Search Results: History from Minotavros Books

Lagos: National Ministry of Information. Soft cover. Near Fine. 5.5" x 8.5" [N.d., ca 1958?] Orig. card wraps, staple binding. 32 pp. B&W photos. Light wear to extremities, a few creases to covers, light soiling to rear.

Koln: Konemann, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to. The Hulton Deutsch Collection. Text in English, German, and French. Full black cloth. 480 pp.; 440 pp. Illustrated with hundreds of photographs. Some light bumping to extremities of dust jackets, else a fine set.

London: Vintage, 2002. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. 276 pp. Numerous photographs. Slight tilt to spine, light edge toning, else fine. Growing up in California, Dennis Severs fell in love with the England he saw in old black and white movies. At seventeen he came to London, looking for a home with a heart. In 1979 he found one -- a run-down silk-weaver's house in Spitalfields -- and over the next twenty years he transformed it into an enchanted time capsule, transporting us back to the eighteenth century.

Dayton, Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Dickinson, L.T.. 12mo. Facsimile. Orig. maroon leatherette. xvi, 17-280 pp., ads. [16] pp. B&W photos and illustrations. Small scuff to front board. Some slight discolouration to endpapers, light warping to upper corner of same pages at rear. Else fine.

London: Ithaca Press, 1979. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. black paper boards. 176 pp. Stain to fore edge of text block. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, lightly bumped to extremities.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo (imperial). Orig. maroon cloth. 441 pp. Bruise to fore edge of front board. Illustrated endpapers. Dust jacket is slightly toned, a few scuffs. About fine overall.

Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1994. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8" x 9" [8] page pamphlet, with a summary of the book, loosely inserted. Author signature on title page. xii, 148 pp. Ilustrated throughout. Book, slipcase, and jacket in fine condition.

Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, 1977. 1st American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Black paper boards. 167 pp. Fully illustrated in colour. Light bumping to extremities. Dust jacket age toned. Else fine.

Amstelodami: Ex Officina Elzeviriana, 1660. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 48mo. Full vellum binding. Spine lettered. Decorative gilt tooling on spine. All edges in red. 575 p.p., [23] p.p. index. Includes engraved title-page. Ogier Ghislain Busbecq [1522-1592] was a Flemmish writer and diplomat, who was ambassador to the Ottomon Empire at Constantinople, in 1554 and 1556, under the reign of Suleyman I. Bubescq later served as a councillor to Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I in 1562. The book contains Busbecq's four letters of the Turkish Embassy, military affairs, the embassy to Suleyman and Ferdinand, an letter to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II, and a look at the life of the author. Bookplate of Frederick J.0. Montagu to front pastedown. Vellum soiled. Spine darkened, with lettering and gilt faded. Front inner hinge cracked. Top-edge of front free endpaper cut out [31.75mm x 12.7mm]. Sporadic foxing. Some dog-eared pages and chip to lower corner of p. 39, not affecting text. Else a… Read More

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1930. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Original red cloth, gilt titling to spine and Appleton device to lower front board. 168 pp. Sunnning to spine and minor bumps to spine ends, else fine.

Paris: Librarie Elementaire et Classique de Edouard Tetu et Compagnie, 1849. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Quarter tan cloth, printed paper boards, unlettered spine. 180 pp. Wear to extremities and rear board, rubbing to boards. Spine cocked. Lacking free endpapers. Quire 4 loose at head and quire 6 loose at foot. Paper lip after p. 24, possible removed illustration. General foxing and soiling to interior.

Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1992. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. XI, 214 pp. B&W photos. Small stains to front cover and scuff to spine, else fine. The first work devoted exclusively to the Acadians of Nova Scotia, this book presents a thorough study of Acadian history from the earliest days of French settlement to present-day Acadian communities.

Toronto: Doubleday Canada, 2006. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full burgundy paper boards. Spine tilted. Very light bumping to edges of dust jacket. Fine overall.

London: Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1799. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to. First edition. Contemporary half calf, green marbled paper boards. Red morocco spine label, gilt lettering. Marbled edges. xii, 138, cxl-clxvi, 139-146 pp. Four engraved plates, three of which are fold-outs. Rubbing to extremities. Light foxing to interior commensurate with age, a few small rust stains. Ink smear to p. 69, text remains legible. Some light offsetting to plates. Damp stain to tail edge in gutter. A well-preserved copy. Bookplate of Burghwallis Hall to front pastedown. Burghwallis Hall, aka St. Anne's Convent, is located in rural south Yorkshire, and is reputedly haunted. Charles White was a physician in Manchester, England, and was responsible for founding the Manchester Royal Infirmary. He published the earliest proper "scientific" studies of human races, favouring the theory of polygeny (that the different human races are of different origins). The polygenic model has since been replaced by… Read More

Birmingham, Alabama: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1981. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (square). Facsimile. Special Edition privately printed for the members of The Classics of Medicine Library. Publishers top-grain cowhide. Boards decoratively brass-die stamped in 22-karat gold. Title on spine in gilt. A.E.G. Ribbon marker. xv, 32, 102, [2] pp. B&W illustration in text. Fine.

Dehiwala, Ceylon: Tisara Prakasakayo, 1969. Soft cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. The Ceylon Historical Journal, Volume Sixteen. Complete and unabridged from the original edition of 1821. Printed card wrappers. xxiv, 399 pp. Numerous plate illustrations, some in colour. Covers lightly age toned, a few spots of soiling. Dust jacket is creased, edge worn, lightly soiled, several tears and perforations.

Philadelphia: Kimber and Conrad, 1814. Soft cover. Near Fine. 18mo. Reprint. 4'" x 7" pamphlet inside 6" x 9" quarter green cloth and paper cover with interior pocket. Orig. brown wraps, sewn and glued binding. 72 pp. Some staining and foxing to covers and interior. Outer case is sunned to edges, some offsetting to interior of covers.

Ibadan: University of Ibadan, 1967. Soft cover. Near Fine. Orig. brown card wraps. 23 pp. [2] plates B&W photos. Perforation to p. 7 with some minor loss. Near fine overall. With addresses by Federal Military Government Head Yakubu Gowon and the Chancellor Kashim Ibrahim.

Napanee, ON: Adolphustown Bicentennial Committee, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Orig. blue paper boards. Pictorial endpapers. [10], 134 pp. B&W photos in text. Dust jacket is chipped to spine ends with some loss to head, age toned and creased with small tears to edges, chipped to upper corners.

Toronto: The Ryerson Press. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Deer, Norman. 12mo [5" x 7.5"]. [Copr. 1932] Signed by Wallace on f.f.e.p.. ix, 117 p.p. With [15] illustrations. Light soiling to rear board. Spine bruised at ends. Rubbing to edges. Endpapers yellowed. Interior clean. In very good condition. This is a fun look at the history of flight for a youth audience from the earliest baloon ascents, daring flights, to the first person to fly around the world.