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$22.50
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The March of Man: A Chronological Record of People and Events from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day: Comprising a Comparative Time Chart of Universal History in Seven Sections, An Historical Altlas of 96 Pages and 64 Plates


DAWSON, LAWRENCE H (ed)

Quarto hardcover (G+); 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 Encyclopaedia Britannica Co 1935

KEYWORDS: encyclopaedia prehistoric history

$55.00
1y95a/18

A Lexicon of Freemasnory; Containing a Definition of all its Communicable Terms, Notices of its History, Traditions, and Antiquities, and An Account of the Rites and Mysteries of the Ancient World (Eleventh Edition)


MACKEY, ALBERT G & PECK, M C (Compiled by)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to spine & boards, 490pp, G+ (light bruising & heavy rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky & binding heavily loosened, numerous prev. owners' names in ink to prelims, light foxing & soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Charles Griffin and Co N/D

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic lexicons dictionary dictionaries terms terminology history historical rites rituals secret societies

$400.00
1y95a/19

The Historical Landmarks and Other Evidences of Freemasonry, Explained; in a Series of Practical Lectures, With Copious Notes, in Two Volumes: Volume II


OLIVER, The Rev G

THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy half leather bound boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine with raised bands also, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xx + 750pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate rubbing & surface loss to board edges, moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink & sm ex-libris label to prelims, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, pgs 257-258 & folding plate partially detached, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Richard Spencer 1846

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic secret societies lectures history rites rituals first editions

$65.00
1y95a/24

Zaha Hadid: Complete Works 1979-Today


JODIDIO, PHILIP

Heavy quarto, white heavy boards, with dust jacket, still sealed in manufacturers plastic cover, FINE

PUBLISHER: Taschen (Date Unavailable)

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings design history Zaha Hadid

$175.00
1y95a/26

The History of Freemasonry, its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs etc: Volume III


GOULD, ROBERT FREKE

THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling/illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, 502pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (heavy rubbing & surface loss to spine & board edges- leather parts only, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl occasional cracking to gutters, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate tanning & foxing to frontis)

PUBLISHER: T C & E C Jack / Grange Publishing Works N/D

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic secret societies history antiquities grand lodges international

$525.00
1y95a/32

A Historical Account of the Belief in Witchcraft in Scotland


SHARPE, CHARLES KIRKPATRICK

FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to title plate on spine, deckled/rough cut page edges, 268pp, VG- (moderate rubbing/discolouration & chipping to spine & extrems, heavy rubbing to title plate in spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to some gutters, first 16 pgs partially detached- pgs 5-12 almost completely detached)

PUBLISHER: Hamilton, Adams & Co / Thomas D Morison 1884

KEYWORDS: first edtions THUS history magic witchcraft Europe Scotland Scottish beliefs

$750.00
1y95a/33

Freemasonry and the Ancient Gods


WARD, J S M & COCKBURN, The Hon Sir JOHN A (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt masonic symbol to front board, deckled lower page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxii + 373pp, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co 1921

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic secret societies antiquity history first editions

$50.00
1y95a/35

War Elephants


KISTLER, JOHN M & LAIR, RICHARD (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 333pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Praeger 2006

KEYWORDS: first editions military war history animals elephants

$65.00
1y95a/37

The Archaeology of Human Ancestry: Power, Sex and Tradition


STEELE, JAMES (Ed) & SHENNAN, STEPHEN (Ed)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxiii + 446pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, occasional creasing to lower page edges, some prelim pgs sl detached at gutter- still a very tidy copy)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2012

KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history archeology archaeology socioecology hominids humans

$55.00
1y98c/16

Before Columbus: Links Between the Old World and Ancient America


GORDON, CYRUS H

Super octavo, yellow heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with light loss & archival tape repairs, sl fading to spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Turnstone Press 1972

KEYWORDS: ancient history America Americas ethnography archaeology archeology

$25.00
xxfhd200797

The New Naturalist: Fossils


SWINNERTON, H H; WILSON, MAURICE (plates)

Super octavo hardcover (VG), lacking d/w; 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: Collins 1960

KEYWORDS: fossils prehistory prehistoric history

$18.50
xxfhd200799

Bird Navigation: The Solution of a Mystery?


BAKER, R ROBIN

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: Hodder & Stoughton 1984

KEYWORDS: birds navigation history migration biology

$18.50
xxfhd200801

Bombay to Bloomsbury: A Biography of the Strachey Family


CAINE, BARBARA

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: Oxford University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: history biography Strachey family

$25.00
xxfhd200802

Tranzit Through Time: The Story of the Tranzit Group 1924-2000


OLIVER, JULIET

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: Tranzit Group 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Tranzit Group transport history

$24.50
xxfhe200814

Menders of the Mind: A History of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 1946-1996


RUBINSTEIN, W D & RUBINSTEIN HILARY L

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: Oxford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand psychiatrists psychiatry psychology history

$30.00
xxfhe200817

A History of British Infantry Volume One 1660-1914: For Love of Regiment


MESSENGER, CHARLES

This volume only. 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: Leo Cooper 1994

KEYWORDS: military history British military infantry

$9.50
xxfjb200853

Showing the Flag


GARDAM, JANE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Abacus 1990

KEYWORDS: Jane Gardam England social history English fiction

$19.50
xxfle200892

Gramercy Park: An American Bloomsbury


KLEIN, CAROLE

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: Houghton Mifflin Compant 1987

KEYWORDS: cultural history America New York intellectual lives

$30.00
xxflf200897

Ancient African Kingdoms


SHINNIE, MARGARET

Square 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: Edward Arnold 1971

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology Africa African ancient history antiquity female archaeologists Margaret Shinnie

$25.00
xxflf200901

Van d'Oude School tot Lingecollege


SMIT, Dr. E. J. Th. A. M. A, & KERS, H. J.

TEXT IN DUTCH, SIGNED BY 39 PEOPLE, 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: Reeks, uitgegeven door het Streekarchivariaat Tiel-Buren-Culemborg 1995

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH, school lingecollege college history holland dutch education academic institution alumni gymnasium

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