Books - "history"
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THE AMERICAN PROFILE
A Factual Survey of American History
ex lib, minimal markings, 235pp, foldout chart, VG(in wrappers with taped spine, sl edgewear & creasing, sl rubbed & soiled, internal hinges reinforced with tapesl soiled fore edge)
PUBLISHER: Richard D Irwin Chicago 1943
KEYWORDS: history america
LEGENDES & CURIOSITES DE L'HISTOIRE
TROISIEME SERIE
First edition, limp binding, illustrated paper wraps, 394pp, illus, G+ (sl sunned ruubed & soiled, sl internal separation, binding holding)
PUBLISHER: Albin Michel, Paris, n.d.
KEYWORDS: docteur cabanes curious tales in history isabeau de baviere catherine de medicis richelieu cardinal de retz louis xv junot gambetta
LEGENDES & CURIOSITES DE L'HISTOIRE
QUATRIEME SERIE
First edition, limp binding, illustrated paper wraps, 286pp, illus, G+ (sl sunned ruubed & soiled, sl internal separation, all pages present, some pages loose)
PUBLISHER: Albin Michel, Paris, n.d.
KEYWORDS: docteur cabanes curious tales in history docteur cabanes varietes historiques et medicales
THE OYSTERS OF LOCMARIAQUER
First UK edition, green boards, 203pp, textual illus, VG (v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed, v sl paste action to eps, v sl foxed throughout) d/w VG (v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl wear to extremes, v sl internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg, London, 1965
KEYWORDS: eleanor clark oysters locmariaquer history biology celtic folklore oyster farmer la degustation
MR OSEBA'S LAST DISCOVERY
First edition, gilt decorated red boards, black lettering to spine, 228pp, illus, VG (sl bruised corners, sl edge wear, sl sunned soiled & rubbed, spine mod sunned and soiled)
PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Times Co, Wellington, 1904
KEYWORDS: history new zealand geo w bell
VANISHED CITIES
first edition, blue cloth, 344pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, booksellers stamp to front pastedown, v sl browned ep's, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG+(price clipped, sl internal foxing, sl wear to extrems with v sl tears to spine head & foot with head internally reinforced with tape, corners v sl scuffed, sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1957
KEYWORDS: history vanished cities
ALGERIA AND FRANCE
From Colonialism to Cooperation
first ediiton, ex lib with stamps to ep's & fore edge & pkt to rear, cerise cloth, 215pp, sl bruised top corners, sl gum stains to ep's, v sl foxing to text edges, prev owners sign to ffep) d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing, v sl wear to extrems, sl sunned spinev sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co London 1963
KEYWORDS: history algeria france general de gaulle
RESISTANCE AGAINST TYRANNY
ex lib, minimal markings, 168pp, VG+(sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG-(in plastic, sl gum stains to extrems, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1966
KEYWORDS: history tunisia algeria gisele halimi south africa andre ungar germany wolfgang muller poland waclaw zagorski eire ernest blythe hungary eugene heimler
PEARL HARBOUR
An eye-witness account
first edition, green cloth, 75pp illus, VG-(sunned spine, sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled boards, sl foxing to ep's, sl internal seperation at front)
PUBLISHER: John Lane London 1942
KEYWORDS: history WWII pearl harbour
TWO SUFFOLK FIENDS
first edition, burgundy cloth with gilt to spine & front & bevelled edges, 132pp, VG(v sl bruised & scuffed corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed boards with v sl surface loss, v sl sunned & soiled, v sl foxing to ep's, vsl browned text edges)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh 1895
KEYWORDS: history robert hindes groome edward fitzgerald suffolk
CONQUESTS AND DISCOVERIES OF HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
Being the Chronicles of Azurara - Portuguese Navigators and Colonizers of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
first edition, red cloth, 253pp illus, VG(v sl edgewear, sl sunned spine, sl rubbed & soiled boards, v sl bumped with v sl tears to spine head & foot, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin London 1936
KEYWORDS: history henry the navigator azurara portugal
FIRST NEW ZEALAND CHRISTMASES
Illustrations by Russell Clark
Ex library, minimal markings, new edition, pamphlet in paper wraps, 24pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling and scuffing to covers, moderate foxing to pages, library labels and stamps to cover and end pages)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington 1955
KEYWORDS: reed new zealand history samuel marsden tasman cook
WESTERN BARBARY & MARY SCHWEIDLER, THE AMBER WITCH
2 Works in one volume
first edition thus, 2 works in 1 vol, marbled boards with half leather, vi 106pp 1 page music, xi 171pp, VG-(corners v sl bruised & v sl scuffed, boards sl rubbed, sl edgewear, prev owners inscr to rear fep with remains of inscr to ffep, large chipped title page of first works, sl internal seperation at front, sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1844
KEYWORDS: history laraiche arabs barbary tangier witchcraft mary schweidler coserow
THE STUDY OF LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
An Inaugural Lecture delivered at University College, London, on 4th November, 1948
Ex lib, minimal markings, unissued, 17pp pamphlet, paper wraps, VG (v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl wear to extrems, contents excellent)
PUBLISHER: H. K. Lewis, London, 1948
KEYWORDS: r a humphreys history latin america
YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH ALL THIS
An Anatomy of the Age
ex lib, minimal markings, 288pp, VG-(sl cocked, sl bruised lower corners, sl stained spine, text edges sl browned) d/w VG-( v sl wear & tears to extrems, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz London 1939
KEYWORDS: history
THE DEEP SIX
first edition, blue cloth, 183pp, VG(v sl bruised corners, v sl cocked, v sl edgewear, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG(price clipped, v sl wear & tears to extrems, foxing internally & to flaps, v sl rubbed & soiled0
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins London 1964
KEYWORDS: nautical history captain edwards
PICTORIAL NEW ZEALAND 1895
facsimile reprint, burgundy cloth with gilt illus front, 301pp illus, super octavo, NF with v sl sunning & v sl soiled fore edge
PUBLISHER: Lothian Publishing Co Auckland 1985
KEYWORDS: history new zealand
PART I OF RUSSIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY VOLUME II OF THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA
scarce, ex lib, minimal markings, 551pp, VG+(library rebacked with stiffened boards & new taped spine, v sl wear to extrems, v sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: J W edwards Michigan 1953
KEYWORDS: history russia 19th century politics
EAST PRUSSIA
Menace to Poland and Peace
ex library, minimal markings, 112pp folding map at rear, VG (sl sunning to boards, sl foxing to page edges and eps) in d/w VG- (light scuffing and chipping to edges, moderate soiling and heavy foxing, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin London 1943
KEYWORDS: history poland east prussia
NO HAVEN FOR THE OPPRESSED
United States Policy Toward Jewish Refugees 1938-1945
ex lib, minimal markings, red cloth, 315pp, VG+(v sl wear & sunning to board edges, sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(v sl wear & tears to extrems with v sl creasing, sl gum stains to flaps, sl sunned, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press Detroit 1973
KEYWORDS: history jewish refugees america