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$55.00
1w12a/28

Before Orientalism: London's Theatre of the East 1576-1626


BARBOUR, RICHMOND

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 238pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, v sl foxing to page edges & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: trade history India England Indian English illustrated business drama theatre history

$155.00
2i26b/7

The Tomb of St Peter: The New Discoveries in the Sacred Grottoes of the Vatican


GUARDUCCI, MARGHERITA & MORTON, H. V. (Intro) & McLELLAN, JOSEPH (Trans)

EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 198pp, illus, VG+ (usual but minimal library markings, light discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with hefty tape reinforcements, light chafing with sl surface loss)

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap 1960

KEYWORDS: religion Saint Peter vatican Rome history Christianity biblical history ancient antiquity archaeology archeology illustrated

$45.00
2i37b/26

Gateway to Maniototo: A History of Kyeburn and Kokonga Districts


MACKENZIE, N. S. (Compiled)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, printed eps, 120pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to spine, light creasing, chafing & staining to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: N S Mackenzie n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated Maniototo central Otago Kyeburn Kokonga districts regional history

$300.00
1y7a/41

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (18 Vol Set)


N/A

HEAVY 18 VOLUME SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, blue plastic boards (folders), silver gilt lettering to spines, approx. 12x illus individual issues to each folder, VG (moderate chafing & soiling to boards, spines heavily cocked, light soiling & foxing to some issues)

PUBLISHER: Orbis N/D

KEYWORDS: aviation history military international engineering aircraft history encyclopedia encyclopaedia periodicals

$15.00
xxzcc173560

The Gringo in Latin America


WEST, RICHARD & BULMER, JOHN (Illus)

EX-LIBRARY, sm 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: Jonathan Cape 1967

KEYWORDS: latin America politics geopolitics history anthropology history culture

$50.00
1y17a/32

Folk Literature of the Toba Indians: Volume One


WILBERT, JOHANNES & SIMONEAU, KARIN (Eds)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt motif to front board, xxv + 597pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, boards sl warped, light bruising to board corners) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & creasing to edges & extrems, moderate chafing & light creasing & fading to spine, sl closed tearing to corners)

PUBLISHER: UCLA Latin American Center Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: folk lore literature Toba Indians Latin America American history anthropology history

$20.00
xxekd174334

The Catholic Eastern Churches


ATTWATER, DONALD

EX-LIBRARY, LACKS D/W, super octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: The Bruce Publishing Company 1935

KEYWORDS: catholic churches history rites liturgy byzantine east west religion religious history Alexandrian antiochene Armenian Chaldean monasticism

$15.00
xxele174353

Do You Remember: An Illustrated Account- Historical and Reminiscent- to Commemorate 100 Years of Education in the Helensville District


HAYSMITH, WYNNE

Quarto stapled light card wrappers (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: Helensville Schools Centennial Committee 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Helensville regional history

$15.00
xxepa174452

Rich Dessert's & Captain's Thin: A Family and Their Times 1831-1931


FORSTER, MARGARET

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: Chatto & Windus 2010

KEYWORDS: history nonfiction carr's of carlisle family business history baking

$16.50
xxewf174699

The Friars: The Impact of the Mendicant Orders on Medieval Society


LAWRENCE, C. H.

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: I. B. Tauris 2013

KEYWORDS: friars mendicant medieval society europe history franciscan and dominican orders religion religious history christianity

$20.00
xxrgd175181

Men Who Blazed the Trail: Stories of the Churche's Pioneers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand


DEBENHAM, MARY H.

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: The Society for the Propogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 1926

KEYWORDS: pioneer settler history missionaries colonisation new zealand history religion christian christianity

$27.50
xxrma175401

Whaling in Southern Waters


TOD, FRANK

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Frank Tod 1982

KEYWORDS: whaling maritime history colonial new zealand history aotearoa nz

$20.00
xxrma175415

Medieval Women


POWER, EILEEN: LE ROY LADURIE, EMMANUEL (forew.)

In slipcase. Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in case (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: The Folio Society 2001

KEYWORDS: medieval women women's history womens gender roles in europe european history the folio society

$40.00
1y46b/8

The Maorilander: A Study of William Satchell


WILSON, PHILLIP

OWNERSHIP OF NORTHLAND HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges & flaps, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1961

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors history literature literary biography memoir criticism William Satchell history

$25.00
xxpgi175917

The Anthropology of St. Catherines Island: 1. Natural and Cultural History


Volume 55 : Part 2, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History

THOMAS, DAVID HURST & JONES, GRANT D. & DURHAM, ROGER S. & LARSEN, CLARK SPENCER

Super octavo staped wrappers (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:

KEYWORDS: anthropological papers of the american museum of natural history st catherines island colonisation colonialism natural history flora fauna

$30.00
xxpkl176128

Your Guide to the Old West


CROMIE, ALICE

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: Quadrangle 1977

KEYWORDS: wild west travel guide tour settlements forts museums battlegrounds landmarks relics cowboys history american history usa united states of america

$16.50
xxpof176296

The Iron House: A Memoir of the Chinese Democracy Movement and the Tiananmen Massacre


DUKE, MICHAEL S.

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: Gibbs Smith 1990

KEYWORDS: history memoir biography autobiography tiananmen square massacre chinese communist history democracy movement party

$16.50
xxyaa176354

The Open Empire: A History of China to 1600


HANSEN, VALERIE

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: W.W. Norton & Co. 2000

KEYWORDS: china history chinese premodern early history shang zhou conquest confucius buddhism song dynasty mongols ming

$22.50
xxyab176392

The Sextants of Beijing: Global Currents in Chinese History


WALEY-COHEN, JOANNA

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: W.W. Norton & Company 1999

KEYWORDS: china chinese history western world trade economy silk road jesuits society of jesus missionary missionaries astronomy history of science

$15.00
xxyba176597

The Streets of Hampstead: A New Survey of Their Origins and Names, Their Historic Houses and Notable Residents


WADE, CHRISTOPHER

Oblong super octavo stapled wrappers (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: High Hill Press 1984

KEYWORDS: England English history London Hampstead topography natural history

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