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Invasion: The German Invasion of England July 1940
Paperback (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: Corgi Books 1981
KEYWORDS: world war two ww2 wwii invasion germany england history
The Disposable Skateboard Bible
Quarto, illus heavy card boards, black & gold lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 368pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, sl foxing to page edges, light smudgy fingerprints to eps)
PUBLISHER: Gingko Press Inc 2009
KEYWORDS: skateboarding sports illustrated collecting history culture popular pop hobbies sport extreme collectables collectibles
Harry Carr's World of Freemasonry: The Collected Papers and Talks of Harry Carr
Super octavo, light teal heavy card boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 446pp, illus, VG (light creasing & tanning to spine extrems, light foxing & tanning to boards & edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 9cm vertical crease to front flap of covers)
PUBLISHER: Lewis Masonic 1984
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture
Sidelights on Freemasonry (Craft and Royal Arch)
New revised edition, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule & masonic motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + 263pp, illus, VG- (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate sun fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to board corners, light chafing to boards, 1cm bruise with loss to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, fep missing)
PUBLISHER: A Lewis 1924
KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals
Quest For Mysteries: The Masonic Background for Literature in Eighteenth-Century Germany
Octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 178pp, VG (light chafing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ink stamp & book seller's label to fep)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1947
KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals literature Germany
Manual of Freemasonry: Part1- The First Three Degrees: Part 2- The Royal Arch and Knights Templar Druids: Part 3- The Degrees of Mark Man, Mark Master
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, blind stamp rule to boards, printed eps, xv + 311pp + 16pp adverts, VG- (moderate creasing and scuffing to spine extrems, moderate chafing to board edges with some surface loss, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & prelims/terminals, bookseller's stamp to full title page, occasional pencil annotations)
PUBLISHER: William Reeves n/d
KEYWORDS: templar knights masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals
The Freethinking Freemason: The Collected Masonic Writings of W:. Tim Bryce PM MPS
Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, 301pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Cornerstone 2007
KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals literature
Masonic Centres of the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia
Numbered, super octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 182pp + 11pp appendices, illus, FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Watson Ferguson & Company (Printer) 2008
KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals literature illustrated
William Hogarth: A Freemason's Harlot
Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 223pp, illus, FINE (in removable plastic protective cover)
PUBLISHER: Kendall Tavern Press 2017
KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals literature illustrated biography memoir William Hogarth art symbolism
The Genesis of Freemasonry
Super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, illus, 224pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Lewis Masonic 2009
KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals literature illustrated
The House of David
Ex library small 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1973
KEYWORDS: Israelite Saul Solomon David history religion
Precolumbian Art of North America and Mexico
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: Octopus 1972
KEYWORDS: Art history Americas temples totems sculpture Navajo Maya
Inns and Their Signs: Fact and Fiction
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: David and Charles 1975
KEYWORDS: Inns public houses signs history
The People of Ireland
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: Appletree 1988
KEYWORDS: Sociology history Ireland society origin culture
The Quest for the True Cross
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2000
KEYWORDS: Christianity history cross symbolism relics
A Commentary on the Freemasonic Ritual: Together With Notes on the Ceremonial Work of the Officers
Octavo, sky blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 245pp, VG- (light creasing to spine extrems, heavy water damage & moderate mould smell to bottom 1/3 of boards & bottom of all pages, moderate scuffing with some loss to front pastedown) text is unimpeded by any damp/mould staining, book is still very solid, in d/w & removable plastic protective cover, VG- (moderately heavy creassing & light chipping to edges, moderate staining to covers, 6cm heavy scuff to base of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Fenrose 1973
KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals literature
Masonry and Protestantism
Duodecimo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 112pp + 6pp adverts, 10 plates to rear, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to pages edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co 1923
KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry culture history rituals literature religion Christianity Catholic Catholicism
Chambers's Papers For the People: Vol 1 & 2
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, 512pp, illus, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems, 3cm closed tear to spine, moderate fading to spine, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges-light to eps, lightly moderate sporadic foxing to pages throughout, cracks to full length of gutters) has that delicious old book smell....
PUBLISHER: William and Robert Chambers 1850
KEYWORDS: culture literature history anthropology sociology
Cassell's Book of In-Door Amusements, Card Games and Fireside Fun
Super octavo, mustard buckrum boards, gitl lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, 224pp +16pp adverts, illus, tatty (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some loss, moderate bruising to board corners with some loss, light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to fep & rear ep, crack to full length of gutter, pgs 7-10 & 135-138 detached but all present, other pgs very loose but all present, owner's name in ink to half title page) it's been well loved but is a very heartwarming & wholesome book!
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1891
KEYWORDS: hobbies games fun activities history illustrated
Governors and Settlers: Images of Authority in the British Colonies, 1820-60
Octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, x + 331pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: colonies colonization colonisation history settlers illustrated New Zealand