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xxfoa161455

Total War : Causes and Courses of the Second World War


CALVOCORESSI, PETER & WINT, GUY

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: Pelican Books 1974

KEYWORDS: history ww2 world war 2 two maps photos black & white

$225.00
1y67/31

Maori and Education: Or the Education of Natives in New Zealand and its Dependencies [Monograph of the New Zealand Teachers' Summer School (No. 1)]


JACKSON, PATRICK M. (ed.)

SCARCE, FIRST EDITION; octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi+481pp, illus. incl. folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing, rubbing and fading to boards; light to moderate foxing and tanning to edges and within)

PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn 1931

KEYWORDS: new zealand teachers summer school monograph maori education new zealand history scarce modern first edition native schools

$50.00
1y67/41

Richard Spruce (1817 - 1893): Botanist and Explorer


SEAWARD, M. R. D. & FITZGERALD, S. M. D. (ed.'s) [SPRUCE, RICHARD]

Octavo illus. yellow light card covers, 359pp, illus., VG+ (light scuffing and creasing to covers, occassional soiling to edges and within (unobtrusive), prev. owner's name in flowing script, pen, to reverse of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Royal Botanic Gardens 1996

KEYWORDS: richard spruce biography biology science botany exploration victorian natural history

$40.00
1y67/44

The Hutt River: Its History and Its Conquest


TREADWELL, C. A. L.

Octavo teal cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 66pp., illus, uncommon, VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings; light fading to boards, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning within)

PUBLISHER: Hutt River Board 1959

KEYWORDS: hutt upper lower river wellington region regional local history settler pioneer colonial new zealand

$125.00
1y69/3

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783


MAHAN, CAPTAIN A. T.

Super octavo navy blue cloth boards, gilt ship emblem to front, gilt lettering to spine, black endpapers, xxiv+557pp, maps all present, VG- (binding sl. cocked, front hinge cracked but sound, light scuffing and rubbing to boards; light tanning and occassional foxing within; prev. owner's name in pen to fep.)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington [n/d, 10th edition]

KEYWORDS: sea power seapower military theory naval science history politics geopolitics global world great power powers maritime mahan

$80.00
1y69/12

The Life and Teaching of Naropa


GUENTHER, HERBERT V.

Octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi+292pp, VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings thus; d/w taped to boards, tape stains to endpapers; light tanning within; binding ever so slightly cocked) in d/w VG (usual stamps and markings, plastic covered with adhesive strips, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1963

KEYWORDS: tibet tibetan philosophy naropa oral history transmission tradition tantra tantric buddhism buddhist buddha relgion religious spirituality tantrism

$25.00
ak3/11/1561

Vandals in the Bomb Factory: The History and Literature of the Students for a Democratic Society


HEATH, LOUIS G. (ED)

EX-LIBRARY, octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press Inc 1976

KEYWORDS: democracy politics society capitalism communism america united states history military

$30.00
ak3/11/1567

The USSR and Marxist Revolutions in the Third World


KATZ, MARK N. (ED)

EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (nr FINE) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: soviet union policy military history revolution marx leninist politics nuclear

$30.00
ak3/11/1573

Index to Periodical Articles on South African Political and Social History Since 1902


COETZER, P. W. & LE ROUX, J. H. (COMPILED)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of the Orange Free State 1982

KEYWORDS: justice economy commerce agriculture foreign affairs immigration languag culture race relations world war one two political history research bibliography

$24.50
ak3/11/1576

The Ancient World at War: A Global History


SOUZA, PHILIP DE (ED)

EX-LIBRARY, small 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2008

KEYWORDS: weaponry military history eygpt greek archaeology culture economy army persian empire roman republic warfare anicent south asia china aztecs classics

$30.00
ak3/11/1589

Beyond Justice


HELLER, AGNES

EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (nr FINE) in d/w (nr FINE); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1987

KEYWORDS: justice ethics politics political hegel socio-political foucault punishment just unjust war history moral philosophy

$25.00
ak3/12/1597

A Political History of the Two Irelands: From Partition to Peace


WALKER, BRIAN M.

Octavo softcover (nr FINE); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2012

KEYWORDS: ireland history irish politics political science representation identity north south european

$40.00
ak3/12/1598

Black Labor on a White Canal: Panama, 1904-1981


CONNIFF, MICHAEL L.

EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (nr. FINE); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Pittsburgh Press1985

KEYWORDS: west india indians panama canal racism exploitation treaty african diaspora slavery poverty white supremacy history carribean migration depression world war two

$25.00
ak3/12/1602

Some Account of the Trade in Slaves from Africa: As Connected with Europe and America


BANDINEL, JAMES

EX-LIBRARY, octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Frank Cass & Co 1968

KEYWORDS: slave trade africa europe atlantic british politics civil war abolition history african studies foreign affairs portuguese brazilian spanish american

$60.00
1y69/16

The African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church: Reality of the Black Church


WALLS, WILLIAM J.

Super octavo black laminated heavy card boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, illus., 669pp, VG- (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings; moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, with slight deformation of bottom front & rear; light tanning within; light soiling to edges) in d/w VG (light scuffing and chipping, minor closed tears, usual stamps and markings)

PUBLISHER: A. M. E. Zion Publishing House 1974

KEYWORDS: african methodist epicopal zion church american black us united states america usa religion religious frederick douglas sojourner truth bishop j clinton w loguen harriet tubman history theology christian christianity

$50.00
1y69/19

The Cluniacs and the Gregorgian Reform


COWDREY, H. E. J.

Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii+289pp, VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings thus; d/w taped to boards, tape stains to endpapers) in d/w VG (plastic covered, adhesive strips to top and bottom, usual stamps markings)

PUBLISHER: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1970

KEYWORDS: cluniacs gregorgian reform gregorianism gregorian cluniac christian christianity theology church history religion religious european europe

$60.00
1y69/25

Labyrinthe: Erscheinungsformen und Deutungen 5000 Jahre Gengwart eines Urbilds


KERN, HERMANN

TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto oatmeal cloth boards, black lettering to spine and labyrinth design to front, illus., 492pp, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, residue from library stickers)

PUBLISHER: Prestel-Verlag 1982

KEYWORDS: labyrinthe text in german language Erscheinungsformen und Deutungen 5000 Jahre Gengwart eines Urbilds kunst art history

$245.00
1y69/32

The Sephardim of England: A History of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community 1492-1951


HYAMSON, ALBERT M.

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library; octavo black cloth boards, gilt emblem to front & gilt lettering to spine, xii+468pp, illus., VG (usual stamps and markings, light scuffing and v. sl. creasing to boards, light to moderate tanning within) in d/w VG- (light tanning and soiling, moderate scuffing and chipping with closed tears)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1951

KEYWORDS: sephardic sephardim history jewish jews jew judaism britain british england english spanish portuguese diaspora anglo-jewish anglo

$450.00
1y69/37

Eighteen Years in Uganda & East Africa (2 volume set)


TUCKER, ALFRED R.

FIRST EDITION, 2x VOLUME SET, tidy ex-library; super octavo navy blue cloth boards, gilt emblem to front, gilt lettering to spines, illus.,vol.1: xvi+359pp+folding map at rear (VG, minor closed tears, light tanning & light foxing)+adverts at rear / vol.2: xii+388pp, both VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing and rubbing to boards, light to moderate soiling to boards, small chip to spine of vol. ii, both slightly cocked, light tanning and occasional foxing to pages & edges, prev. owner's details in pen to fep. and half title, vol. i. at least one instance of pen underlining, otherwise absent; front and rear hinges reinforced with tape (unobtrusive); usual stamps and markings inside, but absent from exterior)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1908

KEYWORDS: travel exploration africa african colonial colonialism imperialism british empire uganda east alfred tucker ugandan history

$175.00
1y69/43

Turuq and Turuq-Linked Institutions in Nineteenth Century Egypt: A Historical Study in Organizational Dimensions of Islamic Mysticism


DE JONG, F.

Super octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, xiv+255pp+folding maps to rear, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings within (exterior stickers have been removed by prev. owner, leaving slight trace of sticker residue, otherwise boards are very tidy), occasional v. light tanning within)

PUBLISHER: Leiden E. J. Brill 1978

KEYWORDS: islam islamic mysticism religion religious spirituality turuq muslim moslem egypt egyptian history ali ali-bakriyya bakriyya

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