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Wanderings in Spain (in Two Volumes)
original blindstamped brown boards, two volume set, gilt motifs and lettering to spines 337pp + 324pp + 8pp adverts G+ (boards rubbed and bruised with closed tear to front board of vol2, small chips and tears to heads and tails, closed tears to top (3cm down) and bottom of spines,fep loose vol one, lacks frontis vol one, frontis loosening vol two, owners details and booksellers label on front pastedowns, modertae foxing throughout) A reasonable set of a very scarce edition
PUBLISHER: parry, blenkarn and co 1847 london
KEYWORDS: spain travel history martin haverty
Race, Colour & Identity in Australia and New Zealand
Super octavo illus light card covers, xiii + 288pp illus VG+ (light rubbing, sl crease to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: unsw press 2000 sydney
KEYWORDS: sociology race relations racism new zealand australia history john docker gerhard fischer
The History of Gothic Fiction
large format illus light card covers ix + 261pp illus FINE
PUBLISHER: edinburgh university press 2007 edinburgh
KEYWORDS: literature specials gothic fiction markman ellis history literary criticism
Icons, Saints and Divas; Initimate Conversations With Women Who Changed the World
large format 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 cost
PUBLISHER: harper collins
KEYWORDS: specials sociology history feminism susan mitchell journalism
The Ways of the Bushwalker On Foot in Australia
large format light card covers xv + 348pp illus VG+
PUBLISHER: unsw press 2007 sydney
KEYWORDS: sport hiking recreation australia melissa harper history
The Transformation of Australia's Population 1970-2030
large format light card covers xi + 302pp diagrams FINE
PUBLISHER: unsw press 2003 sydney
KEYWORDS: australia demographics sociology history science population growth
The Summer Exercises
first edition, large format illus light card covers with french flaps 270pp illus FINE
PUBLISHER: university of western australia press 2008
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition history arts photography ross gibson australia
Cosas De la Colonia ( Details of the Colony)
large format printed boards with library cloth re-inforced spine xxiv + 500pp Ex libris (usual pockets and markings) VG (light rubbing and marking to boards)
PUBLISHER: Fondo Historico y Bibliografico Jose Toribio medina1952 santiago
KEYWORDS: chile history colonies eighteenth century jose toribio medina
The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period
small folio red cloth boards 684pp illus VG+ ( light rubbing and wear to extremities, label removed from right lower front corner, owners details on fep, a couple of light discolouration marks) HEAVY ITEM
PUBLISHER: spring books
KEYWORDS: english antiques furniture history ralph edwards reference
Cockroach
light card covers 200pp illus FINE (still in plastic seal)
PUBLISHER: reaktion books 2004 london
KEYWORDS: natural history science cockroach marion copeland
Life of Vice- Admiral Edmund, Lord Lyons
With an Account of Naval Operations in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff 1854-56
dark blue cloth boards with gilt illustration to front board and gilt lettering to spine xiv + 437pp VG- (moderate wear to extremities, light rubbing, cracking to gutters, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: sampson low, marston and company 1898 london
KEYWORDS: naval maritime history military captain s eardley-wilmot vice-admiral edmund lord lyton black sea sea of azoff
Brett's Colonists' Guide and Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge Being a Compendium of Information by practical Colonists
red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 830pp illus VG+ (very light wear to extremities, light soiling to top edge) in VG+ d/w (spine faded)
PUBLISHER: capper press 1980 christhurch
KEYWORDS: new zealand colonists guide reference history thomson w leys
The Mirror of Britain Series: The Battlement Garden; Britain From the War of the Roses to the Age of Shakespeare
hardcover in dustwrapper (tidy); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch
KEYWORDS: specials history great britain c walter hodges
The Mirror of Britain Series; The Crack in the Teacup; Britain in the 20th Century
hardcover in dustwrapper (tidy); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch
KEYWORDS: history great britain marina warner specials
The Mirror of Britain Series; The House of Hanover; England in the 18th Century
hardcover in dustwrapper (tidy); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch
KEYWORDS: specials history great britain leon garfield
The Plant Hunters
Being an Examination of Collecting With an Account of the Careers & the Methods of a Number of Those who Have Searched the World For Wild Plants
large format 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 cost
PUBLISHER: picador
KEYWORDS: specials science botany natural history tyler whittle
The Shaping of New Zealand
Quarto hardcover (VG) in dustwrapper (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 cost
PUBLISHER: paul hamlyn
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history m h holcroft
Six Men
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 cost
PUBLISHER: penguin
KEYWORDS: history biography alistair cooke journalism
The History, Constitution and Character of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, Considered As a Judicial Tribunal: Especially in Ecclesiastical Cases, With Special Reference to the Right and Duty of its Members to Declare Their Opinions
blindstamped purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine, xv + 162pp + 32pp adverts, adverts on eps, VG+ (light discolouration and wear with darkening to spine, light discolouration and foxing primarily to prelims) INSCRIBED on reverse of fep by author to Sir R E Webster, Attorney General (later Lord Alverstone). Webster was Attorny General of Great Britain from 1885-1900 RARE
PUBLISHER: stevens and sons (1878) london
KEYWORDS: law politics religion history privy council w f finlason signed
Persian Cats
gloss photo illustrated boards; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: t f h publications
KEYWORDS: natural history persian cats pets specials edward e esarde