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By: Hurd, Archibald
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: London, Cassell & Company, Ltd.:
Seller ID: 003103
Condition: Very Good
Original blue cloth with ship pastedown on boards. Approximate date 1925, snce Hurd was active in that decade. This book is a group of essays about Britain and its supremacy at sea. Notes on rear endpaper. 94 pp. View more info
By: Hutton, W.H.
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Macmillan and Co. Limited: 1914
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Seller ID: 003582
Condition: Good Plus
Original dark blue cloth with heavy gilt lettering on boards. 448 pp. with index and foldout colour map. Bookplate name blacked out. Top corner tips of 3 prelims. missing, not affecting illustrations or text. We are listing "Wiltshire" from the same series separately. View more info
Price: $95.00 USD
Publisher: London, Nisbet & Co.: 1921
Edition: First Published in 1921
Seller ID: 003757
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Original purple cloth on boards. A history of the fighting troops and backup units which supported them through Ypres, Somme, and the Final Advance of WWI. Minor fading to spine. No names or marks. 319 pp. with index plus four foldout maps. View more info
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Editor: 1906
Seller ID: 002212
Condition: Good
Original green card covers. Uncirculated, with uncut edges. Cover and first prelims torn about 1 1/2 inches in at midpoint of spine, with no damage to text or maps. History of Miscou(two maps), Wetmore Family, Indian Mound, Halifax in Books, Book Plates, Glossary of Heraldic Terms, and Two Russians of Note. 161 pp. plus ads. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Editor: 1908
Seller ID: 002215
Condition: Very Good
Original tan card covers. Uncirculated, uncut edges. One tiny edge tear. Historical Geography of New Brunswick, Marie Jacquelin, Epitaphs, In and About Halifax, William Hall (V.C.), Historical Sketch of the Town of Shelburne, N.S., Scottish Family and Name of Sharp, and Rev. John Seccomb. 80 pp. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: Saint John, N.B., Editor: 1906
Seller ID: 006373
Condition: Very Good
Original brown card covers. Uncirculated, uncut edges. Front cover narrower than text block. This issue is puzzling. It begins at page 237, with listed Contents (Major Ferguson's Riflemen, Union of Maritime Provinces, To My Grandmother's Album, Memorial of Robert Pagan and Thomas Pagan, Major Thomas Hill, and Arms of Colonel Otter) ending at page 274. The latter two-thirds of the volume continues Judges of New Brunswick, begun in the Vol. V., Number 4 issue of October, 1905 (Listed separately, with page(s) missing.) View more info
Price: $50.00 USD
Publisher: Saint John, J. & A. McMillan: 1908
Seller ID: 008226
Condition: Good
Original black 3/4 leather on leather boards. Front board cracked but held by cords. Private college stamps. This volume contains all the quarterly issues for the year 1908. Some articles are: Early Journalism in New Brunswick, Early Reminiscences of Halifax, Historical Geography of New Brunswick, Louisburg, Revolutionary War and Pioneers of N.B. 344 pp. View more info
Price: $50.00 USD
Publisher: Saint John, N.B., J. & A. McMillan: 1905
Seller ID: 008224
Condition: Good
Original black 3/4 leather on black leather boards. Tear at foot of spine. Private school library stamp. This volume contains the full year of issues of the quarterly magazine for the year 1905. Front board is broken at joint, but still lightly attached by cords. Some articles are: Champlain Memorial, William Cobbett, Dutch Conquest of Acadia, Epitaphs of St. Andrews Burial Ground, The Judges of New Brunswick and Their Times, Saint Croix Tercentenary, and Theatrical Interlude a Hundred Years Ago. 324 pp. View more info
Price: $50.00 USD
Publisher: Saint John, N.B., J. & A. McMillan: 1906
Seller ID: 008225
Condition: Good Plus
Original black 3/4 leather on black leather boards. Front joint cracked but holding well. Private college library stamp. This volume contains all quarterly issues for the year 1906. Some articles are: Arms of Colonel Otter, Epitaphs in the Presbyrerian Graveyard of St. Andrews, Judges of N.B. and Their Times, Wetmore Family of N.B., The Indian Mound (A poem). 274 pp. View more info
By: Jones, M. (Ed.)
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: London, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.:
Seller ID: 009863
Condition: Fair
Green cloth on boards. Both hinges broken and glued. Two gatherings, pp. 65-94, glued back in. The editor has chosen two stories of adventure from earlier times, selected the important parts, and removed the dross. De Joinville was active in the 13th Century, and Froissart in the 14th. The editor is believed to be Dr. M.C. E. Jones, who wrote The Black Prince in 1871 and was himself a renowned English historian. Intended for young readers. 159 pp. View more info
By: Joyce, P.W.
Price: $155.00 USD
Publisher: London, Longmans, Green: 1893
Seller ID: 001719
Condition: Good
Original green cloth decorated in black on boards. Gilt spine lettering intact. Minor hinge strain demotes it to good, but intact and sound. Minor edge stain lower right corner.General edge and corner wear. In four parts: Manners, Customs, and Institutions of the Ancient Irish; Ireland under Native Rulers; The Period of the Invasion; and The Period of Insurrection, Confiscation, and Plantation. 565 pp.with index plus catalog. Believed first edition. View more info
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.: 1940
Edition: First Published 1940
Seller ID: 003856
Condition: Good Plus
Library rebind in red patterned cloth on boards. Card pocket and library stamps. Minimal underlining. Motives and restraints on aggression, Causes and motives of German aggression, Effort to establish collective security, Undermining of collective security, German success in aggression, Proximate cause of the war, Postcript, Index. 554 pp. with index. View more info
By: Kingsley, Rev. Prof. Charles
Price: $40.00 USD
Publisher: Viewfield, Dunfermline, Scotland, Northern World: 1958
Edition: Second Impression
Seller ID: 004920
Condition: Very Good
Original (revision) in light green cloth on boards. Inscribed and signed by Roger Pearson. Lectures offered in the spirit of Kingsley's disclaimer, "I am not here to teach you history. I am here to teach you how you can teach yourself history." The Dying Empire, The Human Deluge, The Gothic Civiliser, The Nemesis of the Goths, The Laws of the Lombards, The Strategy of Providence, and Index. Previous owner's name. No other writing or damage. 65 pp. View more info
Price: $20.00 USD
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1957
Seller ID: 011692
Condition: Very Good
Grey cloth on boards. No writing or damage. Kissinger's doctoral thesis. For a better understanding than I can offer, go to Robert D. Kaplan's two-part review, "Kissinger, Metternich, and Realism" in The Atlantic, June 1999. 354 pp. View more info
By: Knight, Charles
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co.:
Seller ID: 008330
Condition: Good Plus to Very Good
Original decorated green cloth on boards. One of a series of four titles. Prize note dated 1914. 648 pp. including Index. View more info
By: Lanctot, Gustave
Price: $15.00 USD
Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd.: 1967
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 007959
Condition: Very Good
Original bright red-orange cloth on boards. DJ abraded at joint. No writing or damage. 321 pp. View more info
By: Lang, Andrew
Price: $125.00 USD
Publisher: Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons Ltd.:
Seller ID: 013068
Condition: Very Good Minus
Best-known for fairy tales, Andrew Lang also wrote history in a literary style with a keen attention to detail. Various editions have been "married" to make this complete navy cloth set. All have gilt lettering and decoration on the spine, and Volume 4 also has gilt decoration on the cover. Volume 1 is the 5th Edition of 1929 (509 pp.). Volume 2 is the 3rd Edition of 1924 (575 pp.). Volume 3 is the 2nd Edition of 1909 (424 pp.). Volume 4 is dated 1907 with no edition stated - could be a first (621 pp.). Volumes 1-3 are Very Good, with slight rubbing to the tops and bottoms of th... View more info
Price: $400.00 USD
Publisher: Lahore, Syed Mohammad Minhaj-Ud-Din: 1957
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 002410
Condition: Very Good
Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on boards. Minor cover soil, interior clean and unmarked. The publisher is the grandson of the author, whose first edition was issued in 1892. Map on front endpapers. Latif has also written histories of the Panjab, Multan, and Agra, from which there are cross-references. A slight odour is believed to emanate from the ink used. 426 pp. with indices. View more info
By: Laut, Agnes C.
Price: $18.00 USD
Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook, & Company: 1921
Seller ID: 010023
Condition: Good
Maroon cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Part VI, Pioneers of the North and West, concluded. Descent of the Fraser River. 139 pp. View more info
By: Laverdiere, C.H.
Price: $25.00 USD
Publisher: Quebec, A. Cote Et Cie: 1874
Edition: History.
Seller ID: 011414
Condition: Good Plus
Yellow paper boards backed in green cloth. Previous owner's name. Text in French. 230 pp. plus Programme. View more info