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xxrll164169

Deep River: Music and Memory in Harlem Renaissance Thought


ANDERSON, PAUL ALLEN

Ex-LIBRARY. 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: Duke University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Paul Allen Anderson manhattan harlem new york history culture sociology

$12.00
xxrll164171

Why Britain Is At War


NICOLSON, HAROLD

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1939

KEYWORDS: Harold Nicolson world war two 2 ww2 britain united kingdom uk nazi germany history contemporary

$25.00
xxrmc164200

Lee Boo of Belau: A Prince in London


PEACOCK, DANIEL J.

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: University of Hawaii Press 1987

KEYWORDS: Daniel Peacock pacific island history colonisation britain british crown biography

$15.00
xxrme164209

Wiley: One Hundred and Seventy-five Years of Publishing


ANDERSON, WAYNE A. (ed.)

Super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons. 1982

KEYWORDS: Wayne Anderson wiley publishing company publishers history books literature

$12.00
xxrmj164240

Really the Blues


MEZZROW, MEZZ & WOLFE, BERNARD

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: Flamingo 1993

KEYWORDS: Mezz Mezzrow Bernard Wolfe music genre blues soul jazz america united states usa history

$42.50
1y94/41

Waugh Declared - The Story Of Australia's Famous Cricketing Twins


GATELY, MARK

SIGNED BY BOTH WAUGH TWINS ON BOOKPLATE, Imperial Octavo softcover, illus light card covers, 206pp., illus, VG (moderate creasing to covers, moderate rubbing to top right cover corner, severe bend to the right side of the book, mild foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ironbark Press 1992

KEYWORDS: history sports australia aus aussie oz cricket waugh twins

$40.00
1y94/42

Recent Economic Changes In New Zealand


SUTCH, W. B.

Super Octavo softcover, 'blue' light card covers, black lettering to covers and spine, 164pp., VG- (severe tanning to boards and spine, mild soiling to boards and spine, moderate rubbing and bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate bend to right side of book, heavy tanning to page edges and interiors, mild cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Institute Of Pacific Relations 1936

KEYWORDS: history new zealand aotearoa politics economics

$50.00
1y94/50

The Gay Liberation Youth Movement In New York - An Army Of Lovers Cannot Fall


COHEN, STEPHAN L.

Super Octavo softcover, illus light card covers, white lettering to covers and spine, xvi + 315pp., NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2008

KEYWORDS: lgbt lgbtq gay youth activism new york nyc ny usa protest history

$50.00
1y95/1

Borrowed Plumes - Letters From Edwardian Newspapers Of Male Cross Dressing


FARRER, PETER

INSCRIBED, DATED, AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo softcover, illus light card covers, black lettering to covers and spine, illus half title page, illus title page, 144pp., illus VG+ (mild creasing to covers, mild rubbing to cover and spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Karn Publications 1994

KEYWORDS: lgbt lgbtq culture history trans crossdressing drag female impersonation

$145.00
1y95/6

Microhistories - Demography, Society, And Culture In Rural England, 1800-1930


REAY, BARRY

AUTHORS OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE AND DATE (AUTHORS COPY), FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 290pp., 29 plates, VG+ (moderate bruising to board corners, mild soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (moderate curling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: history sociology culture society demography rural england

$40.00
1y95/9

The Languages Of Sexuality


WEEKS, JEFFERY

Super octavo softcover, illus light card covers, black lettering to cover, white lettering to spine, 245pp., VG+ (moderate soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2011

KEYWORDS: lgbt lgbtq language semiotics history sexuality sex

$60.00
1y95/10

Recognizing Transsexuals - Personal, Political And Medicolegal Embodiment


DAVY, ZOWIE

Super octavo hardcover, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to boards and spine, vii + 195pp., VG+ (moderate soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Ashgate 2011

KEYWORDS: lgbt lgbtq language semiotics history sexuality sex trans transgender

$50.00
1y95/13

Possessing The Pacific - Land, Settlers, And Indigenous People From Australia To Alaska


BANNER, STUART

Super Octavo hardcover, brown buckram boards with black spine, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 388, NEAR FINE, in d/w VG (heavy curling and scuffing to edges, mild fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: sociology anthropology colonialism history pacific indigenous

$60.00
ak4/1/2324

The Preceptor's Assistant; or, Miscellaneous Questions in General History, Literature, and Science


WILLIAMS, REV. DAVID

Small octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to front, gilt bands to spine, illus., 305pp+adverts at rear, G+ (front board detached and spine cracked; moderate scuffing and rubbing to boards, moderate tanning and occasional soiling within, prev. owner's name in ink to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper 1830

KEYWORDS: history literature science popular philosophy reference preceptor's assistant preceptor rev reverend williams david

$24.50
ak4/1/2332

Atlantic Sail: Ten Centuries of Ships in the North Atlantic


MORRIS, ROGER

Oblong octavo (long) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1992

KEYWORDS: maritime naval history boats ships atlantic sail sailing

$185.00
ak4/2/2352

A Melange of Musical Pipedreams and Pandemonium: Australian, New Zealand, African, Turkish and Middle Eastern Rock, Pop, Beat, R&B, Folk, Psych and Prog 1963 - 1976


JOYNSON, VERNON

Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., vi+762pp, nr. FINE (a touch of soiling to bottom edge text block, unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: Borderline Productions 2017

KEYWORDS: vernor joynson discography reference music history australian new zealand turkish african middle eastern rock pop r & b rnb rhythm and blues folk psych psychedelic prog progressive record collecting collector

$60.00
ak4/2/2353

Splendours of the Narional Palace Museum: A New Edition


MING-CHU, FENG (ed.)

Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., pp, nr. FINE (tiny scuff to top of spine, minor, w. light creasing also)

PUBLISHER: National Palace Museum / Chou Kung-shin 2010

KEYWORDS: national museum palace taipei tawain tawainese chinese art history jade pottery antiques antique ancient art

$40.00
ak4/2/2361

African Majesty: A Record of Refuge at the Court of the King Bangangte in the French Cameroons


CLEMENT, F. & EGERTON, C.

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo brown cloth boards, gilt (faded) lettering to spine, pp., VG (lacks d/w, light scuffing to boards, moderate tanning and light to moderate foxing to edges and within, prev. owner's name in pen to fep.)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1938

KEYWORDS: king bangangte cameroon central west africa african history french cameroons

$50.00
ak4/2/2363

Tsar Paul and the Question of Madness: An Essay in History and Psychology


RAGSDALE, HUGH

Super octavo red cloth boards, white lettering to front & spine, pp., nr. FINE (a touch of tanning and foxing to edges, minor)

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1988

KEYWORDS: russia russian history tsar monarchy paul pavel psychology historiography europe european czar

$375.00
ak4/2/2365

The Silmarillion [boxed gift set]


TOLKIEN, J. R. R.; TOLKIEN, CHRISTOPHER; SIBLEY, BRIAN; & HOWE, JOHN (illus.)

Scarce boxed gift pack, comprising: (1) the book [small octavo grey heavy card boards, black text and decoration, xxxii+443pp+maps at rear, VG+ (light tanning, otherwise nr. FINE)]; (2) CD in grey card sleeve (Christopher Tolkien Reads an Excerpt From the Silmarillion); (3) a postcard (Tanequetil); & (4) another book [The Map of Tolkien's Beleriand and the Lands to the North, by Brian Sibley & John Howe; illus. light card covers with large folding map, nr. FINE]; all the above in grey card box VG (minor tears to interior, some v. sl. soiling to exterior)

PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 1999

KEYWORDS: scarce limited tolkien j r silmarillion middle earth art maps history fantasy literature

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