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$32.50
2f16/22

Norway


Black's Popular Series of Colour Books

HAMMER, S. C & COOPER, A. HEATON (Illus)

First edition, octavo, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind lettering & blind tooling to front board, frontispiece, vii + map + 196pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy damp staining to boards & spine, inscription in ink to fep, foxing & browning throughout) in VG- d/w (bruising & nicks to spine extrems & adges & corners, crease to full length of rear, tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A & C Black Ltd 1928

KEYWORDS: first edition SC Hammer A Heaton Cooper Norway travel tourism history landscape

$50.00
2f16/24

The Travels of Ibn Battuta AD 1325-1354 Volume III (Volume 3)


Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volume 141

GIBB, SIR HAMILTON (Ed)

This volume only, octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt stamped design & blind rule to front board, xi + 539-771pp, illus, nr fine, in VG+ d/w (rubbing & tanning, small ding to front edge, tanning to interior)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: Sir Hamilton Gibb Ibn Battuta history travel biography North Africa Asia Minor Mecca Central Asia India China Muslim countries

$19.50
2f16/25

Dickens


ACKROYD, PETER

First edition, super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, xvi + 1195pp. Illus, nr fine, in VG+ d/w (slight rubbing to front, sticker residue to front)

PUBLISHER: Sinclair Stevenson 1990

KEYWORDS: first edition Peter Ackroyd Charles Dickens biography history literary criticism

$19.50
xxddr48850

The Devil Soldier: The American Soldier of Fortune Who Became a God in China


CARR, CALEB

Paperback octavo (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Random House 1992

KEYWORDS: biography frederick townsend ward military history caleb carr specials

$27.50
xxddr48852

Henry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind


RICHARDSON, ROBERT D. jr

Paperback super 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 cost

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1996

KEYWORDS: henry thoreau biography literary history robert d. richardson jr specials

$18.50
xxcka48874

The Collector: David Douglas and The Natural History of the Northwest


NISBET, JACK

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Sasquatch Books 2009

KEYWORDS: specials jack nisbet david douglas natural history biography scotland nature pacific northwest

$14.00
xxcka48876

Nothing Like a Dame: A Biography of Dame Daphne Purves


ANDERSON, MOLLY

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press Publishers 1988

KEYWORDS: specials dame daphne purves biography molly anderson education dunedin otago new zealand history

$24.50
xxddq48826

Journal of Ensign Best 1837-1843


TAYLOR, NANCY M (Ed) [BEST, ENSIGN]

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: RE Own Government Printer 1966

KEYWORDS: specials Nancy Taylor Ensign Best history diary journal Norfolk Island Australia New Zealand sailor sea voyage

$14.00
xxddq48833

The Banjo of the Bush: The Work, Life and Times of A. B. Paterson


SEMMLER, CLEMENT

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in plastic-covered 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1975

KEYWORDS: specials Clement Semmler Banjo Paterson biography Australia history literary criticism

$25.00
1i28/60

Christianity in a Revolutionary Age: A History of Christianity in the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries


Volume 1 The Nineteenth Century in Europe: Background and the Roman Catholic Phase

LATOURETTE, KENNETH SCOTT

This volume only, super octavo, royal blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, top edges red, xiv + 498pp, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, tanning to front & rear eps, date stamp to front pastedown) in VG d/w (bruising to spine extrems, soiling to front & rear, price clipped, foxing)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1959

KEYWORDS: Kenneth Scott Latourette religion theology history Christianity Roman Catholicism

$25.00
1i28/61

Christianity in a Revolutionary Age: A History of Christianity in the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries


Volume II The Nineteenth Century in Europe: The Protestant and Eastern Churches

LATOURETTE, KENNETH SCOTT

This volume only, super octavo, royal blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, top edges red, ix + 532pp, VG+ (tanning to front & rear eps, date stamp & bookroom stamp to fep) in VG d/w (bruising to spine extrems, soiling to front & rear)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1960

KEYWORDS: Kenneth Scott Latourette religion theology history Christianity Protestant Eastern churches

$25.00
1i28/62

Christianity in a Revolutionary Age: A History of Christianity in the Nineteenth & Twentieth Centuries


Volume III The Nineteenth Century outside Europe 1815-1914: The Americas, Pacific, Asia and Africa

LATOURETTE, KENNETH SCOTT

This volume only, super octavo, royal blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, top edges red, viii + 527pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, tanning to front & rear eps) in VG d/w (bruising to spine extrems, soiling to front & rear, tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1961

KEYWORDS: Kenneth Scott Latourette religion theology history Christianity church Americas Pacific Asia Africa

$30.00
2f17/24

Towards Aotearoa: A Short History of 20th Century New Zealand Art


EGGLETON, DAVID

Oblong imperial octavo, duck egg blue cloth boards with red lettering to spine, red eps, 280pp, illus (101 artworks), fine, in fine d/w

PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: David Eggleton New Zealand art history painting sculpture

$40.00
2f17/26

The Art of War: New Zealand War Artists in the Field 1939-1945


Peter McIntyre, Austen Deans, Allan Barns-Graham, Russell Clark, John McIndoe

HAWORTH, JENNIFER

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Wily Publications 2008

KEYWORDS: Jennifer Haworth New Zealand art artists war warfare history paintings biography Peter McIntyre Austen Deans Allan Barns Graham Russell Clark John McIndoe

$12.50
xxcka48904

Beautiful Ireland - Ulster


GWYNN, STEPHEN & WILLIAMS, ALEXANDER

hardback octavo with 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 cost

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son, Ltd.

KEYWORDS: specials beautiful ireland history paintings ulster

$10.00
xxcka48910

One of the Radziwills


RADZIWILL, MICHAEL

hardback octavo with 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 cost

PUBLISHER: John Murray Ltd.

KEYWORDS: specials poland history radziwill ww2

$22.50
xxcka48915

From Beads to Banknotes: The Story of Money in New Zealand


HARGREAVES, R. P.

hardback octavo with 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 cost

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1972

KEYWORDS: specials hargreaves new zealand history money economy finance

$10.00
xxckb48963

Gills & Jeanne


TOURNIER, MICHEL

paperback (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: Minerva 1989

KEYWORDS: specials michel tournier fables literature history

$14.00
xxckb48976

The Dustbin of History


MARCUS, GREIL

first edition, uncorrected proof copy, paperback (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: Picador 1996

KEYWORDS: specials greil marcus history art culture criticism literature essays

$16.50
xxdds49017

London: The Glamour Years 1919-39


EVERETT, SUSANNE

Quarto (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 cost

PUBLISHER: Bison Books 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Susanne Everett London England 1920s 1930s society history art culture literature

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