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$15.00
xx35pol211856

Thomas Hardy: A Literary Life


GIBSON, JAMES

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) minor pencil markings; 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: St Martin's Press 1996

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir Thomas Hardy history

$30.00
xx44pol211881

Handmade: Vanishing Cultures of Europe and the Near East


LANGSNER, DREW and LOUISE

Quarto 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: Harmony Books 1974

KEYWORDS: forgotten crafts history historical skills barns farms cheese making wattles spinning thatching

$10.00
xx44pol211890

Victoria of England


SITWELL, EDITH

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: Cresset / Century Hutchinson 1987

KEYWORDS: British history monarchs monarchy royal family Queen Victoria

$12.50
xx44pol211891

The University of Otago: An Official Record of the Centennial Celebrations, 8-11 August 1969


N/A

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: University of Otago 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand University of Otago centennial centenary official records history academic

$15.00
xx44pol211892

The House of Yan: A Family at the Heart of a Century in Chinese History


YAN, LAN & TAYLOR, SAM (Trans)

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: Harper 2020

KEYWORDS: history China Chinese families Yan biographies memoirs

$22.50
xx45pol211901

Russia and the Russians


TARSIS, VALERIY & BARKER, ILSE (Trans)

Quarto 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: Macdonald 1970

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian culture heritage history

$12.50
xx45pol211903

The Army of Alexander the Great


SEKUNDA, NICK (Text) & McBRIDE, ANGUS (Colour Plates)

Ex-library, 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: Osprey Publishing 1984

KEYWORDS: men at arms series history Alexander the Great soldiers armies children's

$35.00
xx45pol211904

Origen and Greek Patristic Theology


FAIRWEATHER, Rev WILLIAM

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: T & T Clark 1901

KEYWORDS: theology Greek history William Fairweather

$10.00
xx45pol211906

The Tolstoys: Twenty Generations of Russian History 1353-1983


TOLSTOY, NIKOLAI

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: Coronet / Hodder and Stoughton 1985

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian families Tolstoy history biography biographies

$25.00
xx45pol211909

In the South Seas


STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS

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: Chatto & Windus 1900

KEYWORDS: history historical travel writing literature adventure exploration Robert Louis Stevenson Marquesas Paumotus Gilbert Islands south seas

$16.50
xxeca211919

A History of Printed Textiles


ROBINSON, STUART

Ex-library. 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: Studio Vista 1969

KEYWORDS: Stuart Robinson printed textiles history

$35.00
xxecb211920

Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World


FINLAY, VICTORIA

Ex-library. 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: Profile Books 2021

KEYWORDS: Victoria Finlay handmade textiles fabric cloth history

$15.00
xxeda211930

This Mortal Coil: A History of Death


DOIG, ANDREW

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: Bloomsbury 2022

KEYWORDS: Andrew Doig history mortality death

$15.00
xxeda211936

Nagigating the Golden Compass: Religion, Science and Daemonology in His Dark Materials


YEFFETH, GLENN (ed)

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: Benbella Books 2005

KEYWORDS: His dark materials daemonology demonology science golden compass history criticism

$15.00
xxedb211938

Mortals: How the Fear of Death Shaped Human Society


MENZIES, RACHEL E & ROSS G

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: Allen & Unwin 2021

KEYWORDS: Rachel E Ross G Menzies death mortality human society civilisation civilization social history

$16.50
xxedb211942

Music to My Ears: The Billboard Essays: Profiles of Popular Music in the 90's


WHITE, TIMOTHY

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: Henry Holt an Company 1996

KEYWORDS: popular music musicians history criticism Timothy White essays

$35.00
xxegd212005

Solomon Islands Christianity: A Study in Growth and Obstruction


TIPPETT, A R

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: Lutterworth Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Solomon Islands Christianity mission social history religion religious Church

$65.00
ak4/25a/43

Browns of Kyeburn Peninsula


BROWN, WALLY

SCARCE, octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 220pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked & chafed/soiled, light creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, prev. owner's sm adhesive label to front cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Wally Brown 1991

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Moses Brown family genealogy Kyeburn Peninsula Otago south island

$130.00
ak4/25a/52

Complete Record of the Games Played in the First American Tourney (March 18th to 24th, 1907, at Boston Mass.)


HEFFNER, AUGUST J (Ed)

FIRST LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#152/300), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, viii + 92pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various minor annotation in ink to front eps, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Angel Guardian Press 1907

KEYWORDS: hobbies games draughts checkers past games tournaments tourneys American strategy tactics history historical first editions limited numbered

$55.00
ak4/25a/53

The Comedy of Catherine the Great


GRIBBLE, FRANCIS

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp lettering & decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 368pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading/tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate to heavy foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & last index page, smatterings of minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: G Bell & Sons 1912

KEYWORDS: first editions history historical Catherine the Great Russia Russian royal family

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