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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

$16.50
xxsqe181832

A History of East Africa


INGHAM, KENNETH

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: Longman Group 1970

KEYWORDS: history east Africa

$20.00
xxsqj181857

Caught in the Web of Words: James A. H. Murray and the Oxford English Dictionary


MURRAY, K. M. ELISABETH & BURCHFIELD, R. W. (Preface)

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: Yale University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: literary history oxford English dictionary literature lexicographers lexicography James Murray

$20.00
xxsqj181860

Six Days: How the 1967 War Shaped the Middle East


BOWEN, JEREMY

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 2004

KEYWORDS: middle east six 6 day war military history politics Israel Palestine conflict

$16.50
xxsqm181871

Indian Wars


UTLEY, ROBERT M. & WASHBURN, WILCOMB E.

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: Houghton Mifflin 2002

KEYWORDS: native American Indians history US America

$22.50
xxsqm181876

I Fought With Custer: The Story of Sergeant Windolph, Last Survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn


HUNT, FRAZIER and ROBERT & MANGUM, NEIL (Fore)

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 Nebraska Press c.1990

KEYWORDS: US America American history Sergeant Charles Windolph 7th seventh cavalry civil war

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xxsre181900

In The Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown


PHILBRICK, NATHANIEL

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: Viking 2018

KEYWORDS: george washington yorktown naval battle battles maritime military history america american war of independence revolution

$17.50
xxsrf181903

The Golden Sea: Man's Underwater Adventures


BROWN, JOSEPH E. & SMITH, BRADLEY (ed.)

Folio 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: Cassell 1974

KEYWORDS: ocean oceans diving scuba snorkeling marine life fish biology photograph photographic photographs photos photo diver divers shipwrecks history archaeology shipwreck

$15.00
xxsrf181909

Mr Churchill: A Pictorial Cavalcade Of His Life and Extracts From His Immortal Speeches


N/A & [CHURCHILL, WINSTON]

Super octavo stapled wrappers (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: Murfett Pty. Ltd., undated [ca late 1940s]

KEYWORDS: winston churchill biographical photographic photographs photos britain british political military history

$20.00
xxsrg181933

Roasting the Swan of Avon: Shakespeare's Redoubtable Enemies & Dubious Friends


SMITH, BRUCE R.

Quarto 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: Folger Shakespeare Library 1994

KEYWORDS: william shakespeare shakespearean criticism elizabthan literaure literary drama history theatre

$85.00
2a18e/25

Heath's Book of Beauty 1835; with Nineteen Beautifully Finished Engravings, From Drawings by the First Artists


THE COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON (Ed)

REBACKED, octavo, black textured buckram boards, green blank buckram spine, gilt tooling & blind stamp decoration to boardsaeg, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to boards & corners/edges, binder's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to plates, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman c.1835

KEYWORDS: beautiful women history book of beauty

$55.00
2a18e/34

Ben Johnson and the Lucianic Tradition


DUNCAN, DOUGLAS

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 252pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional markings & annotations in pencil to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning to flaps, prev. bookseller's price label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: Ben Johnson literature literary criticism Lucianus Samosatensis satire influence history

$40.00
2a18f/5

The Rising Sunset


ATTIWILL, KEN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 206pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, plate to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1957

KEYWORDS: first edition war history prisoners of war pows Ken Attwill autobiography memoir Java Japan

$40.00
2a18f/6

An Aide-de Camp of Napoleon: Memoirs of General Count de Segur


DE SEGUR, GENERAL COUNT & DE SEGUR, COUNT LOUIS (Authority) & PATCHETT-MARTIN, H. A. (Trans)

FIRST UK EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to red leather spine, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, xxiv + 440pp, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to board corners, heavy cracking to hinges & spine- heavy & somewhat messy tape repairs, some minor loss to spine extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps, moderate foxing & tanning to prelims, v heavy crack to rear gutter, boards quite shaky)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1895

KEYWORDS: first UK edition Napoleonic wars autobiography memoir General Count de Segur aide de campe grande armee military history war

$40.00
2a18f/7

A History of Christianity: Consisting of the Life and Teachings of Jesus of Nazareth; the Adventures of Paul and the Apostles; and the Most Interesting Events in the Progress of Christianity From the Earliest Period to the Present Time


ABBOTT, JOHN S. C.

Octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering on gilt backdrop to spine & front board, black illus & decoration to spine & front board, blind stamp lettering & decoration to rear board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 504pp, plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & bruising with surface loss & fraying to extrems, light scuffing to spine & boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, lengthy gift inscription in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to some gutters, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout- particularly to plates/illus)

PUBLISHER: George Stinson & Co 1883

KEYWORDS: religion Christianity history biblical Jesus new testament apostles religious

$40.00
2a18f/9

Historical and Philosophical Issues in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage


PRICE, NICHOLAS STANLEY & TALLEY Jr., M. KIRBY & VACCARO, ALESSANDRA MELUCCO (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light crd covers, white & black lettering to spine, xvii + 500pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate crack to gutter of pgs 374-375)

PUBLISHER: The Getty Conservation Institute 1996

KEYWORDS: history philosophy culture cultural heritage preservation conservation restoration

$40.00
2a18g/6

Aircraft Carriers


GREEN, MICHAEL and GLADYS

Oblong folio, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 144pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Metro Books 1999

KEYWORDS: military aircraft carriers maritime navy naval warfare aviation history British US America American

$40.00
2a18g/13

Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices


BOYCE, MARY

Octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xxv + 252pp, VG+ (sl creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2001

KEYWORDS: religion religious beliefs zoroastrian zoroastrianism history culture

$30.00
xxstd181958

The Other Ultra


LEWIN, RONALD

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: Hutchinson & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: first edition Ultra ww2 military history second 2nd world war two 2 ii intelligence secret operations

$20.00
xxstd181966

The Secrets of Torgau: Why the Plot to Kill Hitler Failed


KERSTEN, JAKOB & McMILLAN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, 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: Harrap Ltd 1982

KEYWORDS: first edition ww2 military history second 2nd world war two 2 ii Torgau Hitler failed assassinations nazi Germany

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