Books - "history"
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The Chicago Crime Book
first uk edition 521pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.w.crease to spine,dealer's label to front pastedown,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some sl.losses,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: souvenir press london 1968
KEYWORDS: mafia crime chicago history albert halper
Egeria's Travels
first edition thus 320pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor soiling,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: s.p.c.k london 1971
KEYWORDS: travel history geography egeria john wilkinson
ORAL HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES
A DIRECTORY
Ex lib, minimal markings, 120pp, VG+ (library rebacked with stiffened boards taped spine & new eps,v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed, edges trimmed, contents excellent)
PUBLISHER: The Oral History Association, New York, 1971
KEYWORDS: gary shumway oral history directory usa
ORAL HISTORY IN THE UNITED STATES
A DIRECTORY
Ex lib, minimal markings, 120pp, VG+ (library rebacked with stiffened boards taped spine & new eps, v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed, edges trimmed, contents excellent)
PUBLISHER: The Oral History Association, New York, 1971
KEYWORDS: gary shumway oral history directory usa
NOTRE PATRIE
Trentieme Edition
First edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 124pp, VG- (library rebacked with stiffened boards taped spine & new eps, v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed, edges trimmed, contents sl yellowed)
PUBLISHER: Gallimard, n.p., n.d. ca. 1945)
KEYWORDS: charles peguy notre patrie history france
THE SOVIETS
A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF COMMUNIST RUSSIA
Ex lib, minimal markings, paper wraps, 254pp, illus, VG (sl creases & wear to extrems, v sl soiled & rubbed, contents excellent)
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books, New York, 1967
KEYWORDS: robert goldston soviet history
A SOVIET VIEW OF THE AMERICAN PAST
An annotated translation of the section on American history in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
Ex lib, unissued, minimal markings, 64pp, VG (library rebacked with stiffened boards taped spine & new eps, v sl wear to extrems, edges trimmed)
PUBLISHER: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, 1960
KEYWORDS: bolshaia sovetskaia entsiklopedia american history translation yanko kersten burnette haygood
HISTORY OF JAPAN
Ex lib, early library rebind, half leather, green boards, 299pp, G+ (boards started, lacks spine, text edges sl soiled o/w contents very good, binding holding, remains of library label + stamps to front paste down & prelims, v sl foxed prelims, suitable rebind)
PUBLISHER: F. V. White & Co., London, 1885
KEYWORDS: percy thorpe history japan
AMERICAN BEGINNINGS
Highlights and sidelights of the birth of the New World
Ex lib, first edition, minimal markings, map endpapers, 260pp, VG (v sl edge wear) d/w VG- (v sl creases chips wear & tears to extrems, v sl sunned & rubbed, spine mod sunned)
PUBLISHER: Public Affairs Press, Washington D.C., 1952
KEYWORDS: jarvis m morse history new world america
THE STORY OF LINCOLN
An introduction to the history of the city
Ex lib, republished, unissued, minimal markings, 233pp, illus & maps, NF (tight and bright) in NF d/w in plastic (v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: S. R. Publishers, East Ardsley, 1971
KEYWORDS: abell chambers lincoln england history
ASIA EMERGES
ex lib, mininmal markings, 168pp, illus, VG(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, lower corners sl bruised with v sl creasing, v sl bumped spine foot) d/w VG(in plastic, sl rubbed & soiled, v sl chipped to top rear corner, v sl creasing)
PUBLISHER: Southern Cross International Sydney 1968
KEYWORDS: history asia gandhi mao sukarno
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
From Colony to World Power
ex lib, minimal markings, 208pp illus, VG-(sl cocked, corners bruised & creased, sl edgewear, v sl bumped spine head & foot, sl rubbed, vsl foxing to top edge, sl soiled fore edge)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co London 1943
KEYWORDS: history politics america
POSTSCRIPT TO YESTERDAY
America: The Last Fifty Years
ex lib, minimal markings, 475pp, VG(sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, v sl bumped spine head & foot, sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Random House New York 1947
KEYWORDS: history america
THE RELUCTANT BELLIGERENT
American Entry into World War II
ex lib, minimal markings, 172pp, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic, rear flap trimmed, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons New York 1965
KEYWORDS: history america foreign policy WWII
CENTURY OF CONFLICT
the Struggle Between the French and British in Colonial America
ex lib, minimal markings, 530pp, map, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bumped spine foot)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Canada Ltd Toronto 1956
KEYWORDS: history colonial america france england
PROLOGUE TO MODERNITY
ex lib, minimal markings, 288pp maps, VG+(sunned spine & sl sunned text edges, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons New York 1974
KEYWORDS: history modern europe
THE STRUCTURE OF MORAL CODE
A Philosophical Analysis of Ethical Discourse Applied to the Ethics of the Navaho Indians
ex lib, minimal markings, 474pp, VG+(v sl bruised & scuffed corners, v sl edgewear, v sl rubbed & soiled, sl internal seperation at front hinge)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press Cambridge 1957
KEYWORDS: history navaho indians
HAITI
THE BALCK REPUBLIC
ex lib, minimal markings, 168pp illus, VG-(sl bruised corners with v sl scuffing, sl rubbed & soiled, v sl sunned, internal seperation at front hinge, sl shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: The Devin-Adair Company New York 1954
KEYWORDS: history haiti
SHALL WE LIVE OR DIE
ex lib, minimal markings, 114pp, NF with v sl edgewear, in d/w VG+(v sl wear & tears to extrems, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: St Butolph Publishing Co Ltd London 1946
KEYWORDS: history
INTERCEPTED POST
letters written at the time of Prince Charles Edward's descent upon the Lowlands of Scotland his stay in Edinburgh and his march to carlisle August-December 1745
ex lib, minimal markings, 152pp, VG+(v sl bruised corners, sl paste action to ep's) d/w VG(sl wear & ters to extrems, sl sunned spine, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head London 1956
KEYWORDS: history scotland lowlands prince charles edward