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$27.50
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English Costume 1066-1820


CALTHROP, DION CLAYTON

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: A & C Black 1950

KEYWORDS: England English history fashion costumes attire historical styles

$15.00
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People of the Book: The Forgotten History of Islam and the West


KARABELL, ZACHARY

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: John Murray 2007

KEYWORDS: history religion religious theology Islam western culture crusades

$20.00
xxfce211237

Wig and Gown: The Story of the Temple: Gray's and Lincoln's Inn


BLACKHAM, Col ROBERT J

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: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D (c.1930s?)

KEYWORDS: common law of England barristers law legal history Robert J Blackham

$19.50
xxfce211242

Popular History of Thailand


JUMSAI, M L MANICH

Sm 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: Chalermnit 2000

KEYWORDS: Asian Asian history Thailand culture heritage

$25.00
xxfch211243

The History of the German Resistance 1933-945


HOFFMANN, PETER & BARRY, RICHARD (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: The MIT Press 1977

KEYWORDS: military history nazi Germany resistance assassination attempts ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$22.50
xxfch211244

Been in the Storm So Long: The Aftermath of Slavery


LITWACK, LEON F

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 1980

KEYWORDS: slavery history slave trade African American southern states US America ethnicity race relations civil rights

$22.50
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A Great and Glorious Adventure: A Military History of the Hundred Years War


CORRIGAN, GORDON

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: Atlantic Books 2014

KEYWORDS: military history wars 100 hundred years year war

$15.00
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Alan Moorehead


POCOCK, TOM

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: The Bodley Head 1990

KEYWORDS: literary biographies biography memoir Alan Moorehead history

$22.50
xxfdc211251

Pipe Clay and Drill: John J Pershing: The Classic American Soldier


GOLDHURST, RICHARD

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: Reader's Digest Press 1977

KEYWORDS: John J Pershing military history biography biographies memoir US American soldiers

$35.00
xxfdf211253

Scotch Whiskey: A Liquid History


MACLEAN, CHARLES

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: Cassell 2003

KEYWORDS: alcohol drinks whiskey whisky scotch history culture

$17.50
xxfdf211254

This is Gaudi


CLAYPOOL, MOLLIE & CHRISTOFOROU, CHRISTINA (Illus)

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: Laurence King Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: Antoni Gaudi architecture architectural history buildings

$30.00
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An Eighteenth Century Industrialist: Peter Stubs of Warrington 1756-1806


ASHTON, T S

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: Manchester University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Peter Stubs trade business industry

$15.00
xxfdj211266

Cadogan's Crimea


CALTHORPE, Lt Col SOMERSET J GOUGH & CADOGAN, General the Hon Sir GEORGE (Illus)

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: Hamish Hamilton 1979

KEYWORDS: war art military Crimea Crimean war history Colonel the Hon George Cadogan

$60.00
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The Syrian Desert: Caravans, Travel and Exploration


GRANT, CHRISTINA PHELPS

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xv + 410; brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, foldout maps; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to mdoerate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep).

PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black 1937

KEYWORDS: Christina Phelps Grant Middle East Syria Syrian desert life lives culture social history

$80.00
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The Giant Cities of Bashan and Syria's Holy Places


PORTER, Rev J L

8vo, pp. 371; brown buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, front board decorated in black; title vignette & frontis., plates; chapter initals; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; ht torn in half; moderate cracking to central & rear gutters; light to moderate foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: T. Nelson and Sons 1886

KEYWORDS: Rev J L Porter Middle East Syria history social geographical ancient religious scripture biblical literature

$45.00
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New Towns of the Middle Ages: Town Plantation in England, Wales and Gascony


BERESFORD, MAURICE

Super 8vo, pp. xx + 670; black buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., plates. foldout maps, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to ffep); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light tanning; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Lutterworth Press 1967

KEYWORDS: England social history towns Middle Ages medieval mediaeval Wales Gascony plantation

$225.00
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The Bar Books: Manuscripts Illuminated for Renaud de Bar, Bishop of Metz (1303-1316)


DAVENPORT, KAY

Post-it-note signed by author enclosed. Imp. 8vo, pp. 728; black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; pgs to rear sl creased at tail extrem); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems;

PUBLISHER: Brepols 2017

KEYWORDS: Renaud de Bar Bishop of Metz illuminated manuscripts book arts design medieval mediaeval middle ages history

$100.00
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Hebrew Captives of the Kings of Assyria


GOSS, WILLIAM HENRY

Super 8vo, pp. viii + 344 + viii; blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; fore & bottom edges deckled, chapter initals; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping esp to spine extrems; moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; gift inscription in black ink to tp; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1890

KEYWORDS: ancient history Hebrew Assyria Kings Mesopotamia social

$17.50
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Vinland Saga: Book Five


YUKIMURA, MAKOTO & PAUL, STEPHEN (Trans)

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: Kodansha Comics 2014

KEYWORDS: manga graphic novels Vinland series saga history historical Vikings literature Makoto Yukimura book five v 5

$17.50
ak4/20a/5

Vinland Saga: Book Six


YUKIMURA, MAKOTO & PAUL, STEPHEN (Trans)

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: Kodansha Comics 2015

KEYWORDS: manga graphic novels Vinland series saga history historical Vikings literature Makoto Yukimura book six vi 6

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