Books - "history"
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Luftwaffe Eagle: A WWII German Airman's Story
Octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 222pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine & board top edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2018
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German Germany air warfare pilots luftwaffe
Nobody Grew But the Business: On the Life and Work of William Gaddis
Super octavo, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Gaddis history
Plant Life in Maoriland: A Botanist's Note Book
Octavo, illus stiff card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, illus, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges of paper covering, heavy staining & foxing to covers, heavy loss to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, minor cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1926
KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany plants nature history
The Gypsy Road: A Journey from Krakow to Coblentz
Octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, decorated title page with tissue guard, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minor scuffing/fraying to top edge of spine, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1894
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature gypsies Poland Europe history culture
The English Gipsies and Their Language
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, xiii + 259pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, minor rubbing to spine, sl tanning to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor cracking to rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1893
KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy language England English travellers linguistics history gipsies languages
A History of the Gipsies: with Specimens of the Gipsy Language
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/roughcut page edges- some remain uncut, 575pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to board & spine extrems/edges, moderate chafing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Son and Marston 1865
KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy history language gipsies customs culture ceremonies
Accounts of the Gypsies of India
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & red decoration to spine, red lettering & decoration to front board, red coloured rule to rear board, folding map frontispiece, viii + 254pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, light rubbing & soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor chafing & soiling to eps, occasional page remains uncut, light foxing to folding map & prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co 1886
KEYWORDS: first editions history gypsies gypsy gipsy India lore folklore Indian culture
Gipsies of the New Forest and Other Tales
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (minor rubbing to psine & board edges/extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor water staining to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: W Mate & Sons 1909
KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy stories tales gipsies travellers history Henry E J Gibbins
The Tinkler-Gypsies
Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow & black lettering & illus to front board, patterned eps, illus title page, xxiv + 538pp + xxx appendices to rear, illus/folding maps, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading & tanning/staining to spine, light to moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges, faded annotation to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: J Maxwell & Son / John Menzies & Co 1907
KEYWORDS: literature literary gypsies gipsies gypsy Romani Scotland Scottish history tinkler Andrew McCormick
Nights and Days on the Gypsy Trail; Through Andalusia and on Other Mediterranean Shores
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, deckled page edges, xvi + 267pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate scuffing to spine extrems, light fading & soiling to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1922
KEYWORDS: gypsies history gipsies gypsy lore folklore travel writing literature Andalusia Mediterranean Romany travellers
The Dialect of the English Gypsies (Second Edition)
SECOND EDITION, super octavo, mauve buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxiii + 302pp, G+ (moderate bruising & heavy water staining/damage to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate water staining to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate water satining to edges of prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Asher & Co 1875
KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy gipsies language linguistics dialects England English history
The Gypsy's Parson: His Experiences and Adventures
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 307pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning/fading & soiling to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, sm illus plate to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1915
KEYWORDS: Romany gypsies gipsies gypsy history folklore lore Rev George Hall
Romany Life: Experienced and Observed During Many Years of Friendly Intercourse with the Gypsies
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 283pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, moderate wrinkling to buckram on rear board, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon 1915
KEYWORDS: Romany gypsies gypsy life gipsies history customs lore folklore culture
Gypsies of the Heath
Octavo, cream buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, 180pp, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Elkin Mathews 1916
KEYWORDS: Romany gypsies gipsies gypsy travellers history culture folklore lore customs
The Yetholm History of the Gypsies
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 152pp + 16pp to rear, G+ (light bruising to extrems, v heavy staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & water staining to page edges, heavy scuffing & adhesion to front eps with loss to base of ffep, heavy water damage/adhesion to rear eps, annotations in ink to frontispiece & title page, most damage is to boards & front & rear of page block, central part of page block is still tidy)
PUBLISHER: J & J H Rutherford 1882
KEYWORDS: gypsies gipsies gypsy history travellers language literary literature dark ages
The Gypsies
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt & red lettering with red rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, 372pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing to spine & board extrems & edges, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing & soiling to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Houghton, Mifflin & Company 1898
KEYWORDS: gypsies gipsies gypsy history Russian Austrian English Welsh American folklore lore culture customs
A Brief Account of Gypsy History, Persecutions, Character & Customs With Examples of Genuine Gypsy Melodies / The Romanichels a Lucubration
Octavo, green light card covers, black lettering to covers, 64pp, VG (moderate fading & staining to cover edges & spine, light chafing & soiling to covers.light tanning & soiling to page edges, light occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Robert McGee & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy history gipsies folklore lore customs melodies music songs
Gypsy Lore
Super octavo, grey stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 15pp, VG- (moderate to heavy staining & creasing to covers, moderate chipping with loss to top edge of front cover & prelim pgs, whole item has been vertically folded/creased in half, light staining to page edges, prev. ownership ink stamp to ffep, moderate rusting to staples)
PUBLISHER: Sherratt & Hughes 1908
KEYWORDS: gypsy lore folklore gypsies gipsies history customs
The Prilgrimage of Buddhism and A Buddhist Pilgrimage
Super 8vo hardcover (VG-), spine coming loose--but otherwise sound, lacking d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company 1928
KEYWORDS: philosophy Budddhism Buddhist history religion religious
Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation
Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1994
KEYWORDS: Jewish Judaism religion religious healing spiritual spirituality community contemporary modern Judaism social history customs