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Eminent Outlaws: The Gay Writers Who Changed America
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
Art in China
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
Scottish Hazard
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
Daily Life in China: On the Eve of the Mongol Invasion, 1250-1276
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
THE MOHAWK
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
Our Beautiful Homeland: Hereford Chester Oxford Warwick & Leamington
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
A NATION ON TRIAL
AMERICA AND THE WAR OF 1812
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
INDIA AND THE FUTURE OF ASIA
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
WELCOME TO TOMBSTONE
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
THE SIEGE OF NEW ORLEANS
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
THE PROUDEST DAY
MACDONOUGH ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN
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
THE CENTENARY HISTORY OF ROSSALL SCHOOL
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
THE VOICE OF NORWAY
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
GUNS OFF CAPE ANN
THE STORY OF THE SHANNON AND THE CHESAPEAKE
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
THE POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS OF MODERN CHINA
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
THE COURAGE OF FEAR
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
THE DILEMMA OF OUR TIMES
AN HISTORICAL ESSAY
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
OUT OF BARBARISM
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
ACROSS THE NORTH SEA
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
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
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