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$50.00
1y69/46

Vedantic Approaches to God


LOTT, ERIC & JOHN HICK (forew.)

Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii+214pp, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings, light tanning within) in d/w VG+ (usual stamps)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 1980

KEYWORDS: vedanta vedantic sankara ramanuja madhva india india history religion religious philosophy brahman hindu hinduism spirituality

$245.00
1y69/48

The Colonial American Jew 1492-1776 (3 volume set)


MARCUS, JACOB R.

3x VOLUME SET, tidy ex-library; super octavo green/black quarter bound cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol.i: xxxiv+515pp / vol.ii:xi+591pp / vol.iii: ix+537pp, VG+ (usual stamps and minimal markings to exteriors; asides from light tanning and occasional soiling to edges (minor), nr. FINE) in slipcase VG- (moderate scuffing and fraying to edges, light soiling, structurally sound)

PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: jewish jew american history colonial united states america us usa judaism judaic jews

$650.00
1y69/49

Agni: The Vedic Ritual of the Fire Altar (2 volumes set)


STAAL, FRITS (ed) with MACFARLAND, PAMELA

2x VOLUME SET, VERY HEAVY; tidy ex-library with minimal markings; quarto orange brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines and front, illus. endpapers (floor plan); xxxviii+716pp / xvii+832pp+2x methods for folding banana leaves in pockets to rear endpapers, illus., VG+ (no markings to exterior, just inside; aside from slight, unobtrusive soiling to edges and boards and very minor scuffing, and light tanning within, nr. FINE) in slipcases VG to VG- (light scuffing to both, with 3x fairly substantial scuffs to vol.ii's, library stickers to both, both structually sound)

PUBLISHER: Asian Humanities Press Berkeley 1983

KEYWORDS: veda vedic archaeology fire ritual india india history religion religious philosophy brahman hindu hinduism spirituality books the size of which is physically intimidating

$40.00
1y70/1

Chinese Ideas of Life and Death: Faith Myth and Reason in the Han Period (202 BC-AD 220)


LOEWE, MICAHEL

Octavo maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x+226pp, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings, light tanning to pages) in d/w VG (light scuffing, chipping/tears (minor) to corners, usual stamps and markings)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1982

KEYWORDS: han dynasty china chinese history life death religion religious myth philosophy mythology sinology east asia asian

$100.00
1y70/13

Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present


DAVID, ALISON MATTHEWS

Small quarto red cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, xiv+225pp, illus., nr FINE in d/w VG+ (close to nr FINE, just a touch of fading to spine and lightest of scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2015

KEYWORDS: fashion historical history costume clothing apparel couture garments medical uniforms art illness arsenic dyes dying

$70.00
1y70/19

The Iconography of Tibetan Lamaism (Revised Edition)


GORDON, ANTOINETTE K.

Quarto quarter bound grey cloth boards, yellow cloth to spine, gilt letterint to spine, xxxi+131pp, VG- (ex-library, usual stamps and markings; frontis beggining to seperate, still attached; light tanning to edges and within; d/w taped to boards, tape stains to endpapers, light soiling) in d/w VG- (heavy scuffing, moderate chipping, light soiling and fading, usual markings)

PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Companty 1959 (second printing)

KEYWORDS: tibet tibetan buddhism buddhist buddha iconography art painting history religion religious spirituality east asia asian symbolism lamaism

$16.50
xxfoe161515

Wallace, The Hero of Scotland


PATERSON, JAMES

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: William P. Nimmo n/d

KEYWORDS: William Wallace biography Scotland history war

$15.00
xxfoi161529

Doidge's Western Counties Illustrated Annual 1935


n/a

Octavo heavy card covers (scruffy),; 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: Hoyten & Cole/ Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1935

KEYWORDS: annual periodical advertisements history short stories literature poetry

$20.00
xxfoi161533

Giants in the Sky: A History of the Rigid Airship


ROBINSON, DOUGLAS H.

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: G T Foulis & Co Ltd

KEYWORDS: aviation history

$17.50
xxfpc161549

The Story of the Otago Free Church Settlement 1848-1948: A Century's Growth by a Southern Sea


COLLIE, JOHN

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Presbyterian Bookroom n/d

KEYWORDS: history Otago Church religion New Zealand

$22.50
xxfpd161552

Railways on the Screen


HUNTLEY, JOHN

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: Ian Allen Ltd 1993

KEYWORDS: railways rail transport film cinema history

$20.00
xxfpd161553

Epic and Folk Plays of the Yiddish Theatre


LIFSON, DAVID S. (ed/trans)

Tidy Ex Library, 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: Associated University Presses 1975

KEYWORDS: Jewish culture theatre drama history

$19.50
xxfpd161555

Gazetteer of Sydney Shipping 1788-1840


NICHOLSON, I. H.

Imperial 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: Roebuck Society 1981

KEYWORDS: Sydney shipping history

$17.50
xxfpd161556

Sentinel at the Gates: Nelson College for Girls 1883-1983


VOLLER, LOIS C.

Imperial 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: Nelson College for Girls' Old Girls' Association 1982

KEYWORDS: Nelson Girls College New Zealand history school illustrated

$15.00
xxfpd161561

George Green, Miller Snienton


GREEN, GEORGE & WILKINS-JONES, FREDA M.

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: City of Nottingham Leisure Services 1980

KEYWORDS: biography George Green memoir Nottinghamshire England Snienton history

$15.00
xxfpf161567

George Augustus Selwyn: Pioneer Bishop of New Zealand


REED, A. W.

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: A.H. & A. W. Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: biography Selwyn New Zealand history missionary pioneer

$20.00
xxfpf161571

Bertolt Brecht's Berlin: A Scrapbook of the Twenties


VON ECKHARDT, WOLF & GILMAN, SANDER L.

Oblong 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: Abelard-Schuman Ltd 1976

KEYWORDS: Brecht Berlin culture history Germany entertainment music

$10.00
xxfpf161577

Return to Mangungu: A Place of Vision


n/a

Octavo stapled light card covers (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 Wesley Historical Society n/d

KEYWORDS: Mangungu history christianity church

$10.00
xxfpf161578

Guide to the History of Whitianga


BITHELL, JENNY

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Thames Commercial Printers n/d

KEYWORDS: history Thames Whitianga Coromandel Peninsula New Zealand

$10.00
xxfpf161581

Brief History of St John Baptist Church 1831-1973 Te Waimate (Waimate North)


BEDGGOOD, W. E.

Super octavo stapled light card covers (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: n/a

KEYWORDS: Waimate North St John Baptist Church history New Zealand

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