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The Story of the British People: a Reader for Pupils in Form III of the Public Schools , Revised Edition, Recommended by the Minister of Education for Use in the Public Schools of Ontario

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Toronto, Canada, Thomas Nelson Publishers: 1923

Seller ID: 3755

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Average wear to cover corners and spine ends. Binding slightly loose though hinges and sewing remain sound. Slight toning to page edges and endpages.
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Morsels of History

By: Aunt Laura

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Buffalo, NY, Breed, Butler & Co.: 1863

Seller ID: 6288

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

Tiny book is just over 2" tall. Heavily worn with weak hinges and a couple of loose pages. Former owner's signature on title page. A tiny (grain of rice size) piece of the spine cover is missing. Otherwise, the book remains complete and and readable. ; Miniature Less than 3" tall; 64 pages
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The Early Tudor Theory of Kingship

By: Baumer, Franklin Le Van

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New Haven, CT, Yale University Press: 1940

Seller ID: 5682

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Cover edges moderately worn. Scattered soiling to covers. Front and rear internal paper hinges broken though binding is still held soundly by mull. Former owner's info and a few notes on ffep. Light underlining in this review copy formerly owned by academic book reviewer, Prof. Richard Schoeck on about 20-30 pages with a few notes scattered and a typed addendum pasted in at page 142/3. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The Literary History of the Middle Ages: Comprehending an Account of the State of Learning, from the Close of the Reign of Augustus, to its Revival in the Fifteenth Century

By: Berington, Rev. Joseph

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, David Bogue: 1846

Seller ID: 2948

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Covers show light wear at edges with slightly more wear at spine ends and to raised spine bands. Spine slightly toned. Binding sound. Very clean internally. ; Period fine bound in 3/4 green leather with raised bands and gilt decoration on spine. Green buckram cloth covered boards, marbled block edge, and marbled endpapers also add to this books appeal. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 469 pages
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A Popular History of the United States from the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere...

By: Bryant, William Cullen; Gay, Sydney Howard

Price: $65.00

Publisher: New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and Company: 1878

Seller ID: 3057

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Bound in 3/4 green leather with marbled paper covered boards and marbled end pages. Covers show moderate rubbing to edges. Former owner's name stamped on title page. Otherwise clean and tight for the grade. Includes only volume 2 of 4 volume set. ; Vol. 2; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 634 pages
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Chambers's Historical Questions with Answers Embracing Ancient and Modern History

By: Chambers, W.

Price: $55.00

Publisher: London & Edinburgh, William And Robert Chambers: 1865

Seller ID: 4998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Bound in full brown leather with tooling and gilt to cover. Spine faded and spine label missing. Though worn at edges, leather remains supple. Binding sound. A small amount of writing is present on both sets of end pages. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall
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When James Gordon Bennett Was Caliph of Bagdad

By: Crockett, Albert Stevens

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls: 1926

Seller ID: 6143

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

Covers faded and worn at edges. Spine sun toned. There is a mark across the bottom of the block in black ink. In a tight binding and appears unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 414 pages
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Army Royal; Henry Viii's Invasion of France 1513

By: Cruickshank, C. G.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press/Oxford: 1969

Seller ID: 4877

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket

Former owner's info stamped on ffep, otherwise text is free from marks and tightly bound. Covers show very little wear. Jacket worn at corners and along edges with some creasing at spine head. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 223 pages
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America and the Secularization of Modern Culture. the Smith History Lecture (1960) under the Auspices of the History Department, University of Saint Thomas

By: Dawson, Christopher

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Houston, University Of Saint Thomas: 1960

Seller ID: 5483

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light soiling to paper covers. Former owner's info stamped on front cover and at the front of the text along with owner's signature. Otherwise, only light wear at edges.
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Black History: a Reappraisal

By: Drimmer, Melvin (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc.: 1968

Seller ID: 6384

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket

Light general wear with slight soiling to the bottom fore corner of the text block. Half inch closed tear from bottom edge of DJ over rear cover as well as light general wear. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 553 pages
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The Renaissance in Historical Thought. Five Centuries of Interpretation

By: Ferguson, Wallace K.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Boston, Riverside Press/ Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1948

Seller ID: 4906

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket

Covers show wear at edges with rubbed corners and curled spine ends. Title on cover spine is faded and spine is sunned. Former owner's info penned to ffep, otherwise free from marks and writing. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 429 pages
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Rome

By: Fowler, W. Warde

Price: $18.00

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt and Company: 1912

Seller ID: 6571

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Light general wear. Former owner's name penned on ffep. ; Home University Library; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 256 pages
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Conrad Gessner's Historia Animalium: an Inventory of Renaissance Zoology

By: Gessner, Conrad. Gmelig-Nijboer, C. A.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Meppel: 1977

Seller ID: 6333

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

Light wear to cover corners. Former owner's info penned on ffep, otherwise free from marks and appears unread. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 186 pages
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volumes 1 & 2

By: Gibbon, Edward

Price: $22.00

Publisher: New York, The Modern Library: N.D.

Seller ID: 2687

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Both volumes show light to moderate wear. Both volumes have sound bindings with no internal markings and slightly toned pages. ; Earlier 2 volume printing with volume 1 covering the years 180 to 476 and volume 2 covering the years 476 to 1461. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Complete in 4 Volumes)

By: Gibbon, Edward

Price: $60.00

Publisher: London, The Folio Society: 1995

Seller ID: 5586

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Cover corners and spine ends show light wear on all 4 voulumes. Slip cover bumped at corners with little other wear. Includes: Vol 1: Turn of the Tide; Vol 2: Constantine & the Roman Empire; Vol 3: Revival & Collapse of Paganism; Vol 4: End of the Western Empire. Extra postage required for this and all sets.
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Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society for the Years 1913-1914 (Volume XIII)

By: Hayden, Horace Edwin (Ed. )

Price: $25.00

Publisher: Wilkes-barre, PA, Wyoming Historical and Geological Society: 1914

Seller ID: 6586

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Corners bumped; Spine ends rubbed, with head lightly frayed; Library ownership stamp on front paste down; Spine is very slighty faded and it looks like a library sticker has been removed; Otherwise, volume remains clean and tight; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 242 pages
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The Counter-Renaissance. a Comprehensive History of the Intellectual Cross-Currents of the Renaissance and Reformation -- and Their Impact Upon the Elizabethans, with Special Reference to Shakespeare, Bacon, Donne, and Marlowe

By: Haydn, Hiram

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1950

Seller ID: 5052

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ in Poor dust jacket

Covers worn along edges. Binding slightly loose. Former owner's info and a few notes penned at end pages. Two or three other pages in text have small notes or marks. Jacket in tatters laid in. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 705 pages
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Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Proceedings of the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Summer, 1967

By: Headley, John M. (editor)

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Chapel Hill, University Of North Carolina Press: 1968

Seller ID: 5267

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

Text and jacket have been wet causing warping of the text block and jacket flaps. There is no associated staining. Former owner's stamp on ffep, the book is otherwise near fine. Jacket has a small amount of rubbing and creasing along the top edge as well as one small tear near the bottom center of the front cover. Publisher's request for review slip laid in.
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Dred Scott's Case

By: Hopkins, Vincent C.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, Fordham University Press: 1951

Seller ID: 4867

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket

Review copy with Publisher's request for review laid-in and light notes and marginalia including a few notes on the rear jacket flap. Covers show light wear with some rubbing to corners. Jacket worn with a few chips and tears. This copy belonged to academic book reviewer, Prof. Richard Schoeck, and includes is stamp and signature. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages
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Coronado and Quivira

By: Jones, Paul A.

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Lyons, Kansas, Lyons Publishing: 1937

Seller ID: 6389

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

Light rubbing at cover corners and a small stain on front cover. Light edge toning to text. Otherwise appears as new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 224 pages
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