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$15.00
xxere60316

South Pacific Images


TIFFIN, CHRIS (ED.)

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: South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Chris Tiffen South Pacific history sociology literature essays

$8.50
xxere60331

Poverty in Sicily


A Study of the Province of Palermo

DOLCI, DANILO

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: Penguin Books Ltd 1966

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Danilo Dolci history sociology poverty

$14.00
xxerf60340

Lasseter's Last Ride


An Epic in Central Australian Gold Discovery

IDRIESS, ION L.

Hardcover super octavo (VG) 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: Angus & Robertson Ltd 1952

KEYWORDS: specials Ion L Idriess biography Lasseter Austraia history Gold Rush

$17.50
xxerf60343

Trade Winds and Turtles


MULVILLE, DAN

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Company Ltd 1960

KEYWORDS: first edition specials Dan Mulville autobiography memoir sailing history

$10.00
xxerf60354

Sisters of Delilah


Stories of Famous Women Spies

COOKRIDGE, E. H.

Ex-library 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: Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd 1959

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials E H Cookridge history espionage women spies

$26.50
xxerf60368

The Identification of Trees and Shrubs


How to name any wild or garden tree or shrub likely to be met with in the British Isles with 2,500 diagrams made by the author

MAKINS, F.K.

Hardcover imperial octavo (VG) in d/w (VG) reprinted with corrections ; 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: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited 1961

KEYWORDS: specials F K Makins gardening natural history botany trees shrubs

$15.00
xxerf60383

James Cook


Maritime Scientist

STAMP, TOM & STAMP, CORDELIA

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: Caedmon of Whitby Press 1976

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Tom Stamp Coredlia Stamp biography history James Cook

$12.00
xxesa60419

Mud and Mosaics


An African missionary journey from the Niger to the Copper Belt

RATHE, GERARD

Ex-library 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: Samuel Walker, Ltd. 1960

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Gerard Rathe religion religious literature missionary journey Africa history

$15.00
xxesa60425

Constitutional Documents of the Reign of James I


A.D. 1603-1625 with an historical commentary

TANNER, J.R.

Ex-library 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: Cambridge University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials J R Tanner history English monarchy politics constitutional documents

$35.00
xxesa60427

The Life of St. Louis


JOINVILLE, JOHN OF

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: Sheed and Ward Ltd 1955

KEYWORDS: ex-library specials John of Joinville religion religious history biography warfare in the Holy Land

$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

$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

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