About this title: In those days agriculture, trade, and manufacturing were diversions during the summer months; but the regular business of life was warfare with the Danes, Scots, and Welsh. These foes of England could live easily for years on oatmeal, sour milk, and cod's heads, while the fighting clothes of a whole regiment would have been a scant wardrobe for the Greek Slave, and after two centuries of almost uninterrupted carnage their war debt was only a trifle over eight dollars. -from "The Troublous Middle Ages" One of the most beloved humorists of the late 19th century, Bill Nye was forced, by his ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1897
Description: Navy and red cloth over boards with title in silver on front and spine. No DJ. 5 1/2 x 8 1/4. 195 pages plus sections of black & white plates at back. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Lean to spine. Cloth scuffed and lightly soiled with a little fraying to corners and spine ends. Good. Binding tight. Pages crisp, clean and bright. read more
Edition: 1st ed
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Lippincott, Phil
Date Published: 1896
Description: W M Goodes & A M Richards. VG/no DJ. 8vo. Red, white & blue cloth/silver decorated. Humorous history illustrated. Sl foxing on fep. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1896
Description: Illustrated by Goodes, W. M. & Richards, A. M. G+/NONE. General edgewear, some yellowing, owner's name to front endpaper; 8vo; 195 pages; England; red/silver; LW. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia
Date Published: 1896
Description: Goodes, W. M., and A. M. Richards. Good Plus. No Jacket. Octavo. Humorous rendition of History of England in red and blue bookcloth with titles in silver on front and spine; moderate rubbing and edgewear; interior very good, but back free endpaper torn out. 195 pp. plus 14 pages of drawings. read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Lippincott, Philadelphia
Date Published: 1896
Description: From the Druids to the Reign of Henry VIII. Illustrated by W.M. Goodes and A.M. Richards. Blue and red cloth, tips rubbed, a very good copy. BAL 15514. read more
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