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$22.50
xxsgu219742

Isis in the Graeco-Roman World


WITT, R E

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1971

KEYWORDS: r e witt isis graeco roman greco classical world history religion mythology

$15.00
xxshp219744

The Heroic Temper: Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy


KNOX, BERNARD M W

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1964

KEYWORDS: sophocles sophoclean literature ancient greek classics literary history

$16.50
xxshp219748

The Masks of Tragedy: Essays on Six Greek Dramas


ROSENMEYER, THOMAS G

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press

KEYWORDS: ancient greek classics drama theatre classical literature history

$40.00
ak2/21a/22

Henry IV


GIVEN-WILSON, CHRIS

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 590pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sm annotation to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: history Henry iv 4th fourth kings monarchs monarchy English rulers

$50.00
ak2/21a/27

A New Zealand Legal History


SPILLER, PETER & FINN, JEREMY & BOAST, RICHARD & COOKE, The Rt Hon Sir ROBIN (Fore)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige & white lettering to spine, xxxviii + (4) + 308pp, VG- (covers in fully adhesive plastic wrap, moderate to heavy creasing to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Brooker's Ltd 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law legal history colonialism colonial government governance heritage Maori courts

$120.00
ak3/8a/1

New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force: Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45 (3 Vol Set


THOMPSON, Wing Commander H L

3 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/maps, VG (light fading/tanning to spines, light to moderate scuffing & rubbing to board edges & extrems, occasional patches of paper residue to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1953-59

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official war histories series RAF royal air force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation

$55.00
ak3/8a/2

A Short History of the Arab Peoples


GLUBB, Lieutenant-General Sir JOHN (PASHA, GLUBB)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blule heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 318pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanning, heavy fading to lettering on spine- replaced with neat handwritten text, minor soiling, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: first editions Arab people Arabs history anthropology Arabia

$40.00
ak3/8a/3

Fashion & Peversity: A Life of Vivienne Westwood and the Sixties Laid Bare


VERMOREL, FRED

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 245pp, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl adhesive staining to board edges & eps, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in blue felt pen to ffep) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- cover edges likely stained if removed, sl discolouration/fading)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1996

KEYWORDS: first editions fashion icons designers Vivienne Westwood 60s sixties modern history biography

$40.00
ak3/8a/6

The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past


BARBATO, MATTEO

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xii + 252pp, VG (moderate bruising to base of spine, minor creasinng/curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: ancient Greek history Greece Athens democratic ideology philosophy

$42.50
ak3/8a/11

The Australians at the Boer War


WALLACE, R L

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light ornage heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 420pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & foxing to spine, sl staining to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Australian War Memorial / Australian Government Publishing Service 1976

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Boer War Australia Australian

$40.00
ak3/8a/15

Wellington Roll of Honour 1939-1945


EDINGER, GEORGE (Ed & Intro)

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, illus/photos, unpaginated prelims + 249pp, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate bruising to extrems, light fading to rear board, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: R H Johns Ltd (Printer) 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Wellington roll of honour soldiers servicemen ww2 second 2nd world war two ii

$150.00
ak3/8a/17

Ladder to the Clouds: Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese Rank


JACKSON, BEVERLEY & HUGUS, DAVID

Square imperial octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned/printed eps, frontispiece, x + 310pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, s chafing to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page egdes, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ten Speed Press 1999

KEYWORDS: costume fashion history China Chinese culture customs civil civilian military ranks

$40.00
ak3/8a/18

Australia: From the Dawn of Time to the Present Day


N/A

Quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus front eps, 240pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor archival tape repair, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oswald Ziegler Publications 1964

KEYWORDS: Australia ancient history anthropology Australian

$50.00
ak3/8a/19

British Smooth-Bore Artillery: The Muzzle Loading Artillery of the 18th and 19th Centuries


HUGHES, Major-General B P

Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm ink stamp & prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, occasional moderate closed tearing to edges also with yellowing tape repairs, general light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1969

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry history military smooth bore artillery British muzzle loading

$70.00
ak3/8a/22

100 Years of Waiapu


RAU, CHARLES

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, viii + 196pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & soiling to spine, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Gisborne District Council 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waiapu Gisborne centennial centenary

$27.50
xxskh219781

The Moulin Rouge


PESSIS, JACQUES & CREPINEAU, JACQUES & LAMB, ANDREW (ED.)

Folio 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: Alan Sutton Publishing 1990

KEYWORDS: Moulin Rouge history poster art photography costume design fin de siecle Paris

$22.50
xxsmb219787

The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders: With Twelve Colour Plates and 300 illustrations


GOLDING, HARRY, (ED.)

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co. (n/d)

KEYWORDS: engineering history inventions landmarks monochrome photos illustrated

$22.50
xxsmb219788

Theorika: A Study of the Monetary Distributions to the Athenian Citizenry During the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.


BUCHANAN, JAMES J

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: J.J. Augustin 1962

KEYWORDS: Athenian ancient Greek history economics Athens

$22.50
xxsmf219795

Athenian Tribal Cycles in the Hellenistic Age


FERGUSON, WILLIAM SCOTT

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+, torn); 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: Harvard University Press 1933

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Athenian tribal history Hellenistic period Greek Athens

$20.00
xxsmf219796

The Birth of Athenian Democracy: The Assembly in the Fifth Century B.C.


STARR, CHESTER G

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: ancient Greek history politics Greece Athenian democracy Athens

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