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$15.00
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The New Look: A Social History of the Forties and Fifties in Britain


HOPKINS, HARRY

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: Readers Union / Secker & Warburg 1964

KEYWORDS: social history Great Britain British Harry Hopkins

$25.00
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Mortimer Wheeler: Adventurer in Archaeology


HAWKES, JACQUETTA

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1982

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology history Mortimer Wheeler biography biographies memoir archaeologists archeologists

$25.00
xx141pol206258

The McLoughlin Empire and its Rulers: Doctor John McLoughlin, Doctor David McLoughlin, Marie Louise (Sister St Henry)


BARKER, BURT BROWN

FIRST EDITION, 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: The Arthur H Clark Company 1959

KEYWORDS: first editions history McLoughlin empire Canada Canadian family accounts

$34.50
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Journey by Stages: Some Account of the People who Travelled by Stage-Coach and Mail in the Years Between 1660 and 1840


MARGETSON, STELLA

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: Cassell 1967

KEYWORDS: history travels travelling stage coach coaches mail journeys Stella Margetson

$16.50
xx141pol206261

Island Nurses


HOWIE, LEONIE & ROBERTSON, ADELE

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: Allen & Unwin 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Great Barrier Island nursing health healthcare pacific midwives midwifery nurses community history

$30.00
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A History of the New Zealand Medical Association: The First 100 Years


WRIGHT-ST CLAIR, R E

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PLASTIC SLEEVE AS ISSUED, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Butterworths of New Zealand 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history medical association physicians doctors medicine signed

$30.00
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Thresholds of Peace


SULLIVAN, MATTHEW BARRY

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: Hamish Hamilton 1979

KEYWORDS: post-war history German pows prisoners of war Great Britain British war crimes

$25.00
xx141pol206265

Mr Atkinson's Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance


ATKINSON, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, 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: Fourth Estate 2020

KEYWORDS: first editions family history Richard Atkinson biography biographies

$35.00
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The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom, 1750-1925


GUTMAN, HERBERT G

FIRST EDITION, 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: Pantheon Books 1976

KEYWORDS: first editions history race relations slavery freedom civil rights Africa-American ethnicity

$22.50
xx140pol206270

Clean: The Unsanitized History of Washing


ASHENBURG, KATHERINE

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: Profile Books 2008

KEYWORDS: hygiene practices washing culture history

$15.00
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Lower East Side Memories: A Jewish Place in America


DINER, HASIA R

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: Princeton University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: New York US America American Jewish settlements lower east side history immigrants

$37.50
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Journal of the Waterloo Campaign


MERCER, GENERAL CAVALIE & GLOVER, MICHAEL (Intro)

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: Praeger Publishers 1970

KEYWORDS: war history Waterloo campaigns journals diaries Cavalie Mercer Napoleon Bonaparte

$27.50
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The Battle of Koniggratz


CRAIG, GORDON A

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy- rear cover partially detached; 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1965

KEYWORDS: war history battles Koniggratz Europe Austria campaigns

$16.50
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Understanding International Conflicts: An Introduction to Theory and History


NYE Jr., JOSEPH S

FFEP MISSING, 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: HarperCollins 1992

KEYWORDS: war conflict theory history historical international relations world politics foreign relations

$22.50
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The Texas Rangers: A Century of Frontier Defense


WEBB, WALTER PRESCOTT & JOHNSON, LYNDON B (Fore)

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: University of Texas Press 1993

KEYWORDS: US America American history Texas rangers frontier justice law enforcement

$35.00
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The men Who Wear the Star: The Story of the Texas Rangers


ROBINSON III, CHARLES M

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: Random House 2000

KEYWORDS: US America American history Texas rangers justice law enforcement

$19.50
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Balaclava: Gentlemen's Battle


SELBY, JOHN

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: Atheneum 1970

KEYWORDS: military history Crimea Crimean war British army Balaclava

$14.50
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Taoism: The Quest for Immortality


BLOFELD, JOHN

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: Unwin Paperbacks / Mandala 1986

KEYWORDS: tao taoism philosophy ancient religions religion history

$85.00
1d30c/2

The Wounded Spirit: A Study of Seven Pillars of Wisdom


MEYERS, JEFFREY; KIRKBRIDE, Sir ALEC (pref)

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, 200 pp.; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; map foldout post prelims; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Martin Brian & O'Keeffe 1973

KEYWORDS: Jeffrey Meyers literary criticism T E Lawrence Seven Pillars of Wisdom 20th century war warfare military history first edition

$70.00
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Alphabets: A Handbook of Lettering with Historical Critical & Practical Descriptions


STRANGE, EDWARD F

REBACKED. Crown 8vo, xix + 294 pp.; heavy card covers, black lettering to spine; teg, fore & bottom edges sl deckled, frontis., illus. tp, plates, illus.; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, with heavy chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to central & rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1895

KEYWORDS: Edward F Strange calligraphy lettering typography history historical book arts design writing

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