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$27.50
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Secrecy and Power: The Life of J Edgar Hoover


POWERS, RICHARD GID

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: Hutchinson 1987

KEYWORDS: US America American FBI J Edgar Hoover history biography memoir biographies

$17.50
xxawd223846

Desert Victory: Forgotten Voices (In Association with the Imperial War Museum)


THOMPSON, JULIAN

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: Ebury Press 2011

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 North Africa battles campaigns desert warfare

$25.00
xxawd223848

American Politics: A Radical View


FLYNN, JAMES R

FIRST EDITION, 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: Blackwood & Janet Paul 1967

KEYWORDS: first editions US American America politics political views radical cold war Vietnam modern history

$35.00
xxawg223849

The Rise of Modern China (Sixth Edition)


HSU, IMMANUEL C Y

SIXTH EDITION, 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: Oxford University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: China Chinese modern history politics political 20th twentieth century

$37.50
xxawg223853

A History of Philosophy: Volume VI Wolff to Kant


COPLESTON, FREDERICK

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Burns and Oates 1960

KEYWORDS: philosophy history literature Frederick Copleston

$32.50
xxbce223857

Triumph TRs: The Complete Story


ROBSON, GRAHAM

Imperial 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: Crowood Press 1991

KEYWORDS: vintage classic cars Triumph automotive history

$37.50
xxbce223858

Man and His Symbols


JUNG, CARL G et al

Imperial 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: Aldus Books / Jupiter 1979

KEYWORDS: Carl G Jung symbols history psychology symbolism

$27.50
xxbce223860

When Santa was a Shaman: The Ancient Origins of Santa Claus & the Christmas Tree


VAN RENTERGHEM, TONY

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: Llewellyn Publications 1995

KEYWORDS: Santa Claus history Father Christmas shamanism northern Europe trees religion art mythology origins

$28.50
xxbhg223866

J and C Harrison: The History of a Family Shipping Venture


COOPER, MALCOLM

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ships in Focus Publications 2012

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history shipping companies J & C Harrison

$32.50
xxbhg223871

Coast to Coast: The Great Australian Coastal Liners


PLOWMAN, PETER

Quarto 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: Rosenberg Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history coastal liners Australia Australian passenger ships cruise liners cargo

$20.00
xxbhg223872

Captain James Cook: Seaman and Scientist


FINNIS, BILL

Quarto 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: Chaucer Press 2003

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history biography memoir Captain James Cook sailors exploration

$14.00
xxbib223882

FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast


GRIBBIN, JOHN and MARY

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: Review 2004

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history exploration weather forecasting forecasts Robert FitzRoy HMS Beagle meteorology biography New Zealand

$35.00
xxbib223883

The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-13


CHARRY-GARRARD, APSLEY & THEROUX, PAUL (Intro)

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: Picador 1994

KEYWORDS: exploration history south pole Antarctic Antarctica polar

$145.00
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The Art of Featherwork in Old Hawai'i


HOLT, JOHN DOMINIS

Square imperial ocatvo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 176pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & sl soiling to extrems & board edges, sl plucking to cloth on boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to top edges, moderate creasing to base of jacket with 2x lg closed tears also, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Topgallant Publishing Co 1985

KEYWORDS: textiles fasion patterns design featherworks feathers Hawaii Hawai'i history historical clothing

$65.00
3i2/2

Evolution: The First Four Billion Years


RUSE, MICHAEL (Ed) & TRAVIS, JOSEPH (Ed) & WILSON, EDWARD O (Fore)

Super octavo, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 979pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sl warping to spine) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: history evolution science biology sociobiology

$60.00
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Jardine Matheson: Traders of the Far East


BLAKE, ROBERT

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, viii + 280pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999

KEYWORDS: history trading traders business commerce far east oriental Jardine Matheson & Co China Canton

$100.00
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James Stephen and the British Colonial System 1813-1847


KNAPLUND, PAUL

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 315pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to base of spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, sl tanning & foxing to flaps, sm ink marking to front flap)

PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 1953

KEYWORDS: history colonialism British colonial system James Stephen 19th nineteenth century empire

$52.50
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The Angevin Legacy and the Hundred Years War 1250-1340


VALE, MALCOLM

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 317pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges, v sl bruising to rear board) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1990

KEYWORDS: history angevin legacy Anglo-French war conflict medieval

$45.00
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Break of Day Islands: The New Hebrides Diary of Basil Nottage 1932-1939


NOTTAGE, BASIL

Octavo, blue illus light card wrappers, blue lettering to spine & covers, x + 286pp, VG (minor tanning/fading & moderate creasing/rubbing to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate annotation in red ink to terminals- text block clear)

PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Church of New Zealand 1988

KEYWORDS: history Basil Nottage diaries journals religion missionaries presbyterian New Hebrides Vanuatu New Zealand

$42.50
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A Great Trusteeship


NIGUMI, M A & ROBERTSON, Sir JAMES (Fore)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 178pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & edges, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate foxing & light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Caravel Press 1958

KEYWORDS: history imperialism colonialism Sudan Nigeria Africa African M A Nigumi

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