Books - "history"
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Canterbury Sketches; or, Life From the Early Days.
Inscribed & signed by author + tipped in two page holograph signed letter from author explaining why f.e.p. is missing, octavo, green boards with black lettering & black ruling to front board, frontispiece, v + 213pp, VG (light rubbing to boards, light soiling to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, internal front hinge slightly cracked - prelims coming loose, litgh tanning & very light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Lyttleton Times Office 1879
KEYWORDS: Canterbury New Zealand travel History autobiography
History of Bundaberg, A Typical Queensland Agricultural Settlement
Facsimile Reprint, Super octavo, red boards with black lettering to spine & front board, black ruling to boards, frontispiece, 215pp + xv, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Gordon & Gotch 1890
KEYWORDS: history Australia Queensland Bundaberg agriculture
Human/ In Human Terms/ Oh, No, Sorry, 'I' Meant in Human Terms!: Three volume Set
3 Volume Set, Super octavo, illus light card covers, 338pp (vol1), 231pp (vol2), 202pp (vol3), Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: M. Thomas Fairs 2013-2016
KEYWORDS: cosmology philosophy religion history
Mightier Than the Sword
First edition, Super octavo, green cloth boards with red spine, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges coloured red, frontispiece, 292pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG (light soiling & light rubbing to boards, light fading to spine, library label to fep, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1938
KEYWORDS: biography history literature
Memoir of Commodore Goodenough: With Extracts From His Letters and Journals
Octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & front boards, gilt illus to front board, green eps, Frontispiece, 223pp + 46pp adverts, VG- (heavy soiling to rear board, moderate rubbing to boards, light tanning to page edges, a small gouge to lower spine, closed tear to spine extrem reapired with archival tape, moderate bruising to soine extrems & board corners, previous owner's name & date to fep in ink, some staining to frontispiece)
PUBLISHER: C. Kegan Paul & Co. 1878
KEYWORDS: Royal Navy nautical history autobiography
Lhasa: An Account of the Country and People of Central Tibet and of the Progress of the Mission Sent There by the English Government in the Year 1903-04
This Volume Only, Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, t.e.g., frontispiece, xix + 414pp, illus, VG (light soiling & light rubbing to boards, moderate fading to spine, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, previous owner's name on label to fep, light foxing to eps, moderate tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1905
KEYWORDS: Travel Tibet China History sociology
Yves Saint Laurent - Forty Years of Creation
Quarto, black cloth boards with white & pink lettering to spine, black eps, 198pp, illus VG+ light soiling to boards, previous owner's name on label to fep) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: International Festival of Fashion Photography 1998
KEYWORDS: arts Yves Saint Laurent history Costume design France Exhibitions Fashion photography
Challenger and Barracuda 1970-1974
Quarto, illus light card covers, illus title page, 127pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks 2003
KEYWORDS: Barracuda automobile Challenger cars tansport history
The Apocalyptic Sublime
Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black eps, illus title page, xii + 196pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: history British paintings Critical studies arts
England's Constable: The Life and Letters of John Constable
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 Folio Society 1985
KEYWORDS: Constable painter artist art history British
Lionel Constable
Square 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: The Tate Gallery 1982
KEYWORDS: art history Constable collection
The Life and Works of Picasso
Square 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: Parragon 2002
KEYWORDS: art history painter artist biography memoir Pablo Picasso
Rembrandt
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: Thames and Hudson 1998
KEYWORDS: art history artist painter biography memoir Pablo Picasso
Medici Pictures for the Home
Small quarto 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 Medici Society 1958
KEYWORDS: art commercial catalogue prints history home living artists painters
The Art of the Renaissance
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: Thames and Hudson 1989
KEYWORDS: art history renaissance Europe
Romanesque Art
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: George Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1995
KEYWORDS: art history roman religion
The Success and Failure of Picasso
Ex-library, 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: Pantheon 1989
KEYWORDS: art criticism history biography memoir Pablo Picasso
16th Century Paintings
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: Taschen 2001
KEYWORDS: art history Europe 16th century
Camille: A Study of Claude Monet
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick and Jackson 1962
KEYWORDS: art history biography memoir Claude Monet
Upheavals: Manifestos, Manifestations: Conceptions in the Arts at the Beginning of the Sixties Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich
Quarto 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: DuMont Buchverlag 1984
KEYWORDS: art history Germany expressionism tachism informel realism