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xxfqa225989

In Quest of Clocks


ULLYETT, KENNETH

FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-), archival repairs to 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Salisbury Square 1950

KEYWORDS: clocks timepiece timepieces collecting collector watchmaker history

$27.50
xxfqa225990

Watch & Clock Encyclopedia


DE CARLE, DONALD; AYRES, E A (illus.)

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: N. A. G. Press 1976

KEYWORDS: watch watches watchmaker encyclopedia history antiquarian collecting collector

$24.50
xxfma226000

M113 APC 1960-75: US, ARVN, and Australian variants in Vietnam


PRENATT, JAMIE; MORSHEAD, HENRY & SHUMATE, JOHNNY (illus.)

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: Osprey 2017

KEYWORDS: 20th century military history tanks vehicles

$47.50
3m3/27

The Archaeology of Ethnogenesis: Race and Sexuality in Colonial San Francisco (Revised Edition)


VOSS, BARBARA L

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, xlv + 400pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to base of spine, sl creasing/curling to cover corners, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: University Press of Florida 2015

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology anthropology US America US San Francisco colonial history

$40.00
3m3/28

Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels


BAILEY, KENNETH E

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 443pp, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to front wrapper, sl chafing to wrappers, sl soiling & creasing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: IVP Academic / InterVarsity Press 2007

KEYWORDS: religion history gospels Middle East Christianity Jesus cultural cultural studies

$47.50
3m3/29

The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy


WILLIAMS, BERNARD & BURNYEAT, MYLES (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 393pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl soiling to page edges, occasional light pencil markings throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to head of spine, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: history philosophy essays prose Bernard Williams literature

$40.00
3m3/31

A History of Western Philosophy: And its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day


RUSSELL, BERTRAND

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue [faded], xxiii + 895pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to spine/boards & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate fading & rubbing/cracking to spine, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Simon and Schuster N/D (Second Printing)

KEYWORDS: western philosophy literature Bertrand Russell history

$45.00
3m3/35

William Ings: Early Settler & Baptist Layman: A Biography


FRASER, NATALIE C (Written & Published by)

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper, unpaginated prelims + 82pp + footnotes to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to wrappers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Natalie Fraser-Wood 1989

KEYWORDS: signed history New Zealand early settlers pioneers biography biographies memoir William Ings family

$100.00
3m2/1

An Economic History of Modern Britain 1820-1929 (3 Vol Set)


CLAPHAM, Sir J H

3 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, mixed pagination, diagrams & folding maps- all counted & present, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor foxing throughout, occasional light pencil markings/annotations throughout- unobtrusive, occasional light cracking to gutters, moderate cracking to gutters of vol 3- boards a little shaky) in d/w, VG- (all in plastic wrappers- affixed, vols 1 + 3 priceclipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate soiling to spines, generalised moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1950-52

KEYWORDS: Great Britain economics history economic 19th 20th nineteenth twentieth century

$45.00
3m2/4

The Sites of Ancient Greece


GERSTER, GEORG & CARTLEDGE, PAUL (Intro)

Quarto, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (original retailer's price label to rear, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2012

KEYWORDS: ancient history Greece Greek locations sites landscapes photography historical

$45.00
3m2/13

Te Raupatu o Tauranga Moana / The Confiscation of Tauranga Lands: A Report Prepared for the Waitangi Tribunal


STOKES, EVELYN

Scruffy ex-library, quarto, illus light card wrappers, black cloth bound spine, unpaginated prelims + 330pp, illus/photos, G+ (usual library markings, heavy staining & adhesive reinforcement to wrappers, heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to wrapper edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, yellowing ineffective tape reinforcement to front gutter, heavy crack at gutter of preface- binding exposed, moderate creasing to top corners of rear pages, occasional soiling throughout but text remains clear)

PUBLISHER: Univesity of Waikato 1990

KEYWORDS: New Zealand waitangi tribunal land reports Tauranga Maori crown history historical

$45.00
3m2/14

The Founding of Hawke's Bay


WILSON, J G

Quarton, illus heavy boards, frontispiece, 60pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (moderate tanning to boards, moderate tanning & cracking to spine, minor scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate creasing to rear ep, moderate foxing to prelims, moderate creasing & insect damage to folding map)

PUBLISHER: The Daily Telegraph Co Ltd (Printer) N/D (c.1950s?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hawke's Bay early settlers pioneers

$75.00
3m2/17

Sketches from My Life (Third Edition)


PASHA, Admiral HOBART

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & red flag illus to front board, deckled page edges, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 282pp, VG- (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, minor tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, gift inscription to half title page, moderate foxing & soiling sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1887

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir history historical Admiral Hobart Pasha

$100.00
3m2/18

With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War: Personal Experiences and Adventures with Both Armies 1870-1871


RYAN, CHARLES E

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red numerals & red cross motif to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, vii + 368pp, folding maps- not counted presumed all present [no list], VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, top half of front board faded, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate foxing & cracking to gutters throughout

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1896

KEYWORDS: first editions military history medical 19th nineteenth century army Franco-German war

$40.00
3m2/23

The Warthog and the Close Air Support Debate


CAMPBELL, DOUGLAS N

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering to spine, xiv+302pp, illus/photos, VG+ ( minor creasing to spine, light fraying to spine extrems, light chaffing to boards, light foxing & tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w VG+ ( minor creasing to extrems, minor soiling and foxing to interior, minor fading to spine).

PUBLISHER: Naval Insitute Press 2003

KEYWORDS: military aviation aeroplane a-10 warthog tactics history USA America war air support

$40.00
3m2/24

Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life


EILAND, HOWARD & JENNINGS, MICHAEL W

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHEY Super octavo, white light card wrapper, red and black lettering to spine, illus to cover, unpaginated prelims + 755pp, illus/photos, VG+ ( light scuffing to spine extrems, light scuffing and soiling to wrapper, light soiling and chaffing to page edges, light creasing to front wrapper and eps, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughey] in ink to half title page),

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: Walter Benjamin history philosophy Europe critic culture German biography

$90.00
3m2/25

The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword: The Rise and Fall of Russia's Strategic Nuclear Forces, 1945-200


ZAGOLA, STEVEN J

Super octavo, black boards, red gilt lettering to buckram spine, vii+296pp, illus/photos, VG+ ( light chaffing to spine extrems, minor chaffing to boards, light foxing & soiling to page extrems, light foxing to eps) in d/w VG ( fading to spine, minor scuffing and creasing to wrapper, foxing and soiling to interior, previous booksellers scruffy label to rear).

PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution Press 2002

KEYWORDS: war military history USSR Russia nuclear missile warhead cold war USA America Soviet aviation space Kremlin aerospace technology ICBM

$100.00
3m2/29

The Salonika Front


WOOD, WILLIAM T. (painted by) & MANN, A J (described by) & MILNE, LT-GEN SIR GEORGE FRANCIS (forward)

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering on spine, blind stamp canon illus on board, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece with lettered tissue guard, xiii+196pp, 40 illus plates [counted and present], folding map at rear, VG- ( strong fading & tanning to spine with light fraying & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate fading to front board, minor fading & corner scuffing to rear board, moderate tanning and soiling to page edges, minor foxing throughout, previous owners signature in pencil on fep, moderate cracking to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: A & C Black, LTD 1920

KEYWORDS: war wwi ww1 world war one history Europe Balkans Greece Macedonia military

$245.00
3m2/30

The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, From 1865 to His Death, Continued by a Narrative of His Last Moments and Sufferings, Obtained From His Faithful Servants Chumah and Susi


LIVINGSTONE, DAVID & WALLER, HORACE (intro)

2 VOL SET BOARDS DETATCHED FOR VOL I. Super octavo, burgundy buckram boards,gilt lettering and illus to spines, gilt stamped illus to front boards, blind stamp decoration to board edges, frontispiece to both vols, vol 1 xx+360 folding map to rear and rear pocket, vol 2 vii+346pp+20pp ads to rear, illus, G+ ( strong fading & tanning to spines, moderate fraying to spine extrems, moderate soiling and scuffing to boards, moderate soiling and foxing to page edges, minor soiling & fading on eps, light foxing throughout, gift inscription in pen on fep of vol 1 [dated1880], boards detatched on vol 1, cracking to eps gutters on vol 2, minor soiling throughout vol 2)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1875

KEYWORDS: David Livingstone explorer Africa England Britain exploration 19th century Nile natural history

$100.00
3m2/31

My Memoirs by Grand-Admiral Von Tirpitz


VON TIRPITZ, GRAND-ADMIRAL

2 VOLUME SET, FIRST EDITION? Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, 597pp in total, VG ( moderate tanning and fading to spines, moderate scuffing & chipping to spine & board extrems, minor soiling & scuffings to boards, moderate soiling & tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett N/D (circa 1919?)

KEYWORDS: military history wwi ww1 world war one German memoir grand admiral Von Tirpitz navy

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