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$18.50
xxzfd161990

A Regional History Of The Railways Of Great Britain - Volume 4 The North East


HOOLE, K.

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

$25.00
xxzfd161992

Watching Hannah - Sexuality, Horrow And Bodily De-Formation In Victorian England


REAY, BARRY

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

$60.00
1y75/47

German Illumination


GOLDSCHMIDT, ADOLPH

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

$45.00
1y75/49

Crusader Manuscript Illumination at Saint-Jean d'Acre, 1275-1291


FOLDA, JAROSLAV

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

$75.00
1y76/3

The Velvet Years: Warhol's Factory 1965 - 67


SHORE, STEPHEN (photog.) & TILLMAN, LYNNE

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

$60.00
1y76/16

On Classic Ground: Picasso, Leger, de Chirico and the New Classicism 1910-1930


COWLING, ELIZABETH & MUNDY, JENNIFER

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

$75.00
1y76/26

The Flemish Flower Painters in the XVIIth [17th] Century


HAIRS, MARIE-LOUISE & FINET, DOMINIQUE

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

$80.00
1y76/32

Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail


HART, AVRIL; NORTH, SUSAN; DAVIS, RICHARD (photog.) & DAVIS, LEONIE (drawings)

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

$245.00
1y76/35

The Story of Art


GOMBRICH, E. H.

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

$12.00
xxzff161996

Railways in West Yorkshire


HAIGH, A.

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

$30.00
xxkag162015

Walt Disney's America


FINCH, CHRISTOPHER

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

$140.00
1y77/7

Picasso Black and White


GIMENEZ, CARMEN

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

$75.00
1y77/8

MoMA Masterpieces: Painting and Sculpture


TEMKIN, ANN

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

$200.00
1y77/21

The East Yorkshire Regiment in the Great War 1914-1918


WYRALL, EVERARD

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

$40.00
1y77/39

A History of Waitomo: Maori and Pakeha Side by Side


MORGAN, VAUGHAN

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

$45.00
1y77/40

Kaitaia's Hospital: A Glimpse at Hospital Services and Volunteer Health Care in the Far North 1904 - 2004


PARKER, KEITH

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

$50.00
1y77/45

Motor Racing: Reflections of a Lost Era


CARTER, ANTHONY

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

$40.00
1y77/46

MG and Austin Healey Spridgets


HARVEY, CHRIS

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

$30.00
ak3/11/1616

Business Interests and the Reform of Canadian Competition Policy, 1971-1975


STANBURY, W. T.

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

$25.00
ak3/15/1621

The Bolsheviks and the October Revolution: Minutes of the Central Committee of the Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party (bolsheviks) August 1917 - February 1918


BONE, ANN (TRANS)

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

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