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$245.00
1r34a/7

Peeps into Persia


DE WARZEE, DOROTHY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt sword-weilding lion illus to front board, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate discolouration & light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters of pgs 112-113)

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1913

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Persia culture history Dorothy de Warzee first editions

$40.00
1r34a/8

In the Eyrie of the Hohenzollern Eagle


BRIMBLE, E L

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 254pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising to extrems, heavy fading to spine, light cracking to front hinge, moderate staining to boards, spine sl cocked, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, label residue to ffep, heavy cracking to some gutters sporadically throughout, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1916

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Hohenzollern Prussia history

$80.00
1r34a/13

Beneath the Winds: Masterpieces of Southeast Asian Art from the Art Gallery of South Australia


BENNETT, JAMES

Lg quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Art Gallery of South Australia 2011

KEYWORDS: Southeast Asia art exhibitions gallery of South Australia artefacts ancient history

$75.00
1r34a/15

Turning Stone into Jade: The History of the New Zealand Chinese Association


FUNG, DAVID

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, aqua heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 311pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl fading to board edges, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Chinese Association 2014

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Chinese Association communities history

$40.00
1r34a/18

A History of Modern Indonesia Since c.1300 (Second Edition)


RICKLEFS, M C

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 378pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, strange but not unpleasant aroma) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: history Indonesia politics culture

$40.00
1r34a/21

Portrait of a Dictator: Francisco Solano Lopez (Paraguay 1865-1870)


GRAHAM, R B CUNNINGHAME

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 283pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading & scuffing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1933

KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Paraguay biographies memoir political leaders dictators Francisco Solano Lopez history 19th nineteenth century

$40.00
1r34a/23

Sobieski: King of Poland


MORTON, J B

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to cream buckram spine, frontispiece, xvii + 286pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate chafing & staining/soiling to boards, light rubbing to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedownlight cracking to some gutters, moderate foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1932

KEYWORDS: first editions biographies memoir King Poland rulers monarchs John 3rd iii third 17th seventeenth century history

$50.00
1r34a/25

Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict: An Annotated Bibliography


KHALIDI, WALID (Ed) & KHADDURI, JILL (Ed)

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 736pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, moderate tape staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in protective adhesive wrapper- edges likely stained, moderate fading to spine & edges, moderate wrinkling to front)

PUBLISHER: The Institute for Palestine Studies 1974

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Palestine Israel conflict war Arab-Israeli history

$100.00
1r34a/30

Isabella of Spain


WALSH, WILLIAM THOMAS

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 644pp, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems with some minor cracking to spine extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate wrinkling & foxing to prelims & terminals, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, occasional cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sheed & Ward 1931

KEYWORDS: royal family Spain Spanish biographies memoir Isabella history first editions

$40.00
1r34a/33

The Queen of Spain: An Authorised Life-Story From Material Supplied Personally by Her Majesty to the Author in Audience at the Royal Palace at Madrid


GRAHAM, EVELYN (LUCAS, NETTEY)

The author's real name is Nettey Lucas, and much of this unauthorised book is in fact fraud, for which he went to prison! Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 285pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate bruising & cracking to extrems, light fading to rear board, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate foxing to pages throughout, some plates loose, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish royal family queen monarchs history

$24.50
xxrba193810

The Prime Minister: The Office and Its Holders Since 1945


HENNESSY, PETER

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: Allen Lane 2000

KEYWORDS: united kingdom britain british england english politics history prime minister downing street st 20th twentieth century legislation peter hennessy

$20.00
xxrba193812

Henry of Navarre


HURST, QUENTIN & [HENRY OF NAVARRE]

FIRST 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1937

KEYWORDS: henry of navarre henri the great iv fourth france french history royalty monarchy quentin hurst europe european house of bourbon wars of religion first edition

$35.00
xxrbb193818

Argentina Past and Present


Containing 96 Illustrations, 64 Being from Photographs & 32 in Colour from Paintings by E.W. Christmas, R.B.A.

KOEBEL, W.H. & CHRISTMAS, E.W. (illus)

Imperial 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: Adam and Charles Black 1914

KEYWORDS: argentina south america history americas latin w.h. koebel colony new world colonialism industry anthropology travel

$22.50
xxrbc193823

God of Battles: Holy Wars of Christianity and Islam


PARTNER, PETER

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: Princeton University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: religion religious christianity christian islam islamic holy wars crusades europe middle near east levany holy land military history peter partner

$16.50
xxrbc193825

The Brethren of the Coast: The British and French Buccaneers in the South Seas


KEMP, P.K & LLOYD, CHRISTOPHER

FIRST EDITION; 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: Heinemann 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition christopher lloyd p.k. kemp piracy pirate pirates south seas pacific nautical sailing history sea crime british french captains

$40.00
xxrbc193828

Historic Background and Annals of the Swiss and German Pioneer Settlers of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and of Their Remote Ancestors, From the Middle Ages Down to the Time of the Revolutionary War


ESHLEMAN, H. FRANK

1969 FACSIMILE REPRINT; VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY; 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: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1969

KEYWORDS: facsimile frank eshleman pennsylvania german germans dutch settlers swiss pioneers america american amish mennonites mennonite christianity southern history

$27.50
xxrbd193834

The Moneymaker


GLEESON, JANET & [LAW, JOHN]

FIRST EDITION; 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: Bantam Press 1999

KEYWORDS: janet gleeson john law finance history credit scottish biography scotland economics politics money

$22.50
xxrag193851

Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar


RUETE, EMILY

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: The Gallery Publications 1998

KEYWORDS: emily ruete princess salme of zanzibar oman memoirs autobiography autobiographies royalty monarchies monarchy royals sultanates african harems history

$20.00
xxrag193854

State and Opposition in Military Brazil


ALVES, MARIA HELENA MOREIRA

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: University of Texas Press 1985

KEYWORDS: ex-library maria helena moreira alves brazilian politics political science history state government military civil society opposition trade unions labour labor organising organizing strikes activism economics repression resistance national security south american

$15.00
xxrah193863

A Sense of Place, a Sense of Time


JACKSON, JOHN BRINCKERHOFF

Very tidy ex-library - unread; Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG, fixed to boards with protective plastic adhesive film); 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 1994

KEYWORDS: ex-library j.b. jackson john brinckerhoff landscape history travel writing united states of america u.s.a. essay anthologies collections urbanism industrialism

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