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$24.50
2g27/32

A Dictionary of Mottoes


PINE, L. G.

Super octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 303pp, VG+ (sellotape residue stains to boards, foxing) in d/w, VG+ (sellotape staining)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1983

KEYWORDS: LG Pine dictionary reference mottoes Latin Greek heraldry words phrases history ancestry

$27.50
2g25/31

Eva Braun: Ein Ungewohnliches Frauenschicksal in Geschichtlich Bewegter Zeit


FRANK, JOHANNES

TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, royal blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 324pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name & date in ink to fep, some underlining in ink) in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: KW Schutz 1988

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN en deutsch Johannes Frank Eva Braun biography history

$55.00
2g25/34

Auctor & Actor: A Narratological Reading of Apuleius's Golden Ass


WINKLER, JOHN J.

Super octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, xi + 340pp, nr fine (v slight foxing to page fore-edges)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1991

KEYWORDS: John J Winkler Apuleius classics literary criticism Greco-Roman literature religious history Latin

$40.00
2g25/42

Beken of Cowes: A Century of Tall Ships


Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales

BEKEN, KENNETH J. & BEKEN, FRANK WILLIAM ET AL (Ph

Small folio, beige cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 224pp, illus, VG (fading & foxing to lower boards edges, foxing to prelims, inscription in ink to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light foxing to interior, staining to interior lower edge)

PUBLISHER: Harrap Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: Kenneth Beken Frank Alfred Beken Cowes sailing nautical boats yachts brigantine schooner cutter barque ships shipping photography photographic history tall ships clipper

$30.00
2g25/44

Rare Wildlife of New Zealand


MORRIS, ROD & BALANCE, ALISON

Super octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, illus prelims, 224pp, illus, nr. fine

PUBLISHER: Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: Rod Morris Alison Balance New Zealand natural history wildlife flora fauna conservation ecology plants birds insects reptiles ambhibians fish mammals habitat photography

$30.00
2g25/50

Hitler's Generals: From Rommel to Reinhardt


The Men who Led the Armies of the Third Reich

BIDWELL, BRIGADIER SHELFORD (Ed)

Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 248pp, illus, near fine, in d/w, near fine

PUBLISHER: Salamander Books 1998

KEYWORDS: Brigadier Shelford Bidwell Brigadier James L Collins Nazi Germany Third Reich Second World War Two Adolf Hitler generals military political military history photographic pictorial record

$22.50
xxhqp57439

Journey to Avalon


The Final Discovery of King Arthur

BARBER, CHRIS & PYKITT, DAVID

Super octavo softcover, (nr 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: Blorenge Books 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Chris Barber David Pykitt Avalon King Arthur travel history England legends

$12.50
xxhqp57440

Colonial Era Cemetery of Norfolk Island


DALKIN, R. NIXON

Oblong imperial octavo softcover, pictorial (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: Pictoral Press 2001

KEYWORDS: specials R Nixon Dalkin history cemeteries Norfolk Island colonial pictorial

$10.00
xxela57478

The Second Krishnamurti Reader


KRISHNAMURTI & LUTYENS, MARY (ed.)

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

$50.00
2g28/4

The Architect of the Roman Empire


HOLMES, T. RICE

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

$9.00
xxelc57568

Bring Larks and Heroes


KENEALLY, THOMAS

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

$9.50
xxeld57597

the Lost Letters of Aquitaine


HEALEY, JUDITH KOLL

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

$27.50
2g28/21

The World as It Was, 1865-1921: A Photographic Portrait from the Keystone-Mast Collection


Foreword By Paul Theroux

LOKE, MARGARETT (Ed)

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

$28.00
2g28/29

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

WADE, JOHN

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

$40.00
2g28/47

The Worcester and Birmingham Canal: Chronicles of the Cut


WHITE, ALAN

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

$8.50
xxele57696

It Changed My Life


Writings on the Women's Movement

FRIEDAN, BETTY

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

$17.50
xxele57705

The Attic Theatre


A Description of the stage and the theatre of the Athenians, and of the dramatic performances at Athens

HAIGH, A.E.

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

$10.00
xxele57710

The Structure of Medieval Society


BROOKE, CHRISTOPHER

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

$24.50
2g27/48

A History of The Roman World from 146 to 30 BC


Revised with additional notes by HH Scullard

MARSH, FRANK BURR

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

$12.00
xxele57713

Slavery


Greek & Roman Topics

HUGHES, KENNETH

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

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