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CONFRONTATION The War with Indonesia 1962-1966

VAN DER BIJL Nick · 2007 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Pen & Sword, 2007. 9781844155958 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price clipped). Pp. xxi + 280, illus with b&w plates and maps (no inscriptions).

AFRICAN WIDOWS An Empirical Study of the Problems of Adapting Western Christian Teaching on Marriage to the Leviratic Custom for the Care of Widows in Four Rural African Societies

KIRWEN Michael C. · 1979 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

New York: Orbis Books, 1979. 9780883440094 8vo. Original pictorial card covers (softback) (creased at corners of covers - otherwise VG). Pp. viii + 253, with b&w illus (water stain at bottom edges of rear pages; previous owner's neat inscriptionon front endpaper).

THE WORLD THAT NEVER WAS A True Story of Dreamers Schemers Anarchists and Secret Agents

BUTTERWORTH Alex · 2010 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Bodley Head, 2010. 9780224078078 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered black cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xiii + 482, illus with b&w plates (no inscriptions).

HAVANA NOCTURNE How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution

ENGLISH T.J. · 2008 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

New York: William Morrow & Co., 2008. 9780061147715 1st edn 8th printing. 8vo. Original red lettered black and brown cloth (VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xx + 396, illus with b&w plates (pages toned at edges; no inscriptions).

THE SAVAGE CITY Race Murder and a Generation on the Edge

ENGLISH T.J. · 2011 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

New York: William Morrow & Co., 2011. 9780061824555 1st edn 3rd printing. 8vo. Original red lettered black and grey cloth (small black pen mark on top edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxi + 475, illus with b&w plates (no inscri...

THE SCANDAL OF THE ANDOVER WORKHOUSE

ANSTRUTHER Ian · 1973 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Geoffrey Bles, 1973 9780713805901 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered black cloth, top edge blue (VG), dustwrapper (small tear at top edge of upper cover - in protective wrapper, price clipped). Pp. xiv + 176, illus with b&w plates, drawings and folding map (previous owner's ...

THE CURSE OF THE LABRADOR DUCK My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction

CHILTON Jon · 2009 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. 9781439102473 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green and white cloth (black pen mark on top page edge - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (VG, not price-clipped). Pp. x + 305, with b&w illus in text (no inscriptions).

RUST BELT UNION BLUES Why Working-Class Voters Are Turning Away from the Democratic Party

NEWMAN Lainey, SKOCPOL Theda · 2023 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£12.00 (€14.39 | $15.86 | ¥2,532)

Columbia University Press, 2023. 9780231218795 1st edn. 8vo. Original silver lettered red cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (Fine). Pp. xix + 303, with coloured and b&w illus (no inscriptions).

THE STEEL BONNETS Story of the Anglo-Scottish Border Reivers

FRASER George Macdonald · 1972 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£18.00 (€21.58 | $23.78 | ¥3,799)

History Book Club [&] Barrie and Jenkins, 1972 Book club edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (lightly bumped at head and tail of spine - otherwise VG), dustwrapper (small tears at edges - in protective cover). Pp. 404, illus with b&w plates and folding map (pages must...

RAWLINSON IN INDIA (Publications of the Army Records Society Volume 19)

JACOBSEN Mark [Editor] · 2002 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Sutton Publishing for the Army Record Society, 2002. 0750931418 1st edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered red cloth (VG), dustwrapper (partly faded - in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxvi + 225, illus with b&w portrait frontispiece and map (no inscriptions).

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF VESSELS USED IN THE BRITISH SERVICE By a Lady

Anon · 1833 · Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd

£500.00 (€599.42 | $660.68 | ¥105,515)

Printed by J. Moyes for R. Ackerman, 1833 1st edn. Oblong 8vo (5½ x 7½ ins). Original cloth-backed pictorial (upper) boards (boards discoloured and rubbed at edges). Pp. 6 thereafter unpaginated, illus with 21 b&w plates and 2 hand-coloured plates of flags (inner hinges very l...

From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War

G.W. Steevens [ed. by Vernon Blackburn] · 1900 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.49 | $129.49 | ¥20,681)

Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1900. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of a war correspondent's personal experiences trapped in the Siege of Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. The first edition of From Capetown to Ladysmith, an insghtful autobiographical ...

Monthly Changes of Japanese Street-Scenes: Calendar for 1901

T. Hasegawa · 1899 · Rooke Books

£550.00 (€659.36 | $726.75 | ¥116,066)

Tokyo, T. Hasegawa, [1899]. First edition. Paperback. The smart first edition of this Hasegawa crepe-paper calendar, richly illustrated in colour with twelve vivid seasonal scenes of Meiji-period Japan. In the publisher's original colour-printed crepe-paper wrappers.  Fir...

Transcendental Magic Its Doctrine and Ritual

Levi Eliphas [ Waite Arthur Edward Translated By ] · 1923 · George Jeffery Books

£675.00 (€809.21 | $891.92 | ¥142,445)

William Rider & Son Book measures 23x16.cm. xxxiii,[2],521,[1],[2]pp, frontis and 7 plates as listed. Bound in original publishers red cloth, with ornate gilt design and lettering. At some time the cloth has been sympathetically repaied on tail of spine, and bottom hinge joint...

The Hidden Church of the Holy Graal Its Legends and Symbolism

Waite Arthur Edward · 1909 · George Jeffery Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

Rebman Limited Book measures 23.5x15.5.cm. xix,713,[1]pp. Bound in original publishers red cloth, with gilt lettering. Cloth lightly rubbed, some minor abrasion wear, gilt lettering and symbol faded. Generally binding in good clean condition. Internally, previous owners name, ...

The Trial of John Frost, for High Treason: under a special commission, held at Monmouth, in December 1839, and January 184

Gurney Joseph and Thomas [ Taken in Short-hand By ] · 1840 · George Jeffery Books

£425.00 (€509.50 | $561.58 | ¥89,688)

Saunders & Benning, Law Booksellers Book measures 23x15.5.cm. iv,778pp. Bound in period boards. At some time, the book has been sympathetically rebacked, retaining the period label. Some minor abrasion wear on edges. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, many ...

The Botanic Garden [ 95 Plates ]

Maund B. · 1827 · George Jeffery Books

£225.00 (€269.74 | $297.31 | ¥47,482)

Baldwin & Cradock Volumes 1 to 4. Disbound being sold as a collection of 95 coloured plates, each plate with 4 images. Text not complete, lacking some prelims, title pages.Occasional dust, dirt marking to plates. Plates in good clean condition. BEING SOLD AS A COLLECTION OF P...

Memoirs of British Quadrupeds, Illustrative Principally of Their Habits of Life, Instincts, Sagacity, and Uses to Mankind. Arranged According to the System of Linnaeus. [ 71 Coloured Plates ]

Bingley the Rev W. · 1809 · George Jeffery Books

£375.00 (€449.56 | $495.51 | ¥79,136)

Printed for Darton and Harvey Book measures 24c15.5.cm. [14],459,70,[10], 71 coloured plates. Bound in period half calf, calf corners, marble boards, raised bands. Binding heavily worn, boards loose. Internally, foxing to frontis and title, some plates, dust, dirt marked, [ ab...

Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the proceedings in certain societies in London relative to that event. In a letter intended to have been sent to a gentleman in Paris

Burke Edmund · 1791 · George Jeffery Books

£95.00 (€113.89 | $125.53 | ¥20,048)

J. Dodsley Book measures 22x14.cm. iv,364pp. Bound in period or early half calf, marble boards, raised bands, leather label. Binding worn, top board nearly detached. Internally, endpapers loose. Pages clean. A good copy. Ninth Edition London Good Plus 8vo

Northampton Herald 1888 [ Jack the Ripper ]

Northampton Herald · 1888 · George Jeffery Books

£950.00 (€1,138.89 | $1,255.29 | ¥200,478)

From January 7th to December 29th, 1888. Weekly paper, each issue 7pp, plus many supplements. Book measures 69x53.cm. Binding worn, but holding. Internally, some minor tears, top margin knocked, without damage to text, pages slightly brittle. Generally pages in good clean cond...