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$285.00
1y38/27

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire


GIBBON, EDWARD & MILMAN, Rev. H. H. (Notes)

4 VOLUME SET, super octavo, half bound marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plates to spines, frontispiece to vol 1, folding maps to vols 1, 2 & 3, viii-xxvii + 464-529pp, VG- (spine missing but partially present to vol 1, heavy chipping & cracking to spines- with some heavy loss to vol 2, age appropriate scuffing & chafing to boards & board edges with some surface loss, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to hinges & gutters with slightly shaky boards, owner's name lightly in pencil to full title page of vol 1, moderate but sporadic tanning & foxing to pages throughout all vols, light creasing to folding maps but otherwise in very good condition)

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1843-1844

KEYWORDS: ancient history politics military antiquity Rome Italy Europe Edward Gibbon classical

$40.00
1y38/28

Random Recollections of the House of Commons From the Year 1830 to the Close of 1835 Including Personal Sketches of the Leading Members of All Parties


ONE OF NO PARTY

Octavo, half bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plates with raised bands & gilt rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, xii + 382pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine with loosened title plate, moderate scuffing to boards & edges/corners, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, heavy foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1836

KEYWORDS: politics political history anecdotes biographies collection anthology

$60.00
1y38/31

History of British India


MURRAY, HUGH

FOLDING MAP & 7 TITLE PLATES, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to spine, gilt motif to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, 748pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page egdes, light foxing to prelims & terminals, 9cm closed tear to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson 1850

KEYWORDS: history politics British India colonisation colonies military empire

$325.00
1y38/40

The Letters of Junius in Two Volumes, With Additions and Explanatory Notes


'JUNIUS'

2 VOLUME SET, duodecimo, leather boards, gilt lettering to title plates & decorative gilt numbering to spines, decorative speckling to page edges, illus title pages, vol 1- xxxv + 324pp, vol 2- 264pp, tatty (age appropriate heavy scuffing to spines & boards with some surface loss, spine of vol 1 completely cracked vertically in half with total separation at binding, heavy tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink & bookseller's sm shop label to front pastedowns, heavy cracking to gutters of vol 2, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Wheble 1775

KEYWORDS: Junius journalism literature letters correspondance collection anthology politics Sir Philip Francis King George 3 iii

$120.00
1y39/5

The Indian Frontier War: Being an Account of the Mohmund and Tirah Expeditions 1897


JAMES, LIONEL

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & gilt Somali scene motif to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 300pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems, heavy bruising to board corners, heavy discolouration to spine, moderate soiling & light fading to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1898

KEYWORDS: India military politics history colony British empire

$22.50
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The Roots of Obama's Rage


D'SOUZA, DINESH

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Regnery Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: american politics obama president

$12.00
xxgig147764

Utilitarianism on Liberty Considerations on Representative Government Remarks on Bentham's Philosophy


MILL, JOHN STUART & WILLIAMS, GERAINT (Ed)

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: Everyman/J. M. Dent 1993

KEYWORDS: utilitarianism literature essays philosophy politics collection anthology

$18.50
xxgig147765

The Scots


HANLEY, CLIFFORD

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 cost

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1980

KEYWORDS: Scotland history illustrated politics culture Scottish

$12.00
xxgrc147825

Federalism or Socialism


STRACHEY, JOHN

Ex library; 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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1940

KEYWORDS: politics society federalism society

$9.00
xxsbd147932

Essential Works of Marxism


MENDEL, ARTHUR. P (ed)

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: Bantam Books, Inc 1979

KEYWORDS: communism politics history

$27.50
xxscb147962

Abomination [About The Demand For An ISGA]


GUNASEKARA, S. L.

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: The National Joint Committee 2002

KEYWORDS: Sri Lanka politics terrorism murder

$28.50
xxsct148027

Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom


RICE, CONDOLEEZZA

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Hachette 2017

KEYWORDS: Democracy politics government Condoleezza Rice

$75.00
1y39/49

The Letters of Junius Complete: Interspersed With the Letters and Articles to Which He Replied, and With Notes Biographical and Explanatory; Also a Prefatory Enguiry Respecting the Real Author


JUNIUS & ALMON, JOHN

TWO VOLUME SET, octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plates & gilt decorated raised bands to spine, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces, vol 1- lxxxiv + 355pp, vol 2- iv + 385pp + 7pp adverts, VG (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges/corners with some surface loss, title plate to spine missing from vol 1, moderate discolouration to page edges, sl cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Richard Phillips 1806

KEYWORDS: literature Junius collection anthology public advertiser London Evening Post politics journalism history

$40.00
1y40/38

Disraeli's Daughter


STYLES, CATHERINE

Octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, Near FINE (owner's name in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2013

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Benjamin Disraeli politics secret daughter Kate morality family

$20.00
xxscx148145

Arms for Spain: The Untold Story of the Spanish Civil War


HOWSON, GERALD

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 cost

PUBLISHER: John Murray Publishers 1998

KEYWORDS: history politics war military Spain

$12.50
xxsde148209

The Spirit Level; Why Equality is Better for Everyone


WILKINSON, RICHARD & PICKETT, KATE

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: Penguin 2010

KEYWORDS: science economics socio-economics politics sociology equality

$40.00
1y40/41

Russia and the Allies 1917-1920 Volume One: The Allies and the Russian Collapse March 1917-March 1918


KETTLE, MICHAEL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus eps, 287pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate creasing to edges of pgs 191-200) in d/w, VG (light creasing & soiling to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1981

KEYWORDS: Russia history politics military first edition 20th twentieth century

$120.00
1y41/3

The Politics of Making


SWENARTON, MARK & TROIANI, IGEA & WEBSTER, HELENA (Eds)

Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, xiii + 289pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light scufifng to board corners, university ink stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2007

KEYWORDS: architecture illustrated politics culture design space ethics buildings landscapes history sociology

$40.00
1y41/12

The Poland of Pilsudski (Incorporating Poland, 1914-1931 Much Condensed and Carrying on the History of Poland Till Mid-July 1936)


MACHRAY, ROBERT

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 508pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & moderate chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page egdes & eps, owner's name in ink to fep, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1936

KEYWORDS: Poland Polish history illustrated politics military ww1 first world war one Marshal Pilsudski

$40.00
1y41/33

The Crisis of Theory: EP Thompson, the New Left and Postwar British Politics


HAMILTON, SCOTT

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, viii + 293pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chippping to edges with some sl discolouration & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2011

KEYWORDS: signed British politics history postwar EP Thompson philosophy sociology

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