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Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey Through Iraq
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Caliber 2008
KEYWORDS: military history Iraq interrogation techniques USA America army human rights
The Later Middle Ages 1272-1485
Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Sphere Books 1970
KEYWORDS: history royal family British middle ages politics disease anthropology
A Sparrow's Flight: The Memoirs of Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Fontana/HarperCollins 1990
KEYWORDS: memoirs autobiography Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone British politics history
Scott and Amundsen
First edition, super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xx + 665pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (slight fading, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1979
KEYWORDS: biography exploration Antarctica history Robert Falcon Scott Roald Amundsen
Ruins of Sacred and Historic Lands.
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & fron board, gilt motif to spine, yellow eps, frontispiece, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, bookseller's label to fep, 392pp + 16pp adverts + folding maps, VG (heavy browning to page edges, light soiling & light rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, external cracking to front board hinge)
PUBLISHER: T. Nelson & Sons 1853
KEYWORDS: Archaeology History Ancient Antiquities
The Nile Boat; or Glimpses of the Land of Egypt
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to spine, blind decoration to boards, brown eps, a.e.g.,frontispiece, folding plates,vi + 229pp, illus, VG- (prelims loose but present, gutters cracked & binding fragile, light soiling & rubbing to boards, small closed tears to lower spine extrem, larger closed tears to upper spine extrem repaired inside with paper, moderate fraying to board ccorners, owner's name to title page, sporadic light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Henry G Bohn 1862 (Fifth Edition)
KEYWORDS: Ancient Egypt Egyptian history archaeology travel
The Remarkable Expedition: The Story of Stanley's Rescue of Emin Pasha
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 273pp, VG (previous owner's label to fep, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light rubbing to boards) in d/w VG (price clipped, light rubbing, light soiling, light bruising to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to lower front cover)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1947
KEYWORDS: Emin Pasha biography Henry Morton Stanley Africa History Sudan
The Building and Running of Steam Traction Engine and Roller Models
Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 179pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light tanning & light soiling to page edges) in d/w VG (dust wrapper stuck down to rear paste down with large sticker, moderate bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Lion Engineering Co. 1978
KEYWORDS: locomotion trains engineering steam rollers history manual reference
Jane's Weapon Systems 1980-81: Eleventh Edition: The International Reference Book of Modern Wapon Development
Quarto, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 934pp, illus, VG (spine fragile, light rubbing to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, moderate fading to spine, small closed tears to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Jane's Yearbooks, 1980
KEYWORDS: reference military weapons history weaponary systems
Behind German Lines: A Narrative of the Everyday Life of an American Prisoner of war
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to front board & spine, frontispiece, ix + 162pp, illus plates, VG ( 3cm closed tear to spine, light fraying to spine extrems & board corners, moderate tanning to page edges & prelims, owners name in ink to fep, occasional annotations in ink)
PUBLISHER: The Knickerbocker Press 1920
KEYWORDS: prosoner of war POW military history world war 1 WWI autobiography
The Boy's Own Annual: Volume 15 1892-1893
Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board & spine, frontispiece, illus title page, page edges coloured red, xii + 840pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, moderate fading to spine, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling & slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Boy's Own Paper Office 1893
KEYWORDS: Boy's own annual children's literature adventure stories history sport hobbies crafts
The Boy's Own Annual: Volume 51 1928-1929
Quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & red lettering to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 768pp, illus, VG (heavy bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate rubbing & moderate soiling to boards. light tanning to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Boy's Own Paper Office 1929
KEYWORDS: Boy's own annual children's literature adventure stories history sport hobbies crafts
The Boy's Own Annual: Volume 32 1909-1910
Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 823pp, illus, VG- (previous owner's name in ink to title page, eps heavily creased and repaired with cellotape leaving tape residue, very light sporadic foxing to pages, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board edges, heavy soiling & moderate rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Boy's Own Paper Office 1910
KEYWORDS: Boy's own annual children's literature adventure stories history sport hobbies crafts
Dr. Ragab Papyrus Institute: Catalogue 1984
Super octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, 304pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Ragab Institute (1984)
KEYWORDS: arts painting history Ancient Egypt
Chilean Flora Through the Eyes of Marianne North 1884
Quarto, Green boards with white lettering to front board, patterned eps, 133pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Pehuen Editors 1999
KEYWORDS: natural history Chile flora arts painting biography Marianne North
Papa New Guinea: Tribute to a Nation
Quarto, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 184pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boads) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Papa New Guinea Banking Corporation (n/d)
KEYWORDS: Papa New Guinea history economics banking
Treasures of the Jagiellonian University
Numbered Bookplate signed by Rector & author loosely enclosed, Quarto, illus boards with lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, 181pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Krakow 2000
KEYWORDS: Jagiellonian University history
A Centennial Bouquet: The Khandalavala Collection of Indian Art in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
Quarto, illus boards, orange eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 204pp, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Marg Publications2004
KEYWORDS: arts india history sculptures painting Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya
Blossoms of Bangalore
Quarto, illus boards, illus eps, 195pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name to label on title page) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Mytec Process 1994
KEYWORDS: Flowers India Bangalore travel natural history
Marks of the Aegean
Text in Greek & English, Quarto, illus light card covers, 303pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Potamos 2007
KEYWORDS: text in Greek text in english Greece travel history Aegean