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$8.50
xxemc57984

The Waning of the Middle Ages


A Study on the Forms of Life, Thought, and Art in France and the Netherlands in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

HUIZINGA, J.

Ex-library 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1990

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials J. Huizinga history Middle Ages Europe philosophy art

$9.00
xxemd57994

The Wreck of the H.M.S. Orpheus


New Zealand's Worst Sea Disaster

HETHERINGTON, ROY M.

Ex-library Hardcover super octavo (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: Cassell New Zealand 1975

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Roy M. Hetherington New Zealand maritime history chronicle shipwreck

$10.00
xxemd57999

The Western Invasions of the Pacific and its Continents


A Study of Moving Frontiers and Changing Landscapes 1513-1958

PRICE, A, GRENFELL

Ex-library Hardcover super octavo (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: Oxford University Press 1963

KEYWORDS: ex-library A. Grenfell Price history Pacific Islands geology anthropology politics security colonization

$8.50
xxemd58001

Beneath the House Flag of the P&O


PADFIELD, PETER

Ex-library Hardcover super octavo (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: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd 1981

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Peter Padfield maritime history seafarers Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

$25.00
xxemd58004

Tchaikovsky: The Final Years 1885-1893


BROWN, DAVID

Ex-library Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1991

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials David Brown biograhy Tchaikovsky classical music history

$12.50
xxemd58005

The Underground Press in America


GLESSING, ROBERT J.

Ex-library Hardcover super octavo (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: Indiana University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Robert J. Glessing American history underground publication social role politics

$24.50
xxemd58007

Mediterranean Island Railways


Railway Histories of the World

KALLA-BISHOP, P.M.

Ex-library Hardcover super octavo (VG-) in d/w (G) ; 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: David & Charles (Publishers) Limited 1970

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials P.M. Kalla-Bishop transport trains locomotives Mediterranean Island railways history

$17.50
xxemd58010

Greek Art


BOARDMAN, JOHN

Hardcover super octavo (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: Thames and Hudson 1965

KEYWORDS: specials John Boardman Greek art history Greece Egypt architecture sculpture trends

$18.50
xxemd58012

The Settle to Carlisle


A Tribute

SIVITER, ROGER

Hardcover 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: Bloomsbury Books 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Roger Siviter transport railways train locomotives history Carlisle

$15.00
xxemd58019

British Railway History


An Outline from the Accession of William IV to the Nationalisation of Railways: 1877-1947

ELLIS, HAMILTON

Ex-library hardcover imperial octavo (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: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1959

KEYWORDS: ex-library Hamilton Ellis transport locomotive trains British Railway history

$22.50
xxemd58024

Thou Art Peter


A History of Roman Catholic Doctrine and Practice

SMITH, A.D. HOWELL

First edition Hardcover super octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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: C.A. Watts & Co., Limited 1950

KEYWORDS: first editions specials A.D. Howell Smith religion religious history Roman Catholic Catholicism

$15.00
xxemd58027

The European Peasantry


The Final Phase

FRANKLIN, S.H.

Hardcover super octavo (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: Methuen & Co, Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: specials S.H. Franklin European history peasantry Germany France Italy Poland Yugoslavia

$14.00
xxemd58036

Towns in Roman Britain


BENNETT, JULIAN

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Shire Publications Ltd 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Julian Bennett archaeology Roman Empire Roman Britain ancient history societal development cultural impact

$18.50
xxemd58041

The Persian Empire


COOK, J.M.

Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Book Club Associates 1983

KEYWORDS: specials J.M. Cook ancient history Persia Persian Empire

$12.50
xxemd58043

The Zealots of Masada


PEARLMAN, MOSHE

First edition Hardcover super octavo (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: Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Moshe Pearlman ancient history Zeaot Masada mass suicide Roman siege Herod the Great archaeology

$25.00
2g31/11

The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire


GLOVER, T. R.

Super octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind lettering to front board, iii + 359pp, VG- (bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing to boards, paper to gutters split but intact, binding sloppy, heavy browning to eps, booksellers' label to front pastedown & stamp to fep, two owners' names in ink & crossed out to fep, foxing & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co1919

KEYWORDS: TR Glover religion history Roman empire stoics plutarch Jesus Christianity Judaism Jews Celsus Tertullian

$32.50
2g31/22

Steam in Europe


WHITEHOUSE, P. B.

Quarto, brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 198pp, illus, VG+ (slight staining to boards edges, soiling to eps, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG- (damage & staining from black tape to plastic cover, foxing internally)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Ltd 1966

KEYWORDS: PB Whitehouse Europe railways transport steam engines locomotioves trains photographic pictorial history Ireland Britain Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Poland Russia Turkey Greece Bulgaria Yugoslovia Rumania Czechoslovakia Austria Italy Switzerland Germany

$35.00
2g31/24

Straphangers and Grippers: The Ups and Downs of the Mornington Cable-car System 1883 to 1957


CAMPBELL, BILL & HARGREAVES, RAY

Signed by both authors, imperial octavo, illus yellow light card covers, 120pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1994

KEYWORDS: Bill Campbell Ray Hargreaves New Zealand Dunedin Mornington passenger transport cable cars cablecars engineering construction history

$27.50
2g31/26

Over the Garden Wall The Story of the Otago Central Railway


Second Edition

DANGERFIELD, J. A. & EMERSON, G. W.

Octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, printed eps, 60pp, illus, VG (slight rubbing to covers, crease to rear cover lower corner)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society 1967

KEYWORDS: JA Dangerfield GW Emerson New Zealand Central Otago railways trains locomotives steam engines history Wingatui Middlemarch Ranfurly Omakau Alexandra Cromwell Taeri Gorge

$30.00
2g31/27

British Steam Railways


NOCK, O. S.

First edition, signed & dated by author, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 326pp, illus with 8 colour plates & 94 photographs, VG+ (browning to eps, bookseller's stamp to fep, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, bruising & staining to edges)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1961

KEYWORDS: first edition OS Nock Britain British railways trains transport steam engines locomotives enineering carriages stations architecture signals history

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