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$30.00
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The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths


FOX, BRAD

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: One / Pushkin Press 2023

KEYWORDS: history marine biology zoology ocean creatures Atlantic exploration William Beebe bioluminescence

$20.00
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Horrible Shipwreck!


JAMPOLER, ANDREW C A

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: Naval Institute Press 2010

KEYWORDS: maritime history disasters shipwrecks British convict ships Amphitrite 19th nineteenth century

$32.50
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Zealandia: The Valley That Changed a Nation


LYNCH, JIM

Quarto 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: Kotare Publications 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealandia conservation natural history Jim Lynch

$25.00
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The Last Tall Ships: Gustaf Erikson and the Aland Sailing Fleets 1872-1947


KAHRE, GEORG & GREENHILL, BASIL (Ed & Intro) & ERIKSON, EDGAR (Fore) & HRH The Duke of EDINBURGH (Intro)

Imperial 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: Mayflower Books 1977

KEYWORDS: maritime history tall ships nautical Gustaf Erikson Aland sailing fleets

$24.50
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Barque Polly Woodside (Rona)


DARROCH, VIN

FIRST EDITION, 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: Lowden Publishing 1978

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime history nautical sailing Polly Woodside Rona trade ships

$24.50
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Pacific Steamers


LAWSON, WILL

FIRST 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: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime history pacific steamers ships shipping

$27.50
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Georgian Grace: A Social History of Design from 1660 to 1830


GLOAG, JOHN

Imperial 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: Spring Books 1967

KEYWORDS: history Georgian era design homes buildings architecture

$22.50
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Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism


GRAMM, JEFF

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: Harper Business 2015

KEYWORDS: business boardroom shareholders history Jeff Gramm

$25.00
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Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth


BURKERT, WALTER & BING, PETER (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: University of California Press N/D (c.1990s)

KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history myths mythology Greece Greek rituals sacrifices

$36.50
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A Dialogue Between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England


HOBBES, THOMAS & CROPSEY, JOSEPH (Ed & Intro)

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 Chicago Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Thomas Hobbes history historical dialogues philosophy law

$20.00
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The Invercargill Book


DEAR, LYNLEY

Octavo softcover, spiralbound (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: Morepork Press N/D (c.2005)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Southland Invercargill cities south island pioneers

$35.00
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The Origin of Russian Communism


BERDYAEV, NICOLAS

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: Geoffrey Bles 1948

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian economics politics communism history

$30.00
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Modern Architecture Since 1900 (Third Edition)


CURTIS, WILLIAM J R

Imperial 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: Phaidon Press 2001

KEYWORDS: architecture buildings modern history 20th twentieth century

$25.00
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The Ship That Stood Still


READE, LESLIE & DE GROOT, EDWARD P (Ed & Updated) & HART, Miss EVA (Fore, Titanic Survivor)

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: Patrick Stephens 1993

KEYWORDS: maritime disasters nautical Captain Stanley shipwrecks history

$25.00
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Gold Was the Mortar: The Economics of Cathedral Building


KRAUS, HENRY

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) pgs 79-82 detached but present; 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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: religion religious history buildings cathedrals finance economics

$75.00
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The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok


LEONOWENS, ANNA; WILLIAMS, LEIGH (introd)

Super 8vo, pp. xx + 267; purple buckram boards, spine lettered in yellow; plates; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Roy Publishers [1954]

KEYWORDS: Anna Leonowens Siam Siamese Thailand court history 19th 20th century

$40.00
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What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848


HOWE, DANIEL WALKER

Super 8vo, pp. xx + 904; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; plates; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Prwss 2007

KEYWORDS: United States of America 19th century American history politics government economic conditions economics social change international relations Daniel Walker Howe

$65.00
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Prohibition and Politics: Turbulent Decades in Tennessee, 1885-1920


ISAAC, PAUL E

Ex-library. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. x + 301; red cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to prelims & terminals; tape to boards, adhesive residue from tape to eps); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: The University of Tennessee Press 1965

KEYWORDS: Paul E Isaac United States of American 19th 20th century American history Tennessee prohibition

$40.00
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The Drug Beat


GELLER, ALLEN & BOAS, MAXWELL

Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xxii + 278; black buckram boards, spine lettered in yellow; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; adhesive residue from tape to boards & eps; library markings to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Cowles Book Company 1971

KEYWORDS: Allen Geller Maxwell Boas 20th century drug use drugs social history

$60.00
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The Drugtakers: The social meaning of drug use


YOUNG, JOCK

Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. 240; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; adhesive residue from tape to boards & eps; library markings to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front & central gutters; pp. 5-8 peeling from gutter); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; price clipped to front flap; some water damage).

PUBLISHER: MacGibbon & Kee 1971

KEYWORDS: Jock Young 20th century drug use drugs social history first edition

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