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$18.50
xxkma66100

The Canadian Indian: A History Since 1500


PALMER PATTERON II, E.

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: Collier-Macmillan 1972

KEYWORDS: specials E Palmer Patterson II history native canadian indian anthropology

$25.00
1c26a/41

Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro


SUMPTER, D. J. & LEWIS, J. J.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, vi + 194pp, illus, nr fine (v small spot of fading to lower spine extrem) in d/w VG+ (v. light soiling to rear, tiny closed tear to front upper edge, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of the Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history settlers Tokomairiro DJ Sumpter JJ Lewis

$100.00
1c33a/10

Cassell's History of the Boer War 1899-1902 Volume 1


Revised and Enlarged Edition

n/a

This volume only (Vol 1 of a two-volume set), imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board and blind-stamped decorative rule to spine and boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 928pp + 16pp book publications, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate browning to eps, v small stain spot to page fore-edges)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1903

KEYWORDS: Cassell's Boer War military history South Africa Natal Mafeking Ladysmith Colenso Magersfontein Bloemfontein

$600.00
1c33a/12

Sketches of a Summer Trip to New York and the Canadas


WILKIE, D.

First edition, octavo, light brown polished leather boards with blind rule to board edges, mottled page edges, iv + 293pp, VG- (moderate chaffing & staining to boards, leather of spine missing, neat cloth tape repair to upper spine, binding sloppy, 3cm scuff with loss of leather to rear board upper corner, 6cm black stain patch (burn?) to front board upper corner, bruising & fraying to board corners & edges, crease to fep, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sherwood, Gilvert & Piper et al 1837

KEYWORDS: D Wilkie history travel New York Canada

$15.00
xxgef66148

Stalin and the Shaping of the Soviet Union


DE JONGE, ALEX

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Fontana/Collins 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Alex De Jonge Joseph Stalin biography Soviet Union history

$40.00
1c33a/17

Southern Alps: Nature & History of New Zealand's Mountain World


BALLANCE, ALISON

First edition, small folio, light blue illus boards with light blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 320pp, illus,VG+ (slightly cocked), in d/w, VG (v slight foxing to inside, sl soiling, creasing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2007

KEYWORDS: first edition Alison Ballance New Zealand mountains Southern Alps natural history flora fauna ecology geology botany exploration expeditions native forest

$40.00
1c33a/25

Lotus Buds


WILSON-CARMICHAEL, AMY

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & gilt decorative motif to front board, blind rule to board edges, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, xvi + 340pp + 10pp book adverts, illus with 50 half tone engravings, VG (slight rubbing to spine extrems & board edges & corners, owner's name & address in ink to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Morgan & Scott 1912

KEYWORDS: Amy Wilson-Carmichael India travel history religion missionary orphanage

$22.50
1c26a/34

Port Chalmers: Gateway to Otago


BOWMAN, H.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece fold-out map, vi + 224pp, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems and board corners, prev owners stamp to paste down) in d/w, G+ (torn, scuffed and stained)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of Otago Centennial Publications 1948

KEYWORDS: H Bowman New Zealand Otago Port Chalmers Dunedin history

$27.50
1c26a/38

The Dunstan: A History of the Alexandra-Clyde District


MOORE, C. W. S.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 124pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to page upper edges) in d/w, VG+ ((some fading to spine & edges, some rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of Otago Centennial Publications 1953)

KEYWORDS: CWS Moore New Zealand Otago Alexandra Clyde Dunstan history gold mining rush

$50.00
1c33a/31

Deadwood: The Golden Years


PARKER, WATSON

First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow prelims, xiv + 302pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 1981

KEYWORDS: first edition Watson Parker USA South Dakota Deadwood history frontier gold rush

$9.00
xxktc66270

Africa in Modern History


The Search for a New Society

DAVIDSON, BASIL

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Pelican Books 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Basil Davidson history Africa African continent twentieth century

$15.00
xxkte66369

Jazzbook 1955


MCCARTHY, ALBERT J. (ed.)

first edition hardcover octavo with 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: Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1955

KEYWORDS: specials albert mccarthy jazz music journalism history

$10.00
xxktf66390

Chaplin


MANVELL, ROGER

hardcover octavo, lacks 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: Hutchinson 1975

KEYWORDS: specials roger manvell biography charlie chaplin history film entertainment comedy

$18.50
xxktg66404

The English Opium-Eater - A Biography of Thomas De Quincey


MORRISON, ROBERT

softcover octavo (FINE); 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: Pegasus Books 2010

KEYWORDS: specials thomas de quincey robert morrison literature history biography

$14.50
xxktg66405

Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace -The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady


SUMMERSCALE, KATE

softcover octavo (FINE); 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: Bloomsbury 2012

KEYWORDS: specials kate summerscale history biography sexuality isabella robinson

$20.00
xxktg66423

Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific


VAYDA, ANDREW P. (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: Natural History Press 1968

KEYWORDS: specials Andrew P Vayda anthropology Pacific islands culture history articles anthology

$16.50
xxktg66432

Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals


FERGUSON, NIALL (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Basic Books 1999

KEYWORDS: specials Niall Ferguson theoretical history essays anthology John Adamson JCD Clark Alvin Jackson

$22.50
xxkth66474

Churchill: His Life in Photographs


CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH S. (Ed) & GERNSHEIM, HELMUT (E

Imperial 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 cost

PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society London 1956

KEYWORDS: specials Winston Churchill Randolph S Churchill Helmut Gernsheim photographic history biography photography

$14.00
xxkth66475

Tyrants: History's 100 Most Evil Despots & Dictators


CAWTHORNE, NIGEL

Quarto softcover (nr fine); 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: Capella 2005

KEYWORDS: specials Nigel Cawthorne history historical figures reference dictators

$15.00
xxdwa66519

The Social Production of Art


WOLFF, JANET

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: Macmillan 1982

KEYWORDS: specials Janet Wolff art sociology visual culture history

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