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A Bibliography of the English Colonial Treaties with the American Indians, Including A Synopsis of Each Treaty


DE PUY, HENRY F.

FACSIMILE OF 1917 TEXT; VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY (UNREAD); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: AMS Press 1971

KEYWORDS: bibliography english colonial treaties american indian indians native americans five 5 nations henry f de puy america history british britain england english settler settlers colonisation colonization

$995.00
1p35/7

The Egyptian Book of the Dead: Translation and Commentary


RENOUF, Sir P LE PAGE (Late) & NAVILLE, Prof E (Continued & Completed by)

Appears to be mis-bound with final section at rear possibly the title section with index, quarto, brown textured buckram boards, no external lettering, deckled page edges, illus/plates, 376pp + xxi index/title to rear, VG- (minor scuffing & soiling to spine & boards with some sl surface loss, heavy tanning to page edges, some pages & edges v brittle/delicate, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, original 1893 title page is detached & heavily cracked/brittle with some loss, some minor cracking to gutters- otherwise main page blocks reasonably sound, please feel free to contact us for more details/photos if required)

PUBLISHER: The Society of Biblical Archaeology 1904 (Original bound sections published 1893)

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history book of the dead antiquity translations

$40.00
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The White Lotus: Teachings in Chinese Religious History


TER HAAR, B J

Super octavo, blue glossy light card covers, white & dark blue lettering to spine & front cover, ix + 343pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Chinese religion wisdom religious history teachings white lotus sect rebellion buddhism

$45.00
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Ireland Since the Famine: 1850 to the Present


LYONS, F S L

Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 852pp, VG (light bruising & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner' name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing to flaps & rear, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1971

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history famine economics government

$40.00
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The Greeks and Greek Love: A radical Reappraisal of Homosexuality in Ancient Greece


DAVIDSON, JAMES

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 634pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor adhesion & scuffing to eps) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl stickiness to internal sides of flaps, sm patch of label adhesive residue to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2007

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek love relations men homosexuality social aspects history antiquity gay

$100.00
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The Dynamics of Change in a Slave Society: A Sociopolitical History of the Free Coloreds of Jamaica, 1800-1865


CAMPBELL, MAVIS CHRISTINE

Very tidy ex-library- posibly unread, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 393pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Jamaica Jamaican history slave trade freedmen slavery racial sociopolitics

$40.00
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The Development of Capitalism in Northern Nigeria


SHENTON, ROBERT W

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 169pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1986

KEYWORDS: Nigeria north northern economy economics history capitalism politics

$40.00
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Early and Rare Polonica of the 15th-17th Centuries in American Libraries


HOSKINS, JANINA W

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 193pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light staining to rear board)

PUBLISHER: G K Hall & Co 1973

KEYWORDS: bibliographies bibliography catalogues early print books history historical union lists incunabula Poland

$70.00
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Cassell's Picturesque Australasia Volume IV


MORRIS, E E (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 308pp + maps to rear, VG (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1889

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Australasia history

$70.00
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Cassell's Picturesque Australasia Volume I


MORRIS, E E (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, plates to prelims- not counted presumed all present, viii + 309pp + maps, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling/fading to spine & boards, light soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Australasia history

$75.00
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Tinwald: A Canterbury Plains Settlement


BAYLISS, E R

Ex-library, octavo, orange buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate scuffing & soiling/taoe residue to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective covers with adhesive edges- edges likely stained, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: E R Bayliss 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tinwald Canterbury plains settlers pioneers settlements

$175.00
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The Voyages of Cadamosto, and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century


CRONE, G R (Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship illus & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, xlv + 159pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with some sl loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1937

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages Cadamosto Western Africa African 15th fifteenth century first editions

$175.00
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Select Documents Illustrating the Four Voyages of Columbus, Including Those Contained in R H Major's Select Letters of Christopher Columbus (2 Vol Set)


COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER & JANE, CECIL (Trans, Ed, Intro & Notes) & TAYLOR, E G R (Supplementary Intro)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt ship illus & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some may remain uncut, frontispieces, vol 1- clv + 188pp, vol 2- lxxxix + 164pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, moderate to heavy tanning & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1930-33

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society exploration adventures history travel Christopher Columbus documents

$60.00
1q20a/6

Handbook for Australia & New Zealand (Including Also the Fiji Islands) with New Map of the Colonies (Second Edition)


S W SILVER & CO

LACKS FOLDING MAP, sm octavo, red buckram soft boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, x + 449pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, folding map at front missing, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters, some pgs loose and/or out of order)

PUBLISHER: S W Silver & Co / Office of 'The Colonies' 1874

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand travel writing guides literature history historical

$65.00
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Maori Prisoners of War in Dunedin 1869-1872: Deaths and Burials and Survivors


HAROLD, D

UNCOMMON, quarto, illus stapled light card covers, 21pp, illus, VG+ (tidy red adhesive reinforcement to spine, light creasing to covers, light staining to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Hexagon 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history prisoners of war Dunedin late 19th nineteenth century death sburials survivors

$100.00
1q20a/9

The Railway Problem in New Zealand


VAILE, SAMUEL

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF HISTORICAL FIGURE & AUTHOR E E VAILE, SON OF SAMUEL VAILE, ex-library, octavo, cream stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, various pagination, VG- (tidy red reinforcement to spine, heavy tanning, creasing & staining to front cover, light chafing & soiling to rear cover, various ink stamps to front eps, minimal library markings, heavy tanning to ffep- brittle edges with chipping/loss)

PUBLISHER: Railway Reform League 1891

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport railway reform league history Samuel Vaile

$40.00
1q20a/11

North to Kimbolton (Birmingham)


WAUGH, D THOMAS

UNCOMMON, octavo, stapled illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 133pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers & edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: D Thomas Waugh N/D (c.1986)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Kimbolton history settlers pioneers

$55.00
1q20a/14

The Complete Greek Temples


SPAWFORTH, TONY

Imperial octavo, light blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2006

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek temples history antiquity gods architecture buildings

$45.00
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One Small Finger: Overseas Mission in a Changing World, 1949-69


MURRAY, STAN

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, ii + 153pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing/curling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Church of New Zealand N/D (c.1988)

KEYWORDS: prebysterian church New Zealand religion Asia pacific history missionaries

$95.00
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The Exeter Book


KRAPP, GEORGE PHILIP (Ed) & DOBBIE, ELLIOTT VAN KIRK (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, cxvii + 382pp, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board corners, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1936

KEYWORDS: anglo-saxon poetry literature Exeter book historical history verse poems

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