Books - "history"
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THEM AND US
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 254pp, b&w photo illus, v gd + (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl rounded, sl cocked, sl rubbed, sl gum stains to fr and rear bd's and ep's, rear bd loose, rear ep reinforced with tape) d/w v gd (in plastic, sl rubbed, rear flap sl trimmed)
PUBLISHER: souvenir press london 1972
KEYWORDS: bullock autobiography england politics history
THE GREAT MARIA
a portrait of maria edgeworth
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 265pp, b&w illus, v gd+ (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl bruised, sl cocked, sl rubbed, sl discol'ation to fr and rear ep's), d/w v gd+ (head and tail spine sl chipped, corners sl chipped, sl sunned spine, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: faber & faber london 1959
KEYWORDS: biography england edgeworth literature history
MAO TSE-TUNG
emporer of the blue ants
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 424pp, near excell, (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl rounded, sl rubbed), d/w v gd+ (head and tail spine v sl chipped, corners sl scuffed, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1962
KEYWORDS: biography tse-tung china politics history
THE INDOMITABLE MRS. TROLLOPE
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 219pp, b&w illus, v gd+ (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl rounded, sl sunned spine, sl cocked, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: james barrie london 1953
KEYWORDS: biography england trollope history america
BERENSON
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 287pp, b&w photo illus, v gd (headand tail spine sl bumped, corners v sl scuffed, sl cocked sl rubbed), d/w v gd (head and tail spine sl chipped, corners sl scuffed, sl rubbed, extrem's sl creased)
PUBLISHER: george allen and unwin london 1960
KEYWORDS: berenson biography art history italy
LEADERS OF THE COMMUNIST WORLD
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 632pp, b&w photo illus, v gd + (head and tail spine sl bumped, sl cocked sl rubbed, sl gum stains to fr adn rear bd's, fr ep's tape reinforced)
PUBLISHER: free press new york 1971
KEYWORDS: politics biography communism history
PLANT DOCTORING IS FUN
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 280pp, b&w photo illus, v gd + (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl rounded, sl cocked, sl rubbed), d/w v gd (head and tail spine, extrem's and corners sl chipped, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: van nostrand princeton 1957
KEYWORDS: autobiography plants america history
THE GREAT COLLECTORS
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 305pp, b&w photo illus, v gd+ (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl rounded, sl cocked, sl rubbed, sl gum stains to fr and rear bd's), d/w v gd+ (in plastic, sl rubbed, rear flap sl trimmed)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1963
KEYWORDS: art history biography europe america
FIFTY YEARS OF SPORT
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 350pp, b&w photo illus, v gd( head and tail spine bumped and sl chipped, corners sl bruised and scuffed, sl sunned sp, sl cocked, sl rubbed, sl discol'tion to fr and rear bds and fr and rear ep's, library labels at fr ep)
PUBLISHER: hurst & blackett london nd
KEYWORDS: sport history england travel
THE YOUTHFUL QUEEN VICTORIA
a discursive narrative
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 484pp, b&w photo illus, v gd+ (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl rubbed, sl rubbed, sl cocked)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1952
KEYWORDS: history royalty queen victoria biography england
EVERY MAN A PHONEIX
studies in seventeenth century autobiography
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 174pp near excell (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl bruised, sl rubbed, sl cocked), d/w v gd+ (head spine sl chipped, tail spine & extrem's sl worn, upper fr corner sl chipped, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1958
KEYWORDS: autobiography history england religion
JOURNEY TO OBSCURITY
the life of octave thanet
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), b&w photo illus, 259pp, v gd+ (head and tail spine sl bumped, v sl rubbed, sl gum stains to fr and rear ep's), d/w v gd+ (in plastic, sl sunned sp, sl rubbed, rear flap cut and reattached to fr ep)
PUBLISHER: university of nebraske press lincoln 1965
KEYWORDS: octave thanet biography america literature history
DEAR WORRIED BROWN EYES
letters and replies from woman's magazines over three centuries
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 88pp, b&w illus, v gd+ (head and tail spine sl bumped, sl gum stains to fr and rear bd's and ep's, sl cocked), d/w v gd+ (in plastic, sl sunned spine, sl rubbed, sl gum stains to extrem's)
PUBLISHER: robert maxwell london 1969
KEYWORDS: history society letters england
BRONTERRE
a political biography of bronterre o'brien, 1804-1864
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 292pp, b&w illust, near excell (head spine sl bumped, sl gum stains to fr and rear bd's and ep's), d/w v gd+ (in plastic, sl sunned spine, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1971
KEYWORDS: bronterre o'brien biography politics history society
MAO TSE-TUNG IN OPPOSITION
1927-1935
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 387pp, map at fr and rear ep's, near excell (head and tail spine sl bumped, sl gum stains to fr and rear bd's and ep's), d/w v gd+ (in plastic, rear flap sl trimmed, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: stanford university press california 1966
KEYWORDS: china politics biography mao tse-tung history
LORD MACAULEY
victorian liberal
ex libris (usual cancell m'kings, pckt etc), 387pp, v gd (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl bruised, sl rubbed sl cocked, fr and rear bd's sl worn)
PUBLISHER: university of oklahoma press norman 1938
KEYWORDS: macauley biography england politics history
RAMSEY MUIR
an autobiography and some essays
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 213pp & 1p adverts, near excell (head and tail spine sl bumped, sl rubbed), d/w near excell (sl sunned spine, extrem's v sl worn)
PUBLISHER: lund humphries london 1943
KEYWORDS: muir autobiography politics england history
WILLIAM STROUDLEY
craftsman of steam
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 263pp, b&w photo illus, v gd+ (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl rounded, gum stains to fr and rear bd's and ep's), d/w v gd (in plastic, sl rubbed sl gum stains to extrem's)
PUBLISHER: david & charles newton abbot 1968
KEYWORDS: inventions biography william stroudley trains england history
THE OUTLAW OF MEGANTIC
one man's fight against injustice: a canadian legend
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 157pp, near excell (head and tail spine sl bumped, v sl cocked, sl gum stains to fr and rear bd's and ep's), d/w v gd+ (in plastic, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: mcclelland and stewart toronto 1973
KEYWORDS: canada biography donald morrison history crime
DICKEN'S ENGLAND
the places in his life and works
ex libris (usual cancel m'kings, pckt etc), 172pp, b&w photo illus, v gd+ (head and tail spine sl bumped, corners sl rounded, sl gum stains to fr and rear bd's and ep's, sl rubbed), d/w v gd+ (in plastic, sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: j m dent london 1970
KEYWORDS: dickens history england biography literature