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$40.00
1w48/19

The Triumphs of the Printing Press


JERROLD, WALTER

Octavo, red illus buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 160pp + 24pp adverts, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light soiling & surface loss to spine, moderate soiling to boards, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, 3cm closed tear to buckram on spine, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, crack to full length of front gutter, presentation plate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: S. W. Partridge n/d (pre-1904)

KEYWORDS: printing history literature electrotyping typography press

$55.00
1w48/23

The Dunvegan Armorial


MALDEN, JOHN & MALDEN, EILEAN (Eds)

Quarto, maroon leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 256pp, illus, nr fine (ex-libris label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Heraldry Society of Scotland 2006

KEYWORDS: heraldry Scotland genealogy coats of arms history clans armorials family

$45.00
1w48/26

The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines


LEYES II, RICHARD A. & FLEMING, WILLIAM A. & ATKINSON, A. STUART & VON OHAIN, HANS (Fore)

Super octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, x + 998pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board corners, d/w securely fixed to boards with adhesive clear contact, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to corners, fully adhered to boards with clear contact)

PUBLISHER: AIAA 1999

KEYWORDS: aviation aircraft engines engineering history aeroplanes turbines illustrated

$155.00
1w48/28

Moriori: A People Rediscovered


KING, MICHAEL

First edition, imperial octavo, turquoise heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 226pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light scuffing & sun fading to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine & edges, light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Viking 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture history Moriori Chatham Islands anthropology first edition

$140.00
1w48/29

Sports Car Racing in Camera 1960-69


PARKER, PAUL

2 volumes, quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 256pp, illus, vol 1 VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, sm gouge to front board, adhesive security label to rear pastedown) in d/w, vol 1 VG+ (light creasing to edges & flaps, light scuffing to covers, shop seller's adhesive price label to front cover) vol 2 fine (still in wrapper)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: cars racing history motor sport illustrated engines engineering

$100.00
ak1/19/3114

American Music


LEIBOVITZ, ANNIE

Lg quarto, illus heavy card boards, decorative promotional ribbon remenants loosely enclosed, illus prelims, 264pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board corners with sl surface loss, light scuffing & soiling to boards, light staining to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Random House 2003

KEYWORDS: music pictorial biographies US America history rock blues soul motown

$45.00
1w48/33

Ford Design in the UK: 70 Years of Success


HULL, NICK

Square super octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 224pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, shop's adhesive price label to front)

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: cars engines engineering motor ford history illustrated

$97.50
1w48/35

Sports Car Racing in Camera 1950-59


PARKER, PAUL

Quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: sports motor cars racing history photos illustrated

$42.50
1w48/38

Jaguar XK8: The Complete Story


ROBSON, GRAHAM

Imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, bookseller's price label to front cover)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2015

KEYWORDS: jaguar history motoring cars engine engineering xk8 illustrated

$10.00
xxppk141174

Historic North Auckland: New Zealand


TOURIST DEPT. NEW ZEALAND

Octavo softcover 32 page stapled booklet (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: New Zealand Government Tourist and Publicity Department

KEYWORDS: Auckland history historic tourism New Zealand

$18.50
xxppk141188

Erotic Drawings


TILLY, ANDREW

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: Book Club Associates 1987

KEYWORDS: Art erotic paintings illustrations collected art history renaissance modern

$16.50
xxppk141190

Profile of the A4s


WHITELEY, J.S. & MORRISON, G.W.

Quarto 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: Oxford Publishing Co 1985

KEYWORDS: Railway history A4 locomotives Doncaster

$12.00
xxppl141201

Hieronymus Bosch


GIBSON, WALTER S.

Octavo softcover (VG+), with 151 illustrations; 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 1973

KEYWORDS: Art history Hieronymus Bosch artist

$10.00
xxppl141209

Charles Edward Stuart: A Trajedy in Many Acts


McLYNN, FRANK

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: Oxford University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Biography history Bonnie Prince Charlie Culloden

$8.50
xxppl141219

A New Look at Capital Punishment


JAMES, ANTONY

Paperback (shabby) tanning; 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: Belmont Tower 1977

KEYWORDS: capital punishment USA execution methods history

$12.00
xxfvf141258

The Early Stuarts: 1603 - 1660


DAVIES, GODFREY

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: Oxford 1949

KEYWORDS: history Stuarts Scotland England

$12.50
xxedf141299

Ancient Angkor


FREEMAN, MICHAEL & JACQUES, CLAUDE

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: River Books 2009

KEYWORDS: Khmer civilization Angkor ancient history archaeology architecture

$10.00
xxefb141318

Game as You Like


SMITH, MAX

Lacks fep, 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: Whitcombe and Tombs 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sports biographies history

$32.50
xxqba141371

Queering Kansas City Jazz: Gender, Performance, and the History of a Scene


CLIFFORD-NAPOLEONE, AMBER R

Super octavo hardcover (NR Fine) in d/w (NR Fine); 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: University of Nebraska Press 2018

KEYWORDS: gender sexuality lgbt lgbtqia queer anthology academic jazz kansas sociology history

$15.00
xxqba141375

The Dunstan: A History of the Alexandra - Clyde District


MOORE, C.W.S

First edition ex library, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1953

KEYWORDS: new zealand history central otago alexandra clyde dunstan

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