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xxsjo188745

Tales From the Dark Continent


ALLEN, CHARLES (Ed) & FRY, HELEN (Association) & KIRK-GREENE, ANTHONY (Intro)

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: Andre Deutsch 1979

KEYWORDS: British colonies colonial history Africa first editions

$18.50
xxezm188755

The Face of Battle: A Study of Agincourt, Waterloo and the Somme


KEEGAN, JOHN

Imperial 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: Barrie & Jenkins 1988

KEYWORDS: military history land battles Agincourt Waterloo Somme

$15.00
xxezm188761

A Walk in Old Hobart


WOOLEY, CHARLES & TATLOW, MICHAEL

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: Walk Guides Australia 2010

KEYWORDS: Australia tour guides walking history old Hobart tourism travel

$18.50
xxezm188763

Chairman Mao and the Chinese Communist Party


ONATE, ANDRES D.

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: Nelson-Hall c.1979

KEYWORDS: China Chinese communism communist party Chairman Mao history politics political

$30.00
xxezm188766

The Legacy of Islam


ARNOLD, Sir THOMAS & GUILLAUME, ALFRED

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: Oxford University Press 1943

KEYWORDS: ancient religion religions Islam culture history

$20.00
xxezm188767

Government in New Zealand


WEBB, LEICESTER

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) tidy archival repair 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: Department of Internal Affairs 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand government history politics parliament centennial surveys

$17.50
xxezm188776

The Social Structure of Revolutionary America


MAIN, JACKSON TURNER

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: Princeton University Press 1973

KEYWORDS: US America American history social philosophy

$35.00
xxezm188780

Southern Celts: Stories From People of Irish and Scottish Descent in Aotearoa


KEARNEY, CELINE

Super octavo softcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anthropology culture cultural history Irish Scottish heritage celts celtic gaelic

$25.00
xxezn188817

The Natural History of Antelopes


SPINAGE, C. A.

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: Facts on File Publications 1986

KEYWORDS: natural history deer antelope animals nature environment

$25.00
xxezn188823

Schools of Hellas: An Essay on the Practice and Theory of Ancient Greek Education From 600 to 300 BC (Third Edition)


FREEMAN, KENNETH J. & RENDALL, M. J. (Ed) & VERRALL, A. W. (Preface)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1922

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek education history antiquity

$18.50
xxezn188824

Tokugawa Religion: The Cultural Roots of Modern Japan


BELLAH, ROBERT N.

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: The Free Press 1985

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese culture cultural history religion social

$16.50
xxezn188831

Society and the Dance: The Social Anthropology of Process and Performance


SPENCER, PAUL (Ed)

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: Cambridge University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: dance dancing social history culture stage entertainment anthropology

$25.00
xxezo188844

Volume Two: Capoeira: The Jogo de Angola from Luanda to Cyberspace


TAYLOR, GERARD

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Blue Snake Books c.2005

KEYWORDS: fighting art Afro-Brazilian culture history movement Capoeira dance

$45.00
xxezo188851

Bombs Over Burma


BURCHETT, W. G.

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: F W Cheshire 1944

KEYWORDS: Burma conflict war history W G Burchett British campaign

$27.50
xxezo188852

The H. D. Book


DUNCAN, ROBERT & BOUGHN, MICHAEL (Ed & Intro) & COLEMAN, VICTOR (Ed & Intro)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2011

KEYWORDS: literature poetry poems verse history criticism appreciation literary

$45.00
1b45a/52

A Port's Story: A Nation's Success


YAP, CHRIS

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board edges/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Times Editions Private Ltd 1990

KEYWORDS: Singapore ports trade history port

$125.00
1b45a/54

The Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg: The Southern Flank December 1944 - January 1945 (2 Vol Set)


GAUL, ROLAND

Imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spines & front boards, marbles eps, vol 1- 267pp, vol 2- 357pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing c.1995

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Luxembourg battle bulge battles

$44.00
1b45a/56

Fighting Flames


KIRKBY, RUSSELL W.

SIGNED, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 338pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, publishing ink stamp to full title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with loss & tape repairs to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Hastings Fire Brigade N/D (c.1986)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand fire service centennial centenary history Hastings emergency services signed Russell W Kirkby

$45.00
1c9a/2

The Commander


HAMILTON, GENERAL SIR IAN & FARRAR-HOCKLEY, MAJOR ANTHONY (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO JACKET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xii + 160pp, VG- (moderate bruising & soiling/discolouration to board edges & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout with some minor markings to margins in ink) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss & archival tape repairs to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, sm ink inscription to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1957

KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography memoir General Sir Ian Hamilton military history

$45.00
1c9a/4

The Paradox of Rembrandt's 'Anatomy of Dr. Tulp'


SCHUPBACH, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 110pp + plates to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris embossed to ffep, occasional light markings/annotations to margins- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine 1982

KEYWORDS: first editions art history criticism anatomy Rembrandt medical medicine

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