Books - "history"
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My Confidences
an autobiographical sketch addressed to my descendants
second edition 440pp ills.[2x b/w] VG- (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: smith,elder london 1896
KEYWORDS: literature biography history frederick locker-lampson
Drawings
first edition limited/numbered/signed by artist [308/500] 188pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (dec.paper boards w.beige quarter cloth,gilt-on-blue title label to spine,sl.soiled,v.sl.wear to extrems.incl.spine,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed o/w contents and plates are clean,signed numbered colophon to half-title verso,signed print loosely inserted) lacks d/w and slipcase
PUBLISHER: collins london [1950]
KEYWORDS: arts history william russell flint biography
Historic North Queensferry and peninsula
first edition 96pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out col.map at rear] quarto softcover VG+ (light soiling and creasing to covers)
PUBLISHER: tuckwell press phantassie 2000
KEYWORDS: history scotland travel geography queensferry dennison coleman
Historic Forfar
first edition 102pp ills.[b/w w.col.fold-out map] F in wrappers
PUBLISHER: historic scotland phantassie 2000
KEYWORDS: history geography scotland forfar dennison coleman
The Story of St.Patrick's Purgatory
ex-lib.[first edition] 78pp VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,libr.marks and stamps to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: herder st.louis 1917
KEYWORDS: history theology shane leslie st.patrick ireland
The Dun Emer Press,Later the Cuala Press
ex-lib.first edition 131pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (libr.rebind w.original ill.paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.libr.mark to spine,libr.stamps to half-title,copyright,rfep only,contents clean)
PUBLISHER: dolmen press dublin 1973
KEYWORDS: history literature bibliography dun emer cuala dolmen liam miller
Niebuhr's Lectures on Roman History
3 vols.
3 vols.581/408/480pp VG- (burgundy cloth w.tan quarter cloth,gilt stamps to spines w.gilt-on-blue title labels,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,bindings detaching from fep gutters w.tape repairs,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,contents o/w clean)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1875
KEYWORDS: roman history antiquity niebuhr chepmell isler
Scottish Fantasy Literature
a critical survey
first edition 263pp ills.[b/w] NF (black cloth,sl.surface scuff to lower half of title page) in NF d/w (dealer's label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: canongate edinburgh 1994
KEYWORDS: literature history scotland colin manlove
The Myth of the Hero
first edition 208pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: rider london 1979
KEYWORDS: history sociology hero bill butler
Prostitution
first edition thus 251pp VG (light bruising to board corners and spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in VG d/w (moderate scuffing and chipping to edges, light soilingand rubbing to covers, , price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee london 1968
KEYWORDS: history prostitution sociology william acton
Recovering the Ancient Magic
first edition inscribed by the author 288pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.blind ruled borders,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,author's warm inscr.to ffep - to mel ward - my friend by proxy through shack and george,max freedom long laguna beach 1936,inscr.to ffep verso - best wishes mel - from shack dec.1936,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: rider london 1936
KEYWORDS: literature history signed max freedom long magic occult
Wrecks & Reefs: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Ex library, first edition 264pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG in VG d/w
PUBLISHER: robert brown coorparoo [1994]
KEYWORDS: natural history shipwrecks nautical neil whiting papua new guinea
The Natural History of Plants
2 vols.
2 vols.rebound 777/983pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (simple rebind in green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,titling to spines barely visible,eps sl.foxed,content edges v.sl.soiled,contents clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: blackie london 1894/1895
KEYWORDS: natural history oliver
Books Are My Business
first edition inscribed by author 131pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep and to card loosely inserted) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: educational explorers reading 1966
KEYWORDS: new zealand publishing biography history signed reed
Mackenzie of Canada
first edition 332pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep which is second half of map,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/worn) in G d/w (rough,in 2 pieces w.front cover missing)
PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1927
KEYWORDS: history biography geography canada alexander mackenzie wade
Training of Taste in the Arts and Crafts
first edition 152pp ills.[b/w and tipped-in col.] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges v.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: isaac pitman london 1933
KEYWORDS: arts crafts littlejohns history
Bandello's Fiction
first edition 147pp VG+ (tan cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: basil blackwell oxford 1955
KEYWORDS: literature history bandello gwynfor griffith
Sinai and Palestine
second edition 548pp+ads.[fold-out maps] VG- (brown embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1856
KEYWORDS: geography history sinai palestine stanley
The Book of Garden Management
half leather 760pp ills.[b/w] VG (marbled paper boards w.green half leather,gilt band w.gilt-on-red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.some paper surface losses to boards,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.sl.soiled w.owner's bookplate [dated 1915] to ffep verso,speckled edges)
PUBLISHER: beeton london [nd]
KEYWORDS: natural history gardening beeton horticulture
Russia
half leather 532pp VG (marbled paper boards w.black half leather,gilt bands and stamps to spine,rubbed and soiled w.some surface losses to boards,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.sl.foxed,speckled edges)
PUBLISHER: longman,brown,green london 1855
KEYWORDS: russia history literature marquis de custine