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The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes (Volume IX; Essays in Persuasion)
THIS VOL. ONLY, Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained blue, xix + 451pp, VG+ (light rubbing to board extrems, light discolouration to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate discolouration - more so to spine, light rubbing & chipping to extrems, price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Press Ltd 1972
KEYWORDS: john maynard keynes essays collections anthologies economics politics political history english england british britain keynesian
Sadism in the Movies
Super 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: Castle Books 1965
KEYWORDS: film studies history movies violence sadism sadistic
Bible History: Old Testament
Super 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: Hendrickson Publishers 2003
KEYWORDS: bible old testament history biblical reference
All of the Women of the Bible
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: HarperSanFrancisco 1988
KEYWORDS: bible biblical history women gender reference scripture
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind
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: FontanaPress 1999
KEYWORDS: medicine medical history antiquity
A History of the Life Sciences (Second Edition)
Super 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: Marcel Dekker 1993
KEYWORDS: history life science sciences biology Lois N Magner
The Last Asylum
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: Hamish Hamilton 2014
KEYWORDS: history mental health psychiatry Barbara Taylor illness Friern Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum
The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Songs
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: Ebury Press 2014
KEYWORDS: modern history Great Britain British music songs
The Laird of Abbotsford: A View of Sir Walter Scott
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: Oxford University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: Sir Walter Scott biographies memoir history literature literary
The Arcanum
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: Bantam Press 1998
KEYWORDS: European Europe porcelain antiques history
Over the Top, With the Third Australian Division
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR, PHOTO OF AUTHOR OPP. PAGE 8 ALSO SIGNED, sm octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, 139pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light scuffing to board edges, moderate tanning/discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to some pages, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Charles H Kelly N/D (c.1920s)
KEYWORDS: military history 3rd third division Australia Australian ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war G P Cuttriss signed
Life of an Irish Soldier
Ex-library, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt canine illus to front board, top page edges stained green, frontispiece, xiii + 363pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges/extrems with some minor chipping also, minimal library markings, moderate to heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy scuffing to front pastedown, heavy cracking to some gutters- front board shaky)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1939
KEYWORDS: military history General Sir Alexander Godley autobiography memoir British army
The Great War: Unseen Archives
Lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, maroon lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 463pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to boards & edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Atlantic Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: military history archives photography photos Daily Mail facsimile reports the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1
Love in Vain: Robert Johnson 1911-1938
Oblong quarto, illus black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, illus eps, 72pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2016
KEYWORDS: blues musicians music Robert Johnson biographies memoir graphic novel illustrated lyrics history
Ian Hamilton's Despatches From the Dardanelles etc
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, folding map to prelims, 254pp, illus, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy fading to spine, minor discolouration & foxing to spine & boards, moderate cracking & fraying to front hinges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, sm ink stamp to ffep, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George Newnes 1917
KEYWORDS: military history Ian Hamilton ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 navy naval despatches
Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, vol 1- 627pp, vol 2- 707pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press 1971
KEYWORDS: biographies memoir history Benjamin Franklin
The Agrarian Economy of the Bombay Deccan 1818-1941
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus ffep, viii + 215pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & tanning/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: history India Indian British rule agrarian economics
The Founder and the Firm of Donald Reid and Company, Limited
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering & rule to front board, frontispiece, 95pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine & front board, sl staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris emboss to ffep)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938
KEYWORDS: New Zealand business history Donald Reid and Company Dunedin
Tales of Ancient Greece
LACKS D/W, sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 127pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D (c.1930)
KEYWORDS: John o' London's children's library literature Enid Blyton ancient Greece Greek history mythology
The Zulus
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1989
KEYWORDS: Osprey elite series culture history tribes Zulu Zulus Africa military forces