYWORDS: history theology knox college dunedin
A SEQUEL TO ONE OF ENGLANDS LITTLE WARS
Being an account of the real origin of the war in New Zealand its present stage and the future prospects of the colony
reprint, octavo in grey stapled wrappers, 16pp, VG+( vsl wear to extrems, prev owners sign to ffep)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago 1967
KEYWORDS: history new zealand octavius hadfield
NATIONALISM AND REALISM 1852-1879
Volume II of a History of the European Century 1814-1917
ex lib, minimal markings, 191pp, VG+(library rebacked with stiffened boards & new ep's, vsl rubbed, v sl wear to extrems, v sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: D Van Nostrand Co New Jersey 1968
KEYWORDS: history europe nationalism realism
LA REVOLUTION D'ALGER
ex lib, minimal markings, 238pp, VG+(library rebacked with stiffened boards & new ep's, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Editions France Empire Paris 1958
KEYWORDS: history france algeria revolution
POLITICS AND PERSONALITY 1760-1827
A selection of Articles from History Today with an original introductory essay by M J Barnes
ex lib, minimal markings, 140pp illus, VG+(library rebacked with stiffened boards & new ep's, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Oliver & Boyd Edinburgh 1967
KEYWORDS: history politics