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$30.00
xxhve216157

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1988 (125th Year)


WRIGHT, GRAEME (Ed)

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

$25.00
xxhve216158

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1983 (120th Year)


WOODCOCK, JOHN (Ed)

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

$27.50
xxhxc216161

Panzers on the Eastern Front: General Erhard Raus and His Panzer Divisions in Russia, 1941-1945


TSOURAS, PETER G (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: Greenhill Books 2002

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German troops tanks armoured vehicles panzer divisions Russia

$15.00
xxhxc216162

Coaling from the Clouds: The Mount Rochfort Railway and the Denniston Incline (Second Edition)


MEYER, R J

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

$22.50
xxhxc216166

Merchant, Soldier, Sage: A History of the World in Three Castes


PRIESTLAND, DAVID

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

$25.00
xxhxc216172

Two Eggs on My Plate


OLSEN, OLUF REED & LYON, F H (Trans)

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

$55.00
ak5/19/36

The First Boat People


WEBB, S G

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

$45.00
ak5/19/43

AIDS in New York: The First Five Years


ASHTON, JEAN

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

$40.00
ak5/19/47

Intimacy, Violence and Activism: Gay and Lesbian Perspectives on Australasian History and Society


WILLETT, GRAHAM (Ed) & SMAAL, YORICK (Ed)

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

$180.00
ak5/19/49

Abyssinian Birds and Mammals


FUERTES, LOUIS AGASSIZ

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

$40.00
ak5/19/50

The Cambridge Ancient History: Volume of Plates V


COOK, S A (Ed) & ADCOCK, F E (Ed) & CHARLESWORTH, M P (Ed) & BAYNES, N H (Ed) & SELTMAN, C T (Prepared by)

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

$75.00
ak5/19/51

Jane's Fighting Ships 1964-65


BLACKMAN, RAYMOND V B (Ed)

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

$45.00
ak5/19/53

This is Greece


SASEK, M

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

$195.00
ak5/19/57

The Love Affairs of the Vatican, or, The Favourites of the Popes


RAPPOPORT, Dr ANGELO S

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

$165.00
ak5/20/1

Hawaiian Medicine Book / He Buke Laau Lapaau


CHUN, MALCOLM NAEA (Trans)

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

$55.00
ak5/20/3

How Democracies Die


LEVITSKY, STEVEN & ZIBLATT, DANIEL

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

$40.00
ak5/20/5

The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume III: The Assyrian Empire


BURY, J B (Ed) & COOK, S A (Ed) & ADCOCK, F E (Ed)

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

$40.00
ak5/20/6

The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume IV: The Persian Empire and the West


BURY, J B (Ed) & COOK, S A (Ed) & ADCOCK, F E (Ed)

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

$40.00
ak5/20/7

The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume V: Athens 478-401 BC


BURY, J B (Ed) & COOK, S A (Ed) & ADCOCK, F E (Ed)

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

$40.00
ak5/20/8

The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume VI: Macedon 401-301 BC


BURY, J B (Ed) & COOK, S A (Ed) & ADCOCK, F E (Ed)

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

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