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An authentick and faithful history of that arch-pyrate Tulagee Angria.
(TOOLAJI ANGRIA).Original price $6,105.00 - Original price $6,105.00Original price $0.00$6,105.00$6,105.00 - $6,105.00Current price $6,105.00Rare. ESTC lists only BL, Advocates Library, and Birmingham Central Library in U.K., adding College of William and Mary and University of Minnesot...
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An Account of the Kingdom of Nepal and of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha.
BUCHANAN, Francis Hamilton.Original price $5,784.00 - Original price $5,784.00Original price $0.00$5,784.00$5,784.00 - $5,784.00Current price $5,784.00One of the earliest comprehensive accounts of Nepal. Buchanan accompanied Knox to Nepal and later spent two years on the Nepalese frontier collect...
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The Sikandar Nama, e Bara,
NIZAMI; CLARKE, Captain H. Wilberforce (translator).Original price $2,892.00 - Original price $2,892.00Original price $0.00$2,892.00$2,892.00 - $2,892.00Current price $2,892.00A fine copy of Clarke's translation of the first part of Nizami's history of Alexander the Great containing Alexander's life and accomplishments. ...
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A new history of Ethiopia.
LUDOLF, Hiob.Original price $6,426.00 - Original price $6,426.00Original price $0.00$6,426.00$6,426.00 - $6,426.00Current price $6,426.00The father of modern Ethiopian studies. Scarce English edition. Ludolf (1624-1704), is regarded as the father of modern Ethiopian studies. 'A work ...
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Report on the geological collections made during the voyage of the "Quest"
[SMITH, W. Campbell (editor)].Original price $637.00 - Original price $637.00Original price $637.00$637.00$637.00 - $637.00Current price $637.00'Uncommon' (Rosove). The bulk of the published scientific results from Shackleton's last expedition.First edition; 8vo., xii, 1261 pp., frontispie...
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GuidesA Guide to Guidebooks
by Lucinda BoyleKarl Baedeker was head of a successful publishing business, when in 1832 he acquired the publishing house of Franz Röhling which four years earlier had published a travel guide Rheinreise von Mainz bis Cöln: Ein Handbuch für Schnellreisende by Professor...
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LiteratureUkrainian Modernism
A visit to the Royal Academy in London by Eleanor MooreThe Royal Academy's new exhibition, In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine 1900-1930s, is the most comprehensive exhibition to date in the UK, celebrating a period of bold artistic experimentation. Despite profound upheaval, there was a true flourishing...
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TravelProvenance
Julian MacKenzie chooses books from the collections of 3 great bibliophiles, currently on our shelves.The great thing about collecting books is that they were produced as multiples giving lots of collectors a chance to own a copy. To distinguish between copies the most desirable factors are condition and provenance and for me the greatest...
