World History
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1900-02 With the Flag to Pretoria and After PretoriaLondon: 1900-02A very smart, heavily illustrated work on the history of the Boer War, complete in four uniformly bound volumes. The first edition of this work.
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1876 The Seventh Great Oriental MonarchyLondon: 1876The first edition of this illustrated study of early history of Western Asia, and the Persian Empire. Featuring a folding map and colour frontispiece.
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1971 History of Indigenous Education in the Panjab Since Annexation and in 1882Punjab: 1971A very scarce study tinto the education of the indigenous in Punjab during the British Empire, an important and fascinating work by Gottlieb Leitner.
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1915 Footfalls of Indian HistoryLondon: 1915An uncommon first edition volume by Sister Nivedita, describing the vivid history of India. Complete with colour plates.
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1957 The Sidi Rezeg Battles 1941Cape Town: 1957A first edition study of this crucial period in the Western Desert campaign of the Second World War, illustrated throughout with folding maps and photographic plates.
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1939-59 King Penguin SeriesHarmondsworth: 1939-59A complete collection of seventy-six volumes of the absolutely charming 'King Penguin' series, first editions and early printings with lovely illustrations.
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1901 Correspondence Relating to the Ashanti WarLondon: 1901A scarce report of the correspondence relating to the Ashanti war presented to the House of Parliament in 1901.
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1937 They Came Like SwallowsNew York: 1937A lovely first edition, second impression, of this novel concerning the 1918 Spanish Flu epidemic, complete with its unclipped dust wrapper.
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1903 New-Englands MemoriallBoston: 1903A marvellous limited edition facsimile of Nathaniel Morton's historical writings on the Plymouth Colony.
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1839 The Jubilee of the Constitution, a DiscourseNew York: 1839A speech given by John Quincy Adams in honour of the fiftieth anniversary of George Washington's inauguration.
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1818 A Complete History of Connecticut, Civil and EcclesiasticalNew-Haven: 1818The scarce first edition of the second volume of Benjamin Trumbull's history of Connecticut between 1714 and 1764.
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1885 A History of the Old Town of Stratford Part IINot Stated: 1885A rich examination of the history of Bridgeport and Stratford in Connecticut by Samuel Orcutt, bound by Stikeman & Co.
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1889 The Story of Washington, the National CapitalNew York & London: 1889A remarkable history of Washington illustrated with folding plates and in-text engravings.
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1873 Historical Sketches of the Town of PortlandFredonia, New York: 1873A first edition of H. C. Taylor's exploration into the history of Portland, illustrated with portraits.
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1895 An Historical Sketch of Bradford, Mass. in the RevolutionGroveland, Mass.: 1895A scarce first edition of Louis Woodbury's history of the now-disincorporated town of Bradford.
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1869 The Ancestry of General Grant and their ContemporariesNew York: 1869A fascinating genealogical history of the family of Ulysses S. Grant.
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1898 Fire and Sword in the SudanLondon: 1898The popular edition of Rudolph Slatin Pasha's fascinating account of his time fighting and serving the dervishes in the Sudan.
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1893 The Rise of Our East African EmpireLondon: 1893The first edition of this work complete in two volumes detailing the history of the rise of the East African Empire, as well as being semi-autobiographical of the life of Frederick Lugard.
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1937 China and the World WarCalifornia, London, Oxford: 1937An exceptional first edition of La Fargue's examination into China's part played during the First World War.
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1911 Regilding the CrescentLondon: 1911An illustrated first edition history of Turkey by F. G. Aflalo; this is a scarce copy, with the vanishingly scarce dust wrapper.
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1918 General Smuts' Campaign in East AfricaLondon: 1918An account of General Smuts' East African Campaign of 1916, the uncommon first edition, first impression by J. H. V. Crowe. Complete with four folding maps.
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1933 The Akikuyu, their Customs, Traditions and FolkloreNyeri, Kenya: 1933The first English edition of this remarkable account of the Akikuyu native people of Kenya, lavishly illustrated with photographs.
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1956 Glubb's LegionLondon: 1956A bright first impression of this historical account of John Bagot Glubb's Transjordan's Arab Legion, complete with its dust wrapper, price-clipped.
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1890 Emin Pasha and the Rebellion at the EquatorLondon: 1890A second edition copy of this heavily illustrated work on the travels and experiences of Emin Pasha in the Equatorial Province from 1888 to 1889.
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1952 The Sudan, A Record of AchievementEdinburgh: 1852A very smart, first edition copy of this work on the history and political relations of Sudan, written in the mid twentieth century by Sudan Political Service member J.S.R. Duncan.
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1970 A Fire on the MoonLondon: 1970A first U.K. edition of Norman Mailer's remarkable account of the Apollo 11 Moon landings.
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1931 The World CrisisLondon: 1931The first abridged edition of Sir Winston Churchill's acclaimed history of the First World War.
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1948 The Second World WarLondon: 1948-52Sir Winston's Churchill's own account of the Second World War, five smart first editions, first impressions of this work.
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1948-50 The Second World WarLondon: 1948-50The first three volumes of Winston S. Churchill's celebrated account of the Second World War, profusely illustrated with folding maps, drawings, and diagrams. All first editions.
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1931 The World Crisis 1911-1918London: 1931The first abridged edition of Winston Churchill's history of the First World War, illustrated with many folding maps.
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1948 The Second World WarLondon: 1948-50The first impression of Winston Churchill's account of the Second World War, the first three volumes retracing from 1919 to the joining of Soviet Russia and the USA into the conflict.
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1901 Montcalm and WolfeLondon: 1901A collection of two volumes by Francis Parkman exploring the story of the French and Indian War, from the library of Arthur Quiller Couch.
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1949-50 The Second World WarLondon, Toronto, Melbourne, Sydney and Wellington: 1949-50A smart collection of the first three volumes of Winston Churchill's personal account of the Second World War, two of which are first editions.
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1902 World PicturesLondon: 1902A delightful collection of the artwork of Mortimer Menpes depicting stunning locations all across the globe.
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1951 River War, An Account of the Reconquest of the SudanLondon: 1951A smart edition of Churchill's history of Kitchener's triumph in the Sudan, illustrated with a wealth of folding maps and in the publisher's original dust wrapper.
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1987 Breaker Morant and the Bushveldt CarbineersCape Town: 1987A signed uncommon first edition copy of this interesting account of Breaker Morant and his execution, including a signed letter from the author.