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The Great Enterprise: The Manchu Reconstruction of Imperial Order in Seventeenth-Century China
by Wakeman, Frederic, Jr.
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Berkely: University of California Press, (1985). First edition in two volumes. Octavo, publisher's deep green cloth, pp. xiv, 680, & pp. vii, 681-1337; illustrated. Slight foxing to top page edge, else books are near fine; publisher's pictorial slipcase, with splitting at joints and rubbing, else sound and reasonably attractive. Heavy set, may require extra postage… Read more
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Socialism for South Africa.
by MILES-CADMAN, C.F. [Cecil Frank].
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Johannesburg: Published under the auspices of the South African Labour Party, (1941). Octavo, publsiher's red cloth blocked in black, pp. 186. Inscribed by the author: to Alf. B. Trollip Esq., M.P. with compliments and thanks, and dated 12 February, 1942.. Uncommon hardcover issue of this title. Light creasing and darkening to prelims and end leaves, else… Read more
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Prison Notebooks. Volume One.
by GRAMSCI, Antonio.
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New York: Columbia University Press, (2011). Paperback edition, later impression. Trade paperback format, pp. xxiii, 608n[2] publisher's ads. Slight crease to lower corner of rear cover, else near fine. .
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Massacre in Mexico.
by Poniatowska, Elena.
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- 9780826208170
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$50.00
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Columbia: University of Missouri, (N.d). Reprint. Trade paperback format. pp. xvii, 333; illustrated. Inscribed by Elena Poniatowska in Spanish to a Canadian writer and dated in 2013. Poniatowska is a French-born Mexican journalist and author, best known for her work on social and political issues relating to the disenfranchised, especially women and the poor. Near… Read more
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Letters from America, Letters from America Containing Observations on the Climate and Agriculture of the Western States...
by FLINT, James.
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(Charleston, SC): Bibiolife, (N.d). Reprint of the Edinburgh edition of 1822. Card covers, pp. 332. Light creasing to covers, large bar code sticker over spine and gutters, else good. .
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Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico.
by HODGE, Frederick Webb.
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Nabu Public Domain reprint, made from a copy of the book in the University of California. Card covers, pp. 972, Reprint of the two-part 1907 edition from the Government Printer's Office, Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 30. Text that is very uneven terms of its legibility - in all a rather bland presentation,… Read more
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The Place-Names of Cambridgeshire and The Isle of Ely.
by REANEY, P..H.
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Cambridge at the University Press, 1943. First edition. Octavo, deep blue cloth, pp. lxi, 396. Pocket at rear with 3 small maps, as issued. English Place-Name Society Volume XIX. Slight foxing to endpapers, else very good, in spine-darkened dust jacket with foxing, and price on front flap torn away. . .
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Linen on the Green. An Irish Mill Village 1730-1982.
by CLARK, Wallace.
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Belfast: The University Press Limited, (1983). Second edition. Octavo, grey cloth, pp. xii, 183. Signed by Clark. 1" ink pen stroke on endpaper, else very good in dust jacket, which shows wrinkles to the publisher's clear lamination. .
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Apache Vengeance. The True Syory of the Apache Kid.
by HAYES, Jess G.
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Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1954. First edition. Small octavo, blue cloth blocked in gilt, pp.xviii, (2), (1)-185; illustrations by Horace T. Pierce. Inscribed by the author and signed in Globe, Arizona. Near fine in dust jacket with red ink marker applied over price on front flap (in apparent effort to obscure… Read more
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De Mere En Fille: Histoire Des Familles Hoskier, Appert, Girod, Hentsch
by Hentsch, Robert
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- 1997
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- 9782950968319
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R. Hentsch, 1997. Trade paperback format, pp. 288; illustrated. Presentation inscription from Hentsch on title page. Covers lightly creased and marked, else very good..
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Helldorado. Bringing the Law to Mesquite.
by BREAKENRIDGE, William M.
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. First edition. Brown cloth, pp. xix, 256; illustrated. Attractive bookplate of William Henry Newbrough depicting a flyfisherman. A few minute nicks to cloth, else bright and near fine. No dust jacket..
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The Poor Man: Law and Satire in 19th Century New South Wales.
by De Boos, Charles. Edited by Buck, A. R. & Wright, Nancy E.
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- 2005
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- 9781740970792
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Melbourne: Australian Scholarly, 2005. Trade paperback format, pp. 169. Nearly new condition..
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Liquidity Preference as a Factor in Industrial Development. From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Third Series, Section II, Volume XXXVII, 1943.
by INNIS, Harold A.
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Ottawa: The Royal Society of Canada, 1943. Offprint. Stapled wrappers. Inscribed by Innis to D.C. MacGregor (Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto). Creased vertically through centre of covers and textblock, covers a bit dust-soiled, else very good..
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The Right Honourable Caroline of Seafield. Born 30th June 1830. Died 6th October 1911.
by [CAMPBELL, James, atttributed to].
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Mostly Reprinted from Banffshire Journals of October 10th and 17th, 1911. 21.5 x 14 cm, drab olive-grey wrappers over wire-stitched textblock, pp. 123; frontispiece portrait. "Seafield" penned on spine, a few pencil notes on "endpapers", else good or better..
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The Limits of State Industrial Control. A symposium on the Present Situation & How to Meet It.
by CARTER, Huntly. Editor.
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Toronto: J.M. Dent & Son Ltd., 1919. Octavo, light green cloth, pp. [292]. Includes contributions by The Right Hon. David Lloyd George, George Bernard Shaw and Hillaire Belloc, amongst numerous others. Previous owner's name and date neatly on enspaper, a few pages roughly opened, else very good..
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Roman Law and the British Empire.
by Innis, Harold A.
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University of New Brunswick, 1950. First edition. 23 x 15.3 cm, stapled card covers, pp. 26. "One of a series of lectures commemorating the 150th anniversary of the University. Delivered at the University of New Brunswick March 30, 1950". Previous owner's initials neatly on title page, covers lightly dust-soiled, else very good. Uncommon..
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The Insurrection in Dublin.
by STEPHENS, James.
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New York: Macmillan, 1916. First American edition. 19.5 x 13.5 cm, dark blue cloth, pp. xv, 148, + [8] pages publisher's ads. Page edges darkened, very faint damp-staining to covers, corner tips lightly bumped, else very good. No dust jacket..
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Germany and its Evolution in Modern Times.
by LICHTENBERGER, Henri. Translated from the French by A.M. Ludovici.
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New York: Genry Holt and Company, 1913. Octavo, blue cloth, pp. xxv, 440. Cancel title tipped in on a stub (English sheets?). Includes material on the evolution of economics, politics, religious and philosophical thought, and art. With the signature of Canadian artist and author Barker Fairley on the front pastedown. Spine ends and corners frayed, spine slightly dull, else very… Read more
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Reminiscences of the Village of Canton.
by WITHERBEE, Carl M.
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Canton: Published Privately, (1980). First edition. Octavo, cloth, pp. (vii), 239; illustrated. Previous owner's rubber-stamp name and address on front free endpaper, else a fine copy. No dust jacket - presumably so issued..
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Venice and History. The Collected Papers of Frederic C. Lane.
by LANE, Frederic C(hapin).
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Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, (1966). First edition. Octavo, dark blue cloth, pp. xiii, 560. Inscribed by Lane and signed "Frederic". Lane was amongst the foremost authorities on Renaissance Venice. Near fine in dust jacket with a 1.5 cm tear to the front panel, and some light edge wear. [Oversize*].
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