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$16.50
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The Age of Empathy; Nature's Lessons for a Kinder Society


DE WAAL, FRANS

Hardcover octavo (near fine) d/w (near fine); 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: Souvenir Press 2010

KEYWORDS: natural history sociology anthropology Frans de Waal specials

$15.00
xxbfc28735

Caen; Anvil of Victory


MCKEE, ALEXANDER

Softcover octavo (near fine); 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: Souvenir Press 2000

KEYWORDS: history WWII France Caen Alexander McKee specials

$15.00
xxbfa28716

A Tree Without Roots; The Guide to Tracing British, African and Asian Caribbean Ancestry


CROOKS, PAUL

Softcover octavo (near fine); 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: Arcadia 2008

KEYWORDS: history sociology anthropology genealogy ancestry Paul Crooks specials

$14.00
xxbfe28824

Outwitting History: How a Young Man Rescued a Million Books and Saved a Vanishing Civilisation


LANSKY, AARON

First British edition hardcover octavo (fine) d/w (fine); 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: Souvenir Press 2005

KEYWORDS: history yiddish jewish cultural studies autobiography aaron lansky specials

$95.00
1j34/51

The Gaoler


LOCKE, ELSIE

first edition octavo speckled yellow/orange boards, illus eps, 233pp, illus, VG+ (sl cocked, light owners signature to half-title) in VG d/w (light soiling, fading and rubbing) UNCOMMON

PUBLISHER: dunmore press 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand history elsie locke dunedin

$45.00
xxbff28843

Crime, Gender and Social Order in Early Modern England


WALKER, GARTHINE

Hardcover octavo (fine) 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: Cambridge University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: england history gender studies sociology criminology garthine walker specials

$25.00
xxbff28844

Power in the Blood: Popular Culture & Village Discourse in Early Modern Germany


SABEAN, DAVID WARREN

Hardcover octavo (near fine) 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: Cambridge University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: germany history sociology david warren sabean specials

$14.50
xxbff28847

Women in Stuart England and America: A Comparative Study


THOMPSON, ROGER

Softcover octavo (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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1978

KEYWORDS: women's studies stuart england america history sociology roger thompson specials

$12.50
xxbff28848

Popular Disturbances in England 1700 - 1870


STEVENSON, JOHN

Softcover octavo (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: Longman 1979

KEYWORDS: england history sociology specials john stevenson

$27.50
xxbff28849

Gentility and the Comic Theatre of Late Stuart London


DAWSON, MARK S.

Hardcover octavo (fine) d/w (near fine); 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: Cambridge University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: history stuart england london theatre drama specials mark s. dawson

$9.00
xxbff28864

Wingless Victory: The Story of Sir Basil Embry's Escape from Occupied France in the Summer of 1940


RICHARDSON, ANTHONY

Paperback octavo (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: Pan Books 1956

KEYWORDS: second world war military history sir basil embry france anthony richardson specials

$125.00
1j35/2

Engines of War; Or Historical and experimental Observations on Ancient and Modern Warlike Machines and Implements, Including the Manufacture of Guns, Gunpowder and Swords


WILKINSON, HENRY

first edition octavo green cloth boards with blindrule and gilt lettering to spine, viii + 268pp + 16pp adverts, VG (rebacked using original binding, new eps with bookseller label and owner bookplate to front pastedown, light tanning and wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: longamn orme brown green and longmans 1841

KEYWORDS: military history weapons antiques guns swords henry wilkinson

$95.00
1j35/4

The Pursuivant of Arms, or, Heraldry Founded Upon Facts


PLANCHE, J R

new edition octavo brown cloth boards with black rule and gilt lettering to spine and cover, a.e.g, xi + 220pp, illus in text and colour frontis, VG ( sl fraying to spine edges with minor seperation, sl tanning)

PUBLISHER: robert hardwicke (1884)

KEYWORDS: history heraldry art j r planche

$165.00
1j35/8

British Field Sports Embracing Practical Instructions in Shooting Hunting Coursing Racing Cocking Fishing & c, With Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses; Also the Management of


SCOTT, WILLIAM HENRY

octavo marbled boards in three quarter brown leather with gilt lettering and rule, 615pp + 1pp advert, illus incl scarce engravers title page (33 plates + frontis + engravers title). VG (lmoderate tanning/foxing, previous owner name to engraving page, new eps) A lovingly and tastefully rebound copy

PUBLISHER: sherwood neely and jones 1818

KEYWORDS: sport hunting weapons antiques history fishing william henry scott guns

$8.00
xxbgc28982

Nuclear Weapons


BERZINS, OTTO

Paperback octavo (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: Pan Books Ltd 1966

KEYWORDS: nuclear weaponry history protection civil defence otto berzin specials

$450.00
1j35/14gc

The Hunting Grounds of the Old World; First series


LEVESON, H A ( The Old Shekarry)

first edition octavo green cloth boards with blindstamping and gilt lettering and tiger motif, xii + 520pp + 8pp adverts, illus, VG- ( rubbing and wear particularly to head and tail of spine, gutters weak, binding a little sloppy, light foxing to prelims) ASSOCIATION COPY inscribed and SIGNED by author to Ben Holladay (the stagecoach king)

PUBLISHER: saunders otley 1860

KEYWORDS: history travel hunting sport h a leveson ben holladay signed

$50.00
1j35/16

Sport in England; Past and Present


HARTOPP, Colonel E C C

first edition octavo green buckram with silver lettering and black and red printed bands, patterned eps, vii + 190pp, illus, VG (light wear and rubbing, heavy tanning to eps, bookplate of Thomas Parkin to front pastedwon and his signature and address to ep)

PUBLISHER: horace cox 1894

KEYWORDS: history sport hunting england colonel e c c hartopp

$8.00
xxbgc29025

Hostages at Colditz


ROMILLY, G. & ALEXANDER, M.

paperback octavo (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: sphere

KEYWORDS: specials history warfare military

$12.00
xxbgc29032

Revolutions: A Comparative Study - From Cromwell to Castro


KAPLAN, LAWRENCE (ed.)

paperback octavo (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: vintage

KEYWORDS: specials revolution politics communism sociology history

$95.00
1j35/23

The Revolver 1889-1914


TAYLERSON, A W F

first edition octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 324pp, illus VG+ in VG+ d/w

PUBLISHER: crown publishing 1971

KEYWORDS: history antiques revolvers guns pistols military firearms a w f taylerson

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