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$70.00
1u27a/3

Music of the Star Mountains: A Naturalist's Guide to the Composition of Songs in Central New Guinea


ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER & HILLS, PATRICIA (illus)

MUSIC CD AT REAR; Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxvi + 289pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing, creasing & sun-fading to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's stamp to half-title page)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies 2014

KEYWORDS: papua new guinea music art performing arts ethnomusicology composition culture cultural social history traditions customs musical instruments

$185.00
1u27a/16

The Chinese Theatre


CHU-CHIA-CHIEN & GRAHAM, JAMES A. (trans) & JACOVLEFF, ALEXANDRE (illus)

Sm. folio, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering, rule & illustration to front board, gilt patterned eps, deckled page edges, 35pp + additional unpaginated, illus colour plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to front hinge & moderate chipping to spine extrems, light foxing & tanning to pages, plates clean in appearance, prev. owner's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1922

KEYWORDS: chinese china theatre theater plays drama performing arts colour prints printing culture cultural social art history collections

$30.00
xxbbd195470

Desert to Dream: A Dozen Years of Burning Man Photography


TRAUB, BARBARA

Oblong quarto 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: Immedium 2011

KEYWORDS: photography burning man black rock arts festival contemporary culture

$15.00
xxbfaa195592

From A Room of Their Own; A Celebration of the Katherine Mansfield Fellowship


GIFKINS, MICHAEL (selected & intro) & FEATHERSTONE, PETER (illus)

Imperial octavo hardcover (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: David Ling Publishing Limited 1993

KEYWORDS: new zealand literature writing writers authors literary books creative arts katherine mansfield fellowship collections anthologies illustrated

$75.00
1w18a/26

Palazzo Nero; and other projects


BRODSKY, ALEXANDER & UTKIN, ILYA & BURKE, GREGORY (ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 78pp, illus plates, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Wellington City Art Gallery 1992

KEYWORDS: new zealand north island wellington visual arts art artists architecture architects alexander brodsky ilya utkin moscow russian palazzo nero soviet union gallery exhibition catalogues collections illustrated

$37.50
1w28a/3

Louis Comfort Tiffany; Masterworks


TIFFANY, LOUIS COMFORT & DE LA BEDOYERE, CAMILLA

Oblong quarto, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to orange spine, illus prelims/title page, 139pp, colour photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, occasional light discolouration/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, small closed tear to rear cover near base of spine)

PUBLISHER: Flame Tree Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: united states of america american u.s.a. art artists nouveau aesthetic decorative arts design designers stained glass windows lamps lampshades lighting lightshades modern 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth century collections anthologies biographical illustrated louis comfort tiffany

$40.00
1w28a/18

The Penrose Annual; A review of the graphic arts (Volume 47: 1953)


FISHENDEN, R.B. (ed)

Quarto, green cloth boards, black & white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 140pp + unpaginated Illustrations section + 52pp Advertisements section at rear, illus colour plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to hinges, light-moderate foxing & tanning to pages, moreso prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd 1953

KEYWORDS: graphic design arts media photography printing publishing review journals periodicals penrose annuals england english great britain british illustrated

$40.00
1w28a/19

The Penrose Annual; A review of the graphic arts (Volume 50: 1956)


FISHENDEN, R.B. (ed)

LACKS D/W; Quarto, yellow cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, black wreath motif to spine, frontispiece, 154pp + unpaginated Illustrations of the Year section + 54pp Advertisments section at rear, illus colour plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, boards sl. cocked, occasional light creasing plus light soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd 1956

KEYWORDS: graphic design arts media photography printing publishing review journals periodicals penrose annuals england english great britain british illustrated

$345.00
1w28a/29

The End of the Golden Weather; A voyage into a New Zealand childhood


MASON, BRUCE

FIRST EDITION; DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; SCARCE THUS; Super octavo, olive cloth boards, red gilt lettering to spine, 76pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, soiling & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Price Milburn & Co. Ltd 1962

KEYWORDS: modern first editions signed scarce thus new zealand literature literary drama plays theatre theater solo monologues fiction performance performing arts bruce mason te parenga

$25.00
xxbkg195771

Kiwi Rock


DAVEY, TIM & PUSCHMANN, HORST

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: Kiwi Rock Publications 1996

KEYWORDS: new zealand music popular rock history guides guidebooks reference band profiles performing arts

$40.00
1w41a/13

Chinese Art: The Minor Arts II


JENYNS, R SOAME & WATSON, WILLIAM (Ed Assist.)

Ex-library, no jacket- front flap loosely enclosed, lg heavy quarto, beige cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, 323pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, lightr bruising & moderate staining to boards/edges, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light to moderate scuffing & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ugly heavy tape repair to rear gutter- rear ep neatly torn out, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Oldbourne Press 1965

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation China Chinese artefacts minor arts

$40.00
1w41b/21

Pack Up Yer Troubles


THE BELFAST POETS TOURING GROUP [DOHERTY, AISLING & FACTOR, ELLEN & HEWITT, GORDON & PHATBOB & MCLEAR, CHELLEY]

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY THE POETS; Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to white spine, 83pp, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Belfast Poets Touring Group 2007

KEYWORDS: signed northern irish ireland belfast poets touring group bptg performing arts performance poetry poems spoken word

$12.50
xx70pol196712

Design for the Real World


PAPANEK, VICTOR

Paperback (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: Paladin / Granada 1972

KEYWORDS: human ecology social change applied arts environment design

$35.00
xx71pol196775

The Art of Movement


BROWAR, KEN & ORY, DEBORAH

LACKS D/W, lg heavy quarto hardcover (VG+) minor chafing to boards; 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: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2016

KEYWORDS: dance art movement performing arts dancers photography photos inspiration motivation advice

$16.50
xx78pol197112

Crafts, Customs and Legends of Wales


HARRIS, MARY CORBETT

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: David & Charles 1980

KEYWORDS: Wales welsh customs arts crafts legends history historical

$10.00
xx79pol197234

Zen in the Martial Arts


HYAMS, JOE & McGOWAN, KENNETH (Photos) & CODER, DOUG (Photos)

Paperback (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: Bantam Books 1982

KEYWORDS: Joe Hyams martial arts autobiography autobiographies philosophy

$15.00
xxsjb197501

Jiu Jitsu Complete


NAKAE, KIYOSE & YEAGER, CHARLES

Paperback (G+) scruffy, gutter cracked; 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: Four Square 1963

KEYWORDS: martial arts self defence defense jiu jitsu skills

$15.00
xxsjb197502

Super Karate Made Easy


RONE, MOJA & SORRENTINO, MADELINE R (Illus)

Paperback (G+) scruffy; 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: Lancer Books 1960

KEYWORDS: martial arts karate teaching self defence defense

$22.50
xxsje197526

Knights of Darkness: Secrets of the World's Deadliest Night Fighters


LUNG, Dr HAHA

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: Paladin Press 1998

KEYWORDS: combat warriors martial arts techniques night fighters

$95.00
1y47a/9

How to Make and Use a Magic Mirror: Psychic Windows Into New Worlds


TYSON, DONALD

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, purple lettering to spine & front cover, 136pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light pencil annotation throughout- unobtrusive)

PUBLISHER: Phoenix Publishing 1995

KEYWORDS: spirituality scrying ancient arts occult esoteric astral travel spirit communication black mirrors magic

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