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2w10/1

Sail: The Romance of the Clipper Ships (3 Vol Set)


LUBBOCK, BASIL (Storied by) & SPURLING, J (Pictured by) & HOOK, F A (Ed) & CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (Ed) & SMITH, C FOX (Intro)

3 VOLUMES, ALL FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSIONS (1927, 1929 & 1936), ALL LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship illus to spines & front boards, gilt maritime illus to rear boards, top page edges stained blue, deckled page edges, illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, moderate insect damage to front eps of vol 1, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Blue Peter Publishing Company 1927-36

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical clippers clipper ships history first editions

$175.00
2w10/2

Dictionary of Demons: A Guide to Demons and Demonologists in Occult Lore


GETTINGS, FRED

UK FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Trafalgar Square Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: first UK editions folklore lore demons demonology occult history

$65.00
2w10/14

Sir Joshua Reynolds: His Life and Art


GOWER, Lord RONALD SUTHERLAND

REBOUND IN THREE QUARTER LEATHER, octavo, three quarter leatherbound red/white boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine with single raised band also, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 144pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to spine, moderate scuffing/surface loss to spine board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor leather staining to edges of front & rear eps, prev. owner's name & date in ink to prelims, moderate to heavy foxing throughout but mostly to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: George Bell and Sons 1902

KEYWORDS: leather bindings Sir Joshua Reynolds biography biographies memoir art history

$35.00
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Autumn of the Black Snake: The Creation of the U.S. Army and the Innvasion that Opened the West


HOGELAND, WILLIAM

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: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2017

KEYWORDS: united states history army military washington william hogeland

$27.50
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Chinese Government in Ming Times: Seven Studies


HUCKER, CHARLES O (ed)

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: Columbia University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: chinese china ming government political history specials

$20.00
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Evening Chats in Beijing: Probing China's Predicament


LINK, PERRY

FIRST EDITION 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: W W Norton & Company 1992

KEYWORDS: perry link china beijing politics political history

$35.00
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The Essence of Bruckner: An essay towards the understanding of his music


SIMPSON, ROBERT

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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: robert simpson anton bruckner musicology music history composer

$22.50
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Baudelaire and the Symbolists


QUENNELL, PETER

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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1954

KEYWORDS: peter quennell charles baudelaire english literature history

$30.00
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For the Soul of France: Culture Wars in the Age of Dreyfus


BROWN, FREDERICK

FIRST EDITION 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: Alfred A Knopf 2010

KEYWORDS: frederick brown france french history culture dreyfus

$25.00
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Occasional Form: Henry Fielding and the Chains of Circumstance


HUNTER, J PAUL

FIRST EDITION 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: John Hopkins University Press

KEYWORDS: henry fielding literary criticism j paul hunter history

$38.50
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The NZR Garratt Story


MCCLARE, E J

TIDY EX LIBRARY 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: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand railway train history NZR garratt e j mcclare

$20.00
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The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci


SPENCE, JONATHAN D

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: Elizabeth Sifton & Penguin Books

KEYWORDS: jonathan d spence matteo ricci jesuit christian ming china history biography

$26.50
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The University: From Ancient Greece to the 20th Century


PATTERSON, GLENYS

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: Dunmore Press 1997

KEYWORDS: university history academic glenys patterson

$17.50
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Executed for Ireland: The Patrick Moran Story


MORAN, MAY

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: Mercier Press 2010

KEYWORDS: patrick moran ireland irish history 1916 rising bloody sunday gresham hotel

$30.00
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Danger and Oppportunity: Explaining international crisis outcomes


HERRING, ERIC

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: Manchester University Press

KEYWORDS: crisis politics political history international relations eric herring

$35.00
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Turret Lathes


PRATT & WHITNEY COMPANY

TAPE REPAIR TO SPINE, octavo light card covers (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: Pratt & Whitney Company

KEYWORDS: turret lathes pratt & whitney company engineering history machining

$35.00
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Contesting the German Empire 1871 - 1918


JEFFERIES, MATTHEW

LIGHT STAIN TO EDGE OF TEXT BLOCK 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: Blackwell 2008

KEYWORDS: german empire imperial history matthew jefferies

$22.50
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National Past-Times: Narrative, Representation, and Power in Modern China


ANAGNOST, ANN

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: Duke University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: china chinese history political politics modern ann anagnost

$27.50
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In the Tracks of the West Clare Railway


LENIHAN, EDMUND

SIGNED BY AUTHOR 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: Mercier Press 1999

KEYWORDS: edmund eddie lenihan railway train history west clare railway

$35.00
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The West Haven Maufacturing Company: Makers of Universal Hack Saw Blades , Frames, Machines, and Hardware Specialties


THE WEST HAVEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Super octavo light card covers (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: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company 1913

KEYWORDS: west haven manufacturing company engineering factory history

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