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$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

$65.00
2g31/18

Rails to Roxburgh: The Story of a Provincial Railway


COWAN, W. J.

Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 256pp, illus, nr. fine

PUBLISHER: Molyneux Press Ltd 2010

KEYWORDS: WJ Cowan New Zealand Central Otago transport railways trains steam engines history Roxburgh engineering

$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

$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

$47.50
2g31/29

As Directed by Train Control


COUSINS, KEN & COUSINS, DENISE

Signed, oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine & front board, 145pp, illus + printed map to rear eps, VG+

PUBLISHER: Ken & Denise Cousins (year?)

KEYWORDS: Ken Denise Cousins New Zealand transport railways trains steam engines locomotives routes photographic pictorial history passengers freight

$45.00
2g31/31

Trains at Work in New Zealand


RADCLIFFE, G. T. & MURPHY J. A.

Re-bound in cloth boards with original paper illus covers included, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Railway Preservation & Museum 1973

KEYWORDS: GT Radcliffe JA Murphy New Zealand transport trains railways locomotives steam engines photographic pictorial history

$25.00
2g31/36

The Aspinall Era


BULLEID, H. A. V.

Super octavo, dark brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, iii + 270pp, illus, VG- (staining to boards, sellotape residue to boards, bookseller's label to front pastedown, two owners' inscriptions in ink to fep, tanning to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy foxing & tanning internally, sellotape residue stains internally)

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1967

KEYWORDS: HAV Bulleid Sir John Aspinall Lancashire & Yorkshire Great Southern & Western transport railways trains engineering history

$25.00
2g31/37

The Springburn Story: The History of the Scottish Railway Metropolis


THOMAS, JOHN

Octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 260pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (foxing) in d/w, VG (price clipped, fading)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles / Dawlish Macdonald 1964

KEYWORDS: John Thomas Springburn Scotland Scottish railways trains locomotives engineering history Caledonian and North British steam locomotive builders

$25.00
1b19a/7

London's First Railway - The London & Greenwich


THOMAS, RONALD H. G.

Octavo, maroon heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, illus, VG+ (ding to front board lower edge, slight soiling to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling to edges)

PUBLISHER: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1972

KEYWORDS: Ronald HG Thomas London Bridge Greenwich transport trains railways construction history viaduct

$25.00
2g30/6

Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971


LLOYD, WILLIAM G.

Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, vi + 129pp, illus, VG+ (v slight staining to boards) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: NZ Railway & Locomotive Society (Otago Branch) Dunedin 1974

KEYWORDS: WILLIAM G Lloyd New Zealand railways transport trains steam engines locomotives history

$70.00
2g30/10

Nelson: A History of Early Settlement


ALLAN, RUTH M.

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xvii + 458pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light foxing to eps) in VG- (light chipping to upper spine extrems, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1965

KEYWORDS: Ruth M Allan New Zealand Nelson Maori Tasman Cook D'urville Wairau massacre history settlement

$58.50
2g30/12

The NZR Garratt Story


MCCLARE, E. J.

Imperial octavo, turquoise boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 100pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1978

KEYWORDS: EJ Mcclare New Zealand Garratt locomotives railways trains transport steam engines history

$32.50
2g30/16

The Fall of the Roman Empire: A Reappraisal


GRANT, MICHAEL

Imperial octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to dark blue cloth spine & gilt motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 336pp, illus, VG+ (slight tanning to lower board edges, ding to rear board lower edge) in d/w, vg (bruising to spine extrems, corners & edges, rubbing, nick to upper spine right side)

PUBLISHER: The Annenberg School Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Michael Grant Roman Empire ancient history

$14.00
xxemb57911

A Journey Through Ancient Pompeii


Guide to the Excavations

TROIANO, SERGIO (ED.)

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: Viedopulsar 1992

KEYWORDS: specials Sergio Troiano archaeology ancient history Italy Pompeii excavations society classical studies

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