Search Results: History from Black Sheep Books

Dodewaard: Van Eck & Oosterink, 2004. Pictorial Cover. Very Good. Book commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Battle of Arnhem. It is written in Dutch and English. Yellow titling on colourfully illustrated cover, yellow titling on black spine, illustrated end papers, illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. With the exception of a very slightly cocked spine, this handsome book is in great shape. 176 pages Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall - Oblong

Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta Press, 2008. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good+. A critical history of the genesis and evolution of the University of Alberta to mark the University's centennial, signed by the author. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine, colour paste-down on front cover, flecked off-white end papers, illustrated title page, illustrated with black and white photographs, 371 pages. Ink inscription on end paper. Very light shelf wear. This handsome book is in nice shape. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Washington D.C.: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, 1997. Soft cover. Very Good. The book begins by offering contact information to DAR, information on the DAR library and headquartes as well as the genealogical records committee and seimes microfilm center, office of the registrar general, office of the organizing seceratary general, DAR magazine; the last fifty pages are a guide to subject research in DAR collections. American flag-patterend front cover with black titiling on front and spine, from the DAR Library Studies in Genealogy and History, Number 1; some black and white in-text illustrations and forums, information on citing from DAR sources, about the auhtor, index. 182 pages. Some very faint blue markings at top of back cover, cover has some light shelf wear, interior clean and bright, tightly bound. A valuable reference. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer… Read More

Paris: Robert Laffont, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good-/-. Ancient Art of Warfare, Volume 1: Antiquity, Middle Ages, Renaissance 1300 B.C. - 1650 A.D. from Ramses to Vauban; Volume 2: Modern Ages 1700 to our times From Peter the Great to Eisenhower, Soldiers of cannosn, tanks and planes. Both volumes red cloth with gilt decoration to front, gilt titling to spines, illustrated endpapers, richly illustrated throughout, red ribbon marker, volume 1 - 539 pages, volume 2 - 543 pages, in black slipcase with gilt decoration to front and back. Slipcase has some scratching. Books show light sunning to spines and some light scratching to covers. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Manchester, U.K.: Manchester University Press, 1994. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Book examines the architecture of the newly-emergent institutions of reform and philanthropy in late-Victorian London that were intended to bring the redemptive values of English middle-class to the working-classes. Book will be of interest to postgraduates and lecturers of architectural history; urban history; social history. Brown hard cover with gilt titling on spine, inscribed by author on first free end paper, illustrated throughout with black and white plates, 244 pages. Spine of dust jacket and upper front edge sunned. This is a handsome volume. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Athabasca Historical Society, 1986. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. A seventy-fifth anniversary project by tbe Athabasca Historical Society, David Gregory and Athabasca University. The history of Old Athabasca, Athabasca Landing, began in 1799 and ended in 1921. Blue cloth, gilt titling to front and spine, light grey endpapers, black and white photographs throughout, 249 pages. Light edge wear, slim strip of glue residue to top of ffep (probably exess glue from the binding process). Book is clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket shows shelf wear, edge wear with chipping, creasing, closed tears to edges and one to middle of spine, spine ends frayed. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1837. First American Edition. . Hardcover. A two volume history of Athens. Green cloth with an over-all blind-stamped leaf motif, black titling on off-white spine labels, twelve pages of publisher's advertising at end of Volume 2. 275 and 324 pages. Shelf and edge wear, Volume 2 has a few black ink spots on front and wrinkling of the cloth, spine labels sunned, Volume 2's label has wear and rubbing and its top corner is missing, page edges darkened, foxing spots on end papers and occasionally throughout text, Volume 2's first free end paper has a 2.5 inch open tear at top corner and a quarter-inch hole near top corner of second end paper. Books are in clear mylar protective covers. These handsome books are in remarkable condition, clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable… Read More

Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 1979. Card Cover. Very Good/-. Includes amongst others the articles "City-Building in the Canadian West: A Case Study of Economic Growth in Early Vancouver", "The Decline of Geese and Swans on the Lower Fraser River", "The Seaforths and the Strikers: Nanaimo, August 1913". Light brown card cover with brown illustration and titling to front, 115 pages. Small light crease to back cover. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Book is edited by: M.G. Wiebe, J.B. Conacher and John Matthews and Mary S. Millar, and is Volume IVof a four-volume publication. Each volume includes an introduction, a name and subject index, and appendixes of related documents. The 435 hundred letters in this volume cover "the most dramatic period of Disraeli's middle life - one which is still subject to continuing debate and interpretation, but the one in which the potential of his diverse talents begins to be realized." Tan cloth with gilt titling on black faux-label on spine, blind-stamped "D" on front, black end papers, black and white illustrations in text, 449 pages. There is a one inch split in upper end of front hinge and a half-inch split to lower end. Dusst jacket has light edge and shelf wear. Book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier… Read More

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Book is edited by: M.G. Wiebe, J.B. Conacher and John Matthews and Mary S. Millar, and is Volume III of what appears to be a planned four-volume publication. Each volume includes an introduction, a name and subject index, and appendixes of related documents. The five hundred letters in this volume cover Disraeli's first session in parliament and his first re-election. His main correspondents are his sister and confidante, Sarah, and Mary Anne Lewis, whom he courts and marries in these years. Tan cloth with gilt titling on black faux-label on spine, blind-stamped "D" on front, black end papers, black and white illustrations in text, 458 pages. Upper text block edge has a tiny speck and two light pressure marks. Dust jacket has minor edge wear and light shelf wear. Book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier… Read More

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. This book "presents a nuanced argument not only about Peruvian medical culture and Peru's Enlightenment, but also about the politics of race and blackness during the long transition from colony to independent republic." Black hard cover with gilt titling on spine, 209 pages. Dust jacket has negligible shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Boulder, Colorado: Bartholomew Press, 1989. Soft cover. Good+. Dehncke, Melissa. Signed by the author on the title page, this book looks at the history of fairs in England in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, investigating both the commerce and trade aspects as well as the entertainments and amusements. Off-white card cover with black titling, black and white illustratations front and back, black and white illustrations throughout, 90 pages. Spine is sunned, cover and text block edges have various pale smudges, text is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good-. Well written and rich in detail, Borderland Religion examines how religion was essential to the development of borderlands identity in the early nineteenth century." Colourfully illustrated soft cover with black and white titling, illustrated with a small cluster of black and white plates, 386 pages. Cover has minor edge and shelf wear, book is clean, bright and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1982. Hardcover. Good+ to Very Good-/Very Good-. A study of the Royal Mail Group. Green cloth with gilt titling on spine, green end papers, black and white frontispiece, illustrated with black and white photographs, 291 pages. Cover has minor edge wear, light shelf wear, a few small, pale smudges on cover, ephemera tipped in to front end papers, text is clean and tight. Dust jacket has sunned spine but is otherwise clean and bright. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Montreal, Canada: House of Segram, 1941. Private & Limited Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine, gilt and black titling on front, colour paste-down on front, illustrated end papers, illustrated title page, illustrated throughout with black and white and colour plates by Canadian artists, brown and white drawings and maps, two ribbon markers, presentation card included, cover is protected by embossed tissue-guard, book is in blue slip-case. Book appears to be without flaws, in fact it appears to be unread, tissue cover has small areas of edge wear, slip-case has some small areas of very light wear. This is a handsome book. 257 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Toronto: Glasgow, Brook & Company, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. Archives Edition, subtitled: "A History of the Canadian People and Their Institutions by One Hundred Associates." Twenty-two volumes plus index. Tan cloth with gilt titling on green leather spine labels, blind-stamped simple borders on fronts and backs, top text block edges are gilt, coloured end papers, sepia frontispiece with captioned tissue-guard, illustrated with sepia and colour plates, facsimiles of letters with captioned tissue-guards. The set shows some light edge wear. Please contact us for a more detailed condition report. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Toronto: Publishers Association of Canada Ltd., 1914. Limited/Numbered. . Hardcover. Canada and its Provinces, 23 volume set: 22 volumes plus index, Edinburgh Edition, Limited Edition # 739 of 875. Blue cloth with gilt titling on spine. Some shelf wear. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Kylie Cathie Limited, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Edited from the original 4 volumes and with notes by Christopher Hibbert. Yellow cloth, gilt titling to spine, 313 pages. Minor edge wear. Dust jacket is now protected in a Brodart cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Billings, Montana: Council Publications, 1990. Card Cover. Very Good/-. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Most of this book was written by Esther Gilliland at the request of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She wrote by hand and recorded parts on tape through interviews, and her children helped to get it published her 100th birthday. This book appears to be without flaws. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.

Japan: University of Tokyo Press, 1990. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Compiled by Fujiko Isono. Autobiography of Owen Lattimore, personal advisor to Chiang Kai-Shek. Red cloth with gilt titling on spine, coloured end papers, illustrated with a few black and white plates, 252 pages. Dust jacket has minor edge wear, spine very slightly sunned. This is a handsome book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall