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$12.00
xxrki124757

An Introduction to Visual Culture


MIRZOEFF, NICHOLAS

Ex-library, super octavo hardcover (VG) no d/w; 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: Routledge 1999

KEYWORDS: photography television art visual art media sociology history psychology

$10.00
xxrki124763

The Ravenna Mosaics


CETTO, ANNA MARIA

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Hallwag Berne 1965

KEYWORDS: art mosaics religion Christianity history ecclesiastic

$8.50
xxrki124764

All the Paintings of Michelangelo


CARLI, ENZO

Small octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w, clear plastic wrap (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: Oldbourne Press 1963

KEYWORDS: art history biography Michelangelo criticism memoir

$8.50
xxrki124766

Rubinstein


HERVEY, ARTHUR

Large super octavo softcover, light card covers (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: Chappell/New World n/d

KEYWORDS: music biography memoir Anton Rubinstein classical history

$10.00
xxrki124767

Vincent Van Gogh: A Biographical Study


MEIER-GRAEFE, JULIUS

Lacks d/w, super octavo hardcover (VG-) no d/w; 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: The Literary Guild of America 1933

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Vincent Van Gogh art history

$24.00
2i13/45

Dance: The Illustrated History of Dance in New Zealand


JAHN-WERNER, TARA

Quarto, cream boards with lettering to spine, illus eps, 312pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading, light soiling, light creasing to spine edges)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: dance arts history New Zealand Ballet

$65.00
2i13/47

The Early Flemish Painters: Notices of Their Lives and Works.


CROWE, J.A. & CAVALCASELLE, G.B.

Super octavo, red baords with brown spine & board corners, gilt lettering & gilt patterning to spine, patterned, t.e.p., frontispiece, xii + 383pp, illus VG (heavy bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate rubbing to spine, light tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to first few pages, very slight sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1857

KEYWORDS: Painting arts Gothic Flanders Painters Flemish history

$70.00
2i13/48

Sailing to Bohemia: A Life of the Honourable William Swainson


STACPOOLE, JOHN

Author's Proofing Copy with his pencil Annotations, super octavo, brown cloth boards, frontispiece, xii + 200pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Puriri Press 2007

KEYWORDS: William Swainson Statesmen New Zealand history Biography Politics government

$100.00
2i13/49

Storia Del Reame Di Napoli Dal 1734 Sino Al 1825


COLLETTA, PIETRO

2 Volume Set, Octavo, purple boards wit gilt ruling, gilt lettering with gilt patterning to spine, marbled eps, marbled page edges, frontispiece to vol 1, xxiii + 421pp (vol 1) + 444pp (vol 2), VG (light foxing to pages, previous owner's name in ink to fep, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate rubbing to boards, small tear to front board of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Felice Le Monnier 1846

KEYWORDS: Naples Kingdom History Italy Florence

$100.00
2i14/1

A New Picture of Paris; or, the Stranger's Guide to the French Metropolis; Accurately Describing the Public Establishments, Remarkable Edifices, Places of Amusement, and Every Other Object Worthy of Attention


PLANTA, EDWARD

LACKS MAPS, Small octavo, black leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 508pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy bruising & chipping to spine extrems & board corners, moderate rubbing, several large patches where leather has chipped off boards, binding cracked to fep - front board shaky, ligh tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Samuel Leigh 1831

KEYWORDS: Paris France travel guide history

$120.00
2i14/2

The Dukes of Normandy, From the Time of Rollo to the Expulsion of King John


DUNCAN, JONATHAN

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to spine & front board, yellow eps, x + 393pp, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, previous owner's label to fep, light foxing to pages, closed tear repaired with glue to page v)

PUBLISHER: Harvey & Darton 1839

KEYWORDS: Normandy France Dukes France History Medieval period

$140.00
2i14/7

Selected Speeches


MARA, KAMISESE (selected)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 150pp, VG (heavy soiling to boards, slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light browning to eps) in d/w VG- (light soiling, light bruising, light creasing to spine extrems & cover corners, 1cm closed tear to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Govt. Printer 1977

KEYWORDS: Kamisese Mara Essays Fiji Politics government history

$400.00
2i14/8

The B.U.A. Monthly: The Official Organ of the British Undertakers' Association 1928-1932,


N/A

Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, page edges coloured red, 1149pp, illus, VG ( moderate rubbing to boards, moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: (n/d)

KEYWORDS: history British Undertakers Association BUA

$38.00
2i14/9

Being There: An Autobiography by Arguably the Most Successful All Round International Rider in the History of New Zealand Motorcycling


ANDERSON, HUGH

Signed by Author,, super octavo, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, 372pp, illus VG+ (light rubbing and creasing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Hugh Anderson

KEYWORDS: signed Autobiography History New Zealand Motorcycling sports

$75.00
2i14/11

Ye Yuzhong's Contemporary Chinese Painting


YE, YUZHONG

Quarto, Red cloth board with black lettering to spine, yellow eps, 199pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine in slipcase (light fading to spine, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Rong bao zhai chu ban she, 1993

KEYWORDS: Ye Yuzhong arts modern Chinese painting history

$32.50
2i14/17

Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779


WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (Selected)

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with black illus to front board & spine, gilt lettering to spine frotn board, top page edges coloured blue, illus eps, frontispiece, xxxiv + 552pp, illus, Nr Fine, in slipcase VG+ (light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1997

KEYWORDS: James Cook history Voyages travels Oceania Discovery exploration

$33.50
2i14/19

Rita Angus: An Artist's Life


TREVELYAN, JILL

Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 420pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine & rear cover, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Rita Angus Biography arts Women painters New Zealand Biography history Painting

$90.00
ak2/16/1381

Pohutukawa and Rata: New Zealand's Iron-Hearted Trees


SIMPSON, PHILIP

Folio, green cloth boards with lettering to spine & front board, red eps, xii + 346pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Pohutukawa myrtaceae Rata New Zealand trees botany natural history

$65.00
2i14/25

Grune Holle Nurburgring: Faszination Nordschleife


KRALING, FERDI & MESSER, GREGOR

Text in German, Quarto, black boards with green lettering to spine, illus eps, 174pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (covered in clear contact, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Delius Klasing Verlag 2011

KEYWORDS: racing cars history sports

$200.00
2i14/26

Walter Rohrl Diary: Memories of a World Champion


ROHRL, WALTER & MULLER, WILFRIED

Folio, illus card boards with lettering to spine & boards, 255pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, covered in clear contact)

PUBLISHER: Verlag Reinhard Klein 2003

KEYWORDS: rally driving sports history autobiography Walter Rohrl World Champion motorsport car racing

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