Books - "history"
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The Digressions of V
first uk edition 521pp ills.[b/w] VG- (olive cloth,rubbed and stained,spine sl.browned,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1911
KEYWORDS: history literature biography elihu vedder
Millais
[deluxe edition?] in suede 77pp ills.[col.] NF (red suede,prelims.sl.foxed) in VG- 2 piece box (green card,rubbed and soiled,chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jack london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts biography history millais baldry
New Zealand Art
a modern perspective
first edition 222pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (pale blue cloth,sl.soiled,contents clean and bright) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.internal stain and foxing)
PUBLISHER: reed methuen auckland 1986
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts elva bett history
Animal Tracks and Hunter Signs
160pp, ills (b/w) VG (black cloth with silver paw print to top board, sl fading to spine, minor surface soils and bumps to extrems, eps browned, minor soils to foredges.)
PUBLISHER: edmund ward, london, 1959
KEYWORDS: ernest thompson seton natural history science
The History of Gestapo
405pp, ills (b/w) VG (red cloth, spine sunned and sl soiled, sl foxing to prelims, foredges and some contents.)
PUBLISHER: macdonald, london, 1966
KEYWORDS: jacques delarue gestapo military history
Genghis Khan
first edition 285pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (purple cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1936
KEYWORDS: history biography genghis khan ralph fox
The Historical, Political, and Diplomatic Writings of Niccolo Machiavelli in four volumes
Ex-library, first edition thus four-volume set, re-bound in half leather with brown cloth boards, imperial octavo, upper page edges stained brown, other page edges marbled, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xli+420pp/464pp/488pp/iv+472pp, VG- (front board of vol1 completely detached, moderately heavy scuffing to spine sides, extrems & raised bands and to board edges, usu library markings including labels to front pastedowns and gilt library stamp to front boards, some browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: james r.osgood boston 1882
KEYWORDS: literature politics history niccolo machiavelli christian detmold
Barcelona
unpaginated [text in english/spanish/german/french] ills.[b/w] VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks title page if it ever had one,plates are clean)
PUBLISHER: [np,nd]
KEYWORDS: barcelona history geography arts zerkowitz
The Life of Vice-Admiral William Bligh
revised edition 573pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG (teal cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.separation at title gutter making top board shaky,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in G+ d/w (rubbed and soiled,browned and stained spine,closed tear over half of spine,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: angus and robertson london 1951
KEYWORDS: biography history nautical william bligh george mackaness
William Withering and the Foxglove
first uk edition 178pp [printed on cream paper] ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown vinyl,v.sl.soiled,sl.foxing to prelims.and content edges)
PUBLISHER: mtp press lancaster 1986
KEYWORDS: literature biography history foxglove mann
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