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$100.00
2i20/20

How We Escaped From Pretoria


HALDANE, AYLMER

Revised enlarged edition, octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, black illustrations to spine & front board, frontispiece, 231pp + folding map, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to eps, light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1901

KEYWORDS: Great Britain Army Gordon Highlanders South African War history biography military

$55.00
2i20/23

Adventures in Geyserland: Life in New Zealand's Thermal Regions, Including the Story of the Tarawera Eruption and the Destruction of the Famous Terraces of Rotomahana,


WARBRICK, ALFRED

LACKS D/W, Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 157pp, illus, VG (light tanning to boards, light fading to spine, sl bruising to board corners and spine extrems, sl cocked spine, slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural disaster history Tarawera eruption

$40.00
2i20/25

From Doomsday Book to Magna Carta 1087-1216


POOLE, A.L.

super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 541pp, VG (previous owner's label to fep, previous bookseller's label to fep, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (price clipped, light tanning, light fading, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: Great Britain History Angevin period Norman period

$60.00
2i20/26

Farewell Spain


O'BRIEN, KATE

first edition, octavo, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 229pp, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, moderate fading to spine, previous owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1937

KEYWORDS: Spain travel Kate O'Brien History Civil War autobiography

$10.00
xxrlk125543

Antony and Cleopatra


RIDLEY, M. R. (Ed)

Octavo hardcover (VG) no d/w; 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: Methuen 1961

KEYWORDS: literature history William Shakespeare Antony Cleopatra

$10.00
xxrll125593

After the Lost Generation: A Critical Study of the Writers of Two Wars


ALDRIDGE, JOHN W.

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: The Noonday Press 1958

KEYWORDS: literary criticism war history literature

$10.00
xxrll125606

The Letters of Lord Byron


HOWARTH, R. G. (Ed)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: J. M. Dent and Sons 1948

KEYWORDS: Lord Byron letters correspondance history literature

$12.00
xxrma125652

Hitler's Secret Bankers: How Switzerland Profited From Nazi Genocide


LEBOR, ADAM

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: Pocket Books/Simon and Schuster 1997

KEYWORDS: ww2 second world war history economics genocide military politics Germany Switzerland

$10.00
xxrma125668

The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642


GURR, ANDREW

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: Cambridge University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: acting theatre drama William Shakespeare entertainment history

$22.50
xxrmb125673

Champion Horses


BONGIANNI, MAURIZIO

Large quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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: Bonanza Books 1984

KEYWORDS: horse racing history harness racehorses breed pedigree

$10.00
xxrmb125678

The Diary of a Soldier of Fortune


HYATT, STANLEY PORTAL

Small octavo hardcover (VG+) no d/w; 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: Collins 1900 circa

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Stanley Portal Hyatt military war history

$16.50
xxrmb125710

Aneurin Bevan: A Biography Volume One: 1897-1945


FOOT, MICHAEL

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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: Macgibbon & Kee 1962

KEYWORDS: politics history biography memoir Aneurin Bevan socialism British

$27.50
xxrmc125719

Striking Gold: New Zealand Hockey's Remarkable Victory at the 1976 Olympics


MCFADDEN, SUZANNE

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: Mary Egan Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport hockey olympics history 1976

$16.50
xxrmc125721

Lola Montez


HOLDREDGE, HELEN

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Alvin Redman 1957

KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir Lola Montez history high society entertainer adventurer

$30.00
xxrmc125726

Edward, Prince of Wales and Aquitaine: A Biography of the Black Prince


BARBER, RICHARD

First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: Allen Lane/Penguin Books 1978

KEYWORDS: biography memoir royalty monarchy Edward prince of wales England history first edition politics

$10.00
xxrmc125736

The Face Without a Frown: Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire


GOWER, IRIS LEVESON

Super octavo hardcover (VG) no d/w; 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: Frederick Muller 1945

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Georgiana duchess of devonshire aristocracy British history

$425.00
2i20/34

The Akhenaten Temple Project: Volume One


SMITH, RAY WINFIELD & REDFORD, DONALD B.

This Volume only, Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvii + 275pp, illus, VG (light foxing to page edges, light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, bookseller's label to r.e.p.) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light soiling, light bruising to spine)

PUBLISHER: Aris & Phillips 1976

KEYWORDS: King Akhenaton Thebes Egypt Extinct city Templo de Akenaton ancient history

$150.00
2i20/37

Some Sources of Human History


PETRIE, W. M. FLINDERS

Scarce, first edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 128pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, library stamps to fep & title page, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1919

KEYWORDS: Civilisation Prehistoric peoples ancient History

$145.00
2i20/38

The Tower of Egypt; or, The Types and Chronology of the Great Pyramid


GRANVILLE, ARTHUR R.

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xii + 193pp, VG (previous owner's label to fep, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: S.W. Partridge 1883?

KEYWORDS: Chronology Great Pyramid ancient history Egypt

$100.00
2i20/39

Science in Egyptology: Proceedings of the 'Science in Egyptology' Symposia


DAVID, A. ROSALIE (ed)

Super octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, 525pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate fading to spine, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: science Egyptology history Egypt antiques

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