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$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

$45.00
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
xxere60305

Maria Theresa


CRANKSHAW, EDWARD

Ex-library 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: Longmans, Green and Co, Ltd 1969

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Edward Crankshaw biography history Maria Theresa Habsburg Empire

$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

$25.00
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

$10.00
xxesb60493

Africa Explored: Europeans in the Dark Continent 1769-1889


HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER

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: Penguin 1984

KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Hibbert Africa history exploration expeditions travel

$60.00
1u5a/6

The Missionary Period in the History of Te Awamutu District


Te Awamutu Historical Society Bulletin No. 4

LAIRD, ERIC J.

Quarto, light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 2 hand-drawn maps + 43 pp, text typed on manual typewriter, VG (light tanning to cover edges & page lower edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Awamutu Historical Society Incorporated (nd)

KEYWORDS: Eric J Laird New Zealand Te Awamutu Maori missionaries settlers history

$33.50
1u5a/8

Sacred Soil: Images and Stories of the New Zealand Wars


FINLAY, NEIL

Quarto, illus light card covers, 160pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name to fep)

PUBLISHER: Random House 1998

KEYWORDS: Neil Finlay New Zealand Photography photographs photographic pictorial history wars memorials sites

$25.00
1u5a/9

Nubians in Egypt: Peaceful People


Foreword by Laila Shukry El Hamamsy

FERNEA, ROBERT & GERSTER, GEORG & JARITZ, HORST

Quarto, red faux leather boards with gilt lettering in black decorative panel, frontispiece, xiii + 146pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (price clipped)

PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press 1973

KEYWORDS: ethnology nubia Egypt customs anthropology Robert Fernea Georg Gerster Horst Jaritz photographic history

$65.00
1u5a/11

Leo XIII Italy and France


SODERINI, EDUARDO

First edition, ex library, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind lettering to front board, frontispiece, v + 280pp, VG (usu library markings, bookseller's label to front pastedown, 3 library stamps to fep, v light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Burns Oates & Washbourne 1935

KEYWORDS: first edition ex library Eduardo Soderini Leo XIII religion theology religious French Italian history Catholicism papacy pope

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