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$28.00
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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

$10.00
xxeld57663

Alexander the Great and the Middle East


BURN, A. R.

Paperback plastic-covered (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: Pelican Penguin 1973

KEYWORDS: specials AR Burn ancient history Alexander the Great Middle East

$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

$12.00
xxele57714

An Introduction to Homer


CAMPS, W.A.

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

$8.50
xxele57715

Athenian Democracy


Inside the Ancient World

BARROW, ROBIN

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

$22.50
xxema57808

Korea In Its Creations


LEE, O-YOUNG; HOLSTEIN, JOHN (TRANS.)

Hardcover 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: Design House Publishers Inc, 1994

KEYWORDS: specials O-Young Lee John Holstein art design fashion architecture history Korea

$650.00
2g29/47

Herodotus: Four Volumes Bound as Two


Herodotus Alikarnesseos 'Istorion Logoith. Epigraphomenoi Mousai, Textum Adnotationibus Wesselingii et Valckenarii Aliorumque et Suis illustravit Johannes Schweighaeuser

HERODOTUS & SCHWEIGHAEUSER, JOHANNES

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

$65.00
2g29/48

Pictured Palestine


With Eighty Illustrations by James Clark, Henry A Harper and Other Artists

NEIL, JAMES

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

$20.00
2g30/2

The Port of Otago


MCLINTOCK, A. H.

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

$10.00
xxele57728

The Philosophy of Modern Art


READ, HERBERT

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: Faber and Faber Limited 1977

KEYWORDS: specials Herbet Read philosophy art art history anthology essays art criticism

$10.00
xxele57735

Australian Catholics


The Contribution of Catholics to the Development of Australian Society

CAMPION, EDMUND

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

$9.00
xxele57736

Chateau Tahbilk


Story of a Vineyard 1860-1985

HEDDLE, ENID MOODIE & DOHERTY, FRANK

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

$17.50
xxelf57741

Paris Cancan


MARIEL, PIERRE & TROCHER, JEAN

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

$20.00
xxelf57746

Jubilee Selections


From the New Zealand Railway Observer

DYER, P.F. (ED.)

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: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc., 1969

KEYWORDS: specials P.F. Dyer New Zealand history transport trains railway NZ Railway and Locomotive Society

$16.50
xxelf57750

The Legacy of Greece


A New Appraisal

FINLEY, M.I. (ED.)

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: specials M.I. Finley history classical studies ancient Greece culture anthropology

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