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$24.50
xxkda218621

The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici


HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER & ACTON, HAROLD (fore)

IN SLIPCASE; super octavo hardcover (near FINE) in slipcase (near FINE); 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: Folio Society 2015

KEYWORDS: House of Medici historical biography political dynasties Italian history renaissance Italy

$25.00
xxkea218623

White Man's Dreaming: Killalpaninna Mission 1866-1915


STEVENS, CHRISTINE

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: Oxford University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: Aboriginal Australian colonial history missionaries religion anthropology Killalpaninna mission Diyari

$25.00
xxkea218624

The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Zulu Nation under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879


MORRIS, DONALD R

Reprint, lacks d/w; super octavo hardcover (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: Jonathan Cape1966

KEYWORDS: Zulus Zulu kingdom history Shaka Anglo-Zulu war South Africa 1800s

$20.00
xxkea218625

Khruschev Remembers


KHRUSCHEV, NIKITA, & CRANKSHAW, EDWARD (intro) & TALBOTT, STROBE (trans, ed)

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: Book Club Assocciates 1971

KEYWORDS: Nikita Khruschev memoirs autobiography Soviet Union Russia 20th century Russian history

$27.50
xxkea218634

Description de l'Egypte


NERET, GILLES & MILLER, CHRIS (trans) & BLUMENBERG, BETTINA (trans) & SUZUKI, YUKO (trans)

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: Taschen 2007

KEYWORDS: ancient Egyptian art architecture heiroglyphics maps French English text history Egypt buildings design

$19.50
xxkgp218693

Art and Anarchy: The Reith Lectures 1960 Revised and Enlarged


WIND, EDGAR

Octavo hardcover (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: Faber and Faber 1963

KEYWORDS: Reith lectures philosophy of art art criticism history essays

$30.00
xxkgs218701

In Sickness and in Power: Illness in heads of government during the last 100 years


OWEN, DAVID

REVISED EDITION, super ocavo softcover (near FINE); 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: Methuen 2011

KEYWORDS: Politics political history medical biography government

$25.00
xxkgs218705

428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire


TRAINA, GIUSTO & CAMERON, ALLAN (trans)

Super ocavo 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: Princeton University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Roman empire history ancient Rome

$35.00
xx69pol218713

Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants


FAGAN, BRIAN

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: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2003

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity California archeology archaeology anthropology

$17.50
xx78pol218724

Phar Lap: 'Big Red' Souvenirs


SPINTY, JACK & THOMPSON, TOM

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: ETT Imprint 2021

KEYWORDS: sport history horseracing horse racing equine horses Phar Lap

$20.00
xx78pol218725

The Cobbler's Left Thumb


DIKIN, JAMES

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Page Publishing 2020

KEYWORDS: history cobblers shoes shoemakers old crafts attire fashion

$17.50
xx78pol218726

A World to Gain: The Battle for Global Domination and Why America Entered WWII


TOUGHILL, THOMAS

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Clairview 2004

KEYWORDS: global world history US America conflicts ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$40.00
2w3/38

Anton Pieck: Ambachtsman


PIECK, ANTON & KEIJSPER, FRANS (met tekst van)

TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, illus heavy boards, red & grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, 189pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Van Holkema & Warendorf/Unieboeck bv 1991

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history Anton Pieck illustrations collected works

$40.00
2w3/39

Anton Pieck: Herinneringen aan Amsterdam


PIECK, ANTON & VOGELESANG, HANS (met tekst van)

TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 175pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate soiling to rear flap edges)

PUBLISHER: Van Holkema & Warendorf 1987

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history Anton Pieck illustrations collected works Amsterdam

$245.00
2w3/41

Maritime is Number Ten: A History of No 10 Squadron RAAF: The Sunderland Era 1939-1945


BAFF, Flight Lieutenant K C (Compiled & Researched by)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt maritime illus to front board, illus eps, xiii + 466pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing/chipping & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: K C Baff 1983

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation RAAF Royal Australian Air Force 10 ten squadron armed forces

$16.50
2w3/43

Window on the Unknown: A History of the Microscope


JACKER, CORINNE & LINN, MARY (Illus & Drawings)

Ex-library, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 188pp, illus/photos, VG (usual librarty markings, light rubbing/scuffing to board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor staining to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG- (both corners of front flap clipped, moderate scuffing & tearing to edges, binder's label to base of spine & front cover, light tanning, mnor tanning & tearing to fore-edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1966

KEYWORDS: science history microscopes technology equipment

$45.00
2w2/4

Books to the People: A History of Regional Library Services in New Zealand


RONNIE, MARY

SIGNED, super octavo, white light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, xi + 122pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to cover edges, moderate soiling to wrappers, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking/glue to front gutter, author's signed bookplate to inside front cover & author's signature & date to top corner of half title page)

PUBLISHER: Ancora Press / New Zealand Library Association 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand library services history resources signed Mary Ronnie

$65.00
2w2/6

History of the Motorcycle Trade in Dunedin 1900-1983


HENDERSON, MARK

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 36pp, illus, VG (boards sl warped, sl fading & soiling to front board, moderate chafing/scuffing & soiling to rear board, light tanning to page edges, sl creasing to top corners of pages)

PUBLISHER: Mark L Henderson 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history transport motorcycles motorbikes trade business Dunedin 20th twentieth century signed Mark Henderson

$65.00
2w2/12

Die Goede Oude Tyd


PIECK, ANTON & HUIZINGA, LEONHARD

TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, 143pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor peeling also, light chafig & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappy 1980

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history appreciaiton collected works Anton Pieck

$40.00
2w2/15

Chappaquiddick: That Sometimes Separated But Never Equalled Island (2nd Edition)


POTTER, HATSY (Ed)

2ND EDITION, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, pastel pink & peach lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxxvi + 347pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges & eps, lengthy gift inscription in ink to half title page, prev. owner's annotation to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Chappaquiddick Island Association 2008

KEYWORDS: US America American history Massachusetts Chappaquiddick Island Hatsy Potter

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