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The History of Persecution. In Four Parts: I. Amongst the Heathens II. Under the Christian Emperors III. Under the Papacy and Inquisition IV. Amongst Protestants with a Preface Containing Remarks on Dr. Roger's Vindication of the Civil Establishment of Religion.
by Samuel Chandler
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- Used - Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1736
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$635.79
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Brown calf lacking front board. Complete with nine folding plates, some which are separating at the folds and/or have tape residue. Wear to spine with a center crack separating text block at page 208/209 (see image). Previous owner's name to title page. Minor staining not affecting text to foredge of page xiii to xxxii. Overall text remains clean with no… Read more about this item Item Price
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L'Afrique du Nord: Les Byzantins, les Berbers, les Arabes avant les Invasions; with Etude sur Smyrne par Constantin Iconomos [Signed]; and with Le Centenaire de L'Emancipation des Juifs [Three Titles in One]
by M. Caudel, Bonaventure F. Slaars, and Alexandre Weill
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1800-1888
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$1,981.68
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Three titles bound as one (see images for title pages), including M. Caudel's L'Afrique du Nord: Les Byzantins, les Berbers, les Arabes avant les Invasions published in 1800, Bonaventure F. Slaars' Etude sur Smyrne par Constantin Iconomos inscribed to the half title and signed to the frontis by the author and published in 1868, and lastly Alexandre Weill's Le Centenaire… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,981.68
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Mein Kampf
by Adolph Hitler, Introduction by John Heineman
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$2,394.53
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Black leather with gilt particulars and five raised bands. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. A clean copy without any previous owners' names or other defacements.
6.25 x 9.5 in Item Price
NZ$2,394.53
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Butler's Lives of the Saints [Four Volume Set]
by Alban Butler; Edited and Revised by Herbert J. Thurston and Donald Attwater
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Published
- 1995
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$421.11
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Four volume blue leather complete set. All edges gilt. Four raised bands on each with silk ribbons and gilt detailing. Moire endpapers and Smyth-sewn gatherings. No previous owners' names or other defacements. Minor foxing to top edges. Please expect the possibility of additional postage as it is a heavier set.
6.75 x 9.75 in each Item Price
NZ$421.11
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Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization 1
by Will Durant
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- Used - Very Good
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- Collector's Edition
- Published
- 1992
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$189.91
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Brown leather with gilt detailing and labels to spine. Four raised bands, silk ribbon, and moire endpapers. All edges gilt. Previous owner's stamp to title page and last page. Minor staining to boards and wear to gilt on edges, but overall a clean copy. Scarce.
6.75 x 9.5 in Item Price
NZ$189.91
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All About Tea
by William H. Ukers
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Reprint Edition
- Published
- 1994
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$743.13
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Two volume set. A Hyperion Press reprint that was originally published in 1935 by The Tea and Coffee Trade Journal Company. Dark green faux leather with gilt particulars to front covers and spines. Nice clean copies without previous owners' names or other defacements.
Vol. I pp. [xiv] 559 and Vol. II pp. [vi] 568
7.5 x 10.5 in each Item Price
NZ$743.13
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Paths of Peace: Book III
by H. Bellis
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- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1927
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$181.65
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Cloth with title on front cover and spine. A scarce copy with no previous owners' names or other markings. Illustrations throughout. Bend to lower right corner of front cover. Item Price
NZ$181.65
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Portraits of a Challenge: An Illustrated History of the Chinese Canadians
by Lee Wai-man
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Published
- 1984
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$156.88
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Nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. Red cloth with gilt detailing with accompanying dustjacket. Item Price
NZ$156.88
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Wayne: the Extraordinary Story of a Consummate Entrepreneur
by Mark Seal
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- As New
- Edition
- First Limited Edition
- Published
- 2012
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$5,779.90
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Delivered to us in publisher's shrink wrap, only to be unwrapped in our care during photographing. Very clean in publisher's matching slipcase with pictorial pasted to front of case and gilt lettering. Item Price
NZ$5,779.90
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Libyan Notes
by David Randall-Maciver and Anthony Wilkin
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
- Published
- 1901
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$247.71
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Red cloth boards with a gilt particular to front cover and gilt title to spine. Colored frontispiece. Numerous black/white photographs and charts throughout. Wear to top of spine (see image). Slight foxing to the initial and last pages. No previous owner's name or other markings. A handsome book. Item Price
NZ$247.71
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Religion und arkane Hierarchie [Signed]
by Renko D. Geffarth
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2007
- ISBN
- 9789004156678
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$338.54
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Inscribed by author Renko D. Geffarth to front fly, which reads "For Peter Reill, to whom I owe so much— may reason overcome all secrets." This inscription is dated November 2007. Historian and UCLA professor Peter Reill's name to the front pastedown. Additional friendly note tucked inside from Geffarth to Reill discussing the publication of the book and the birth… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$338.54
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The Roman History Written in Latine by Titus Livius with the Supplements of the Learned John Freinshemius, and John Dujatius
by Titus Livius, John Freinshemius, John Dujatius
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- Used - Fair
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- 1686
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$767.90
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Brown paper-covered boards with title written to spine by 17th-century hand. Text in English. Portrait of author to title page, two one-page maps, one fold-out map, 18pp table at end of text, and errata sheet are all present. Frontispiece absent; page 89 has been reattached; pages 99-100 absent but provided in facsimile. Title page contains a scratched-out previous owners' name… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$767.90
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Dartmouth College Dormitory Floor Plans, Descriptions, and Room Rates 1933-1934
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1933-1934
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$156.88
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Double-stapled paper pamphlet. Includes fold-out guide to the buildings of the Dartmouth College campus and a tucked-in list of the available rooms for 1933-1934. The main contents of the pamphlet detail each of the college's residence halls, including black-and-white photographs, text description, and floor plans. Includes room prices for the 1933-1934 school year. Pamphlet is slightly stained to front and… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$156.88
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Prehistoric World
by Dr. Douglas Palmer
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- As New
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$198.17
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A virgin copy in publisher's shrink wrap. Black leather boards with nice gilt particulars to front cover. Gilt edges, a silk ribbon, and three raised bands.
9.25 x 11.5 in Item Price
NZ$198.17
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Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century in the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London with a Complete Catalogue
by Natalie Rothstein, Victoria and Albert Museum
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- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Published
- 1990
- ISBN
- 9780821218129
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$247.71
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Red cloth board with gilt particulars to spine; pictorial dust jacket; housed in pictorial paper slipcase . The book states that there are 473 illustrations, of which 371 are in full color. No previous owners' names or other markings. 9.75 x 13.75 inches. Please expect extra postage as this is a very large & heavy book. Item Price
NZ$247.71
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The Prize Ring
by Bohun Lynch
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- Used - Very Good
- Published
- 1925
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$165.14
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Half vellum over decorative boards and a circle with the title to the top right corner and gilt text to spine. Top edge gilt. Both full color chromolithographs and black and white illustrations throughout; 40 plates, most of which have tissue guards. Envelope with two letters, one hand-written from cartoonist Lank Leonard and the other an anonymously typed letter. No… Read more about this item Item Price
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Precious Stones of the Jews of Curacao, Curacaon Jewry 1656-1957
by Isaac S. Emmanuel
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- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1957
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$1,238.55
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Dark blue cloth boards with gilt particulars to front and spine. Remains of pictorial dust jacket. Black and white images throughout text; 2 full color fold-out maps, a black and white map, and a full color fold-out cemetery plan. Included is a handwritten letter from one of the great granddaughters of a person mentioned in the book, and a small,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,238.55
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A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany. (3 Volumes - Complete)
by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
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- Used - Very Good
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- First Edition
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- 1821
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$1,321.12
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Full gilt ruled calf; 5 raised bands and gilt particulars to spine; gilt rule to board edges. Previously the personal copy of Edward Bellamy with his bookplate to front pastedowns. Beautifully illustrated throughout with hors texte plates as well as vignettes; occasional tissue guards, although some image transfer where tissue guards not present. Vol. 1: xxv, [v], 462 pp, lxxix,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,321.12
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Before Haiti: Race and Citizenship in French Saint-Domingue (SIGNED by author)
by John D. Garrigus
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- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
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- June 2006
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- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$165.14
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Signed by author with inscription to first free page: "For Ginny, Thanks for your love and support! Love, John." Dark blue semi-glossy paper boards with white text to spine. Pictorial dust jacket. No previous owners' names or other markings. Light wear to dust jacket (see image). 5 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches. Shipped through boxed USPS Priority insured mail. Item Price
NZ$165.14
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Identify, Identify!!!
by Thimo Pimentel (Editorial Director), Diego Costa Peuser (Associate Editor)
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- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
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- April 2010
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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NZ$495.42
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Black matt paper boards with text to boards and spine. Pictorial dust jacket. Limited to 1000 copies printed. Copiously illustrated with black and white photographs throughout. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. An unread copy. Small superficial scratch to back of dust jacket, and very light wear to boards (see image). 11 x 8 3/4… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$495.42