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xxrgg193497

Singapore Burning: Heroism and Surrender in World War II


SMITH, COLIN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Viking 2005

KEYWORDS: singapore second world war two ww2 wwii military history malaya colin smith

$22.50
xxrgg193500

The Cubans: Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times


DEPALMA, ANTHONY

PROOF COPY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 2020

KEYWORDS: proof copy cubans cuba history anthony depalma

$16.50
xxrgh193506

The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War


BUTCHER, TIM

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2014

KEYWORDS: tim butcher first world war one ww1 wwi archduke franz ferdinand assassination assassin austria-hungary gavrilo princip military history europe

$22.50
xxrgh193507

A Guide to Japanese Prints and Their Subject Matter


With 274 Illustrations

STEWART, BASIL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Dover 1979

KEYWORDS: basil stewart japan japanese prints art illustrated history asia asian printmaking visual arts culture

$25.00
xxrgi193509

The Rock Art of South Africa


WILCOX, A.R. & CLARK, J. DESMOND (introd.)

Folio 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Nelson 1963

KEYWORDS: rock art south africa a.r. wilcox anthropology art history culture african illustrated

$30.00
xxrgi193513

Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India-China-Tibet-Japan (Revised English Translation)


NAKAMURA, HAJIME & WIENER, PHILIP P. (ed)

Super octavo softcover (VG), occasional annotations in light pencil throughout, heavy vertical crease along middle of spine - no cracking; 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: University of Hawaii Press (1968)

KEYWORDS: hajime nakamura eastern peoples society societies sociology anthropology culture cultural social religious religion asian studies philosophy identity identities indian china chinese tibetan japanese history

$30.00
xxrgj193525

Somerled and the Emergence of Gaelic Scotland


MARSDEN, JOHN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: John Donald 2005

KEYWORDS: somerled gaelic scotland john marsden scottish history argyll

$32.50
xxrgL193526

The Malatesta of Rimini and the Papal State; A Political History


JONES, P. J.

Very tidy ex-library - unread; 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: Cambridge University Press 1974

KEYWORDS: ex-library pj jones malatesta family rimini renaissance italy italian papal state history european politics political government dynasties religious religion

$16.50
xxrgL193531

The Georgics of Virgil


VIRGIL & LEWIS, C. DAY (trans)

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-, price-clipped); 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: Jonathan Cape 1951

KEYWORDS: virgil georgics c day lewis poems poets poetry farming agriculture vineyards forestry viticulture stock-breeding landscape gardening nature classical classics history

$20.00
xxrgb193535

The Culture of the New Capitalism


SENNETT, RICHARD

Octavo softcover (VG, intermittent light pencil underlining/annotation throughout, some page corners folded); 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: Yale University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: richard sennett late stage capitalism industrial sociology organisation organization organising organizing economics history bureaucracy

$30.00
xxrgb193536

Madame de Maintenon


CRUTTWELL, MAUD

FIRST EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG-, moderate foxing); 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: J. M Dent and Sons Ltd 1930

KEYWORDS: madame marquise de maintenon francoise d'aubigne scarron maud cruttwell biography biographies french france european history monarchy monarchies monarchs royals royalty king louis xiv

$25.00
xxrgb193539

Men, Manners & Morals in South America


BLAND, J. O. P.

FIRST EDITION; Super octavo hardcover (VG-, boards shaky, moderately heavy foxing to page edges, one photo plate detached but present); 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: William Heinemann 1920

KEYWORDS: first editions jop john otway percy bland south american travel writing anthropology history

$22.50
xxrgb193541

Index to Illustrations of the Natural World


THOMPSON, JOHN W. (compiled by) & SLAUSON, NEDRA (ed)

Very tidy ex-library - unread; Sm. 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: Gaylord Bros., Inc. 1977

KEYWORDS: ex-library index indices illustrations natural world history zoology pictorial botany north america reference guides

$22.50
xxrgc193543

The Private Life of Louis XV


D'ANGERVILLE, MOUFFLE & MEYRAC, ALBERT (annotated by) & MINGARD, H. S. (trans)

LACKS FEP; Super octavo hardcover (VG-, boards slightly shaky, cracking to gutters, light foxing); 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: The Bodley Head Limited 1924

KEYWORDS: mouffle d'angerville king louis xv biography biographies french france european history royalty monarchs monarchy

$15.00
xxrfg193546

My Own Story


LOUISA of Tuscany

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (POOR - spine entirely missing except for one fragment loosely enclosed, covers held in place by flaps only); 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: Eveleigh Nash 1911

KEYWORDS: louisa of tuscany crown princess saxony autobiography autobiographies memoirs european royal history monarchy monarchies

$16.50
xxrfg193548

Conservative Politics in Western Europe


LAYTON-HENRY, ZIG (ed)

Very tidy ex-library - unread; 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: The Macmillan Press Ltd 1982

KEYWORDS: ex-library western european political politics history conservative right-wing christian democracy ideology analysis

$25.00
xxrfg193550

The Bibliographer's Manual of American History


BRADFORD, THOMAS LINDSLEY (compiled) & HENKELS, STAN V, (ed & revised by)

Very tidy ex-library - unread; 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: Gale Research Company 1968

KEYWORDS: ex-library bibliographies bibliographer's manuals reference index indices guides american united states usa u.s.a. history

$20.00
xxrfg193553

In Relief of Gordon; Lord Wolseley's Campaign Journal of The Khartoum Relief Expedition; 1884-1885


Lord WOLSELEY & PRESTON, ADRIAN (ed)

FIRST EDITION; Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG, price-clipped); 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: Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: first editions adrian preston lord wolseley gordon khartoum expedition travel writing journals diaries memoirs military history english england victorian army nineteenth 19th century

$15.00
xxrfj193575

A Family of Faith; An Introduction to Evangelical Christianity


PHILLIPS, TIMOTHY R. & OKHOLM, DENNIS L.

Super octavo softcover (a couple of pages in front section starting to come slightly loose, otherwise 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: Baker Academic 2002

KEYWORDS: timothy r phillips dennis l okholm evangelical christianity religion religious history evangelistic church theology

$38.50
xxrfj193576

Jesus and the Holy City; New Testament Perspectives on Jerusalem


WALKER, PETER W. L.

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: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. 1996

KEYWORDS: peter wl walker new testamant bible biblical studies commentaries criticism interpretation jesus christ christianity religion religious spirituality theology jerusalem early church doctrines history doctrinal

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