Search Results: HISTORY from Monroe Bridge Books

Chicago: Nelson-Hall, 1977 xxii, 160pp, bound in illustrated stiff paper covers, with the binding and hinges tight, NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Spine creased, covers rubbed, interior in Very Good Condition.

Boston: Hall & Locke Company, 1901 xx, 392pp, bound illustrated gray/green cloth, top edges gilt, binding and hinges tight. Complete with all 7 colour illustrations, as called for, as well as one hundred and five black and white text illustrations. Spine lightly sunned, occasional soiling to covers.

Cheyenne, Wyoming: Self Published, 1926 Limited Edition, this being No. 96 of 300 issued. 62pp, [2], bound in half leather, deckled page edges, binding and hinges tight. With 48 tipped-in plates and one albumen group photograph laid-in. Covers show bumped corners, leather flaking, interior shows occasional foxing.

Boston, MA: American Newspapers, Inc. IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Issues: Feb. 9, 1942 - Volume XXXVIII (38) #273 to Feb. 14, 1942 - Volume XXXVIII [38] #278. These original newspapers are bound together in 3/4 cloth and paper over boards, with binding and hinges tight. OVERSIZED. Headlines include "Singapore Battles Jap Swarm", "Japs in New Batan Thrust", "Battle Rages in Singapore", "Singapore Radio Silent", "Jap Hordes Advance Singapore. Normandie Topples Over", "US Army Transport Sunk - 29 Men Missing [Royal T. Frank]", "M'Arthur Faces New Drive", "Last Story Out of Singapore - Japs on Edge of City", "British Navy Aids Singapore", "British Pursue Nazi Fleet", "Nazi Fleet's Big 3 Eludes British Navy. Eyewitness Stories of U.S. Warships in Battle", "Churchill Probes Nazi Naval Coup - Parliament Storm Expected", " 'Chute Army Invade Sumatra",… Read More

London: Macmillan and Co., 1869 xi, [1], 271pp, [1], bound in maroon cloth, with binding and hinges tight. Previous owner's bookplate is for Sir George Washington Baxter (1853-1926) who was the second son of William Edward Baxter (1825-1890) Liberal MP for Montrose Burghs, and nephew of the Textile Baron Sir David Baxter, Founder of University College in Dundee, Scotland. Sir George was a key figure in the family textile firm in Dundee - Baxter Brothers - as well as a prominent Liberal Unionist and President of University College. The covers show light edge wear, bumped corners, spine nick, with spine darkened. Interior shows occasional uncut page, with foxing on the preliminary pages. From the personal collection of Dr. Brooks Ryder (1918-1995), graduate of Harvard College, Harvard School of Public Health, and Tufts Medical School. Known for his Public Health expertise overseas, throughout East Africa and Indonesia.

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918 This FIRST EDITION, hard cover, is in VERY GOOD ++ CONDITION. 85pp plus publishers ads, bound in green cloth, with gilt lettering. Light foxing on covers & prelims with gilt on spine faded. BINDING AND HINGES STRONG AND TIGHT. NO markings, labels or inscriptions. This book summarizes the relations between Britain and America during three centuries which have elapsed since Englishmen first settled on the American continent.

Providence: Brown University, 1932 Covers in Fair Condition, with foxing. Interior in Very Good Condition. Frontis-piece of Alexander The Great in Battle, 81pp, with the folding MAP in Fine Condition, book binding and hinges tight. Light damp mark on lower edge of pages.

New York: American Universities Field Staff, Inc., 1960 Twenty Five Field Reports, as part of a continuing series on Sukarno's program of guided Democracy, after Indonesia's fight for freedom from Dutch rule, along with subsequent internal and external problems of new independence. Slightly musty, with light foxing on preliminary pages. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS.

London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1832 Decorative title, xxix, [1], 378pp, bound in 3/4, olive coloured leather and marbled paper, raised bands on gilt decorated spine, spine label intact, all page edges marbled, binding and hinges tight. Foxing to covers and preliminary pages, light edge wear to covers.

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1934 One of 550 Copies. xiii, [1], 45pp, [3], printed on watermarked Hazelbourn deckle edge paper, bound in half cloth and decorative paper over boards, spine label intact [unchipped], with binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout, includes the two folding maps. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Covers show light edge/corner wear, slight darkening to free endpapers.

Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd., 1902 xiv, 403pp, [1], 16pp, printed on laid paper with deckled page edges, bound in red cloth, inner hinges starting but holding, complete with all six maps, being three full page maps, one partial folding map, and two folding maps in back [slightly toned]. This appears to be an working copy, as there are occasional editorial marking and corrections in pencil. Covers are scuffed, with a sunned spine and bumped corners. The interior shows foxing to the preliminary pages, inscription on the ffp "For N.O.J.H., Oct. 31 1902". From the personal collection of Dr. Brooks Ryder (1918-1995), graduate of Harvard College, Harvard School of Public Health, and Tufts Medical School. Known for his Public Health expertise overseas, throughout East Africa and Indonesia.

London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1896 [8], 344pp, bound in original red cloth, with binding tight. Covers show foxing to the spine only, front hinge cracked. MILITARY, HISTORY.

Toronto, Ontario: A Madison Press Book Produced For McClelland & Stewart Inc. and Penguin Books, 1992 OVERSIZED, 223pp, [1], printed on fine glossy paper, hard cover with the binding and hinges tight, colour and b/w illustrations throughout. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The dust jacket shows a small edge chip, and is NOT price-clipped.

Amherst, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, 2005 xv, [3], 376pp, [1], bound in illustrated stiff paper covers, with the binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Light foxing to the outer page edges.

Deerfield [Massachusetts]: Published By the Association, 1886 108pp, printed on laid paper, bound in brick coloured laid paper, with binding and hinges tight. Front cover shows darkening, with corner stains, first leaf shows darkening. The catalogue includes not only a list of artifacts, but some entries include the history surrounding the artifact, ie. "Moses Rice's Dinner Pot, donated by The Misses Maxwell, Charlemont - M. R. was one of Charlemont's first settlers. Spent the first night there under the large button-ball tree now standing by the road north of the railroad depot, on opposite bank of the river. Was shot by Indians a short distance east, while hoeing corn, June 11, 1755". In a protective mylar cover.

"Rockland" Lichfield [England]: Published by the Author, 1977 [6], 171pp, bound in red cloth, with the binding and hinges tight, illustrated. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with edge wear.

Edinburgh: Chambers, 1993 IN VERY GOOD ++ CONDITION, with a Dust Jacket also in VG++ Condition, in a protective mylar cover. 996pp, bound in green cloth, with binding and hinges tight. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf , 1978 [2], x, [6], 327pp, [5], bound in brown cloth, gilt still bright, binding and hinges tight, includes maps. NO LABELS, NOR INSCRIPTIONS. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped, and is now housed in a protective mylar cover. Remainder mark.

Belleville, Ontario: Mika Publishing Company, 1975 IN VERY GOOD++ CONDITION. 278pp, bound in maroon cloth, with binding and hinges tight. Facsimile copy of the 1902 edition. Occasional underlining/notation. Covers in FINE condition. CANADIAN.

Self Published / I. H. Printing Co. Inc., 1988 152pp, bound in illustrated glossy paper over boards, with the binding and hinges tight, illustrated throughout. NO LABELS, INSCRIPTIONS, NOR MARKINGS. A collection of remembrances of Hungarian children, recording their experiences in the Americanization process before and during the Great Depression.