History (Bibliographies) from Wykeham Books

Augustus M Kelley, New York, 1970 reprint of 1915 second edition. Cloth, 8vo,. xxiii, 820 pp. Approximately 4,000 entries. Collison, in "Bibliographies, Subject and National” calls this work "..a model of its kind. More than 3,000 items, books, periodical articles, and transactions of learned societies are minutely classified under the following main headings: (a) General authorities, (b) origins, (c)… Saber más sobre este artículo

Alphonse Picard et Fils, Paris, nouvelle édition refondue, corrigeé et considérablement augmentée et corrigeé, 1905-1907. Edition of 2200 copies. 2 vols, quarter-leather and marbled boards, original printed wrappers of fascicules bound in at end, marbled endpapers, small folio, 29 cm,. 2294 columns + [4] pp, [2297]-4824 columns.. The key bio-bibliographical work for people of the middle ages. Sheehy:… Saber más sobre este artículo

No publisher stated, Christchurch, N.Z., first edition, 1950. Printed wrappers, 8vo,. 16 pp. About 30 entries. A bibliography of the early publications of this association, described in the introduction as folows: “The Canterbury Association was formed in March, 1848, to establish in New Zealand a settlement which should follow generally the pattern of Edward Gibbon Wakefield's theories of colonization,… Saber más sobre este artículo

Garland Publishing Inc., New York, first edition, 1975. Cloth, 8vo,. xxii, 588 pp. From a contemporary review: "Professor Horn's Survey lists nearly 600 items full of praise and spite related to the first Duke of Marlborough and his Duchess, Sarah. It 'does not pretend to be a formal bibliography' but endeavours to 'supply identifications for the large body… Saber más sobre este artículo

Department of Education, Dublin, first edition, 1936. Cloth, 8vo, 25 cm,. xxxviii, 177 pp. Over 1393entries. A very valuable bibliography based on the holdings of the Irish National Library, including many rare pamphlets, journals and papers of the period. An 18 page introduction provides an explanatory guide to the literature and is followed by a detailed 12 page chronology.… Saber más sobre este artículo

Jules Meynial, Paris, first edition, 1931. Edition limited to 320 numbered copies. Printed wrappers, 4to,. xiv, 325 pp, 2 tipped in colour plates. Approximately 800 entries. Catalogue of a splendid collection of manuscripts, books, ephemera and objets d'art relating to Mary, Queen of Scots which was built up by Mrs George T. Bliss and donated to the Bibliotheque Nationale… Saber más sobre este artículo

H. P. Kraus, New York, bookseller's catalogue, n.d. [1994]. Illustrated printed wrappers, 4to, 272 x 198 mm,. 124 pp, ills and 1 b/w folding plate. 238 items. An annotated catalogue principally of 16th and 17th century works. Among the highlights are : Armada Against England: Instructions To Medina Sidonta; Garcia De Palacio, Dialogos Militares, 1583; Medina, Nuevo Regimientos, 1538:… Saber más sobre este artículo

Elkin Mathews & Marrot, London, fifth edition, 1929. Cloth, 8vo,. xxvi, 424 pp. A chronological listing of historical fiction, with each entry annotated in between 10 and 300 words. Annotations are descriptive and often also evaluative. Well indexed and still useful for tracing material on a particular period. Contents: Introduction.-General list (pre-Christian era)-General list (first century onwards)-Semi-historical fiction.-Bibliography… Saber más sobre este artículo

Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, 1999 reprint of the 1960 edition. Cloth, 8vo,. xi, 498 pp. From the publisher's description: "The general purpose of this catalog is to acquaint scholars, collectors and the public with the content of the notable collection of Lincolniana amassed over a period of 35 years by Mr. Stern of Chicago, and presented by him… Saber más sobre este artículo

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, first edition, 1969. Cloth, 8vo,. xxiii, 478, li pp. Classified listing of books, pamphlets and periodical articles aiming to provide a comprehensive survey of original published sources and secondary works relating to the history of the British Empire (in all parts of the world) in the quarter-century preceding the revolt of the Thirteen… Saber más sobre este artículo

Edouard Cornely et Cie, Paris, photocopy of first edition, 1905. Modern buckram with gilt spine-titles, preserving original wrappers, 8vo, 24 cm,. vii, [1], 71 pp, with numerous blank leaves for notes bound in at end. 728 entries. An early attempt at a full bibliography of the Dreyfus Affair. Good.

Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, first edition, 1972. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. vi, 507 pp. Over 4,000 entries. From the introduction: " "One result of the intense religious and political struggles produced by the four-and-a-half year civil war of the Fronde (January 1649-October 1652) was the appearance of large numbers of pamphlets. It is impossible to know exactly how many appeared;… Saber más sobre este artículo

Librarie Hachette & cie, Paris, first edition, 1901-04. Printed wrappers, 8vo, 19 cm,. 623 pp. Contents: 1. ptie. Instruments bibliographiques.-2. ptie. Histoire et organisation des Etudes historiques Wrappers torn and backstrip worn away so in need of rebinding,, page edges browned with some fraying.

Suffolk Record Office, [Ipswich], first edition, 1976. Printed wrappers in slide-binder, large 8vo, 30 cm,. [3], 49 leaves. Few topographers made a practice of signing their work; some never did so at all. Their manuscripts passed to other antiquaries and then into the libraries of collectors, who, even if they understood the provenance the material, rarely left a… Saber más sobre este artículo

Jonathan Cape, London, first edition, 1940. Cloth, 8vo,. 389 pp. A comprehensive bibliography of the output of writings on British history from 450 AD to 1914 covering all such writings published in 1936. Arranged in a detailed classification scheme with Part I covering general works (such as bibliography, historiography, British history in general and works concerning auxiliary sciences),… Saber más sobre este artículo

Jonathan Cape, London, first edition, 1937. Cloth, 8vo,. 427 pp. A comprehensive bibliography of the output of writings on British history from 450 AD to 1914 covering all such writings published in 1934. Arranged in a detailed classification scheme with Part I covering general works (such as bibliography, historiography, British history in general and works concerning auxiliary sciences),… Saber más sobre este artículo

Jonathan Cape, London, first edition, 1960. Cloth, 8vo,. 475 pp. A comprehensive bibliography of the output of writings on British history from 450 AD to 1914 covering all such writings published from 1940-45. Arranged in a detailed classification scheme with Part I covering general works (such as bibliography, historiography, British history in general and works concerning auxiliary sciences),… Saber más sobre este artículo

Jonathan Cape, London, first edition, 1939. Cloth, 8vo,. 427 pp. A comprehensive bibliography of the output of writings on British history from 450 AD to 1914 covering all such writings published in 1935. Arranged in a detailed classification scheme with Part I covering general works (such as bibliography, historiography, British history in general and works concerning auxiliary sciences),… Saber más sobre este artículo

Wm Dawson & Sons, Folkestone, 1978 reprint of first edition, 1951. Cloth, 8vo,. 333 pp. A comprehensive bibliography of the output of writings on British history from 450 AD to 1914 covering all such writings published in 1938. Arranged in a detailed classification scheme with Part I covering general works (such as bibliography, historiography, British history in general… Saber más sobre este artículo

Published by the author for Vintage Books, Gurgaon, Haryana, first edition, 1993. The dustwrapper states that the work was "published in a limited edition"; no other statement of limitation appears. Cloth, 8vo,. 174 pp, including 16 pp of plates reproducing title-pages of some of the scarcer books on the Mutiny. 1,172 entries. Covers (1) Works of Fiction; (2) Articles… Saber más sobre este artículo