Search Results: HISTORY from Odyssey Books

Andre Deutsch, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 184pp., blue grey buckram bdg. with silver-stamped spine. An analysis of Lord Acton"s philosophy of history and the distinctive contribution that he made to historical thought. Professor Tonybee referred to Acton as "one of the greatest minds among modern Western historians". Pristine copy in DJ price clipped(barely scuffed edges spine & corners, spine lightly yellowed) Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Sedo S.A, 1965. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Type: Book 343 pp. black linen bdg with red stamping on front board & spine. Illus. with 103 b/w full page photogravure plates & vignettes, 39 full colour heliogravure plates & vignettes and 3 maps. (light shelf wear) DJ( slightly scuffed edges)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Simon and Schuster, 1973. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 800 pp., kelly green cloth bdg. with gilt-stamped front board and spine. A fine 20th century Western scholalrly history of the early intellectual life of Islam, set against the background of the political and military history of the Empitre and the Caliphs. (remainder S & S rubber-stamp on bottom edge, otherwise FINE copy)DJ(lightly scuffed edges with 2 small closed tears at bottom edge)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Thoemmes Press, 2001. Repinted Edition. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book vol.1: 241 pp., vol.2: 247 pp., vol.3: 327 pp. sienna cloth bdgs. with gilt titling in dark brown boxes on spines. No dust jackets. Weight: 1.475 kg.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1854. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Type: Book vol.1 :302 pp., vol.2 : 314 pp., vol.3 : 351 pp., bound in 3/4 crimson morocco leather and crimson cloth covered boards bdgs. with gilt-stamped edges of corners of boards & edges spines, 5 raised bands on spine, gilt-stamped titling & decorated spines, teg, marbled end papers. (light shelf wear, with corners of boards scuffed with tiny worn through spots, slightly bumped front bottom corner of vol.3. ex-libris paper plate inner front boards of Sir William Arthur Hamar Bass, 2nd Baronet who was a british racehorse owner and a significant contributor to the racing industry. Paper slightly yellowed at edges, otherwise very clean and tight copies)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Frederick Ungar Publishing Co, 1964. Repinted Edition. Buckram. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 430 pp., cobalt blue buckram bdg. with black-stamped spine. (paper very slightly yellowed, VG near FINE)DJ(slightly scuffed edges spine & corners with tiny chips, slightly yellowed at spine & edges, VG++)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Thoemmes Press, 1997. Reprint of the 1890 Edition. Cloth. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 545 pp., forest green cloth bdg. with gilt-stamped titling in burgundy box on spine.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Reeves and Turner, 1874. 1st English Language Ed. Cloth. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Type: Book No Jacket. 296 pp. sepia brown cloth bdg. with gilt and black-stamped design and titling on front board, design and titling in gilt on spine, bevelled boards, teg, fore edge deckled. Illustrated with frontispice and 70 wood engravings throughout, all on paper plates. (scuffed and worn through in few places edges bdg., hinges were repaired and fortified, owner inscribed top title page, paper lightly yellowed, with repairs book is tight and pages clean)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Blackie & Son Limited. Later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book No/date - 384 pp., crimson cloth bdg. with illus. front board & spine in turquoise, beige and black. Illustrated with full colour frontispice on half gloss paper, 4 b/w illustrations on half gloss paper, and 1 full page b/w plan as well as 2 b/w in text illus. (barely shelf worn, otherwise near FINE) without original DJ, but with custom-made high gauge mylar DJ.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Richard Bentley, Publishers, 1843. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Type: Book First serie: vol.I :277 pp., vol.II : 289 pp., second serie: vol.III :288 pp., vol.4 :292 pp., bound in 3/4 crimson morocco leather and crimson cloth covered boards bdgs. with gilt-stamped edges of corners of boards & edges spines, 5 raised bands on spine, gilt-stamped titling & decorated spines, teg, marbled end papers. (slight shelf wear. Ex-libris paper plate inner front boards of Sir William Arthur Hamar Bass, 2nd Baronet who was a British racehorse owner and a significant contributor to the racing industry. He also provided support for the British Film industry in its early days. paper slightly yellowed at edges, otherwise very clean and tight copies VG+ near FINE)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Thoemmes Press, 2003. Limited Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book Blue buckram hardcover binding with gilt titles over adark blue label. Reprinted from various editions. No dust jacket as issued. 1400 pp; weight: 2.5 Kg.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Parks Canada/Ministry of Indian & Northern Affairs, 1978. 1st Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 19 pp. illustrated pb. brochure, contains the historic photographs of Captain James Peters, who commanded an artillery battery at the Battles of Fish Creek and Batoche. Also with several line drawn sketches. In glassine encvelope.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

10th Field Battery Association, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by AuthorsI. Signed by Authors Type: Book Signed by Authors Type: Limited Edition (Limited Numbered: 235/500), 240 pp., cherry red buckram bdg with gilt-stamped spine. Illustrated with 10 b/w full page maps, and 22 b/w phototypes on plates. (personal dedication on front end paper by C.F. Harrington, 10th Battery Commander). Signed by both authors on title page.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Harvard University Press, 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 281 pp., prussian blue cloth bdg with gilt-stamped spine. (slight shelf wear, paper slightly yellowed at edges, VG+++)DJ(scuffed edges spine and corners with tiny chips and 2 tiny closed tears, yellowed edges ans spine)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

U.S.A: Trafford Publishing, 2010. 1st Edition. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 412 pp., illustrated glossy cartonage bdg. with titling in red and taupe on front board and spine. AS NEW.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

New York University Press, 1998. 1st American Edition. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 210 pp., illustrated glossy cartonage bdg. with white & red titling on front board & white on spine. Should the media use disturbing images to inform, at the risk of offfending? How is our sense of politics, morality, and culture affected when we are exposed to gruesome images of accidents and disasters, murder and execution, grief and death? This book addresses these issues. (light shelf wear, previous owner's ex-libris embossed on bottom corner title page) Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Thoemmes Press, 1997. Reprint of the 1904 Edition. Cloth. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 352 pp., forest green cloth bdg. with gilt-stamped titling in burgundy box on spine.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1909. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Type: Book 304 pp. forest green cloth bdg. with gilt-stamped front board & spine. Without a dust jacket. Illustrated with 12 full colour plates including frontispice, and 32 b/w reprods. & phototypes all on gloss paper plates. (lightly scuffed edges spine & corners, paper slightly yellowed at edges)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Andre Deutsch, 1976. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dedicated and Signed By AuthorI. Dedicated and Signed By Author Type: Book Dedicated and Signed By Author 206 pp., black buckram bdg. with silver-stamped spine. Copy dedicated, dated and signed by author on front end paper.Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.

Government of Canada, 1935. 1st Edition. Cloth. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Type: Book 163 pp., black cloth bdg. with gilt titling on front board & spine. No dust jacket as issued. (scuffed edges spine & corners,bdg. slightly scratched and soiled, ex-libris paper plate inner front board, paper yellowed at edges, some light marginalia and scoring in first 13 pp., otherwise clean)Please contact us directly for a full description. Photo scan available upon request.Photo scan available upon request. Books sold to the USA are shipped USPS out of Champlain NY.