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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1952 (89th Year)
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
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1953 (90th Year)
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
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1954 (91st Year)
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
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1958 (95th Year)
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
Ivan Bilibin
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
Oude boerderijen in Achterhoek en Liemers
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
Handcraft to Industry: Philadelphia Ceramics in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century
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
The Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 1939-1945
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
My Faraway One: Volume I 1915-1933
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
Out of an Old Sea Chest
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
The New Zealand Division 1916-1919: A Popular History Based on Official Records
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
The Radical Programme 1885, with 'The Future of the Radical Party'
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
Pioneer Medical Men of Taranaki 1834 to 1880
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
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1961 (98th Year)
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
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1963 (100th Year)
Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xlviii + 1131pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters, binding a little sloppy)
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1963
KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden cricket almanacks data statistics results past years 1963
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1965 (102nd Year)
Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xxiv + 1043pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1965
KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden cricket almanacks data statistics results past years 1965
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1969 (106th Year)
Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xl + 1055pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1969
KEYWORDS: sport history Wisden cricket almanacks data statistics results past years 1969
Strategies of British India: Britain, Iran and Afghanistan 1798-1850
FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread? Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 682pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light tape staining to board & ep edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, minor creasing & adhesive staining to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: British empire history India early 19th nineteenth century Great Britain conflict Near Middle East
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1965 (102nd Year)
Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xxiv + 1043pp, illus, VG (boards & page block warped with cocked spine, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1965
KEYWORDS: sport history cricket Wisden almanacks past years 1965 data statistics
The Brutish Museums: The Benin Bronzes, Colonial Violence and Cultural Restitution
First edition. 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: Pluto Press 2020
KEYWORDS: Dan Hicks British Museum museums history culture colonial colonization violence conflict decolonization heritage European