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$42.50
1L19/10

Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson


CONFORTH, BRUCE & WARDLOW, GAYLE DEAN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, ix + 326pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to board edges, sl staining to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light water staining to base of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press 2019

KEYWORDS: music blues musicians Robert Johnson history biographies memoir

$40.00
1L19/24

The West Riding Wool Textile Industry: A Catalogue of Business Records from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century


HUDSON, PATRICIA

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 560pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pasold Research Fund Ltd 1975

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues history historical textile industry business records

$100.00
1L19/26

Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index 1985-1991: An International Author and Subject Index to History and Criticism


HALL, HAL W (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unused, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxii + 677pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited 1993

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues scifi science fiction fantasy history criticism literature literary reference research

$75.00
1m35a/2

Waterloo: Myth and Reality


GLOVER, GARETH & RAVA, GIUSEPPE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 268pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, sl foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2014

KEYWORDS: first editions military famous battles Waterloo history Napoleon Bonaparte Duke of Wellington

$12.50
xx86pol171062

The King's Dogge: The Story of Francis Lovell


GREEN, NIGEL

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: Matador 2013

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Richard III history

$245.00
1m35a/8

Bibliotheca Belgica: Bibliographie Generale des Pays-Bas / Belgian Library: General Bibliography of the Netherlands (5 Vol Set)


VAN DER HAEGHEN, FERDINAND (Founded by) & LENGER, MARIE-THERESE (Republished under direction of)

5 VOL SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS (1964), very tidy ex-library- possibly unused, quarto, red leather-textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor bruising & chafing/rubbing to spines & extrems- sl surface loss, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Culture et Civilisation, Royal Library of Belgium 1964

KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues Netherlands geography history Royal Library of Belgium

$40.00
1m35a/11

Juarez and Diaz: Machine Politics in Mexico


PERRY, LAURENS BALLARD

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 467pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Northern Illinois University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Mexico Mexican history politics government

$40.00
1m35a/14

The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1945-1971: A Bibliography


SHERMAN, JOHN (General Ed)

FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 419pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light scuffing & bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1978

KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues Arab-Israeli conflict modern history 20th twentieth century politics religion religious conflict Israel Palestine

$40.00
1m35a/15

Foreign Investment in the American and Canadian West, 1870-1914: An Annotated Bibliography


OSTRYE, ANNE T

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 192pp, VG+ (minimal library markings- none external, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1986

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues history finance foreign overseas investment America Canada

$40.00
1m35a/19

Romanian Military Bibliography (A 1944-1984 Selection)


N/A

Tidy ex-library, sm octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 184pp, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & scuffing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Military Publishing House 1985

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Romanian military history

$40.00
1m40a/1

Japan and the World 1853-1952: A Bibliographic Guide to Japanese Scholarship in Foreign Relations


ASADA, SADAO (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 462pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (in easily removed protective wrapper, light creasing to edges, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Japan Japanese foreign relations history historical reference

$80.00
1m40a/4

Pictorial New Zealand


MORRIS, Professor E E et al & PERCEVAL, Sir W B (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 301pp + unpaginated publisher's catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate chipping to spine extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep possibly missing, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1895

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history pictorial

$80.00
1m40a/6

George Grenville 1712-1770: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of British Statesmen, No. 3)


CORNISH, RORY T & PALMER, GREGORY (Series Ed)

FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxxiv + 227pp, VG+ (minimal library markings- none external, light bruising & soiling to spine & board edges)

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1992

KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues George Grenville politics government history manuscripts British

$40.00
1m40a/7

Over the Top: Helena Rubinstein, Beauty, Art, Fashion, Design


SLESIN, SUZANNE

Square quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, pink & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 216pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to edges, light chafing, sm gouge to spine)

PUBLISHER: Pointed Leaf Press 2003

KEYWORDS: fashion biographies Helena Rubinstein design history

$50.00
1m40a/12

The Struggle for the Falkland Islands: A Study in Legal and Diplomatic History


GOEBEL, JULIUS & METFORD, J C J (Preface & Intro)

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxx + 482pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Falkland Islands history legal law diplomatic colonialism government

$65.00
1m40a/16

Making Manhood: Growing Up Male in Colonial New England


LOMBARD, ANNE S

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 244pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to base of front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history men New England US America American social conditions customs gender roles colonial times

$150.00
1m40a/18

The Gottingen Model Book: A Facsimile Edition and Translations of a Fifteenth-Century Illuminators' Manual (Based in Part on the Studies of the Late Dr Edmund Will)


LEHMANN-HAUPT, HELLMUT (Ed & Commentary)

Oblong super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & coloured illus to front board, 102pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate rubbing & soiling to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of Missouri Press 1972

KEYWORDS: illuminated manuscripts art craft history historical Gottingen library

$40.00
1n1a/3

Japanese Surnames


GILLIS, I V (Compiled by) & PING-CH'I, PAI (Compiled by)

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, various pagination, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss with chipping to spine & extrems, moderate chafing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, large scuff & surface loss to rear pastedown, light cracking to gutters- boards sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: Edwards Brothers (Printer) 1942

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese surnames family history genealogy

$120.00
1n1a/9

Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times


MANING, FREDERICK E (A PAKEHA MAORI) & HOCKEN, Dr (Intro)

Octavo, grey buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown lettering & decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispiece, xv + 350pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing with tanning to board edges & extrems, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate scuffing & surface loss to front gutter, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history war 1845 Ngapuhi tribe Maori traditions

$40.00
1n1a/12

Prints and Printmaking: A Dictionary and Handbook of the Art in Nineteenth-Century Britain


LISTER, RAYMOND

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 385pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board/spine edges/extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1984

KEYWORDS: art history 19th nineteenth century Great Briain British prints printmaking dictionary bibliography bibliographies

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