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$19.50
xxsgf219732

Greek Imperialism


FERGUSON, WILLIAM SCOTT

EX-LIBRARY super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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: Houghton Mifflin Company 1913

KEYWORDS: greek imperialism history classics william scott ferguson

$15.00
xxsgu219740

The Emperor Domitian


JONES, BRIAN W

TIDY 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: Routledge 1992

KEYWORDS: roman history rome domitian brian w jones

$16.50
xxsgu219741

Catullus: An Interpretation


QUINN, KENNETH

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: Barnes & Noble 1973

KEYWORDS: catullus rome roman history classic literature

$22.50
xxsgu219742

Isis in the Graeco-Roman World


WITT, R E

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: Thames & Hudson 1971

KEYWORDS: r e witt isis graeco roman greco classical world history religion mythology

$15.00
xxshp219744

The Heroic Temper: Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy


KNOX, BERNARD M W

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: University of California Press 1964

KEYWORDS: sophocles sophoclean literature ancient greek classics literary history

$16.50
xxshp219748

The Masks of Tragedy: Essays on Six Greek Dramas


ROSENMEYER, THOMAS G

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: University of Texas Press

KEYWORDS: ancient greek classics drama theatre classical literature history

$15.00
xxsik219766

A Woman I Know: Female Spies, Double Identities, and A New Story of the Kennedy Assassination


HAVERSTICK, MARY

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: Scribe 2023

KEYWORDS: female history spying intelligence spy kennedy mary haverstick

$40.00
ak2/21a/22

Henry IV


GIVEN-WILSON, CHRIS

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 590pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sm annotation to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: history Henry iv 4th fourth kings monarchs monarchy English rulers

$62.50
ak2/21a/23

Gracchus Babeuf: The First Revolutionary Communist


ROSE, R B

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + (4) + 434pp, illus, VG (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light rubbing/scuffing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl water staining to top corners of page block) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling, occasional light scuffing & loss to flaps/covers, remnants of prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1978

KEYWORDS: Gracchus Babeuf history politics political communism communist

$50.00
ak2/21a/27

A New Zealand Legal History


SPILLER, PETER & FINN, JEREMY & BOAST, RICHARD & COOKE, The Rt Hon Sir ROBIN (Fore)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige & white lettering to spine, xxxviii + (4) + 308pp, VG- (covers in fully adhesive plastic wrap, moderate to heavy creasing to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Brooker's Ltd 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand law legal history colonialism colonial government governance heritage Maori courts

$120.00
ak3/8a/1

New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force: Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45 (3 Vol Set


THOMPSON, Wing Commander H L

3 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/maps, VG (light fading/tanning to spines, light to moderate scuffing & rubbing to board edges & extrems, occasional patches of paper residue to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1953-59

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official war histories series RAF royal air force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation

$55.00
ak3/8a/2

A Short History of the Arab Peoples


GLUBB, Lieutenant-General Sir JOHN (PASHA, GLUBB)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blule heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 318pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate tanning, heavy fading to lettering on spine- replaced with neat handwritten text, minor soiling, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: first editions Arab people Arabs history anthropology Arabia

$40.00
ak3/8a/3

Fashion & Peversity: A Life of Vivienne Westwood and the Sixties Laid Bare


VERMOREL, FRED

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 245pp, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl adhesive staining to board edges & eps, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in blue felt pen to ffep) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- cover edges likely stained if removed, sl discolouration/fading)

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1996

KEYWORDS: first editions fashion icons designers Vivienne Westwood 60s sixties modern history biography

$120.00
ak3/8a/4

Gabriel's Gully Jubilee: Reminiscences of the Early Gold Mining Days


CONTRIBUTED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF PIONEERS

Super octavo, stapled orange light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 51pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in pencil to inside front cover, minor soiling to title page, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times / Witness Newspapers 1911

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Central Otago Gabriel's Gully gold mining goldmining pioneers history

$40.00
ak3/8a/6

The Ideology of Democratic Athens: Institutions, Orators and the Mythical Past


BARBATO, MATTEO

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xii + 252pp, VG (moderate bruising to base of spine, minor creasinng/curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: ancient Greek history Greece Athens democratic ideology philosophy

$35.00
ak3/8a/8

Polynesian Panthers: The Crucible Years 1971-74


ANAE, MELANI (Ed) & IULI, LAUTOFA (TA) & BURGOYNE, LEILANI

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED, oblong octavo, illus black light card wrappers, white lettering to spine & covers, 143pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters- some pgs detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2006

KEYWORDS: Polynesian Panther Party youth politics political parties New Zealand history activism civil rights first editions signed

$275.00
ak3/8a/10

Nation Making: A Story of New Zealand


FIRTH, J C

FIRST EDITION, DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR to his daughter in 1891 (one of his 12 children), octavo, dusky pink buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 402pp + 16pp catalogue to rear, VG (light tanning/soiling to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, other gift inscription in ink to half title page [author's grand-daughter], moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional minor cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1890

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed first editions J C Firth pioneers early settlers

$42.50
ak3/8a/11

The Australians at the Boer War


WALLACE, R L

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light ornage heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 420pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & foxing to spine, sl staining to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Australian War Memorial / Australian Government Publishing Service 1976

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Boer War Australia Australian

$40.00
ak3/8a/15

Wellington Roll of Honour 1939-1945


EDINGER, GEORGE (Ed & Intro)

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, illus/photos, unpaginated prelims + 249pp, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate bruising to extrems, light fading to rear board, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: R H Johns Ltd (Printer) 1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Wellington roll of honour soldiers servicemen ww2 second 2nd world war two ii

$150.00
ak3/8a/17

Ladder to the Clouds: Intrigue and Tradition in Chinese Rank


JACKSON, BEVERLEY & HUGUS, DAVID

Square imperial octavo, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned/printed eps, frontispiece, x + 310pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, s chafing to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page egdes, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ten Speed Press 1999

KEYWORDS: costume fashion history China Chinese culture customs civil civilian military ranks

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