Books - "politics"
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Cecil Rhodes: His Private Life, by His Private Secretary
FIRST EDITION, ex-school library, octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to borders of front & rear board, gilt school emblem to front board, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 293pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate scuffing/rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate chafing to boards, mior tanning to page edges, school presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate to heavy foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1911
KEYWORDS: first editions leather bindings Cecil Rhodes biography biographies memoir politics political history historical
Te Tiriti o Waitangi Relationships: People, Politics and Law
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 255pp, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2024
KEYWORDS: New Zealand te tiriti o Waitangi treaty law politics political legal Maori crown government
Rumours of War
FIRST EDITION, archival repairs to jacket, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 262pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing/discolouration to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout- mostly to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate loss & archival tape repairs to spine extrems, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, moderate general tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1952
KEYWORDS: literature first editions writings prose collections A J P Taylor war diplomacy politics
The Reign of King Pym
Octavo, terracotta buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 245pp, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, modeate discolouration/soilingto spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in brown plain d/w, G+ (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 7cm loss to top edge of spine, moderate tanning & soiling/foxing, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to top of front flap)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge / Harvard University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: 17th seventeenth century British history politics J H Hexter political parliament King Pym
British Policy Towards West Africa: Select Documents 1786-1874
Ex-library, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxviii + 656pp, folding map to prelims, VG (usual library markings, minor adhesive staining/residue to base of boards, light chafing & soiling plus sm patch of paper residue to rear board, minor tanning & staining to page edges, minor creasing & adhesive staining to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover with adhesive edges- edges of jacket likely stained, all corners lightly clipped, minor tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: history British politics foreign policy West Africa 18th 19th eighteenth nineteenth century
Vienna: Legend and Reality
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: Secker & Warburg 1966
KEYWORDS: Vienna Viennese history politics culture
The Atlantic and Its Enemies: A Personal History of the Cold War
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: Allen Lane / Penguin 2010
KEYWORDS: Norman Stone cold war period cultural political history memoir global politics
The Islamophobia Industry: How the Right Manufactures Fear of Muslims
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: Pluto Press 2012
KEYWORDS: political islamophobia interfaith politics muslims islam
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power
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: Free Press 2009
KEYWORDS: global oil industry history politics reportage
The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire
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: Forum / Prima Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: Soviet union communist history politics cold war
Cruelty and Companionship: Conflict in Nineteenth-Century Married Life
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: Routledge 1995
KEYWORDS: 19th Century Victorian Edwardian marriage law relationships sexual politics British social history
The Ralph Nader Reader
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: Seven Stories Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Ralph Nader American politics green party political thought
Empress of Rome: The Life of Livia
Super octavo hardcover (near FINE) in D/W (near 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Quercus 2010
KEYWORDS: Livia historical biography Imperial Rome history politics women public figures
A Political History of Ghana: The Rise of Gold Coast Nationalism 1850-1928
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 587pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, binding sloppy, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1963
KEYWORDS: politics political history Ghana Africa African nationalism
Khrushchev Remembers: The Last Testament
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 602pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising/creasing to spine, light rubbing & fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, binding a little loose, minor creasing to bottom corners at rear) in d/w, vG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 4cm closed tear to spine, minor general foxing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1974
KEYWORDS: memoirs history Khrushchev Russia Russian Soviet politics political autobiography biographies
Red Star Over China (Revised Edition)
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red lettering to front board, top page edges stained red, illus/maps at eps, xiv + 520pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing/rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, general light to moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Garden City Publishing Co 1939
KEYWORDS: China Chinese journalism politics political foreign relations red army foreign Edgar Snow
The Law of Athens: Procedure
THIS VOLUME ONLY 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: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1971
KEYWORDS: athens politics political thought a r w harrison
Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy
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: A Touchstone Book
KEYWORDS: pericles classical thought politics democracy athens
The Birth of Athenian Democracy: The Assembly in the Fifth Century B.C.
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: Oxford University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek history politics Greece Athenian democracy Athens
From Popular Sovereignty to the Sovereignty of Law: Law, Society and Politics in Roman Athens
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: University of California Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Roman empire Athens ancient Greek history Athenian law society politics Greece