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John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1879
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, bound in dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 239pp + ads to rear, VG (moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional pencil markings throughout- unobtrusive)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1880
KEYWORDS: first editions cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1891
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, photographic page with tissue guard to prelims, xlv + 354pp, VG (moderate tanning & soiling to head of page block, light tanning & soiling to page egdes, varying degrees of foxing sporadically throughout- mostly quite minor, fore-edges of pgs 83-86 clipped from rebind- some text mildly affected, 1.5cm closed tear to fore-edge of pg263- text sl affected)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1892
KEYWORDS: First Edition cricket cricketers John Wisden Almanacks sport history past years
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1892
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, lxi + 330pp + ads to rear, VG- (sl discolouration to board edges, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, other light to moderate tanning throughout, edges of some prelim & terminal pgs brittle- sl chipped or creased, moderate cracking to gutters of rear pages- some pages partially detached)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1893
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1893
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, original binding, repair to spine, beige light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, liii + 376pp + ads to rear, G+ (historic repair to spine, moderate to heavy soiling & creasing/chafing to spine & wrappers, binding shaky with some light to moderate cracking to gutters, moderate soiling to page edges, sm sections of page block partially detached but still present, moderate foxing to single photographic page & tissue guard)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1894
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1884
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in light brown buckram including original covers, gilt lettering to spine, 268pp + ads to rear, VG- (moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, minor foxing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, original wrapper [internally bound] moderately creased & chipped- quite brittle with bottom corner missing, occasional pencil annotations, minor ink 'amendments' to original front wrapper)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1885
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1880
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, 216pp, VG (light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing & soiling to eps, other light foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1881
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1882
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in dark brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, 212pp, VG (light tanning to pages and page edges throughout, minor foxing to prelims & rear pages)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1883
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history previous years
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1881
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in dark brown buckram boards, front cover is present but rear cover is absent, gilt lettering to spine, 228pp + ads to rear, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, minor staining to top corner of page blockheavy tanning & light foxing to original front wrapper with prev. owner's name also, sporadic foxing throughout- minor)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1882
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1883
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original covers, rebound in reddish brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 284pp + ads to rear, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, pgs179-190 partially detached at head & base of gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1884
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history past years
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1916
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, tape repair to spine, original wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, 299pp, VG- (2cm loss at head of spine, heavy cracking & chipping to rest of spine with tape repair, moderate soiling to wrappers, minor tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1917
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1894
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in green buckram boards, original front cover is bound in, gilt lettering to spine, lxxiii + 390pp + ads to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, original front wrapper [internally bound] is heavily tanned with prev. owner's name in ink, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, single ad page to rear completely detached but present, moderate cracking to gutter at prelims)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1895
KEYWORDS: first edition cricket cricketers John Wisden almanacks sport history
India in the Persianate Age 1000 - 1765
Owndership signature of Brian Moloughney. Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2020
KEYWORDS: history academia India Persia religion culture politics hindu hinduism
Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2021
KEYWORDS: history academia disease plague politics civilization biology
Angkor: A Tour of the Monuments
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Archipelago Press
KEYWORDS: travel Angkor Wat Thom history photography architecture monuments Cambodia Thierry Zephir tourism
Angkor: The City of Gods
Duel text in English and Russian. Imperial octavo softcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Geokey 1999
KEYWORDS: travel Angkor Wat history photography architecture monuments Cambodia Vlad Iavorskii tourism
From Ming to Ch'ing: Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China
Super octavo softcover (VG-), scribble to cover; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1979
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 17th century Ming Ch'ing dynasty
Ants among Elephants: An Untouchable Tamily and the Making of Modern India
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2017
KEYWORDS: India Indian history caste 20th century social family
Gay Men's Literature in the Twentieth Century
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: New York University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: homosexual homosexuality literature 20th century history criticism
A History of Gay Literature: The Male Tradition
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: homosexual homosexuality literature history criticism
The English Civil War, 1642-1651
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour 1994
KEYWORDS: England English history 17th century war military