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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1988 (125th Year)
Sm 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: John Wisden & Co 1988
KEYWORDS: sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years 1988
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1983 (120th Year)
Sm 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: John Wisden & Co 1983
KEYWORDS: sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years 1983
Panzers on the Eastern Front: General Erhard Raus and His Panzer Divisions in Russia, 1941-1945
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: Greenhill Books 2002
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German troops tanks armoured vehicles panzer divisions Russia
Coaling from the Clouds: The Mount Rochfort Railway and the Denniston Incline (Second Edition)
REVISED 2nd EDITION, super octavo stapled 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: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history rail trains Mount Rochfort Denniston Incline
Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A History of the World in Three Castes
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: Penguin 2013
KEYWORDS: social history power economics
Two Eggs on My Plate
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket torn: 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: George Allen & Unwin 1953
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Oluf Reed Olsen
The First Boat People
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xvii + 318pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor underlining & annotaion to pages)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: anthropology Australia history migration
AIDS in New York: The First Five Years
Octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, blue/grey/white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 80pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: SCALA / The New York Historical Society 2015
KEYWORDS: New York City AIDS hiv virus epidemic modern history lgbtq gay homosexual communities
Intimacy, Violence and Activism: Gay and Lesbian Perspectives on Australasian History and Society
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & red lettering to spine, xiii + 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling & soiling to spine & covers/edges, whole page block sl warped)
PUBLISHER: Monash University Publishing 2013
KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay queer history pride lesbians Australia
Abyssinian Birds and Mammals
FIRST EDITION, COMPLETE IN 30 COLOUR PLATES, quarto, grey stiff card boards, black lettering to title plate to front board, illus, VG- (heavy battering & archival tape repair to spine & gutters, light foxing & soiling to boards, museum ink stamps/pockets to inside front cover & text pamphlet inside, light foxing to pamphlet, museum ink stamps to rear of each plate, plates themselves are in great condition with no marks detected) in slipcase, G+ (heavy bruising & scuffing/chipping with loss & archival tape repairs, moderate soiling, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine)
PUBLISHER: Field Museum of Natural History 1930
KEYWORDS: ornithological art paintings natural history Louis Agassiz Fuertes birds mammals first editions
The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume of Plates V
THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, xv + 243pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light rubbing & fading to extrems, minro tape staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, remnants of jacket to frnt pastdown, minor cracking to rear gutter) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired but not recommended, front & rear flaps removed, minor tearing to edges/flap area, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1939
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history plates illustrations
Jane's Fighting Ships 1964-65
Lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to boards, printed eps, illus prelims, 54pp adverts + vii + 459pp + xxiv to rear, illus/photos, VG- (moderate soiling & chipping to spine & extrems, light scuffing to board corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate staining & paper residue to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor water staining & wrinkling to rear eps, minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Groves, Brodie & Co at the Windsor Press / Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1965
KEYWORDS: Jane's fighting ships series 60s sixties design maritime nautical history
This is Greece
FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 60pp, illus, VG (minor bruising/scuffing & fading to board & spine extrems/edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light discolouration to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, price clipped, light fading & soiling to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges & spine, front cover lightly faded)
PUBLISHER: W H Allen 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions children's literature history books Greece culture
The Love Affairs of the Vatican, or, The Favourites of the Popes
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 336pp + 32pp ads to rear, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, numerous labels tipped in to front & rear eps also, moderate cracking to some gutters, moderate foxing throughout, occasional plate partially detached)
PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1912
KEYWORDS: first editions catholic church history papal court papacy popes pontiffs
Hawaiian Medicine Book / He Buke Laau Lapaau
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xix + 72pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, sl water staining to base of front & rear gutters, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine & cover edges, moderate soiling, heavy creasing & chipping.closed tearing to egdes)
PUBLISHER: The Bess Press 1986
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Hawaii Hawai'i medicine health history chants culture
How Democracies Die
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering & decoration to spine, unpaginated prelims + 312pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional minor underlining & annotation in ink throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning & soiling, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2018
KEYWORDS: first editions history democracy politics philosophy
The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume III: The Assyrian Empire
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to base of spine & front board, teg, xxv + 821pp, maps/pull-outs, VG (light rubbing to extrems, minimal library markings, light tape staining to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tape staining & paper residue to front & rear eps, minor creasing to page edges sporadically throughout- inc. pull-outs) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective covers- easily removed if desired, front & rear flaps removed, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history series antiquity empires Assyrian
The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume IV: The Persian Empire and the West
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to base of spine & front board, teg, xxiii + 698pp, maps/pull-outs, VG (usual library markings- some with correction fluid inc. to spine, minor tape staining to board edges, sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tape staining & paper residue to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, front & rear flaps completely removed, sm ink stain to top edge of rear cover, other minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1953
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history series antiquity empires Persian Persia west
The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume V: Athens 478-401 BC
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to base of spine & front board, teg, xxii + 554pp, maps/pull-outs, VG (usual library markings- some with correction fluid, minor tape staining to board edges, sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tape staining & paper residue to front & rear eps, some light to moderate creasing to edges of pull-outs) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, front & rear flaps completely removed, other minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1953
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history series antiquity empires Greece Athens
The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume VI: Macedon 401-301 BC
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to base of spine & front board, teg, xxiii + 648pp, maps/pull-outs, VG (usual library markings- some with correction fluid, minor tape staining to board edges, sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tape staining & paper residue to front & rear eps, some moderate loss of pastedowns, some light to moderate creasing to edges of pull-outs) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, front & rear flaps completely removed, other minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1953
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history series antiquity empires Macedon