Books - "history"
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African Hunting and Adventure From Natal to the Zambesi
third edition x+428pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG (brown cloth w.gilt lion head stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some sections roughly opened along fore-edge,few sections at rear unopened at top edge)
PUBLISHER: richard bentley london 1894
KEYWORDS: natural history travel africa zambesi geography william charles baldwin
Towards Khartoum
The Story of the Soudan War of 1896
first edition xxiv+357pp+2pp catalogue ills.[b/w w.maps] VG (grey cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,minor crease to head of rear board,owner's stamp to prelims.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,some occasional foxing to contents,tight)
PUBLISHER: a.d.innes london 1897
KEYWORDS: travel geography history khartoum soudan military hilliard atteridge
In Darkest Africa or the Quest,Rescue,and Retreat of Emin Governor or Equatoria
first edition thus [colonial edition] xii+635pp ills.[b/w w.3 fold-out maps] VG- (red cloth w.black/fawn dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.,1cm loss to head of spine,owner's stamp to prelims.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,some sl.foxing to verso of maps w.one map repaired at hinge,another map has a 5cm tear but all are complete,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: sampson low,marston,searle and rivington london 1890
KEYWORDS: history travel geography africa stanley emin pasha
In Savage Isles and Settled Lands
Malaysia,Australasia,and Polynesia 1888-1891
first edition x+438pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at front] VG (terracotta cloth w.gilt boat stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,occasional foxing to contents,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: richard bentley london 1892
KEYWORDS: travel geography history baden-powell scouts malaysia polynesia australasia
Among the Moors Sketches of Oriental Life
first edition xxii+281pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth w.gilt stamp to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to prelims.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,teg)
PUBLISHER: sampson low,marston london 1894
KEYWORDS: history travel geography moors montbard
First Footsteps in East Africa or, An Exploration of Harar
2 vols.
first edition thus [the memorial edition] 2 vols.xxxiv+209/276pp ills.[b/w diagrams w.col.frontis.and another col.plate to each vol.] VG+ (brown cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top boards,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,plates clean,vol.1 lacks the third plate which was never inserted according to Penzer,te red, unobtrusive library markings - a tidy set)
PUBLISHER: tylston and edwards london 1894
KEYWORDS: travel geography richard burton east africa history exploration
The Campaign of the Cataracts
second edition 389pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear - one piece missing] G+ (green cloth w.dk.blue dec.stamp to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,last folding section of map missing,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston searle rivington london 1887
KEYWORDS: travel geography history nile butler cataracts
Ruskin on Pictures
vol.ii
first edition vol.ii only 375pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: george allen london 1902
KEYWORDS: arts john ruskin literature history
Black Elephant Hunter
first edition 208pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal stain)
PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1960
KEYWORDS: natural history elephant kevin duffy
Dress and Insignia of the British Army in Australia and New Zealand 1770-1870
first edition 124pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (minor foxing to page edges, prev owner's stamp to fepr) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: library of australian history sydney 1981
KEYWORDS: military history arts insignia army ronald montague
Yarrow: It's Poets and Poetry
first edition 239pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,prelims.andcontent edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: thomas fraser dalbeattie 1890
KEYWORDS: literature history borland poetry yarrow
Birds of Sri Lanka
first edition signed by author 133pp ills.[col.photos by author] NF (fawn cloth w.tan half-leather,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's dated sign.to half-title 15/5/85) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: trumpet publishers colombo 1984
KEYWORDS: natural history sri lanka de zylva birds ornithology signed
Memoirs of an Artist Naturalist
first edition 96pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.col.plate to front cover,sunned spine,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gurney and jackson london 1946
KEYWORDS: natural history george lodge arts biography
Lines of the Alphabet in the Sixteenth Century
first edition limited [600 copies] 79pp ills.[b/w/terracotta] NF (grey paper boards w.burgundy cloth spine,minor bumps to extrems.,errata slip tipped-in to half-title gutter) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: stellar press & bodley head london 1965
KEYWORDS: typography arts alphabet literature history
Plant Icons of New Zealand
first edition 104pp ills.[col.] NF in VG+ d/w (sl. scuffing)
PUBLISHER: david bateman auckland 2005
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography natural history plants glyn church pat greenfield
Britain and the Bleiburg Tragedy
first edition 76pp ills.[col.] quarto hardcover VG+ in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: leon auckland 1998
KEYWORDS: arts literature history suzanne brooks-pincevic
Why France Collapsed
first edition proof copy 382pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and stained,sunned,owner's inscr.to prelim.,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1968
KEYWORDS: history literature proof copies guy chapman
Sgrepan Pererin
first edition 132pp [text in welsh] ills.[b/w] NF (pink cloth,minor shelf wear) in G+ d/w (mod.rubed and soiled,price sticker to front cover,2x2cm loss to head of front cover/spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: llyfrfa'r m.c. caernarfon 1971
KEYWORDS: lewis jones biography history literature wales welsh
Bardia to Enfidaville
first edition 416pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG- (rubbing and sl surface loss to spine, imperial octavo red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,minor soiling to content edges) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1962
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history stevens bardia enfidaville
A Little Book of Dogs
[first edition] 92pp ills.[b/w + 8 tipped-in col.plates] VG (grey illustr.paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed edges v.sl.foxed,plates clean and bright,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: foulis london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature dogs natural history scotland john brown carton moorepark