Category: History
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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
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 3755
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. View more info
Morsels of History
By: Aunt Laura
Price: $75.00
Publisher: Buffalo, NY, Breed, Butler & Co.: 1863
Seller ID: 6288
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 View more info
Doll's Parts/the Dolls' Surprise Party
By: Aunt Laura
Price: $180.00
Publisher: Buffalo, NY, Breed, Butler & Co.: 1863
Seller ID: 6289
Condition: Very Good- with no dust jacket
Tiny book is just over 2" tall. Decorative cloth covers faded but remain readable. All cover edges worn with very light fraying at corners. Cover title is Doll Parts. Title page title is The Dolls' Surprise Party. Binding remains sound. Pencil scribbles on all endpages. Text remains unmarked with scattered spots of foxing and light toning. ; Miniature Less than 3" tall View more info
The Early Tudor Theory of Kingship
Price: $10.00
Publisher: New Haven, CT, Yale University Press: 1940
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 5682
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 View more info
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
Price: $50.00
Publisher: London, David Bogue: 1846
Edition: Later Printing
Seller ID: 2948
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 View more info
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
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 3057
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 View more info
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
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 View more info
When James Gordon Bennett Was Caliph of Bagdad
Price: $25.00
Publisher: Funk & Wagnalls: 1926
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 6143
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 View more info
Army Royal; Henry Viii's Invasion of France 1513
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Oxford, Clarendon Press/Oxford: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 4877
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 View more info
America and the Secularization of Modern Culture. the Smith History Lecture (1960) under the Auspices of the History Department, University of Saint Thomas
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Houston, University Of Saint Thomas: 1960
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 5483
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. View more info
The Renaissance in Historical Thought. Five Centuries of Interpretation
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Boston, Riverside Press/ Houghton Mifflin Co.: 1948
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 4906
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 View more info
The Last Abbot of Glastonbury and His Companions. an Historical Sketch
Price: $20.00
Publisher: London, Simpkin Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. , Ltd.: 1895
Seller ID: 5157
Condition: Good with no dust jacket
Ex Library with usual markings. Stamped "With the Publisher's Compliments" on the title page. Scattered light spots of foxing throughout the text. Sound binding. ; Ex Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall View more info
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.
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 2687
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 View more info
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
Edition: Revised with New Binding
Seller ID: 5586
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. View more info
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
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 5052
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 View more info
Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Proceedings of the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Summer, 1967
Price: $12.00
Publisher: Chapel Hill, University Of North Carolina Press: 1968
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 5267
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. View more info
Dred Scott's Case
Price: $25.00
Publisher: New York, Fordham University Press: 1951
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 4867
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 View more info
The Broadview Book of Medieval Anecdotes
By: Kay, Richard (compiled by)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Broadview Press: 1988
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 6103
Condition: Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket
Covers worn at edges. Binding sound. Text unmarked. Jacket shows light edge wear as well. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 366 pages View more info
U. S. History As Women's History: New Feminist Essays
By: Kerber, Linda K. , Alice Kessler-Harris, & Kathryn Kish Sklar (Eds)
Price: $15.00
Publisher: Chapel Hill, The University of North Carolina Press: 1995
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 6150
ISBN: 0807821853
Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
There are a couple of inked lines/marks on fore edge of text block; Volume is otherwise Fine, remaining tight, crisp, and clean. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 477 pages View more info
The Historian and Character and Other Essays ... Collected and Presented to Him by His Friends, Pupils and Colleagues on the Occasion of His Retirement As Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of Cambridge
By: Knowles, Dom David; Brooke, C. N. L. ; Constable, Giles; Pantin, W. A. (editors)
Price: $20.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1963
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Seller ID: 5569
Condition: Very Good+ in Good+ dust jacket
Light wear to cover edges. Former owner's blind stamp on title page. Free from marks or writing. Jacket remains complete but is worn and creased at all edges with several small creases and tears. View more info