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A Woman on Paper: Georgia O'Keeffe
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster 1988
KEYWORDS: correspondance letters art history theory feminism feminist american georgia o'keeffe anita pollitzer biography stieglitz alfred
The War of a Hundred Days: Springboks in Somalia and Abyssinia 1940-41
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, illus & unpaginated prelims, 301pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine & edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1990
KEYWORDS: military history south Africa African springboks ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Somalia Abyssinia
Captives Courageous: South African Prisoners of War: World War II
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, xiv + 333pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing, tanning & soiling to spine & edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii South Africa African pows prisoners of war
A Country at War 1939-1945: The Mood of a Nation
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xxi + 430pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems & edges, spine sl cocked, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling with some minor surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii South African Africans
Gourmet Pilgrim: Spain: Recipes, Culture and Historias From the Kitchen Tables of Spain
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, patterned eps, 507pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Gourmet Pilgrim 2015
KEYWORDS: food cookbooks Spain Spanish cuisine culture cookery culinary recipes history
War at Sea: South African Maritime Operations During World War II
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xix + 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl wrinkling to front board, sl bruising to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: first edition military history navy naval navies South Africa African ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii maritime nautical operations
Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric
Super octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 225pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev, bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome Roman war conflict antiquity gothic wars germanic invasions empire goths
The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, xviii + 587pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board edges & extrems, sl chafing to boards, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company 2016
KEYWORDS: signed Iran politics political modern history imperialism Pahlavi family middle east
Sierra Leone Inheritance
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, sl tanning & foxing to eps, light staining to gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1964
KEYWORDS: Sierra Leone culture travel literature history documents collection anthology politics political first edition
Rassin
DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY ELIZABETH HIRST, SCARCE FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card covers, blank spine, ix + 114pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing with some minor surface loss to spine & covers, light fading & tanning to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to ffep, light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: University of London Press 1968
KEYWORDS: signed first editions biographies memoirs Alimamy Rassin Sierra Leone leaders politics political chiefs history culture
The Immerser: John the Baptist Within Second Temple Judaism
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black, blue & brown lettering to spine, xvi + 360pp, VG (moderate water wrinkling/damage to lower corner/edges, light curling & soiling to covers, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: William B. Eerdmans Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: religion religious characters Christianity bible John the Baptist Jewish Judaism Jews saints Judeo-Christian new testament ancient history antiquity
The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to covers with sm patch of label residue to rear cover, light tanning, soiling & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1988
KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation Giovanni Battista Piranesi European classics
The Cruise of the Nona
Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxviii + 347pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & edges, moderae fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: Hilaire Belloc travel literature exploration coastal England Nona maritime nautical marine history
Sevres Porcelain: Vincennes and Sevres 1740-1800
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 379pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to lower board edges & extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to medium creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light peeling, chafing & soiling to covers, 25mm closed tear to lower corner)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1987
KEYWORDS: first edition porcelain collectables collectibles antiques Sevres history antiquities French France 18th eighteenth century
European Porcelain of the 18th Century
Lg quarto, white cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate tanning & foxing to board edges & spine, light to moderate soiling to page edges, sm adhesive label & ink letters to top corner of ffep) in d/w, VG (light chipping/closed tearing & creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1983
KEYWORDS: porcelain antiques collectables collectibles 18th eighteenth century European history artefacts china
Religious Prostitution
SCARCE, octavo, beige cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 128pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine & covers, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hearthstone / Carlton Press 1986
KEYWORDS: philosophy social science sociology religion abuse power tyrants history
They Fought For King and Kaiser: South Africans in German East Africa 1916
Super octavo, orange heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xix + 374pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, adhesive label residue to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: military history South Africa Africans east ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war
One Day in August: Ian Fleming, Enigma and the Deadly Raid in Dieppe
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 476pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing/bruising to boards, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Icon Books 2020
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Dieppe British Naval Intelligence Division secret services service
The Tao of Spycraft: Intelligence Theory and Practice in Traditional China
Super octavo, black light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, xvi + 621pp, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & surface loss to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Westview Press 2004
KEYWORDS: military history espionage spies tao philosophy intelligence China Chinese methods techniques tactics theory practice
The King's England: Staffordshire: Beauty and the Black Country
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1951
KEYWORDS: Arthur Mee king's England series history customs culture counties Staffordshire