Books - "history"
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Historical Essays
reissue 572pp VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,2cm split to upper hinge,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed content edges mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: manchester university press manchester 1907
KEYWORDS: history tout tait
Muldoon The Solid Man of Sport
first edition 364pp ills.[b/w] VG- (tan cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,80% split to upper hinge and across spine creating a flap,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) this copy is from the collection of the late former New Zealand Prime Minister R.D.Muldoon
PUBLISHER: stokes new york 1929
KEYWORDS: history sport wrestling biography muldoon
Illusive Contemporary Illustration and its Context
fourth printing 288pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (beige cloth,owner's stamp to title page)
PUBLISHER: die gestalten berlin 2007
KEYWORDS: arts history illustration illusive klanten hellige
Genealogical Memoirs of the Family of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. Of Abbotsford with a reprint of his Memorials of the Haliburtons
first edition lxxii+78pp VG- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to bevelled edges,2x owner's inscr.to prelims.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: paterson london 1877
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy walter scott charles rogers haliburton abbotsford
With Essex in Ireland
new edition in one volume 300pp+catalogue [dated 1909] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned psine,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: methuen london [1909]
KEYWORDS: history essex ireland emily lawless
Forres: Its Schools and Schoolmasters
first edition 117pp VG (purple cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.uneven sunning,owner's inscr.and complimentary slip to front pastedown,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: published at the opening of the new academy buildings [np] 1926
KEYWORDS: history forres james ritchie
Palmerston The Early Years 1784-1841
first edition 749pp ills.[b/w] NF (black cloth,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: allen lane london 1982
KEYWORDS: history biography palmerston kenneth bourne
The Land Question and the Irish Economy 1870-1903
first edition 247pp NF (terracotta cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: harvard university press cambridge 1971
KEYWORDS: history ireland economy land barbara solow
Over The World Travels, Adventures and Achievements
first edition 848pp ills.[b/w w.some maps] VG+ (green cloth w.burgundy/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to frontis.verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) attractive binding
PUBLISHER: bradley garretson philadelphia 1883
KEYWORDS: history travel henry howe geography
The Whole Works / Fifteen Sermons Preached at The Rolls Chapel
new edition in one volume 280pp+280pp VG- (marbled paper boards w.half leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.spine title label missing,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed,marbled edges)
PUBLISHER: thomas tegg london 1836
KEYWORDS: history theology joseph butler literature
The Spottiswoode Miscellany: A Collection of Original Papers and Tracts, Illustrative Chiefly of the Civil and Ecclesiastical History of Scotland [2 vols.]
first edition thus 2 vols.526/528pp ills.[b/w] G+ (brown embossed cloth w.gilt crest to top board both vols.,rubbed and stained,unevenly sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,contents sl.foxed/soiled,spines cracked w.separation starting at several sections)
PUBLISHER: spottiswoode society edinburgh 1844/1845
KEYWORDS: history spottiswoode scotland theology james maidment
The Irishman in Canada
facsimile reprint 692pp NF (green cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: irish university press shannon [1969]
KEYWORDS: history ireland canada davin geography
The Irish in New Orleans 1800-1860
first edition 194pp NF (beige paper boards,owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.soiling to ffep) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: louisiana state university press baton rouge 1965
KEYWORDS: history ireland new orleans niehaus
Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76
first edition 824pp ills.[b/w and duotone w.2x col.folding maps] VG (full leather w.elaborate blind/gilt stamps to boards and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,full length split to upper hinge of spine creating a flap but still present,2x owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents and plates,aeg,all plates and maps present,sl.shaky spine) heavy item
PUBLISHER: m'gready thomson niven glasgow 1877
KEYWORDS: history travel arctic expeditions smith
English Interiors 1790-1848 The Quest for Comfort
first edition 144pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (orange cloth,edges sl.sunned,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: barrie & jenkins london 1978
KEYWORDS: history interiors decorating arts cornforth
Architecture of the Old South Louisiana
first edition 203pp ills.[b/w] NF (ochre cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.) heavy item
PUBLISHER: beehive press abbeville press new york 1990
KEYWORDS: history architecture south usa louisiana mills lane
The Midland Septs and The Pale
first edition 311pp VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sealy bryers walker dublin 1908
KEYWORDS: history geography midland septs hitchcock
War by the Irish
first edition 211pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey paper boards w.yellow cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: kerryman tralee 1946
KEYWORDS: history ireland politics mccann military
Yankees and Creoles
first edition 168pp VG+ (grey cloth,top edge sl.sunned,maps to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,tape repair to upper edge rear cover)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1956
KEYWORDS: history geography yankees creole pares
Ireland: A Book of Light on the Irish Problem
first edition 211pp VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.crease to top board,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1886
KEYWORDS: history ireland geography andrew reid