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Adventure

Adventure

by SEELY J.E.B. Maj Gen The Rt Hon

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London: Heinemann, 1936 reprint in tired cloth, lacks fep and binding showing at front hinge, good reading copy, some foxing, includes black and white illustrations and index, Boer War and WWI memoirs, Frontispiece and photographs, 326pp As General Jack Seely, he led one of the last great cavalry charges in history at the Battle of Moreuil Wood on his war horse Warrior in March 1918, includes visits to New Zealand and a meeting with the aged Te Kooti, and an anecdote of his reason for the Poverty Bay Massacre. reprint. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Sir William Orpen / A.J. Munnings. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Against the Wind, an Orkney Idyll

by SUTHERLAND Douglas

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London: Readers Union, 1968 (500 gram rate) tidy with minor handling wear, book club issue, 210pp + plates, authors childhood and later time on the Orkney Islands. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Against the Wind, an Orkney Idyll

by SUTHERLAND Douglas

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London: Readers Union, 1968 (500 gram rate) tidy with minor handling wear, book club issue, 210pp + plates, authors childhood and later time on the Orkney Islands. First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Ages in Chaos

by VELIKOVKY Immanuel

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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1953 Sidgwick and Jackson first UK edition, after Doubleday . 350pp . map endpapers. book VG, ,slight wear to corners, top edge dusted blue (faded). DW rubbed to extremities and spine, slight chipping to corners and head and tail, not price clipped. Ages in Chaos volume 1 from The Exodus to King Akhnaton.. Cosmological interpretation of mythological source material, compelling theory, very controversial in its time, now considered at least a plausible possibility.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Ages in Chaos

by VELIKOVSKY Immanuel

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NY: Doubleday, 1952 Actually Sidgwick and Jackson first UK edition but this is because they used Doubleday sheets and bound them in their own cloth and dw, pasting a label over the Doubleday colophon. 350pp + 9pp of reviews for Worlds in collision. map endpapers. book VG, small booksellers label front paste down, slight wear to corners, top edge dusted blue. DW rubbed to extremities and spine, slight chipping to corners and head and tail, not price clipped. Ages in Chaos volume 1 from The Exodus to King Akhnaton, Cosmological interpretation of mythological source material, compelling theory, very controversial in its time, now considered at least a plausible possibility. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Ages in Chaos

Ages in Chaos

by VELIKOVSKY Immanuel

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London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1960 black cloth, xxiv 350pp, map endpapers. book VG with foxed closed edges, clipped DW handling soiled under plastic sleeve, Ages in Chaos volume 1 from The Exodus to King Akhnaton, Cosmological interpretation of mythological source material, compelling theory, very controversial in its time, now considered at least a plausible possibility. reprint. Original Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Along the Cotswold Ways
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Along the Cotswold Ways

by CROSHER G R

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London: Cassell, 1976 price clipped DW otherwise both VG+, 207pp + plates, various road ways and track ways in the Cotswolds, from prehistoric routes to modern ones, routes described with historical information on the places etc. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino

Alps and Sanctuaries of Piedmont and the Canton Ticino

by BUTLER Samuel

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London: Jonathan Cape, 1931 first edition in the Life and Letters Series (number 25), a reissue of the revised edition of 1913, olive cloth which has been well sunned to the boards fading them to green-yellow, the spine is still green-olive coloured but rubbed to joints and edges with titling indistinguishable, ink gift inscription to paste down, endpapers and closed edges slightly foxed, 335pp + folding map, line illustrations in the text, Butler on the church buildings of the Italian and Swiss alps, with their history and architecture. revised. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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The Amazing Argentine, a New Land of Enterprise

by FRASER John Foster

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London: Cassell, 1914 toned endpapers, name to fep and head of contents page, some slight foxing to closed edges and prelims, viii 291pp + plates, frontis with tissue guard. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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America at Work

by FRASER John Foster

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London: Cassell, 1904 tidy, small pen price to half title, stamp and pen price to title, 264+16pp adverts, +plates. reprint. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall.
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Ancient Egypt, an easy introduction to its Archaeology

by LEIBOVITCH J

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Cairo: Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale, 1938 ...including a short account of the Egyptian Museum Cairo with a description of Giza and Saqqara. trsl Alan Rowe. Buff card wrappers with pasted on colour illustration of tomb painting detail. (viii) 286 (i) sewn collations glued into covers. illustrated with line and b&w photos .previous owners 2 line details on first (blank) page. chapters incl; The Dawn; The Pharaonic Period; Writings in Egypt; The Egyptian Museum, Cairo, with indices of the rooms and halls and the exhibits within them; Giza and Saqqara (Pyramids, Sphinx, Mastabas). Has introduction to heiroglyphs and Egyptian calendar and numeration, Near fine only slightest ageing to paper and the inscription mentioned.. First Edition. Original Wraps. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians Volume VI 6 Six

by ROLLIN M.

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London: Thomas Tegg, 1838 volume six ( of six ) only, spine ends and corners rubbed back, hinges cracked, Frank G Glen's poorly designed bookplate pasted at front, a rules plate for Compton House Library to fep, pagination = title, vi, 1-494pp includes index, this volume is books XX-XXIV, some leaves are detached from the cords and stand proud, also some minor soiling or browning to some pages, internally a clean copy . revised. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Ancient Greece

by ADCOCK Fleur

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Wellington: Government Printer, 1965 reissue of piece originally published as School Journal, Part Three Spring 1964, 80pp folded stapled sheets, illustrated throughout, light handling wear. Reissue. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Booklet.
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians Volume IV 4 four

by ROLLIN M.

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London: Thomas Tegg, 1838 volume four ( of six ) only, spine ends and corners rubbed back, hinges cracked and open with tape rust, Frank G Glen's poorly designed bookplate pasted at front, a rules plate for Compton House Library to fep, pagination = title, v, 1-445pp + folding map of Alexander and Darius' Marches, folding Pictorial Map of Alexandria, this volume is books XIII-XVI being Persians and Grecians including Alexander the Great, binding is split a signature Y, internally a clean copy . revised. Decorative Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Ancient India; Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India Number 15 ( 1959 )

by Archaeological Survey of India

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Kanpur: Director General of Archaeology in India, 1959 sewn folded sheets with paper wrappers, some mild foxing to wrappers and prelims and margins of a few pages, no inscriptions or underlining, 99pp + plates and folding maps or charts, some charts have light foxing, includes; Sanur 1950 & 1952: a megalithic site in district Chingleput, by BANERJEE & RAJAN / The Temples of Khajuraho in Central India by Krishna DEVA / The Rock-Cut Caves of Pitalkhora in the Deccan by DESHPANDE / Examination and Preservation of a Painted Stucco Head by NAGPALL & AGRAWAL, N.B. combined shipping of issues will be cheaper than indicated by shipping rates. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.
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Ancient India; Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India Number 16 ( 1960 )

by Archaeological Survey of India

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Kanpur: Director General of Archaeology in India, 1960 sewn folded sheets with paper wrappers, some mild foxing to wrappers and prelims and margins of a few pages, some minor marginal pencil notes and underlining, 88pp + plates and folding maps or charts, some charts have light foxing, includes; From the megalithic to the Harappa; tracing back the graffiti on the pottery by LAL / Neolithic pattern of India by KRISHNASWAMI / Some aspects of the Buddhist monuments at Nagarjunakonda by SARKAR / Preservation of a miniature and a wall painting by GAIROLA , N.B. combined shipping of issues will be cheaper than indicated by shipping rates. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.
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Ancient India; Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India Number 18 & 19 ( 1962 & 1963 )

by Archaeological Survey of India

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Kanpur: Director General of Archaeology in India, 1963 sewn folded sheets with paper wrappers, some mild foxing to wrappers, no inscriptions or underlining, double issue 250pp + plates and folding maps or charts, , N.B. combined shipping of issues will be cheaper than indicated by shipping rates; includes Excavations at Rangpur and other explorations in the Gujarat by RAO, LAL, NATH, GHOSH and LAL / An assessment of the Carbon-14 datings of protohistoric cultures of the Indo-Pakistan subcontinent by LAL / Archaeology in India today by RAY / Chemical preservation of ancient objects by LAL, N.B. combined shipping of issues will be cheaper than indicated by shipping rates. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.
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Ancient India; Bulletin of the Archaeological Survey of India Number 17 ( 1961 )

by Archaeological Survey of India

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Kanpur: Director General of Archaeology in India, 1961 sewn folded sheets with paper wrappers, some mild foxing to wrappers and prelims and margins of a few pages, no inscriptions or underlining, 85pp + plates and folding maps or charts, Stone Age industries of the Damoh area, Madhya Pradesh by JOSHI / Microlithic site of Birbhanpur; a geochronoligical study by LAL & LAL / Repairs to the Ellora Caves by SENGUPTA / Quaternary pebble, core and flake cultures of India- an appraisal of the data by RAJAN, N.B. combined shipping of issues will be cheaper than indicated by shipping rates. First Edition. Printer Wrapper. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9? - 12" tall.
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The Ancient Greeks : A Critical History

The Ancient Greeks : A Critical History

by FINE John V. A.

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Harvard University Press, 1983 soft cover, large book, stamp from university book sale to fep, otherwise clean and unmarked, 720pp, An esteemed teacher offers a major reassessment of the history of Greece from prehistoric times to the rise of Alexander. This is a work of prodigious scholarship written in grand style. John Fine surveys the archaeological work that has revealed so much about the civilization of Crete and Mycenaean Greece, and discusses the age of colonization during which Greek colonies were established from the Crimea to the Nile, from the Caucasus to Spain. Analyzing social and economic developments, as well as foreign and inter-city affairs, he assesses the history, culture, and democracy of Athens, and Sparta's institutions and military exploits; recounts the Greeks' relations and then war with the Persian empire; details alliances, struggles, and the varying fortunes of the Greek city-states; and relates the rise of Macedon. Fine treats the Greeks' story in the context… Read More
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The Angel of the Covenant

by CORBAN J. MacLaren

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London: Methuen, 1898 excellent copy, slight spotting to closed edges, frontis with tissue guard. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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