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$70.00
1a38a/1

A History of the Royal Sussex Regiment: A History of the Old Belfast Regiment of Sussex 1701-1953


MARTINEAU, G. D. & O'DRISCOLL, Capt. P. D. (Maps)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to read leather title plate to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, top page edges stained blue, 324pp, illus/maps, VG (light bruising to board extrems, light sun fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Chichester Moore & Tillyer n/d (circa 1955)

KEYWORDS: military history Royal Sussex regiment line infantry British Army maps

$185.00
1a38a/3

Official Record: New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, 1885


VOGEL, JULIUS (Pref)

Ex-library, super octavo, royal blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & black stamp decoration to spine & front board, gilt embossed motifs to front board, xii + 230pp + 123pp prize essays to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing to extrems & boards with some surface loss, usual library markings, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutter with loose but attached prelims, folding map in delicate condition with some closed tears & foxing but still firmly attached)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1886

KEYWORDS: New Zealand industrial exhibition history 1885 records industry essays

$50.00
1a38a/6

Waikanae


MACLEAN, CHRIS & JOAN

SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, quarto, navy blue heavy card boards, mauve lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 255pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Whitcombe Press 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waikanae signed history settlement

$65.00
1a38a/7

Folio 60: A Bibliography of The Folio Society 1947-2006


NASH, PAUL W. (Compiled) & BRADBURY, SUE et al (Essays)

Quarto, grey buckram boards, gilt decorative lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 472pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to case)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2007

KEYWORDS: folio bibliography history illustrated essays collection anthology

$45.00
1a38a/9

For King and Country and the Scottish Borderers: The Story of the 1/4th (Border) BattalionThe King's Own Scottish Borderers on the Gallipoli Peninsula, 1915


RICHARDSON, GAVIN

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to front cover, iv + 100pp + unpaginated adverts to rear, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to covers, prev. bookseller's price label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Gavin Richardson 1987

KEYWORDS: military history Gallipoli illustrated Scottish Borderers battalion

$45.00
1a38a/13

Bury Grammar School: A History c.1570 to 1976


FALLOWS, I. B.

Tipped in postcard at front, imperial octavo, glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, viii + 547pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing & soiling to covers with light creasing to edges, unobtrusive ink annotations sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Estate Governors of the Bury Grammar Schools 2001

KEYWORDS: Bury school history academia illustrated biographies

$40.00
1a38a/15

Sarawak: Mini Episodes of the Past


FOO, VINCENT H. K.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white letetring to spine, v + 181pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl soiling to covers, sm adhesive label to base of rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Vincent Foo Hiap Khian 2006 (approx.)

KEYWORDS: Malaysia history illustrated Sarawak

$55.00
1a38a/16

Life Lessons From Blessed Joan of Arc


VAUGHAN, Fthr BERNARD & BUSSIERE, GASTON (Illus) & ARCHBISHOP OF WESTMINSTER (Pref)

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & fleur de lis decoration to spine & front board, gilt tooling illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 141pp, plates/illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & board extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to fep, some plates detached but present, plates not counted but presumed all present, some cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Sons 1910

KEYWORDS: religion history Joan of Arc illustrated Christianity

$55.00
1a38a/19

A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Years' Captivity at Omdurman


NEUFELD, CHARLES

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, embossed insignia to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 365pp, deckled page edges, plates with tissue guards (not counted, presumed all present) VG- (heavy chafing & scuffing to boards & extrems with moderate soiling & discolouration, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to frontpastedown, age appropriate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1899

KEYWORDS: history Omdurman Charles Neufeld autobiography memoir middle east

$40.00
1a38a/29

Letters on the Study and Use of Ancient and Modern History


BIGLAND, JOHN

Small octavo, marbled half leather bound boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plate, gilt rule to spine, marbled page edges, 537pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to extrems & boards with some surface loss, moderate cracking to leather on spine, 1cm loss to title plate on spine, page edges faded, fep missing, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, age appropriate tanning & foxing to pages, light cracking to gutters, light & discreet pencil annotations & markings to text and margins sporadically throughout, light insect damage to terminals- inactive)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme 1805

KEYWORDS: history literature study modern ancient antiquity human affairs anthropology sociology

$75.00
1a38a/31

The New Temple: The Church in the New Testament


McKELVEY, R. J.

Ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 238pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, usual but minimal library markings, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, light and unobtrusive markings in ink & pencil to some text and margins) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with considerable but tidy tape repairs, library labels, price clipped, moderate tanning & foxing to spine)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: religion antiquity history ancient temple new testament bible Jewish Christianity messiah God eschatology

$17.50
xxdrl167161

Elizabeth Inchibald And Her Circle - The Life Story of a Charming Woman (1753 - 1821)


LITTLEWOOD, S. R.

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: Daniel O'Connor 1921

KEYWORDS: biography history elizabeth inchbald

$18.00
xxdrm167166

The Church - It's Changing Image Through Twenty Centuries Volume 1. The First Seventeen Centuries & Volume 2 1700 to Present Day


JAY, ERIC G.

2 VOLUME SET, exlibrary, 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: SPCK 1977

KEYWORDS: the church imagery theology religion history

$15.00
xxdpc167180

A History of the Catholic Church in Victoria


BOURKE, FATHER D. F.

Tidy ex-library, 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: Catholic Bishops of Victoria 1988

KEYWORDS: history catholic church bishop vic victoria melbourne australia catholicism

$9.50
xxdpb167185

Abel Tasman National Park - A Handbook for Visitors


N.A.

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: Abel Tasman National Park Board 1965

KEYWORDS: abel tasman national park hand book guide travel NZ New Zealand history nelson

$14.00
xxdpb167187

The Order of St. John (A Short History)


RENWICK, E. D. & WILLIAMS, I. M.

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: St John's Gate 1969

KEYWORDS: history st john on the cross 16th century

$14.00
xxdpf167200

The Private Life of Old Hong Kong - Western Women in the British Colony


HOE, SUSANNA

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, soft cover (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: Oxford University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: history hong kong

$15.00
xxdpf167205

The Company of Books - A Short History of the Lothian Book Companies 1888 - 1988


SAYERS, STUART

Very tidy ex-library, 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: Lothian Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: history lothian publishing company publishers publishing book industry victoria

$20.00
xxcxc167212

The Quaker Family in Colonial America - A Portrait of the Society of Friends


FROST, J. WILLIAM

Very tidy ex-library, 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: St. Martins 1973

KEYWORDS: history colonial quakers quaker biography

$20.00
xxcxd167216

Urban Renegades - The Cultural Strategy of American Indians


GUILLEMIN, JEANNE

Very tidy ex-library, 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: Columbia University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: indigenous americans america history

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