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$17.50
xxfog140239

I, Michelangelo, Sculptor


DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI, MICHELANGELO & STONE, IRVING (ed) & STONE, JEAN (ed)

First edition, Super octavo hard cover (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: Collins 1963

KEYWORDS: autobiography artist history Michelangelo

$9.50
xxfoh140247

Table Tennis Today


BARNA, VICTOR

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: Arthur Barker Limited 1962

KEYWORDS: table tennis history sports

$22.50
xxfoh140256

VW Beetle: Specification Guide 1949-1967


COPPING, RICHARD

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: Crowood 2018

KEYWORDS: manual guide VW Beetle cars history

$20.00
xxfoh140257

Arunachala: Holy Hill


SKANDANANDA (R. HENNINGER)

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: Sri Ramanasramam 1995

KEYWORDS: history religion Arunachala

$50.00
2i47a/35

In the Nature of Materials: 1887 - 1941: The Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright


HITCHCOCK, HENRY-RUSSELL

Square octavo, light brown buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxxv + 143pp, illus, VG- (18cm cracks & detachment of spine material, moderately heavy fraying to spine extrems, moderate surface loss to board corners, moderately light soiling/staining to boards & page edges, boards moderately shaky, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Elek Books 1958

KEYWORDS: Frank Lloyd Wright history illustrated architecture buildings materials

$245.00
2i47a/39

Frank Lloyd Wright Monograph 1951-1959


PFEIFFER, BRUCE BROOKS & FUTAGAWA, YUKIO (Ed & Photo)

Square quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 391pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing with surface loss to spine extrems, 1.5cm gouge to upper spine edge, 1.5cm closed tear to lower front cover, light fading to spine & covers, moderate scuffing & soiling to rear cover, light soiling to page edges & eps/prelims)

PUBLISHER: A. D. A. Edita 1991

KEYWORDS: Frank Lloyd Wright architecture buildings illustrated history

$19.50
xxfpj140278

Defeat at Gallipoli


STEEL, NIGEL & HART, PETER

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: Papermac 1995

KEYWORDS: Gallipoli First World War military history

$10.00
xxfpk140284

The Dragon's Teeth: Inside China's Armed Forces


YOUNG, JOHN ROBERT

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1987

KEYWORDS: Military history China Chinese fighter Army

$20.00
xxfpk140286

Recollections of a Picture Dealer


VOLLARD, AMBROISE & JOHNSON, UNA (fore)

English translation. Super 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: Hacker Art Books 1978

KEYWORDS: Art history modern art art dealer

$15.00
xxfqf140294

Five Sisters: Women Against the Tsar: The Memoirs of Five Young Anarchist Women of the 1870's


ENGEL, BARBARA ALPERN & ROSENTHAL, CLIFFORD N. (trans)

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: Allen & Unwin 1987

KEYWORDS: history politics women anarchy memoir russian revolution russia

$8.50
xxfrc140307

The Spirit of Prague and other essays


KLIMA, IVAN & WILSON, PAUL (trans)

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: Granta Books 1998

KEYWORDS: Czech history Kafka Hasek Havel Terezin Velvet Revolution

$45.00
1w45/10

The Valley of the Shadow of Death: An Account of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command Night Bombing and Minelaying Operations Including The Battle of Ruhr March 5th/6th to July 18th/19th, 1943


PHILLIPS, J. ALWYN

Octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 544pp + 64pp index, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (in clear contact, v light scuffing & creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Air Research Publications 1992

KEYWORDS: military history raf aviation ww2 second world war ruhr British bombing strategy casualties

$40.00
1w45/13

Boeing B-29: Superfortress


PACE, STEVE

Quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 208pp, illus, nr fine (light creasing to spine extrems, small chip to base of rear board) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, v sl soiling & scuffing to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2003

KEYWORDS: US America army air corps force boeing b-29 aviation military history illustrated ww2 second world war superbomber engineering

$100.00
1w45/14

Airwar: Theory and Practice


MEILINGER, PHILLIP S.

Super ocatvo, light blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 234pp, illus, nr fine, ( v sl creasing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (in clear contact, light creasing to edges, sporadic sm chips to front cover)

PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 2003

KEYWORDS: aviation military warfare strategy airwar essays prose collection history

$50.00
1w45/17

The Mair Family


ANDERSEN, J. C. & ANDERSEN, G. C.

Very tidy ex-llibrary, folding chart at rear, octavo, light gray buckram boards, orange lettering to spine, frontispiece, 345pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & fraying to spine extrems, spine sl cocked, moderate bruise & fraying to board corners & edges, front board sl warped, moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing to edges, several full length creases to front cover, 1cm open tear with some loss, heavy internal surface loss to verso rear flap)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1956

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Gilbert Mair history settlement immigration

$75.00
1w45/21

Government Printing in New Zealand 1840 to 1843


SALMOND, RACHEL

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, x + 207pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Elibank Press 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history writing printing publishing education government

$65.00
1w45/28

Things as They Are: Mission Work in Southern India


WILSON-CARMICHAEL, AMY & STOCK, EUGENE (Preface)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 304pp, illus, VG (light creasing & moderate scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prize giving label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Morgan and Scott 1905

KEYWORDS: southern India missionary religion Christianity history illustrated

$50.00
1w45/29

The Road to Three Pagodas


BURTON, REGINALD

First edition, octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 180pp, map to prelims, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, v sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light internal tanning)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald 1963

KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography memoir Reginald Burton military history pow prisoner

$120.00
1w45/32

Svardet Och Varjan: Som Armevapen: The History of the Swedish Army Sword 1500-1860


SEITZ, HERIBERT

Captions and summary in English, TEXT IN SWEDISH, imperial octavo, light grey buckram boards, gilt lettering & blue sword motif to spine & front board, illus half title page, 400pp, illus, VG+ (v light creasing to spine extrems, v sl soiling to spine & front board, light tanning to page edges, ex libris label & owner's name in ink to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Militarlitteraturforeningen 1955

KEYWORDS: Sweden weaponry swords military history swedish illustrated army text in Swedish

$25.00
1w45/33

Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade 1775-1861 (Parts I and II): Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen Transcripts of Registers of Shipping 1787-1862 (Part III)


JONES, A. G. E.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps & prelims, xviii + 277pp + 104pp index, illus, SCRUFFY reading copy only(heavy creasing & fading to spine, moderate to heavy creasing and rubbing to covers, closed tear to rear cover, pages 89-94 loose, prev owners details in ink to fep, light soiling & tanning to covers and page edges)

PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1986

KEYWORDS: shipping maritime nautical registrar trade log records history south seas

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