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$60.00
2a18e/15

The Shakespeare First Folio: Its Bibliographical and Textual History


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

$275.00
2a18e/17

A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language; Dealing With the Origin of Words and Their Sense Development Thus Illustrating the History of Civilization and Culture (Unabridged, One-Volume Edition)


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

$145.00
2a18e/20

Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century: The Struggle of the Northern Against the Southern Maori Tribes Prior to the Colonisation of New Zealand in 1840 (Second and Enlarged Edition)


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

$25.00
xxspi181765

The British Museum Library; a Short History and Survey


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

$30.00
xxspi181767

The Fox and the Whirlwind: General George Crook and Geronimo: A Paired Biography


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

$25.00
xxspi181773

Death of Celilo Falls


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

$22.50
xxspk181776

Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and the Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure


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

$16.50
xxspk181777

The Battle That Stopped Rome: Emperor Augustus, Arminius, and the Slaughter of the Legions in the Teutoburg Forest


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

$15.00
xxspk181779

Seeing New York: History Walks for Armchair and Footloose Travellers


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

$27.50
xxspk181780

Reading Matters: A History of the Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute


SULLIVAN, JIM

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: The Dunedin Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Dunedin Otepoti local history Jim Sullivan libraries buildings literary literature

$25.00
xxspm181786

Anthropology and Politics: Revolutions in the Sacred Grove


GELLNER, ERNEST

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: Blackwell Publishers 1995

KEYWORDS: anthropology politics political history philosophy Ernest Gellner literature

$17.50
xxspm181788

When Time Stopped: A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains


NEUMANN, ARIANA

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: Scribner / Simon and Schuster 2020

KEYWORDS: war history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Ariana Neumann biography autobiography memoir

$14.00
xxsqb181793

D-Day: The Battle For Normandy


BEEVOR, ANTONY

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: Viking/Penguin 2010

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii d-day invasion Normandy Antony Beevor

$15.00
xxsqb181796

Paglesham: Life in an Essex Marshland Village


ROBERTS, ROSEMARY

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo stapled light card covers (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: M. A. & R. Roberts 1972

KEYWORDS: signed Rosemary Roberts social history English villages Paglesham Essex

$15.00
xxspn181802

Churchill and America


GILBERT, MARTIN

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 2006

KEYWORDS: politics political leaders Winston Churchill British prime ministers US America American relations history

$14.00
xxspn181803

The Blast of War: 1939-1945


MACMILLAN, HAROLD

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: Macmillan & Co 1967

KEYWORDS: Harold Macmillan autobiography memoir British politics political leaders ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii history first edition

$30.00
xxsqd181813

A Bibliography of Virginia Legal History Before 1900


BRYSON, WILLIAM HAMILTON

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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 Press of Virginia 1979

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies literature law legal documents history Virginia 19th nineteenth century

$22.50
xxsqd181818

Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography: Volume One: Not For Turning


MOORE, CHARLES

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: Allen Lane/Penguin 2013

KEYWORDS: Maragret Thatcher British political leaders prime ministers the Iron Lady tory conservatives politics history biography memoir

$30.00
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

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