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Sybille Bedford: An Appetite for Life


HASTINGS, SELINA

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2020

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sybille Bedford history

$30.00
xxphb210690

The Defeat of Distance: Qantas 1919-1939


GUNN, JOHN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Queensland Press 1985

KEYWORDS: signed history aviation Qantas Airways business

$18.50
xxphc210694

Town Transport in Camera


JOYCE, J

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1980

KEYWORDS: transport history photography photos passenger

$30.00
xxphc210697

The Roman World 44bc - ad180


GOODMAN, MARTIN & SHERWOOD, JANE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1999

KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome roman antiquity empire

$15.00
xxphc210698

The Wolf by the Ears: Thomas Jefferson and Slavery


MILLER, JOHN CHESTER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Free Press 1977

KEYWORDS: US presidents slavery Thomas Jefferson history civil rights

$100.00
2i26aa/4

The Kings of Arabia: The Rise and Set of the Turkish Sovranty in the Arabian Peninsula


JACOB, HAROLD F

First edition. Demy 8vo, pp. 294 + [6 (advts)]; blue buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; frontis., plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, foxing & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; pasted slip peeled from front pastedown; moderate foxing throughout; light to moderate cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon 1923

KEYWORDS: Harold F Jacob Arab Arabia Kings Arabian Peninsula politics political history Turkish 20th century first edition

$47.50
2i26aa/7

The Arab Awakening: The Story of the Arab National Movement


ANTONIUS, GEORGE

8vo, pp. 471; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; foldout maps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Khayat's College Book Cooperative

KEYWORDS: George Antonius Arabia Arabian peninsula politics political history

$65.00
2i26aa/8

Frontiers and Wars: His Four Early Books Covering His Life as Soldier and War Correspondent


CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. 567; blue buckram bds, red label to spine letteredin gilt; frontis., plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate, soiling tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: eyre & Spottideoode 1962

KEYWORDS: Winston S Churchill war warfare life lives biography autobiography military history

$40.00
2i26aa/9

Wyndham Lewis: Time and Western Man


EDWARDS, PAUL (ed); LEWIS, WYNDHAM

Super 8vo, pp. xx + 617; illus. light card covers; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light cracking to front gutters).

PUBLISHER: Black Sparrow Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Wyndham Lewis 20th century literature criticism history philosophy

$75.00
2i26aa/11

The Black Truffle: Its History, Uses and Cultivation


HALL, IAN R & BROWN, GORDON T & BYARS, JAMES & DIMAS, NELSON

Second edition. Super 8vo, pp. [4] + 107; black heavy card bds, front board lettered in gilt, tree motfi to front baord in gilt; patterned eps, photos, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soilign to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling).

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand food crop food black truffle history uses cultivation

$40.00
2i26aa/19

Let Dons Delight: Variations on a Theme in an Oxford Common-Room


KNOX, RONALD A

First edition. Ex-library. 8vo, pp. [8] + 280; black buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained yellow; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library stamps in blue ink to ffep, rfep, ht, tp, p. 1, 139, & 279; light cracking to central & rear gutters; spine cocked); in d/w VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; price clipped to front flap; sm open tears to spine extrems).

PUBLISHER: Sheed & Ward 1939

KEYWORDS: Ronald A Knox essays academic life Oxford College conversation social history criticism

$48.50
2i26aa/20

The Story of the Sail


CLOWES, G S LAIRD; TREW, CECIL G (illus.)

Imp. 8vo, pp. 147; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; top edge stained black; illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to central & rear gutters; spine sl cocked; light foxing throughout; some tearing to top edge of text); in d/w, G (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; many lg closed tears to edges, some open tears to spine; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1936

KEYWORDS: transport ships sail sailing history illustrated sailors

$100.00
2i26aa/21

The Tunbridge Wells Guide; or An Account of the ancient and present State of that Place, to which is added a particular Description of the Towns and Villages, Remains of Antiquity, Gentlemens Seats, Founderies, &c. &c. within the Circumference of Six


SPRANGE, J

Rebound. Foolscap 8vo, pp. xii + 336; bd full in brown leather bds, red label to spine lettered in green; all edges deckled, frontis., opp. ornate dedication, foldout plates & table; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning, soiling & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: J. Sprange 1801

KEYWORDS: J Sprage travel description travelling England Britain 19th social history towns villages

$37.50
2i26aa/22

John Deere's Company: A History of Deere & Company and Its Times


BROEHL, WAYNE G

Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 870 +[10 (index)]; brown cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, plough motif in blind to front board; illus. tp, photos, plates, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; minor soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Doubleday & Company 1984

KEYWORDS: John Deere industry agricultural agriculture company business 19th 20th century history

$47.50
2i26aa/24

The Martyrdom of Man


READE, WINWOOD

Crown 8vo, pp. viii + 544; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, roll-tooled border in blind to front board; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to joints & spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to central & rear gutters; light to moderate foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Trubner & Co, 1887

KEYWORDS: Winwood Reade war warfare military history religion religious North Africa ancient medieval mediaeval Europe European

$70.00
2i33a/2

The Two Battles of the Marne


JOFFRE, Marshal & FOCH, Marshal & LUDENDORFF, Marshal

8vo, pp. 255; green cl bds, spine & front board lettered in black; fore & bottom edges sl deckled; maps; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; presentation bookplate & prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown; moderate cracking to central gutters; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy); in d/w, G- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; torn at spine, front & rear covers separated; rear flap torn from rear cover, both loosely enclosed; heavy loss to spine; very poor condition).

PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1927

KEYWORDS: Battles of Marne war warfare military history Great War First World War 1 WW1 WWI I WW

$40.00
2i33a/5

B-29: Superfortress: in detail & scale


LLOYD, ALWYN T

Imp. 8vo, pp. 72; stapled illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; p. 1-2, 3-4, 71-2 loose (vol. 2);

PUBLISHER: TAB Books 1987

KEYWORDS: B-29 B 29 bomber history aircraft air plane airplane Air Force military

$35.00
xxphi210699

Pakistan: Past & Present


JALAL, HAMID et al (Eds)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Stacey International 1977

KEYWORDS: middle east Pakistan history heritage culture

$25.00
xxphi210700

The Art Treasures of the Moscow Kremlin


NASIBOVA, AIDA (Text) & MENDELEYEV, WILLIAM (Photos) & SHKAROVSKY-RAFFE, ARTHUR (Trans)

TEXT IN RUSSIAN WITH ENGLISH INSERT, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Planeta Publishers 1984

KEYWORDS: Russia Soviet Kremlin history historic buildings artefacts antiques art

$32.50
xxphi210703

Battleships in Transition: The Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860


LAMBERT, ANDREW

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1984

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history steam battleships warfare 19th nineteenth century naval

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