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Oedipus and Akhnaton: Myth and History


VELIKOVSKY, IMMANUEL

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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1976

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Thebes Egypt Egyptian Immanuel Velikovsky

$90.00
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An Account of the Discoveries Made in the South Pacific Ocean


DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER & FEWSTER, Dr KEVIN (Fore) & COOK, Dr ANDREW (Essay)

Octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, (47pp) + xxxi+103pp, folding maps throughout- not counted presumed all present, Near FINE (v sl chafing/fading to boards)

PUBLISHER: Hordern House 1996

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages travel south Pacific ocean Alexander Dalrymple maritime nautical

$48.50
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Bibliotheca Australiana #15: Journal of the Resolution's Voyage in 1771-1775


MARRA, JOHN

Octavo, cream faux leather boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, xiii + 328pp, folding map at frontispiece, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light soiling to boards & spine edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: N Israel / Da Capo Press 1967

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages Resolution 18th eighteenth century James Cook journals diaries maritime nautical

$45.00
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Bibliotheca Australiana #72: Journal of a Voyage to the South-Seas


THOMAS, PASCOE

Octavo, cream faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims, 347pp + 39pp appendices to rear, VG+ (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, sm bruising to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: N Israel / Da Capo Press 1971

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages south seas journals diaries Centurion maritime nautical

$425.00
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The Elite: Rhodesian Special Air Force Pictorial


COLE, BARBARA

LIMITED NUMBERED SIGNED FULL LEATHER EDITION (#447/500), quarto, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, SAS 'who dares wins' decal to front board, aeg, illus eps, illus & unpaginated prelims, 168pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to rear board) in slipcase, VG+ (light rubbing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Three Knights Publishing 1986

KEYWORDS: military history sas special air forces Rhodesia limited special editions leather bindings signed elite

$82.50
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The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War 1793-1815


RICE, Colonel SAMUEL & MOCKLER-FERRYMAN, Lieut.-Col. A F

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xv + 326pp + 64pp appendices to rear, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate staining & fading/tanning to spine, minor staining/soiling to boards/edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing to pages throughout- minor)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1913

KEYWORDS: military history officers correspondence letters 51st light infantry Colonel Samuel Rice campaigns

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Maria Kalogeropoulou: Die Athener Jahre 1937-1945


KOUSSOURIS, GEORGIOS

TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 86pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling to cover edges/corners, light tanning to spine, moderate chafing/soiling to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Georgios Koussouris 2002

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN music history Greece Greek Athens opera classical

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Millard Fillmore: Biography of a President


RAYBACK, ROBERT J

FULL LEATHER BINDING, octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, xv + 470pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press N/D (Modern Printing)

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history Millard Fillmore biography biographies memoir leaders government

$100.00
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The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House


HARRIS, JOHN F

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, xxxi + 504pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2008

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history Bill Clinton biography biographies memoir leaders government

$70.00
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George Bush: The Life of a Lone Star Yankee


PARMET, HERBERT S

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, green leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, 576pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2000

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history biography biographies memoir leaders government George Bush senior

$45.00
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Zachary Taylor: Soldier, Planter, Statesman of the Old Southwest


BAUER, K JACK

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xxiv + 348pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1997

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history biography biographies memoir leaders government Zachary Taylor

$55.00
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Rutherford B Hayes: Warrior & President


HOOGENBOOM, ARI

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, red leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xii + 626pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1996

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history biography biographies memoir leaders government Rutherford B Hayes

$40.00
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Zachary Taylor: Soldier in the White House


HAMILTON, HOLMAN

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, black leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, 496pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1989

KEYWORDS: the library of the presidents series full leather bindings US American history biography biographies memoir leaders government Zachary Taylor

$100.00
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The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Air Battle of World War II


HOUGH, RICHARD & RICHARDS, DENIS

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, green leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, xvii + 413pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2004

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings military history battle of Britain British aerial warfare aviation ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$60.00
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The Bitter Woods: The Dramatic Story, Told at all Echelons - from Supreme Command to Squad Leader - of the Crisis That Shook the Western Coalition: Hitler's Surprise Ardennes Offensive


EISENHOWER, JOHN S D

FULL LEATHER BINDINGS, super octavo, green leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, maps to prelims & terminals, 506pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1995

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Europe

$70.00
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Selected Letters of Friedrich Nietzsche


NIETZSCHE, FRIEDRICH & LEVY, Dr OSCAR (Ed & Preface) & LUDOVICI, ANTHONY (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, xiii + 364pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing/scuffing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edgeslight soiling to eps, tape repairs to rear gutter, sm label to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Page & Company 1921

KEYWORDS: first editions letters correspondence Friedrich Nietzsche history historical philosophy German philosophers

$45.00
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Suspended Access: The History of the Privately Owned Opiki Toll Bridge 1918-1969


AKERS, MOLLY J

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & soiling to spine & covers, light curling to covers, errata slip to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Molly J Akers 2003

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Molly J Akers suspension bridges history Opiki toll bridge civil engineering infrastructure transport

$100.00
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Black People in Britain 1555-1833


SHYLLON, FOLARIN

Tidy ex-library, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 290pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (single library label to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing, light creasing to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1977

KEYWORDS: race relations ethnicity Great Britain British history black people slavery

$40.00
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Andre Kertesz in Paris Photographien 1925-1936


PHILLIPS, SANDRA et al (Text)

TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto, black heavy boards, grey lettering to spine, 191pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing/soiling & tanning)

PUBLISHER: Schirmer/Mosel 1992

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN photography photos Andre Kertesz Gardener Paris art history appreciation criticism

$50.00
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Te Mura o Te Ahi: The Story of the Maori Battalion


GARDINER, WIRA

Super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, Nr FINE in Nr FINE

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history 28 Maori Battalion

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