Search Results: History from Attic Books

Amsterdam, 1691-92. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Fair. 2 letters in 1 book: 30; viii, 72 p. 21 cm. Respined half leather with brown paper boards. Some shelf wear and minor chip in spine. First title page has 2" square cut out and professionally repaired. Second title page has ink spills and dampness stain which extends for a few pages. Ink writing on both titles. Pages darkened, some foxing. Second title page has library stamp on rear. Ink on pages 31 and 72 of second part. Pages 57 onwards have dampness stains around margins. Full titles: 1. A Letter from Major General Ludlow to Sir E. S. Comparing the tyranny of the first four Years of King Charles the Martyr, with the Tyranny of the Late Abdicated King. Occasioned by the reading Doctor Pelling's Lewd Harangues upon the 30th of January, being the Anniversary or General Madding-Day. 2. A Letter from General Ludlow to Dr. Hollingworth, Their Majesties Chaplain At St. Botolph-Aldgate. The name Edmund Ludlow is a pseudonym for a Republican… Read More

Quebec: L. H. Huot, Editeur, Proprietaire du "Canadien", 1873. Softcover. Good. 54 p. 22 cm. Yellow cover. Rear panel missing, ink signature at top front, some tears to edges. Vertical fold. French text.

Erlangen, 1986. Softcover. Near fine. 239 p. 237 p. Colour and b&w illustrations. Light wear and a few marks. German text.

2006. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. 245 p. 31 cm. B&w and colour photographs. Blue hardcover in mylar-covered dustjacket. Marks at bottom of p. 109. Produced in conjunction with a travelling photographic exhbit touring across Canada 2006.

ca. 1900-1910. Folder. Good. 50 loose plates. 25 x 32 cm folder. Includes title plate and 49 b&w plates featuring photographs of Warsaw. Each plate 24 x 30 cm with actual photo size 18 x 25 cm. Photographs are held in a faded blue-green folder. Folder has tears and chips and the front flap is detached. Inscription on reverse of title plate. Plates are clean with no apparent wear from age. An important photo essay capturing the architecture of Warsaw prior to the destruction wrought by WWII when most of the buildings depicted in this folder were destroyed. By 1945, 85% of the buildings in the city were razed, including almost 1000 historical buildings, 25 churches, the National Library, the University and most of the monuments. The views in this folder offer a fantastic glimpse back in time, before the city was decimated, and allow us to remember the beauty of pre-war Warsaw. Each view is captioned in English, German, Russian, French and Polish.

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1816. Hardcover. Very Good. 26 p. 30 cm. Royal coat of arms on title page and page 1. Rebound in a white library-style buckram hardcover with G. Milburn in black print on lower front corner. Spine marked 56 Geo. III Cap. I Alwinton Enclosure. An act from the reign of George III. "At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Twenty-fourth Day of November, Anno Domini 1812, in the Fifty-third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith; And from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the first Day of February 1816, being the Fourth Session of the Fifth Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland."

London: (R. &) J. Dodsley, 1770, 1758. Fifth and second editions. Leatherbound. Fair. 2 vols.: [8], xii, 324; [12], 308 p. 21 cm. Two fold-out maps at beginning. Leather bindings with raised bands on spines. Front board and pages up to 14 detched on vol. 1. Bottom of front hinge cracking vol. 2. Some scuffs and marks. Corners worn. Ink notations on front pastedown, vol. 1. Ink signature on title page in vol. 2. Title continues: "In Six Parts. I. A short History of the Discovery of that Part of the World. II. The Manners and Customs of the original Inhabitants. III. Of the Spanish Settlements. IV. Of the Portuguese. V. Of the French, Dutch, and Danish. VI. Of the English. Each Part contains An accurate Description of the Settlements in it, their Extent, Climate, Products, Trade, Genius and Disposition of their Inhabitants: the Interests of the several Powers of Europe with respect to those Settlements; and their Political and Commercial Views with regard to each other. In Two Volumes." Probably the… Read More

London: Awnsham & John Churchill, nd. [c. 1703]. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 34 p. 34.5 cm folio bound with cloth spine and corners and marbled boards. "Map of Groenland" and engraved plate. Rebound in period-style binding of black cloth and marbled boards. "White-out" used for repagination and on "Advertisement" page. Small tear in page 6. Isaac de La Peyrere was a French theologian well-known for his geographical descriptions of Greenland and Iceland. "An Account of Greenland" was first written c.1645 while La Peyrere was secretary in the French embassy at Copenhagen. Originally in French, the work was requested by M. de la Mothe de Vayer, a member of the French Academy and tutor of King Louis XIV. The first English translation was published in "Churchill's Voyages" in 1704 (second edition 1732). The text includes geographical description as well as the manners of Greenland's people.

The House of Commons, 1809. Pamphlet. Near fine. 13 p. 32 cm. Brown paper covers. Title continues: "Distinguishing each Year; each Island and Colony respectively; and the several Countries from which such Articles were imported." Islands are Antigua, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Vincents, Tortola, Trinidad, Demerara, St. Lucia, Surinam, Tobago.

Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2010. Hardcover. Near fine. Black Sea Studies 11. The Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Black Sea Studies. Green check mark front free endpaper. English text. Various authors on such topics as: the peoples of the Black Sea region, Achaemenid Imperial ideology, recent investigations and excavations, classification of artifacts, etc. Indices.

Leiden: Nederlands Instituut Voor het Nabije Oosten, 1990. Hardcover. Very good. xii, 170 p. 25 cm. 6 b&w figures. Grey cloth. Light dampstains to covers. Small check mark on front free endpaper. "Proceedings of the 1987 Groningen Achaemenid History Workshop." Various authors on topics such as: the Biblical portrayal of Achaemenid rulers; Xenophon's Cyropaedia; two views on Persian history in 18th century England; Alexander and Babylon; models of the Orient in the art history of the Orientalizing period; etc.

London: George Philip & Son, 1885. new edition. Hardcover. ex library-fair. xxvii, 569 p. 21 cm. B&w plates and figures. Black hardcover. Ex lib with label on lower spine and rear endpaper. Ink stamps on text block edges and first pages. New endpapers. Map torn out.

London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; Printers to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, 1696. No Binding. Good. Pages 523-424. [4 pages including cover.] 27 cm. Royal coat of arms on title page. Disbound. Large tears at top of both leaves. Pages darkened. Roughened left edge. An act from the reign of William III.

London: Printed by Mark Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1764. No Binding. Good. Pages 403-407. [8 p. including cover.] 31 cm. Royal coat of arms on title page. Disbound. Dampness stains to top right corners throughout. Top right corner of last leaf a little torn. An act from the reign of King George III.

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1778. No Binding. Good. Pages 323-328. [6 p. with cover.] 31 cm. Royal coat of arms on title page. Disbound. Small holes and two small tears in left margin. Pages are separating from each other. An act from the reign of King George III.

London: Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1742. No Binding. Good. Pages 711-723. [16 p. including cover.] 32 cm. Royal coat of arms on title page. Disbound. Some dampness stains throughout. Top corner of cover is chipped. Remaining top corners are torn and roughened. An act from the reign of King George II. The act continues "and for obliging the Claimers of Veffels feized for Exportation of Wooll, or any unlawful Importation, to give Security for Cofts; and for allowing Eaft India Goods to be taken out of Warehouses, in order to be cleaned and refrefhed".

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1825. No Binding. Good. Pages 1154-1158. [6 p. total.] 30 cm. Royal coat of arms at top of first page. Disbound. Repair to left edge. An act from the reign of King George IV.

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1773. No Binding. Good. Pages 7-8. [4 p. including cover.] 30 cm. Royal coat of arms on title page. Disbound. Crease to left margin. An act from the reign of King George III.

London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, Deceas'd; Printers to the King and Queens most Excellent Majesties, 1692. Disbound. Good. pp. 495-511. (20p. with covers). 29 cm. Disbound. Royal coat of arms on front cover. First page detached. Anno Regni Gulielmi et Mariae, Regis & Reginae Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Quarto & Quntio. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the Twentieth Day of March, Anno Dom. 1689. In the Second year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord and Lady, WILLIAM and MARY, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King and Queen, Defenders of the Faith, &c. And from thence Continued by several Prorogations and Adjournments to the Fourth Day of November, 1692, being the Fourth Session of this Present Parliament.

London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printers to the King's moft Excellent Majesty, 1802. Disbound. Good. 4p. (pp.949-952). 32 cm. Disbound. Includes Royal coat of arms at top of first page. An act from the reign of King George III. Also repeals duties on linen yarn made of flax, goods imported by the East India Company, exempts stone from Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark and Man from duty, permits goods from colonies ceded to the French and Batavian republics to be imported upon payment of duties. Anno Quadragesimo Secundo. GEORGII III. REGIS. CAP. XCV.