The Life-Boat, Journal of the Royal National Life-boat Institution Vol XXI No 241 August 1911

London, Wm Clowes and Son. 1911, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) sewn into printed paper wrappers, spine of wrappers split, corners creased, light soiling, some pages are detaching, some have minor edge wear or short edge tears, this issue is pp 591-613, + adverts, includdes plate of Mr Thomas Horne of Solihull, Warwick ; and , Lieut. Drury R.N. with H R H The Prince of Wales, H R H Prince Albert and Mr Hansell in a boat. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007402

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Life-Boat Rescue Shipwreck Life Boat Journal Ephemera

London Weekly Diary of Social Events, Monday, June 22nd to Sunday, June 28th, 1925

London, Geo. Aug. Mate & Son. 1925, First Edition. Printer Wrapper, 16mo - over 5? - 6? tall. (200 gram rate) stapled in printed wrapper, compliments of the management of Bailey's Hotel Gloucester Road S. W. 7, 80pp minor discolouration of wrapper. Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009896

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Baileys Hotel Gloucester Road S.W. 7london Ephemera Twenties Social History

FINE JOHN V. A.

The Ancient Greeks : A Critical History

Harvard University Press. 1983, reprint. (ISBN: 0674033140) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. soft cover, large book, stamp from university book sale to fep, otherwise clean and unmarked, 720pp, An esteemed teacher offers a major reassessment of the history of Greece from prehistoric times to the rise of Alexander. This is a work of prodigious scholarship written in grand style. John Fine surveys the archaeological work that has revealed so much about the civilization of Crete and Mycenaean Greece, and discusses the age of colonization during which Greek colonies were established from the Crimea to the Nile, from the Caucasus to Spain. Analyzing social and economic developments, as well as foreign and inter-city affairs, he assesses the history, culture, and democracy of Athens, and Sparta's institutions and military exploits; recounts the Greeks' relations and then war with the Persian empire; details alliances, struggles, and the varying fortunes of the Greek city-states; and relates the rise of Macedon. Fine treats the Greeks' story in the context of events elsewhere in the eastern Mediterranean. Throughout he indicates the nature of the evidence on which our present knowledge is based, masterfully explaining the problems and pit-falls in interpreting ancient accounts. "The Ancient Greeks" is a splendid narrative history and a refreshing reinterpretation that will please students of ancient history, and everyone interested in early civilizations. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011456

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Greece History Ancient Greek History Hellenic Hellenes Textbook 0674033140

SPINAGE C A

Animals of East Africa

London, Collins & Brown. 1962, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped DW light edge and corner wear with short splits to ends of joints, book clean, name to fep, 160pp + b&w and colour photo plates, top edge dust foxed. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003800

Catalogue: Natural History & Farming

Keywords: Safari Africa Wildlife Savannah Big Game Conservation Hunting East Africa Photographs Photographic Elephant Lion Rhino Hippo

DEFRIES A.

The Book of the Mushroom

London, Garden Book Club. 1942, First Thus. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) dust jacket has some wear and edge tears or chips, boards mildy bumped, tidy enough copy, 130pp + plates. Good/Good.

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Book number: 007169

Catalogue: Natural History & Farming

Keywords: Mushrooms Cultivation Farm Farming Fungi War Era

COURVILLE DONOVAN A.

The Exodus problem and Its Ramifications; A Critical Examination of the Chronological Relationships Between Israel and the Contemporary Peoples of Antiquity Volume 2

California, Challenge Books. 1971, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. perfect bound in pictorial soft covers, some soiling / staining to spine, xii 356pp+ folding chart. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008844

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Ancient History Near East Holy Land Egypt Isreal Palestine Assyria Chaldea Biblical History Bible Zionism Archaeology

CREMO MICHAEL A.

Forbidden Archeology's Impact, How a Controversial New Book Shocked the Scientific Community and Became an Underground Classic

Los Angeles, Bhaktivedanta Book Publishing. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0892132833) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. xxxiv 569pp, collection of letters and articles relating to the controversy surrounding Cremo and Thompson's 'Forbidden Archeology' book on the evidence for human civilizations dating back millions of years. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010900

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Anthropology Prehistory Archeology Ancient History Cosmology Alternate History Velikovsky Fringe Science Human Origins Mythology 0892132833

KROPOTKIN P A

The Great French Revolution 1789-1793

London, Heinemann. 1909, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. red cloth with black titling, spine slightly sunned, slight soiling to boards, closed edges and prelims lightly foxed, xi 610pp, some sections unopened, an economic approach to the French Revolution. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005306

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Socialist Marxist Critique History French Revolution Terror Economic History Emancipation Anti-Monarchist Philosophy

DUFF. DR. A,

The Indian Rebellion, It's Causes and Results

London, Nisbet. First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. assumed first edition, lacks prelims, starts at 'Note by the publishers' pp iii, col. fldg map intact but with a taped tear ( over the sea on the map), book is red cloth handling and dust soiled, some minor foxing throughout, mainly to the margins, 393pp + 2pp adverts, letters sent from Calcutta about the Rebellion as it happened, first collected into a book form, as the book lacks the title we cannot date but around about 1860. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008089

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: British India Raj British Empire Hindu Indian Rebellion History

MILNER CLYDE A

Major Problems in the history of the American West

Lexington, D C Heath. 1989, reprint. (ISBN: 0669151343) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. VG used copy, no inscriptions etc, cover shows a little wear 681pp, Documents and essays edited by Milner. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012586

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: American History United States Wild West American West Sources Textbook 0669151343

DEMPSEY HUGH A.

Men in Scarlet ( Cnadian Mountied Police )

Calgary, McClelland and Stewart. First Edition. (ISBN: 0771210036) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. assumed first edition, undated, inscription to fep dated (19) 82, collection of essays on the history of the R.C.M.P. 230pp + plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005416

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Canada Canadian History Police Constabulary Royal Canadian Mounted Police 0771210036

WAHEED A.

The Pakistan Review, Pakistan's National Cultural Monthly October 1966 Vol XIV No 10

Lahore, Ferozsons. 1966, First Edition. Original Wraps, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Magazine, (200 gram rate) stapled in pictorial wrappers, spine rubbed and worn, 50pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008951

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Pakistan Magazine Ephemera Current Affairs Journalism History Social History

BATHER F. A.

Presidential Address to the Museums Association, Delivered at Aberdeen July 1903, and Now Reprinted from the Museums Journal (Vol 3) for September and October 1903 SIGNED COPY

Museums Journal. 1903, Reissue. Original Wraps, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (500 gram rate) paper wrappers chipped and worn to edges, library stamp to front wrapper, SIGNED PRESENTATION from author to cover "Captain F W Hutton FRS with klind regards F A B", pp 71-94 and 110-132 plus plates i-xxvi reprinted from the Museums Journal (Vol 3) for September and October 1903 and reissued here, Hutton was an early supporter of Darwin's theories and received a letter of thanks from Darwin. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 005934

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Francis Arhtur Bather Aberdeen Conference 1903 Museums Association Curator Curatoial Curatorship Skills Museum Design Lay-out Display Essays

BECKET ETHEL A

A Treasury of Alaskana

Seattle, Superior Publishing Company. 1969, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ex-Library, tidy ex-librray, DW under plastic sleeve, library stamps, profusely illustrated with rare photographs of early Alaskan life including many of Aleut and Eskimo, 183pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 004264

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Alaska History Historic Photography Region America American Northwest Aleut Aleutian Eskimos Whalers Sealers Gold Rush

HOPKINS MARTIN A.

War Torn China, from the Diary of a Relief Worker in 1944

Sydney, Jas. B. Nicholson. First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Selection of diary entries by a christian missionary in war ravaged China dust jacket has some edge tears and soiling, 64pp includes photographs, (500 gram rate). Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012117

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: China Chinese History Twentieth Century Modern Communist Kuomintang Post War 1944 Christian Missionary Memoir