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Dictionary of Jewish Lore and Legend


UNTERMAN, ALAN

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: Thames and Hudson 1997

KEYWORDS: Jews Jewish history legends lore folklore

$25.00
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The Light in High Places: A Naturalist Looks at Wyoming Wilderness, Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Cowboys, and Other Rare Species


HUTTO, JOE

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: Skyhorse Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: US America American travel history Wyoming nature Wind River Mountains Joe Hutto

$15.00
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Bernard Shaw Volume II 1898-1918: The Pursuit of Power


HOLROYD, MICHAEL

THIS VOL 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: Chatto & Windus 1989

KEYWORDS: Bernard Shaw history biography memoir literary literature

$77.50
1y68c/37

Brewers and Distillers by Profession: A History of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling


ANDERSON, RAYMOND GALE

Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine, 374pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Brewing & Distilling 2012

KEYWORDS: drink beer brewing distilleries history business institute of brewing distilling

$40.00
1y68c/40

Wisden: Anthology 1900 - 1940


GREEN, BENNY

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 1177pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges & prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Queen Anne Press 1990

KEYWORDS: sport cricket wisden anthology history statistics scores early 20th twentieth century

$195.00
1y68c/41

The Handbook of Virtue Ethics


VAN HOOFT, STAN et al (Eds)

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 520pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Acumen Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: virtue applied ethics normative moral theory psychology philosophy morals morality history

$40.00
1y70a/10

Studies in Textile History (In Memory of Harold B. Burnham)


GERVERS, VERONIKA (Ed) & GERVERS, MICHAEL (Tribute to Harold Burnham)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 371pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Royal Ontario Museum 1977

KEYWORDS: textiles history fabrics culture Harld B Burnham

$40.00
1y70a/15

Early Netherlandish Painting; Its Origins and Character Volume One


PANOFSKY, ERWIN

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 573pp + b&w plates to rear, VG (light creasing & curling to covers & edges, light tanning & chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear, sl soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Icon/Harper & Row 1971

KEYWORDS: art Netherlands history European

$60.00
1y70a/18

At the Italian Frontiers: Episodes and Recollections Wartime Italy 1941-1945


FENTON, KEN

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 482pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Frontier Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Italy

$40.00
1y70a/20

Manganui: A History of the Stratford Mountain Club: Seventy-One Years of Progress February 4th 1929 to the Year 2000


STOKES, BOB & STOKES, NANCIE

Square imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & cream lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Stratford Mountain Club (Inc.) 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand mountains mountaineering Stratford Mountain Club history biography skiing ski fields

$60.00
1y70a/22

The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment - Journal 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition)


BEATTIE, Sir DAVID (Fore) & FRY, Major P. J. (Ed)

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, illus eps & prelims, 203pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Singapore National Printers (Printer) N/D (c.1981?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history rnzir infantry regiment

$140.00
1y70a/27

Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas


THOMPSON, ROBERT FARRIS

EX-LIBRARY, lg quarto, light brown cloth boards, dark brown lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims & terminals, 334pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate soiling & staining to boards, usual library markings, moderate soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, 4cm closed tear to rear cover, minimal library markings, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to spine & front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Museum for African Art 1993

KEYWORDS: world religions religious history Africa African African-American customs symbols

$60.00
1y70a/28

Dentistry: An Illustrated History


RING, MALVIN E.

Lg quarto, grey cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp dentistry motif to front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, xii + 319pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Harry N. Abrams 1985

KEYWORDS: history oral health healthcare dentists dentistry medical practices illustrated humour humor

$45.00
1y70a/34

Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires


MACKINTOSH-SMITH, TIM

Super octavo, blue gilt illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, printed eps, illus/maps to prelims, xxvi + 630pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sm adhesive label to rear board)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: Arab history anthropology ancient antiquity Arabic culture

$45.00
1y72a/3

Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History (Second Edition)


WALSER, ROBERT (Ed)

2015 (SECOND EDITION), super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xvi + 440pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, prev. owner's name in black marker to front cover & ffep, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: music history jazz readings philosophy musical criticism

$40.00
1y72a/4

Scotland's Empire 1600-1815


DEVINE, T. M.

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxviii + 474pp, illus/maps to prelims, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light o moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane/Penguin 2003

KEYWORDS: Scotland ancient history antiquity political politics anthropology British empire identity

$40.00
1y72a/5

On the Edge: Ireland's Offshore Islands: A Modern History


FERRITER, DIARMAID

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 389pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Profile Books 2018

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history islands celtic

$40.00
1y72a/6

Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich


CLARK, CHRISTOPHER

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 293pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: Germany German politics history Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Prussia Frederick the Great Otto von Bismarck Adolf Hitler third reich nazism nazi nazis political power

$115.00
1y72a/8

The Permanent New Zealand Court of Appeal: Essays on the First 50 Years


ASHER, Hon. Justice RAYNOR (Fore) & BIGWOOD, RICK (Ed)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 377pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law legal system justice court of appeal history essays prose literature collection anthology

$40.00
1y72a/16

Disaster at Cane Creek: An Unforgettable Story Especially For Those Who Lived It


MELE, KYMBERLY

Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, 635pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Dulcinea Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: Cane Creek disaster potash mine explosion Moab Utah modern history

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