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Exemplary Justice
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: George G Harrap & Co 1976
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapees war crimes Stalag Luft III
An Aide-de-Camp of Napoleon: Memoirs of General Count de Segur
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: Worley Publications 1995
KEYWORDS: history Napoleonic war Napoleon memoir biography General Count de Segur
Annales Gandenses / Annals of Ghent
DUAL ENGLISH LATIN TEXT, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red - faded, xxix + pgs1-100 dual pagination + pgs101-105 index, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems, sl chafing/rubbing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, ligh tto moderate tanning & soiling to spine, other general moderate soiling also)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1951
KEYWORDS: DUAL ENGLISH LATIN TEXT Nelson's medieval classics series annals Ghent history historical battle of courtrai Hilda Johnston
The Shipbuilding Industry of Germany
Sm folio, grey buckram boards, blank spine with red lettering & coloured illus to front board, printed/patterned eps, unpaginated prelims + 187pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising & cracking/scuffing to head of spine- boards a little shaky, moderate bruising & scuffing to other extrems, moderate to heavy staining/soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, 7cm closed tear & prev. owner's ink stamp to full title page, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, light tanning & foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Crosby, Lockwood & Son 1904
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history shipbuildings design engineering German Germany industry
Bismarck and the Hohenzollern Candidature for the Spanish Throne: The Documents in the German Diplomatic Archives
Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 312pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine, other minor soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1957
KEYWORDS: history Spain Spanish rulers Franco-Prussian war Hohenzollern Prince conflict
Memoirs; With a Full Account of the Great Malaria Problem and its Solution
Ex-library, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 547pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & other pencil markings to rear pastedown, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1923
KEYWORDS: history medical diseases malaria General Sir Campbell Claye Grant Ross
No Bath But Plenty of Bubbles: An Oral History of the Gay Liberation Front, 1970-73
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, x + 340pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1995
KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay rights movements Gay Liberation Front 70s seventies 1970s history lesbian homosexuality
The Mother of all Departments: The History of the Department of Internal Affairs
Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, green lettering to spine, 312pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, library reinforcement to front & rear gutters, text block clean)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand government agencies DIA Department of Internal Affairs history
Trotsky: Towards October 1879-1917 ; The Sword of the Revolution 1917-1923 ; Fighting the Rising Stalinist Bureaucracy 1923-1927 ; The Darker the Night the Brighter the Star 1927-1940 (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, octavo, illus coloured light card wrappers, white lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG (light to moderate fading & creasing to spines, moderate creasing to covers/edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, varying degrees of foxing throughout- mostly quite light)
PUBLISHER: Bookmarks 1989-93
KEYWORDS: Leon Trotsky revolution Russia Soviet Union history
Jan Tschichold: Master Typographer: His Life, Work & Legacy
Sm folio, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp motif to front board, 351pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to boards & spine, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2008
KEYWORDS: typography typographers Jan Tschichold biography memoir biographies printing history
Modern Painters: The Camden Town Group
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white & yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing/peeling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Tate Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: art artists history Camden Town Group
Winding Up the British Empire in the Pacific Islands
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 278pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British empire history government Pacific Islands independence colonialism
Chagall: The Russian Years 1907-1922
Sm folio, black cloth boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, 376pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine, sl creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1989
KEYWORDS: Marc Chagall art artists painters history Russia Russian years
Andrei Mylnikov
Quarto, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, frontispiece, 176pp, illus, VG (light to moderte bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & wrinkling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, rear pastedown partially peeling from board, prev. bookseller's label to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Aurora Art Publishers 1977
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian art artists Andrei Mylnikov history
Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, illus prelims, 190pp, illus, Near FINE (sl rubbin to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: art artists modernism modernists Joself Albers Laszlo Moholy-Nagy Bauhaus history
Cent ans de Mission: L'Eglise Catholique au Vanuatu 1887-1987
TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside front cover, 133pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate chafing & light soiling/creasing to covers/edges, sm patch of adhesive label residue to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH religion religious history catholic Vanuatu church missionaries centenary centennial
The Discovery of Australia: A Critical, Documentary and Historic Investigation Concerning the Priority of Discovery in Australasia by Europeans Before the Arrival of Lieut. James Cook in the Endeavour in the Year 1770
FIRST EDITION, quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt illus to front board, deckled page edges, xv + 376pp, illus/maps, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edgeslight cracking to front & rear gutter, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occaisonal light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hayes Brothers 1895
KEYWORDS: first editions history exploration maritime voyages Australasia Europeans
Captain Francis Crozier: Last Man Standing?
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 242pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine area)
PUBLISHER: The Collins Press 2006
KEYWORDS: history exploration maritime voyages Captain Francis Crozier discovery polar regions North West Passage
The War Diary of the Emperor Frederick III 1870-1871
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 355pp, illus, VG (light fading/tanning to spine, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, sl tanning & soiling to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1927
KEYWORDS: war history diaries journals 19th nineteenth century Emperor Frederick III Prussia
Empire & Commonwealth: Studies in Governance and Self-Government in Canada
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, xxi + 385pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, other light general tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1929
KEYWORDS: Canada commonwealth politics political history British Empire colonialism