Books - "history"
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Great Central [3 vols.]
first editions 3 vols.298/422/437pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.to each vol.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep all vols.,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/ws (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.tape repairs to edges,price-clipped all vols.)
PUBLISHER: locomotive publishing london 1959/1962/1965
KEYWORDS: history transport george dow railway great central
Coal Mining Geology
first edition 266pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1967
KEYWORDS: history geology coal mining iain williamson
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester A Biography
first edition 491pp [b/w frontis.] VG (burgundy cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,t.e.g.)
PUBLISHER: archibald constable london 1907
KEYWORDS: history biography vickers humphrey duke gloucester
Strafford [2 vols.]
ex-lib.first edition 2 vols.348/373pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,wrinkles to top board of vol.1.,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels throughout,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1931
KEYWORDS: history biography strafford burghclere genealogy
Traditional Domestic Architecture of the Banbury Region
first edition 309pp+plates [b/w] NF (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,spine sl.browned,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: manchester university press manchester 1963
KEYWORDS: history architecture arts banbury wood-jones
A History of the House of Percy [2 vols.]
ex-lib.first edition 2 vols.393/495pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.gilt stamp to top boards,mod.rubbed and stained,spines mod.sunned,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,t.e.g.)
PUBLISHER: freemantle london 1902
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy percygerald brenan lindsay
The Cavendish Family
first edition 326pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.crest stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.sunned,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,t.e.g.)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1911
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy cavendish francis bickley
The Loyal Wentworths
first edition 267pp ills.[b/w w.folding charts at rear] VG- (black cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked w.some pp loosening,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1928
KEYWORDS: history biography wentworths allan fea
A History of Enfield in the County of Middlesex, including its Royal and Ancient Manors, the Chase, and the Duchy of Lancaster - also an Account of the Church and the Charities, and a History of the New River
first edition [printed for subscribers only] 336pp+xlvii ills.[b/w] VG (modern rebind in marbled paper boards w.burgundy half leather,v.sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's heraldic bookplate to marbled front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,t.e.g.)
PUBLISHER: enfield press [printed by meyers] 1873
KEYWORDS: history enfield middlesex lancaster hodson edward ford geography
Memoirs of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart.
reprint 614pp [b/w frontis.] G+ (brown cloth,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,owner's inscr.to ffep and verso and half-title,prelims.and content edges foxed)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1855
KEYWORDS: history biography thomas fowell buxton
A History of Peeblesshire [3 vols.]
first edition 3 vols.498/555/723pp ills.[b/w w.several folding maps/charts] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spines sunned,dealer's label to front pastedowns,owner's inscr.to ffep all vols.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) tidy set
PUBLISHER: jackson wylie glasgow 1925/1927
KEYWORDS: history geography peeblesshire scotland james buchan
Some Account of the Territory or Dominion of Farney, in the Province and Earldom of Ulster
first edition viii+212pp VG (modern rebind in red cloth w.black cloth spine,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,new eps,binder's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,owner's sign.to blank prelim.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: william pickering london 1845
KEYWORDS: history geography ireland ulster farney evelyn philip shirley
The Story of an Irish Sept - The Origin and History of the MacNamaras
first edition thus [signed handwritten note from publisher pasted to ffep verso] 339pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,note pasted to ffep verso) in F d/w - scarce reissue of 1896 text
PUBLISHER: martin breen ruan 1999
KEYWORDS: history biography genealogy ireland macnamara sept martin breen
Guide to Courts-Martial Procedure
[first edition] unpaginated [printed in red/black] VG- (in grey paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,3x1cm loss to head of title page)
PUBLISHER: gale & polden aldershot [nd]
KEYWORDS: history military courts-martial law
Seymour Vandeleur
ex-lib.first edition 288pp ills.[b/w and col.w.folding maps] VG- (blue cloth w.silver/gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1906
KEYWORDS: history biography military seymour vandeleur maxse
The Monumental Brasses of Lancashire and Cheshire
first edition [limited to 500 copies] 322pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (modern rebind in blue cloth,new eps,owner's inscr.to blank prelim.,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: william andrews hull 1893
KEYWORDS: history brasses arts lancashire cheshire james thornley geography
The Ulster Land War of 1770 (The Hearts of Steel)
first edition 168pp+publisher's catalogue [b/w frontis.] VG- (ochre cloth w.black/red stamps to top board,rubbed and mod.stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: sealy bryers walker dublin 1910
KEYWORDS: history ireland ulster military geography francis joseph bigger
The Micks the story of the Irish Guards
first edition 207pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep verso) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1970
KEYWORDS: history military ireland irish guards peter verney
The Parish of Fairview
ex-lib.first edition 122pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,libr.stamps to prelims.,owner's inscr.to ffep)
PUBLISHER: dundalgan press dundalk 1953
KEYWORDS: history ireland fairview geography john kingston
More Poems from the Irish
first edition signed by author 64pp VG+ (grey paper boards w.grey cloth spine,v.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,author's sign.to title,eps sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hodges figgis dublin 1945
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry ireland history signed earl longford