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Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North
by Madame Ida Pfeiffer
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- Used - Poor
- Published
- 1852
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- 1
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$49.29
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Condition: Poor; edge-wear to the boards. Edges of the spine are deteriorating. The spine has internal cracking, but the binding is still tight. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name. Has the bookplate of John Calthrop of Stanhoe Hall; Norfolk—colour plates. The spine has blind stamping and gilt decoration, and the title is in gilded… Read more about this item Item Price
$49.29
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The Modern Voyager & Traveller Through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America; Four volume set
by William Adams
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- Used - Poor
- Edition
- First
- Published
- 1828
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- 1
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$499.20
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First edition. Four volumes. Condition: Poor; edge-wear to the boards and spines. The interior is clean without markings. Embossed on the covers is "John Davies 1832" in gold lettering. Minor soiling throughout. All have colour illustrations—some foxing. There is a hinge weakness with the front board and the pages.
Vol 1: 452 pages. May be missing some pages as the index… Read more about this item Item Price
$499.20
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The Twelve Caesars
by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1994
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- 1
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$17.69
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Fourth printing. Condition: Near Fine; crisp, clean copy, no markings; appears unread. Slipcase is VG+ with minor surface wear. Translated by Robert Graves. Wood Engravings by Raymond Hawthorn. Contains black and white illustrations throughout.
One of them was a military genius; one murdered his mother and fiddled while Rome burned; another earned the nickname 'sphincter artist'. Six of their number were… Read more about this item Item Price
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Julius Caesar
by Christian Meier
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2004
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$18.96
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Third Printing. Condition: Very Good; Interior clean copy, appears unread—previous owner's name on inside front board. Slipcase is VG+ with minor surface wear. Introduced by Peter Jones. Translated from the German by David McLintock. Item Price
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The Origins of the Second World War
by A.J.P. Taylor
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 2597
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- 1
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$65.72
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Condition: Near Fine; crisp, clean copy, no markings; appears unread. No slipcover. Item Price
$65.72
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Eye Witness to History The First Reporters
by Robert Fox
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 2008
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$18.96
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Publisher: The Folio Society
2008
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Condition: Very Good; Interior clean copy, no markings. Colour plates. Does not include a slipcover. Item Price
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Lost Splendour
by Prince Felix Yusupov
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- Used - Near Fine
- Published
- 1996
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$20.22
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Condition: Near Fine; crisp, clean copy, no markings; appears unread. Slipcase is VG+ with minor surface wear. Introduction by Count Nikolai Tolstoy; translated from the French by Ann Green and Nicolas Katkoff. Item Price
$20.22
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La Peña Toros Y Toreo de Londres Newsletters (50 copies) 1960-1965
by Raymond Wilson Rose
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- Used - Fair
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- 1960
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- 1
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$82.13
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Condition: Good to acceptable; most stapled pages are rusted without markings. Some have age tanning.
Issue No Month Year Notes
1 July 1960
2 August 1960
3 September 1960
4 October 1960
5 November 1960
6 Dec 1961/Jan 1962 1960
7 February 1961
9 March 1961
10 April 1961
11 May 1961
12/13 June/July 1961
14 August 1961
15 September 1961… Read more about this item Item Price
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By England's Aid: Or the Freeing of the Netherlands, 1585-160
by George Alfred Henty
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1891
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- 1
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$37.90
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First edition; Condition: Good; edge-wear to the boards, no DJ. Some minor soiling on the covers. The interior is clean without markings. Hinge weakness - cracking to back cover hinges, slightly exposing netting. Spine ends are crushed. Gilt lettering on the cover and spine. The front cover is decorated with red cloth.… Read more about this item Item Price
$37.90
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Plutarch his life, his Lives and his Morals. Four lectures
by Richard chenevix Trench
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- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 2nd
- Published
- 1874
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- 1
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$18.94
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Second Edition. Condition: Fair; edge-wear to the boards and to the boards themselves, no DJ. There is a small tear on the upper spine. The interior is clean without markings. Hinge weakness in the middle of the book. Item Price
$18.94
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Problems of the Danube Basin
by C. A. Macartney
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- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Published
- 1942
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- 1
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$12.63
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First Edition. Condition: Good in Fair DJ; Foxing to text block edges. DJ has some wear and minor foxing. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name. A newspaper article is taped inside the front about the book. Item Price
$12.63
War in Val d'Orcia: A Diary
by Iris Origo
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- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1947
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- 1
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$17.68
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Condition: Fair light edge-wear to the boards. Bords have minor soiling. No DJ. The spine is leaning slightly. The interior is clean without markings. Item Price
$17.68
Economic Imperialism and International Relations During the Last Fifty Years
by Achille Viallate
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- Used - Good
- Edition
- 1st
- Published
- 1923
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$44.22
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Condition: Good; light edge-wear to the spine, corners are bumped, no DJ. The interior is clean, except for the previous owner's name in pencil. The edges are very slightly dust-toned with age. Item Price
$44.22
Aeschylus and Athens: A Study in the Social Origins of Drama
by George Thomson
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- Used
- Published
- 1946
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$22.74
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Condition: Good; edge-wear to the boards, no DJ. The interior is clean without markings.
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$22.74
Desert and Forest: The Exploration of Abyssinian Danakil
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- Used - Fair
- Published
- 1937
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$58.12
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Condition: Fair; edge-wear to the boards and spine, no DJ. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name and Ex Libris label.
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$58.12
The Low-Veld: It's Wild Life and its People
by Lieut. Col. J Stevenson-Hamilton
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- Used - Fair
- Edition
- 2nd
- Published
- 1934
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- 1
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$16.42
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2nd Ed. Condition: Fair; edge-wear to the boards, green cloth with gold lettering; boards have wear. no DJ. The interior is clean without markings except for the previous owner's name and six photographic plates. Item Price
$16.42
An Essay on Mediaeval Economic Teaching
by George O'Brien
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1920
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$18.94
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First Edition. Condition: Good; edge-wear to the boards, no DJ. Spine edges are bumped. The interior is clean without markings except for a library stamp on the first page. Minor foxing. Item Price
$18.94
The Theory of Fluctuations in Contemporary Economic Thought
by Sidney Daniell Merlin
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- Used - Good
- Published
- 1950
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$12.63
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Condition: Good; light soiling to the boards, no DJ. The interior is clean without markings. Item Price
$12.63
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Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache
by Gustav Meyer
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1982
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- 1
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$44.22
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Condition: Very Good; Interior clean copy, no markings. No DJ.
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Saga och sed: Kungl. Gustav Adolfs akademiens årsbok. 1982
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- Used - Good+
- Published
- 1982
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$25.26
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Condition: Good+; edge-wear to the covers, protective cover. The interior is clean without markings. The spine has a slight lean. The text is Swedish. Articles on ethnological, folkloristic, historical and linguistic topics. The articles are written mainly in Swedish, but other Scandinavian languages such as English and German occur. Item Price
$25.26