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$17.50
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Tony Lock: Aggressive Master of Spin


HILL, ALAN

FIRST EDITION, 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 History Press 2008

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket cricketers Tony Lock bowlers English first editions

$22.50
xxafb213466

From Hudson Bay to Botany Bay: The Lost Frigates of Laperouse


SHELTON, RUSSELL C & INGLIS, ROBIN (Preface) & DE BROSSARD, ADMIRAL MAURICE (Fore)

Tidy ex-library- minimal markings, super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG) heavy crack to front gutter- some separation; 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: NC Press 1987

KEYWORDS: maritime disasters nautical history voyages Laperouse

$25.00
xxafb213471

Irish Art and Architecture: From Prehistory to the Present


HARBISON, PETER & POTTERTON, HOMAN & SHEEHY, JEANNE

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: Thames and Hudson 1993

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history art architecture buildings

$40.00
1u24a/1

Decorated Stoneware Pottery of North America


WEBSTER, DONALD BLAKE

Quarto, beige cloth boards, black & red lettering to spine, blind stamp floral illus to front board, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims, sm paperclip rust stain to title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & chafing/soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Charles E Tuttle Company 1980

KEYWORDS: stoneware pottery arts crafts North America American history artefacts ceramics antiques

$40.00
1u24a/6

Legislative and Political Development: Lebanon, 1842-1972


BAAKLINI, ABDO I

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 316pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl brusiing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing/chipping & moderate adhesive staining to cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, sm ink stain to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Lebanon history middle east politics political development legislation mandates

$45.00
1u24a/9

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1951 (88th Year)


PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xvi + 1019pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards shaky, occasional minor foxing throughout, sl loss to base of prelim pages, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1951

KEYWORDS: Wisden sport cricket almanacks past years history data statistics results 1951

$55.00
1u24a/10

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1952 (89th Year)


PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, viii + 1031pp, illus, VG- (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to front board, moderate to heavy soiling & bruising to rear board & part of spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to rear gutter, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1952

KEYWORDS: Wisden sport cricket almanacks past years history data statistics results 1952

$65.00
1u24a/11

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1953 (90th Year)


PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xx + 1015pp, VG (moderate bruising & light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor occasional foxing & gutter cracks throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1953

KEYWORDS: Wisden sport cricket almanacks past years history data statistics results 1953

$55.00
1u24a/12

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1954 (91st Year)


PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xx + 999pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & chafing/soiling to spine & boards, light fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1954

KEYWORDS: Wisden sport cricket almanacks past years history data statistics results 1954

$55.00
1u24a/13

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1958 (95th Year)


PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xxxvi + 1035pp, VG- (binding a little sloppy, moderate scuffing & bruising to spine- light fading also, minor chafing & soiling to boards & edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1958

KEYWORDS: Wisden sport cricket almanacks past years history data statistics results 1958

$60.00
1u24a/16

Ivan Bilibin


GOLYNETS, SERGEI (Text) & KOZLOV, GLENYS ANN (Trans)

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering & blue decoration to spine, 226pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1981

KEYWORDS: art history Ivan Bilibin graphic artists Russia Russian stage designers design

$55.00
1u24a/18

Oude boerderijen in Achterhoek en Liemers


JANS, EVERHARD & VAN PROOIJE, SCHOLTZ, WIM & BECK, HUMPHREY MANSVELT & HARTGERS, CO

TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus prelims, x + 166pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional sl wrinkling & soiling to pages) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Uitgeversmaatschappij van der Loeff BV 1983

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH farm buildings rural history historical architecture Achterhoek Liemers

$45.00
1u24a/19

Handcraft to Industry: Philadelphia Ceramics in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century


MYERS, SUSAN H

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, iii + 117pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover egdes, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional sl wrinkling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution Press 1980

KEYWORDS: US America American history art crafts ceramics pottery early 19th nineteenth century Phialdelphia Smithsonian

$40.00
1u24a/21

The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945


HATCH, F J

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xix + 223pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate cracking to spine, light to moderate tanning/soiling & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name label to ffep, 2cm closed tear to base of rear cover/spine join, light to moderate cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Canadian Government Publishing Centre 1983

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Canada Britain Canadian British air training plan aviation defence defense

$100.00
1u24a/23

My Faraway One: Volume I 1915-1933


O'KEEFFE, GEORGIA & STIEGLITZ, ALFRED & GREENOUGH, SARAH (Selected, Annotated & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xvii + 814pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: first editions letters correspondence Georgia O'Keeffe Alfred Stieglitz art history relationships love

$60.00
1u24a/25

Out of an Old Sea Chest


VON LUCKER, FELIX COUNT & FITZGERALD, EDWARD (Trans)

UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 222pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, jacket remnants tipped in to front eps, occasional light foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1958

KEYWORDS: first UK editions history autobiography autobiographies memoir Count Luckner maritime warfare ww1 the great war first 1st world war one i 1 anecdotes

$85.00
1u24a/27

The New Zealand Division 1916-1919: A Popular History Based on Official Records


STEWART, Col H

Octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xv + 634pp, illus/folding maps- all folding maps present & in tidy condition, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, top corners of pgs 17-18 missing)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1921

KEYWORDS: New Zealand division military history early 20th twentieth century campaigns battles ww1 the great war first 1st world war one i 1

$40.00
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The Radical Programme 1885, with 'The Future of the Radical Party'


CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH et al & ESCOTT, T H S & HAMER, D A (Ed & Intro)

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread? Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xci + xvi + 263pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading & soiling to boards/edges, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Harvester Press 1971

KEYWORDS: British politics history literature radicals reform acts 1885

$100.00
1w35b/7

Pioneer Medical Men of Taranaki 1834 to 1880


SKINNER, W H & LEATHAM, H B (Addenda)

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xi + 176pp, illus, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, chafing & soiling to plastic cover only, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand medical history Taranaki doctors pioneers medicine

$110.00
1w35b/10

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1961 (98th Year)


PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

Ex-library, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps,viii + 1019pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings- to prelims only, binding a little sloppy, moderate bruising & rubbing to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edgesminor cracking to rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1961

KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden cricket almanacks data statistics results past years 1961

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