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$22.50
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Experience and Enlightenment: Socialization for Cultural Change in Eighteenth-Century Scotland


CAMIC, CHARLES

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: Edinburgh University Press 1983

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history 18th eighteenth century culture

$17.50
xxqce222737

Richelieu and His Age, Volume III: Power Politics and the Cardinal's Death


BURCKHARDT, CARL J & HOY, BERNARD (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1965

KEYWORDS: politics political history Cardinal Richelieu biography biographies

$17.50
xxqce222740

Richelieu and his Age, Volume II: Assertion of Power and Cold War


BURCKHARDT, CARL J & HOY, BERNARD (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Harcourt Brace & World 1970

KEYWORDS: politics political history Cardinal Richelieu biography biographies

$15.00
xxqce222741

The Three Waves of Globalization: A History of a Developing Global Consciousness


ROBERTSON, ROBBIE

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: Zed Books 2004

KEYWORDS: history politics political theory globalisation globalization

$12.50
xxqch222745

Heroes: Volume II of Mythos


FRY, STEPHEN

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: Penguin 2019

KEYWORDS: classical studies history mythology Stephen Fry ancient Greece Greek

$545.00
3g3/10

The Morioris of Chatham Islands: Memoirs of the Bernice P Bishop Museum Volume IX, Number 1, Bayard Dominick Expedition, Publication Number 4


SKINNER, H D

FIRST EDITION, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to red section of spine, page edges speckled red, 140pp + plates (all present), illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, 3cm closed tear to lower front hinge, light scuffing to boards, edges & spine, light bruising to board corners, light to moderate fading & soiling to boards, light to moderate soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Honolulu, Hawaii, Published by the Museum 1923

KEYWORDS: morioris moriori chatham chathams rekohu archaeology ethnology new zealand history h d skinner otago university academic

$40.00
3g3/13

The Sheep and Wool Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks 1781-1820


CARTER, HAROLD B (ed)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxx + 641pp, illus, VG+ (slight scuffing to edges & spine, slight soiling & chafing to boards, slight foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, light foxing, soiling & chafing to jacket)

PUBLISHER: The Library Council of New South Wales in Association with the British Museum (Natural History) 1979

KEYWORDS: sheep wool joseph banks botanist colonist correspondence new zealand history

$40.00
3g3/17

The People of the Sea: The Maritime Dimension of Pacific Island History


D'ARCY, PAUL

WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED PHD THESIS, LATER PUBLISHED AS BOOK OF THE SAME TITLE, quarto, royal blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 335pp, illus, Nr FINE, (v sl foxing to page edges, v sl bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: A Thesis Submitted for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy of The Australian National University, March 2001

KEYWORDS: phd thesis paul d'arcy pacific island history polynesia maritime marine

$60.00
3g3/19

A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean 1796-1798


WILSON, JAMES & MOSCHNER, IRMGARD (intro)

FACSIMILE EDITION WITH FOLDING MAPS TO REAR, super octavo, white heavy boards, black text to spine, xix + 420pp, illus/maps (all present), VG+ (slight bruising to spine, light soiling to board edges, upper page edges moderately foxed) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, slight soiling to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Fruhe Reisen Und Seefahrten in Originalberichten Band 5, Akademische Druck Austria 1966

KEYWORDS: james wilson missionary missionaries south seas pacific polynesia christianity history colonisation

$100.00
3g3/20

Documents on Germany Under Occupation 1945 - 1954


VON OPPEN, BEATE RUHM

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 660pp, folding map to rear, VG+ (slight bruising & scuffing to spine & board corners, light to moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, boards slightly warped) in d/w VG- (light chipping & creasing to edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1955

KEYWORDS: occupied germany under occupation beate ruhm van oppen history post world war two second ii historic documents

$40.00
3g3/23

The Eastern Schism: A Study of the Papacy and the Eastern Churches During the XIth [11th] and XIIth [12th] centuries


RUNCIMAN, STEVEN

Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower edges, vii + 189pp, VG+ (v slight scuffing to edges of spine, v slight foxing to upper page edges, slight tanning to page edges, moderate soiling to fep & rep) in d/w VG+ (light tanning & soiling to jacket, v slight creasing to edges of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: eastern great schism papacy eastern churches eleventh twelth century christian history steven runciman

$40.00
3g3/24

The Congress of Arras 1435: A Study in Medieval Diplomacy


GLEDHILL DICKINSON, JOYCELYNE

Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 266pp, VG+ (v slight foxing to upper page edges, slight tanning to page edges, moderate soiling to fep & rep) in d/w VG+ (slight tanning & soiling to jacket, v slight creasing to edges of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: congress of arras joycelyne gledhill dickinson medieval diplomacy european history fifteenth century

$125.00
3g3/25

The Journal of William Lockerby: Sandalwood Trader in the Fijian Islands During the Years 1808 - 1809 with an Introduction & Other Papers Connected with the Earliest European Visitors to the Islands


PATTERSON, SAMUEL & SIDDON, RICHARD & LOCKERBY, WILLIAM & THURN, EVERARD IM (ed) & WHARTON, LEONARD C (ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, blind stamped border & gilt stamped ship decoration to boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled edges, cxi + 249pp, frontispiece, 3x folding maps to rear pocket (all complete) VG+ (slight brusing & scuffing to board edges & spine, v slight foxing & tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & soiling to pastedowns, fep/rep & half title page, previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: The Haklyut Society Second Series No. LII Issued for 1922

KEYWORDS: first edition haklyut society william lockerby sandalwood trader trade fiji fijian islands nineteenth century polynesian history

$45.00
3g3/26

The Crisis of the Twelth Century: Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government


BISSON, THOMAS N

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxviii + 677pp, illus, Nr FINE (slight bruising to board edges, v slight soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to corners, light soiling tanning & fading to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: twelth century thomas n bisson european politics political history analysis power lordship

$110.00
3g3/28

Memoir of the Life and Episcopate of George Augustus Selwyn: Bishop of New Zealand 1841-1869; Bishop of Lichfield 1867-1878 [in two volumes]


TUCKER, H W

IN TWO VOLUMES, REBOUND FOR LIBRARY USE, super octavo, black leather binding, gilt ruled border to boards, gilt stamped decoration to boards, gilt decoration, leather raised bands & gilt lettering to spines, all page edges marbled, marbled eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, varied illustration maps/lithographs/charts/facsimile journal pages, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to boards, edges & spines, moderate scuffing and cracking to hinges (secure), light soiling & fading to boards, edges & spines, sporadic slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Wells Gardner 1879

KEYWORDS: archbishop bishop of new zealand george augustus selwyn anglican new zealand history

$60.00
3g3/29

Our New Zealand Cousins


INGLIS, JAMES

INSCRIBED WITH THE AUTHOR'S COMPLIMENTS, small octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to boards & spine, gilt bands to spine, illus eps, xii + 311pp + 32ads, VG (light brusing to boards & spine, v slight scuffing to edges of boards, light to moderate foxing to page edges & ads to rear, heavy tanning to fep & half title page, previous owner's name in ink to pastedown & fep, previous bookseller's label to pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington 1887

KEYWORDS: james inglis travelogue new zealand aotearoa travel writing colonial history

$40.00
3g2/4

Festivals of the Athenians


PARKE, H W

Octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt publishers stamp to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to edges of boards & spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pastedowns, prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate to heavy tanning & fading to jacket, 2cm open tear to front corner of jacket, slight scuffing to edges of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1977

KEYWORDS: ancient greek athenian athens religion religious history classical h w parke

$40.00
3g2/5

The Saga of Themistocles


LENARDON, ROBERT J

Octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt publishers stamp to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 248pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to edges of boards & spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pastedowns, prelims/terminals & page edges, diagonal section cut from fep with remnant of previous owner's name in ink) in d/w VG (moderate tanning & fading to jacket, light soiling to jacket, slight scuffing to edges of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1978

KEYWORDS: ancient greek themistocles robert j lenardon grecian history classical

$40.00
3g2/6

Greek and Roman Voting and Elections


STAVELY, E S

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt publishers stamp to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 271pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to edges of boards & spine, light tanning & soiling to pastedowns, prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w VG (light tanning & fading to jacket, light soiling to jacket, slight scuffing to edges of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1982

KEYWORDS: ancient greek history classical grecian political politics voting elections

$200.00
3g2/9

The Nuremberg Chronicle: A Facsimile of Hartmann Schedel's Buch der Chroniken


SCHEDEL, HARTMANN & KOBERGER, ANTON (printed by)

Folio, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to black section on front board & spine, unpaginated prelims + 289pp, extensively illus/maps/diagrams, VG+ (v slight scuffing to board corners & spine, light to moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, v slight chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Landmark Press 1979

KEYWORDS: nuremberg chronicles german european history fifteenth century hartmann schedel anton koeberger

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