Search Results: History - General from W. Fraser Sandercombe

England: Miles Kelly Publishing, 2004. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Second Printing. 8vo. 48 pp. Lightly rubbed on the corners; no interior markings. Illustrated in full colour..

Toronto: Viking - The Penguin Group, 2016. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (xv) 400 pp. Quarter-bound in white on orange boards; lettered in blue on the spine; headband; illustrated with black and white and colour plates. Gretzky looks back on the last ninety-nine years and shares his thoughts on the NHL's most memorable moments. The Contents are: Prologue; The First Hockey Star; In the Beginning; Tex's Rangers and the Leafs; The Bruins; The Hawks; The Wings; The Original Six; The Stanley Cup; The Vezina; The Lady Byng; The First All-Star Game; Fire in His Eyes; The Forgotten Miracle; The Greatest of Them All; Willie O'Ree; Stand Firm; The Second Six; Black, White and Silver; The St. Louis Blues; The Minnesota North Stars; The Oakland Seals; The Pittsburgh Penguins; The Philadelphia Flyers; The World Hockey Association; The Summit Series; Inside the Miracle; The 1984 Canada Cup; The 1987 Canada Cup; The 1998 Winter Olympics; The Culture of Winning; Hockey on the… Read More

Middlesex, England: Puffin Books, 1972. Book. Illus. by Michael Spink;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Edition. 12mo. 48 pp, Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Wraparound cover art and interior colour and black and white artwork by Michael Spink. The Contents are: Into the Triassic; Into the Jurassic; and Into the Cretaceous..

London: Michael Joseph, 1978. Book. Illus. by Francois Boucher;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. 160 pp. Green boards lettered in gilt on the spine; pink endpapers; illustrated throughout with colour paintings. The dustjacket features An Autumn Pastoral by Francois Boucher. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Insights into the world's greatest lovers, from Diane de Poitiers and Jane Digby to Edward VII....

Dorset, England: Blandford Press, 1987. Book. Illus. by Angus McBride;. Very Good. Hardcover. Later Printing. 8vo. 144 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Orange boards lettered in gilt on the spine; illustrated with black and white drawings and colour plates. Dj cover by Angus McBride. Light rubbing on the corners of the dustjacket; no interior markings..

Belleville, Ontario: Essence Publishing, 1999. Book. Illus. by Martin Springett;. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First Printing. 8vo. 388 pp. Trade paperback format. Signed on the half-title page by A. F. Davies. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; previous owner's name inside. Cover art by Martin Springett; illustrated with maps, diagrams and colour plates. The Chapters are: Biblical Weather; Job and Jesus; True Information from Various Disciplines; Terminology; Rediscovering the Weather of the Bible; Biblical Convictions about Weather; The Climatic and Geographic Background of Weather in the Bible; The Biblical View of the Atmosphere; The Global Scale of Atmospheric Motion; The Wind; Vertical Motion in the Atmosphere; Clouds; Precipitation; Biblical Weather Observing; Weather Interpretation - Forecasting - and Utilization of Weather Information in the Bible; Commentaries on Selected Biblical Weather Events; Using Biblical Weather Principles Today; Using… Read More

London: Black and White Budget, 1901. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 4to. Light edge and corner wear with some discolouration on the covers. Profusely illustrated with photographs, drawings and paintings in black and white. Most of the writing is uncredited; this issue contains the following: The Last Summons - The Royal Family at the Death Bed of Our Beloved Queen; Victoria - verse by W. A. MacKenzie; The Proclamation of the King; Six Hitherto Unpublished Photographs of Queen Victoria; - this entire issue is dedicated to Queen Victoria's passing and the new king..

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. (ix) 117 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; yellow endpapers; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price clipped; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction; Exploration and Conquest in the 1500s; The Colonial Era 1600 - 1769; Struggles for Independence 1770 - 1789; Struggles for Freedom 1790 - 1860; The Civil War and Its Legacy 1861 - 1877; Buffalo Soldiers 1877 - 1918; The Spanish American War 1898; Achievements and Setbacks 1898 - 1917; World War I and After 1917 - 1940; World War II 1941 - 1945; Battles on the Home Front 1946 - 1950; Korea 1950 - 1953; Vietnam 1965 - 1975; Fighting for Freedom 1954 - 1990; and The Gulf War and Its Legacy 1991 - 1999; followed by Epilogue: Black Soldiers Past and Present; and an index..

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1971. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo. (xvi) 206 pp. Navy blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine; gold endpapers. Edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; small chip from page ix..

Winston-Salem, North Carolina: John F. Blair - Publisher, 1986. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Later Printing. 8vo. (viii) 264 pp. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a some fading on a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: Early Life of Blackbeard; Creation of an Image; Searching for Prizes; Blockade at Charleston; Treachery at Beaufort Inlet; Blackbeard Settles in Bath Town; Refuge in North Carolina; Seafaring Activities of a Pardoned Pirate; Virginia Trial of Blackbeard's Quartermaster; Preparations in Virginia for the Capture of Blackbeard; Battle of Ocracoke Inlet; Dispute Over Jurisdiction; Virginia Trial of the Captured Pirates; Trial of Tobias Knight; Aftermath in North Carolina; and End of Piracy; followed by Appendices: A: Newspaper Accounts of the Battle of Ocracoke Inlet; B: Letter of Colonel Thomas Pollock to Governor Charles Eden; C: Jurisdiction of Colonial Courts of Vice-Admiralty; D: Proclamation Under Which Blackbeard Bonnet… Read More

Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor, 1974. Book. Illus. by James E. McIlrath;. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. 192 pp. Trade paperback format. Edge and corner wear with an uncreased spine and small thumb crease on the front cover; no interior markings. Cover art by James E. McIlrath. The Contents are: Born to Lead; Rise of the Dead Cura; Fall of the Cura; Fearful Secret; For My People; Huinca Territory; Desperate Confrontation; Failure of a Mission; Time Will Tell; My Friend the Bishop; From Tierra del Fuego; Danger Mission; Expedition Hope; Forbidden Pampas; Enemy Attack; Land Ho; To the Vatican; Fresh Hopes; Final Struggle; Homeward Bound; Satan's Mistress; and To Rise Again; followed by a bibliography..

London: Fourth Estate, 1999. Book. Illus. by Andy Bridge;. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. (xviii) 360 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Andy Bridge. The Contents are: A Net Cast Over Time; A Chronology of Events; A Lone Genius Proclaims the Truth About Time; Luna: Temptress of Time; Caesar Embraces the Sun; A Flaming Cross of Gold; Time Stands Still; Monks Dream While Counting on Their Fingers; Charlemagne's Sandglass; The Strange Journey of 365.242199; From the House of Wisdom to Darkest Europe; Latinorum Penuria - The Poverty of the Latins; The Battle Over Time; From the Black Death to Copernicus; Solving the Riddle of Time; Ten Days Lost For Ever; and Living on Atomic Time; followed by an index..

London: Pan Books, 1961. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Paperback Printing. 220 pp. Great Pan Book G425. Light rubbing on the corners with an uncreased spine and a small mark on the lower right of the front cover; no interior markings..

London: Edinburgh House Press, 1936. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Revised Edition. 12mo. 160 pp. Trade paperback format - soft cover with matching dustjacket; illustrated with maps. Lightly rubbed on the corners of the dustjacket with some foxing on the edges of the text block; no interior markings. Illustrated with maps. In 1935, Basil Mathews wrote, "(is) mankind to take the road that leads, by way of inter-racial antagonisms, to incalculable catastrophe or go up the slopes of increasing inter-racial cooperation and understanding to a new world order, whose invisible fortresses would be the reign of justice and whose gates would never be shut, for all the nations would bring their glory into it." Sometimes, one wonders if people are still trying... The Contents are: The White Man and the World; The Dilemma of the Pacific; The Sphinx Continent; Ind: Imp: and Mother India; The World Team; and The Frontiers of Paganism..

London: Chatto and Windus, 1979. Book. Illus. by John Woodcock;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 240 pp. Blue boards lettered in gilt on the spine. Light edge and corner wear on the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. Dj by John Woodcock. The Contents are: ROOTS: The Zeppelin; The Raphaels of Vilkomir; The Ancient Memory. THE LITVAK CONNECTION: The Gaon of Vilna; A Jew from Pinsk. GOLDEN LANDS: Jerusalem U.S.A.; England in Style. ADDING IT UP: Seventy Years On; Jesus; How Faithful. THREE JEWS AT LARGE: Akiba Recovered; Born in Berlin; An Englishman Forever. And ENVOI: Joseph; followed by acknowledgment, notes, a glossary and an index..

London: Bracken Books, 1985. Book. Illus. by A. C. Fox-Davies;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xix) 359 pp. Please note, this is a somewhat heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping will likely be higher than normal. Red boards lettered in gilt on the spine; headband. Illustrated with colour plates and line drawings. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; bookplate on the front pastedown; no other interior markings..

Dorset, England: Blandford Press, 1986. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 128 pp. Brown boards lettered in gilt on the spine; blue endpapers; illustrated with black and white photographs, drawings and diagrams. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Introduction; You Must Be Daft: Very Early Days; Beginning the Craft; Continuing to Learn; Back on the Farm; Old Guns, New Guns; Past Masters. Practical Gun Work: Simple Work; And Not So Simple; Stocking - to Begin; Stocking - to Finish; The Importance of Springs. Becoming a Shot: Shooting - Early Experiences; The Clay Target; Teaching Others; and Problems and Peculiarities; followed by Glossary of Essential Gunmaker's Terms, and an Index..

New York: The New York Times Co., 1926. Book. Very Good-. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. Some wear and with a previous owner's name on the cover; no interior markings. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. There is a quote from George Santayana, the American philosopher, that has a couple of variations: Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it; and - those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. So true. And he also said, "A country without a memory is a country of madmen," while the German philosopher Georg Hegel said, "We learn from history that we never learn anything from history." These Current History magazines tend to prove those statements. And a look through the titles suggests the problems of 1926 weren't much different than the ones we have now. This issue contains far too many articles to list them all but some of the highlights are: Europe's Moral and Material Obligations to America by Louis E. Van Norman;… Read More

New York: The New York Times Co., 1916. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. Light wear but general wear; no interior markings. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. This issue contains far too many articles to list them all but some of the highlights are: New War Methods and Victory by Winston Spencer Churchill; The Profit Side of War by Charles Johnston; The Conflict Enters a New Phase - German View by H. H. von Mellenthin; The Month's Military Developments: American View by J. B. W. Gardiner; Activities of the German Submarines by Captain Paul Koenig; A Night Battle and a Close Call by Harry C. Collins; and much, much more..

New York: The New York Times Co., 1925. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. First Edition. 8vo. Light wear but with a previous owner's name faintly on the cover; no interior markings. Illustrated with photographs and maps. There is a quote from George Santayana, the American philosopher, that has a couple of variations: Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it; and - those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. So true. And he also said, "A country without a memory is a country of madmen," while the German philosopher Georg Hegel said, "We learn from history that we never learn anything from history." These Current History magazines tend to prove those statements. And a look through the titles suggests the problems and issues of 1925 weren't much different than the ones we have now. This issue contains far too many articles to list them all but some of the highlights are: A Condemnation of United States Naval Policy by William H. King; The… Read More