HERBERT,DAVID

Great Historic Mutinies

Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo,Hay & Mitchell. First Edition. Cloth. 8vo. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's original brown cloth with pictorial ship scene stamped in black to the upper cover and spine,with title lettering in brown and blocked in gilt.Their is one former school prize label to the front endpaper.Light wear to extremities of the cloth.Engraved frontispiece and title page.No date given circa 1875 First Edition. Very Good .

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Book number: 16726

Catalogue: History

HERZBERG,ABEL

Between Two Sheets: A Diary from Bergen-Belsen

London: I.B. Tauris, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in hardcover cloth in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket which has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-jacket.Not price clipped and there is one previous bookseller's ticket to the bottom edge of the front pastedown.Uncommon title of Jewish Interest,8vo 221pp First Edition 1st Impression. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 70845

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Israel Jews Judaica

HEUSSLER,ROBERT

Yesterday's Rulers

London: Oxford University Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in Publisher's blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket.This copy has no previous inscriptions present.Not price clipped.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and this copy has no leaning or rolling to spine.The dust-jacket also comes well preserved in a protective cover sleeve,8vo 260pp First Edition 1st Impression [1963]. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 81039

Catalogue: History

Keywords: British Imperialism

HEWITT,JAMES (EDITED BY)

Eye-Witnesses to Wagon Trains West

London: Osprey Publishing, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. A Very Good + Copy of This Book in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket,in 1840 the first emigrant wagon trains rolled westward from the United States across plain,desert,and mountain,to a hoped for good life in Oregon and California,8vo 178pp First Edition. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 43044

Catalogue: History

HOCHSCHILD,ADAM

King Leopold's Ghost a Story of Greed,Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa

London: Macmillan, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's black cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness,no spine leaning.Lovely crisp clean for the collector and the dust-jacket comes well protected in a removable cover sleeve,8vo 366pp First Edition 1st Impression [1999]. Fine .

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Book number: 82334

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Africa

HOGARTH,A MOORE

British Mosquitoes and How to Eliminate Them

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1930. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in brown cloth with black title lettering to spine and upper cover.No dust-jacket.With NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is NO leaning or rolling to spine.Clean copy internally and complete with 8 illustrations in black and white,8vo 127pp Undated Circa 1930's. Very Good .

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Book number: 57947

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Mosquitoes Entomology

HOLDEN,DAVID

Farewell to Arabia

London: Faber & Faber, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good + Copy of this Book in Brown cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Very Good + Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped.This title has NO previous names or inscriptions present.Lovely tight clean copy for the collector with a firm binding and no hinge weakness.The d/j comes well protected in a cover sleeve,8vo 268pp First Edition 1st Impression [1966]. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 82158

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Arabia Africa

HOLDEN,DAVID

Greece without Columns (the Making of the Modern Greeks)

London: Faber & Faber, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Fine Copy of this book in blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine in a Near Fine Dust-jacket that has just a touch of light rubbing to the head of spine.Not price clipped.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with NO leaning to spine.Internally the text block remains clean.The dust-Jacket comes well protected in a cover sleeve.Uncommon work in which the Author was banned from Greece and you may remember the Author as a Sunday Times reporter who was shot dead in Cairo some years ago.8vo 336pp First Edition 1st Impression [1972]. Fine .

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Book number: 80670

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Greece Greeks Athens

HUGH MARSHALL HOLE

The Jameson Raid

London: Philip Allan, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in blue cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine.No Dust-Jacket.The book has no previous owner inscriptions or names present.Illustrated with some 8 b&w plates and there are two maps present one of which is a large folding one.There is one small 3mm split to the cloth at the head of spine.8vo 306pp .......First Edition 1st Impression [1930] Synopsis of the book: The Jameson Raid was a botched raid against the South African Republic carried out by British colonial administrator Leander Starr Jameson, under the employment of Cecil Rhodes. It involved 500 British South Africa Company police launched from Rhodesia over the New Year weekend of 1895-96 ''. Very Good .

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Book number: 81026

Catalogue: History

HOLLETT,DAVID

The Conquest of the Niger by Land and Sea

gwent: P.M. Heaton Publishing, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Fine Copy of this book in publisher's blue cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine in a Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not Price clipped.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Lovely tight square copy.The page edges are clean and bright.Great copy for the collector,8vo 256pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1995]. Fine .

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Book number: 81165

Catalogue: History

HOLMES,RICHARD

Sahib the British Soldier in India

London: Harper Collins, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 5¾" - 6'' Tall. This is a Near Fine Copy of this book in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Price clipped and this copy has one large previous inscription to the Half Title Page.This copy has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is NO leaning or rolling to spine.Thick and Heavy 8vo 572pp First Edition 1st Impression. Near Fine .

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Book number: 64304

Catalogue: History

Keywords: India

HOLT,P.M.

The Mahdist State in the Sudan 1881-1898

London: Oxford at The Clarendon Press, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in blue cloth boards with gilt title lettering to spine and lettered in blind to the front cover,in a Very Good Dust-Jacket with no chips or tears to the outer edges of the dust-wrapper.Not price clipped.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with no leaning to spine.There is some spotting along the page edges.The dust-wrapper comes well protected in a brodart cover sleeve.8vo 264pp with maps First UK Edition 3rd Impression [1963]. Very Good .

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Book number: 79777

Catalogue: History

Keywords: Mahdist Sudan

ELIZABETH EVELYNOLA HOON

The Organisation of the English Customs 1696-1786

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 4¾" - 5¾" Tall. This is a Fine Copy of this book in Publisher's original blue cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket that has no chips or tears to outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous ownership inscription present on the ffep other than one former owner's stock number to the front endpaper.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness.Lovely copy 8vo 322pp First Edition 1st Impression 8vo - over 4¾" - 5¾" Tall. Fine .

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Book number: 57737

Catalogue: History

HOPWOOD,DEREK

Sexual Encounters in the Middle East the British,the French and the Arabs

Reading: Ithaca Press, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Fine Copy of this book in blue coloured cloth with gilt title lettering to spine,in a Fine Dust-jacket that has NO chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper.Not price clipped.The book has no previous names or inscriptions present.Internally the text block remains lovely and clean.Great copy for the collector,8vo 308pp First Edition 1st Impression [1999]. Fine .

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Book number: 80704

Catalogue: History

REV W HOUGHTON

Sketches of British Insects a Handbook for Beginners in the Study of Entomology

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1875. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettered title to spine and with gilt drawing of a butterfly to the front board.All page edges are in gilt.Well illustrated in black and white and with 6 wonderful coloured plates as called for.This copy has NO previous owner's names or inscriprtions present although to the top right corner of the title page and stamped in blind it states 'Presentation Copy' The book has a firm binding and the contents remain clean with just an odd bit of foxing to a few tissue guard protectors of the coloured plates.Scarce title in true first edition status.This copy was acquired from Keith Harwood a respected Academic and Author of some 12 fishing books.Rev William Houghton (1828-1895) was an English naturalist and clergyman, and really most noted for being the author of British Fresh-Water Fishes.This is very decent copy for the collector 8vo (vi) 161pp + 7 pages of publisher's adverts to the rear of the book.. Very Good .

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Book number: 82643

Catalogue: Natural History

Keywords: Entomology Insects Butterflies Houghton