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100 Great Lives of Antiquity

100 Great Lives of Antiquity

by Canning, John

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London: Guild Publishing. 1985. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Some mild scattered foxing to fore edge. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 534 pages. From the earliest recorded history until the break-up of the Roman Empire. Rulers and Warriors, Writers and Sculptors, Reformers, Women of Power and Influence, Men of Science, Philosophers and Religious Leaders. Includes an Index. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Book Club Edition. Hardback.
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90-Day Geisha My Time as a Tokyo Hostess

90-Day Geisha My Time as a Tokyo Hostess

by Haywood, Chelsea

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1741666414
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Sydney: Ebury Press. 2008. Very Good condition. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. 308 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Trade Paperback.
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Absent Without Leave.  The private war of Private Stanley Livingston

Absent Without Leave. The private war of Private Stanley Livingston

by Livingston, Paul

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1743315821
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Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 2013. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 308 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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An Accidental Engineer A Memoir of a Red-Headed Kid from the Bush

An Accidental Engineer A Memoir of a Red-Headed Kid from the Bush

by Jellie, David

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Mile End, SA: Wakefield Press. 2020. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 393 pages. Within the narrative of this book there is a revealing truth about a kid from the bush who never had a life plan but always seemed to enjoy the journey. . New. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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The Admiral's Daughter

The Admiral's Daughter

by Fyodorova, Victoria and Frankel, Haskel

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0718118324
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London: Michael Joseph. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 372 pages. The story of the illegimate daughter from a wartime affair betwenn an American naval captain and a Soviet movie star. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
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Adoniram Judson

Adoniram Judson

by Babcock, D. I.

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London: Oliphants Ltd. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Price-clipped DJ is a little rubbed at edges. Book is tanned inside with a presentation plate to front free endpaper. 92 pages. A story for children of the American Missionary, Adoniram Judson. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
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Adventures in Correspondentland

Adventures in Correspondentland

by Bryant, Nick

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Sydney: William Heinemann Australia. 2011. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 431 pages. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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Adventurous Life

Adventurous Life

by Mountevans, Admiral Lord

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London: Hutchinson. 1946. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ price-clipped & now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 259pages. The long awaited autobiography of "Evans of the Broke". Second in Command of Scott's last polar expedition; Commander in Chief of the Royal Australian Navy, the Africa station and the Nore. . 1st Edition (Presumed). Hardback.
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The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century

The Adventures of Sir Thomas Browne in the 21st Century

by Aldersley-Williams, Hugh

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London: Granta. 2015. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations. Black & white map. 329 pages. Mixes biography, medicine, natural history, science and etymology, and politics. The author clebrates the generous, rational intelligence of Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682) by thinking with him and walking with him through the moral and intellectual mazes of modern life. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Adversity in Success. Extracts from Air Vice Marshal Hewitt's Diaries 1939-1948

Adversity in Success. Extracts from Air Vice Marshal Hewitt's Diaries 1939-1948

by Hewitt, J.E. Air Vice Marshal

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9780959462203
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0959462201
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Melbourne Melbourne: Langate Publishing. 1980. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Limited edition of 3000 copies - signed and numbered. This is copy No.109. Signed by author at rear. Coloured map to rear pocket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 330 pages. Based on his diaries and letters. Hewitt was oneof the few Australian air officers who commanded an operational group in the South-west Pacific area. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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An Affair to Remember: the greatest love stories of all time

An Affair to Remember: the greatest love stories of all time

by Gressor, Megan & Cook, Kerry

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Sydney: Murdoch Books. 2004. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine condition. Card wraps. A very nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 296 pages. A warm and intimate account of many of the world's greatest love affairs including such stories as Lord Byron and Lady Caroline Lamb, Yoko Ono and John Lennon, Edward VIII and Mrs Simpson, Napoleon and Josephine. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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An Affirming Flame. Adventures in Continuing Education

An Affirming Flame. Adventures in Continuing Education

by Brooks, Kenneth G.

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9780731611065
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Hobart: William Legrand Publishing. 1987. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Corners and covers are lightly rubbed. 208 pages. In 1954 Kenneth Brooks was appointed Director of Adult Education in Tasmania. This book is a record of the ensuing years. This is not just a history of Adult Education in Tasmania but also a model of how to translate important social and personal goals into effective action. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Softcover.
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After

After

by Gemmell, Nikki

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9781460753057
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1460753054
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Sydney: 4th Estate. 2017. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 300 pages. In 2015, Nikki Gemmell’s mother, committed suicide. This is the story of Elayn Gemmell - and the often difficult, prickly relationship between mothers and daughters, and how it changes over time. As anguished as it truthful, as powerful as it is profound, ‘After’ is about life, death, elderly parents, mothers and daughters, hurt and healing, and about how little, sometimes, we know the ones we love the most. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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After The Holocaust

After The Holocaust

by Greenfield, Howard

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9780688177522
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0688177522
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New York: Greenwillow Books. 2001. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and maps. 146 pages. The post-war stories of 8 young people who survived the Holocaust. Based on interviews with them. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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After the Fire: A Writer Finds His Place

After the Fire: A Writer Finds His Place

by Zimmer, Paul

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9780816640195
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Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. 2002. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good+ condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 229 pages. The autobiography of American poet, writer and publisher, Paul Zimmer from his boyhood in Canton, Ohio, and his days as a soldier during the atomic tests in Nevada to his many years as a writer and publisher. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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Against Capitulation

Against Capitulation

by WYATT, Jiri

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9780704300958
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London: Quartet Books. 1984. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Very faint crease to front cover. 163 pages. A combination of an autobiographical essay, travelogue and historical meditation. The author was a Slovak Jew whose family survived the Holocaust in hiding, emigrated to South America and on to the United States. The story of his journey to Cechoslovakia in an attempt to come to grips with his identity and family history. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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Against All Hope The Prison Memoirs Of Armando Valladares

Against All Hope The Prison Memoirs Of Armando Valladares

by Valladares, Armando

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New York: Alfred A Knopf. 1986. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Gift inscription to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Translated by Andrew Hurley. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 380 pages. A dramatic and harrowing account of twenty-three years in Castro's prisons. . 5th Printing. Hardback.
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The Age of Kipling

The Age of Kipling

by Gross, John

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9780671214050
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0671214055
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New York: Simon & Schuster. 1972. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in a Very Good Dustjacket DJ is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xxii, 178 pages. A well written and well illustrated portrait of Rudyard Kipling - the voice of imperialism in its heyday and perhaps the most widely read and quoted poet in the English language after Shakespeare. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.
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Albert Schweitzer the Man and His Mind

Albert Schweitzer the Man and His Mind

by Seaver, George

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London: Adam and Charles Black. 1949. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 346 pages.. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 3rd Edition. Hardback.
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Alexander Dolgun's Story.  An American in the Gulag

Alexander Dolgun's Story. An American in the Gulag

by Dolgun, Alexander [with Patrick Watson]

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London: Collins Harvill. 1975. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. 370 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
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