Search Results: History from JWMah

Philippines: National Centennial Commission and Adarna Book Services, 1999. (PHIL) Presumed 1st edition. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 406pp, over 750 photos ad illustration tell the story of the Philippines in 100 significant events. a heavy book, (5.5 JM HOZ 403/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999. (CAD) 1st printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dustjacket. Boards, 228pp,index, 100 colour and 100 B&W illus. The saga of Arctic explorationis brought to life by excerpts from grim first-hand accounts and by dramatic images in this hadsomely produced book. (3.0 JM HOQ 102/6. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".

Toronto: Somerville House Books, Limited, 1996. (CAD) Presumed 1st printing. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR: "With love/ Lake/Vancouver, March 11/96", no other markings, but foxing to the edges of pages, thus Very Good in Fine dust jacket. Boards, 401pp, index, map, B&W photos. From the dust jacket: After the First Death is a hard-hitting, controversial look at Chile by award-winning journalist and poet Lake Sagaris. Beginning with one of the world's most brutal military regimes, initiated by the military coup of Augusto Pinochet in 1973, Sagaris travels throughout the country talking to its people. This is an eyewitness account of breakdown and remaking of Chilean society, written in compellingly beautiful prose. (2.5 JM LVR 202/a2. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: The Folio Society, 1993. (UK) 3rd printing 1996. No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published, lacking the slipcase. Illus boards, brown cloth spine,pp, index, B&W illus. This book first appeared in 1950 and is an entertaining, authoritative description of late 18th-century English literati. (1.8 JM HOQ 100/2. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Australia: Edward Arnold Publishers Ltd., 1990. (AUS) 4th printing, 1993. No markings, Fine Wraps, 644pp, index, maps, B&W illus. This text presents a detaied coverage of 3 crucial centuries in the history of the Roman people, the second and first centuries BC and the first century AD. The ancient sources and archaeoligical material serve to describe the events aand to allow students to evaluate and interpret historical documents and pictorial evidence. A heavy book, (3.2 JM HOZ 402/b2. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Phoebe Phillips / Heinemann, 1982. (UK) Presumed 1st edition. Owner's insitial to the endpaper, no other markings, stright fading to cover colour at the extreme top edge, thus Near Fine in price-clipped Near Fine dust jacket. Light red boards, 288pp, index. Maps, B&W and colour photos and illus. Four main texts have been put together into a single narrative and translated into modern English so that the these voices from the past speak to us clearly about their world: scornful descriptions of weak kings, accounts of journeys to the limits of the known world, traitors' plots, quotes from Viking invaders, etc. (3.5 JM HOZ 401/6. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

London: Oxford University Press, 1934. (UK) 2nd Printing Six line notation in ink to end paper, some markings to text mostly to Book I, there is a crease the length of the spine panel making the spine appear slanted, the hinges are solid, Good only used copy with a bit of faint discoloration to the back cover, ; no dust jacket. Dark brown cloth with gold spine titles, xii, 691pp, index. This is the 2nd printing of the Second edition of Books 1 to VI in Latin. A heavy book. (3.4 JM HOQ 101/4. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Turkey: Ataturk VE Kurtulus Savasi Muzesi , 1985. (TUR) No markings, Fine. Glossy wraps, 144pp, histric photos, colour reprodcutions of important battles with some panorama in fold-out pages. The text is in parallel Turkish and English. The visual materials are taken from the displays at the Museum. The War of Independence Museum, housed in the first Turkish Grand National Assembly building in the Ulus district of Ankara, Turkey, displays important photographs, documents and furniture from the Turkish War of Independence. (1.5 JM LVR 202/a2. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: Random House Canada, 2005. (CAD) Inscribed by author, no othe rmarkings, about Fine in unclipped about Fine dust jacket, Red boards, 408pp, index. B&W photos. A Canadian journalist goes back to Afghanistan to see her /3birth country and to write about her youth and life. (1.8 JM HOQ 102/b3. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Fine (-)/Fine (-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: MacMillan, 1994. (USA) 1st printing, No markings, about Fine; no dust jacket as published. Hardcover over mea=tal coil binding, 144pp, colour and monochorme photos and illus. There is usually one scene of the city as it is now with a transparent overlay showing it as it once was. The cities are Paris, San Francisco, Rome, Prague, Jerusalem, New York Istanbul, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Washington DC, Moscow, Sydney, Hong Kong, Florence ad Athens. The text gives a short history. (1.9 JM HOZ 403/b5. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Philippines: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2000. (PHIL) Presumed 1st of this edition; the book originally appeared in 1965. No markings, crease to corner of front cover, Very Good. Wraps, 272pp, index, maps, B&W photos. This book traces of overseas Chinese communities, economically powerful, socially and culturally resistant to assimilation, and tied to many ways to China. The author is professor emeritus of history University of British Columbia. (1.7 JM HOZ 401/5. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

NY: Random House, 1996. (USA) 1st edition, No markings, there is atiny dent to the lower edge of front cover, otherwsie Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 264pp, index, over 250 rare historical B&Wphotos paired with commentary from Spence who was the Sterling Professor of History at Yale University. A heavy oversize book. (4.9 JM LVR 200/b0. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1841. (USA) Owner' s name and date of 1843 to title page, no otehr markings, some light foxing to end papers, hinges solid, discoloration to spine and to edges of covers, Good copy. Textured boards, 349pp [14]pp of publisher's ads. Henry Peter Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) was a British statesman who became Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. He was to become one of the chief advisors of Caroline of Brunswick, the estranged wife of George, the Prince of Wales ( the future George IV). This book consists of the diary of the times of George IV; the Queen's letter to the king; Political Characters; Public characters, Congress of Verona. Volume I only. (1.5 JM HOQ 102/b2. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1960. (UK) 1st publication, No markings, Near Fine in unclipped Very Good dust jacket with closed tear to upper edge of front panel near the spine; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Boards, 324pp, index, frontis and 14 B&W plates. Florentine trade; Florentine character; Cosimo de'Medici and the avent of the Bankers; Lorenzo the Magnificent; A tour of the city and the countryside; Hoe life; Pulbic life; Burghers, Artisan and Taxpayers; Uncertainty of the times; The intellectuals; Lives of the Artists; Feminism, the Siege, Florence under the Yoke. (1.9 JM HOQ 101/a5. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2005. (CAD) First printing. No markings, Fine in Fine dust jacket. Boards, xviii, 366pp, index. Maps; B&W and colour illus. This is a vivid account of Sir John Hawkwood, an Englishman, who wnet to Italy and became the mist successful mercenary leader of his time. "Simply the most vivid account of the late medieval world I have ever read"--Terry Jones, (Monty Python). (1.8 JM HOQ 102/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2005. (CAD) First printing. No markings, Fine in Near Fine dust jacket with very light rubbing to the back panel. Boards, xviii, 366pp, index. Maps; B&W and colour illus. This is a vivid account of Sir John Hawkwood, an Englishman, who wnet to Italy and became the mist successful mercenary leader of his time. "Simply the most vivid account of the late medieval world I have ever read"--Terry Jones, Monty Python. (1.8 JM LVR 201/b5. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine (-). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1934. (UK) 1st publication. The front end paper has been removed, owner's name to title page, thus Good used copy; hinges solid; lacking the dust ajcket. Red cloth, 397pp, index, frontis portrait of Tsarina Marie of Russia, 15 B&W photo plates mostly portraits. Corti (d 1953) came from a Lombard noble family. He wrote biographies on the history of the 19th Century and on the royalty and aristocracy of eastern Europe. (2.3 JM HOZ 401/5. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Lacking the Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

Mexico: Bancomer, 1981. (MEX) 1st edition. No markings, hinges fine, there is slight waviness to margins of some of the leaves, thus Good used copy in Good only dust jacket with edge fautls and small tears; DJ is in mylar sleeve. Marron leather, photo end papers, 319pp, list of illus and photos; colour photos and illus, some plan on transluscent paper. The text is entirely in Spanish. The Templo Mayor (Spanish: Main Temple) was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenochtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. The Great Temple devoted to Huitzilopochtli and Tlaloc, measuring approximately 100 by 80 m (328 by 262 ft) at its base, dominated the Sacred Precinct. Construction of the first temple began around 1325. The temple was destroyed by the Spanish in 1521 to make way for the new Mexico City cathedral. A heavy book. (6.6 JM HOJ 304/3. 1st. Hardcover. Good/Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1958. (UK) First Edition Putty colour cloth with brown spine, 182pp, index. Fold out map in perfect order. A history of the Brazilian monarchy which lasted 67 years starting in 1822. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the half-title page, no other markings, Very Good in tattered Dj in mylar sleeve. (1.5 JM HOQ 102/b3. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Tattered. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2011. (HK) Presumed 1st edition. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR to the title page with red chop: "To J--- and P----/ wonderful man and wonderful friends/ with love/ Grant", no other markigns, slight bump to lwoer corner of front cover, Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Hardcover, xv, 325pp, index, no illus. This bok documents the parallel lives of the Dowager Empress Cixi and the American diplomat's wife Sarah Pike Conger during the time of the Boxer Uprising in Beijing. (2.2 JM 012a4. Inscribed By Author. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".