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The Second World War
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.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2014
KEYWORDS: second world war two ww2 wwii military history antony beevor
The Second World War
Imperial 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.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2005
KEYWORDS: second world war two ww2 wwii military history john keegan
Islam: Continuity and Change in the Modern World
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, grey buckram boards, green lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 397pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping with moderate to heavy fading to spine & edges, light chafing & surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Westview Press 1982
KEYWORDS: Islam religion muslims history development
City of Wellington New Zealand Year Book April 1st 1929 to March 31st 1930
Sm octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to frotn board, printed pastedowns, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history year books past issues Wellington
There's Rosemary
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 282pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, plate to pgs72/73 loose, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (considerable insect damage & archival tape repairs, heavy creasig & chipping/loss to edges, light foxing, moderate tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1933
KEYWORDS: first editions history elite society minor royalty
A Bibliography of Canadian Imprints 1751-1800
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 705pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light staining to board edges, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1952
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies Canada Canadian imprints history historical
Famous Morganatic Marriages
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine- faded, 284pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising to extrems, heavy tanning to spine, moderate fading & insect damage to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to eps, light foxing sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters, occasional closed tearing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1919
KEYWORDS: first editions marriages social class relationships history biographies
Muhammad and the Jews: A Re-Examination
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 140pp, VG (usual library markings- mostly internal, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate taoe residue & staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutters) in d/w, VG (heavy adhesive/tape residue & staining to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Vikas Publishing House 1979
KEYWORDS: Jews Jewish history Islam Muhammad conflict religious religion
Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States Japan: 1931-1941 in Two Volumes: Volume I
THIS VOLUME ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, terracotta buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, US government blind stamp to front board, xc + 947pp, folding map to rear, VG (usual library markings, sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Government Printing Office 1943
KEYWORDS: government papers foreign relations policy US America American Japan Japanese historical history
Behind the Veil at the Russian Court (Second Impression)
Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, ix + 408pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems with fraying, moderate warping & soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps, heavy cracking to gutters, moderate to heavy foxing to pages throughout, plate at page 34 loose but re-attached at gutter)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1914
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history imperial family soviet union
Book Trade Bibliography in the United States in the Nineteenth Century
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, lxxvii + 79pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Burt Franklin 1939 (Facsimile reprint)
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies books book trade 19th nineteenth century US America American history historical
The Samaritans: The Earliest Jewish Sect, Their History, Theology and Literature
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxx + 358pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing/soiling to extrems, minor sticky label residue to spine & front board, sl soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, sl cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Ktav Publishing House 1968
KEYWORDS: antiquity ancient Jewish history Samaritans sects theology literature
Private Practice, Public Payment: Canadian Medicine and the Politics of Health Insurance 1911-1966
Super octavo, green glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xii + 324pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light foxing & water staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Canada Canadian health insurance medicine medical history 20th twentieth policy politics
Henrietta Maria
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind lettering & rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 335pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading & tanning to spine, moderate staining & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1912
KEYWORDS: first editions English history Henrietta Maria monarchy royal family
Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers: The Soviet Union 1933-1939
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, terracotta buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind government stamp front board, cii + 1034pp, VG (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: United States Government Printing Office 1952
KEYWORDS: US government foreign relations diplomatic papers Russia Russian soviet union history historical
Franco-American Diplomatic Relations 1816-1836
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 1972 reprint, octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 227pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Kennikat Press 1972
KEYWORDS: France French US America American diplomatic relations claims commercial treaty negotiations treatise history
Histoire de Jules Cesar (Tome Premier)
TEXT IN FRENCH, THIS VOL ONLY, INSCRIPTION DATED 1865, imperial octavo, maroon heavy leather boards, gilt lettering to spine with raised bands & tooling, gilt & blind rule to boards, red speckled colouring to page edges, marbled eps, vii + 415pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges, moderate cracking to hinges, considerable gouging to rear board, moderate chafing/scuffing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, inscription in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Henri Plon c.1865
KEYWORDS: text in French Julius Cesar Caesar history
James Cook: The Voyages
Quarto, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2018
KEYWORDS: James Cook exploration voyages history
Architect of Apartheid: H F Verwoerd - An Appraisal
FIRST EDITION, ownership of historian Michael Bassett, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 278pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & other ink stamps to ffep, moderate underlining & annotation to text/margins, moderate tanning to pages) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, light tanning to spine, moderate chafing & surface loss, moderate foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Ball Publishers 1980
KEYWORDS: first editions H F Verwoerd South Africa African history apartheid
Red Wine to Kauri Gum: The History of Dalmation Emigration to New Zealand's Kauri Gumfields Prior to World War 1
DISC IN REAR POCKET, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 138pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sl staining to lower page edges)
PUBLISHER: Opuzen Press 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history dalmations emigration kauri gumfields