BARKAN, LEONARD

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & grey lettering to spine, xvi + 398pp, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges with some moderate fading, moderate creasing & fading to spine, light soiling to page edges, moderate crack to gutter of pgs 246/247, occasional markings to margins in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: art history literary criticism literature classical classics Ovid metamorphosis philosophy

WHITE, JOHN

READING COPY ONLY, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration with black illus to spine, gilt & black illus/tooling to front board, blind stamp rule to rear board, frontispiece, viii + 343pp, v scruffy (heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to boards & extrems with some surface loss, moderate staining/tanning to rear board & spine, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's label & owner's name to eps, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout with attempts- and failures- at heavy tape repairs throughout, moderate tanning & foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low and Searle 1874

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aoteroa Maori culture social cultural history John White customs anthropology

EVANS, G. R.

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 328pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, occasional annotation & markings in pencil) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: theology church doctrine academic literature reformation Christianity 16th sixteenth century history authority

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

REYNOLDS, HENRY ROBERT

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, xxxi + 548pp, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1876

KEYWORDS: religion religious ancient history biblical bible John the Baptists Christianity

CUMMINGS, BRIAN

PENCIL ANNOTATION THROUGHOUT, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 470pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to board edges & extrems, sl soiling to boards, moderate water staining to page edges- no wrinkling, afrementioned pencil annotation throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to mdoerate fading to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: literature literary reformation history theology humanism grammar

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

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

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

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

REINHART, CHARLES

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, red buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxvii + 411pp, illus, VG (usual but minimal library markings, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, boards sl shaky with light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Pierian Press 1981

KEYWORDS: music history Beatles bibliography bibliographies bootleg records novelty

GREG, W. W.

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 496pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, scruffy (price clipped, v heavy chipping & loss to spine & edges with heavy archival tape repairs, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light foxing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare bibliography literature literary textual history

KLEIN, Dr. ERNEST

Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 844pp, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems- sl surface loss, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, various university library ink stamps both internal & external- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: Elsevier Publishing Company 1971

KEYWORDS: English language linguistics etymology dictionary history culture civilization civilisation

SMITH, S. PERCY

SECOND & ENLARGED EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, 490pp, illus/photos, scruffy (v heavy scuffing & wear to spine & boards, heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional pencil markings to pages, heavy cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & tombs 1910

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Maori wars history tribes conflict pre-colonial pre-colonialism war

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

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

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

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

WELLS, PETER S.

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: W. W. Norton & Company 2004

KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman history antiquity classical Teutoberg Forest battles war conflict Germany Arminius Varus Augustus Westphalia warfare

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