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$76.00
2a18d/17

A History of Dentistry in New Zealand


BROOKING, T. W. H.

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 268pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, heavy but small water damage & moderate surface loss to top corner of boards & pages, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy loss & archival tape repairs to top corners, light creasing to edges, moderate chafing/soiling & scuffing to covers, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Dental Association 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa dentistry history medical dentists dental

$40.00
2a18d/31

A Dictionary of Shakespeare's Sexual Puns and Their Significance (Second Edition)


RUBINSTEIN, FRANKIE

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, xxiii + 372pp, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press 1995

KEYWORDS: dictionary Shakespeare literature puns phrases literary history sex sexual language humour humor vocabulary

$225.00
2a18d/33

The Book of Beauty; or Regal Gallery 1848


THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON (Ed)

DELIGHTFUL ORIGINAL BINDING, imperial octavo, teal textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tooling to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus borders to prelim pages, 302pp, 12x black & white plates with tissue guards, VG (moderate bruising & chipping to extrems, moderate tanning to spine & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy cracking to some gutters, prev. owners' names to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate foxing to plates, all plates are present but some are loose, binder's sm label to rear pastedown, frontispiece tissue guard detached & creased but present, some minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: David Bogue 1848

KEYWORDS: women history beauty portraits royal wives Henry 8th eighth viii 3rd third iii first 1st i

$185.00
2a18d/34

The Jews in Spain and Portugal: A Bibliography


SINGERMAN, ROBERT

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xiv + 364pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, minimal library markings, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1975

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies Jews Jewish history anthropology Spain Portugal literature texts Garland reference library social science

$18.50
xxsph181753

Lucrecia's Dreams; Politics and Prophecy in Sixteenth-Century Spain


KAGAN, RICHARD L.

Super octavo softcover (VG) single spot in black permanent marker to foot edge of text block; 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 California Press 1995

KEYWORDS: richard kagan lucrecia de leon spain prophets prophecies spanish inquisition history academic texts

$60.00
2a18e/15

The Shakespeare First Folio: Its Bibliographical and Textual History


GREG, W. W.

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 496pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate foxing to eps and page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate foxing to covers, light chipping to spine extrems and flap corners, 3cm closed tear to upper spine hinge)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare bibliography literature literary textual history

$25.00
xxspi181765

The British Museum Library; a Short History and Survey


ESDAILE, ARUNDELL & KENYON, Sir FREDERIC G. (Intro)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) moderate archival tape reapirs to jacket; 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: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1946

KEYWORDS: British Museum library history records survey

$30.00
xxspi181767

The Fox and the Whirlwind: General George Crook and Geronimo: A Paired Biography


ALESHIRE, PETER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Snos 2000

KEYWORDS: biography memoir General George Cook Geronimo apache indians US generals American America history

$25.00
xxspi181773

Death of Celilo Falls


BARBER, KATRINE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 2007

KEYWORDS: US America American history Pacific Northwest Indians Celilo Falls biography social culture Dalles Dam

$22.50
xxspk181776

Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and the Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure


JEAL, TIM

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2011

KEYWORDS: first edition Egypt exploration travel history literature Victorian British empire

$15.00
xxspk181779

Seeing New York: History Walks for Armchair and Footloose Travellers


COOKE, HOPE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Temple University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration New York US America American cities urban history social culture

$27.50
xxspk181780

Reading Matters: A History of the Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute


SULLIVAN, JIM

Super octavo hardcover (Near 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: The Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Dunedin Otepoti local history Jim Sullivan libraries buildings literary literature

$25.00
xxspm181786

Anthropology and Politics: Revolutions in the Sacred Grove


GELLNER, ERNEST

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishers 1995

KEYWORDS: anthropology politics political history philosophy Ernest Gellner literature

$17.50
xxspm181788

When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains


NEUMANN, ARIANA

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Scribner / Simon and Schuster 2020

KEYWORDS: war history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Ariana Neumann biography autobiography memoir

$14.00
xxsqb181793

D-Day: The Battle For Normandy


BEEVOR, ANTONY

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Viking/Penguin 2010

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii d-day invasion Normandy Antony Beevor

$15.00
xxsqb181796

Paglesham: Life in an Essex Marshland Village


ROBERTS, ROSEMARY

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: M. A. & R. Roberts 1972

KEYWORDS: signed Rosemary Roberts social history English villages Paglesham Essex

$15.00
xxspn181802

Churchill and America


GILBERT, MARTIN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pocket Books 2006

KEYWORDS: politics political leaders Winston Churchill British prime ministers US America American relations history

$30.00
xxsqd181813

A Bibliography of Virginia Legal History Before 1900


BRYSON, WILLIAM HAMILTON

VERY TIDY 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: University Press of Virginia 1979

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature law legal documents history Virginia 19th nineteenth century

$22.50
xxsqd181818

Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography: Volume One: Not For Turning


MOORE, CHARLES

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane/Penguin 2013

KEYWORDS: Maragret Thatcher British political leaders prime ministers the Iron Lady tory conservatives politics history biography memoir

$30.00
xxsqe181826

Manuscripts in Baker Library: A Guide to Sources for Business, Economic and Social History (Fourth Edition)


LOVETT, ROBERT W. & BISHOP, ELEANOR C. (Compiled by)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Baker Library 1978

KEYWORDS: resources Baker library Boston business economics social history masnuscripts literature bibliography bibliographies

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