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$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
2i46aa/9

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

$42.50
2i46aa/10

Whangarei Hospital: A Century of Service, 1901-2001


MENEFY, DIANA (ed)

4to, pp. 308; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: Northland Health 2001

KEYWORDS: Diana Menefy New Zealand Whangarei hospital 20th century history

$245.00
2i46aa/11

The Great Books of Hashish Volume I, Book I


CHERNIAK, LAURENCE

Imp. 8vo, pp. xxiv + 150; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to p. i; light soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: And/Or Press 1979

KEYWORDS: Laurence Cherniak marijuana hashish cannabis history social drugs drug use

$55.00
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Alchemy: The Secret Art


DE ROLA, STANISLAS KLOSSOWSKI

Imp. 8vo, pp. 128; green heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Bounty Books 1973

KEYWORDS: Stanislas Klossowski de Rola alchemy science philosophy nature history

$85.00
2i46aa/15

Victorian Jewellery: A Complete Compendium of over four thousand pieces of Jewellery


HINKS, PETER (introd)

4to, pp. 328; blue cl boards, spine lettered in black; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate tanning & bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: Studio Editions 1991

KEYWORDS: Peter Hinks 19th century Victorian art arts jewellery design taste history

$60.00
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Still Going Strong: A History of Scotch Whisky Advertising


HUGHES, JOHN

Super 8vo, pp. 120; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Tempus 2005

KEYWORDS: John Hughes scotch whisky advert advertising Scotland alcohol history

$55.00
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The Flowering of a Waratah: Neurology in Australia: A History


JEADIE, MERVYN

Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 350; illus. heavy card boards; photos; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges) ; in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Australian Scholarly Publishing 2024

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand neurology neurologists history

$40.00
2i46aa/28

Indian Hemp: A Social Menace


JOHNSON, DONALD; PULLAR-STRECKER, H (forew)

Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. 112; red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine & eps; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinge).

PUBLISHER: Christopher Johnson 1952

KEYWORDS: Donald McI Johnson H Pullar-Strecker Indian hemp marijuana cannabis drugs drug use history marihuana

$60.00
2i46aa/29

Film and the Shoah in France and Italy


LICHTNER, GIACOMO

Super 8vo, pp. xii + 244; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising, curling & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Vallentine Mitchell 2008

KEYWORDS: Giacomo Lichtner film cinema Shoah France Italy history

$585.00
2i46aa/30

The Samoa (N.Z.) Expeditionary Force 1914-1915: An account based on official records of the Seizure and Occupation by New Zealand of the German Islands of Western Samoa


SMITH, STEPHEN JOHN

Scarce. 8vo, pp. 218; green/blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in black; photos; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscriptions in black ink to front pastedown & in blue ink to rfep; light cracking to front gutters; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn 1924

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Samoa occuption military history 20th century

$225.00
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24 Battalion


BURDON, R M

First edition. 8vo, pp. xvi + 261; red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, foldout maps; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to central gutters); in facsimile d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, some loss to spine at head and tail; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1953

KEYWORDS: R M Burdon New Zealand war warfare military history first edition

$45.00
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Orsogna: New Zealand's First Italian Battle


PLOWMAN, JEFFREY

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 168pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Willsonscott Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Italy Italian battles Orsogna

$1000.00
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The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820 (5 Vol Set)


BANKS, Sir JOSEPH & CHAMBERS, NEIL (Ed)

5 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl soiling to page edges, occasional black ink marking to margins- minor, yellow post-it notes to page edges of vols 4 & 5)

PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 2008-12

KEYWORDS: Sir Joseph Banks letters correspondence history historical records Indian Pacific British naturalists

$40.00
ak5/2/11

A Checklist of The Hogarth Press 1917-1946


WOOLMER, J HOWARD & GAITHER, MARY E (Short History of the Press)

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxiv + 250pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (single library label, light creasing to edges, sl soiling to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Woolmer/Brotherson 1986

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues The Hogarth Press history historical

$45.00
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The Nepalese Dilemma 1960-74


NATH, TRIBHUVAN

Tidy ex-library, octavo, brown heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, xvi + 528pp, VG (usual library markings, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate scuff & loss to base of rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chiping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishers 1975

KEYWORDS: Nepal geopolitics kingdoms politics political conflict modern history King Tribhuvan

$250.00
ak5/2/19

The Banks Letters: A Calendar of the Manuscript Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, Preserved in the British Museum, the British Museum (Natural History) and Other Collections in Great Britain


BANKS, Sir JOSEPH & DAWSON, WARREN R (Ed)

LACKS D/W, HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xlii + 965pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to edges, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) to ffep)

PUBLISHER: British Mueum 1958

KEYWORDS: naturalists Sir Joseph Banks letters correspondence collections history historical British Museum bibliography bibliographies catalogues

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