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$40.00
1c28a/4

History of Sind Series Volume 2: Sind Before the Muslim Conquest


LAMBRICK, H T

THIS VOL ONLY. 8vo, xii + 218 pp. + [1 (addenda & corrigenda)]; blue cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; plates, foldout maps, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning & foxing throughout); in d/w, G- (heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy chipping; lg open tears to spine extrems & front cover).

PUBLISHER: Sindhi Adabi Board 1973

KEYWORDS: Sind ancient classical history Akkadia Akkad Middle East Near East Indus social civilization

$40.00
1c28a/5

Between the Oxus and the Indus


SCHOMBERG, Colonel R C F

8vo, 274 pp.; green leather bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, & prelims; plates, foldout map to rear; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; lg closed tear to foldout map); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Sindsagar Academy n/d

KEYWORDS: ancient classical history Akkad Akkadia Near East Middle East Arabia Indus

$45.00
1c28a/6

Sakuteiki: Vision of the Japanese Garden: A Modern Translation of Japan's Gardening


TAKEI, JIRO & KEANE, MARC P

Super 8vo, xii + 247 pp.; black cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; orange eps, illus. prelims & tp, photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Tuttle Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese garden gardening history historical

$45.00
1c28a/8

Bugatti


CONWAY, H G

REVISED EDITION. Super 8vo, 459 pp.; blue leather bds, spine lettered & front board illus. in silver gilt; illus. eps, prelims & tp; photos, illus.; VG- (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ffep); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & light foxing; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: G. T. Foulis & Co. 1968

KEYWORDS: automobiles cars automotive 20th century Italy Italian history engine

$40.00
1c28a/9

The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China


HAWLEY, SAMUEL

Super 8vo, xv + 664 pp.; red heavy card bds, black cl spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG- (light to moderate rubbing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy underlining in blue ink throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).

PUBLISHER: The Royal Asiatic Society 2005

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese Korea Korean China Chinese history Imjin War 16th sixteenth century

$15.00
xx162pol207002

Piping Through Time: The 50 Year History of the Victoria Police Highland Pipe Band 1936-1986


EVANS, JUDITH WHITE (ed)

4to 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Victoria Police Highland Pipe Band 1986

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian pipe band bagpipe history Victoria Police

$24.50
xx162pol207004

The Era of the 'R' Class Locomotives of the Victorian Railways


WATSON, STEPHEN

4to 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Stephen E. Watson 1982

KEYWORDS: R class locomotives trains Victorian railways history

$17.50
xx162pol207006

Maunsell's Nelsons


WINKWORTH, D W

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1980

KEYWORDS: England history trains railway British rail Southern locomotives

$25.00
xx162pol207022

Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad


DELONG-BAS, NATANA J

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris 2007

KEYWORDS: Muslim community culture Islam Islamic jihad social history

$24.50
xx161pol207044

Their Days are Numbered: Proof of a Divine Time Table in History


NICKLIN, J BERNARD

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Covenant Publishing Co. 1942

KEYWORDS: spiritual spirituality divine time table history

$28.50
xx161pol207054

The Egyptian Heaven and Hell


BUDGE, E A WALLIS

8vo hardcover (VG-) lacks 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Open Court 1974

KEYWORDS: Egypt Egyptian spirituality heaven hell life death sociology anthropology ancient history

$70.00
1c41a/1

Black Country


DRABBLE, PHIL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, x + 252pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to recto of ffep, sl foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series Phil Drabble black country history industry industrial

$40.00
1c41a/2

The South Hams


WILLY, MARGARET

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, ix + 260pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1955

KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history Maragret Willy south hams southern Devon Dartmoor agriculture farming

$40.00
1c41a/3

Salisbury Plain


WHITLOCK, RALPH

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, viii + 271pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1955

KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history Ralph Whitlock Salisbury Plain Great Britain British prehistoric

$40.00
1c41a/4

The Northern Marches


HUGHES, CLEDWYN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, viii + 218pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1953

KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history Cledwyn Hughes Wales Welsh

$40.00
1c41a/5

Merthyr, Rhondda and The Valleys


EDWARDS, A TRYSTAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 212pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1958

KEYWORDS: first editions regional books series history A Trystan Edwards Wales Welsh

$120.00
1c41a/6

Pamphlets of the American Revolution 1750-1776, Volume I: 1750-1765


BAILYN, BERNARD (Ed) & GARRETT, JANE N (Ed Assist.)

FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt initials to front board, xvi + plates + 771pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & edges/folds, light chafing & soiling, 1cm little gauge to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: first editions US America American revolution history literature 18th eighteenth century John Harvard Library series

$40.00
1c41a/8

Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light


MURATA, SACHIKO & WEIMING, TU (Fore) & CHITTICK, WILLIAM C (New Trans)

TIDY INSCRIPTION IN CHINESE TO FFEP, octavo, glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xiv + 264pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges/corners, light tanning to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, ink inscription in Chinese to ffep)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 2000

KEYWORDS: China Chinese spirituality Sufi Sufism Islam Islamic historical literature religion religious history

$75.00
1c41a/9

The Vale of Pewsey


TIMPERLEY, H W

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, x + 230pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions the regional books series history England English Great Britain British Wiltshire agricutlure

$180.00
1c41a/10

Panzer Leader


GUDERIAN, GENERAL HEINZ & HART, Captain B H LIDDELL (Fore) & FITZGIBBON, CONSTANTINE (Trans)

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 528pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/soiling to boards/edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing with light loss & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Zenger Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: military history German Germany Panzer ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography biographies memoir generals leaders General Heinz Guderian

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