The Trouble With Empire: Challenges to Modern British Imperialism
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; xvi,320pp. Tight, unworn copy in crisp dustwrappers; a near-new copy, apparently unread. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. First Edition. Octavo. Cloth boards; dustjacket; xvi,320pp. Tight, unworn copy in crisp dustwrappers; a near-new copy, apparently unread. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. First Edition. In publisher's series "Oxford Studies in International History." Octavo. Paper-covered boards in dust jacket; xv, 388pp. Trivial shelf wear to boards and jacket, minor soiling to back cover of jacket, else a tight, unmarked, near-new copy. Fine. More
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. First Edition. First printings. Three large octavo volumes (27cm). Blue cloth hardovers; xxxvi,436; xviii,476; xxxviii,428pp; maps; illus. All three volumes complete, clean, and unmarked; a Fine set. In the original publisher's slipcase, slightly worn and soiled with bumps at bottom corners; Very Good. More
London: Gollancz, 1936. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (20cm). Black cloth, titled in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 448pp. Faint foxing to text block edges, else Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, priced 8/6 net on spine panel; slightly dusty and toned, with a ca. 1/2" closed tear on rear panel..... More
London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1880. First U.K. Edition. Octavo (21cm). Brown cloth stamped in gilt and black; dark teal endpapers; [x],277,[3]pp; 12 black and white plates (4 folding). A handsome copy, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, with a few spots of foxing but generally clean: about Near..... More
London: Royal Geographic Society/John Murray, 1873. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (22cm). Blue cloth, titled in gilt on spine; light brown coated endpapers; [viii], 271,[1]pp; large folding map at front. Lightly rubbed, spine darkened, short (2-inch) split to rear inner hinge, short tear at gutter of map, else clean and..... More
London: John Lane: The Bodley Head, 1900. First Edition. First printing. Octavo (20cm). Tan cloth, stamped in blue, red, and cream; [vi],153,[1]pp; with small bifolium of publisher's advertisements laid in. Bookseller's ticket of Brentano's, New York, at rear pastedown. Bookplate of Edward M. Chamberlin to front pastedown. A sound, bright..... More
New York: Random House, 1956. Second American Edition (first published NY: 1900), with a new Foreword by Churchill. Octavo; navy blue over red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; 241pp. Neat ink ownership signature to front endpaper; some barely perceptible spotting to darker portions..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923. First Edition. Octavo. 24cm. Publisher's ribbed maroon cloth, titled in gilt to spine. 180pp. Clean and bright, light bumping to spine ends, a little discoloration of the cloth here and there, a very good, handsome copy. Internally clean, discreet library label to front..... More
Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1816. First American Edition. (Preceded by a London edition, 1815). Octavo. Contemporary full calf; xv,398pp; engraved frontispiece portrait, folding map and six inserted leaves of plates, not reckoned in pagination. Moderate external wear; strip of flaying to leather on front board; crown chipped at edges and..... More
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1912. First Edition. First impression. Octavo. Maroon cloth, titled in gilt on spine; top edge gilt; xvi,[1]-334pp; illus; folding map and 48 inserted leaves of photographic plates (halftones) not reckoned in pagination. Mild darkening to endpapers; top gilt slightly oxidized, still a tight, straight, Very Good..... More
New Haven: Baldwin and Treadway, 1829. First Edition. Octavo (24cm). Stab-sewn pamphlet in brown paper wrappers; 24pp; publisher's ad to rear cover. Largely whole but spine perished, edges rubbed, pencil marks to front cover, light stain to upper margin of textblock, overall: Very Good. The Connecticut Colonization Society was founded..... More
New Haven: Baldwin and Treadway, 1830. First Edition. Octavo (24c). Stab-sewn pamphlet in light brown printed paper wraps; 28pp; publisher's ad to rear wrapper; wood engraving of the "Settlement at Cape Montserado in Africa" to front wrapper. Largely whole, though spine perished, foxed: Very Good. Ad for the "African Repository"--a..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [n.d.]. Reprint. Octavo (24cm). Black cloth stamped in gilt; xviii,317,[1]pp; folding color map frontispiece. Bookplate of Thomas Barbour to front pastedown. Bookseller's ticket of the Old Corner Book Store, Boston to f.f.e.p. Sturdy, lightly rubbed, gilt rubbed off spine, frontispiece partly detached, else generally..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. First Edition. Octavo. Navy cloth boards titled in gilt on front cover and spine, no dustjacket; xix, 251pp. Minor foxing to top edge of textblock. Mild dust soiling to boards, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy. Trivial shelf wear to boards. Very Good. More
London: Thames & Hudson, 1961. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (25cm). Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 628pp; illus. Tight, clean and unmarked, Near Fine. In the original dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 42s net at base of front flap), slightly curled at extremities with incipient separation of lamination; Very Good. More
London: Constable, 1925. Octavo (21cm). Red cloth titled in gilt on spine; xx,238pp; 6 inserted plates, folding map at rear. Ex-library, with large bookplate from the Library of the Royal Artillery Institution to front pastedown, and call number at base of spine. Largely stable with general minor wear, small stains..... More
[Harrisburg: Telegraph Press, ca 1933]. First Edition. Octavo. Original green cloth, titled in gilt on spine and front cover; x,[1]-143pp; color frontispiece; photographic text illustrations (halftone portraits). Trace of wear to cloth board edges and base of spine; occasional faint thumb-soil to text; still a straight, tight, Very Good or..... More
Milan: Baldini Castoldi Dalai, 2007. First Edition. Octavo. Paper-covered boards in dust jacket; 291pp. Author signature and inscription to title page. 32 half-tone plates inserted. Minor foxing to top edge of textblock, trivial age toning to margins of textblock, else a tight, clean, near-new copy. Trivial shelf wear to boards..... More
London: Frank Cass & Co, 1968. Second impression (first published 1950). Octavo. Cloth hardcover; dustjacket; 152pp. Ownership markings; single ink annotation to margin of first page of text; Very Good. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped lightly worn and faded; Very Good. A sound a serviceable reading copy. More
Havana: Casa de las Americas, (1978). First Edition. Slim octavo. Pictorial card wrappers, 59pp; illus. Clean, tight and unmarked with trivial external wear; Near Fine. Text entirely in Spanish. Documentary history of the 1916 U.S. invasion and 6-year occupation of the Dominican Republic, illustrated with contemporary news photographs. More
London: Routledge, 2005. First Edition. In publisher's series "Cass Military Studies." Octavo. Pictorial paper-covered boards; xvii, 240pp. Inscribed on interior of front board "Thanks for helping me get started on this with the article placed in J.M.H./ John Dunn." Minor foxing to top edge of text block, mild bumping to..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1938. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Maroon cloth titled on spine; plain endpapers; [viii],584pp; two folding maps at rear. Sound and straight, spine rubbed and slightly faded, minor rubbing to edges: generally Very Good. [61372]. More
London: George Allen & Unwin, 1935. First Edition. First impression. Octavo (22cm). Blue cloth gilt; dustjacket; [vi],[14]-404,[4]pp; folding map inserted between end of text and index. Tight, clean and unmarked, Near Fine; in the original printed dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 16s. at base of front flap); jacket lightly worn, still Very..... More
London: W. Bulmer & Co. for G. & W. Nicol, 1802. First U.K. Edition. First printing. Quarto (27cm). Contemporary sprinkled calf, gold roll around outer perimeter of boards, board edges tooled in blind, titled in gilt on red leather spine label; plain endpapers; iv,xxvi,195,[1]pp, with postscript leaf paginated "188*" inserted..... More