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Cover corner chipped. Rubbed. Good+. Tibet Bod-ljons mi dmans dpe skrun Lhasa 1995 orig. wrappers 18x13cm, (2),156 pp Entirely in Tibetan characters. Socio-cultural history of the Na-ch'u ti ch'u district of Tibet prior to the Chinese invasion.

Inscribed by author. Some wear. Some scuffing to spine. Good. Medical Dissertations Munksgaard Copenhagen 1961 Half-cloth 23x16cm, 112 pages., Binder's half-cloth with original front & rear cover wrappers bound in.

Minor wear. VG. Mathematics Mathematisch Centrum Amsterdam 1964 orig. wrappers 24x15cm, 169 pp, University of Amsterdam doctoral dissertation.

Two small tears to cover edges. Minor wear. Good. Classical Philology Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia Helsinki 1972 orig. wrappers 24x16cm, 127 pages., Series: Suomalaisen Tiedeakatemian toimituksia, Annales, Sarja B, nide 175.

Rubbed. Some cover soil. Foxed. Just Good. Frontis.,8pp photoplates. Spanish Roma Minority Montaner y Simon Barcelona 1915 orig. cloth 24x15cm, 191,(136)pp, Publisher's decorated cloth. Some page-edge tears. Weighs 950 grams. Full title reads: "Historia y costumbres de los Gitanos : Coleccion de cuentos viejos y nuevos, dichos y timos graciosos, maldiciones y refranes netamente gitanos : Diccionario Español-Gitano-Germanesco : Dialecto de los Gitanos". Pagination runs 191,(1),135,(1). The final 135 pages consist of the dictionary: "Diccionario español-gitano-germanesco": pp. [2]-69; " Diccionario gitano-germanesco-español": pp. [71]-134.

Minor rubbing. VG., dustwrapper. Philosophy of Science MIT Press Cambridge [MA] (1999) orig.cloth 24x15cm, viii,264 pp. "In previous books Arnold Pacey has written about the role of ideas and ideals in the creation of technology, about the global history of technology and about how the complex interaction of political, cultural, economic and scientific influences determine the course of technological practice. In "Meaning in Technology", he explores how an individual's sense of purpose and meaning in life can affect the shape and use of technology. Stressing that there is no hierarchy of meaning in technology, he argues that reductionism in interpreting technology in a human context, and for acknowledgement of the role of the human experience of purpose when it helps to express meaning in technology. In the first part of the book, Pacey analyzes the direct experience of technology by individuals - engineers, mathematicians, craft workers and consumers. He looks at music as a source… Read More

Front cover dented. Small rear corner cover bump. Good., dustwra Literary Criticism Poetry Wales Press Bridgend (1982) orig.boards 22x14cm, 134 pp Contents: "A Man Detailed": The Outrage on Nature: the Landscape of War in the Work of Paul Nash & David Jones; A Rare One for Locality: The Feminine Principle in the Poetry of David Jones; Why David Jones is Not a Household Name; A Man Detailed: The Creative Life in the Letters of David Jones; Wonder Voyagers: Celtic Wonder Voyagers: Hugh MacDiarmid & David Jones; A Gift of Tongues: Hugh MacDiarmid's 'In Memoriam James Joyce'; The Fire of Images: The Poetry of George Mackay Brown; Those Differing Marks: Ian Hamilton Finlay & the Wild Hawthorn Press; Navigants of the Obscure Passage: Five English Poets in Search of the Grail; Where the Traveller's Journey is Done: Paul Nash & the Spirit of Place.

Some rubbing. Embossed stamp to flyleaf. VG. 12pp photoplates. Malawi Historiography Longman [London] [1972] orig.wrappers 21x14cm, xxix,454,[12]p, PAPERBACK. Twenty of the twenty-four papers were originally presented at a conference on the early history of Malawi held at Blantyne under the auspices of the University of Malawi from 20 July to 24 July 1970. Includes: The Men Who Came Before Malawian History; Prehistoric Origins; Environment & History: The Malawian Setting; The Iron Age in Malawi: A Brief Account of Recent Work; Transport & Communication in Malawi to 1891, with a Summary to 1918; The Meaning of the Name 'Malawi* in Oral Traditions & Precolonial Documents; Chewa or Malawi Political Organization in the Precolonial Era; The People of Bororo: A Lexicostatistical Enquiry; Reflections on the Early History of North Malawi; Suggestions Towards a Reinterpreted Tumbuka History; The Yao in Malawi: The Importance of Local Research; Ngoni Politics & Diplomacy in Malawi,… Read More

Some rubbing. Small tear to rear cover. Good. History of Medicine Imp. Libanio da Silva Lisboa 1908 orig. wrappers (6),63,(2) pp,, 25x16cm, Lengthy author's presentastion inscription in half-title. Text entirely in Portuguese. Series: Trabalho de Laboratorio de histologia do Real Instituto Bacteriologico Camara Pestana. Contents: Historia; Investigacões pessoais: Material e technica; Consideracões gerais e conclusões.

Some minor rubbing. Slight binding corner bump. VG., dustwrapper Textual photo illustrations Russian Literature Southern Illinois Univ.Press Carbondale (1971) orig.cloth 21x14cm, xiv,491 pp Contents: Introduction; Beginnings; The Metaphiscs of Hippius' Concepts; The "Cause": Hippius' Religious Views & Activities; The Revolution of 1905;War, Revolution, & Exile in Poland; The Parisian Period; The Last Circle; Zinaida Hippius as a Literary Critic; "Après Sa Mort"; Conclusion.

Minor wear. Corner bump. VG. Mathematics Springer-Verlag Berlin / Heidelberg 1980 orig. wrappers 24x16cm, vi,410 pp., Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 834. Full title reads: "Model Theory of Algebra and Arithmetic : Proceedings of the Conference on Applications of Logic to Algebra and Arithmetic held at Karpacz, Poland, September 1-7, 1979".

Rubbed. Good. 1 facsimile plate. History of Religion Ganganatha Jha Research Inst Allahabad 1956 orig.boards 23x15cm, 22,(54),(1) pp In English and Sanskrit.

Minor rubbing. Some light soil to dustwrapper. VG., dustwrapper. Textual photo illustrations Political History Columbia University Press New York 1984 orig. cloth 23x15cm, xxx,361 pp Contents: Marxian Themes: The Right To Be Lazy; Three Economic Models: Capitalism, the Welfare State, and Socialism; Freedom, Authority, Participation; The Idea of Progress in Marxism; The Thirties: Communism and Class; Fascist Propaganda and the Conquest of Power; Reflections on the Spanish Civil War; Nationalism and Internationalism: The Problem of Imperialism; Notes on the Soviet Union; Who Are the Palestinians?; Teachers of Marxism; Marx and the Jews; The Ambiguous Legacy of Eduard Bernstein; Gramsci - Stalinist Without Dogma; Orthodox Heretic, Romantic Stalinist: On the Ninetieth Birthday of Georg Lukács; Epilogue: Confessions of an Old-Timer: Aphorisms on Socialism.

Rubbed. Spine chipped & torn. Cover corner crease. Good. Poland Nakladem Autora Warszawa [1927] orig. wrappers 24x16cm, 120 pp Text entirely in Polish. Contents: Snobizm w sprawach wewnetrznych; Grabszczyzna w wymiarze sprawiedliwosci.

Some rubbing. Some light page browning. Good., dustwrapper. 8pp photoplates. British Naval History Alvin Redman London 1964 orig.boards 22x14cm, 256,(8) pp, In a rubbed & chipped dustwrapper. An account of the shipwreck of and mutiny on board the H.M.S. Wager, Chile,1740.

Minor rubbing, VG., dustwrapper Textual maps,charts & tables African Ethnology Indiana University Press Bloomington (1981) orig.cloth 24x16cm, xii,243 pp Contents: The Ideology of Bashu Chiefship; The Foundations of Bashu Chiefship; The Politics of Ritual Chiefship in Isale; Conclusion; Appendices.

Rubbed, cover edge chips & fraying, rubberstamps to cover, Good. Textual tables Romania Dacia-Bucher Bukarest 1941 orig. wrappers 21x13cm, 204 pp, Some browning to page margins, hinge tears. Contents: Der osterreich-ungarische Dualismus; Das Gestez fur die Gleichberechtigung der Minderheiten vom Jahre 1858; Die Ungarischen Regierungen und die politischen Bewegungen der Minderheiten in Ungarn; Das kulturelle Leben der volklischen Minderheiten in Ungarn: Das Schulwesen der Minderheiten; Die kulturellen Vereinigungen der Minderheiten; Das Regime der Minderheitenpresse in Ungarn; Die Ergebnisse der ungarischen magyarisierungs Politik; Nachwort.

Minor rubbing. VG. Renaissance Literature Olms Hildesheim 2005 orig.wrappers 21x13cm, 138 pp., Series: Noctes neolatinae : Neo-Latin Texts & Studies, Bd. 4.

Minor wear. VG., dustwrapper. Classical Philology Museum Tusculanum Press Copenhagen 2007 orig. cloth 25x17cm, 390 + 353 pp., TWO VOLUMES. Weighs 2.1 kilos. Series: Renæssance studier, 14.

Minor wear. Rubberstamp to title-page. VG. Textual illustrations. Classical Philology L'Erma di Bretschneider Romae 2012 orig. wrappers 30x21cm, 173 pp., Weighs 700 grams. Volume 37 only. Contains 6 papers. Includes: Thomas Grane "Pliny & the Wandering Mountain: A New Interpretation of Pliny's Account of Northern Barbaricum with an Archaeological Comment"; Carsten Hjort Lange " Constantine's Civil War Triumph of AD 312 and the Adaptability of Triumphal Tradition"; Luigi Silvano "Saltationes: A Notebook on Ancient Dance by Angelo Poliziano"; Knud Arne Jürgensen "Con placido sembiante: L' opera 'Il Valdemaro' di Domenico Sarro (Roma,1726)" [includes 43 pages of musical scores]; Karen Ascani "Il carteggio di Georg Zöega (1755-1809) mediatore fra Roma e la Dinamarca"; Emma Salling "Relations between the Danish Academy of Fine Arts and the Accademia di S. Luca in Rome during the 18th & Early 19th Centuries".