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$45.00
ak5/6/32

Progress of a Race, or, The Remarkable Advancement of the American Negro


GIBSON, J W (Revised & Enlarged) & CROGMAN, W H & WASHINGTON, BOOKER T (Special Featrure) & WILLIAMS, FANNIE BARRIER (Special Feature)

1969 REPRINT, very tidy ex-library, octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 732pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Mnemosyne Publishing 1969

KEYWORDS: African-American US America civil rights history slavery freedom

$40.00
ak5/6/36

Children of Bondage: The Personality Development of Negro Youth in the Urban South


REEVES, FLOYD W (Fore) & SUTHERLAND, ROBERT L (Preface)

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, sm illus plate to front board, xxviii + 299pp, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising to spine & extrems, moderate soiling to boards, sm illus plate to front board partially removed, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, moderate staining to prelims)

PUBLISHER: American Council on Education 1944

KEYWORDS: African-American US America black youth juvenile history ethnicity civil rights

$50.00
ak5/6/37

Blues & Gospel Records 1902-1943


DIXON, ROBERT M W (Compiled by) & GODRICH, JOHN (Compiled by)

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 900pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Storyville Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: discography discographies blues gospel history early 20th twentieth century music

$40.00
ak5/6/41

The Book of the Dead II: Books on Egypt & Chaldaea Vol VII


BUDGE, E A WALLIS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, folding frontispiece, xv + pg 79-406pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & rubbing to base of boards, light chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing & damp staining to eps, light foxing & damp staining to prelims & terminals, moderate spots of foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Chaldea Chaldaea E A Wallis Budge book of the dead antiquity

$50.00
ak5/6/42

The Book of the Dead III: Books on Egypt & Chaldaea Vol VIII


BUDGE, E A WALLIS

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, folding frontispiece, ix + pgs 407-698 + index to rear, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, sl soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Chaldea Chaldaea E A Wallis Budge book of the dead antiquity

$150.00
ak5/6/46

The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians (2 Vol Boxed Set)


PRUCHA, FRANCIS PAUL

2 VOL BOXED SET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, 1302pp total, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl staining to boards, light soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG (light scuffing & peeling to joins/extrems, light chafing & staining)

PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 1984

KEYWORDS: US American American history native Indians government politics governance

$40.00
2s2c/19

They Chose Adventure: Men from New Zealand who fought in British East Africa with the 25th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Frontiersmen) in World War One


FULLER, BRUCE G

Sm 8vo, pp. [6] + vi + 74; illus. light card covers, black cl spine; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; tape to rear cover).

PUBLISHER: Fenreach Trust 2010

KEYWORDS: Bruce G Fuller New Zealand military history First World War One 1 I WWI WW

$40.00
2s2c/20

The British Species of Angiocarpous Lichens, Elucidated by Their Sporida


LEIGHTON, Rev W A

8vo, pp. [6] + 102 + xxx plates +18 + 3; green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, arabesques in blind to boards bordering lettered wreath centrepiece in gilt (in blind to rear board); teg, publisher's tp vignette, plates; 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 to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; binder's stamp to rear pastedown (Westleys & Co.); lg segment of cl to spine torn at rear joint, attatched only at front joint, some loss to lettering).

PUBLISHER: The Ray Society 1851

KEYWORDS: W A Leighton lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century natural history

$40.00
2s2c/21

A Monograph of Lichens Found in Britain: Being a Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Herbarium of the British Museum Part I


CROMBIE, Rev JAMES M

This volume only. 8vo, pp. viii + 520 + 18; green buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained dark; illus.; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; lg segment of cl to upper half of spine torn at rear joint with heavy loss, cl remaining attached only to front joint; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation plate to ffep; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1894

KEYWORDS: James M Crombie lichen botany botanical science biology plants plantlife 19th century British Museum natural history reference catalogue catalog

$40.00
2s2c/25

Lat inte rattor eller mal fordarva: Linnesamlingar I Uppsala: Uppsala Universitets Jubileumsbok


SJOGREN, ANNA & MOBERG, ROLAND & PONTEN, ANNIKA WINDAHL

Text in Finnish, with English summaries and captions. 4to, pp. 225; red heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in silver gilt; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; lg closed tear to front cover at head; light tanning; gift inscription in blue ink to tp).

PUBLISHER: Uppsala Universitet 2007

KEYWORDS: Finland Finnish language Uppsala Universitet University history botany biology

$40.00
2s2c/28

Children of Mao: Personality Development and Political Activism in the Red Guard Generation


CHAN, ANITA

8vo, pp. viii + 254; red heavy card 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, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1985

KEYWORDS: politics political socialization social history China Chinese Mao 20th century

$70.00
2s2c/30

The Infested Blanket: Canada's Constiution: Genocide of Indian Nations


ROBINSON, ERIC & QUINNEY, HENRY BIRD

Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. xxiv + 168; illus. light card covers; VG- (moderate tanning, foxing, scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, ht, tp verso, p. 168 & rear cover recto; moderate pencil annotations throughout).

PUBLISHER: Queenston House Publishing Co. 1985

KEYWORDS: Eric Robinson Henry Bird Quinney Canada government Indian Native American genocide social history

$40.00
2s2c/35

Anglo-Saxons and Celts: A Study of Anti-Irish Prejudice in Victorian England


CURTIS Jr, L P

Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xii + 162; green buckram boards, spine & front board lettered & illus. in red; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soilign to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso).

PUBLISHER: Conference on British Studies 1968

KEYWORDS: L P Curtis Ireland Irish prejudice Victorian 19th century England social history

$40.00
2s2c/36

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham 1708-1778: A Bibliography


SCHWEIZER, KARL W

Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xviii + 145; blue buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, top & bottom pg edge, ht, tp verso & eps).

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Karl W Schweizer William Pitt 18th century history Earl of Chatham

$80.00
2s2c/37

Charles James Fox 1749-1806


SCHWEIZER, DANIEL

Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xlii + 209; blue buckram boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, top & bottom pg edge, ht, tp verso & eps).

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Daniel Schweizer Charles James Fox 18th 19th century history

$40.00
2s2c/38

The Antiquities of County Clare: Letters containing information relative to the Antiquities of the County Of Clare collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1839; & letters and extracts relative to Ancient Territories in Thomond, 1841


O'DONOVAN, JOHN & CURRY, EUGENE

Super 8vo, pp. viii + 323; yellow heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, 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; moderate pencil annotations throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Clasp Press 1997

KEYWORDS: John O'Donovan Eugene Curry County of Clare 19th century local history

$50.00
2s2c/42

The Iron Redskin


SUCHER, HARRY V

Super 8vo, pp. 335; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus. prelims, frontis., photos, illus,; VG+ (light 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 bookseller's sticker to ffep); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Haynes 1977

KEYWORDS: Harry V Sucher motorcycle motor bikes motorbikes motorcycles American motorsport motor sport history

$55.00
2s2c/45

Kilkenny: An Urban History, 1391-1843


NEELY, W G

Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 306; grey heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate pencil annotations throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: The Institute of Irish Studies 1989

KEYWORDS: W G Neely Kilkenny Ireland Irish history

$30.00
xx87pol212631

Cruise Ships: An Evolution in Design


DAWSON, PHILIP

Quarto 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: Conway Maritime Press 2000

KEYWORDS: luxury travel transport maritime nautical passenger cruises cruise ships design history

$26.50
xx87pol212632

Ship Style: Modernism and Modernity at Sea in the 20th Century


DAWSON, PHILIP & PETER, BRUCE et al

Quarto 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: Conway Maritime 2010

KEYWORDS: luxury travel transport maritime nautical passenger cruises cruise ships design history 20th twentieth century

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