Books - "history"
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The Harim and The Purdah
studies of oriental women
ex-lib.first edition 309pp+3pp ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (purple cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained w.libr.label to top board,browned spine,bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,contents sl.foxed,some plates detached but all present,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1915
KEYWORDS: history orient women elizabeth cooper
Colonial Chronology
ex-lib.first edition 304pp [fold-out col.maps] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine darkened,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps throughout incl.maps,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: lawrence & bullen london 1892
KEYWORDS: robinson history geography
Karachi Through a Hundred Years
first pakistan edition 258pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,stained,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,internally stained,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press karachi 1960
KEYWORDS: history geography karachi pakistan herbert feldman
Napoleon's Police
first edition 256pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: allen london 1970
KEYWORDS: history napoleon police peter de polnay
Art into Life
first edition 230pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: centaur press london 1958
KEYWORDS: art history frank avray wilson
Portraits and Autographs: An Album for the People
first edition 160pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth wrappers,rubbed and stained,sunned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges foxed)
PUBLISHER: review of reviews london 1891
KEYWORDS: history autographs portraits arts
The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire
first edition 71pp ills.[b/w etchings and vignettes by a.brunet-debaines and h.toussaint] VG- (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,top board shaky w.paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.incl.title detached but all present,owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.foxing to contents incl.margins of plates but images are clean,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: seeley,jackson,and halliday london 1883
KEYWORDS: arts history yorkshire architecture abbeys lefroy
The Mechanical Dolls of Monte Carlo
first edition 175pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (blue cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: rizzoli new york 1985
KEYWORDS: dolls antiques history monte carlo andre soriano battaini bordeau
The Jews of Angevin England
first edition xxix+425pp+2pp ads.ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: david nutt london 1893
KEYWORDS: history jews angevin joseph jacobs theology
Remains Concerning Britain
facsimile reprint 446pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,some pencil underlining to contents) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: ep publishing wakefield 1974
KEYWORDS: history britain william camden
The Secret of the Green Thumb
first edition 431pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: harrap london 1954
KEYWORDS: gardening horticulture natural history northen
Young New Zealand
Ex Library, First Edition [xvi]+380pp [b/w frontis.w.fold-out diagrams] octavo, brown cloth boards VG (light bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, moderate soiling to boards, usual library markings, cracking to gutter at copyright page, light foxing and soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: coulls somerville wilkie dunedin 1929
KEYWORDS: new zealand history butchers
New Zealand The Land of Health,Wealth and Prosperity
first edition 85pp ills.[b/w by irving montagu] VG- (green cloth w.gilt/blind dec.stamps and bevelled edges,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,lacks prelims.but has title page,paper separation at title gutter,owner's sign.to title,contents sl.soiled,spine cracked,aeg)
PUBLISHER: [np] printed by riorden london 1889
KEYWORDS: new zealand history captain ashby
Little Ships
first edition octavo hardcover 259pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth,sl.rubbed and stained w.spine sl.browned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1944
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history ronald carter
From the Gulf to Ararat
an expedition through mesopotamia and kurdistan
second impression xv+273pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth,stained and mod.rubbed,spine sunned,wear and chipping to extrems.,map to front pastedown w.owner's sign.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and shaky,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1917
KEYWORDS: travel geography history hubbard mesopotamia kurdistan gulf ararat
Essays on Natural History Chiefly Ornithology
[first series]
new edition [first series vol.only] lxxxiii+334pp+32pp ads.[b/w frontis.] VG- (brown cloth w.blind borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: longman,green london 1861
KEYWORDS: natural history ornithology charles waterton
Essays on Natural History Chiefly Ornithology
[second series]
new edition [second series only] cxlii+204pp+32pp ads.[b/w frontis.] VG- (brown cloth w.blind borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,mod.wear and sl.chipping to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: longman,green london 1862
KEYWORDS: natural history ornithology charles waterton
Essays on Natural History
[third series]
second edition [third series only] xlvii+290pp+32pp ads.[b/w frontis.] VG (brown cloth w.blind borders,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: longman,brown london [1858] ads.at rear dated 1864
KEYWORDS: natural history science charles waterton
Animal and Human Conduct
first uk edition 339pp VG- (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,splits to both hinges,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,paper separation at half-title gutter,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1928
KEYWORDS: anthropology history william ritter
Above and Under Hatches
first edition 200pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: batchworth press london 1955
KEYWORDS: nautical history james gardner christopher lloyd