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$30.00
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Mutiny for the Cause


The story of the revolt for Ireland's 'Devil's Own', the Connaught Rangers, in British India in 1920

POLLOCK, SAM

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 London 1969

KEYWORDS: Ireland British India milirary military history mutiny

$25.00
xxfbj19714

SAS Operation Oman


JEAPES, TONY COLONEL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1980

KEYWORDS: military military history SAS Oman 20th century communism

$16.50
xxfca19738

A History of Modern Chinese Fiction


HSIA, C T

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: Yale University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: China Chinese fiction history

$15.00
xxfcg19756

Lawrence: The Uncrowned King of Arabia


ASHER, MICHAEL & PERU, MARIANTONIETTA (photo)

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 1999

KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence military history biography Arabian revolt

$22.50
xxfci19767

The Worlds of John Aubrey


AUBREY, JOHN; BARBER. RICHARD (ed)

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1988

KEYWORDS: John Aubrey biography history education philosophy

$19.50
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Brother Cadael's Penance


PETERS, ELLIS

First US 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Mysterious Press 1994

KEYWORDS: The Brother Cadfael Chronicles ficton history England

$25.00
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The City of the Strait; A Centennial History; Wellington and Its Province


MULGAN, ALAN

Heavy 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington history 19th century 20th century

$40.00
xxfda19799

Questioning Edmond Jabes


MOTTE, WARREN F JR

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 Nebraska Press 1990

KEYWORDS: metaphysics social history literary criticism France Edmond Jabes

$12.50
xxfdg19815

D-Day: The Soldiers' Story


MILTON, GILES

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: John Murray

KEYWORDS: D-Day military military history Giles Milton

$15.00
xxfdg19821

Barawa and the Ways Birds Fly in the Sky


JACKSON, MICHAEL

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: Smithsonian 1986

KEYWORDS: anthropology cheifdom Sierra Leone Africa social history

$22.50
xxfdi19830

Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future


BROSTERMAN, NORMAN

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: Harry N. Abrams 2000

KEYWORDS: 20th century forecasting future history design

$35.00
xxfdi19831

Edwardian Wellington


MAIN, WILLIAM & ZACHARIAH, JOSEPH

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: William Main 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington 20th century history

$22.50
xxffg19917

The Queen's Wife: A memoir of a turbulent time--and a chess game that broke all the rules


DRAYTON, JOANNE

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: Penguin 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sexuality Maori history

$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

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