Books - "history"
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Essays in Rebellion
first edition 341pp VG (red cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sunned,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: james nisbet london 1913
KEYWORDS: literature history henry nevinson
Round the World in Any Number of Days
first edition 140pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.wear,content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1926
KEYWORDS: history travel geography maurice baring
In Darkest Africa
or the quest rescue and retreat of emin governor of equatoria 2 vols.
ex-lib.first edition rebound 2 VOLUMES .529/472pp ills.[b/w w.2 [of 3] fold-out maps;1 plate and 1 map missing from vol.2] VG- (rebound in black half-cloth w.green cloth boards,original leather spines laid down but with gilt libr.stamps,sl.soiling to leather,new eps,prelims.of vol.1 detached but present,contents mod.foxed,linen-backed fold-out map in vol.1 bound in at rear,tight)
PUBLISHER: sampson low,marston,searle and rivington london 1890
KEYWORDS: history travel geography emin henry stanley africa equatoria
William Blake
a critical essay
new edition 340pp [b/w frontis.] VG (black cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1906
KEYWORDS: history biography william blake algernon charles swinburne
Roba Di Roma
2 vols.
2 vols.rebound 355/369pp VG (rebound in red half leather w.marbled paper boards,raised bands and gilt stamps to spines,sl.rubbed and soiled w.some minor surface losses to boards,sl.wear to extrems.incl.spines,dealer's label to front pastedowns w.owner's bookplate to front pastedown of vol.2,marbled eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor soiling to contents)
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1863
KEYWORDS: history geography rome italy william story
Memoirs
first uk edition 500pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london [1959]
KEYWORDS: military history biography doenitz
Club Cameos
portraits of the day
355pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.black dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,title browned,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1879
KEYWORDS: biography literature history club cameos
New Cloak,Old Dagger
how britain's spies came in from the cold
first edition 338pp ills.[b/w] NF (black cloth,minor shelf wear) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1996
KEYWORDS: military history politics spies michael smith
Modern Paris
[first edition] 300pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,unevenly sunned,mod.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: t.werner laurie london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography paris robert harborough sherard
Japanalia
first edition thus [colonial edition] 193pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,maps to eps,owner's sign.to half-title,content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several mod.losses,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: gifford london 1938
KEYWORDS: japan geography history travel
Notable Voyages from Columbus to Parry
[first edition] 568pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,lacks prelims.but has title page,sl.loss to head of title but not affecting text,some minor soiling to contents,aeg,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1880
KEYWORDS: travel history nautical columbus parry william kingston
Pictures from Roman Life and Story
[first edition] 344pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.gilt/blacl/grey dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sunned,bevelled edges sl.worn,prelims.sl.soiled,aeg,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature history roman life church
Round the Globe
through greater britain
[first edition thus - isbister home library] 384pp ills.[b/w] VG- (fawn cloth w.green/white/black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and stained,bevelled edges sl.worn,gm stain to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: isbister london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history travel procter literature
Invention and Discovery
first edition 442pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.pink/blue/yellow/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,school prize bookplate to ffep,owner's bookplate to frontis.verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1896
KEYWORDS: history science literature invention discovery temple
The Life of Goethe
second impression 578pp VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine w.unevenly sunned boards,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london [nd]
KEYWORDS: goethe literature history biography george henry clewes
The Age of Uncertainty
first edition [inscribed by author to late former nz prime minister robert muldoon] 366pp ills.[b/w and col.] FINE (brown cloth,author's warm inscription to ffep - dated 1977) in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: bbc andre deustch london 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand politics history john kenneth galbraith robert muldoon signed
Escape From Germany
first edition 318pp VG (red cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped,some internal tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1956
KEYWORDS: military history biography aidan crawley
The Forest Trees of Britain
[first edition] 431pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue textured cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: society for promoting christian knowledge london 1912
KEYWORDS: natural history britain boulger
City of the Plains: A History of Hastings
first edition 464pp ills.[b/w] VG+ super octavo hardcover in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1984
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history hastings boyd
English Children's Books 1600 to 1900
third impression 256pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.shelf wear,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: batsford london 1979
KEYWORDS: literature children's books percy muir history