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The Causes of the War

By: Keith, Arthur Berriedale

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.: 1940

Seller ID: 003856

Binding: Hard Cover

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.
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The Teuton and the Roman ; Shortened and Abridged By Roger Pearson (Signed By Editor)

By: Kingsley, Rev. Prof. Charles

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: Viewfield, Dunfermline, Scotland, Northern World: 1958

Seller ID: 004920

Binding: Hard Cover

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.
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A World Restored; Metternich, Castlereagh and the Problems of Peace 1812-22

By: Kissinger, Henry A.

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1957

Seller ID: 011692

Binding: Hard Cover

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.
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One Hundred Stories from Britain's History; Series III, From James the First to William and Mary

By: Knight, Charles

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co.:

Seller ID: 008330

Binding: Hard Cover

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.
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Canada & the American Revolution 1774-1783

By: Lanctot, Gustave

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: London, George G. Harrap & Co., Ltd.: 1967

Seller ID: 007959

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Original bright red-orange cloth on boards. DJ abraded at joint. No writing or damage. 321 pp.
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A History of Scotland from Roman Occupation (Complete in Four Volumes)

By: Lang, Andrew

Price: $125.00 USD

Publisher: Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood & Sons Ltd.:

Seller ID: 013068

Binding: Original Cloth

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...
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Lahore: Its History, Architectural Remains and Antiquities

By: Latif, Syad Muhammad

Price: $110.00 USD

Publisher: Lahore, Syed Mohammad Minhaj-Ud-Din: 1957

Seller ID: 002410

Binding: Hard Cover

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.
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Pioneers of the Pacific Coast; Vol. 22, Chronicles of Canada, Edited By George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton

By: Laut, Agnes C.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook, & Company: 1921

Seller ID: 010023

Binding: Hard Cover

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.
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Fourteen Ninety Two; The Decline of Medievalism and the Rise of the Modern Age

By: Litvinoff, Barnet

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons: 1991

Seller ID: 010672

ISBN: 0-684-19210-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Brown paper boards backed in black cloth. Previous owner's name and address stamp. Brief ink notes on first free endpaper. Clean and sound. 268 pp. with index.
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Chronicles of the Tudor Kings

By: Loades, David (Ed.)

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Markham, Ontario, Viking/Penguin: 1990

Seller ID: 004376

ISBN: 0670837806

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine

Original reddish-brown cloth on boards. Unclipped DJ. Follows Chronicles of the Age of Chivalry and Chronicles of the Wars of the Roses, which we have listed separately. This volume, like the others, has no writing or damage. The only "fault" is the previous owner's stamp-type seal on the first free endpaper. Henry VII, Henry VIII, and Edward VI head the three parts, which cover the years 1485-1553. Large, colourful illustrations come as close as possible to making history come to life. 256 pp. including index.
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The Story of the Revolution, Vol. II Only

By: Lodge, Henry Cabot

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: N.Y., Charles Scribner's Sons: 1898

Seller ID: 008989

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Original blue cloth on boards. Top edges gilt. Machined paper very heavy, and somewhat insecurely bound. Commences with Washington's persuading D'Estaing to attack the 6000 British at Newport on July 8, 1778. No writing. 285 pp.
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Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems (Vol. II only)

By: Macaulay, Thomas Babington

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat: 1880

Seller ID: 011490

Binding: 3/4 Cloth on Feathered Boards

Condition: Very Good

Tan 3/4 calf on feathered or combed boards, with matching endpapers and edges. In 35 pp. on the subject of Horace Walpole, I found not a single positive or supportive statement. 814 pp.
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New Brunswick's Old Government House; A Pictorial History

By: MacBeath, Dr. George

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Fredericton, N.B., New Ireland Press: 1995

Seller ID: 005656

ISBN: 0-920483-88-7

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original trade paperback with cover drawing by Edward Thomas Coke. Previous owner's name and date on title page. No other marks or damage. A history of a beautiful, old building and a call to make use of it as it was intended once again. 76 pp.
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Arran of the Bens

By: MacBride, Mackenzie

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: London, T.N. Foulis: 1911

Seller ID: 012789

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Sixteen colour illustrations reproduced from oil paintings by J. Lawton Wingate, together with historical accounts. 231 pp.with index.
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New Brunswick, A History:1784-1867

By: MacNutt, W.S.

Price: $25.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, ON, Macmillan of Canada: 198

Seller ID: 012983

ISBN: 0771598181

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover of 496 pp. with illustrations. This author is known for his involvement in and promotion of the Maritimes, as was his father. Born in Charlottetown, McNutt taught at Netherwood school in Rothesay and University of New Brunswick, where he retired. He died in 1976.
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History of the War in India;Including the Complete History of British India, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day; Also, a Sketch of Gen. Havelock

By: Malcolm, Henry Frederick

Price: $45.00 USD

Publisher: Philadelphia, John E. Potter & Company:

Seller ID: 005902

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus to Very Good

Original dark green decorated cloth on boards. No writing. Light cover wear. Rear hinge cracked. Edge foxing. "The British Empire in India has recently been brought to the eve of dissolution by an extensive mutiny of its native troops." - Preface. Introductory sketch of the natural history of India, Hindoo period, Mohammedan period, European period, Memoir of Sir Henry Havelock. 512 pp.
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Historical and Miscellaneous Questions for the Use of Young People with a Selection of British and General Biography, Etc., Etc.

By: Mangnall, Richmal

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: London, Thomas Tegg:

Seller ID: 006975

Binding: Full Leather

Condition: Good

Original intricately decorated leather on boards. Ca. 1800. Many questions and answers on British, Roman, and European histories as well as British biography to about 1800. Previous owner's name. Tanning to endpapers. Otherwise clean and sound iside. Edge wear and damage to spine foot. 494 pp. plus several pages of drawings at end of book. Rear hinge cracked.
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Historical and Miscellaneous Questions, for the Use of Young People: With a Selection of British and General Biography, Etc.

By: Mangnall, Richmal

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: London, Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans: 1842

Seller ID: 011444

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good Plus

Black cloth on boards. Hinges glued. Memorize this book and you'll do well on Jeopardy ! 466 pp.
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The Jesuit Missions; Volume 4 of Chronicles of Canada, Edited By George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton

By: Marquis, Thomas Guthrie

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1921

Seller ID: 010007

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

Maroon cloth on boards. Previous owners' names. Part II, The Rise of New France, concluded in Vol. 7, listed separately. The Recollets, the Jesuits, Jean de Brebeuf, Jean Joseph Casot, the last of the Jesuits. 152 pp.
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The War Chief of the Ottawas; Vol. 15, Chronicles of Canada Edited By George M. Wrong and H.H. Langton

By: Marquis, Thomas Guthrie

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Toronto, Glasgow, Brook & Company: 1921

Seller ID: 010016

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good

Maroon cloth on boards. Previous owner's name. Part V, The Red Man in Canada. The Siege of Detroit. Relief of Fort Pitt. Winding up the Indian War. 145 pp.
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