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The Second Krishnamurti Reader
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Penguin Arkana 1991
KEYWORDS: specials krishnamurti spirituality religion politics history society mary lutyens
The Architect of the Roman Empire
First edition, super octavo, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule to boards, xvi + fold-out map + 285pp, illus with fold-out maps, VG+ (v slight fading to spine extrems, tanning to eps, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (archival tape repair on interior to full-length tear to spine/front join, bruising & nicks to spine extrems & edges & corners, browning)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1928
KEYWORDS: first edition T Rice Holmes Rome Roman Empire history Cicero Antony Cleopatra Brutus Cassius
Bring Larks and Heroes
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Thomas Keneally literature novel penal colony history
the Lost Letters of Aquitaine
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Judith Koll Healy literature history England
The World as It Was, 1865-1921: A Photographic Portrait from the Keystone-Mast Collection
Foreword By Paul Theroux
Quarto, beige heavy card boards with gilt lettering to maroon cloth spine, 220pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, v slight tanning to internal edges)
PUBLISHER: Summit Books 1980
KEYWORDS: Margarett Loke Paul Theroux photography photographic portrait pictorial history stereographs
England's Greatness: Its Rise and Progress in Government, Laws, Religion, and Social Life; Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures; Science, Literature, and the Arts
from the Earliest Period to the Peace of Paris
Re-bound with new eps, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 815pp, VG+ (foxing)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts 1856
KEYWORDS: John Wade England history Western British civilisation politics government religion agriculture industry society language literature
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal: Chronicles of the Cut
Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 392pp, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Brewin Books 2005
KEYWORDS: Reverend Alan White Worcester Birmingham canal transport history engineering locks Edgbaston Selly Oak Kings Norton West Hill tunnel Hopwood Alvechurch
It Changed My Life
Writings on the Women's Movement
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing Co., Inc. 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Betty Friedan politics history biography memoir social movement womens movement feminism
The Attic Theatre
A Description of the stage and the theatre of the Athenians, and of the dramatic performances at Athens
Hardcover imperial 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press undated
KEYWORDS: specials A.E. Haigh history classical studies Athenian theatre drama performance Athens Greece
The Structure of Medieval Society
Ex-library softcover 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1971
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Christopher Brooke medieval history social anthropoogy culture medieval studies Middle Ages
A History of The Roman World from 146 to 30 BC
Revised with additional notes by HH Scullard
Super octavo, illus light card covers, xi + folding map + 472pp, VG+ (reading crease to front cover, rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1971
KEYWORDS: Frank Burr Marsh HH Scullard ancient history Rome Roman Empire
Slavery
Greek & Roman Topics
Ex-library Softcover imperial octavo (G) staple bound ; 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: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1975
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Kenneth Hughes history classical studies slavery Greece Rome societal structures Athens Sparta
An Introduction to Homer
Softcover 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: specials W.A. Camps Homer classical studies history classical literature literary analysis
Athenian Democracy
Inside the Ancient World
ex-library Softcover super octavo (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Education Ltd 1983
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Robin Barrow classical studies classical history politics Athens Athenian democracy social structure societal laws philosophy
Herodotus: Four Volumes Bound as Two
Herodotus Alikarnesseos 'Istorion Logoith. Epigraphomenoi Mousai, Textum Adnotationibus Wesselingii et Valckenarii Aliorumque et Suis illustravit Johannes Schweighaeuser
Four volumes bound as two, super octavo, half bound, grey cloth boards with gilt bands & gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine, marbled eps, marbled page edges, lii + 368pp + 392pp + 56pp index (vols 1&2), 500pp + 500pp (vols 3&4), VG (rubbing to spine & boards, bruising to spine exxtrems & board edges & corners, library presentation label to fep verso, library stamp to eps, owners' names in ink x 2 or 3, slight soiling to some pages' upper edges, light foxing) TEXT IN GREEK & LATIN
PUBLISHER: Andreas et Jacobus Duncan 1818-1820
KEYWORDS: Johannes Schweighaeuser Herodotus ancient Greece classics classical Greek history literature TEXT IN GREEK & LATIN
Pictured Palestine
With Eighty Illustrations by James Clark, Henry A Harper and Other Artists
Super octavo, blue/grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & black illus to front board, black eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 322pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems & board edges & corners, soiling spots to boards, owner's name & address in ink to prelims, heavy foxing to prelims & tissue guard, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: James Nisbet & Co 1893
KEYWORDS: James Neil James Clark Henry Harper Palestine Jerusalem history pictures
The Port of Otago
First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xix + 428pp, illus, VG+v slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (tanning to interior, bruising to corners & edges, rubbing to rear)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1951
KEYWORDS: AH Mclintock New Zealand Dunedin Port Otago Port Chalmers shipping transport maritime history first edition
Australian Catholics
The Contribution of Catholics to the Development of Australian Society
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Viking Books 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Edmund Campion religion theology Catholicism Catholic history Australia societal development
Chateau Tahbilk
Story of a Vineyard 1860-1985
Softcover quarto (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: Lothian Publishing Company Pty Ltd 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Enid Moodie Heddle Frank Doherty history Australia Australian wine vineyard
Paris Cancan
First edition hardcover quarto (G-) 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Charles Skilton Ltd 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Pierre Mariel Jean Trocher history Paris France Europe dance cancan
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