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Laughing Screaming. Modern Hollywood Horror & Comedy.

PAUL, William. · 1994

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Columbia University Press, 1994. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine in dj. An in-depth examination of gross-out horror & comedy films of the seventies & eighties through interpretations of classics by Chaplin & Hitchcock. 510pp.

Hypersea. Life on Land.

MCMENAMIN, Mark & Dianna. · 0

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Columbia University Press. Hardcover. Good condition in dj. B/W photos & illus. Presents Hypersea, a new theory of how life moved from the sea to the harsher environment of land, & how on land life diversified more than marine life ever has. 343pp.

Maxime Weygand and Civil-Military Relations in Modern France.

BANKWITZ, Philip Charles Farwell. · 1967

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Harvard University Press, 1967. 1st edition. Hardcover. Condition vg in dj. An in-depth examination of the relations between the French civilian government and the Army between the two world wars, culminating in the catastrophe of June, 1940. 445pp.

Spiritual Authority in the Church of England. An Enquiry.

RICH, Edward Charles. · 1953

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Longmans, 1953. 1st edition. Hardcover. A few tears to dj, o/wise good condition. A thorough & scholarly survey of the many problems involved in the question of how much authority the Church of England has, & from where it is derived. 218pp.

The Myth of the Lokamnya. Tilak and Mass Politics in Maharashtra.

CASHMAN, Richard I. · 1975

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University of California Press, 1975. 1st edition. Hardcover. Good condition. No dj. Examines one of the most powerful political myths in India. 246pp.

Georges Mandel and the Third Republic.

SHERWOOD, John M. · 1970

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Stanford University Press, 1970. 1st US edition. Hardcover. Good condition. A little wear to dj. B/W plates. An in-depth biography of Georges Mandel, the French politician. 393pp.

The Technique of Flower Painting in Oil, Water-Colour, & Pastel.

JOHNSON, Esther Borough. · 1931

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Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1931. 1st edition. Hardcover. 4to. Ex-library. Over 50 tipped-in B/W & col. plates. Examines materials, colour, arrangement, impressionistic & literal treatment etc. Slight mark to cover. 131pp.

The Punisher. Return to Big Nothing.

GRANT, ZECK & BEATTY. · 1989

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Epic Comics, 1989. Hardcover. With dj. By the team many consider to be the ultimate Punisher crew. Good.

Complete Book of Australian Wine.

EVANS, Len. · 1978

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Paul Hamlyn, 1978. 3rd ed. Folio Paperback. Good. Col. photos. An in-depth look at the Australian wine scene, area by area, wine by wine. 512pp.

Soldiers & Civilians. The Martial Spirit in America 1775 - 1865.

CUNLIFFE, Marcus. · 1969

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Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1969. 1st UK ed. Hardcover. B/W illus. Explores the traditional American ambivalence towards warfare, military show, & violence from the Revolution to the Civil War. Ex-library, otherwise good. 499pp.

Music & Letters.

WESTRUP, J.A. ed. · 1972

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Oxford University Press. Paperback. Vol. 53, No. 3, July 1972. Includes articles The Early Cyclic Mass as an Expression of Royal & Papal Supremacy - Geoffrey Chew, 17th-Century Dutch Editions of English Instrumental Music - Rudi A. Rasch, The Cantatas of John Stanley (1713 - 1...

Dimsie Among the Prefects.

BRUCE, Dorita Fairlie. · 0

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Leighton House, n.d. Australian Edition. Hardcover. Good in price-clipped dj. Top & bottom of spine of dj chipped. 243pp.

Hand in Glove.

MARSH, Ngaio. · 1962

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The Crime Club, Collins, 1962. 1st UK ed. Hardcover. Small chip to front cover of dj. O/wise good. 192pp.

Good Talk. An Anthology From BBC Radio.

MAY, Derwent ed. · 1968

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Gollancz, 1968. Hardcover. Contributors include A.J. Ayer, Sir Gavin de Beer, Colin Buchanan, Ted Hughes, Sir Bernard Lovell, Christopher Sykes etc. Back cover of dj rubbed, o/wise good. 285pp.

Thomas Cook's Early Ministry. With Incidents and Suggestions Concerning Christian Work.

SMART, Henry T. · 1892

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Charles H. Kelly, 1892. Hardcover. Gilt to embossed blue covers. Frontis. & feps foxed. Owners' signatures to feps. Advice for the Methodist preacher. 246pp.

John.

BAIRD, Irene. · 1938

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Angus & Robertson, 1938. 1st Aust. ed. Hardcover. Small mark to back cover. 212pp.

The Power of the Press.

HEREN, Louis. · 1985

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Orbis, 1985. Hardcover. Very good cond. in dj. Traces the history of the press in Britain, the United States & Australia from the 18th century till the present day. 208pp.

Jews in the American Academy 1900 - 1940. The Dynamics of Intellectual Assimilation.

KLINGENSTEIN, Susanne. · 1991

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Yale University Press, 1991. Hardcover. Very good cond. in dj. B/W photos. An account of the first Jewish professors of humanities in American universties. 248pp.

The Poet at the Breakfast Table.

HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. · 1885

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William Paterson, 1885. Hardcover. A few stains to covers. Edges a little worn. 320pp.

Proteus.

WEST, Morris. · 1979

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Collins, 1979. 1st UK edition. Hardcover. Fine in dj. 273pp.