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$14.00
xxrle125203

Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey Through Iraq


LAGOURANIS, TONY & MIKAELIAN, ALLEN

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

$8.50
xxrle125215

The Later Middle Ages 1272-1485


HOLMES, GEORGE

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

$10.00
xxrle125217

A Sparrow's Flight: The Memoirs of Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone


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

$75.00
2i16/23

Scott and Amundsen


HUNTFORD, ROLAND

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

$75.00
2i16/34

Ruins of Sacred and Historic Lands.


N/A

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

$90.00
2i16/35

The Nile Boat; or Glimpses of the Land of Egypt


BARTLETT, W.H.

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

$35.00
2i16/40

The Remarkable Expedition: The Story of Stanley's Rescue of Emin Pasha


MANNING, OLIVIA

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

$55.00
2i16/48

The Building and Running of Steam Traction Engine and Roller Models


PLASTOW, H.R.

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

$55.00
2i16/50

Jane's Weapon Systems 1980-81: Eleventh Edition: The International Reference Book of Modern Wapon Development


PRETTY, RONALD T. (ed)

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

$45.00
2i17/6

Behind German Lines: A Narrative of the Everyday Life of an American Prisoner of war


ELLINWOOD, RALPH E.

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

$80.00
2i17/9

The Boy's Own Annual: Volume 15 1892-1893


HUTCHISON, G. ANDREW (ed)

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

$50.00
2i17/11

The Boy's Own Annual: Volume 51 1928-1929


POCKLINGTON, GEOFFREY R. (ED)

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

$55.00
2i17/12

The Boy's Own Annual: Volume 32 1909-1910


HUTCHISON, G. ANDREW (ed)

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

$100.00
2i17/17

Dr. Ragab Papyrus Institute: Catalogue 1984


RAGAB, HASSAN

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

$145.00
2i17/19

Chilean Flora Through the Eyes of Marianne North 1884


ECHENIQUE, ANTONIA & LEGASSA, VICTORIA MARIA

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

$70.00
2i17/20

Papa New Guinea: Tribute to a Nation


PAYANI, HENGENE & COUTTS, MICHAEL

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

$50.00
2i17/22

Treasures of the Jagiellonian University


BANAZEWSKI, ROMAN (ed)

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

$175.00
2i17/23

A Centennial Bouquet: The Khandalavala Collection of Indian Art in the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya


DESAI, KALPANA & PAL, PRATAPADITYA

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

$55.00
2i17/26

Blossoms of Bangalore


ISSAR, T.P.

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

$100.00
2i17/32

Marks of the Aegean


PITTAS, GIORGOS & ELEFTHERIOU, MICHAEL (trans)

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

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