Books - "history"
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WHITEHALL
Historical and architectural notes
First edition 80pp ex libris (pockets and cancellation stamps) Three quarter leather binding w. marbled boards, paste downs and endpapers, upper page edges gilt edged, very good (rubbed, sl wear to board edges, booksellers sticker at front paste down, sl foxing throughout, very sound), illust.
PUBLISHER: Seeley and Co. London 1895
KEYWORDS: Whitehall Architecture History English
AN ESSAY IN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
ex libris (usual cancellations markings, pocket etc), 160pp, B&W photo illust, near excellent (sl cocked, head and foot of spine sl bumped, s; bumped extremities), d/w very good + (sl rubbed , sl sunned, head of spine sl chipped, sl wearing to extremities
PUBLISHER: collins and harvill press london 1959
KEYWORDS: boris pasternak autobiography, russia history ww1 literature
THE QUEEN AND MR GLADSTONE
2 vol, ex libris (usual cancelation markings, pocket etc) 510pp & 457pp, very good+ (sl bruised corners,sl bumped spine head and foot, sl rubbed sl loose rear fep) d/w very good (sl rubbed, sl chipped corners, sl chipped head and foot, sl wearing to extremities, sl discoloured spine)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton ltd london 1933
KEYWORDS: history royalty politics great britain gladstone queen victoria
THE LAST GREAT EMPRESS OF CHINA
ex libris (usual cancellation markings, pocket etc) 304pp b&w illust in fep, very good + (sl rubbing, front fep's sl creased and gum stained, sl discoloured throughout) d/w very good + (in plastic, sl rubbing, rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: constable & co london 1965
KEYWORDS: history china empress tzu hsi biography royalty
Kirby Benedict- Frontier Federal Judge
First edition 268pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) excellent, illust.
PUBLISHER: Arthur H. Clark Co. California 1961
KEYWORDS: Benedict Bio American History Slavery Politics
THE ARMED FORCES OF CANADA 1867-1967
A century of achievement
Reprint 289pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) d/w w. plastic, very good (sl cocked, minor gum stains to endpapers), illust.
PUBLISHER: Directorate of History Ottawa 1968
KEYWORDS: Canada Military History WW1 WW2 Navy Army Air Force Politics
ROCHESTER
The quest for quality 1890-1925
First edition 432pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) d/w rubbed w. wear at extremities, excellent, illust.
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press Massachusetts 1956
KEYWORDS: Rochester New York America History
TALES OF FRONTIER TEXAS
First edition 315pp ex libris (pockets and stamps), d/w w. plastic, excellent
PUBLISHER: Southern Methodist University Press Dallas 1966
KEYWORDS: Texas America History
THE HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS
First edition 3 vols. v1 518pp v2 514pp v3 468pp fair (rubbed, corners bruised, 1 section loose in v.1, foxing to endpapers, sl chipped spine head to vols. 1 and 3)
PUBLISHER: Phillips, Sampson and Co. Boston 1855
KEYWORDS: Massachusetts American History
RAWHIDE TEXAS
First edition 236pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) d/w w. plastic (rear flap cut), very good (minor gum stains to endpapers), illust.
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 1965
KEYWORDS: Texas America History
ROCHESTER
The flower city 1855-1890
First edition 407pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) d/w rubbed w. minor tear to lower edge of rear cover, excellent, illust.
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press Massachusetts 1949
KEYWORDS: Rochester New York America History
MEXICO- THE LAND OF UNREST
First edition 461pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) fair (rubbing, bruised corners, spine creased, internal separation at front board and near rear, sl shaky spine), illust.
PUBLISHER: Herbert and Daniel London 1912
KEYWORDS: Mexico History Revolution Politics
COLONIAL HISPANIC AMERICA
A history
Facsimile reprint of 1937 ed. 405pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) very good (sunned spine, upper corners sl bruised, minor bump to spine head), illust.
PUBLISHER: Hafner Publishing Co. New York 1971
KEYWORDS: Hispanics American Colonel History
REPUBLICAN HISPANIC AMERICA
a history
Facsimile Reprint of 1937 ed. 463pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) very good (sunned spine and front board, minor stain to front board), illust.
PUBLISHER: Hafner Publishing Co. New York 1971
KEYWORDS: Republican Hispanic American History
TRANSATLANTIC DIALOGUE
selected american correspondence of edmund gosse
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc), 333pp, illus, cond. excellent (bottom of spine v sl bumped), d/w very good+ (in plastic, back flap partially trimmed at bottom).
PUBLISHER: university of texas press, london 1965
KEYWORDS: history, edmund gosse, victorian era, edwardian era, anglo-american literary
BLACK CRUSADER
a biography of robert franklin williams
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets), 361pp, cond. very good+ (sl gum stains to boards and ep's), d/w very good+ (in plastic, sl gum stains to extremities).
PUBLISHER: lyle stuart inc, new jersey 1972
KEYWORDS: bio, robert franklin williams, american, history, racism
Lectures on the History of France
Second edition, 2 volumes. Vol 1: 475pp plus 32pp publisher's catalogue at rear; Vol 2: 496pp, brown cloth boards with blind engraving to all boards & spines, gilt embossed lettering to spines, VG (ex library copy, sl rubbing to back boards, sl scuffing to front boards with sl surface loss, all cnrs mod bruised, (vol 2 lower front cnr sl bumped) both sl cocked, edges sl bumped, sunned spines, spine heads & feet mod bumped, mod wear to spine edges,sl browning to edges & pages)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans London 1852
KEYWORDS: French history lectures
Nature in Downland
Second edition 307pp incl 9pp index with 26 illus (B & W plates & drawings throughout text) green cloth boards with gilt embossed lettering & emblem on front & spine, VG+ (sl cocked, mod shelf wear, mod bruised cnrs, sl rubbing to boards & spine, mod wear to spine head & foot, mod browning to edges & ep's, sl foxing throughout, sl sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co. London 1900
KEYWORDS: English natural history
FRANCIS PARKMAN
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc) 414pp very good+ (sl gum stains on paste-down & ep's, sl bruising at top of spine) d/w very good+ (back flap trimmed, in plastic)
PUBLISHER: macmillan company, new york, 1962
KEYWORDS: parkman biography american history
British Enterprise Beyond The Seas
The Planting of Our Colonies
263pp incl 3pp appendix, frontispiece & 4 plates, ex-library, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, speckled edges, VG (mod foxing to 1st & last couple of pgs & tiny marks to a few pages, top edges sl discoloured, sunned spine, faded & sl rubbed boards, back board edge sl chipped, sl wear to head & foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: T. Nelson & Sons London 1867
KEYWORDS: History British Colonization britain