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$22.50
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Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America


BRAM, CHRISTOPHER

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: Twelve 2012

KEYWORDS: literature gay queer lgbt Tuman Capote Allen Ginsberg Gore Vidal America USA history civil rights social history

$20.00
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Art in China


CUNAS, CRAIG

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: Oxford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: China Chinese art history academia history culture modern ancient painting sculpture

$100.00
3s7/4

Scottish Hazard


PLATTS, BERYL

2 VOL SET. Octavo, red/blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; 191, 155 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; bookplate to fr pastedown; map tipped in as frontis., adhesive reside to ht (vol. 1)); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some curling to edges).

PUBLISHER: Proctor Press 1985

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish Flanders Flemish local history family families history

$19.50
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Daily Life in China: On the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276


GERNET, JACQUES; WRIGHT, H M (transl.)

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: Stanford University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Mongolia Mongol 13th century history

$25.00
1b20/10

THE MOHAWK


HISLOP, CODMAN

Ex-library, Second edition 367pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) VG (sl foxing to page edges, library markings, wear to board edges) in VG- d/w (moderate wear to edges, chipping and small tears, 3cm square section at base of spine with surface loss, spine sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: Rinehart and Co. New York 1948

KEYWORDS: Mohawk River American History New York

$30.60
1a28/34

Our Beautiful Homeland: Hereford Chester Oxford Warwick & Leamington


EDWARDES CHARLES & HOW F.D. & MORLEY GEORGE & HASLEHURST, ERNEST W

64pp ills.col.plates by ernest w.haslehurst(some loose) VG- (decorative binding,cream cloth w.red/green borders and decoration to cover/spine,green lettering to cover/spine,sl.rubbed and stained w.mod.sunning to spine,extremities sl.bumped w.minor wear,dec.eps sl.stained,owner's ink and pencil sign.to blank prelim.,paper separation at title-page gutter,sl.foxing throughout but plates are clean,edges sl.soiled and foxed,sl.cocked/bowed)

PUBLISHER: gresham publishing london (nd)

KEYWORDS: travel geography britain history haslehurst ernest w

$13.94
1h26/18

A NATION ON TRIAL


AMERICA AND THE WAR OF 1812

WHITE, PATRICK C T:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 177pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic, sl sunned spine, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: john wiley & sons new york 1965

KEYWORDS: history america 1812 treaty ghent canada

$11.15
1h26/19

INDIA AND THE FUTURE OF ASIA


SINGH, PATWANT:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 243pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,v sl bruised corners) d/w VG+(in plastic,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1966

KEYWORDS: history india politics

$16.73
1h26/21

WELCOME TO TOMBSTONE


OLSSON, JAN OLOF:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 164pp illus VG+(v sl bumped spine foot) d/w VG+(v sl wear at extremities v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: elek books london 1956

KEYWORDS: history arizona america tombstone hassayamper

$22.30
1h26/13

THE SIEGE OF NEW ORLEANS


BROOKS, CHARLES B:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 334pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,v sl bruised corners) d/w VG(in plastic,sl wear at extremities,sl sunned,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: university of washington press seattle 1961

KEYWORDS: history new orleans america britain war 1815

$19.52
1h26/14

THE PROUDEST DAY


MACDONOUGH ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN

MULLER, CHARLES G:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 373pp EXCELLENT copy d/w VG+(v sl wear/tears at extremities,sl sunned,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: the john day co new york 1960

KEYWORDS: history macdonough champlain america war

$27.89
1h27/1

THE CENTENARY HISTORY OF ROSSALL SCHOOL


FURNESS, W:

bound in burgandy cloth with gilt lettering to spine & gilt stamp to front board 386pp illus VG+(v sl bruised/worn corners,v sl bumped spine head & foot,v sl wear to spine edges, sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: aldershot gale & polden 1945

KEYWORDS: history rossall school

$13.94
1h27/5

THE VOICE OF NORWAY


KOHT, HALVDAN: & SKARD, SIGMUND:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 176pp VG+(v sl bruised corners,v sl bumped spine head & foot,sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: hutchinson & co london 1943

KEYWORDS: history norway

$13.94
1h27/2

GUNS OFF CAPE ANN


THE STORY OF THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE

POOLMAN, KENNETH:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 175pp illus EXCELLENT copy d/w VG+(v sl wear at extremities,v sl sunned spine, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: evans brothers london 1961

KEYWORDS: history war britain america navy shannon chesapeake 1813

$22.30
1h26/23

THE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN CHINA


TUNG, WILLIAM L:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 408pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,v sl bumped spine foot) d/w VG+(in plastic,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: martinus nijhoff the hague 1964

KEYWORDS: history china politics ch'ing yuan shih-k'ai kuomintang mao sino-japanese

$13.94
1h27/24

THE COURAGE OF FEAR


PITT, ROXANNE:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 242pp VG+(v sl bruised upper corners) d/w VG+(v sl wear/tears/chipped at extremities,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: jarrolds london 1957

KEYWORDS: history WWII france agent

$11.15
1h27/25

THE DILEMMA OF OUR TIMES


AN HISTORICAL ESSAY

LASKI, HAROLD J:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 272pp VG+(v sl bruised corners) d/w VG+(v sl wear at extremities,v sl rubbed, v sl sunned)

PUBLISHER: george allen & unwin london 1952

KEYWORDS: history laski

$13.94
1h26/29

OUT OF BARBARISM


STONEHAM, C T:

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 190pp illus EXCELLENT copy d/w VG+(v sl wear/tears at extremities,v sl sunned spine,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: museum press london 1955

KEYWORDS: history kenya

$11.15
1h26/27

ACROSS THE NORTH SEA


MARTIN, A J: & WULFSBERG, F: (EDITORS)

ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 152pp VG+(v sl bruised lower corners/boards) d/w VG+(v sl wear at extremities,v sl sunned spine, v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: h aschehoug & co oslo 1955

KEYWORDS: history vikings norway ibsen

$22.30
1h27/17

MARINE FROM VIRGINIA


LETTERS 1941-1945 DAVID TUCKER BROWN UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE. KILLED IN ACTION ON OKINAWA SHIMA RYUKYU ISLANDS 9 MAY 1916-14 MAY 1945

BROWN, DAVID TUCKER:

second printing ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 105pp VG+(v sl bruised corners) d/w VG+(v sl wear/tears at extremities, v sl foxing,v sl rubbed)

PUBLISHER: university of north carolina press 1947

KEYWORDS: history america WWII

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