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  Caxton and the Art of Printing
London, Religious Tract Society, ND ca. 1852. hb. 12mo, pp. 192 Edges quite scuffed, light soiling, ink signatures; good-. 1/4 leather. Binding remains solid. .
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 006865
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WILLIAMS, JOHN A. AND CHARLES F. HARRIS EDS.  Amistad 1
New York, Random House, 1970. Hardcover. pp. ix, 308. Small 8vo. Light shelfwear; very good+ in a very good price clipped dust jacket with light shelfwear and some rubbing to front and rear panels. Writings on Black History and Culture.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 015393
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ADAMS, HENRY  Mont - Saint - Michel and Chartres
Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913. Hardcover. pp. xiv, 401. Large 8vo. Black and white photographs. Soiling to front and rear boards, light rubbing to spine, light age toning, bookplate and ink date to front pastedown; very good. Introduction by Ralph Adams Carm. Small news article about the church in Chartres included.
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1545] Book number: 015816
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AMORY, CLEVELAND  The Last Resorts
New York, Harper & Brothers, 1952. Hardcover. pp. 527. 8vo. Black and white photograph frontispiece. Cloth to spine is warped and creased, spine slightly warped, grey soiling to page edges; very good in a good + price-clipped dust jacket with sunning to spine, scuffing to rear panel, edgewear. .
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1103] Book number: 015691
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ANDERSON, WILBERT L.  The Country Town A Study of Rural Evolution
New York, The Baker and Taylor Company, 1911. Hardcover. pp. 307, Introduction pagination is done in Roman Numerals but counts as pages 8, 9 and 10. 8vo. Shelf and edgewear, small discoloration to bottom of spine, penciling to page 29, ink name to ffep. Good + Introduction by Josiah Strong.
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1545] Book number: 014717
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APTHEKER, HERBERT  The American Revolution 1763 - 1783
New York, International Publishers, 1960. Hardcover. pp. 304. 8vo. Shelfwear, light age toning, small bump to fore edge of front board; very good in a good+ soiled dust jacket with some sunning to spine, a short closed tear to rear panel, price clipped and light age toning. A history of the American People: An Interpretation.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 015593
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ARASSE, DANIEL  The Guillotine and the Terror
London, Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 1989. Book. pp. 192. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Bump to one corner; very good + in a very good + dust jacket with light rubbing and the faint indent of a price sticker to the rear cover. Translated by Christopher Miller.
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1103] Book number: 015716
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ARCHER, FRED  The Cuckoo Pen Tales of English Village Life between the Wars
Gloucestershire, Budding Books, 1995. hb. 8vo, pp. vii, 142. Near fine in lightly shelfworn, very good+ dust jacket. "Archer describes with his customary sure touch and vivid language the characters and tenor of rural England during the period between the wars". black and white photographs.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 007448
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ASHBY, N. B.  The Riddle of the Sphinx
Des Moines, Iowa, Industrial Publishing Co. 1890. hb. 8vo, pp. ix, 474. Condition: fep has been repaired, rep has been replaced; cheesecloth showing through between frontis & ttl pg, edgewear, bds scuffed and sl soiled, overall fair+. Frontispiece.
USD 17.50 [Appr.: EURO 11.75 | £UK 10.75 | JP¥ 1545] Book number: 000167
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SNORRADOTTIR, ASLAUG AND KRISTIN BJORGVINSDOTTIR  About Fish an Insight Into the Magical World of Icelandic Ocean Life, Culture, Food and Design
Reykjavik, Lupina, 2002. hb. 4to, pp. 178. Corners slightly bumped, unread; near fine. "an act of homage to fish and other gifts of the sea, and the endless forms they can take in Iceland". photos by Snorradotir.
USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 006468
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[THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION]  The Mississippi Valley Historical Review a Journal of American History
Sept. 1958. wrappers. 8vo, pp. 387. Vol. XLV, No. 2. Published Quarterly by The Mississippi Valley Historical Association]. Edgewear, light soiling to card covers; very good-. .
USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 | £UK 3.25 | JP¥ 441] Book number: 007520
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[THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION]  The Mississippi Valley Historical Review a Journal of American History
March, 1960. wrappers. 8vo, pp. 826. Vol. XLVI, No. 4. Published Quarterly by The Mississippi Valley Historical Association]. Light wear to edges, small spots of soiling to spine; very good. .
USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 | £UK 3.25 | JP¥ 441] Book number: 007521
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CHRIMES, S. B. AND A. L. BROWN, EDS.  Select Documents of English Constitutional History 1307-1485
London, Adam & Charles Black, 1961. First edition. Hardcover. Light edgewear; very good+ in clipped & edgeworn, good+ dust jacket with some darkening to spine & small chips to edges. .
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 014376
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BAKER, HERSCHEL  The Race of Time Three Lectures on Renaissance Historiography
Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1967. Trade pb, pp. 110. Covers scuffed, ink name; good. U of T No. 112. .
USD 7.50 [Appr.: EURO 5.25 | £UK 4.75 | JP¥ 662] Book number: 005476
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DE BARRI, KINSMAN  The Bucks and Bawds of London Town
London, Leslie Frewin Publishers, 1974. 1st edition. hb. 8vo, pp. 223. Ink name, light shelfwear, else vg in rubbed, vg dj. The Permissive Life and Times of the London of George III. "A set of essays about the folk of the London of George the Third. The morals and manners of kings, queens, princes, peers, prostitutes and paupers - their clubs, pubs and pastimes.". black & white illustrations.
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1103] Book number: 002161
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LE VAN BAUMER, FRANKLIN; SERIES EDITOR: LEONARD WOODS LABAREE  The Early Tudor Theory of Kingship Yale Historical Publications Miscellany XXXV
New Haven, Yale University Press, 1940. Hardcover. pp. x, 259. 8vo. Light shelf wear, ink inscription to the ffep, ink name to title page, previous owners blind stamp to title page and seven other pages (31,91,99,131,191,199,231), ink markings to the first six pages; good+ in edgeworn, good dust jacket with discoloration & some fading to spine. Dust jacket is 1/8" shorter than book, which has resulted in minor sunning to top edge of front board. .
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 014594
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BEDALE, C. L.  Sumerian Tablets from Umma in the John Rylands Library, Manchester
Manchester, The University Press, 1915. hb. Slim 4to, pp. 16+plates. Foreword by C. H. W. Johns. Spine sunned and chipped at ends, boards a bit soiled, contents age toned; good. These are transcripts of 58 Sumerian tablets, selected from a group of about two hundred because they all contain Umma month-names. The earliest of these is from the forty-fourth year of Dungi, and the last extend into the third year of Ubi-Sin. The editor has only transcribed these; some obscurities remain, which cannot be clarified without further study. b&w photos and illustrations.
USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4413] Book number: 010050
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BENTLEY, AMY  Eating for Victory Food Rationing and the Politics of Domesticity
Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1998. Paperback. pp. xiii, 238. 8vo. Black and white photographs. Light edgewear, ink name to half title, slight warp to front cover and first few pages; very good. .
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1103] Book number: 015658
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BLANNING, T. C. W., ED.  The Oxford Illustrated History of Modern Europe
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1996. hb. Small 4to, pp. x, 362. Very sl cocked, bumped, else good+ in rubbed, vg dj. This "history of Europe from the late eighteenth century to the present day combines readability with scholarly authority". Color & b&w photos & illusts.
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 000169
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BOLTON, HERBERT E.  The Spanish Borderland A Chronicle of Old Florida and the Southwest
New Haven (CT), Yale University Press, 1921. Hardcover. pp. xiv, 320. 8vo. Brown and white plates, colour fold-out map. Faint brown stain to first few pages, edgewear, dust jacket stuck to top of boards; very good in a good + dust jacket with a few short tears, faint moisture damage, and edgwear. .
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 015497
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[NATIONAL YEAR BOOK]  The National Year Book 1918 a Book of Facts, Figures and General Information
New York, C. S. Hammond, 1917. sky blue hb. 8vo. Pictorial front board. pp. xxxii, 224. Shelfwear, slight spine slant, spine sunned, soiling to rear board & eps; good+. No dust jacket. black & white illustrations.
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1103] Book number: 008243
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BOWERSOCK, G. W.  Martyrdom and Rome
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. pp. xii, 106. 8vo. Near fine in a very good + dust jacket with some light soiling. .
USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 015282
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BRADLEY, K.R.  Slaves and Masters in the Roman Empire A Study in Social Control
New York, Oxford University Press, 1987. Paperback. pp. 164. 8vo. Light shelfwear, purple stains to rear cover; very good. .
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1103] Book number: 015884
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BRANSON, NOREEN  Britain in the Nineteen Twenties
Minneapolis, Univ. of Minnesota Press, 1976. 1st Edition. hb. 8vo, pp. 274. Bookplate, spot to top edge; vg in edgeworn, gd+ dust jacket. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 75-27162. This fascinating study portrays the twelve turbulent years in British society which followed the First World War, and the conflict, both in industry and outside it, between those who were trying to bring back the old pre-war world and those who were determined to go forward to a new one. b&w photographs & tables.
USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 012584
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BREBNER, JOHN BARTLET  The Explorers of North America 1492 - 1806
London, Adam and Charles Black, 1955. Hardcover. pp. viii, 431. Small 8vo. Black and white maps. Bound in navy blue cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Sunning to spine, spine is pulled, shelfwear, edgewear, pages lightly age toned, ink name to ffep. Good .
USD 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 8.5 | £UK 7.75 | JP¥ 1103] Book number: 014899
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