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1q18a/6

Becoming Shakespeare: How a dead poet became the world's foremost literary genius


LYNCH, JACK

Super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 306pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine

PUBLISHER: Constable 2008

KEYWORDS: Jack Lynch William Shakespeare biography history Stratford literary criticism literature drama theatre bard

$100.00
1q18a/11

NeoCraft: Modernity and the Crafts


ALFOLDY, SANDRA (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, xxii + 273pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Nova Scotia College of Art & Design Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Sandra Alfoldy craft art design essays articles visual culture art history philosophy anthropology fashion technology

$14.00
xxerc60143

A Death in Brazil


ROBB, PETER

First edition, super octavo hardcover (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: Bloomsbury Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Peter Robb Brazil history politics food art Brazilian culture

$22.50
xxerc60144

The Jewish State: The Struggle for Israel's Soul


HAZONY, YORAM

Super octavo hardcover (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: Basic Books 2000

KEYWORDS: specials Yoram Hazony Israel Palestine Jewish State history politics government post-Zionism culture

$22.50
xxerc60145

The Power of News: The History of Reuters 1849-1989


READ, DONALD

First edition, super octavo hardcover (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: Oxford University Press 1992

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Donald Read Reuters journalism press newspapers history

$450.00
1r18a/1

An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and some of his Officers who, in August 1783,


A Packet Belonging to the Honourable East India Company

KEATE, GEORGE

Re-bound, all plates & maps present, quality archival tape repair to minor closed tears to folding map, quarto, quarter-bound, heavy card boards & leather title panel cut into brown leather spine, frontispiece, folding map, xvii + 378pp, illus + folding maps, VG+ (4cm piece of sellotape to rear board, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, year 1788 in crayon to title page, mild foxing & mild tanning)

PUBLISHER: Printed for Captain Wilson & sold by G Nicol1789

KEYWORDS: George Keate Pelew Islands Pacific The Antelope Captain Henry Wilson nautical history diaries journals exploration shipwreck anthropology culture

$22.50
xxeqf59904

100,000 Jahre Sex uber Liebe, Fruchtbarkeit und Wolust


VAN VILSTEREN, VINCENT T. & WEISS, RAINER-MARIE

Oblong imperial octavo softcover (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: Verlag Waanders 2007

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN Dr Vincent Van Vilsteren Dr Rainer Maria Weiss archaeology human sexuality ancient history art religion erotica artefacts

$17.50
xxeqf59911

The Symbols of Sovereignty


BARKER, BRIAN

Super octavo hardcover (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: AH & AW Reed 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Brian Barker heraldry crowns swords sceptres symbols history archaeology royalty royal regalia

$24.50
xxeqf59931

Everday Life in Roman Britain


QUENNELL, MARJORIE & QUENNELL, C.H.B.

Hardcover 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: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1947

KEYWORDS: specials Marjorie Quennell C H B Quennell history Roman Britian daily life society

$15.00
xxeqf59933

Motley Heraldry


THE FOOL OF ARMS ; SCOTT-GILES, C.W. (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: Tabard Publications Ltd undated

KEYWORDS: specials The Fool of Arms C W Scott-Giles history heraldry tabard design crests

$15.00
xxeqf59934

Motley Heraldry


THE FOOL OF ARMS ; SCOTT-GILES, C.W. (ED.)

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; some illustrations coloured in with pen ; 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: Tabard Publications Ltd undated

KEYWORDS: specials The Fool of Arms C W Scott-Giles history heraldry tabard design crests

$15.00
xxerd60238

Lost Cities


COTTRELL, LEONARD

First edition, octavo hardcover - lacks fep (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1957

KEYWORDS: specials first edition Leonard Cottrell Babylon Nineveh Ur Hattusas Pompeii Anuradhapura history Macchu Picchu Chichen-Itza archaeology

$15.00
xxerd60239

The Drama of the Scharnhorst


A Factual Account from the German Viewpoint

BUSCH, FRITZ-OTTO

Octavo hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1956

KEYWORDS: specials Corvette Captain Fritz-Otto Busch Scharnhorst World War II naval history war battle

$10.00
xxerd60240

The Climate of Treason: Five who Spied for Russia


BOYLE, ANDREW

Super octavo hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1979

KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Boyle espionage Russia Soviet Union Philby Maclean Burgess Cambridge KGB MI5 history biography

$14.00
xxerd60242

Europe in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries


HAY, DENYS

Octavo hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1968

KEYWORDS: specials Denys Hay political social cultural history Europe

$12.50
xxerd60247

Augustus Hare in Italy


HARE, AUGUSTUS & HENDERSON, GAVIN (Ed)

Super octavo softcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Ecco Press 1988

KEYWORDS: specials Augustus Hare Gavin Henderson Italy travel history wood engravings

$10.00
xxerd60248

The First Dance of Freedom: Black Africa in the Postwar Era


MEREDITH, MARTIN

Octavo softcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Abacus Sphere 1985

KEYWORDS: specials Martin Meredith Africa history economics economy politics

$12.50
xxerd60249

Farewell the Trumpets: An Imperial Retreat


MORRIS, JAMES [JAN]

Octavo softcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1982

KEYWORDS: specials James Morris history British Empire

$15.00
xxere60265

The Rise of the West 1754-1830


PHILBRICK, FRANCIS S.

Octavo softcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Harper Torchbooks / Harper Row 1966

KEYWORDS: specials Francis S Philbrick American USA history the West

$10.00
xxere60269

Dispatches from Africa


MARNHAM, PATRICK

Octavo softcover (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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Abacus 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Patrick Marnham Africa history foreign intervention politics finance

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