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A Woman on Paper: Georgia O'Keeffe


POLLITZER, ANITA & BOYLE, KAY (intro.) [O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA]

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

$40.00
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The War of a Hundred Days: Springboks in Somalia and Abyssinia 1940-41


BROWN, JAMES AMBROSE

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

$75.00
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Captives Courageous: South African Prisoners of War: World War II


LEIGH, MAXWELL

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

$40.00
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A Country at War 1939-1945: The Mood of a Nation


CRWYS-WILLIAMS, JENNIFER

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

$50.00
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Gourmet Pilgrim: Spain: Recipes, Culture and Historias From the Kitchen Tables of Spain


N/A

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

$35.00
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War at Sea: South African Maritime Operations During World War II


HARRIS, Captain CJ

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

$40.00
2f51a/10

Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric


KULIKOWSKI, MICHAEL

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

$40.00
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The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran


COOPER, ANDREW SCOTT

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

$40.00
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Sierra Leone Inheritance


FYFE, CHRISTOPHER

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

$150.00
2f51a/17

Rassin


WURIE, AHMADU & HIRST, ELIZABETH & BERESFORD-STOOKE, GEORGE (Fore)

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

$45.00
2f51a/18

The Immerser: John the Baptist Within Second Temple Judaism


TAYLOR, JOAN E.

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

$70.00
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The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi


WILTON-ELY, JOHN

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

$40.00
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The Cruise of the Nona


BELLOC, HILAIRE & LORD STANLEY OF ALDERLEY (New Intro)

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

$75.00
2f51a/35

Sevres Porcelain: Vincennes and Sevres 1740-1800


ERIKSEN, SVEND & DE BELLAIGUE, GEOFFREY & CHARLESTON, R. J. (Trans)

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

$55.00
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European Porcelain of the 18th Century


MEISTER, PETER WILHELM & REBER, HORST & OSERS, EWALD (Trans)

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

$120.00
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Religious Prostitution


MORRIS, DENNIS

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

$40.00
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They Fought For King and Kaiser: South Africans in German East Africa 1916


BROWN, JAMES AMBROSE

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

$40.00
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One Day in August: Ian Fleming, Enigma and the Deadly Raid in Dieppe


O'KEEFE, DAVID

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

$40.00
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The Tao of Spycraft: Intelligence Theory and Practice in Traditional China


SAWYER, RALPH D. & SAWYER, MEI-CHUN LEE

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

$15.00
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The King's England: Staffordshire: Beauty and the Black Country


MEE, ARTHUR (Ed)

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

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