Books - "history"
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A NATION BETRAYED
The Story of Communism in China
ex lib, minimal markings, 179pp, VG+( vsl edgewear, v sl rubbed soiled & sunned boards) d/w VG(sl wear tears & v sl chipped extrems, sl rubbed & soiled with v sl sunning)
PUBLISHER: Exposition Press New York 1954
KEYWORDS: history communism china
UNITED NATIONS AGREEMENTS
ex lib, minimal markings, 376pp, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl sunned spine, sl rubbed & soiled boards)
PUBLISHER: American Council on Public Affairs Washington 1944
KEYWORDS: history politics united nations agreements
THE EVOLUTION OF PRUSSIA
The Making of an Empire
Ex lib, minimal markings, revised edition, blue boards, 499pp, G+ (internal separation at joints and several locations in contents, sl sunned soiled & rubbed, sl edge wear)
PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1946
KEYWORDS: marriott robertson history brandenburg prussia frederick the great french revolution jena tilsit cngress of vienna zollverein frankfort parliament bismarck schleswig holstein unification war with france
THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES 871-1216
Ex lib, minimal markings, 239pp, VG- (mod edge wear and rubbed boards, v sl splits to spine, contents very good)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson Educational, London, 1966
KEYWORDS: derek baker history early middle ages
GERMANY PROVERBS
and Proverbial Phrases with Their English Counterparts
ex lib, minimal markings, 116pp, FINE in d/w VG(v sl wear to exttrems with sl tear to top front, sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press California 1955
KEYWORDS: history germany proverbs
THE LITERATURE AND MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT EGYPT
first uk ediiton, brick cloth, 304pp, NF with v sl foxingn to ep's & edges, in d/w VG(price clipped, v sl wear & tear sto extrems, v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane London 1970
KEYWORDS: history egypt literature mythology
FIELD GUIDE TO THE LITTLE PEOPLE
first edition, 296pp illus, NF with v sl foxing to ep's & edges, in d/w VG+(v sl wear to extrems, sl tear to rear spine joint, sl sunned spine, v sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: MacMillan London 1977
KEYWORDS: history europe red caps white ladies hey-hey men hobgoblins korred pamarindo
THE BROTHERS GRIMM
first edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 212pp illus, VG(sl cocked, sl gum stains to ep's & boards, sl edgewear, vs l bumped spne head & foot, sl foxing to text edges, rear ep clipped) d/w VG(sl gum stains, v sl wear & creasing to extrems, sunned, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1970
KEYWORDS: history biography brothers grimm
FOLKWAYS
A study of the sociological importance of usages manners customs mores and morals
ex lib, minimal markings, 692pp, VG(sl brusied corners, sl cocked, v sl edgewear, v sl bumped spine head & foot, ep's v sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: Ginn & Co Boston 1934
KEYWORDS: history sociology manners customs morals
RUSTIC SPEECH AND FOLKLORE
first edition, blue cloth with gilt title to spine & front, xii 341pp, VG(corners v sl brusied & scuffed, board edges sl bumped & worn, v sl bumped spine head & foot with v sl tear to head, ep's & text edges sl browned, v sl foxing to ep's & edges0
PUBLISHER: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press London 1913
KEYWORDS: history folklore rustic speech english
THE BEAUTY HISTORY ROMANCE & MYSTERY OF THE CANADIAN LAKE REGION
green cloth with illus to front, 191pp illus, VG- (sl rubbed boiard edges, v sl sunned & soiled, v sl bumped spine head & foot, sl foxing to ep's & edges, sl soiled fore edge)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton London (nd)
KEYWORDS: history canada lake region
THE REALISTS
Portrsits of eight Novelists
first edition, black cloth, 254pp. FINE in NF d/w with v sl wear to extrems & v sl sunning
PUBLISHER: MacMillan London 1978
KEYWORDS: history literature balzac dickens dostoevsky galdos henry james proust stendhal tolstoy
NEW DIRECTIONS IN LITERATURE
A critical approach to a contemporary phenomenon
first edition, in white wrappers, 176pp, VG(sl rubbed & soiled, v sl wear to extrmes, v sl foxing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Calder & Boyars London 1968
KEYWORDS: history literature
FIELD GUIDE TO THE LITTLE PEOPLE
first edition thus, in white illus wrappers, 297pp illus, VG( vsl wear to extrems, sl rubbed & soiled, v sl sunned, text yellowed)
PUBLISHER: Pan Books MacMillan London 1977
KEYWORDS: history elves goblins dwarves
THE BISHOPRICK GARLAND
Or a collection of legends songs and ballads belongong to The County of Durham
ex lib, minimal markings, unpaginated, illus music, VG+(library rebacked with stiffened boards & new ep's, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Frank Graham New castle 1969
KEYWORDS: history legends songs ballads durham county
MYTH AND THE MODERN IMAGINATION
first edition, octavo softcover, 124pp, VG ( light sunning to edges of covers and spine, sl soiling and rubbiing to covers, prev owners name in ink to fep, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press Dunedin 1967
KEYWORDS: history myth lectures
THE HISTORY OF THE DUNMOW FLITCH CEREMONY
ex lib, minimal markings, 72pp illus, VG+(sl bumped spine foot, v sl foxing to fore edge) d/w VG+(v sl wear & tears to extrems, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: The Essex County Council Chelsford 1951
KEYWORDS: history dunmow fitch ceremony
MEDIEVAL STORY
And the beginnings of the social ideals of English speaking people
ex lib, minimal markings, 236pp, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic, price clipped, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Ungar Publishing New York 1962
KEYWORDS: medieval history folklore england
STUDIES IN CHEREMIS THE SUPERNATURAL
ex lib, minimal markings, 357pp illus, VG+(library rebacked with stiffened boards & new ep's, v sl wear to extrems, sl sunned, vsl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Johnson Reprint Corp New York 1956
KEYWORDS: history cheremis supernatural religion
BURMESE PROVERBS
ex lib, minimal markings, 114pp, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1962
KEYWORDS: history burma proverbs