Books - "history"
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Ireland in the Last Fifty Years [1866-1916]
first edition 108pp VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to head of front cover,sl.wear and splits to hinges,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1917
KEYWORDS: ireland history ernest barker
Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift (Irish Tracts 1720 to 1734)
first edition 278pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and content edges l.foxed)
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1887
KEYWORDS: bowles daly ireland history politics
Bygone Lincolnshire
first edition 247pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.green leather spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep and title,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: brown hull 1891
KEYWORDS: history geography lincolnshire william andrews
Folk Lore and Genealogies of Uppermost Nithsdale
first edition 267pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth rebacked,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to bevelled edges,new eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: mann dumfries 1904
KEYWORDS: folk lore mythology history nithsdale william wilson genealogy
Memoirs of Mrs Letitia Pilkington 1712-1750
reprint 487pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1928
KEYWORDS: biography history letitia pilkington
The Life of Philip Skelton
first edition thus 255pp VG+ (marbled paper boards w.burgundy cloth spine,paper title label to spine w.spare tipped-in at rear of contents,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1914
KEYWORDS: biography history philip skelton samuel burdy
Manitoba Milestones
first edition signed by author 249pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.external tape repairs to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: dent london 1928
KEYWORDS: manitoba history geography canada margaret mcwilliams signed
Royal Valley The Story of the Aberdeenshire Dee
first edition signed by author 392pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.and folding maps] VG+ (blue cloth w.silver armorial crest stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: reid aberdeen 1968
KEYWORDS: history aberdeenshire fenton wyness geography
Oxford Books A Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to the University and City of Oxford or Printed or Published There [3 vols.]
first edition 3 vols.365/712/621pp ills.[7 b/w plates to rear of vol.1] VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep all vols.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lack d/ws
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1895/1912/1931
KEYWORDS: bibliography history falconer madan oxford books literature reference
The Population of Ireland 1750-1845
first edition 293pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiling to edges,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.w.external tape reinforcing to corners and head/foot of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1950
KEYWORDS: ireland history geography population connell
Early West Indian Government
first edition numbered/limited [429/1000] 275pp NF (red cloth,v.sl.sunned,dealer's label to front pastedown) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.external tape reinforcing to edges)
PUBLISHER: spurdle palmerston north [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography west indian government politics spurdle
Old Southwark and its People
first edition [inscribed by author?] 333pp [b/w folding map and plan] G+ (burgundy cloth,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to bevelled extrems.,publisher's plate to front pastedown has handwritten inscr. - to my *** Richards with my warm love and respect September 1883,author/owner's label to front pastedown,prelims.to vi detached but all present,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: drewett southwark 1878
KEYWORDS: southwark london history geography william rendle
Index to the 1850 Census of The State of California
first edition 605pp NF (black cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: genealogical publishing baltimore 1972
KEYWORDS: history geography census california alan bowman
The Irish Race in California, and on the Pacific Coast
first edition 548pp VG- (burgundy cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,bumps and mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: roman san francisco 1878
KEYWORDS: ireland history california quigley geography
Thoughts Upon Sport
first edition 446pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep and verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents) this is the true first edition - this from the author's preface Be it of what merit it may, the book should have been published more than two years ago by those to whom I had first entrusted it; however they have been got rid of, and the well-known firm of Simpkin, Marshall, and Co.are now my publishers - August, 1895 - I suspect that title pages may have been prepared by the dismissed publisher and were subsequently used by Simpkin for later editions despite them perhaps showing an earlier date
PUBLISHER: simpkin marshall hamilton kent london 1895
KEYWORDS: sport history harry sargent literature
The Cavan & Leitrim Railway
first edition 192pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] NF (tan cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and osiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: david & charles newton abbot 1966
KEYWORDS: ireland history transport railway cavan leitrim patrick flanagan
Irish Public Opinion 1750-1800
first edition 306pp VG+ (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1944
KEYWORDS: ireland history public opinion mcdowell
Reminiscences and Reflections from Some Sixty Years of Life in Ireland
ex-lib.first edition 325pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,few lib.stamps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1930
KEYWORDS: ireland history kingsmill moore
Code Napoleon
nouvelle edition [les editions stereotypes] 489pp [text in French] G+ (rebind in full leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,marbled eps,dealer's label and remains of sticker to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: [stereotype d'herhan] de l'imprimerie des freres mame paris 1807
KEYWORDS: history napoleon biography stereotype d'herhan
Historic Fife
first edition inscribed by author's wife 192pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to ffep,author's wife's [Dora Knight] inscr.to title page [author died before the book was published] ) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and hinge area sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: melven press perth 1982
KEYWORDS: scotland fife history geography duncan fraser dora knight signed