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$18.50
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Ancient Voyagers in Polynesia


SHARP, ANDREW

Octavo, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 159pp, illus, VG (light soiling to board edges, some tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing to edges, some wear to front flap fold, 1cm closed tear to front lower edges)

PUBLISHER: Paul's Book Arcade 1963

KEYWORDS: Pacific Polynesia New Zealand history navigation prehistory exploration

$85.00
2s27/41

Whitcombe's Story Books: A Trans-Tasman Survey & Supplement


MCLAREN, IAN F. & GRIFFITHS, GEORGE J.

Two-volume set, large quarto, illus beige lgiht card covers with orange lettering to front, frontispiece, xvi + 256pp, xvi + 72pp (supplement), illus, VG (v small tear to upper spine, owner's name in red ink to front cover, ding to front/spine upper corner, some annotation in red ink throughout)

PUBLISHER: University of Melbourne 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia Whitcombe & Tombs children's books literature literary history publishing

$40.00
2s27/36

Sophia: Regent of Russia 1657-1704


HUGHES, LINDSEY

Super octavo, turquoise heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, black eps, frontispiece, xvii + 345 pp, illus, nr fine (v slight bruising to spine extrems, very slight tanning to upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: sophia alekseevna biography regent russian history

$35.00
xxewv111322

Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture from British Collections


BUCKTON, DAVID (Ed)

Quarto 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: British Museum Press 1994

KEYWORDS: byzantine art culture history archaeology

$12.50
xxewv111327

Henrietta Maria


HAMILTON, ELIZABETH

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: Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1976

KEYWORDS: henrietta maria marie de medici biography french history queen of france

$30.00
xxewv111328

The Incas of Pedro de Cieza de Leon


VON HAGEN, VICTOR WOLFGANG (Ed & Intro) & DE ONIS, HARIET (Trans) & DE LEON, PEDRO DE CIEZA

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: University of Oklahoma Press 1959

KEYWORDS: peruvian history travel inca civilisation anthropology memoir pedro de cieza de leon

$27.50
xxewv111332

The English Jesuits: From Campion to Martindale


BASSET, BERNARD & CORRIGAN, TERENCE (Pref.)

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: Burns & Oates 1967

KEYWORDS: english history jesuits religion christian

$17.50
xxewv111333

First Lady of Versailles: Marie Adelaide of Savoy: Dauphine of France


NORTON, LUCY

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: Hamish Hamilton 1978

KEYWORDS: princess marie adelaide of savoy biography french royal history

$16.50
xxeww111338

Her Story: Women in Christian Tradition


MACHAFFIE, BARBARA J.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 1989

KEYWORDS: women's history christian religion

$60.00
2s27/39

Behold the Moon: The European Occupation of the Dunedin District, 1770-1848


ENTWISLE, PETER

Revised edition, imperial octavo, light card covers, 300pp VG ( moderate creasing to cover corners, light scuffing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Port Daniel Press 2010

KEYWORDS: dunedin archaeology history otago south island new zealand early colonisation settlement

$45.00
2s27/40

Taranto


NEWTON, DON & HAMPSHIRE, A. CECIL

First edition, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus, 204 pp + 4 pp book ads, VG (slight tanning to page edges and eps, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG (some staining to edges & flap folds)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1959

KEYWORDS: second word war 2 two ii wwii ww2 british italian naval airforce military aviation history

$75.00
2s27/41

The Habsburg Empire 1790-1918


MACARTNEY, C. A.

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering & gilt coat of arms to spine and front board, xiv + 908 pp, illus, VG (some fxing to upper page edges, and less so to others, ding to rear board lower edge, light bruising to spine base) in d/w, VG- (6 cm closed tear to front lower edge repaired with archival tape, moderately heavy creasing to edges esp lower front, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, price clipped, light rubbing to rear)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1971

KEYWORDS: habsburg empire german history

$40.00
2s27/43

America 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White


HULTON, PAUL

Quarto, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to orange cloth spine, brown eps, iii + 213 pp, illus, VG (some foxing to upper page edges, three very small stains to first 5 pages + fep) in d/w, VG (some creasing to head of spine & rear upper edge, some rubbing to front & back covers, some fading to spine & upper edges)

PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press 1984

KEYWORDS: north american native indigenous history anthropology art us usa 1585 1500s sixteenth 16th century setllement colonisation

$50.00
2s27/48

The Search for Amelia Earhart


GOERNER, FRED

First edition, octavo, navy blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 289 pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light browning to spine and flap edges)

PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1966

KEYWORDS: amelia earhart crash search aviation planes history female women pilots

$17.50
xxeww111344

Sir Moses Montefiore 1785-1885


FRANKLIN, MYRTLE & BOR, MICHAEL

Quarto 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Muller Blond & White Ltd 1984

KEYWORDS: biography sir moses montefiore english jewish history

$14.00
xxeww111381

The Pilgrimage of Grace: The rebellion that shook Henry VIII's throne


MOORHOUSE, GEOFFREY

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: Phoenix 2003

KEYWORDS: henry viii tudor england history politics rebellion

$19.50
xxeww111392

THe Formation of Christendom


HERRIN, JUDITH

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Fontana Press 1989

KEYWORDS: christian religion history origins

$12.50
xxeww111394

Signs & Symbols in Christian Art: With Illustrations from Paintings of the Renaissance


FERGUSON, GEORGE

Octavo softcover (VG-), ex library; 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: A Hesperides Book 1961

KEYWORDS: christian art history interpretation signs symbols

$12.00
xxeww111397

The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Maranos and Other Secret Jews: A Woman Discovers Her Spiritual Heritage


ALEXY, TRUDI

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: HarperCollins 1994

KEYWORDS: judaism spain spanish history religion

$10.00
xxewx111408

Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz


HARDING, THOMAS

Octavo 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: Windmill Books 2014

KEYWORDS: german holocaust auschwitz jewish history post-war hunt hanns alexander rudolf hoss

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