History from Attic Books

Ceylon: Survey Department, 1955. 1955 reprint of 1847 map. Good. One 64x67 cm colour map. 3 vertical and 1 horizontal fold. Dampstains to edges not affecting map. Small tear in bottom edge on fold. Tiny holes in centre. Stains on rear. Shows ruins, railway lines, museums, ponds, hoital, hotels, 15 historic sites.

Paris: C. L. F. Panckoucke, 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Vol. I only of 7: 539 p. 21 cm. Half green leather with grey paper boards. All edges red. Worn extremities. Foxing. French text.

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1907. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. xx, 327, [5] p. 21 cm. Frontispiece and one other b&w plate. Blue cloth with gold lettering. Tears in spine ends and in centre spine below author's name. Some foxing to first and last pages.

Roma: Aracne, 2004. Softcover. Very good. Verso un mondo nuovo, 59. 418, [14] p. 21 cm. Paperback. Light wear. Italian text.

Taschen, 2015. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 741 p. 20 cm. 230 colour plates of maps from 1572-1617. Cream paper under mylar-covered dustjacket. Black ribbon marker. Foreword by Rem Koolhaas. 230 colour engravings which transformed urban cartography. Based on the copy in the Historisches Museum Frankfurt.

Munchen: Georg Muller, 1912. Hardcover. Good. 2 vols.: lxxxiv, 250; 396 p. 21 cm. B&w engraved plates. Half leather with printed paper boards. Gilt trim on spines. Corners bumped. Some scuffs to boards and edges. Larger scuff on front board on vol. 1. German text.

London: T. C. & E. C. Jack Limited, nd. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Romance of Empire series ed. by John Lang. 299 p. 21 cm. 12 colour plates from original drawings in colour by Lambeth. Blue cloth with front illustration. Pictorial dustjacket with chips and tears to edges. Some soiling, most noticeable to white rear panel. Jacket spine darkened inside… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Edward Stanford, 1879. Hardcover. Good. 143 p. 23 cm. Fold-out colour map. Green cloth with gold print. Corners bumped, small tears in spine ends, some soiling to cloth. Offsetting to endpapers. Rear hinge cracked internally. Title continues: "The government, laws, churches, public institutions, and the resources of New Zealand, popularly and critically compared with those of… Saber más sobre este artículo

New Brunswick, USA: Transaction Publishers, 2003. Softcover. Very good. xxxvi, 579 p. 26 cm. Paperback. Soiled covers. Foreword by Irving Louis Horowitz and introduction by Helen Segall.

Spotsylvania, VI: Sergeant Kirkland's Press, 2001. Softcover. Near fine. 327 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Inscribed by author.

Paris; Sao Paulo , 2015. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. 228 p. 23 x 31 cm. B&w and colour illustrations. Pictorial hardcover in matching dustjacket. English, French and Portuguese text in parallel columns.

Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 371 p. 22 cm. Colour illustrations. Pictorial hardcover in matching dustjacket.

Toronto: Rose Publishing, 1887. Hardcover. Fair. xvi, 285 p. 19 cm. Frontispiece portrait of author. Teal cloth with black and gold impressing. Corners bumped, spine ends softened, some small tears in edges, some soiling and discolouration to exterior. Dampstain on lower edge affecting lower margins of first pages. Also dampstains to endpapers. Front endapers have ink signatures.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Guardian Print & Design Nenagh, 2010. Softcover. Near fine. 264 p. 24 cm. B&w illustrations.

Grand Rapids, MI: The National Union of Christian Schools, 1975. Softcover. Near fine. 103 p. 28 cm. Spiral binding. Faint crease in rear cover.

San Diego: Publishers Export, 1966. Softcover. Good. Special 03. 160 p. 18 cm. Paperback. Scratches and soiling to exterior. Paper browning. "A shocking, lance-sharp view of Vietnam not likely to be given by the O.W.I., the Press, nor the Brass!"

1987. Softcover. Near fine. 195 p. 23 cm. B&w illustrations. Paperback. Light wear. Inscribed by author on first leaf.

Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, 2008. Softcover. Near fine. 153 p. 30 cm. Colour photos. Scratch in spine.

Lagos, Nigeria, 1948. Eleventh edition, January 1948. Booklet. Near fine. 12 p. 16 cm. Stapled paper covers. Paper browning. Lists hotels, churches, taxi fares, cinemas, postage rates, shops, advice about health eg. "Seamen's Clinic for venereal diseases on Apapa Wharf." "Don't judge Nigeria or the African by Lagos."

Paris: Baudouin Freres, 1827. Hardcover. Fair. 3 vols.: xx, 366; 390; 397 p. 21 cm. Quarter red leather with red paper boards. Gilt trim on spines. Corners worn, lighter edge wear to edges. Rubbing to paper boards. Probably had leather tips, now missing. Some paper discoloured on vols. I & III. Title pages have sections clipped out of… Saber más sobre este artículo