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$30.00
xxapg195037

Military Smallarms of the Twentieth Century


HOGG, IAN & WEEKS, JOHN

LACKS D/W, quarto 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: Arms and Armour Press 1973

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry guns firearms 20th twentieth century history military

$12.50
xxaqk195048

Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet


ARMSTRONG, KAREN

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: Phoenix 2004

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Muhammad Islam Islamic history

$12.50
xxaqo195074

The Jew Store


SUBERMAN, STELLA

Ex-library, 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: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1998

KEYWORDS: Jewish history US America American Jews business Tennessee childhood

$15.00
xxaqq195086

The Myths of Greece & Rome: Their Stories Signification and Origin


GUERBER, H A

Octavo hardcover (G) some pages loose; 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: George G Harrap & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Rome myths mythology history

$16.50
xxaqq195087

From Gun to Gavel: The Courtroom Recollections of James Mathers of Oklahoma


MATHERS, JAMES & HOUTS, MARSHALL

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Souvenir Press 1955

KEYWORDS: James Mathers Oklahoma justice court history law order

$42.50
1t33/36

Madder Music, Stronger Wine; The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent


ADAMS, JAD

Ex-library, reprint; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 211pp, illus. b&w photo plates, VG (light soiling & adhesive residue to boards, light tanning to page edges, usual library markings & stamps) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & sun-fading, library barcode label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 2000

KEYWORDS: ex-library literary biography biographies poets poetry poems english victorian england decadent period history ernest dowson

$100.00
1u11a/2

Lloyd's Register of Shipping; United with the Underwriters' Registry for Iron Vessels in 1885; From 1st July, 1916, to the 30th June, 1917 (Volume II. - Appendix)


N/A

THIS VOL. ONLY; Very tidy ex-library (no external markings), bookmark loosely enclosed; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spine & front board, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, all page edges stained red, felt textured eps, cxxxv + 939pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards & page edges, light sun-fading to boards, usual library markings to eps)

PUBLISHER: Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1916

KEYWORDS: ex-library lloyd's shipping registers maritime history index indices reference appendix appendices steamers sea ocean transport vessels

$60.00
1u11a/5

Humanity and inhumanity; The photographic journey of George Rodger


RODGER, GEORGE (photog) & BERNARD BRUCE (text) & CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI (foreword)

Square quarto, white light card covers, black lettering to spine, photo illus prelims, 319pp, illus - b&w photo plates, VG (light scuffing, soiling, discolouration & creasing to covers, light soiling throughout) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, in removeable plastic protective sleeve)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press Limited 1999

KEYWORDS: art photography second world war two wwii africa asia middle east pictorial history journalism media life magazine collections retrospectives phaidon british english george rodger illustrated

$40.00
1u11a/7

Saunterings in Florence; A New Artistic and Practical Hand-Book for English and American Tourists


GRIFI, E. & RICHARDSON, ELISA A. (revised, corrected & enlarged by)

SEVENTH EDITION; Sm. octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering to front board, illus. to front board, xxiv + 464pp + 8pp adverts at front + 12pp adverts corresponding to index tabs, illus / folding map to rear, scruffy VG- (gutters heavily cracked with some pages coming loose - boards moderately shaky, moderately heavy tanning to page edges/extrems, heavy chipping to index tabs, light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to map at folding creases, prev. owner's name in black ink to fep, bookseller's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: R. Bemporad & Figlio 1927

KEYWORDS: travel writing guides hand books historical history tourism tourists italy florence firenze e grifi

$40.00
1u11a/9

Archaeological Survey in Southeastern Mindanao


SOLHEIM II, WILHELM G. & LEGASPI, AVELINO & NERI, JAIME S.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to white spine, errata loosely enclosed, 161pp + unpaginated plates at rear, illus plates, VG (light creasing & soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges, light warping to pages from moisture)

PUBLISHER: The National Museum of the Philippines / The University of Hawaii 1979

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology archaeological surveys surveying philippines southeastern mindanao indonesia talaud island south east asian pacific islands history illustrated

$40.00
1u11a/11

Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the Republic of Korea


WON-YONG, KIM

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to yellow spine, illus title page, xi + 79pp + 16pp colour plates at rear, illus, VG (light soiling/creasing & moderate sun-fading to covers)

PUBLISHER: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization / The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies 1983

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology archaeological surveys surveying korea east asian ancient history illustrated

$65.00
1u11a/12

De Re Metallica; Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556; with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Materials, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times t


AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS & HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK (trans) & HOOVER, LOU HENRY (trans)

Reprint; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy chipping & creasing, multiple small closed tears mostly with tape repairs, light soiling/discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Inc. n/d

KEYWORDS: industry industrial geological geology mining metallurgy mineralogy machinery technology medieval early history field studies research

$42.50
1u11a/15

Acknowledge No Frontier; The Creation and Demise of New Zealand's Provinces, 1853-76


BRETT, ANDRE

Super octavo, illus light card covers, green, black & white lettering to spine, 343pp, illus, VG+ (v. light rubbing to covers/page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: new zealand 19th nineteenth century history provinces provincial period provincialism politics local government national identity

$100.00
1u11a/17

The Great War for New Zealand; Waikato 1800-2000


O'MALLEY, VINCENT

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 688pp, illus colour plates, Nr FINE in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing/creasing)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books Ltd 2016

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island waikato history nineteenth 19th century 1860s military war warfare conflicts maori pakeha tainui settler colonialism

$40.00
1u11a/18

The Maori Hei-Tiki (Otago Museum Booklet No. 1)


SKINNER, H. D. (text) & DAFF, L. A. (drawings)

Duodecimo, twine-bound illus light card covers, hei-tiki motif to front cover, illus prelims, 15pp, illus, VG (light rubbing, creasing & sun-fading to covers, small light pencil annotations to first and last page)

PUBLISHER: Otago Museum 1942

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori pounamu hei tiki jewelry jewellery pendants art design history otago museum booklets

$27.50
1u11a/20

From Child to Adult; The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Study


SILVA, PHIL A. & STANTON, WARREN R.

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 340pp, VG+ (light rubbing & sun--fading to boards) in d/w, VG- (heavy sun-fading, light rubbing & creasing, one small closed tear to top cover near spine with archival tape repair)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press New Zealand 1998

KEYWORDS: essay collections anthologies new zealand south island university of otago dunedin history health human social psychology psychological multidisciplinary health and development study academic survey research infants children childhood adolescent adolescence

$40.00
1u11a/24

Industry Before the Industrial Revolution; Incorporating a study of the Chartered Companies of The Society of Mines Royal and of Mineral and Battery Works (Volume I)


REES, WILLIAM

THIS VOL. ONLY, LACKS D/W; Tidy ex-library; Imperial octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 363pp, illus / folding maps throughout, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing/discolouration to page edges, light-moderate creasing to folding maps, usual library markings, fragment of d/w glued to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: University of Wales Press 1968

KEYWORDS: ex-library united kingdom british britain english england early industrial history revolution industry chartered companies of the society of mines royal mineral battery works mining

$40.00
1u11a/25

A Social History of Scottish Dance; Ane Celestial Recreatioun


EMMERSON, GEORGE S.

LACKS D/W; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, xv +352pp, illus figures & plates, VG- (heavy fading to boards & spine, plus light rubbing & soiling, small crack at top of spine, prev. owners name in ink to half-title & title pages, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 1972

KEYWORDS: european scotland scottish history dance recreation arts entertainment music traditions rituals customs

$40.00
1u11a/26

Proud Possession; Architectural style and the old New Zealand house


HODGSON, TERENCE

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to blue spine, 172pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to covers, light foxing to page edges, prev. owners stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Bookcase 2003

KEYWORDS: new zealand pictorial history architectural architecture housing houses homes domestic photography illustrated

$135.00
1u11a/29

Railway Houses of New Zealand


SHALDERS, BRUCE

SCARCE; Oblong super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 142pp, illus photo plates, VG (boards slightly cocked with corresponding light vertical crease along front board, light sun-fading to board edges & spine)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc. 2017

KEYWORDS: scarce rare pictorial photographic illustrated history new zealand railways and locomotives society steam trains rails houses architecture architectural building design

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