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Odd Girls and Twilight Lovers: A History of Lesbian Life in Twentieth Century America
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: Columbia University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: gay lesbian women lgbtq 20th twentieth century America history
History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Second, Revised Edition)
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: Foreign Languages Publishing House N/D
KEYWORDS: Soviet Union Russia Russian history communist party politics political
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1948
Pott 8vo, xxxii + 844; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderare to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals & throughout; moderate to heavy wear to spine with loss to lettering; light to moderate cracking to front hinge).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1948
KEYWORDS: Hubert Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1947
Pott 8vo, pp. xxxii + 716; illus. light cl. covers; advt eps, plates; G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; spine cocked; heavy warping to cl. at spine; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1947
KEYWORDS: Hubert Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1949
Pott 8vo, pp. viii + 936; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards with some loss to lettering; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy soiling & foxing & light to moderate tanning to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinge, bdg sloppy; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1949
KEYWORDS: Hubert Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1950
Pott 8vo, pp. viii + 1004; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, plates; G- (heavy scuffing & soiling to boards (water damage?) with moderate loss to lettering, esp to spine; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals & throughout,; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges; prev ownership inscription to tp in pencil).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1950
KEYWORDS: Hubert Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1972
Pott 8vo, pp. xxxii + 1124; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, plates; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1972
KEYWORDS: Norman Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1973
Pott 8vo, pp. xxviii + 1084; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, plates; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; 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; light cracking to front hinge, bdg sl sloppy).
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1973
KEYWORDS: Norman Preston Wisden cricketers' anthology almanack sport sporting history cricket 20th century
Tauchnitz International Editions in English 1841-1955: A Bibliographical History
Ex-library. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xxiv + 1078; red buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; frontis., photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges & prelims & terminals; library markings to top & bottom pg edges (blacked out with marker), ht, tp verso & rear pastedown).
PUBLISHER: Bibliographical Society of America 1988
KEYWORDS: William B Todd Ann Bowden Baron Tauchnitz bibliography bibliographical book history first edition 19th 20th century
The Golden Age of Black Nationalism 1850-1925
Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. 345; tan buckram boards, spine lettered in black; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; spine sl cocked; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, ht, tp verso & reps); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, tearing & some loss; moderate tanning & foxing; library marking to spine).
PUBLISHER: Archon Books 1978
KEYWORDS: Wilson Jeremiah Moses black African American nationalism 19th 20th century social history first edition
Tracking the Axis Enemy: The Triumph of Anglo-American Naval Intelligence
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 308; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & light to moderate soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: University Press of Kansas 1998
KEYWORDS: Alan Harris Bath 20th century Second World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII WW navy naval intelligence military history Anglo-American Anglo American
The Ultra-Magic Deals: And the Most Secret Special Relationship 1940-1946
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 276; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soilign foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & light to moderate soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; some tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Airlife 1993
KEYWORDS: Bradley F Smith Second World War 2 Two II WW WWII WW2 Anglo-American Anglo American 20th century military history intelligence
Kiwi Falcons
Obl super 8vo, 200; illus. heavy card boards; illus. prelims, photos; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; adhesive residue fromsticker to front board; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Bateman Books 2021
KEYWORDS: Steve Holmes New Zealand Ford Australia Falcon car cars 20th century history
The Wellington Street Races: The Definitive History of New Zealand's Iconic Motorsport Event
Obl super 8vo, pp. 240; illus. heavy card boards; illus. prelims, photos; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate adhesive residue from stickers to front board; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to front hinge).
PUBLISHER: Bateman Books 2020
KEYWORDS: Richard McGee New Zealand motorsport sport 20th century sporting history motor car cars race racing
Ray Stone: Performance Consultant: Theres no such thing as She'll be Right!
Signed, inscribed & dated by Ray Stone. Super 8vo, pp. 474; black heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in silver gilt; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Gordon Campbell 2020
KEYWORDS: Ray Stone Gordon Campbell motorsport motor sport race racing car cars 20th century New Zealand sporting history
They Shall Not Grow Old: WWI Soldiers of the Far North
4to, pp. 624; illus. heavy card boards; illus, eps, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Kaitaia War Memorial Restoration Group 2020
KEYWORDS: Kaye Ragicevich Graeme Wilson New Zealand First World War One I 1 WW WW1 WWI 20th century military history
Australian Studio Glass: The Movement, Its Makers and Their Art
4to, pp. 240; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Craftsman House 1995
KEYWORDS: studio glass Australia social history decorative arts culture cultural theory Australian Noris Ioannou
Dancehall: The Rise of Jamaican Dancehall Culture
Sq 4to, pp. 216; illus. light card covers; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate fading to covers, esp spine; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Soul Jazz Records 2008
KEYWORDS: Stuart Baker Jamaica Jamaican dancehall popular music culture cultural history
Mother Tongue: The English Language
First edition. Super 8vo, pp. x + 270; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderater tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1990
KEYWORDS: Bill Bryson English language linguistics history historical development first edition
A Books of Grey Owl
Ex-library. 8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G); 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: Peter Davies 1951
KEYWORDS: Wa Sha Quon Asin Wa-Sha-Quon-Asin America Native American Americans social history adventure life lives