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English History 1914-1945
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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 / Readers Union 1967
KEYWORDS: England English history early 20th twentieth century war military
My Poor Arthur: An Illumination of Arthur Rimbaud
Scruffy ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (tatty); 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: Secker & Warburg / Chatto & Windus 1959
KEYWORDS: Jean Arthur Rimbaud literary biographies memoir history
The Battle for North Africa
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: B. T. Batsford 1969
KEYWORDS: military history North Africa ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Spices: A Global History
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: Reaktion Books 2009
KEYWORDS: spice spices trade history plants botany culture
A Voyage Round the World
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/illus to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 288pp + 16pp catalogue to rear, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling/discolouration to spine & boards, moderate soiling & tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of frontispiece)
PUBLISHER: W. P. Nimmo, Hay & Mitchell 1884
KEYWORDS: exploration history maritime Sir Francis Drake William Dampier sailing adventure famous voyages
The 1908 & 1909 Tournaments for the London Championship: The Games
FIRST EDITION, octavo, beige light card covers, blue lettering to covers, frontispiece, 61pp, illus, VG- (heavy chipping/closed tearing & loss to spine & covers with moderate tanning also, moderate tanning to page edges, spine v delicate)
PUBLISHER: J. A. Kear Jr 1910
KEYWORDS: first editions draughts games hobbies tactics strategy London championship games history
The American Checker Monthly Vols 5-6 (1925-1926)
Octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & title plate, hand-typed index to front, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, pencil annotation to ffep)
PUBLISHER: M. D. Teetzel 1925-26
KEYWORDS: American checker monthly past issues games hobbies checkers draughts history
The Pragmatism in the History of Art
Octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, 127pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to spine, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Periscope Publishing 2013
KEYWORDS: art history philosophy pragmatism literature
The Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Pantheon 1984
KEYWORDS: dorothy thompson industrial revolution chartists labour labor history technology britain british social politics political
The Marsh Arabs
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 will reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Longmans 1964
KEYWORDS: wilfred thiesiger first edition marsh arabs iraq middle east mesopotamia history
Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Viking 2009
KEYWORDS: emily davies history women women's education britain british jane robinson equal rights
Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916: The View from Downing Street
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY (MINIMAL MARKINGS); 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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: margot asquith first world war one ww1 great michael brock eleanor history military britain british
Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 2020
KEYWORDS: abraham lincoln america american president civil war biography history politics political david reynolds
The Darkest Days: The Truth Behind Britain's Rush to War, 1914
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Verso 2014
KEYWORDS: douglas newton first world war one great ww1 wwi britain british military history politics
The Court at Windsor: A Domestic History
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG, spine faded) ; 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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: History Book Club 1964
KEYWORDS: court windsor christopher hibbert domestic history britain british monarchy royals royalty social politics
They Dined on Eland: The Story of the Acclimatisation Societies
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: Quiller Press 1992
KEYWORDS: history society colonisation colonization food cuisine zoology animals culture cultural customs
The Life of Thomas More
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: Chatto & Windus 1998
KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Thomas More English history
The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation
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: Harrap Ltd
KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton Arthur Rackham history culture fishing prose verse literature philosophy
Things We Couldn't Say
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: William B. Eerdmans Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: military history Jewish holocaust ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii nazi persecution Diet Eman Hein Sietsma Dutch Jews
Hell's Gate: The Terrible Journey of Alexander Pearce Van Diemen's Land Cannibal
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: Hardie Grant Books 2002
KEYWORDS: Australia Tasmania history cannibalism penal colonies convicts Alexander Pearce