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$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

$16.50
xxecb211926

Making History: The Storytellers who Shaped the Past


COHEN, RICHARD

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2022

KEYWORDS: Richard Cohen storytellers 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

$150.00
ak4/25a/50

The Women's Suffrage Movement: A Reference Guide 1866-1928


CRAWFORD, ELIZABETH

Tidy ex-library, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, xiii + 785pp, VG (library markings- quite minimal, light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: UCL Press 1999

KEYWORDS: women's rights suffrage history suffragettes suffragette movement women voting politics profiles activists

$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

$95.00
ak4/26/26

The Nubian Exodus


DAFALLA, HASSAN

Ex-library, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xviii + 342pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, jacket affixed at rear board, minor adhesive staining to board edges, light discolouration & bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate adhesive staining to edges prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (in adhesive plastic cover- edges likely stained, jacket affixed to rear board, library markings, light soiling & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: C Hurst & Co 1975

KEYWORDS: Egypt Nubia history dam waterways

$95.00
ak4/26/30

Vietnam Gunners: 161 Battery RNZA, South Vietnam, 1965-71


NEWMAN, Lt S D

SCARCE, oblong imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, illus eps & title page, 152pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, some lengthy closed tears to rear, sl tanning chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Moana Press 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military modern history Vietnam 161 battery rnza conflict war southeast Asia gunners Lt S D Newman

$40.00
ak4/26/31

The Petersens: A New Zealand Family


BENTLEY, BYRON & HILL, PETER & WARD, VIVIAN (Illus)

Ex-library, illus covers on library heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 77pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, tidy adhesive covering to covers/boards, light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges, minor adhesive staining to eps)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history families Petersen family children's books settlers pioneers

$40.00
ak4/26/37

The History of Australian Exploration, From 1788 to 1888


FAVENC, ERNEST

A TIRED COPY, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map to frontispiece, folding maps throughout- not counted presumed all present, 474pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing to extrems, heavy staining & wrinkling to front board, spine warped- from heavy cracking at front gutter, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate tearing to frontis folding map- some sm patches of tape repairs, v heavy cracking to front gutter, cracking to gutters throughout- mostly minor & occasionally heavy, illus plate detached but re-attached to rear ep with tape, pgs 231-234 partially detached)

PUBLISHER: Turner & Henderson 1888

KEYWORDS: history exploration adventure Australia Australian maps

$70.00
ak4/26/51

Gothic Sculpture in France 1140-1270


SAUERLANDER, WILLIBALD & HIRMER, MAX (Photos) & SONDHEIMER, JANET (Trans)

Heavy quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 527pp, illus/photos, VG (binding a little sloppy, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, light foxing throughout, occasional but moderate cracking to gutters, moderate fading to inside rear board edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- archival tape repairs, light fading, moderate chafing & wrinkling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1972

KEYWORDS: gothic art sculptures France French 12th 13th twelfth thirteenth century history historical carvings

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