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Them & Us: Britain, Ireland, and the Northern Question 1969-1982


DOWNEY, JAMES

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: Ward River Press 1983

KEYWORDS: james downey northern ireland britain british irish question troubles thatcher-haughey history conflict politics

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Divided Ulster


A Penguin Special

DE PAOR, LIAM

Paperback (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 1970

KEYWORDS: ulster liam de paor northern ireland britain british irish question troubles thatcher-haughey history conflict politics

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To Take Arms: A Year in the Provisional IRA


MCGUIRE, MARIA

Paperback (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: Quartet Books 1973

KEYWORDS: provisional ira maria mcguire republicana army northern ireland britain british irish question troubles thatcher-haughey history conflict politics

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On the Blanket: The H-Block Story


COOGAN, TIM PAT

Paperback (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: Ward River Press 1980

KEYWORDS: ira h-block republican army northern ireland britain british irish question troubles thatcher-haughey history conflict politics tim pat coogan long kesh hm prison maze

$35.00
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Handbook of North American Indians (Volume 9; Southwest)


ORTIZ, ALFONSO (vol. ed) & STURTEVANT, WILLIAM C. (gen. ed)

This volume only; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution 1979

KEYWORDS: handbook of north american indians series northern alfonso ortiz william c sturtevant southwest anthropology indigenous aboriginal native studies history prehistory culture cultural archeology archaeology encyclopedias encyclopaedias

$45.00
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Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting, and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy


FINDLEN, PAULA

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, xvi + 449pp, illus, VG (light creasing & bruising/wrinkling tospine & covers, light fading to lettering on spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to inside front cover, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1996

KEYWORDS: science museums Italy Italian natural history

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The Maginot Line: History and Guide


KAUFMANN, J E & KAUFMANN, H W & JANKOVIC-POTOCNIK, ALEKSANDER & LANG, PATRICE

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 308pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling ot spine & cover egdes, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2021

KEYWORDS: military history maginot line Europe fortifications ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$75.00
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Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds


JONES, ALISON & JENKINS, KUNI KAA

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG+ (sunning to spine and covers)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration adventure Tuai Ngare Raumati Maori Bay of Islands

$90.00
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Flyers of Time: Pioneer Aviation in Country Victoria


O'REILLY, KEVIN

Quarto, illus heavy boards, maroon letters to spine, illus title page & prelims, 407pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Kevin M O'Reilly 2012

KEYWORDS: civil aviaiton history Australia Australian Victoria flight transport flight

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Gabriel's Gully and Dunedin in 1861


REED, A H (Ed)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, stapled light card covers, white lettering to front cover, 23pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & moderate chafing/scuffing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1957

KEYWORDS: signed A H Reed New Zealand Otago Dunedin history Gabriel's Gully

$42.50
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From East Cape to Cape Egmont: A Pictorial Record of an East-West Walk


REED, A H

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light chafing & soiling to covers, minor rusting to staples, closed tearing to spine)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1962

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history A H Reed

$40.00
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The Nazi Movement in the United States 1924-1941


DIAMOND, SANDER A

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 380pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, minor tape residue to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tanning & tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor closed tearing & yellowing tape repairs to rear)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: nazi movement extreme politics US America American history early 20th twentieth century Hitler hate speech infiltration

$175.00
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Brazilian Adventure


FLEMING, PETER

FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, octavo, brown cloth boards, yellow lettering & illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 414pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/rubbing to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to eps, heavy cracking to some gutters, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, plate to pgs 278/279 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1933

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing exploration Brazil South America American first editions history culture

$100.00
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The National Bibliography of Indian Literature 1901-1953 (2 Vol Set)


KESAVAN, B S & KULKARNI, V Y & MULAY, Y M (General Eds)

2 VOL SET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, patterned eps, vol 1- viii + 797pp, vol 2- x + 632pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling & tape staining to board edges, light tanning to page edges, tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (in adhesive covers- probable staining to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, front flaps clipped)

PUBLISHER: Sahitya Akademi 1962-66

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies Indian literature early 20th twentieth century history

$40.00
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The Peoples of Malaysia


COLE, FAY-COOPER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, illus eps, xiv + 354pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate insect damage & cracking to front & rear gutters, boards shaky, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of half title page, moderate tanning throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, price clipped, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: D Van Nostrand Company 1945

KEYWORDS: first editions Malaysia history culture anthropology social development

$40.00
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Indonesian Trade and Society: Essays in Asian Social and Economic History (Second Edition)


VAN LEUR, J C

Super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to long title plate on spine, xvii + 388pp, VG- (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & heavy tanning to page edges & eps, heavy tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sumur Bandung 1960

KEYWORDS: essays literature prose collection anthology Indonesia trade economics history

$45.00
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From East Cape to Cape Egmont: A Pictorial Record of an East-West Walk


REED, A H

DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, white stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light chafing & curling to covers with light soiling & foxing, moderate closed tearing & scuffing to spine, minor rusting to staples)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1962

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand A H Reed history East Cape Egmont walking

$65.00
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Bernard Freyberg, VC: Soldier of Two Nations


FREYBERG, PAUL

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP OF HISTORIAN MICHAEL BASSETT & EPHEMERA LOOSLEY ENCLOSED, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 627pp, illus/photos, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, considerable adhesion to photo pages, some minor underlining in ink, occasional foxing throughout) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1991

KEYWORDS: Bernard Freyberg military history biographies memoir New Zealand England

$245.00
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Shikar Sketches with Notes on Indian Field-Sports


BROWN, J MORAY

CONTEMPORARY REBIND, octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, red speckling to page egdes, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 336pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, light to moderate scuffing/chafing to leatherwork, light soiling to marbled boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional cracking to gutters, light foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1887

KEYWORDS: India Indian sports culture games hobbies Shikar history

$40.00
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Russia: A History


FREEZE, GREGORY L (Ed)

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 478pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing & extrems) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light wrinkling & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history geopolitics

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