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$40.00
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Lost Edinburgh: Edinburgh's Lost Architectural Heritage


COGHILL, HAMISH

Super 8vo, pp. xii + 260; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Birlinn 2005

KEYWORDS: Scotland Edinburgh architecture heritage history

$40.00
2c20a/12

History & Imagination: Essays in honour of H. R. Trevor-Roper


LLOYD-JONES, HUGH & PEARL, VALERIE & WORDEN, BLAIR (eds)

Super 8vo, pp. x + 386; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate fading; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1981

KEYWORDS: essays lectures history imagination H R Trevor-roper

$120.00
2c20a/13

Waitangi: Ninety-Four Years After


BUICK, T LINDSAY

First edition. Medium 8vo, pp. xii + 122; blue buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, double roll-tooled border to bds; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to frotn pastedown; possibly signed & dated in black ink by author to ffep; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; moderate to heavy foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & archival repairs; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons 1934

KEYWORDS: T Lindsay Buick 19th century New Zealand history Treaty of Waitangi first edition

$19.50
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First Tuesday in November: The Story of the Melbourne Cup


BERNSTEIN, D L

LACKS D/W, quarto 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: William Heinemann 1969

KEYWORDS: horse racing sport history Melbourne Cup famous races equine

$12.50
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Byron: The Years of Fame Byron in Italy


QUENNELL, PETER

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty; 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: Wiliam Collins Sons & Co 1974

KEYWORDS: Lord Byron literary history Italy biographies biography memoir

$35.00
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The Myths of Argentine History


PIGNA, FELIPE

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION, 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: Grupo Editorial Norma 2005

KEYWORDS: history Argentina South America American

$32.50
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Cinema '62: The Greatest Year at the Movies


FARBER, STEPHEN & McCLELLAN, MICHAEL & CONDON, BILL (Fore)

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: Rutgers University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: movies cinema history film studies 1962

$15.00
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Endeavour: The Ship and the Attitude that Changed the World


MOORE, PETER

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: Vintage / Penguin Random House 2018

KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical HMS Endeavour exploration Captain James Cook pacific voyages

$17.50
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Greek Pilgrimage


CARROLL, 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: Scribe 2010

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature John Carroll ancient Greece Greek history heritage culture

$20.00
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A Memoir of Edward Askew Sothern (Second Edition)


PEMBERTON, T EDGAR

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: Richard Bentley and Son 1889

KEYWORDS: Edward Askew Sothern memoir biography biographies memoir history historical

$15.00
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The Accursed Land: Douglas Mawson's Incredible Antarctic Journey


BICKEL, LENNARD & HILARY, Sir EDMUND (Fore) & JARVIS, TIM (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: Woodslane Press 2010

KEYWORDS: history exploration south pole Antarctic Douglas Mawson polar expeditions biography biographies memoir

$35.00
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Wood: A History


RADKAU, JOACHIM & CAMILLER, PATRICK (Trans)

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: Polity Press 2012

KEYWORDS: history wood hard materials timber

$20.00
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The Roaring Game: The History of Curling in New Zealand 1873-2002


MAWHINNEY, WILSON

SIGNED, 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: None Stated

KEYWORDS: sport hobbies curling New Zealand history

$15.00
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Tastes and Temptations: Food and Art in Renaissance Italy


VARRIANO, JOHN

Ex-library, 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 California Press 2009

KEYWORDS: food drink history renaissance Italy Italian culture

$15.00
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Cult Baseball Players


PEARY, DANNY (Ed)

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: Fireside / Simon & Schuster 1990

KEYWORDS: sport history players baseball

$14.50
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The Pacific in the Wake of Captain Cook with Sam Neill


NEILL, SAM & ANASTASIOS, MEAGHAN WILSON

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: HarperCollins 2019

KEYWORDS: exploration history Captain James Cook Pacific Sam Neill

$15.00
xxkth209883

Jonathan Swift


GLENDINNING, VICTORIA

Ex-library, 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: Hutchinson 1998

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Jonathan Swift history historical

$35.00
xxkth209884

Small Town Talk


HOSKYNS, BARNEY

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: Faber and Faber 2016

KEYWORDS: rock music history musicians Woodstock community culture

$16.50
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The Siege of Nanga Parbat 1856-1953


BAUER, PAUL & RICKMERS, R W (Trans) & HUNT, Sir JOHN (Preface)

Ex-library, 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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1956

KEYWORDS: history exploration expeditions adventure mountaineering mountain climbing Nanga Parbat

$15.00
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Maori Legends


REED, A W & HART, ROGER (Illus)

Super octavo hardcovers (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 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history legends illustrated A W Reed heritage culture

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