Category: History

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A Circumstantial Narrative of The Campaign in Russia, Embellished with Plans of the Battles of Moscow and Malo-Jaroslavitz. Interspersed with Faithful Descriptions of the Affecting and Interesting Scenes, of Which the Author was an Eye-Witness

Price: £45.00

Publisher: The Strand, London, Samuel Leigh : 1815

Seller ID: 016441

Condition: Good

Second edition, considerably improved. Two engraved folding maps in good condition, octavo, pp viii, 412, very light foxing, the hinge after the title page cracking but without any weakness, very sound internally, full calf with gilt lines, the spine nicely decorated in gilt, a little wear to the joints near the spine head, a little wear and scuffing, but a good sound copy, WITHOUT the map at the frontispiece. [The French invasion of Russia.]
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Coronation Guide to London for Visitors

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Kaye & Ward Ltd : 1971

Seller ID: 009616

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Limited edition of 650 copies. Small illustrations within the text + period advertisements, 16mo, (measures 138mm x 108mm), pp (4), 63 (+ 17), paperback with cloth spine, slightly worn. {Originally published in 1901 for visitors to London for the Coronation of King Edward VII, and extremely scarce. This reprint is scarcely any commoner. With presentation slip loosely inserted, signed by directors of the company. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.]
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England in the Sixteenth century; or, a History of the Reigns of the House of Tudor

Price: £50.00

Publisher: London, The Religious Tract Society : 1841

Seller ID: 007485

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

Illustrated with a few engravings throughout, 12mo, pp xii, 436, all edges gilt, very slightly worn internally, a late-Victorian signature and date on the front endpaper, in an ornate black leather binding, a little worn, corners rather rubbed, joints rubbed, spine head a little pulled, upper joint splitting a little at the top. VERY SCARCE.
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Les Songes du Chevalier de la Marmotte

Price: £30.00

Publisher: Paris, Editions d'Histoire Sociale : 1970

Seller ID: 013758

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

[Originally published 1745). Facsimile reprint, slim 12mo, pp 108, marbled endpapers, extremely clean internally, full calf with gilt decorated spine, corners very slightly bumped, otherwise a very good copy. [Number 84 of a limited edition of 250 copies.]
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Life of the Emperors and Empresses in the Forbidden City (1644 - 1911)

Price: £8.50

Publisher: Beijing, China Travel and Tourism Press

Seller ID: 009620

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Very well illustrated with superb photographs, 121 pages, quarto, paperback, covers very slightly worn. Chapters include The Grand Ceremony, Imperial Wedding, Birthday celebrations, Routine affairs, Meals, Royal Wardrobe, Bedchambers, Cultural accomplishments, Theatrical performances in the Palace, and Sacrificial rites and religious services. [The captions are in Chinese. However a translation booklet of 12 pages is inserted which gives, in English, all the captions and chapter introductions.
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The Historian's Pocket Dictionary; annexing dates to the memorable occurences from the earliest period of history to the present time.

Price: £95.00

Publisher: London, Printed for J. Murray, number 32, Fleet Street and G & T Wilkie, number 71 St Paul's Church Yard

Seller ID: 007492

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

[Not dated - c.1788 ?]. Small 12mo (binding measures 80mm x 140mm), pp viii, 352, a little age-toned throughout and slightly worn, title page a little browned and with neat contemporary initiials in the upper corner, hinge at title page a little cracked and sprung, in an interesting dull green contemporary lozenge calf, outer dentelles gilt, spine gilt decorated, a little rubbed overall, and with two cracks to the spine. VERY SCARCE. {The title continues ".relative to academies in Europe, accidents & incidents, battles and seafights, conquests, discoveries of countries, discoveries and inventi...
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The Manual of Rank and Nobility; or Key to the Peerage.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: London, Saunders & Otley : 1832

Seller ID: 000159

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Fair

Hand coloured frontispiece depicting crowns and coronets (offset onto title page), pp xx,598, uncut, rather weak internally, hinges weak, frontispiece detached, original polished cloth, rubbed, spine poor, joints breaking.
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The True State of England, Containing the Particular Duty, Business and Salary of Every Officer, Civil and Military, in All the Publick Offices of Great Britain.

Price: £65.00

Publisher: London, : 1729

Seller ID: 000122

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Poor

Small 8vo, pp (2),204, some staining, front endpaper nearly detached, hinge at title page cracked, full contemporary calf, very worn, calf on upper cover peeling from board. (Title page continues: "Complete Lists of the Lords and Gentlemen of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council; of their Majesties Households; of the Households of the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family;and of the Great Officers of the State etc. Together with an Account of the Government of the Cities of London and Westminster, with the names of the principal officers etc.") VERY SCARCE.
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Popular Fallacies - a book of common errors explained and corrected with copious references to authorities

By: Ackermann, A.S.E.

Price: £7.95

Publisher: London, Old Westminster Press : 1950

Seller ID: 018596

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Fourth edition. Large octavo, pp xvi, 843, very slightly used internally, endpapers and fore-edge lightly foxed, the hinge after the title page cracking slightly, cloth slightly worn and marked, the spine faded.
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Canada - In Flanders

By: Aitken, Sir Max

Price: £12.00

Publisher: London, Toronto & New York, Hodder & Stoughton : 1916

Seller ID: 015494

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Very Good

Seventh edition. Illustrated, small thick octavo, pp xx, 243, (4), very slightly age-toned, fore-edge slightly marked, red blind-stamped cloth slightly marked and worn , the spine a little faded, still a good sound copy. ("The official story of the Canadian Expeditionary Force").
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The Hundred of Hoo [Richard Fitter's copy]

By: Arnold, Ralph

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London, Constable : 1947

Seller ID: 019567

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated, octavo, pp x,164, very clean internally, blue cloth veru slightly faded at margins, a blotch on the spine, in a slightly worn and browned dustwrapper, lacking pieces of the spine, but now preserved in a removable clear film. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter with his signature on the front endpaper.]
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Novum Organum, or True Suggestions for the Interpretation of Nature

By: Bacon, Francis [Francis Lord Verulam]

Price: £10.00

Publisher: London & New York, George Routledge & Sons : 1897

Seller ID: 018261

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Small octavo, not illustrated, pp 245, + publisher's catalogue 8 pages, fore-edge a little foxed and also pages 6/7. otherwise clean internally, green cloth, the spine head slightly bruised, otherwise very good. {Sir John Lubbock's Hundred Books}. [Francis Bacon, 1561 - 1626, also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. His works are seen as contributing to the scientific method and remained influential through the later stages of the scientific revolution. Bacon's seminal work Novum Organum was influen...
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Peter the Great of Russia at Zaandam and Amsterdam (1697 - 1698)

By: Balbian Verster, J.F.L. De

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands Historical Shipping Museum : 1924

Seller ID: 004647

Binding: Cloth-backed boards

Condition: Fair

Quarto, pp 14, with two plates and a vignette portrait title page, original cloth backed boards, rather rubbed and marked. Hinge at title page cracked. Signed by author in pencil on the front endpaper. very scarce. [Presented to the Congress of Americanists on their trip through the port of Amsterdam, to Zandaam and its environs, at the invitation of the Royal Dutch Geographical Society, Friday 15th August, 1924.]
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Balochistan in Turmoil : Pakistan at Crossroads

By: Bansal, Alok

Price: £15.00

Publisher: New Delhi, Manas Publications : 2010

Seller ID: 018353

ISBN: 97870493075

Binding: Boards

Condition: Good

Octavo, pp 296, a slight mark to one page otherwise very clean internally, pictorial boards slightly worn and marked, in a slightly rubbed dustwrapper, SCARCE.
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Prehistoric Farming in Europe

By: Barker, Graeme

Price: £12.50

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : 1985

Seller ID: 011018

ISBN-13: 9780521269698

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xviii, 327, extremely clean and sound internally, paperback, the slightest signs of use to the covers, but really a very good copy, almost as new.
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Sketches of The Royal Society and Royal Society Club

By: Barrow, Sir John

Price: £200.00

Publisher: London, John Murray : 1849

Seller ID: 017998

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Octavo, pp viii, 212 [+ 16 page publisher's catalogue dated October 1848), slightly used and marked internally, corners slightly bruised throughout, a couple of pages opened slightly carelessly, a folding facsimile manuscript plate, a contemporary signature on the front endpaper, original cloth slightly worn and marked, corners bruised, the spine a little worn and lacking tiny pieces at head and tail. A duplicate from the Royal Society of London itself, with their stamp on the title page.
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The Travels of Anacharsis the Younger, in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth Century Before the Christian Era. Abridged from the original work of the Abbe Barthelemy

By: Barthelemy, Abbe

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, Vernor, Hood & Sharpe (et al) : 1810

Seller ID: 019459

Binding: Boards

Condition: Poor

Fourth edition, octavo, a folding engraced map rather browned and creased, with a tear but no loss, pp viii, 468, (8), + publisher's catalogue 4 pages, wide-margined and untrimmed, rather age-toned and some foxing, lacking the spine, original boards but covered with brown paper, front cover nearly detached, lacking the rear endpaper.
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The Town of Maiden Castle

By: Benfield, Eric

Price: £3.00

Publisher: London, Robert Hale Ltd : 1947

Seller ID: 014157

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated, octavo, pp 70, fore-edge slightly bruised, the upper corner of two pages and one plate creased, a neat inscription on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, red cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but just a little worn and slightly age-toned.
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The Horses of Antiquity, Middle Ages and Renaissance, from the earliest monuments down to the XVIth century

By: Berjeau, Ph. Charles

Price: £250.00

Publisher: London, Dulau & Co : 1864

Seller ID: 019589

Binding: Soft Cloth

Condition: Good

Quarto, pp 20 + 60 plates (of which one is coloured), clean internally, original printed soft cloth, bruised wrinkled and marked, the spine fraying and lacking a portion at the base, with a small hand-written totle label. The Hartland Library copy, with labels and manuscript notes attached to the front endpapers, and stamp on the verso ot the title page. RARE, and equally rare to be found in any better condition than this. [The Library was formed by Edwin Sydney Hartland, and was a diverse, but major, collection of herbals, archaeology and anthropology. It was donated to Gloucestershire Count...
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Travellers in Arabia

By: Bidwell, Robin

Price: £4.50

Publisher: London, Hamlyn : 1976

Seller ID: 014322

ISBN-13: 9780600329008

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

Illustrated, large octavo, pp 224, a neat inscription on the half-title, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth, binding leaning slightly, a good copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper.
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