World History
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1877-1890 Plutarchi Opera OmniaParisiis [Paris]: 1877-1890A complete five volume set of the works of Plutarch, with text in both Greek and Latin.
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1936 - 1937 Shipping Wonders of the World: A Saga of the Sea in Story and PictureLondon : 1936-1937A complete set of the popular naval weekly magazine 'Shipping Wonders of the World', a beautifully illustrated work with many colourful plates.
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1936 The Times of India AnnualBombay : 1936A 1936 copy of this uncommon annual on India, profusely illustrated with colour plates and advertisements, providing a glimpse into the history of India.
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1915 Indian Memories: Recollections of Soldiering Sport, EtcLondon : 1915A first edition of Sir Robert Baden-Powell's enthralling memoir of his time serving in India, with beautiful colour and monochrome illustrations by the author.
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1945 Kashmir: Eden of the EastAllahabad: 1945The scarce first edition of this 1945 celebration of the state of Kashmir, illustrated with folding maps and photographic plates.
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1933 Indian Defence ProblemPoona: 1933A vanishingly scarce military study on India, written and published by Captain G. V. Modak, with a dust wrapper.
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1776 Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West IndiesDublin: 1776Volumes II and III of the four volume 1776 Dublin edition of J. Justamond's translation of Abbe Raynal's historical study.
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1800 A New History of The City of EdinburghEdinburgh : 1800The fourth edition of this very scarce illustrated historical work on Edinburgh, in the original publisher's boards.
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1823 A New System of Practical Domestic EconomyLondon: 1823The third edition of this uncommon guide for domestic economy, in the original boards.
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1772 2Vols Junius Stat Nominis Umbra (Letters of Junius)London: [1772]An early edition of the infamous political 'Letters of Junius' bound in full calf over two volumes.
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18886 Lord Macaulay's Essays and Lays of Ancient RomeLondon: 1886A collection of famous poems and essays from British historian, Thomas Babington Macaulay.
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1912 The Life and Times of the Right Honourable Cecil John Rhodes 1853-1902London: 1912The scarce first edition thus of this biography of mining magnate and politician Cecil John Rhodes.
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1721-22 Antiquity Explained, and Represented in SculpturesLondon: 1721-22The extensive study on global antiquities by Bernard de Montfaucon, an illustrated work here translated into English.
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1837 Scripturae Linguaeque Phoeniciae, Pars TertiaLipsiae: 1837Part III only of Wilhelm Gesenius's study of the language and monuments of the Phoenicians, being the plate volume only.
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1862 8vol The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireLondon: 1862A smart complete set of the new edition of Gibbon's renowned work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
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c1936 3vol Twenty Years After The Battlefields of 1914-1918: Then and NowLondon: c1936A complete three volume set of this historical commentary on the battlefields of the First World War, with illustrations. Includes supplementary volume.
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1922-1923 Council of State Debates: Volume III, Nos 14-42. With Three Index Volumes.Delhi: 1922-1923An impressive volume including twenty-eight numbers of the 'Council of State Debates' discussing the governance of India in 1922 and 1923.
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1888 A Smaller Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and GeographyLondon: 1888An abridged and condensed version of William Smith's dictionary on classical mythology, bound in half calf.
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1924 The Voyages of Jacques CartierOttawa: 1924The first edition of Canadian historian Henry Percival Biggar's study of the sixteenth century maritime voyages of Jacques Cartier.
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1857 The Ruins; or, a Survey of the Revolutions of EmpiresLondon: 1857An interesting study on history by the French author the Comte de Volney, illustrated with one folding plate and one folding map.
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1952 The DeceiversLondon: 1952The first edition of this novel on the 'thuggee' movement in India by John Masters, in the original dust wrapper.
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1796 A List of the Officers of the Army and MarinesLondon: 1796A scarce seventeenth century reference work on the officers of the Army and the Marines, bound in quarter calf.
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1915-1916 5vol The War Illustrated Album De LuxeLondon: 1915-1916A smart five volume set of this illustrated account of The Great War, with maps.
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c1936 2vol Twenty Years After The Battlefields of 1914-1918: Then and NowLondon: c1936Two smart volumes of this historical commentary on the battlefields of the First World War, with illustrations.
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1923-31 The World CrisisLondon: 1923-31A first impression set of Winston Churchill's influential account of the First World War, illustrated with many folding maps.
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1897 The Queen's Empire: A Pictorial and Descriptive RecordLondon: 1897The first edition of this record of Queen Victoria's empire, bound in crushed half morocco and illustrated profusely throughout.
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1947 The Vanished WorldNew York : 1947The first edition of this uncommon and important collection of photographs illustrating Jewish life in Europe in the 1920's and 30's.
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1904-5 Cassell's History of the Russo-Japanese WarLondon: 1904-5A special, illustrated edition of Cassell's history of the Russo-Japanese war, complete in five volumes.
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1902 The Web of EmpireLondon: 1902A scarce first edition copy of Wallace's record of the tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York in 1901.
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1819 The History of EnglandLondon: 1819The Regent's edition of this historical work on England, started by David Hume and continued by T. Smollett, bound in full straight grain morocco.
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Signed1987 Boer War Operations in South Africa 1899-1901Mellville: 1987A limited edition copy of the facsimile reproduction of this fascinating work on the Boer War in South Africa, with the original slipcase.
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1907 The Holy Roman EmpireLondon: 1907A new, revised and enlarged edition of James Bryce's work on the Holy Roman Empire, in a full calf prize binding.
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1902 Im Kampf um Sud-Afrika: General Ben Viljoen and President Paul KrugerMunchen : [1902]Two first edition works in German on the fight for South Africa in the Boer War, with details on the lives of General Ben Viljoen and President Paul Kruger.
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1895 English Seamen in the Sixteenth CenturyLondon: 1895The first edition of this series of lectures given by James Anthony Froude, bound in crushed half morocco.
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1908 Warriors of BritainLondon: [1908]A historical account of the warriors of Britain by Walter Richards, bound in full calf.
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1931 Historic Farms of South AfricaLondon: 1931The first edition of this illustrated historical study on South African farms and their produce by Dorothea Fairbridge.