Books - "history"
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New America
2 vols.
third edition 2 vols.rebound 359/369pp+ads.[b/w frontis.to each vol.] VG+ (simple black cloth rebind w.paper title label to spines,new eps,sl.soiling and foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: hurst and blackett london 1867
KEYWORDS: history geography america william hepworth dixon
The Adventures of My Life
2 vols.
ex-lib.first edition 438/428pp+ads. G+ (red cloth w.blue cloth spines,libr.label to top boards,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed/soiled,spines cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: edward arnold london 1896
KEYWORDS: history biography henri rochefort
The Heraldic Journal; Recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families
4 vols.bound as 1
first edition [4 volumes in 1] 192/192/192/192pp ills.[b/w incl.fold-outs w.1 col.plate] VG (marbled paper boards w.green half-leather,gilt/raised bands to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep and title,some soiling and foxing to contents,some stains also to contents w.some pp browned,tight)
PUBLISHER: wiggin boston 1865-1868
KEYWORDS: heraldic journal genealogy america history biography
The English Parnassus
[first edition] 352pp+ads. G (binding copy,leather spine and rear board w.top board missing,rubbed and soiled w.chipping and cracking to leather spine,rear board attached only by single binder's thread,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed,one leaf detached but present)
PUBLISHER: kearsley london 1789
KEYWORDS: literature john adams history english parnassus
Abraham Lincoln The War Years
4 vols.
ex-lib.4 vols.[vol.1 reprint;vols.2/3/4 first edition] 660/655/673/515pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.libr.marks to spines,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,some plates loose but all present,content edges v.sl.soiled,spines cracked) lack d/ws
PUBLISHER: harcourt,brace new york 1939/1940
KEYWORDS: american history abraham lincoln biography politics
Oxford University and City
ex-lib.first edition 208pp ills.[b/w] VG (turquoise cloth,libr.mark to spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,maps to eps,usual libr.stamps and labels,spine cracked) in G+ d/w (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: art and technics london 1951
KEYWORDS: oxford geography travel history woolley
Camp-Life in Fiordland,New Zealand: A Tale of the Sutherland Falls
ex-lib.first edition rebound 134pp+ads.ills.[b/w printed on pink/apricot paper] VG- (green cloth w.blind borders,libr.label and hand lettering to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,owner's inscr.to ffep,some sl.foxing to contents,lacks map,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: lyon & blair wellington 1892
KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography travel sutherland falls fiordland
Canned Foods and the Canning Industry
ex-lib.first edition 119pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine w.libr.mark,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels w.ill.mounted on front pastedown,content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: pitman london 1938
KEYWORDS: history canning industry woodcock
Rhwng Y Silffoedd
first edition 174pp [text in welsh] ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,minor shelf wear) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrms.w.some closed tears)
PUBLISHER: gwasg gee dinbych 1978
KEYWORDS: biography history wales thomas richards
Show Window Backgrounds
ex-lib.third edition 96pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and hinge area sunned,usual libr.stamps and labels,ink mark to foot edge) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: blandford press london [nd]
KEYWORDS: show window arts history
Glasgow in the Forties
revised edition numbered/limited [285/500] unpaginated ills.[b/w] VG (olive cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,browned spine,bevelled edges sl.bumped,10x8cm section cut from head of ffep,owner's label to half-title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,minor foxing to margins of some plates but generally clean,teg)
PUBLISHER: morison brothers glasgow 1899
KEYWORDS: arts glasgow geography history william simpson
Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century
seventh edition 594pp+ads.ills.[b/w w.1 col.] VG (red cloth w.gilt/black/ochre dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to half-title,aeg sl.rubbed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1886
KEYWORDS: history science inventions robert routledge
Stratiomyiidae; Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5
vol.ii nos.1-2
first edition vol.ii nos.1-2 47pp+plates [b/w] NF (in blue paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: british museum london 1939
KEYWORDS: natural history science ruwenzori lindner stratiomyiidae
Ephemeroptera; Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5
vol.iii no.5
first edition vol.iii no.5 pp107-115+1 b/w plate NF (in blue paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: british museum london 1939
KEYWORDS: natural history science ruwenzori kimmins ephemeroptera
Lymantriidae; Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5
vol.iii no.4
first edition vol.iii no.4 pp99-105+1 plate [b/w] NF (in blue paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: british museum london 1939
KEYWORDS: natural history science ruwenzori collenette lymantriidae
Siphonaptera; Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5
vol.iii no.2
first edition vol.iii no.2 pp41-49+1 b/w plate NF (in blue paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: british museum london 1939
KEYWORDS: natural history science jordan siphonaptera ruwenzori
Trichoptera; Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5
vol.iii no.1
first edition vol.iii no.1 40pp+plates [b/w] NF (in blue parer wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: british museum london 1939
KEYWORDS: natural history science ruwenzori mosely trichoptera
Ceratopogonidae; Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5
vol.i no.5
first edition vol.i no.5 pp81-107+b/w plates NF (in blue paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: british museum london 1939
KEYWORDS: natural history science ruwenzori macfie ceratopogonidae
Simuliidae/Mosquitoes; Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5
vol.i no.2-3
first edition vol.i no.2-3 pp11-27+b/w plates NF (in blue paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: british museum london 1939
KEYWORDS: natural history science gibbins edward mosquitoes simuliidae
Psychodidae; Ruwenzori Expedition 1934-5
vol.i no.4
first edition vol.i no.4 pp35-80+b/w plates NF (in blue paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: british museum london 1939
KEYWORDS: natural history science tonnoir psychodidae ruwenzori