Books - "history"
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A Winter's Cruise in the Mediterranean
ex-lib.first edition 299pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.remains of libr.label to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate to front pastedown,pencil numbers to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1887
KEYWORDS: travel history geography mediterranean nautical gainsford
Catholicism and Christianity
first edition 708pp VG- (blue cloth,rubbed and stained,sunned w.label to top board,tape repairs to hinges,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1928
KEYWORDS: history theology religion cecil john cadoux
The Student's Handbook of Physical Geology
first edition rebound 514pp+catalogue ills.[b/w] VG (modern rebind in red cloth w.no titling,minor wear to extrems.,new eps,owner's sign.to title,content edges sl.soiled,some pencil underlining)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1884
KEYWORDS: geology history jukes-browne
Singapore Retrospect Through Postcards: 1900-1930
first edition 136pp ills.[b/w] NF (laminated boards,minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: sin chew jit poh singapore 1982
KEYWORDS: singapore history geography postcards
A Naturalist on the Prowl or In the Jungle
second edition 257pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.gilt beetle stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,publisher's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.sl.foxed,teg,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: thacker london 1897
KEYWORDS: natural history eha science
Mis-Mated
the principles of incompatibility of temperaments in marriage and family life
first edition 213pp ills.[b/w] VG (purple cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.sunned spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: staples press london [nd]
KEYWORDS: sociology history marriage john peters
The Girlhood of Shakespeare's Heroines
new edition in full leather 456pp ills.[b/w] VG (full tree calf w.gilt borders and gilt school stamp to top board,raised/gilt bands to spine w.gilt-on-black title label,v.sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine v.sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,marbled eps and content edges,school presentation bookplate to front pastedown,eps sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to plates)
PUBLISHER: bickers london 1893
KEYWORDS: history literature shakespeare mary cowden clarke sabilla novello
Veteran and Vintage Motor Cycles
first edition inscribed by author w.Als. 208pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked,author's inscr.to half-title,related page stapled to ffep,autograph/signed letter from author stapled to half-title) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: batsford london 1961
KEYWORDS: motor cycles history transport james sheldon
100 New Zealand Paintings
reprint 215pp ills.[col.] quarto hardcover VG+ in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: godwit auckland 1997
KEYWORDS: arts new zealand history warwick brown
Poisonous Plants in Britain and their effects on Animals and Man
first edition 305pp ills.[col.] NF (in laminated boards,v.sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: hmso london 1984
KEYWORDS: natural history science marion cooper anthony johnson poisonous plants
Collecting and Breeding Butterflies & Moths
first edition 190pp [col.frontis.] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,ill.eps,prelims.v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: warne london 1951
KEYWORDS: natural history butterflies moths lepidoptery
Chemistry in its Application to Agriculture and Physiology
second edition 409pp+16pp catalogue VG- (olive embossed cloth,rubbed and stained w.uneven sunning,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,publisher's ad.tipped-in to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: taylor & walton london 1842
KEYWORDS: history science chemistry agriculture physiology justus liebig
The Journals of Major-Gen.C.G.Gordon,C.B.,at Kartoum
ex-lib.first edition 587pp [b/w frontis.portrait w.fold-out map at rear] VG (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned w.libr.mark,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed from reps,spine cracked w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul,trench london 1885
KEYWORDS: history biography general gordon kartoum egmont hake
Monthly Letters
first edition 148pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: t.werner laurie london 1929
KEYWORDS: literature history william poel
Britain's Gangland
first edition 304pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (cerise cloth,sl.rubbed w.sl.bumps to extrems.) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: allen london 1969
KEYWORDS: history norman lucas gangs crime
Infantry Brigadier
third impression 371pp ills.[b/w] octavo brown cloth boards VG- (rubbed and stained, sunned spine, bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, dealer's stamp to ffep,frontis cracked at gutter, foxing to page edges and contents, spine sl cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1951
KEYWORDS: military history biography kippenberger
Oscar Wilde Art and Morality
first edition limited [475 copies] 160pp+ads.[b/w frontis.] G+ (purple cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,frontis.detached but present,some fine pen underlining to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: jacobs london 1908
KEYWORDS: arts literature oscar wilde stuart mason history
The True and The False Pacifism
ex-lib.first edition 85pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.chipping to extrems.,minor loss to lower corner of front cover,usual libr.stamps)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1917
KEYWORDS: history politics d'alviella goblet
Josephine Napoleon's Empress
first edition 246pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography history josephine napoleon forester
Ancient India
4 vols.
ex-lib.first edition 4 vols.ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth w.black stamp to top boards,mod.rubbed and soiled w.libr.mark to spines,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,content edges sl.browned/soiled,tight)
PUBLISHER: shashikant baroda 1938-1941
KEYWORDS: india history geography antiquity tribhuvandas shah