Books - "history"
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WITH PACK AND RIFLE IN THE FAR SOUTH-WEST
ADVENTURES IN NEW MEXICO ARIZONA AND CENTRAL AMERICA
first edition bound in green cloth with illustrated front board & spine gilt lettering to spine & front cover & gilt edges 389pp ix illus GOOD+(corners bruised & scuffed,boards rubbed with illus partially obscured,sl stain to front board,pen marks to rear board,spine sl chipped head & foot,edges rubbed,binding loose at hinges,sl foxing throughout,cocked,shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: t nelson & sons london 1886
KEYWORDS: history america west
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION SHOWING THE OPERATIONS EXPENDITURES AND CONDITION OF THE INSTITUTION TO JULY 1885
PART II
very thick 8vO bound in black cloth with very obscure gilt lettering to spine 939pp with illus & all foldout maps present one torn GOOD+(boards rubbed and mildew stained, corners/edges bruised & scuffed,spine head & foot scuffed, spine creased,sl internal seperation at front, front ep attached to front pastedown,v sl foxing to fep's) text generally clean and free of foxing
PUBLISHER: government printing office washington 1886
KEYWORDS: history america smithsonian institution 1885
THE BANDIT BELLE
THE STORY OF THE NOTORIOUS BELLA STARR
first edition bound in red paper with illustrated front board 144pp illus VG+(v sl bumped spine head & foot,v sl surface damage to lower rear board,v sl foxing to page edges and ep's)
PUBLISHER: superior publishing co seattle 1970
KEYWORDS: history america bella starr henry starr judge parker george maledon cherokee bill
HENRY IRVING'S IMPRESSIONS OF AMERICA
2 volumes UK first edition ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) bound in light blue cloth with gilt embossed logo's on front boards,gilt lettering to spine & black embossed pattern to upper & lower boards,black embossed stamp to rear board vol I 297pp xii vol 2 272pp viii advertisements at rear fo which one page removed vol 2 VG-(minor bruised upper front corners,sl bruised remainder corners all with sl scuffing,v sl worn/bruised board edges,vol 2 sl tear to spine,sl worn/bumped spine head & foot,v sl sunned spines,sl rubbed,v sl foxing to ep's/fore edges/spines & board edges)
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston searle rivington london 1884
KEYWORDS: history america irving
KIT CARSON
A PORTRAIT IN COURAGE
first edition bound in brick red cloth with black label & gilt lattering to spine320pp illus VG+(v sl bumped spine head & foot,sl foxing to page edges & ep's)d/w VG+(v sl wear at extremities,v sl rubbed, sl foxing)
PUBLISHER: university of oklahoma press norman 1962
KEYWORDS: history america western biography kit carson
THE TEXAS RANGERS
A CENTURY OF FRONTIER DEFENSE
second edition bound in brown cloth with red labeland gilt lettering to spine 583pp illus VG+(v sl bruised corners,sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG+(v sl wear at extremities,sl foxing,v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: university of texas press austin 1965
KEYWORDS: history america texas rangers
OUTLAWS OF THE OLD WEST
THE STARTLING STORY OF THE WEST'S MOST NOTORIOUS BADMEN
bound in dark cream cloth with red lettering to spine and red embossed gun on front board,224pp illus NEAR FINE(v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG(sl tears to spine head,v sl wear to upper edgesv sl sunned spine,v sl rubbed,sl foxing to spine)
PUBLISHER: john long london 1959
KEYWORDS: history america west jesse james younger brothers billy the kid sam bass daltons
THERE MUST BE A LONE RANGER
THE MYTH AND REALITY OF THE AMERICAN WILD WEST
first edition bound in red cloth with silver lettering to spine 241pp illus VG+(v sl bruised corners,v sl bumped spine head & foot,v sl stain to upper page edge) d/w VG(sl foxing to spine & rear cover,sl wear/tears at extremities,v sl stain to front cover,sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1974
KEYWORDS: history american western cowboys indians myths
THE SECRET BATTALION
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 188pp illus VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,v sl bruised front corners) d/w VG+(in plastic)
PUBLISHER: frederick muller ltd london 1965
KEYWORDS: history war france lelong abbe truffy glieres morel clair
ON HEROES AND UHURU-WORSHIP
ESSAYS ON INDEPENDENT AFRICA
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 264pp VG+(v sl gum stains to boards) d/w VG+(in plastic)
PUBLISHER: longmans green & co london 1967
KEYWORDS: history africa politics mau mau kenya nkrumahislam tanzania egypt
CROSS CURRENTS IN EUROPE TODAY
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 277pp VG+(v sl bruised corners,v sl bumped spine head & foot,library label attached to front board,v sl sunned spine,v sl rubbed,v sl wear board edges)
PUBLISHER: george g harrop & co london 1922
KEYWORDS: history politics europe
A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES TO 1941
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 320pp illus VG( v sl cocked,sl bruised/scuffed corners,v sl bumped/worn spine head & foot,v sl sunned spine, v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: william heinemann london 1953
KEYWORDS: history america
TO WHAT END
REPORT FROM VIETNAM
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 209pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards0 d/w VG+(in plastic,v sl sunned, v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: houghton mifflin co boston 1968
KEYWORDS: history vietnam war saigon ruff-puffs ky
AFRICA IN ECLIPSE
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 352pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic,sl sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: victor gollancz london 1971
KEYWORDS: history africa
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE
ITS ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS THEIR RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 180pp VG+(v sl rubbed, v sl bumped spine foot,v sl browned ep's)
PUBLISHER: yale university press london 1925
KEYWORDS: history europe politics dawes
WAR WITHOUT HONOUR
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 154pp illus VG(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,minor bruised lower corners,v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG+(in plastic)
PUBLISHER: the jacaranda press 1966
KEYWORDS: history war vietnam
MEDINA
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 87pp VG+(library rebacked with stiffened boards and new ep's,v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: harcourt brace jovanovich new york 1972
KEYWORDS: history war u.s. army medina vietnam
THE MEANING OF HUMAN HISTORY
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 304pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,sl bruised corners,v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG(in plastic,sl tears to spine repaired with sticky tape,v sl wear at extremities, sl rubbed, sl foxed)
PUBLISHER: the open court publishing co la salle 1947
KEYWORDS: history lectures paul carus human philosophy metaphysics biology
BACKGROUND OF WAR
by the editors of Fortune
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 296pp VG-(v sl bruised/scuffed corners,v sl bruised board edges,sl sunned, sl rubbed,v sl stained boards,v sl internal seperation at front board,v sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: alfred a knopf new york 1937
KEYWORDS: history britain spain fuhrer france russia
THE EDWARDIAN AGE
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 224pp illus VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,v sl bruised corners,v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG+(in plastic,v sl sunned, v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1964
KEYWORDS: history britain edwardian