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$45.00
3g3/26

The Crisis of the Twelth Century: Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government


BISSON, THOMAS N

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxviii + 677pp, illus, Nr FINE (slight bruising to board edges, v slight soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to corners, light soiling tanning & fading to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: twelth century thomas n bisson european politics political history analysis power lordship

$110.00
3g3/28

Memoir of the Life and Episcopate of George Augustus Selwyn: Bishop of New Zealand 1841-1869; Bishop of Lichfield 1867-1878 [in two volumes]


TUCKER, H W

IN TWO VOLUMES, REBOUND FOR LIBRARY USE, super octavo, black leather binding, gilt ruled border to boards, gilt stamped decoration to boards, gilt decoration, leather raised bands & gilt lettering to spines, all page edges marbled, marbled eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, varied illustration maps/lithographs/charts/facsimile journal pages, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to boards, edges & spines, moderate scuffing and cracking to hinges (secure), light soiling & fading to boards, edges & spines, sporadic slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Wells Gardner 1879

KEYWORDS: archbishop bishop of new zealand george augustus selwyn anglican new zealand history

$60.00
3g3/29

Our New Zealand Cousins


INGLIS, JAMES

INSCRIBED WITH THE AUTHOR'S COMPLIMENTS, small octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to boards & spine, gilt bands to spine, illus eps, xii + 311pp + 32ads, VG (light brusing to boards & spine, v slight scuffing to edges of boards, light to moderate foxing to page edges & ads to rear, heavy tanning to fep & half title page, previous owner's name in ink to pastedown & fep, previous bookseller's label to pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington 1887

KEYWORDS: james inglis travelogue new zealand aotearoa travel writing colonial history

$40.00
3g2/4

Festivals of the Athenians


PARKE, H W

Octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt publishers stamp to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to edges of boards & spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pastedowns, prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate to heavy tanning & fading to jacket, 2cm open tear to front corner of jacket, slight scuffing to edges of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1977

KEYWORDS: ancient greek athenian athens religion religious history classical h w parke

$40.00
3g2/5

The Saga of Themistocles


LENARDON, ROBERT J

Octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt publishers stamp to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 248pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to edges of boards & spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pastedowns, prelims/terminals & page edges, diagonal section cut from fep with remnant of previous owner's name in ink) in d/w VG (moderate tanning & fading to jacket, light soiling to jacket, slight scuffing to edges of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1978

KEYWORDS: ancient greek themistocles robert j lenardon grecian history classical

$40.00
3g2/6

Greek and Roman Voting and Elections


STAVELY, E S

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt publishers stamp to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 271pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to edges of boards & spine, light tanning & soiling to pastedowns, prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w VG (light tanning & fading to jacket, light soiling to jacket, slight scuffing to edges of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1982

KEYWORDS: ancient greek history classical grecian political politics voting elections

$200.00
3g2/9

The Nuremberg Chronicle: A Facsimile of Hartmann Schedel's Buch der Chroniken


SCHEDEL, HARTMANN & KOBERGER, ANTON (printed by)

Folio, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to black section on front board & spine, unpaginated prelims + 289pp, extensively illus/maps/diagrams, VG+ (v slight scuffing to board corners & spine, light to moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, v slight chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Landmark Press 1979

KEYWORDS: nuremberg chronicles german european history fifteenth century hartmann schedel anton koeberger

$65.00
3g2/11

Revolution in Judaea: Jesus and the Jewish Resistance


MACOBY, HYAM

Octavo blue heavy boards, quarter bound in red cloth, silver gilt lettering to spine, deckled edges, 256pp, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate fading to spine, 2cm closed tear to front of jacket, light to moderate soiling to jacket, light tanning to jacket, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Taplinger Publishing Company 1980

KEYWORDS: ancient judaea revolution jesus abrahamic religions religiou history christian hyam macoby

$40.00
3g2/13

Tangata Whenua: A History


ANDERSON, ATHOLL & BINNEY, JUDITH & HARRIS, AROHA

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & white text to spine & wrapper, viii + 536pp, Nr FINE (v slight rubbing to edges of wrapper, v slight soiling to page edges, previous owner's stamp to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2020

KEYWORDS: tangata whenua aotearoa new zealand history atholl anderson judith binney aroha harris

$9.00
xxqci222757

High Adventure


HILLARY, EDMUND & DJURKOUIC, GEORGE (Sketches) & SPARK, A (Maps)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy: 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: Readers Book Club 1957

KEYWORDS: Sir Edmund Hillary exploration adventure history

$15.00
xxqci222758

Escape Alone


HOWARTH, DAVID

JUNIOR EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy: 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: Collins 1960

KEYWORDS: war history literature David Howarth junior edition

$18.50
xxqdn222765

The Monumental History of the Early British Church (Facsimile reprint)


ALLEN, J ROMILLY

FACSIMILE REPRINT, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Llanerch Publishers N/D (reprint of 1889 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)

KEYWORDS: religion religious history church British Great Britain historical Christianity

$22.50
xxqdn222771

Pacatus: Panegyric to the Emperor Theodosius


PACATUS & NIXON, C E V (Trans & Intro)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Liverpool University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: classical literature Latin translations history historians Emperor Theodosius Pacatus

$22.50
xxqdn222772

Victor of Vita: History of the Vandal Persecution


MOORHEAD, JOHN (Trans, Notes & Intro)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Liverpool University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: classical studies history Victor of Vita vandal persecution Roman empire

$22.50
xxqdn222773

Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology


FINLEY, M I

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1980

KEYWORDS: ancient history slavery ideology

$15.00
xxqdn222775

Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression


TERKEL, STUDS

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket torn/scruffy: 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: Pantheon Books 1970

KEYWORDS: history great depression economy economics US America American

$16.50
xxqdo222780

The Cycling Pioneers


TOOHEY, MICHAEL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Kennett Brothers 2024

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history hobbies cycling bicycles

$15.00
xxqdo222781

Lenin, Volume Two: All Power to the Soviets


CLIFF, TONY

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy: 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 1976

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history Lenin politics economics

$22.50
xxqeh222794

The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds


BERNSTEIN, ALAN E

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: history religion Christianity afterlife death theology

$20.00
xxqff222801

Stepping Out: A History of Clutha County 1876-1976


McLAY, EVELYN M

Ex-library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Clutha County Council 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland history Clutha

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