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$10.00
xxesa60430

An Atlas of the Life of Christ


STIRLING, JOHN F.

Softcover string bound 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: George Philip & Son, Ltd. Undated

KEYWORDS: specials John F Stirling religion religious literature Jesus Christ history

$14.00
xxesa60446

Richard Meinertzhagen


Soldier, Scientist & Spy

COCKER, MARK

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: Mandarin Paperbacks 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Mark Cocker biography history espionage

$19.50
xxesb60460

Guide to Human Thought


Ideas that shaped the world

MCLEISH, KENNETH (ED.)

Softcover imperial 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: Bloomsbury Publishing Limited 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Kenneth McLeish philosophy history of ideas psychology

$30.00
1s21c/19

The Homeland Handbooks Volume 30: Littlehampton Arundel and Amberley with their Surroundings


With Town Plans of Littlehampton and Arundel and Many illustrations from Photographs

GOODLIFFE, W.

Duodecimo, yellow & red light card covers with black lettering, illus eps, xxiv pp adverts + folding map + frontispiece + 88pp + 22pp adverts, illus, VG (rubbing to spine & wear to spine edges, slight soiling to covers, v slight foxing)

PUBLISHER: Homeland Association 1925

KEYWORDS: W Goodliffe Homeland Association Britain Littlehampton Arundel Amberley history maps geography travel

$40.00
1t15d/13

The Page of James the Fifth of Scotland


Anon & S. A. C. (Trans)

Ex library, first edition, octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, 258pp, VG (usu library markings, plastic-covered boards, browning to eps, foxing to page edges, occasional foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: R & T Washbourne 1900

KEYWORDS: James V Fifth Scotland Scottish history regency biography

$35.00
1t18a/3

Plutarch: Alexander: A Commentary


HAMILTON, J. R.

super octavo, dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, lxix + 231pp, VG+ (small stain spot to rear board, v.slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (tanning to spine, soiling spots to front & rear, sellotape stains to inside, foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: JR Hamilson Plutarch Alexander Macedonia biography history classics

$40.00
1t18a/9

Introduction to the Sacred Scriptures In Two Parts


MACDEVITT, REV. JOHN

Ex library, super octavo, maroon buckram boards with gilt lettering to front board & gilt rule to spine extrems, yellow eps, iv + 271pp, VG- (bruising to spine extrems & board edges, slight fading to spine, owner's name & address in ink to fep, heavy browning to eps, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Sealy, Bryers & Walker / Benziger Brothers 1889

KEYWORDS: ex library Rev John MacDevitt religion theology scriptures ecclesiastical history Bible old new testament

$22.50
1t30a/14

South to the Pole: The Early History of the Ross Sea Sector Antarctica


QUARTERMAIN, LES B.

Imperial octavo, yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering in blue decorative panel to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xx + 481pp + folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (inscription in ink to half-title page, v slight foxing to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG- (bruising & nicks to spine extrems & corners, moderate tanning to interior, creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1967

KEYWORDS: first edition LB Quartermain Antarctic Ross Sea South Pole Bellingshausen Cook Borchgrevink Shackleton Scott Amundsen whalers David Mawson Mackay Campbell history diaries expeditions exploration

$55.00
1t30a/20

Land, Sea, and Air: Reminiscences of Mark Kerr


KERR, MARK

First UK edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 406pp, illus + folding chart, VG (heavy fading to spine, moderate fading to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, inscription in ink to fep, heavy tanning to some pages esp prelims, moderate foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1927

KEYWORDS: Mark Kerr memoir reminiscence history biography travel nautical air exploration expedition

$25.00
1u5a/2

Aphrodisiacs: An Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom


na

EXPLICIT CONTENT, quarto, red boards with white lettering to spine, patterned eps, illus half-title & titles pages, 160pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (tape repair to 2cm closed tear to lower spine extrem, v slight fading to spine, foxing to interior)

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn Publishing Group 1990

KEYWORDS: Encyclopaedia reference aphrodisiacs sex sexual behaviour intercourse sexual history

$15.00
xxere61302

Making and Thinking


SHEWRING, WALTER

Ex-library Hardcover 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: Hollis and Carter, undated

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Walter Shewring history literature art philosophy essays

$25.00
xxere60304

The People of Aristophanes


A Sociology of Old Attic Comedy

EHRENBERG, VICTOR

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell, 1943

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Victor Ehrenberg classical studies history comedy theatre sociology society

$12.00
xxere60310

St. Francis and The Song of the Brotherhood


DOYLE, ERIC

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: The Seabury Press 1981

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Eric Doyle biography history Francis of Assisi religion theology

$8.50
xxerf60391

Commando


DURNFORD-SLATER, BRIGADIER JOHN

Ex-library 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: Tandem Publishing Ltd 1975

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Brigadier John Durnford-Slater military history special forces commandos World War Two

$14.00
xxesa60438

Father McShane of Maryknoll


Missioner in South China

WALSH, JAMES EDWARD

Ex-library hardcover 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: Dial Press Inc., 1932

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials James Edward Walsh religion religious history biography missionary journeys China

$12.50
xxesb60473

The Ern Malley Affair


HEYWARD, MICHAEL

hardcover octavo in d/w first edition copy of sebastian black (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: University of Queensland 1993

KEYWORDS: specials Michael Heyward first edition literary criticism hoax history

$24.50
1u10a/8

The Face of War: New Zealand's Great War Photography


CALLISTER, SANDY

Super octavo, illus light card covers with black & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 150pp, illus, VG+

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Sandy Callister New Zealand First World War One WWI military photography photographs history soldiers medics journalists

$22.50
1u28b/13

The Pioneer Craftsmen of New Zealand


PEARCE, GILBERT L.

Quarto, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG- (light rubbing and soiling to covers, ruising and chipping to upper edge, archival tape repairs to upper front cover)

PUBLISHER: Wiliams Collins Publishers 1982

KEYWORDS: Gilbert L Pearce New Zealand artisan craftsmen craftsmanship history stone timber woodwork shipbuilders brick iron bridges dams wharves shoes clothing watchmaking engraving

$85.00
1u28b/23

Hitler and the Christians


GURIAN, WALDEMAR

first edition, ex library, octavo, black cloth boards with red lettering to spine, top edges stained red, ii + 175pp, VG (usu library markings, owner's stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: London Sheed & Ward 1936

KEYWORDS: first edition ex library waldemar gurian adolf hilter christianity germany history

$15.00
xxesb60487

Sydney's Jewish Community


Materials for a Post-War (II) History

STAEDTER, JOSEPH & KIMMEL, HANS

Super octavo hardcover (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: Australian Jewish Communities Series 1953

KEYWORDS: specials Joseph Staedter Hans Kimmel Australia Sydney Jews Jewish community history

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