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$114.75
1m37/43

THE DAYS OF JOHN COMPANY


selections from the calcutta gazette 1824-1832

GUPTA, SHRI ANIL CHANDRA DAS (ED);

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc) 758pp + 8pp index very good (bruising to extremities, especially top corners which have sl wear; small part of wrapper flaps glued to front pastedowns) in very good d/w (sl discolouration, sl chips/tears/creases to extremities)

PUBLISHER: government printer clacutta 1959

KEYWORDS: india calcutta gazette british empire imperialism history military john company

$8.50
1c20/24

THE EVOLUTION OF NORTH AMERICA


KING, PHILIP B:

ex libris (usual cancellation markings) 189pp folding illus, very good (sl bruising to corners) in very good d/w (sl fading to edges and sl tears at extremities)

PUBLISHER: princeton university press 1959

KEYWORDS: geology north america history

$8.50
1c22/14

PROCEEDINGS OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE WILLIAMSBURG AWARD TO SIR WINSTON S CHURCHILL


at drapers' hall, london december 7, 1955

TRUSTEES OF COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc) 49pp illus very good (sl bruising to corners and spine, fading to front board and spine)

PUBLISHER: colonial williamsburg virginia 1957

KEYWORDS: winston churchill awards williamsburg history biography

$8.50
1c23/7

WEATHER LORE


INWARDS, RICHARD:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc) illus 251pp very good (sl bruising to spine and corners) in very good d/w (sl rubbing/creasing/tears to extremities with 2 tear to head of spine)

PUBLISHER: rider & co london 1950

KEYWORDS: weather meterology folklore history

$13.94
1f44/4

The Famous Case of Myra Clark Gaines


HARMON, NOLAN B. JR:

First edition, ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc. 481pp, illust. in VG+ cond. (light shelf wear to extremities) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbing, corners rounded, upper front edge has 1 open tear, sl.sunned spine with sl.wear to extrem)

PUBLISHER: Louisiana State University Press, 1946

KEYWORDS: america history justice, bio Gaines,

$13.94
1f44/10

The Life of Thomas Cooper


With an introduction by John Saville

COOPER, THOMAS & Saville, John (introduction by):

Reprint ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps etc. 400pp in NEAR EXC (gum marking to ep's at edges) in NEAR EXC d/w (with plastic)

PUBLISHER: Leicester University Press New York 1971

KEYWORDS: autobiography cooper chartism politics england victorian history

$16.73
1f44/19

American Women


The Standard biographical dictionary of notable women Volume III 1939-40

HOWES, DURWARD (editor):

First Edition ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc. 1083pp in FAIR cond. (spine separating at hinges but binding still sound) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: American Publications Inc. California 1939

KEYWORDS: america history women dictionary biography

$11.15
1f35/10

Always Morning


The Life of Richard Henry Orion Horne

PEARL, CYRIL;

First Edition 276pp ex-library w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc.in VG+ cond. (sl.bruised corners and a few small bumps to edges of boards) in VG d/w (sl.sunned spine with minor wear to head & foot, corners rounded, faint stain to rear cover, sl.wear to edges)

PUBLISHER: F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne 1960

KEYWORDS: Australia history biography orion

$16.73
1f35/7

Canadian Singers & Their Songs


a collection of portraits, autograph poems & brief biographies

CASWELL, EDWARD S;

first ed. 268pp ex-library w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc. in VG cond.(tape residue to paste-downs and ep's and edges of boards, upper corners sl.bruised, faint foxing & browning to ep's) in GOOD+ d/w (spine sunned, flaps trimmed, w.plastic)

PUBLISHER: Maclelland & Stewart,Toronto 1925

KEYWORDS: Biography history, songs poetry music Cananda

$16.73
1f36/3

Beyond the River and the Bay


Some Observations on the State of the Canadian Northwest in 1811, with a View to providing the Intending Settler with an Intimate Knowledge of that Country

ROSS, ERIC;

first edition 190pp ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc., illus. with 5 maps in rear pocket, in EXC cond. (sl gum marking to ep's and boards at edges, rear flap removed and attached to verso ffep) in VG+ d/w (with plastic, rear flap removed)

PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1970

KEYWORDS: Geography history Canada transportation trading

$12.50
1f36/1

VIET-NAM


PAINE, LAURAN;

First edition 192pp ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc., illus. in EXC cond. (sl.gum merking to ep's and boards at edges) in VG+ d/w (with plastic, v.sl.sunned spine)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale, London 1965

KEYWORDS: Vietnam America war politics history south-east asia

$11.15
1f36/10

Yonder One World


A study of Asia and the West

MORAES, FRANK;

First edition 209pp ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc., erratum tipped in to title, in VG cond. (cloth covered boards sl.rubbed at extremities, sl.sunning to lower rear edge, corners v.sl.scuffed) in GOOD+ d/w (rubbing and creasing to edges and corners, spine head and foot sl.chipped, upper front corner has 2 tear)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Co. New York 1958

KEYWORDS: Asia history, West politics

$16.73
1f36/16

A Short History of the British West Indies


WISEMAN, H.V;

furst edition 159pp ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc., illus. in EXC cond. (v sl sunning to spine extrem.) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine with minor creasing to head)

PUBLISHER: University of London Press London 1950

KEYWORDS: History, Britian West Indies, politics, culture

$36.25
man1f36/23

The Black Hills and Their Incredible Characters


A chronicle and a guide

CASEY, ROBERT J;

first edition 383pp ex libris w. only light library marking, illust. with booklet in rear pocket, in VG+ cond. (upper corners bruised, faint rubbing to rear board) in GOOD+ d/w (spine sunned with sl.chipped head. corners lightly chipped, small chip from lower rear edge, lower front corner has 2 tear, numerous small tears to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bobbs-Merrill Co. USA 1949

KEYWORDS: Black Hills american west history pioneering

$13.94
1f38/16

A Pioneer Family


The Birbecks in Illinois 1818-1827

SCOTT THOMSON, GLADYS;

First edition ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc. 128pp with Frontis. in VG+ cond.(sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (flaps trimmed at corners, sl.rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape London 1953

KEYWORDS: Pioneer, America correspondence history

$13.94
1f37/16

To Print the News and Raise Hell


A biography of Wilbur F. Storey

WALSH, JUSTIN, E;

first edition 303pp ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps,pockets etc., illust. in EXC cond. (sl gum marking to ep's & boards at edges, upper corners v.sl.bruised) in VG+ d/w (with plastic)

PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press 1968

KEYWORDS: biography Storey printing journalism history

$16.73
1f37/4

The Caribbean Commission


Background of Cooperation in the West Indies

POOLE, BERNARD L;

first edition 303pp ex libris w.usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc., with frontis., in VG cond.(bumped spine head, corners bruised) in VG- d/w (rubbing, wear and creasing to edges, corners sl.chipped, spine sl.sunned with wear to head & foot)

PUBLISHER: University of South Carolina Press 1951

KEYWORDS: caribbean west indies colonial history

$8.36
1f38/11

Karl Marx


Great Lives

SPRIGGE, C.J.S;

reprint. ex libris w.(usual cancellation stamps, pockets etc. 144pp.,frontis. in EXC cond. with VG d/w (sl.wear and creasing to upper front edge)

PUBLISHER: Duckworth, London 1949

KEYWORDS: Biography Karl Marx communism politics history

$13.94
1e8/27

THE MAN CHARLES DICKENS


a victorian portrait

WAGENKNECHT, EDWARD

ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 269pp, near excell (head and tail spine sl bumped), d/w v gd+ (head spine sl chipped, tail spine and fr extrem's sl scuffed, sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: university of oklahoma press norman 1966

KEYWORDS: dickens biography england history literature

$13.94
1e8/28

MAO


what they really said series

DEVILLERS, PHILIPPE

ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 317pp, near excell (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl rounded, sl gum stains to fr and rear bd's and ep's), d/w v gd+ (in plastic, sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: macdonald london 1967

KEYWORDS: mao china politics history biography

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