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Ordo Ab Chao: The Original and Complete Rituals of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of 4-33 Degrees
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 236pp, Near FINE (sl chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated 2014
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry rites rituals Scottish rite history
A Voyage Around the World: New Zealand
Sm octavo, terracotta textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & boards, aeg, illus title page, vii + 264pp + 16pp publisher's catalogue, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & surface loss to boards, presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: George Routledge and Sons N/D (c.1880s)
KEYWORDS: exploration travel literature Jules Verne New Zealand Aotearoa culture history
Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 466pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing to edges, sl soiling to flap edges)
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 1996
KEYWORDS: religion theology ancient Israel antiquity religious history Gods Goddesses images Yahweh
A Few From Afar: Jewish Lives in Tasmania From 1804
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxix + 281pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges & spine with some sl peeling, moderate fading to rear cover, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: The Hobart Hebrew Congregation 2005
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Tasmania Jewis Jews population heritage history communities Van Diemen's Land settlers
One Treaty, One Nation: The Book Every New Zealander Should Read
Octavo, green light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 314pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling/peeling to cover edges, sl soiling & creasing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Tross Publishing 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa treaty of Waitangi politics Maori civil rights land history interpretations
Magnum Opus or the Great Work of Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (Facsimile Reprint)
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers, sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Kessinger Publishing N/D (Facsimile Reprint)
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons history Scottish Albert Pike literature
Scribes, Script and Books: The Book Arts From Antiquity to the Renaissance
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY- MINIMAL MARKINGS, quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, red blind stamp illus & gilt rule to front board, frontispiece, xxxii + 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl label residue to front board & spine, any library markings erased with black marker pen- minimal)
PUBLISHER: American Library Association / The British Library 1991
KEYWORDS: language linguistics books literature etymology books history evolution bookmaking
Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries of Cultural Exchange
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, illus title page, xi + 350pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: signed Shakespeare China Chinese literary history
Heresy, Literature, and Politics in Early Modern English Culture
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 318pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board extrems, sl soiling & light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: English literature literary criticism history historical heresy politics
English Renaissance Drama: A Norton Anthology
Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & gilt decoration to spine, printed eps, lx + 1997pp, VG- (v heavy soiling to rear board, terminals & some page edges- otherwise a decent VG+) in d/w, VG- (v heavy soiling to rear covers & flap, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company 2003
KEYWORDS: plays English renaissance drama theatre stage history literary criticism collection anthology
A Visit to Paris in 1814; being a Review of the Moral, Political, Intellectual and Social Condition of the French Capital (Fourth Edition)
Octavo, leather quarter bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, raised bands & gilt rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, lxxv + 343pp, VG (moderate cracking & scuffing to leather on spine, 1cm cracks to hinges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1816
KEYWORDS: travel exploration France Paris culture history
Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 20166pp, VG (light chafing & creasing/curling to covers, light cracking to some gutters, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: plays theatre history drama stage Thomas Middleton collection anthology literature literary
Tales of the Wars; or, Naval and Military Chronicle: Consisting of Faithful Accounts of Sea and Land Battles, Interspersed With Anecdotes and Biographical Notices of the Most Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders
BINDS ISSUES #106-#157, LAST PAGE IN FACSIMILE TASTEFULLY REBOUND, octavo, quarter leather bound marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, vi + 416pp, illus/engravings, VG (light bruising & chafing to extrems, heavy fading to spine, heavy tanning & discolouration to page edges, age appropriate foxing throughout, some prelims neatly rebound) A very tidy copy
PUBLISHER: G. Berger 1838
KEYWORDS: military history navy naval anecdotes army collection anthology anecdotes tales war
The Country of The Ring and the Book
With a Frontispiece in Colur and 106 Illustrations, Maps and Plans
FIRST EDITION, 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: Cassell and Company, Ltd 1913
KEYWORDS: first edition the ring and the book robert browning britain british england english literary criticism culture history literature franceschini
Old Stone Age
Folio hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, archival repairs to head of spine) ; 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: Phoenix House 1957
KEYWORDS: archaeology early humans cromagnon stone age human history anthropology prehistory prehistoric
Elizabeth Thomson: Cellular Memory
Square quarto 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: Aratoi - Wairarapa Museum of Art and History 2017
KEYWORDS: elizabeth thomson cellular memory art artist Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History
The Cultures of Collecting
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: Harvard University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: collecting collectibles ephemera anthropology material culture cultures history psychology accumulation collage captain james cook sigmund freud jabsburgs exoticism orientalism elvis presley jean baudrillard
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. IX: 1668-1669
A New and Complete Transcription
THIS VOLUME ONLY, 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: G. Bell & Sons 1976
KEYWORDS: samuel pepys diary literature journal england english britain british diarist history
Arthur Symons: A Critical Study
FIRST EDITION, 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: A. M. Philpot 1925
KEYWORDS: arthur symons art history criticism poetry literary english literature
Anzacs at War:The Story of Australian and New Zealand Battles
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty, archival repairs to spine) ; 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: Abelard-Schumann 1965
KEYWORDS: anzac military history australia new zealand