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$25.09
2d7/8

Presswork


a practical handbook for the use of pressmen and their apprentices

KELLY,WM.J.

second edition 140pp+ads. VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.ink mark and sticker to spine,mod.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,boards sl.shaky,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,contents sl.browned)

PUBLISHER: inland printer chicago 1902

KEYWORDS: history crafts arts printing pressing william j.kelly

$16.73
2d7/7

The Business Man's Guide to Printing


KNIGHTS,CHARLES C.

first edition 155pp ills. VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.cocked)

PUBLISHER: george allen london 1927

KEYWORDS: history printing arts charles c.knights

$44.62
man1j19/10

A Brief History of Wood-Engraving from its invention


CUNDALL,JOSEPH

ex-lib first edition 132pp ills. VG+ (olive cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps,sl.soiled w.spine sl.browned,libr.sticker to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,prelims.and edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: sampson low,marston london 1895

KEYWORDS: history printing wood engraving arts joseph cundall

$16.73
2d5/24

Elusive Treasure


the story of early archaeologists in the americas

FAGAN,BRIAN

first edition 369pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (cream dec.cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and 2x ink prices to ffep,edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and sunned,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: macdonals and jane's london 1978

KEYWORDS: history archaeology arts americas geography brian fagan

$19.52
2d12/25

Rosa Luxemburg


her life and work

LUXEMBURG,ROSA;FROLICH,PAUL

first edition thus [transl.edward fitzgerald] 339pp VG+ (brown cloth,sl.soiled,edges sl.foxed/soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: howard fertig new york 1969

KEYWORDS: biography history rosa luxemburg paul frolich

$11.15
NF271101hw9

Practical Printing and Binding


WHETTON,HARRY

first edition 448pp ills. G+ (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,covered in nasty clear wrapper w.tape at upper lower edges and taped to pastedowns,tape stains to eps,prelims.and edges sl.soiled/foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,cocked w.shaky spine) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: odhams press london 1946

KEYWORDS: history arts crafts printing binding harry whetton

$22.30
2d10/45

Fairs,Circuses and Music Halls


britain in pictures series

DISHER,M.WILLSON

first edition 48pp ills.[some col.] VG+ (dec.yellow paper boards,minor bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.foxed,sl.bumps and chipping to extrems.w.minor loss to head of spine)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1942

KEYWORDS: history arts collins britain in pictures series m.willson disher

$44.62
man1j19/13

Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages


a collaborative history

LOOMIS,ROGER SHERMAN

ex-lib first edition 574pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,sl.shaky boards,edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1959

KEYWORDS: literature arthurian legend mythology history roger sherman loomis

$22.30
2d8/46

South and East Asia since 1800


PURCELL,VICTOR

first edition 228pp VG+ (dec.paper boards,sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: cambridge univ.press cambridge 1965

KEYWORDS: history geography politics asia victor purcell

$22.30
1j19/19

The Arthur of the English Poets


MAYNADIER,HOWARD

ex-lib reprint 454pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and pockets,edges sl.soiled)

PUBLISHER: houghton,mifflin boston 1969

KEYWORDS: history literature arthurian legend mythology howard maynadier

$16.73
2d7/14

The Remarkable Australians


FOLKARD,FREDERICK C.

208pp ills. VG+ (black cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.chipping)

PUBLISHER: murray sydney [nd]

KEYWORDS: history australia geography frederick c.folkard

$16.73
2d8/39

Revolution and the Napier Brothers 1820-1840


NAPIER,PRISCILLA

first edition 317pp [fold-our chart] NF (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,minor bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: michael joseph london 1973

KEYWORDS: history military napier brothers biography priscilla napier

$45.93
1j33/27

Extracts From a Journal,written on the coasts of Chili,Peru,and Mexico


vol.iii only

HALL,BASIL

vol.iii only 311pp G+ (blue cloth w.paper title label to spine,rubbed and stained and sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.,split to cloth at hinges,title label rubbed and chipped,boards shaky,owner's inscr.to pastedown,prelims.and edges mod.soiled,minor foxing to sl.browned contents,sl.cocked w.shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: constable edinburgh 1827

KEYWORDS: history travel geography south america basil hall

$16.73
1j19/23

Arthur of Albion


BARBER,R.W.

ex-lib first edition 218pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,bumps and chipping to extrems.incl.hinges,some sl.losses and closed tears)

PUBLISHER: barrie and rockliff london 1961

KEYWORDS: history literature arthurian legend r.w.barber

$76.50
man1j19/24

Memoirs of a Monticello Slave


LOGAN,RAYFORD W.(ED)

ex-lib first edition 45pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,untrimmed fore-edges) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: univ.of virginia press charlottesville 1951

KEYWORDS: history biography slaves monticello america sociology rayford w.logan

$22.30
NF281101rp13

A History of Punch


PRICE,R.G.G.

first edition 384pp ills. VG+ (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,eps and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.incl.hinges,white tape to upper/lower edges,sl.loss to head of spine)

PUBLISHER: collins london 1957

KEYWORDS: modern first edition punch humour history r.g.g.price

$55.77
2d6/3

View of The State of Europe during the Middle Ages


3 vols.

HALLAM,HENRY

twelfth edition 3 vols.503/428/518pp VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,bumps and wear to extrems.w.chipping to head/foot of spines,8cm split to cloth at head of lower hinge on vol.1 w.horizontal split across spine creating a flap,boards sl.shaky,owner's inscr.to ffeps,prelims.and edges mod.foxed o/w contents quite clean,spines cracked w.separation starting at some sections,cocked w.shaky spines)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1868

KEYWORDS: history middle ages europe politics henry hallam

$33.46
1j20/1

Peasant Customs and Savage Myths


selections from the british folklorists 2 vols.

DORSON,RICHARD M.(ED)

ex-lib first edition 2 vols.751pp VG+ (red cloth,tape stains to boards,mod.bump to foot of spine on vol.1 and foot of fore-edge on vol.2,usual stamps and labels,sl.creasing to foot of contents of vol.2) in VG d/ws (in libr.plastic and taped to boards,sl.soiled and sunned)

PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1968

KEYWORDS: history mythology customs britain folklore richard m.dorson

$16.73
1j20/2

Indian Gods and Kings


the story of a living past

HAWKRIDGE,EMMA

ex-lib 304pp ills. VG- (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned and sl.stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.w.some minor surface losses,boards shaky,maps to eps,usual stamps and labels,paper separation at prelim.gutters,edges sl.soiled/foxed,shaky spine)

PUBLISHER: rich & cowan london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history india geography theology emma hawkridge

$33.46
2d8/36

Gilmour of the Mongols


NAIRNE,W.P.

191pp few ills. VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.water stain and damage to rear board,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,presentation bookplate to ffep,edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked but only sl.shaky,minor water damage to foot of final section)

PUBLISHER: pickering & inglis london [nd]

KEYWORDS: history geography travel mongolia w.p.nairne james gilmour

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