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A special Limited Edition published by the Land Press in 1980. The BOOK is in Fine condition. Original blue cloth, titles to spine gilt, decorations to covers gilt and silver designed by James Brockman. With the original blue cloth slipcase as issued in near Fine condition. This is number 31 from an edition of only 400 copies which were Signed by the Author and printed on Barcham Green paper. Accompanied by firstly, the loose Prospectus and secondly, a printed letter from Christie Art auctioneers with a photo of the special leather bound book referring to the prospectus. A very handsome edition of this title originally published in 1964 which has been successfully adapted for the movies starring Colin Firth and directed by Tom Ford.
The Equilibriad : With The Scarce Printed Glassine Wrapper by Sansom, William & Freud, Lucian (Illus.) - 1948
by Sansom, William & Freud, Lucian (Illus.)
The Equilibriad : With The Scarce Printed Glassine Wrapper
by Sansom, William & Freud, Lucian (Illus.)
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The sole UK printing published by the Hogarth Press in 1948. The book is in near Fine condition with mild toning and spotting to the end papers and text block. The pages are clean. 750 numbered copies issued, this being marked 'Out of Series' to the limitation page and is unsigned by the author. Five full page B/W plates by Lucian Freud which are all in wonderful clean condition. The buckram-backed marbled boards and leather spine are very sharp. The gilt titling remains bright. A hint of pushing at the spine ends. Free from inscriptions and erasures. The elusive printed Glassine WRAPPER is present, intact and complete. The front flap has the printed title and price present as called for. The wrapper is extremely scarce and fragile, and few have survived. The book and wrapper are protected in the removable Mylar archival cover and presents very well. 'William Sansom was once described as London's closest equivalent to Franz Kafka. He wrote in hallucinatory detail, bringing every image into pin-sharp focus.He fell from favour, but now there is a movement to rediscover his finest works.' (The Independent). As nice a copy as you are likely to find. Scarce with such attributes. More images available on request. Ashton Rare Books welcomes direct contact.
- Bookseller Ashton Rare Books ABA, PBFA, ILAB (GB)
- Illustrator Freud, Lucian
- Book Condition Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition Near Fine
- Quantity Available 1
- Edition First UK Edition
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher The Hogarth Press, London
- Place of Publication UK
- Date Published 1948
- Keywords Equilibriad, Freud, Lucian, Sansom
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A Single Man : Signed Limited Edition With Ephemera
by Isherwood, Christopher
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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£1,000.00
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A Primer Of Birds : Signed By Hughes And Baskin : With The Publisher's Prospectus And Flyer Letter
by Hughes, Ted & Baskin, Leonard (Illus.)
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- Used - Near Fine
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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The sole UK printing published by The Gehenna Press, UK in 1981. Number '120' of only 250 copies issued. The BOOK is in near Fine condition with just a tiny amount of rubbing and a very small split to the extreme spine tips. Free from inscriptions and erasures. 'The woodcuts were printed from the blocks ; the paper is Dover, handmade at Maidstone, Kent, these copies are signed by the poet and artist and are numbered one to two hundred and twenty five.'. Leonard Baskin has provided five full page B/W woodcuts, a further one hand coloured and a further half page bird decoration to the limitation page. The book is protected in a removable Mylar archival cover. Loosely inserted are the 4 page publisher's Prospectus with a B/W woodcut and also a a very scarce promotional letter from Mark Ritchie at The Phaidon Press promoting this title and informing collectors that they had taken over the ownership of The Gehenna Press. An increasingly elusive copy of one of the most handsome books that Hughes and Baskin…
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Poems : With The Scarce Wrapper
by Mansfield, Katherine
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- Very Good+
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- First UK Edition
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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£1,250.00
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The First UK printing published by Constable & Co., Ltd., London, 1923. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. The publisher's original brown boards with sand-coloured cloth as the spine and half-cover are clean. Light pushing at the spine tips. The red leather label on the spine with the title and author details is complete with just a hint of rubbing to the upper edge. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Some offsetting to the end-papers. Free from inscriptions and erasures. Light toning to the page edges. Some light creasing to the upper corner of a couple of pages. The notoriously fragile WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Light edge-wear with a little loss at the upper spine end ( not involving any lettering) and the corners. Some internal tape repairs to the spine folds to the verso. Mild toning to the spine and edges, with some light spotting in places. The wrapper presents very well in the removable Brodart archival cover. A handsome production and very scarce with the…
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Tolkien : Maker of Middle-Earth : The Collector's Limited Edition
by Tolkien, J.R.R. & Catherine McIlwaine
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- Used - Fine
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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£1,250.00
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The Collector's Edition of 'Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth' published by The Bodleian Library, UK in 2018 in conjunction with the landmark exhibitions on the life and work of JRR Tolkien at the Bodleian Library in 2018 and the Morgan Library & Museum in 2019. The BOOK is as new Fine condition and is still in its original cardboard packaging. Number '135' of only 675 copies issued. Bound in Cialux and published in a custom-made presentation box, the book is printed with special endpapers reproducing Tolkien's drawing of the 'Elvenking's Gate'. The Collector's Edition contains seven unique facsimiles items of JRR Tolkien's work printed on fine Italian paper. These include Tolkien's painting of the dust jacket for The Hobbit, reproduced for the first time on both sides, revealing Tolkien's plea to his first publisher, Stanley Unwin, to print the sun in red and culminating in the underlined instructions to his printer on the reverse of the painting 'IGNORE RED'. Also included is a drawing of the 'Tower of…
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The Magic Of A Line – The Autobiography Of Laura Knight : Presentation Copy – Signed, Doodled And Located By Laura Knight In The Year Of Publication
by Knight, Laura (Dame)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Very Good++
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- First UK Edition
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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The First UK printing published by William Kimber, London in 1965. The BOOK is in near Fine condition. Original cloth with gilt titling. The pink salmon top-stain is present but a little faded in a few places. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good+ condition. Some small losses at the upper spine and edges (see images). Toning to the spine and edges with mild fading of the red lettering to the spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The decorative bookplate of Sir Michael Fraser, Lord Fraser of Kilmorack pasted in to the front pastedown. Penned inscription to the front blank endpaper : 'Mike with love from Chloe, 25th July 1965'. Chloe(Drummond) was Lord Fraser's wife. Laura Knight has penned a signed elaborate doodle to the title page. This doodle is presumable that of Lord Fraser and his wife having a meal. Laura Knight has written ' MIchael Fraser his book' to the top of the page. She has also doodled 'Fog' above the couple, presumably referring to ?? brain fog.…
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Rain On The Pavements : Inscribed And Signed By The Author To J.B. Priestley In The Year Of Publication
by Camberton, Roland
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- First UK Edition
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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£1,350.00
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A First UK printing published by John Lehmann, London in 1951. The author's scarce second book. The Book is in near Fine condition. The boards are clean with just some light fading and pushing to the spine ends. There is some mild toning to the text block with light offsetting of the end-papers. The book is tight, clean and free from markings and erasures. The WRAPPER is complete and is in near FINE condition. It bears the correct price of 10s 6d. It has some very minor edge-wear with associated creasing and rubbing to the tips of the spine. The spine is slightly toned but this does not detract from the pictorial wrap around design. The rear panel has mild age related markings but less so than usually encountered. The wonderful period wrapper artwork is by the renowned artist John Minton and looks stunning in the Brodart protective cover. John Minton was commissioned to design the wrappers for both of Camberton's books. The book has been warmly inscribed and signed by the author on the upper front…
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Out of the Shelter : Signed By The Author
by Lodge, David
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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A First UK printing published by Macmillan, London in 1970. The BOOK is in Very Good++ condition with the publisher's original green boards and gilt titling. Some mild pushing at the spine ends. Mild toning of the page edges and text-block due to the quality of the paper used. Some very light spotting to the text block. One penned inscription to the upper front end paper: 'Review Copy. John P. White, ix.70'. The WRAPPER is complete and in VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor edge-wear with a 3cm closed tear to the upper rear cover. Some toning to the folds, spine and upper cover edges. The Justin Todd wrapper artwork looks striking in the removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been Signed (without dedication) by David Lodge directly to the title page and a ticket for the signing event accompanies the book as provenance. This title was one of the first to be printed by computer and the process was deeply flawed, resulting in significant textual errors, and Lodge was also disappointed with the dust…
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Moored Man – Poems of North Norfolk : The Deluxe Signed Issue With A Numbered Colour Etching Signed By Norman Ackroyd
by Crossley-Holland, Kevin & Ackroyd, Norman (Illus.)
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- Used - Fine
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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£1,250.00
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The sole UK printing published by Enitharmon Press, London in 2006. The BOOK is in Fine condition. The deluxe issue, of which only 90 copies were printed (plus a further twenty-five hors commerce), each numbered and signed to the limitation page by both the poet and the Royal Academy artist (this being number '75'). Full cloth lettered in gold at the spine with an Ackroyd coloured inset to the upper board. The title page is printed in black and purple. Twenty-four poems accompanied by twenty-six etchings and watercolours, including ten striking double-spread presentations, many in colour. The original ETCHING, which accompanies this deluxe edition is present and is in Fine condition. It is titled ' Overy Marshes'. This etching has been numbered ('75/90'), dated ('06') and signed by Norman Ackroyd in pencil to the lower margin. The etching has a loose tissue guard and is laid into a wallet-type envelope, the whole housed in the original publisher's board slipcase which is in near Fine condition. A very…
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The Sea Priestess
by Fortune, Dion
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- Used - Very Good++
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- Very Good++
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- First UK Edition
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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£1,250.00
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The First UK printing published by the author at 3 Queensborough Terrace, London in 1938. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition. Some light ghosting to the spine but the gilt titling remains very bright. Mild pushing to the spine tips. A little rubbing and light fading to the edges. Internally some light offsetting to the blank end-papers. Free from inscriptions. The WRAPPER is neatly price-clipped (as are all copies known to us) and is in Very Good++ or better condition. Light toning to the spine and edges. Some mild edge wear at the spine ends and corners. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. Widely considered the author's highlight and a classic of occult fiction. Extremely scarce as the first issue with only one copy having appeared at auction in the last 30 years. Dion Fortune was the pseudonym of Violet Mary Firth. 'The Sea Priestess' is her fourth novel and is about 'Wilfred Maxwell, a man living with his mother and sister who learns to commune with the Moon…
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The Memoirs Of Field-Marshall The Viscount Montgomery Of Alamein, K.G. : Signed In The Year Of Publication By the Author : Association Copy : With 4 Christmas Cards All Signed By Viscount Montgomery To The Same Recipients
by Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Field Marshal Bernard Law
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- Used - Very Good++
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- Very Good++
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- First UK Edition
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Market Harborough, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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The First UK Printing published by Collins, London in 1958. The BOOK is in Very Good++ or better condition . Original maroon cloth with gilt titling to the spine. Light pushing at the spine tips. Bumping to the upper front corner. Pink top-stain lightly faded with mild toning to the text-block. A moderate crease to the upper corner of all pages. The WRAPPER is complete and is in Very Good++ condition. Mild edge-wear with two small closed tears to the upper front spine fold and corner. Light rubbing in places. A small personal number library sticker to the lower spine. The wrapper is protected in a removable Brodart archival cover. The book has been inscribed (in the year of publication) by the author to the front blank end-paper : ' To Virginia and Ashley, with admiration and affectionate regards, from Montgomery of Alamein, Nov 1958'. The recipients were Sir Ashley Clarke and his wife Virginia Bell. Sir Henry Ashley Clarke GCMG GCVO FSA was a British diplomat who was et al. the UK ambassador to…
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A diáspora da palavra: obras de autores portugueses impressas fora de Portugal, 1521-1550. Guia da exposição.
by DIAS, João José Alves
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New York, New York, United States
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Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal / Centro de Estudos Históricos, Universidade Nova, 2021.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 110 pp., (1 blank l.), profusely illustrated, indexes of authors, places of publication, printers and booksellers. One of 500 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this excellent exhibition catalogue. Alves Dias is one of Portugal's leading historians, and a distinguished bibliophile.***
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The Butterflies Fly-Past. with illus. by Mandy Shepherd.
by Simson, Clive
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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Special Offers Entomology . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994. pp.xviii, 127 with 8 coloured illus. 8vo. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £20.00. A fascinating book describing the authors experiences of studying butterflies in the UK. All native British Butterflies are mentioned at some point in the text, which is handsomely supported by 8 watercolour plates by Mandy Shepherd.
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In Search of Nature.
by Ratcliffe, D.A
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- New
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000
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Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000. pp.xii, 249 with illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £27.00. The distinguished naturalist, Derek Ratcliffe, passed away in 2005 aged 75. Born in 1929, this book tells the tale of his life from boyhood, when his interest in birds, butterflies, moths and dragonflies started to develop, through to the period in his life before 1970. Ratcliffe took the opportunity presented by writing this book of paying tribute to some of the people who helped him along the way and became lifelong friends.
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Native Plums (Prunus) of Gloucestershire. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
by Martell, Charles
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018. pp.vi, 50 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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A History of Whaling in Brazil. From royal fish to Japanese delicacy.
by Hart, Ian & Edmundson, William
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Pequena., 2017. 1st. Ed.. pp.xxii, 234 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A new softback. This is the first book to describe comprehensively the history of whaling in Brazil, starting with traditional whaling as a Portuguese crown monopoly and culminating with the introduction of modern ships, equipped with harpoon guns in the twentieth century - an initiative led by a British company (Duder and Brother) in Brazil.
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Pears of Gloucestershire and Perry Pears of the Three Counties. The Gloucestershire Pomona Series.
by Martell, Charles
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013
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Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013. pp.xiv, 214 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.
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Whaling in the Falkland Islands Dependencies 1904-1931. A History of shore and bay-based whaling in the Antarctic.
by Hart, Ian
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- 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006
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Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006. pp.xvi, 363 with many illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. A fascinating account of the whaling industry in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. The sequence of events which led to the extension of British sovereignty in the Antarctic and the legislation & policing imposed by the Falkland Islands Government to control the burgeoning whaling industry are also discussed.
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Antarctic Magistrate. A life through the lens of a camera.
by Hart, Ian
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Pequena., 2009. 1st. Ed.. pp.303 with many photographs. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. This volume is a celebration of the life of Edward Beveridge Binnie, (born on the Falkland Islands in 1884) the eighth child of immigrant Scottish parents. The book traces his rise from humble beginnings through Falkland Islands Government service to becoming the first Antarctic Magistrate.
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Austral Enterprises. A History of shore, bay-based and pelagic whaling and sealing in the Southern Ocean encompassing the Southern Whaling & Sealing Company, The Kerguelen Sealing & Whaling Company and their associated enterprises at South Georgia, the Antarctic peninsula, the South Indian Ocean and South Africa.
by Hart, Ian
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Pequena., 2020. 1st. Ed.. pp.xx, 380 with b/w. photographs and illustrations throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Print run of just 400 copies. Signed by author. There have been very few attempts to document British involvement in the whaling and sealing industry. This book describes, in detail, some of the major companies that undertook this trade and the profound effect this had on the whale and seal populations in the southern hemisphere.
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Teses Apresentadas ao II Congresso realizado de 4 a 11 de Setembro de 1960. 2º volume. Boletim da Sociedade de Estudos de Moçambique. Ano XXIX, N.º 125, Novembro a Dezembro.
by [MOZAMBIQUE]
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New York, New York, United States
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Lourenço Marques, [from rear cover] Composto e Impresso na Sociedade de Estudos, 1960.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, original pale blue printed wrappers (browned, short tear on spine). Illustrations, maps and tables in text. Some light dampstains. In good condition. Old faint circular stamp on front cover. (2 ll.), 11 pp., (1 l.), 9, (2) pp., (1 l.), 7 pp., (1 l.), 8 pp., (1 l.), 7 pp., (1 l.), 9 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 9 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 15 pp., errata slip, (1 l.), 4 pp., (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 23 pp., 2 folding tables, (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 11 pp., (1 l.), 10 pp., (1 ll. plates, printed on both sides, 1 blank l., 1 l.), 7 pp., (8 pp. illustrations, 1 blank p., 1 l.), 13 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 23 pp., (1 l.), 11 pp. including 3 full-page illustrations, (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 24 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 5 pp., (1 l. with bibliography, 2 ll. plates, 1 l.), 17 pp., (1 l.), 14 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The volume contains four brief…
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