Books - "history"
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The Complete New Zealand Distinguished Conduct Medal
first edition thus 359pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] NF (red/blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (slight wear, inside protective plastic wrapper)
PUBLISHER: medals research christchurch 1983
KEYWORDS: medals military history new zealand polaschek
The Decline of Antwerp under Philip of Spain
first edition 352pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed w.sl.wear to extrems.,maps to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1924
KEYWORDS: history politics antwerp philip spain jervis wegg
Gibraltar and its Sieges
first edition 158pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.black/red dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london 1894
KEYWORDS: history geography gibraltar
Memoirs of Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Picton, G.C.B.&c. [2 vols.in 1]
ex-libr.first edition [2 vols.bound as 1] xvi+404pp/xi+446pp [b/w frontis.w.plan in text of vol.1] VG (blue textured cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine darkened,mod.wear to extrems.,libr.stamps to prelims.,content edges speckled,prelims.sl.foxed w.some v.sl.foxing to contents) a tight copy of this scarce 2 volume bound as 1 first edition
PUBLISHER: richard bentley london 1835
KEYWORDS: military history biography thomas picton robinson
A Life of Sir Woodbine Parish K.C.H., F.R.S. (1796-1882)
first edition [inscribed by author's son to his nephew] xiii+454+2pp ads.ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth w.gilt crest stamp to top board and gilt ruled borders,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,hinges split,2x newspaper obituaries for Charles Woodbine Parish pasted to front eps,inscription by Charles Woodbine Parish to ffep - Woodbine Parish from his affectionate Uncle Charles W Parish Nov.1910 - paper separation to fep gutter,some ink numbers to ffep,moderate foxing to contents incl.margins of ills.,one plate not bound where listed but it is present,some pencil annotations to text which appear to be by another Woodbine Parish perhaps the inscriber of this volume as the initials WP appear,spine cracked,teg) a slightly tired copy which would benefit from some restoration however a wonderful association copy - the author is the granddaughter of Sir Woodbine Parish and in her introduction acknowledges the assistance of her uncle Charles Woodbine Parish,the inscriber of this volume; scans available on request
PUBLISHER: smith elder london 1910
KEYWORDS: woodbine parish shuttleworth history biography politics signed
Ribbons & Medals Naval,Military,Air Force and Civil
new edition 286pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to ffep,one page of additions tipped-in) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: george philip london 1957
KEYWORDS: military history taprell dorling ribbons medals
The Dictionary of Australasian Biography
first edition 542pp+ads. VG- (blue cloth rebacked w.black leather and red leather title label,mod.rubbed and soiled,wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1892
KEYWORDS: australasian biography history mennell
Heirs to History
first edition 194pp ills.[col.] F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: standard press [printer] hong kong 1969
KEYWORDS: loranee senaratne history ceylon sri lanka
The Standard Library Cyclopaedia of Political,Constitutional,Statistical and Forensic Knowledge [4 volumes]
first edition 4 vols.456/457-881/464/465-946pp VG- (blue embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed,owner's sign.to title page each vol.,some sections unopened at top edge) tidy set of the 4 vol.first edition
PUBLISHER: bohn london 1848/1849
KEYWORDS: history literature cyclopedia cyclopaedia politics
The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.723/530pp+catalogue VG- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,splits to hinges,owner's bookplate to front pastedown of both vols.,owner's inscr.to ffep verso and inscr.to half-title both vols.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents,spines cracked)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1868
KEYWORDS: sir walter ralegh raleigh history biography edward edwards
Colonel Sir Robert Sandeman His Life and Work on our Indian Frontier
first Pakistan edition 392pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's sign.to ffep and verso,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press karachi 1979
KEYWORDS: politics history sandeman thornton biography
The House of Cromwell
new edition revised 286pp VG- (red cloth w.paper title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: elliot stock london 1897
KEYWORDS: cromwell james waylen history politics
The Life and Pontificate of Leo the Tenth [2 vols.]
fifth edition 2 vols.502/540pp [b/w frontis.to each vol.] VG- (dk.blue embossed cloth,rubbed and soiled,browned spines,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep both vols.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: bohn london 1846
KEYWORDS: history biography theology william roscoe
The Carafas of Maddaloni: Naples under Spanish Dominion
first edition thus 465pp [b/w frontis.] VG (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.soiled,sections unopened at upper edge)
PUBLISHER: bohn london 1854
KEYWORDS: history spain alfred de reumont maddaloni naples
The Handybook for Genealogists United States of America
tenth edition 880pp F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) heavy item
PUBLISHER: everton publishers draper [2002]
KEYWORDS: history genealogy america
Life of Field-Marshal Sir Neville Chamberlain
ex-lib.first edition 512pp ills.[2x b/w portraits] VG- (red cloth,rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: blackwood london 1909
KEYWORDS: military history biography neville chamberlain forrest
Boulogne A Base in France
first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w and col.] VG- (white paper boards w.col.plate to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.soiled but plates are clean)
PUBLISHER: black london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts boulogne france history geography
George Romney and his Art
first edition 332pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1894
KEYWORDS: art history biography george romney hilda gamlin
The Reign of Terror [2 vols.]
first edition 2 vols.258/247pp [b/w frontis.both vols.] VG+ (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,spines sl.darkened,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed) tidy set
PUBLISHER: leonard smithers london 1898
KEYWORDS: history literature
Very Illustrious Patients
first edition 209pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (in laminated boards,v.sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: antonio delfino rome [1987]
KEYWORDS: arts history biography medicine science sterpellone