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History of Sind Series Volume 2: Sind Before the Muslim Conquest
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
Between the Oxus and the Indus
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
Sakuteiki: Vision of the Japanese Garden: A Modern Translation of Japan's Gardening
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
Bugatti
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
The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China
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
Piping Through Time: The 50 Year History of the Victoria Police Highland Pipe Band 1936-1986
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
The Era of the 'R' Class Locomotives of the Victorian Railways
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
Maunsell's Nelsons
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
Wahhabi Islam: From Revival and Reform to Global Jihad
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
Their Days are Numbered: Proof of a Divine Time Table in History
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
The Egyptian Heaven and Hell
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
Black Country
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
The South Hams
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
Salisbury Plain
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
The Northern Marches
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
Merthyr, Rhondda and The Valleys
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
Pamphlets of the American Revolution 1750-1776, Volume I: 1750-1765
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
Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light
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
The Vale of Pewsey
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
Panzer Leader
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