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$17.50
xxkfe189229

English History 1914-1945


TAYLOR, A. J. P.

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

$15.00
xxkfe189230

My Poor Arthur: An Illumination of Arthur Rimbaud


HANSON, ELISABETH

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

$18.50
xxkfe189235

The Battle for North Africa


STRAWSON, JOHN

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

$22.50
xxkff189240

Spices: A Global History


CZARRA, FRED

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

$65.00
1c27a/5

A Voyage Round the World


DRAKE, Sir FRANCIS & DAMPIER, WILLIAM & PURVES, D. LAING (Ed & Notes)

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

$60.00
1c27a/8

The 1908 & 1909 Tournaments for the London Championship: The Games


KEAR, JAMES A. (Annotated by)

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

$100.00
1c27a/23

The American Checker Monthly Vols 5-6 (1925-1926)


N/A

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

$40.00
1c27a/31

The Pragmatism in the History of Art


NESBIT, MOLLY

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

$18.50
xxkgb189252

The Chartists: Popular Politics in the Industrial Revolution


THOMPSON, DOROTHY

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

$30.00
xxkge189259

The Marsh Arabs


THIESIGER, WILFRED

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

$17.50
xxkgl189267

Bluestockings: The Remarkable Story of the First Women to Fight for an Education


ROBINSON, JANE

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

$18.50
xxkgl189270

Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914-1916: The View from Downing Street


BROCK, MICHAEL & BROCK, ELEANOR & ASQUITH, MARGOT

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

$38.50
xxkgm189276a

Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times


REYNOLDS, DAVID S. & [LINCOLN, ABRAHAM]

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: Penguin 2020

KEYWORDS: abraham lincoln america american president civil war biography history politics political david reynolds

$22.50
xxkgq189294

The Darkest Days: The Truth Behind Britain's Rush to War, 1914


NEWTON, DOUGLAS

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

$18.50
xxkgq189303

The Court at Windsor: A Domestic History


HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER

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

$30.00
xxkgu189312

They Dined on Eland: The Story of the Acclimatisation Societies


LEVER, CHRISTOPHER

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

$15.00
xxkgx189319

The Life of Thomas More


ACKROYD, PETER

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

$16.50
xxkgy189329

The Compleat Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation


WALTON, IZAAK & RACKHAM, ARTHUR (Illus)

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

$22.50
xxkha189338

Things We Couldn't Say


EMAN, DIET & SCHAAP, JAMES

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

$15.00
xxkhe189356

Hell's Gate: The Terrible Journey of Alexander Pearce Van Diemen's Land Cannibal


COLLINS, PAUL

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

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