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xxpoe138705

A Venetian Affair: A True Story of Impossible Love in the Eighteenth Century


DI ROBILIANT, ANDREA

mis-shapen binding: ctavo 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: Harper Perennial 2005

KEYWORDS: literature history love romance passion Venice Italy historical

$15.00
xxpoe138731

Behind the Lines: the Lives of New Zealand Soldiers in the First World War


BOYAK, NICHOLAS

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: Allen & Unwin 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand World War 1 Egypt Gallipoli Paschendaele oral history

$12.00
xxpof138758

Prelude to War: World War II


ELSON, ROBERT T.

Quarto hardcover (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: Time Life 1977

KEYWORDS: pictorial illustrated world war two second world war time life military history

$9.00
xxpof138776

A Scandalous History of the Roman Emperors


BLOND, ANTHONY

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: Caroll & Graf 2000

KEYWORDS: history Roman Emperors Caesar Augustus Nero Claudius Caligula

$10.00
xxpof138786

King James I of England, VI of Scotland


FRASER, ANTONIA

Imperial 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1974

KEYWORDS: history Stuarts James England Scotland

$14.00
xxpof138790

At Home: A Short History of Private Life


BRYSON, BILL

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: Doubleday 2010

KEYWORDS: humour home living culture humanities history first edition

$10.00
xxcgc138795

Harold Nicolson: Diaries and Letters 1930-1964


NICOLSON, HAROLD & OLSON, STANLEY (Ed)

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: Penguin Books 1984

KEYWORDS: diaries correspondance letters Harold Nicolson social history autobiography politics

$40.00
2i30a/2

The Andaman & Nicobar Islands: A Study of Habitat, Economy & Society (From Tradition to Modernity)


DAS, DR. S. T.

Octavo, blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine, xii + 107pp, illus, VG (heavy fading to upper board edges, light rubbing to boards, owner's name & address in ink and owner's address stamp to f.e.p., slight wrinkling to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & small tears to edges, moderate rubbing, heavy vertical crease to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Sagar Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: Andaman Nicobar islands India Bay of Bengal Indian history

$60.00
2i30a/3

India Lakshadweep Islands: From Tradition to Modernity


DAS, DR. S. T.

Octavo, blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine, xi + 118pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to upper board edges, light rubbing to boards, 4cm stain to rear board, owner's name & address in ink and owner's address stamp to f.e.p. in d/w, VG (light creasing & small tears to edges, moderate rubbing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Sagar Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: Laksheedweep islands India Bay of Bengal Indian history

$20.00
xxpog138825

Land Purchase Methods and their Effect on Maori Population, 1865-1901. Journal of the Polynesian Society: Extract from Vol.65, No.3, September 1956


SORRENSON, M.P.K

Super octavo stapled wrapper (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 costs

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1956

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori land rights history polynesian society report population

$9.50
xxpog138843

The Victors: The Men of World War 2


AMBROSE, STEPHEN E.

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Pocket Books 2004

KEYWORDS: Military history world war 2 D-Day

$10.00
xxpog138850

A Concise History of Bronzes


SAVAGE, GEORGE

Octavo softcover (VG); 209 plates, 16 in colour: 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1968

KEYWORDS: History of bronzework bronzeworkers

$70.00
2i30a/5

Ferrarissima 20


ALFIERI, BRUNO (Ed)

Quarto, black heavy card boards, red lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 16pp adverts +128pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, 0.5cm sm gouges to base of rear board, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1994

KEYWORDS: cars ferrari illustrated modern history engines engineering motor

$85.00
2i30a/10

Ferrarissima 5


MADARO, GIANCENZO (Ed)

1986 first edition, quarto, black heavy card boards, red lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 12pp adverts + 119pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate crack to full length of gutter of half title page - pages still in tact) in d/w, VG (moderately light creassing to edges, 14cm crease to corner of back flap, light sun fading to spine, price label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1986

KEYWORDS: cars ferrari illustrated modern history engines engineering motor first edition

$95.00
2i30a/11

Ferrarissima 9


ALFIERI, BRUNO & CASUCCI, PIERO (Eds)

First edition, quarto, black heavy card boards, red lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 18pp adverts + 162pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light scuffing to front board, light foxing to page edges, gutter lightly shaky) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light scuffing to covers, price label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1988

KEYWORDS: cars ferrari illustrated modern history engines engineering motor first edition

$40.00
2i30a/12

Porsche 914 & 914-6: The Definitive History of the Road & Competition Cars


LONG, BRIAN

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 208pp, illus, nr fine (light crease to bottom corner of rear few pages & cover, price label to front cover))

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2016

KEYWORDS: porsche illustrated history cars engines engineering motor 914 914-6

$40.00
2i30a/19

Allegories of Cinema: American Film in the Sixties


JAMES, DAVID E.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & maroon lettering to spine, xiii + 388pp, illus, VG (moderately light creasing to cover edges, sl separation & curling to corners, light soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: film studies American movies US contemporary history culture sixties 60s politics activism illustrated

$15.00
2i30a/21

Record of the Fulfillment: The New Testament


HARRINGTON, WILFRID J.

Octavo, brown buckram boards with terracotta cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine, gilt stamp Christian fish symbol & gilt decorative rule to boards, illus eps, xii + 533pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light scuffing to boards, light staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w & clear contact, VG (light creasing to edges, several 2cm closed tears to edges, light fading to spine, wrapper adhered to plastic protective wrap)

PUBLISHER: The Priory Press 1966

KEYWORDS: religion Christianity new testament apostles teachings apostolic ancient biblical history

$80.00
2i30a/22

The Amadeus Book of the Violin: Construction, History and Music


KOLNEDER, WALTER & PAULY, REINHARD G. (Trans & Ed)

Super octavo, copper coloured heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 597pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board edges & corners, light soiling to page edges) in d/w & clear contact, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, bookseller's price sticker to rear)

PUBLISHER: Amadeus Press 1999

KEYWORDS: music violins string history illustrated classical

$40.00
2i30a/24

The Complete Book of Porsche 911: Every Model Since 1964


LEFFINGWELL, RANDY

Quarto, illus heavy card boards, white & orange lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 288pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing with surface loss to spine extrems, moderate bruising to board corners with surface loss, 9cm closed tear to front board edge, 1cm tear to rear board nr spinelight scuffing to boards, light cracking to illus on eps nr gutter, light creasing to corners of back 2 pages) is a sound book despite description

PUBLISHER: Motorbooks 2011

KEYWORDS: cars illustrated porsche 911 history motor engines engineering

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