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Area Handbook for Oceania.
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1971. 1971. - Octavo, dark green cloth. The tail of the spine is lightly creased. xiii & 555 pages with an errata page bound in. Illustrated with 2 folding black-and-white maps. Very good.
This is one of a series of handbooks prepared by Foreign Area Studies of the American University, Washington, DC "designed to be useful to military and other personnel who need a convenient compilation of basic facts about the social, economic, political, and military institutions and practices of various countries. Very good .
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.Professional sellerBook number: 35691
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Catalogue: Travel & History
Keywords: TRAVEL; HISTORY; POLITICS; GOVERNMENT; ECONOMICS; MILITARY; SOCIETY; AREA HANDBOOK FOR OCEANIA; GUIDE; FOREIGN AREAS STUDIES, THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY; JOHN W. HENDERSON; HELEN A. BARTH; JUDITH M. HEIMANN; PHILIP W. MOELLER; FRANCISCO S. SORIANO; JOHN O. W
Cato : A Tragedy, and Selected Essays
Indianapolis, Liberty Fund, 2004. Paperback Octavo. Paperback. wraps, 282 pp Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Very good .
San Francisco Book CompanyProfessional sellerBook number: 105298
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Catalogue: Belles Lettres
Keywords: Plays, Theatre, Essays, American History
Charles II, Henry VIII, and James I and VI
London, Goupil & Co. 1901-4. First edition. Leather. Three large paper first limited editions of these biographies of important British regents. Three first limited edition comprising extensive biographies of three British Kings: Charles II, Henry VIII and James I and VI. Each bound in a charming half calf binding with intricate gilt tooling to the spine, with the original wraps bound in with the volume. Charles II was written by Osmund Airy, English historian specialising in early modern Britain and Ireland, particularly Charles II and the Restoration period. He explores the life and kingdom of Charles II in this extensive volume. King of Scotland from 1646 to 1651, and also of England and Ireland from 1660 Restoration until his death, he was known as the 'Merry Monarch.' His reign was characterised by his ability to guide his country through the religious unrest between Anglicans, Catholics, and dissenters. The first limited edition of this work, numbered one thousand one hundred and forty seven of one thousand two hundred and fifty copies printed on fine paper. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and forty full page plates as well as numerous other illustrations in text. Collated, complete. Loosely inserted a portrait of Catharina, sister to Don Alfonso present King of Portugal, offered as a gift to the British Museum with a hand-written letter; the British Museum's reply is included 'We have two good impressions so should not need another.' The sender is unnamed. Henry VIII by A. F. Pollard, British historian who specialized in the Tudor period. Henry VIII was the King of England from 1509 until 1547, best known for his six marriages and his efforts to get is first marriage to Catharine of Aragon annulled. He established the Church of England due to his disagreements with Pope Clement VII about such annulment, and is also credited  with establishing the Royal Navy. The first limited edition of one thousand, one hundred and fifty copies, of which this is numbered one thousand and sixty five. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and thirty one full page plates as well as numerous illustrations in text. Collated, complete. James I and VI by T F Henderson, Scottish historian, author and editor who contributed entries on Scottish figures for the Dictionary of National Biography and Encyclopaedia Britannica. King of Scotland as James VI in 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I in 1603 until 1625, James VI and I is best remembered for sponsoring the translation fo the Bible into English names after him, the Authorised King James Version. He was titled 'the wised fool in Christendom' by Sir Anthony Weldon. The first limited edition of eight hundred copies, this numbered four hundred and twenty six. Illustrated with a coloured frontispiece and thirty one full page plates, as well as numerous illustrations in text. Collated, complete. With a bookplate of Lionel Lawson Faudel-Phillips, 3rd Baronet in the Faudel-Phillips Baronetcy, who was the great-great-grandfather of model and actress Cara Delevingne and Poppy Delevingne. From the library at Julian Park, Hertfordshire, belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie (1902-1968). Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire, sister to Edward James, a key figure in the Surrealist movement, and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. Her passion for literature is displayed by her impressive library.She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men, she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts, she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence, James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, and others. A hedonistic pursuer, she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things&apos. In a half calf binding over vellum boards with intricate gilt tooling to the spine, the original wraps are bound in with the volume. Externally generally smart with some shelf wear and rubbing to the leather, some scuffing. The front joint is starting to the Henry VIII volume. Loosely inserted to Charles II volume is an engraved frontispiece of Catharina sister to Don Alfonso with a note. With a small bookseller sticker to the front pastedown as well as the bookplate of Lionel Lawson Faudel-Phillips, 3rd Baronet in the Faudel-Phillips Baronetcy. Internally, firmly bound. With a minor faint spotting to the first and last few leaves, otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with coloured frontispieces, full page plates, and numerous illustrations in text. Collated, complete. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Rooke BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 793A33
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Catalogue: History & Culture
Keywords: kings britain history biographies britain limited editions Not Stated
South America and the First World War: The Impact of the War on Brazil, Argentina, Peru, and Chile
Cambridge ; New York, Cambridge University Press, 1988. Hardcover. Illustrated dj; red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. x, 388 pages. Series: Cambridge Latin American studies #65. Contents: Before the War -- The early impact of the War -- The recovery of trade during the War -- Seeking financial solutions -- The War and the growth of manufacturing industry -- The War and the workers -- After the War. Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-378) and index. G+. ex-library. Stamped on text block, flylead, pocket in back. Pages have slight toning/yellowing on edges, otherwise clean and tight.
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Catalogue: History
Keywords: World War, 1914-1918 -- South America. ; World War, 1914-1918 -- South America ; ; History - American
The Henston bovine veterinary vade mecum
High Wycombe, Henston, 1993. Used - Good. Good paperback 1st ed. 1st edition, 1993. Pages generally clean; some wear to cover. Good working copy Photo:. ISBN: 1850540934
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Egyptology: Rare Collection of Ca. 50 Very Early Offprints from Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde ZÄS (1898-1937). Works By Renowned Egyptologists. [LOT OF Ca. 50 ITEMS].
Leipzig, Hinrich, 1898-1937. 1st Edition. Offprint. Collection of offprints. All in original printed wrappers, few bit edge frayed in places. All items are fully identified, collated and described. Accompanied by a list with full descriptions and collations. In a very good condition. ~ FIRST EDITION thus. Very rare collection of early offprints, Sonderdruck aus Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde ZÄS. SEveral are presentation copies, signed and dedicated by the authors to other renowned contemporary Egyptologists. Works by Anthes (x2); Blackman (x6); Erman (x3); Gardiner (10); Grapow (x3); Naville (x2); Sethe (x7); and furher, works by Bissing; Edgerton; Griffiths; Gunn; Kees; Leeuw; Roeder; Scharff; Spiegel; Wiesmann. ~[Librarium of The Hague offers the largest and finest collection of Egyptological offprint monographs in the rare book market. With the acquisition in recent years of multiple Egyptological libraries (those of Prof. Herman te Velde; Prof. Mathieu Heerma van Voss, Prof. Baudouin van de Walle; Prof. Michel Malaise; Prof. Herman De Meulenaere; Egyptologist Jacobus Visser, and former Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society, Stewart Dale White), we now hold several thousands of rare offprint monographs which were collected over many years by these scholars. Very limited in number when originally issued and fragile by nature, most are by now practically extinct and the scarce survivors are much sought after. We took upon ourselves to collate, catalogue, and identify each item in accordance with Beinlich-Seeber or Annual Egyptological Bibliography, in the hope that this collection will prove useful for scholars and collectors alike. Your queries are most welcome] OFP-L .
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Catalogue: Egyptology: First Edition Thus Offprint Collections, Archaeology: Ancient Egypt, Egyptology
Keywords: ARCHAEOLOGY ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATION EXCAVATIONS EXPLORATION EXPLORATIONS SURVEY SURVEYS GEOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGICAL GEOLOGY ARCHEOLOGY CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY STUDIES NEAR FAR EAST GREECE GREEK ROME ROMAN EGYPT MEDIEVAL POSTMEDIAEVAL HISTORY EGY
Performing Arts Resources Volume Five: Recollections of o. Smith. Comedian (Signed Copy)
New York: Theatre Library Association, 1978. First Edition; First Edition. Original Boards. ISBN: 0932610013. The Recollections of Richard John Smith better known as O. Smith, a 19th Century American Comedian There are Introductory texts, Followed by Smith's Recollections. With 11 b/w plates and a useful Index. An attractive volume, bound in red cloth, gilt tiltle on spine, and a pictorial label on front cover. This Copy, signed and dedicated by the Guest Editor of this issue, William W. Appleton, on title page. Light wear to covers and light fading to spine. ; Hardback; Octavo. Fine with no dust jacket .
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Argosy All-Story Weekly: February, Feb. 7, 1925 ("North Star"; "Valley of the Stars")
NY, Frank A. Munsey Co. 1925. SingleIssueMagazine. Vol. CLXVI, No. 4. Pulp magazine. Edited by Matthew White. Cover art by Charles Livingston Bull for "North Star" (pt. 1 of 5) by Rufus King. Includes "Where She Belongs" (pt. 2 of 5) by Edgar Franklin; "The Next Victim" (pt. 3 of 4) by Ronald Prince; "The Valley of the Stars" (pt. 4 of 6) by Charles Alden Seltzer; "The Under Dogs" (pt. 6 of 6) by Hulbert Footner; "Suspense" by Beatrice Ashton Vandegrift; "Cheap Tools" by Thomas P. Freney; "William Tries the Rough Stuff" by Lois Fink Honberger; "His Weak Spot" by Jessie Henderson; "A Count of Some Account" by Olin Lyman; "Enchantment" by Jack Bechdolt. Poetry: 'To You" by Margery Land Mason; "You Are Not Mine" by Mary Carolyn Davies. Illustrations are uncredited. Standard wear and tear at edges; tanning; minor loss at heel. Very Good.
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Argosy All-Story Weekly: March, Mar. 26, 1927
NY, Frank A. Munsey Co. 1927. SingleIssueMagazine. Vol. CLXXXV, No. 1. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Matthew White.] Cover art by Edgar Franklin Wittmack for "Battle Sight" (pt. 1 of 3) by Joseph Ivers Lawrence. Includes "Land of the Free" (pt. 2 of 6) by Charles Alden Seltzer; "The Wrong Side of Ffith Avenue" (pt. 3 of 4) by Ben Conlon; "He's a Prince" (pt. 5 of 5) by Fred MacIsaac; "The Mystery in No. 2" by Gordon Stiles; "Parlay Dinah's Dollar" by Douglas Eppes; "The Short Sport" by Rose Henderson; "The Stag Line" by Emily Callaway; "The Silver Shadow" by Frank Richardson Pierce. Poetry: "Thoughts on the Camel" by George Jay Smith; "Builder and Wrecker" by Beatrice A. Vandergrift; "A He-Man" by Lester Raymond Cash; "A Spring Idle" by John Knox; "Old Hulks" by E. Leslie Spaulding. Dampstains, mild, at upper foredge and corner, and upper spine; tanning; standard wear and tear with small losses; creasing. Very Good-.
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Argosy All-Story Weekly: June 18, 1921 ("the Blind Spot")
NY, Frank A. Munsey Co. 1921. SingleIssueMagazine. Vol. CXXXIV, No. 6. Cover by Frank Desch for "The One Way Street" (pt. 1 of 4) by Jack Bechdolt. Includes "Whatever She Wants" (pt. 2 of 6) by Edgar Franklin; "The Man-Hater" (pt. 3 of 7) by George Allen England; "A Daughter of the White Star" (pt. 4 of 5) by Horace Howard Herr; "The Blind Spot" (pt. 6 of 6) by Austin Hall & Homer Eon Flint; "When Red Men Ruled" (novelette; pt. 1 of 2) by Lieut. Gordon Hill Grahame; "Greek and Greek" by Eric Levison; "Freaks of fate" by Lyon Mearson; "Elam Peabody's Strategy" by C. S. Callahan; "The Sleeper" by Samuel G. Camp; "A Doy Off" by Rose Henderson. 1/2" lost at spine heel; minor bit at spien head; standard wear and chipping at edges; tanning. Very Good.
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Catalogue: Pulps
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Aristophanes' Lysistrata. Edited with introduction and commentary by Jeffrey Henderson.
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987, cloth, dustjacket, 12mo, lxxii+236 pp., greek text with extensive commentary and introduction; good condition (a few annotations in pencil in margins). . ISBN: 0198140495.
Pallas BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 33130
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Catalogue: Classical Antiquity
Keywords: Aristophanes, Lysistrata
Great Pox: The French Disease in Renaissance Europe.
New Haven, Yale University, 1997. 1st Printing. Hardcover., Vg (See Description), Vg/Vg Faint Edgewear. Pages Clean, Binding Tight. Pages: 352.
Vintage BooksProfessional sellerBook number: MASTER340947I
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Catalogue: History
Trade Unions and the Law
London: Ernest Benn, 1927. Paperback. 286pp, bound in original chipped grey card covers,; Small Octavo. Very Good .
Castle Hill BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 69558
GBP 8.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 US$ 10.79 | JP¥ 1569]
Keywords: Unionism Politics Economics
The University of Essex Impact on Colchester and the Region. A Preliminary Report on Transport and Land Use Planning
Essex, 1965. 22pp, plus 6 fold-out maps of the area, traffic flow etc. Wraps 30x21. Ex Shankland Cox lib, good. Comprehensive study and scarce.
Inch's BooksProfessional sellerBook number: 15383
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Catalogue: CITY PLANS
Keywords: CITY PLANS
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