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Victoria, Australia: City of Stonnington, 2010. 152pp. Illustrated endpapers, plus colour plates, monochrome, and b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Backstrip firm, minimally bumped on rear gutter. Illustrated boards minimally shelfworn only. An inscription from one contributor to another (both named in the acknowledgements) on front pastedown, else textblock unmarked. 'The Pride of Prahran' is an interesting history of the Prahran (Victoria) Library from its beginnings in 1860's colonial Melbourne . . . Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Preface. 7 chapters. Bibliography. Index. Author Bio. Book weight approx. 1.07KG. *Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. . First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 4to - (approx. 28.5cm x 24.5cm).

Oxford, England: Oxfam, 1988. xiii, + 172pp., b/white illustrations, maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper mildly and softly creased. From the rear cover: " . . . traces the Kampuchean people's struggle to overcome the consequences of two decades of war, and the ravages of the Khmer Rouge regime. It focuses on their remarkable achievements since 1979 and the many problems which still beset their recovery . . . " Book weight approx. 300g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good.

New Jersey, U.S.A.: Prentice Hall, 2000. vi, + 362pp., b/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, soft corner crease to a section at rear. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease to front and rear panel. From the rear panel: "Written by a highly acclaimed historian, this book presents an interpretive account of the interactions between Native Americans, African Americans, and Euroamericans during the colonial and revolutionary eras. Nash argues that, for a fuller and deeper understanding of the nation's underpinnings, it is crucial to see how interlocked were the destinies of North America's many peoples and how fluid were their interactions in the first two centuries of European and African presence on the continent . . . A new chapter explores the American Revolution as a tri-colored movement in which enslaved Africans, free blacks, and Native Americans were intricately involved." Book weight approx. 465g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾"… Leer más

London: George Harrap & Co., 1965. 324pp., frontispiece, and unpaginated, b/white plates, throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over black panel on nominally bumped spine. Boards undamaged. Leaves unmarked. Illustrated (author portrait on rear panel) dustjacket mildly edgeworn, and faded on spine. A study of the British system of capital punishment for murder highlights the sometimes flawed system which prevailed for over 2000 years. No study of the British capital justice process would be complete without reference to the Timothy Evans (Christie) and Derek Bentley executions, and they are duly included. Other contents include: Prelims., 1/ History. 2/ What Actually happened. 3/ Individual Cases. 4/ Epilogue. Appendix, Index of Names. Book weight approx. 600g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1988. 224pp., intext, b/white, candidly-illustrated b/white halftone plates throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Boards mildly bumped on lower foredge corners, plus a hint of dampstain along foot. Random flecks on several leaves, otherwise textblock clean. Art-illustrated dustjacket slightly edgeworn, and minor dampstained on reverse. Based on many surprisingly frank interviews with older people, and enhanced by many rare illustrations, the author reveals that despite major pressures and barriers put before them, young British lovers managed to have sexual experiences before marriage.Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Forbidden Fruit, Facts of Life, Road to Ruin, Courtship Rituals, Street Gang Sex, Beside the Sea, more. Epilogue, Index. Book weight approx. 950g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. Size: Large 8vo. First Edition.. Hardcover and… Leer más

New York: St Martin's Press, 1973. 187pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate section of 8 pages. Intext area and incident position maps. Book clean. Bright gilt title on lightly bumped and cocked spine. Boards undamaged. Leaves clean, edges flecked. Laminated, sepia, pictorially-illustrated dustjacket lightly flared, plus minimal laminate bubbling in gutters. The Edwardian East End of London was a hotbed of revolutionary activity, the refuge of political exiles who had fled the Tsarist pogroms and the savage reprisals. Among the exiled groups was the anarchist 'Flame' group, prepared to kill or die in a quest to get money for their cause . . . the seeds of 'The Siege of Sidney Street' had been sown . . .Contents include: Prelims., List of Characters, 11 chapters, Postscript, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 450g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First U.S. Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good.

Berkshire, England: Countryside Books, 1994. 126pp., b/white halftone illustrations, including frontis, comprising historic photographs, picture postcards and archival material. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (from an original painting by Tommy Osborne) card wrapper has minimal edge and corner wear, light crease to front panel, and minor indentations. Previous owner's small sticker to lower corner rear cover. ". records the old customs, the traditional rhymes, and the time-honoured recipes of an era gone by. Focusing most sharply on the late 19th and early 20th centuries." Contents include: Intro., 1/ Wilfulness, Wassailing and Weather Lore, 2/ Fleas, Cuckoos and Clocks, 3/ May Day and Midsummer, 4/ Harvest Homes and Halloween, 5/ Guy Fawkes, Old Clem and Sussex Witches, 6/ Mince Pies, Mummers and Mistletoe. References and Bibliography, Index, Index to Recipes. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g.… Leer más

Richmond and Ringwood, Victoria, Australia : Aurora Books, in Association with David Lavell Publishing , 1994. (xii), + 131pp. Intext, b/white halftone plates, line-drawings, and facsimiles throughout (various sources, including contemporary photography by Richard O'Farrell). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped on foredge corners on front wrap, an additional crease and short repaired tear on rear wrap. Textblock unmarked. The origins of this book began when the author was given a small collection of Irish-Australian related photographs in the 1970s. Many acquisitions and much research later - the result is this interesting history of the Irish diaspora in Australia and New Zealand . . . Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Introduction. 7 chapters. Author Bio. Book weight approx. 535g. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to - (approx. 28cm x 21cm).

Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers, 1996. ix, + 302pp. B/white illustrations and figures. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Montage-illustrated card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: "Containing a broad range of authoritative articles, some specially commissioned, this book covers several key facets of family and community history . . . With contributions from historians, anthropologists, sociologists and geographers, it encompasses a great variety of issues within nineteenth- and twentieth-century urban and rural experience, and includes applications of qualitative and quantitative techniques, case studies and up-to-date reviews of research." Includes Index. Book weight approx. 465g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Softcover. Very Good +.

London: Oxford University Press (under the Auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs), 1957. vi, + 107pp., several line-drawn maps and tables. Book clean and square. Gilt title on firm spine. A gilt emblem over undamaged, black front board - a blind-stamped number on rear board. A school prize label affixed to ffep., else textblock unmarked. Printed dustjacket mildly nipped and edgeworn, with several short closed tears, and sunning to spine. George Pendle (1906-1977), having spent almost three decades in the area, was considered to be Britain's foremost authority on the River Plate region of South America. After the original publication of this title, the author revisited Uruguay for further study of the country, the result being this much rewritten and expanded second edition. Contents include: Prelims., Preface, 11 chapters, Appendices x 5, Bibliography, Maps, Index. Book weight approx. 210g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size:… Leer más

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1994. xii, + 384pp., intext b/white halftone plates and tables throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper trivially edgeworn only. Text-block unmarked. This pioneering study confronts three main questions about the era 1790-1857 in Mexico City. Were women's roles as narrow and unimportant as has been assumed? To what extent were women dominated by men? Can significant differences be found between younger and older women, married and single, upper class and lower class? Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, 5 chapters, Conclusion, Appendices, Bibliography, Index. More. Book weight approx. 485g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Softcover. Very Good +.