Books - "history"
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The Killing Fields
first edition 249pp VERY GOOD+ (grey cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine and hinge area sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1984
KEYWORDS: military history hudson
British Ornithology: Being The History, With a Coloured Representation, of Every Kown [sic] Species of British Birds [3 volumes in 1]
second edition [3 vols.in 1] unpaginated ills.[b/w w.1 hand-coloured plate] GOOD- (lacks top board,burgundy cloth rear board w.leather spine,rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,plates are all present and clean w.only minor foxing to some margins,spine cracked) text block and plates are generally very tidy - with a quality rebind it could be a lovely copy
PUBLISHER: printed for the author london 1821
KEYWORDS: natural history ornithology british birds george graves
Raiderland All About Grey Galloway
first edition thus [colonial edition] 327pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.3x1cm loss to upper corner of front coverowner's stamp to ffep w.blind stamp to title page,content edges mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1904
KEYWORDS: history geography galloway scotland crockett
South with Scott
reprint 284pp [3 maps w.b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD+ (orange cloth w.black stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1928
KEYWORDS: history travel biography scott evans antarctic exploration
Military Memoirs 1672-1713
with a preface by Sir Walter Scott
hardcover, all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down
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KEYWORDS: literature specials a w lawrence walter scott george carleton history military autobigraphy memoirs
The Life and Adventures of Audubon the Naturalist With an Appreciation by John Burroughs
hardcover with d/w, all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down
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KEYWORDS: robert buchanan john burroughs audubon natural history science biography
The Eden Memoirs [2 volumes] Full Circle / Facing the Dictators
first editions 2 VOLS, imperial octavo blue cloth boards, 619/659pp VG (sl.bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light soiling to boards, sl foxing and soiling to page edges) in VG- dustwrappers (light soiling and scuffing to covers, light creasing and small tears to edges, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1960/1962
KEYWORDS: history biography anthony eden politics
Gordon Anecdotes
[first edition] 159pp [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD (green cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: religious tract society london [nd]
KEYWORDS: charles gordon biography history macaulay
Leslie Mitchell: Lewis Grassic Gibbon
first edition 224pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: oliver & boyd edinburgh 1966
KEYWORDS: biography history leslie mitchell ian munro
Windsor and Habsburg The British and Austrian reigning houses 1848-1922
first edition 172pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (black cloth,owner's bookplate to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: alan sutton gloucester 1987
KEYWORDS: history royalty windsor habsburg van der kiste
The Merchants The Big Business Families of Arabia
first edition 371pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,owner's bookplate to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1984
KEYWORDS: merchants business history arabia michael field
My Beaver Colony
paperback, all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.
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KEYWORDS: natural history specials lars wilsson
Disraeli
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KEYWORDS: literature specials history biography disraeli andre maurois
Our Language
paperback, all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.
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KEYWORDS: literature specials history sociology simeon potter
Prehistoric India
paperback, all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.
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KEYWORDS: history india specials stuart piggott
The Birth of a Story
first edition 122pp VERY GOOD+ (grey cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1972
KEYWORDS: literature history william sansom biography
Northern Sixty Years in Public Transport
first edition 69pp [photocopied] ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: northern group enthusiasts club [np,nd]
KEYWORDS: transport history redpath dudley
Borstal Boy
first edition 343pp [b/w frontis.] VG- (mauve cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london 1958
KEYWORDS: biography history brendan behan borstal literature
Chicago
first edition 148pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (lilac paper boards w.purple cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: pantheon new york 1986
KEYWORDS: chicago history studs terkel geography
The City of Aberdeen
first edition 599pp [folding map at rear] FINE in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: oliver and boyd edinburgh 1953
KEYWORDS: scotland aberdeen geography history mackenzie