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$20.00
xxfck160704

Culture of the Fork


REBORA, GIOVANNI & SONNENFELD, ALBERT (trans.)

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Giovanni Rebora post-medieval europe cooking culinary recipes traditional culture history guide

$20.00
xxfdb160737

Spain in Revolt : A History of the Civil War in Spain 1936 and a Study of it's Social Political and Economic Causes


GANNES, HARRY & REPARD, THEODORE

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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1936

KEYWORDS: history study analysis Spain revolt revolution

$18.50
xxfdd160744

The Image of War : The Pictorial Reporting of the American Civil War


FLETCHER THOMPSON, W. Jr

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Thomas Yoseloff 1960

KEYWORDS: United States America American civil war history reporting illustrated photos black & white

$25.00
xxfdd160748

MOTOR RACING : A Century of Competition and Human Challenges


GUZZARDI, GIUSEPPE & RIZZO, ENZO (text) et al

super large quarto hardcover (Near Fine) in d/w (Near 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chartwell Book Inc 2001

KEYWORDS: history motor racing sport car cars sports photos colour color

$32.50
xxfdd160749

On The Old West Coast : Being Further Reminiscences of a Ranger


BELL, MAJOR HORACE & BARTLETT, LANIER (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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Gosset & Dunlap 1930

KEYWORDS: history west coast America California sketches drawings photos black & white

$30.00
ak2/15/1322

Greece and the British Connection 1935-1941


KOLIOPOULOS, JOHN S.

Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-library) 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: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1977

KEYWORDS: British Greece Greek politics history Heorge II Metaxas dictatorship diplomacy diplomatic relations Anglo-Greek world war 2 second two ww2

$25.00
ak2/15/1323

Ghana and Nigeria 1957-70: A Study in Inter-African Discord


ALUKO, OLAJIDE

Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-library) 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: Rex Collings 1976

KEYWORDS: Ghana Nigeria Ghanaian Nigerian history politics post-colonial postcolonial decolonisation Africa African West Congo Crisis Civil War

$25.00
ak2/15/1326

The Awakening Giant: China's Ascension in World Politics


KAPUR, HARISH

Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-library) 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: Sijthoff & Noordhoff 1981

KEYWORDS: China Chinese politics gloabal economics geopolitics Great Power Powers world history

$35.00
ak2/15/1332

Jewish Scholarship and Scholarly Institutions in Soviet Russia 1918 - 1953


GREENBAUM, ALFRED ABRAHAM

Text in English; quarto softcover (VG, tidy ex-library); 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: Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1978

KEYWORDS: East European Jewry Jewish history scholarship Soviet Russia Russian USSR communism Judaism

$27.50
ak2/15/1333

A History of the English Church in New Zealand


PURCHAS, H. T.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, half-title nearly torn loose, otherwise VG (hardcover octavo, lacks 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams / G. Robertson & Co. / Sampson Low & Co. 1914

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand religion Christianity Christian Church colonial settler pioneer Marsden

$40.00
ak2/15/1340

Wise's New Zealand Index 1939


N/A [H. WISE & CO.]

Small 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: H. Wise & Co. 1939

KEYWORDS: Wises street map index reference directory New Zealand history historical ephemera local

$45.00
ak2/16/1345

Pope Leo XIII [13]: His Life and Letters


POPE LEO XIII [13]; TALBOT, REV. JAMES F. (ed.) & MCKENNA, REV. P. A. (intro.)

Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front, patterned endpapers, vi+621pp, illus., VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings within, light scuffing and tape stains to boards, mdoerate foxing and light tanning within)

PUBLISHER: Standard Publishing Company 1886

KEYWORDS: pope leo XIII thirteenth 13 catholicism catholic christian history christianity letters biography

$80.00
ak2/16/1364

The Forefathers: A Dictionary of Biography of the Jews of Australia 1788-1830


LEVI, JOHN SIMON

Octavo grey light card covers, 139pp, VG- (moderate fading and mdoerate to heavy soiling to covers, light tanning soiling and foxing within, retail price sticker to rear)

PUBLISHER: Australian Jewish Historical Society 1976

KEYWORDS: Jewish history Australia Australian jewry Judaism dictionary reference Historical Society family genealogy

$60.00
ak2/16/1365

The Municipal Handbook of New Zealand 1907


N/A [DADELSZEN, E. J. VON (preface)]

Octavo navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, decorated endpapers, 150pp, VG- (light scuffing and moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning and foxing within, prev. owner's stamp & details in pen opposite title)

PUBLISHER: Government Printing Office 1908

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history reference handbook municipal directory local regional

$150.00
ak2/16/1366

Banking Under Difficulties or Life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales & New Zealand


A BANK OFFICIAL [AKA PRESHAW, G. O.]

Super octavo red boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow endpapers, xii+179pp, VG- (light scuffing and moderate rubbing with surface loss to boards, light to moderate tanning within, occassional foxing, fep. corner clipped, pencil annotations throughout)

PUBLISHER: Edwards, Dunlop & Co. 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australian history goldfields gold fields mining goldmining rush Victoria New South Wales Preshaw Buller Grey Teremakau greenstone pounamu Nelson Okatika Hokitika Waimea modern first edition

$150.00
ak2/16/1374

Captain Joseph Nias and the Treaty of Waitangi: A Vindication


HALL, T. D. H.

Octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 96pp, illus., VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, prev. owner's sticker to front pastedown, minor water damage to endpapers, light tanning to pages, misc. soiling (minor) to edges)

PUBLISHER: L. T. Watkins 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Captain Joseph Nias Treaty Waitangi te Tiriti o

$37.50
ak2/16/1376

Historical Records of New Zealand (2 volume set)


MCNAB, ROBERT

2x VOLUME SET, octavo hardcovers (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: John Mackay, Government Printer [later facsimilie reprint, originally 1908 / 1914]

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical records documents colonial settler pioneer

$90.00
ak2/16/1377

Cyclopedia of New Zealand Volume 3: Canterbury


N/A

VERY ROUGH COPY, lacks title page & prelims, tatty; quarto half bound brown/black leather, gilt emblem to front, gilt lettering to spine, 1116pp, G- (as above, lacks title & prelims: boards detached, many pages (esp. those front, and the last) substantially ripped, torn; boards heavy scuffing and rubbing, spine torn, light tanning within)

PUBLISHER: Cyclopedia Co. [c. 1900's]

KEYWORDS: New Zealand reference cyclopedia encyclopedia Canterbury Christchurch business listings almanack history regional local settler pioneer colonial

$55.00
ak2/16/1379

Shipping Arrivals and Departures: Tasmania Volume III [3]: 1843 - 1850


BROXAM, GRAEME

Quarto maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. endpapers (map & ship sections), xiv+603pp, VG+ (light foxing to edges, prev. owner's stamp to title, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w VG+ (light fading and scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck / Navarine Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: Shipping Arrivals and Departures Tasmania Roebuck immigration Australia Australian history records reference maritime

$25.00
xxfdh160778

How Should We Then Live? - The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture


SCHAEFFER, FRANCIS A.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Crossway / Goodnews 2005

KEYWORDS: history philosophy religion culture western theology decline apocalyptic

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