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A Documentary History of England Volume One (1066 - 1540)
paperback; 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: pelican
KEYWORDS: history specials j j bagley p b rowley england
The Long Walks
first edition 271pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (brown cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1969
KEYWORDS: travel geography history bradnum
A Mexican Journey
ex-lib.first edition 280pp ills.[b/w] GOOD (brown cloth w.black/yellow dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled w.lib.label to top board,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual lib.stamps and labels,few loose plates,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: crowell new york 1912
KEYWORDS: geography history mexico blichfeldt
The International Sherlock Holmes
first edition 621pp NEAR FINE (brown cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,4cm tear to foot of front cover) heavy item
PUBLISHER: archon books hamden 1980
KEYWORDS: literature history sherlock holmes de waal
A Narrative of the Persecution of Hippolyto Joseph Da Costa Pereira Furtado De Mendonca [2 volumes]
first edition 2 vols.[344/xxviii+344pp] [b/w frontis.portrait to vol.1] VERY GOOD (early marbled paper boards rebacked w.tan calf,boards rubbed and soiled,gilt bands to spines w.gilt-on-tan leather title label to spines,mod wear and chipping to extrems.w.corners rounded,eps strengthened at gutters,red pencil numbers to ffeps,upper corner of ffep in both vols has been clipped,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,offsetting from portrait to title page of vol.1.,contents tight) scarce set
PUBLISHER: printed and sold by w.lewis london 1811
KEYWORDS: freemasonry history biography mendonca costa pereira furtado
The Carafas of Maddaloni: Naples under Spanish Dominion
first edition thus [Bohn's Standard Library] 465pp+catalogue [b/w frontis.] VERY GOOD- (dk.blue embossed cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: henry bohn london 1879
KEYWORDS: history geography politics de reumont carafas maddaloni
The Memoirs of Philip De Commines, Lord of Argenton [2 volumes]
first edition thus [Bohn's French Memoirs] 2 vols.399/444pp [b/w frontis.to both vols.] GOOD+ (blue embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,content edges blackened perhaps by smoke damage,spines shaky)
PUBLISHER: bohn london 1855/1856
KEYWORDS: history biography commines scoble
History of the House of Austria [4 volumes]
reprints [Bohn's Standard Library] 4 vols.528/522/592/468pp VERY GOOD- (dk.green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) 3 vols.+ supplementary volume
PUBLISHER: bohn london 1854//1864/1853
KEYWORDS: history austria geography coxe
Genesis; The Origins of Man and the Universe
paperback; 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: oxford university press
KEYWORDS: specials anthropology history science john gribben
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail
paperback (a bit tired, but sound); 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: corgi books
KEYWORDS: specials theology christianity templars religion sociology history michael baigent richard leigh henry lincoln
Letters to My Boys
first edition 395pp [b/w frontis.] GOOD (blue cloth,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: gay and bird london 1906
KEYWORDS: biography history boucaut
History of the United Netherlands [4 volumes]
first edition 4 vols.532/563/599/632pp [b/w frontis.to each vol.] GOOD (burgundy cloth w.blind borders and gilt stamp to top boards,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,some sl.foxing to contents) heavy set
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1860-1867
KEYWORDS: geography history netherlands motley
Colonial Experiences
first edition thus 286pp FINE in VERY GOOD+ (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1974
KEYWORDS: new zealand history otago alexander bathgate
Endeavour Winning the Whitbread
first edition numbered/limited [14/100] signed by both authors 176pp ills.[col.] NEAR FINE (lower edges of a few pages lightly stuck together,author's signed limited edition plate mounted on ffep verso) in NEAR FINE slipcase (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: hodder & stoughton auckland 1994
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history endeavour grant dalton glen sowry whitbread
The Homeland of English Authors
first edition 248pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,price hole to spine,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1927
KEYWORDS: history geography literature england rann
Gossip About Dr. Johnson and Others
ex-lib.first edition 238pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,usual lib.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: eveleigh nash and grayson london 1926
KEYWORDS: johnson literature biography history skrine
Captain Medwin Friend of Byron and Shelley
first edition 348pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed spine,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,internal/external tape reinforcing to upper/lower edges,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: macdonald london 1963
KEYWORDS: literature biography history byron shelley medwin lovell
The Surrender and Occupation of Japan
first edition [volume ii of Documents on New Zealand External Relations] 1782pp VG+ (blue cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.soiling to extrems., in plastic covering with adhesive strips)
PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1982
KEYWORDS: new zealand politics history japan military kay
A Revised Edition of The Law of Tonga
first edition thus 834pp VERY GOOD+ (brown cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: coulls somerville wilkie dunedin 1951
KEYWORDS: law history politics tonga thomson
Island Volcano White Island, or Whakaari, New Zealand
first edition inscribed by author 211pp ills.[b/w and col.] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to half-title verso,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: collins auckland 1973
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history white island signed parham