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$100.00
1n12a/18

A History of Japan: Early to 1867 (3 Vol Set)


SANSOM, GEORGE

3 VOL SET, super octavo, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- x + 500pp, vol 2- xix + 442pp, vol 3- xii + 258pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to board corners, moderate discolouration to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris labels to front pastedown of each vol) in d/w, vols 1 & 3 only- vol 2 jacket missing, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate fading to spines, light soiling, moderate foxing to vol 1)

PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1958-1966

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese ancient history antiquity

$90.00
1p7a/2

The Rural Life of England (Second Edition, Corrected and Revised)


HOWITT, WILLIAM & WILLIAMS, S (Illus)

Super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling with raised bands to spine, gilt rule to boards, aeg, illus full title page, xxiv + 615pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & boards, light tanning to spine, moderate scuffing to gilt on page edges, light to moderate soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters, minor foxing & staining to some pages, prev. owner's name/inscription in ink to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans 1840

KEYWORDS: England English rural life customs history country life

$70.00
1p7a/11

Naval Power in the Twentieth Century


RODGER, N A M (Ed) & OSWALD, Admiral of the Fleet Sir JULIAN (Fore)

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 273pp, VG+ (sl bruising & staining to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & water staining to edges, light chafing, light fading)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1996

KEYWORDS: military history navy naval power 20th twentieth century maritime warfare

$40.00
1p7a/13

Dennistoun Past and Present


BAIRD, JAMES

Duodecimo, grey light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, printed eps, 67pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Dennistoun Press N/D (c.1922)

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish Glasgow towns Dennistoun history

$40.00
1p7a/23

The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XII Rome to Birmingham January 1847 to December 1848


NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY & DESSAIN, CHARLES STEPHEN (Ed, Notes & Intro)

THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xiv + 441pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, jacket glued to rear board) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective cover- probable staining to edges, affixed to rear board, price clipped, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1962

KEYWORDS: letters diaries journal literature John Henry Newman catholic church history theology religion religious

$40.00
1p7a/25

The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XIII Birmingham and London January 1849 to June 1850


NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY & DESSAIN, CHARLES STEPHEN (Ed, Notes & Intro)

THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xiv + 520pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, jacket glued to rear board) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective cover- probable staining to edges, affixed to rear board, price clipped, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1963

KEYWORDS: letters diaries journal literature John Henry Newman catholic church history theology religion religious

$95.00
1p7a/39

Even the Dogs Have Forgotten to Bark: The Events and the People of Lepperton, Sentry Hill and Waiongona


WILSON, PETER (Compiled & Written by)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 284pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: PT & LM Wilson 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lepperton Sentry Hill Waiongona pioneers settlers

$55.00
1p7a/40

Reconstructing Faces: The Art of Wartime Surgery of Gillies, Pickerill, McIndoe & Mowlem


MEIKLE, MURRAY C

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, dvd to rear pocket, frontispiece, 262pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate chafing/soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, disc to rear pocket may not work- lightly scratched & soiled) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to spine & rear)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: military history medical New Zealand plastic surgeons plastic surgery ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Gillies Pickering McINdoe Mowlem

$45.00
1n25a/6

The Building in the Text: Alberti to Shakespeare and Milton


ERIKSEN, ROY

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 194pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to spine extrems, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl creasing to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: literature literary history criticism Italian

$40.00
1n25a/10

A Forest of Symbols: Art, Science, and Truth in the Long Nineteenth Century


POP, ANDREI

Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 315pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sm scuff to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Zone Books 2019

KEYWORDS: art mathematics symbolism history 19th nineteenth century theory

$40.00
1n25a/11

The Poethical Wager


RETALLACK, JOAN

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xii + 279pp, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2003

KEYWORDS: poetry literature art feminism feminist theory critical women morals history morals criticism

$40.00
1n25a/12

The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics


LEWIS, MICHAEL (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, white heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to red spine, 1467pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: economics economy politics political Thomas Robert Malthus David Ricardo Charles Mackay Thorstein Veblen John Maynard Keynes history taxation theory

$40.00
1n25a/13

Leon Battista Alberti: Master Builder of the Italian Renaissance


GRAFTON, ANTHONY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & illus to black buckram spine, gilt illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 417pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Hill and Wang 2000

KEYWORDS: first editions history architecture Italian renaissance Leon Battista Alberti historical buildings design art 15th fifteenth century

$22.50
xxe3bg172943

Remembering This: A History of the Auckland Primary Principals' Association 1901-2000


LANGSTON, NIGEL L & TYNDEL, SUZANNE (Ed)

Quarto 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: Primary Principals' Association 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand primary principals schools association history Auckland education institutions

$35.00
xxe3bg172945

In Darkest England and the Way Out


BOOTH, GENERAL [WILLIAM]

Super 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: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army N/D (c.1890)

KEYWORDS: salvation army England English chapters history charity charitable institutes institutions organisations

$30.00
xxe3bg172949

Singapore at War: Secrets From the Fall, Liberation & Aftermath of WWII


BOSE, ROMAN

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: Marshall Cavendish Editions 2012

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Singapore

$25.00
xxe3bg172953

A Bibliography of Early Modern Algebra 1500-1800


RIDER, ROBIN E

Tidy ex-library, 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 California 1982

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues mathematics algebra history historical science

$20.00
xxe3bg172955

The Boyds: A family Biography


NIALL, BRENDA

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: Melbourne University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Boyd family history Australia Australian literary art

$26.50
xxe3bg172958

The Siege of Leningrad


SALISBURY, HARRISON E

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: Secker & Warburg 1969

KEYWORDS: military history Leningrad ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 battles sieges

$25.00
xxe3bg172959

Funeral Service: A Bibliography of Literature on its Past, Present and Future, the Various Means of Disposition and Memorialization


HARRAH, BARBARA K & HARRAH, DAVID F

Tidy ex-library- possbily unread, 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: The Scarecrow Press 1976

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues literature undertakers rites rituals history

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