Books - "history"
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A History of Coal, Coke, Coal Fields, Progress of Coal Mining, The Winning and Working of Collieries, &c.
first edition viii+164pp ills.[b/w engravings] G+ (full black leather,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,3x owner's inscr.to ffep verso,contents sl.foxed,stains to contents incl.plates) elephant folio plates attractive but heavily stained
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1860
KEYWORDS: history coal mining engineering science fordyce
Scottish Armorial Seals
first edition 382pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: william green edinburgh 1904
KEYWORDS: history scotland armorial seals william rae macdonald genealogy heraldry
The Tyrells of England
first edition 255pp+maps ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,dealer's label to front pastedown) in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: phillimore chichester 1982
KEYWORDS: tyrell history biography genealogy brown
Fairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland [2 vols.]
new edition 2 vols.491pp+142pp/229 plates [b/w] VG- (green cloth boards w.dk.green leather spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,owner's armorial bookplates to feps both vols.,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,verses of poetry handwritten in ink throughout the blank pages of these vols.incl.the verso of the plates,some sl.foxing to contents,plates are generally clean w.some sl.foxed) heavy set
PUBLISHER: jack edinburgh 1892
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy arthur charles fox-davies great britain fairbairn crests heraldry
Underground Life; or Mines and Miners
first UK edition 522pp ills.[b/w and col.- frontis.missing] G (rebind in burgundy cloth w.dk.green leather spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,dealer's and owner's blind stamps to prelims.,owner's inscr.to prelim.,preface page detached but present,frontis.missing but another col.plate has been tipped-in to title gutter,all col.plates present,contents sl.foxed/soiled w.some col.pencil margin annoatations,spine cracked w.sections loosening)
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1869
KEYWORDS: mines history engineering simonin bristow science
Practical Coal-Mining
first edition 348/404/449pp ills.[b/w and col.w.folding diagrams] VG- (rebind in green cloth w.dk.blue leather spines,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,contents sl.foxed,marbled edges,spines cracked but tight) heavy set
PUBLISHER: gresham london 1910
KEYWORDS: mining history science engineering boulton coal-mining
Stemmata Shirleiana; or the Annals of the Shirley Family, Lords of Nether Etindon, in the County of Warwick, and of Shirley in the County of Derby
first edition 271pp+appendix 80pp ills.[b/w] G+ (burgundy cloth,rubbed and stained,sunned w.spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.splits to hinges,owner's armorial bookplate to front pastedown w.owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.to mod.foxing of contents,spine cracked and shaky) scarce first edition
PUBLISHER: privately printed by nichols london 1841
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy shirley family stemmata shirleiana etindon heraldry
Staffordshire and Warwickshire, Past and Present [2 vols.in 4 books]
[first edition] 2 vols.in 4 books 608pp+xcvi /704pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.elaborate dec.gilt/blind stamps to top boards and blind stamps to rear boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to bevelled extrems.,sunned spines,tape repair to all ep gutters,owner's stamp to prelims.all vols.,some sl.foxing to contents,aeg) attractively bound set - heavy items
PUBLISHER: mackenzie london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography genealogy heraldry staffordshire warwickshire john alfred langford
The Lion and The Rose (The Great Howard Story) Norfolk Line 957-1646 Suffolk Line 1603-1917 [2 vols.]
[first edition] 615pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,spines sl.sunned,owner's inscr.to ffep both vols.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history genealogy biography ethel richardson lion rose suffolk norfolk howard
South Mimms / On a Bastion of London Wall,or,Excavations in Camomile Street, Bishopsgate
first edition [2 vols.bound as 1] 121pp/95pp ills.[b/w + 1 col.] VG (marbled paper boards w.half leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,marbled eps and content edges,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: nichols [printer] london 1877/1880
KEYWORDS: history geography south mimms frederick cass john price bishopsgate
Registrum Iohannis Mey
first edition 467pp NF (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hmso belfast 1972
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy iohannis mey quigley roberts
The Book of Obits and Martyrology of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity
ex-lib.first edition thus ciii+258pp+lxiii [intro.in english w.text in latin] G+ (rebind in green cloth w.dk.green half leather,sl.rubbed and soiled,new eps,owner's inscr.to ffep,usual libr.stamps throughout,contents sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: irish archaeological society dublin 1844
KEYWORDS: history theology crosthwaite holy trinity ireland
A History of Hinckley
first edition numbered/limited [220/350] 193pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth w.leather spine,sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: pickering hinckley 1930
KEYWORDS: history geography hinckley henry james francis
Records of The Lumleys of Lumley Castle
first edition xii+380pp ills.[b/w w.folding chart at rear] VG+ (terracotta cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed - printed on heavy stock) very tidy copy
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1904
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy edith milner edith benham lumley castle
Memoirs of the Fultons of Lisburn
first edition 96pp [folding charts] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to bevelled edges,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: printed for private circulation [np] 1903
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy fulton lisburn theodore hope
The Macgill - McGill Family of Maryland A Genealogical Record of over 400 years beginning 1537 ending 1948
first edition 262pp ills.[b/w w.col.crest to frontis.] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: mcgill washington [1948]
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy macgill mcgill maryland
The History and Antiquities of Doncaster and its Vicinity with Anecdotes of Eminent Men
first edition xii+398pp+xlv ills.[b/w w.folding map at front and 2x extra ills.tipped-in] VG (full calf rebacked,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.surface losses,raised bands and gilt-on-black title label to spine,marbled eps and content edges,several inscr.to prelims.,prelims.incl.folding map foxed,portrait engraving of author tipped-in to dedication page w.folding engraving of Wentworth House tipped-in to gutter of p.364,contents evenly browned o/w clean) tidy copy
PUBLISHER: sheardown [printer] doncaster [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography genealogy doncaster edward miller antiquity
An Anglo-Irish Miscellany
first edition xiv+434pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: allen figgis dublin 1964
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy anglo-irish ireland england maurice denham jephson
The Memoirs of the Archbishops of Dublin
first edition 492pp VG (rebind in green cloth,new eps,owner's inscr.to title page,contents sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: hodges and smith dublin 1838
KEYWORDS: history biography theology dublin john d'alton
The Maguires of Fermanagh
ex-lib.[first edition] 140pp [text in English/Gaelic?] VG (rebound in marbled paper boards w.blue leather spine,v.sl.rubbed,new eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,one libr.stamp to contents)
PUBLISHER: gill dublin 1917
KEYWORDS: history ireland maguires fermanagh biography genealogy