Results for: History Books
The Commercial Future of Baghdad [ pamphlet ].
London: Complete Press, 1917..
1st printing. Very good with paper wraps. Staplebound. Some pulling and small tears at staple. Sheet laid in stating "With the Compliments / of / Professor W. Macneile Dixon / (University of Glasgow)". A scarce British pamphlet extolling the possibilities of Baghdad after the "liberation" of the city by British forces in WWI.
Price: $25.00
The Humanist Tradition in the West.
Bullock, Alan.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1985..
First American edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards with bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dj has some wear along the edges with some scuffing and a bit of foxing to the edges of the covers. 208 pages with illustrations, notes, and index. An examination of the changing definition and nature of Humanism in Western History.
Price: $18.00
From Balloon to Bomber: A Complete History of Aviation from Earliest Times until the Present Day.
Burbidge, W. F.
London: John Crowther, 1946..
1st edition. Good hardcover without dust jacket. Boards are worn and rubbed along edges with heavy bumping on head and heel of spine and on corners of covers. Covers are scuffed with large stain/splatter mark on fron cover. Also appears to be name (previous owner?) embossed/embedded on front cover. Pages are yellowed. 238 pages with illustrations, 8 short appendices (1. selection of duration records, 2. selection of altitude records, 3. selection of speed records, 4. selection of distance records, 5. modern gliding records, 6. winners of the Schneider Trophy contests, 7. list of nationality markings, 8. some long distance flights), and index. As the title indicates, a very brief history of aviation from theories on flight to World War II.
Price: $15.00
The Real Foundations: Literature and Social Change.
Craig, David.
Oxford University Press, 1974..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in very good dust jacket. Light wear and rubbing along the edges of the boards with some minor bumping to the head and heel of the spine. The dj has some slight wear along the edges and moderate scuffing to the covers, mainly the back cover. 318 pages with footnotes and index.
Price: $20.00
Why Italy is With the Allies.
Hope, Anthony.
London : Richard Clay & Sons, 1917..
1st printing. Very good in printed paper wrappers. Staplebound. Slight darkening at spine, slight wear at edges and corners. Some rusting at staples at middle. 16 p. An partly propagandistic explanation of the role of Italy in World War I as a neutral and then later as a member of the Allies. Interesting contemporary background information.
Price: $60.00
Early Aeroplanes.
Linecar, Howard. Illustrated by Donald Green.
George Braziller: 1978..
2nd printing. Fine in very good price clipped dust jacket. Dj has a small tear to top front, some wear to edges and corners. 64 p. w/illustrations, index. A good introduction to early planes and aviators for upper grade school readers.
Price: $18.00
Outlaws, Mobsters & Crooks: From the Old West to the Internet. Volume 2: Computer Criminals, Spies, Swindlers, Terrorists.
MacNee, Marie J. Edited by Jane Hoehner.
Detroit: UXL, 1998..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in glossy illustrated boards without dust jacket. Light wear to the edges of the boards with minor scuffing to the covers. 330 plus lviii pages with illustrations, lists of sources, and index. A collection of brief biographies of various American criminals. This volume contains information on: Marcus Hess, Matya Komisaruk, Kevin Mitnick, Stanley Rifkin, Jerry Schneider, Aldrich Ames, Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee, Juliet Stuart Poyntz, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Elizabeth Van Lew, Cattle Kate, Cassie Chadwick, D. B. Cooper, Clifford Irving, Sophie Lyons, Ellen Peck, Charles Ponzi, Joseph Weil, JoAnne Chesimard, Gordon Kahl, Timothy McVeigh, and Diana Oughton. Volume 2 only.
Price: $20.00
A Selected Bibliography of Modern Historiography.
Pok, Attila, editor.
New York and Westport: Greenwood Press, 1992..
First edition. Very good octavo hardcover in reddish binding without dust jacket. Some light wear to the edges of the boards with light bumping to the head and heel of the spine. 284 pages with indices of authots, persons discussed, and subjects. A good bibliography on developments around the world in the field of Historiography.
Price: $30.00
A Cursory History of Swearing.
Sharman, Julian.
New York: Burt Franklin, Publisher, 1968..
Reprint. Very good octavo hardcover in blue-green binding without dust jacket. Light wear along edges of boards with minor bumping to head and heel of spine. Some scuffing to covers with 3 light brownish spots on the front panel and 1 on upper edge of rear cover. 199 pages with footnotes and appendix.
Price: $25.00
