Books - "history"
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A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain - Volume 4 The North East
super octavo hardcover (VG) with 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 costs
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1974
KEYWORDS: history england railway trains locomotives
Watching Hannah - Sexuality, Horrow And Bodily De-Formation In Victorian England
super octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2002
KEYWORDS: history victorian england biography munby
German Illumination
Comprises vol. 1 (Carolingian Period) and vol.2 (Ottonian Period) in one volume; quarto red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi+34pp+88 plates+xvi+37pp+112 plates (all plates black & white), VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings, moderate scuffing to boards, light tanning and occasional soiling within)
PUBLISHER: Hacker Art Books 1970
KEYWORDS: illumination german germany art european history illuminated manuscripts books book carolingian ottonian
Crusader Manuscript Illumination at Saint-Jean d'Acre, 1275-1291
Quarto red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxviii+231pp+plates at rear (black and white), VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings, light scuffing and tape stains to boards & eps., light tanning within) in d/w VG- (plastic covered with adhesive strips along top and bottom, usual markings, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: crusades crusader illumination illuminated manuscript books book history art saint jean saint-jean d'acre
The Velvet Years: Warhol's Factory 1965 - 67
Square imperial octavo black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 176pp, illus., VG (light tanning within, occasional v. slight adhesion, light foxing to title and eps.) in d/w VG (light tanning and scuffing, moderate foxing to reverse)
PUBLISHER: Pavilion 1995
KEYWORDS: andy warhol factory velvet underground lou reed john cale nico candy darling counterculture underground art history pop american
On Classic Ground: Picasso, Leger, de Chirico and the New Classicism 1910-1930
Quarto red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 412pp, VG- (please note: main fault is front hinge cracked and delicate, with spine and front board on their way to coming loose, binding otherwise sound; light scuffing and soiling to boards, light soiling within) in d/w VG (light scuffing chipping and soiling, minor closed tears)
PUBLISHER: Tate Gallery 1990
KEYWORDS: art history picasso leger de chirico new classicism painting european tate gellery
The Flemish Flower Painters in the XVIIth [17th] Century
Folio oatmeal cloth boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, 518pp, illus., VG- (main default: segment of water damage to bottom corner of last approx. 20 pages, resulting in some adhesion damage, affecting only index; otherwise, light scuffing to boards, light tanning within, and occasional light foxing (heaviest to half title)) in d/w VG (moderate scuffing and light chipping, minor close tear to front/spine)
PUBLISHER: Lefebvre & Gillet Art Editors 1985
KEYWORDS: flemish european flower painting art history 17th seventeenth century c botany plant plants
Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
Quarto illus. light card covers with French flaps, 223pp, illus., VG+ (light fading to spine, v. occasional light soiling within, prev. owner's signature in pen to fep.)
PUBLISHER: V&A Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: fashion costume history garments seventeenth eighteenth 17th 18th century c stiching seams quilting lace slashing pinking stamping stomachers decoration decorative trimming buttons collars cuffs pockets drapery cording
The Story of Art
LUXURY EDITION, quarto orange cloth boards, red silver & blind stamped lettering to front, red & silver to spine, illus., 684pp, nr. FINE in burgundy red cloth slipcase (orange & silver lettering) slipcase, nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Phaidon 2016
KEYWORDS: limited luxury edition story art gombrich history painting western theory classic
Railways in West Yorkshire
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Dalesman Books 1978
KEYWORDS: history railways Yorkshire England routes photos black & white
Walt Disney's America
large quarto hardcover (VG+) in clear plastic cover; 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press Inc 1978
KEYWORDS: history Walt Disney United States America movies illustrations sketches drawings cartoons information
Picasso Black and White
Quarto grey illus. light card covers with French flaps, illus., 227pp, nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Guggenheim / Delmonico Books / Prestel 2013
KEYWORDS: picasso art history guggenheim pablo black and white painting
MoMA Masterpieces: Painting and Sculpture
Quarto blue cloth boards, blind stamp dolphin emblem to front & silver lettering to spine, illus., 247pp, nr. FINE in d/w nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2015
KEYWORDS: moma museum of modern art painting art history sculpture van gogh starry night picasso andy warhol horace pippin miki de saint phalle gerhard richter kara walker
The East Yorkshire Regiment in the Great War 1914-1918
Super octavo maroon red cloth boards, gilt emblem to front and gilt lettering to spine, xx+486pp, illus. with folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing and fading to boards, light tanning and soiling to edges and within, sl. cocked, hinges cracked but binding sound, prev. owner's details in pen to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Harrison & Sons 1928
KEYWORDS: east yorkshire regiment regimental history military great first one world war ww1 british english
A History of Waitomo: Maori and Pakeha Side by Side
Quarto red/brown illus. light card covers, 104pp, G+ (covers partially detached - readily fixable with some glue, otherwise tidy: light scuffing and fading to covers, light tanning within)
PUBLISHER: Outrigger 1983
KEYWORDS: waitomo north island new zealand local regional maori history caves
Kaitaia's Hospital: A Glimpse at Hospital Services and Volunteer Health Care in the Far North 1904 - 2004
Inscribed & signed by author; quarto illus. black light card covers, illus., x+218pp,VG+ (v. sl. scuffing fading and creasing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Keith Parker and Bridgewater Publications 2005
KEYWORDS: northland kaitai north far new zealand medical local regional history medicine health hospital
Motor Racing: Reflections of a Lost Era
Oblong quarto red cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, illus., 208pp, nr. FINE in d/w nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Veloce 2005
KEYWORDS: motorsport motoring racing grand prix world championship formula one 1 car cars automobiles history sporting
MG and Austin Healey Spridgets
Imperial octavo, navy blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, illus., 218pp., VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards/page edges & eps) in d/w VG (light creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford Illustrated Press 1983
KEYWORDS: mg austin healey spridget spridgets automotive engineering history car cars racing motorsport sporting sports mgb midget
Business Interests and the Reform of Canadian Competition Policy, 1971-1975
EX-LIBRARY, octavo hardcover (nr FINE) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of British Columbia 177
KEYWORDS: canada canadian history policy politics business law consumers pluralism
The Bolsheviks and the October Revolution: Minutes of the Central Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) August 1917 - February 1918
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Pluto Press 1974
KEYWORDS: russia bolsheviks russian politics history soviet october revolution marxism leninism