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$15.00
xxana195021

The Phoenix Cup: Some Notes on Japan in 1946


MORRIS, JOHN

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: The Cresset Press 1947

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Japan Japanese history culture John Morris

$19.50
xxana195024

Parliament: Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its Pathos


MacDONAGH, MICHAEL

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: P S King & Son N/D (c.1902)

KEYWORDS: British houses of Parliament Great Britain government anecdotes history

$12.50
xxand195030

The Church by Martha Hill


MORE, DAVID

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo stapled light card covers (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: David More N/D (c.1981)

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand David More churches history St John's Anglican church Waihi

$19.50
xxand195032

Penguin Portrait: Allen Lane and the Penguin Editors 1935-1970


HARE, STEVE (Ed)

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: Penguin Books 1995

KEYWORDS: litertaure literary history Penguin Allen Lane publishers biographies autobiography

$15.00
xxand195035

A History of the World in 100 Objects


MacGREGOR, NEIL

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: Penguin Books 2012

KEYWORDS: world history artefacts British Museum

$18.50
xxapg195036

British Photography: Towards a Bigger Picture


HAWORTH-BOOTH, MARK et al (Essays)

Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) heavy water damage to boards & inside jacket- text block mostly unaffected with just some minor wrinkling; 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: Aperture 1988

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British photos photography art history essays criticism appreciation interpretation

$30.00
xxapg195037

Military Smallarms of the Twentieth Century


HOGG, IAN & WEEKS, JOHN

LACKS D/W, 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: Arms and Armour Press 1973

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry guns firearms 20th twentieth century history military

$12.50
xxaqk195048

Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet


ARMSTRONG, KAREN

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: Phoenix 2004

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Muhammad Islam Islamic history

$12.50
xxaqo195074

The Jew Store


SUBERMAN, STELLA

Ex-library, 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: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1998

KEYWORDS: Jewish history US America American Jews business Tennessee childhood

$15.00
xxaqq195086

The Myths of Greece & Rome: Their Stories Signification and Origin


GUERBER, H A

Octavo hardcover (G) some pages loose; 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: George G Harrap & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Rome myths mythology history

$16.50
xxaqq195087

From Gun to Gavel: The Courtroom Recollections of James Mathers of Oklahoma


MATHERS, JAMES & HOUTS, MARSHALL

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Souvenir Press 1955

KEYWORDS: James Mathers Oklahoma justice court history law order

$42.50
1t33/36

Madder Music, Stronger Wine; The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent


ADAMS, JAD

Ex-library, reprint; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 211pp, illus. b&w photo plates, VG (light soiling & adhesive residue to boards, light tanning to page edges, usual library markings & stamps) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & sun-fading, library barcode label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 2000

KEYWORDS: ex-library literary biography biographies poets poetry poems english victorian england decadent period history ernest dowson

$62.50
1t33/38

Lord Denning: The Judge and the Law


JOWELL, J. L. & MCAUSLIN, J. P. W. B. (eds)

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxv + 486pp, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & sun-fading, moderate creasing)

PUBLISHER: Sweet & Maxwell Limited 1984

KEYWORDS: law legal history essay anthologies collections retrospectives reviews england english high court judges lord alfred denning

$100.00
1u11a/2

Lloyd's Register of Shipping; United with the Underwriters' Registry for Iron Vessels in 1885; From 1st July, 1916, to the 30th June, 1917 (Volume II. - Appendix)


N/A

THIS VOL. ONLY; Very tidy ex-library (no external markings), bookmark loosely enclosed; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spine & front board, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, all page edges stained red, felt textured eps, cxxxv + 939pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards & page edges, light sun-fading to boards, usual library markings to eps)

PUBLISHER: Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1916

KEYWORDS: ex-library lloyd's shipping registers maritime history index indices reference appendix appendices steamers sea ocean transport vessels

$60.00
1u11a/5

Humanity and inhumanity; The photographic journey of George Rodger


RODGER, GEORGE (photog) & BERNARD BRUCE (text) & CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI (foreword)

Square quarto, white light card covers, black lettering to spine, photo illus prelims, 319pp, illus - b&w photo plates, VG (light scuffing, soiling, discolouration & creasing to covers, light soiling throughout) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, in removeable plastic protective sleeve)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press Limited 1999

KEYWORDS: art photography second world war two wwii africa asia middle east pictorial history journalism media life magazine collections retrospectives phaidon british english george rodger illustrated

$40.00
1u11a/7

Saunterings in Florence; A New Artistic and Practical Hand-Book for English and American Tourists


GRIFI, E. & RICHARDSON, ELISA A. (revised, corrected & enlarged by)

SEVENTH EDITION; Sm. octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering to front board, illus. to front board, xxiv + 464pp + 8pp adverts at front + 12pp adverts corresponding to index tabs, illus / folding map to rear, scruffy VG- (gutters heavily cracked with some pages coming loose - boards moderately shaky, moderately heavy tanning to page edges/extrems, heavy chipping to index tabs, light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to map at folding creases, prev. owner's name in black ink to fep, bookseller's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: R. Bemporad & Figlio 1927

KEYWORDS: travel writing guides hand books historical history tourism tourists italy florence firenze e grifi

$40.00
1u11a/9

Archaeological Survey in Southeastern Mindanao


SOLHEIM II, WILHELM G. & LEGASPI, AVELINO & NERI, JAIME S.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to white spine, errata loosely enclosed, 161pp + unpaginated plates at rear, illus plates, VG (light creasing & soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges, light warping to pages from moisture)

PUBLISHER: The National Museum of the Philippines / The University of Hawaii 1979

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology archaeological surveys surveying philippines southeastern mindanao indonesia talaud island south east asian pacific islands history illustrated

$25.00
1u11a/10

Practical Beekeeping in New Zealand


MATHESON, ANDREW

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to white spine, 145pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to covers, light discolouration to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: GP Publications 1997

KEYWORDS: beekeeping apiculture new zealand practical guides agriculture bees honey production harvesting history beehive colony management

$40.00
1u11a/11

Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the Republic of Korea


WON-YONG, KIM

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to yellow spine, illus title page, xi + 79pp + 16pp colour plates at rear, illus, VG (light soiling/creasing & moderate sun-fading to covers)

PUBLISHER: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization / The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies 1983

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology archaeological surveys surveying korea east asian ancient history illustrated

$65.00
1u11a/12

De Re Metallica; Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556; with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Materials, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times t


AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS & HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK (trans) & HOOVER, LOU HENRY (trans)

Reprint; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy chipping & creasing, multiple small closed tears mostly with tape repairs, light soiling/discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Inc. n/d

KEYWORDS: industry industrial geological geology mining metallurgy mineralogy machinery technology medieval early history field studies research

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