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$42.50
1y87/38

Marsden And The Missions - Prelude To Waitangi


RAMSDEN, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 295pp., illus, TATTY (severe soiling to boards and spine, severe scuffing to boards and spine, severe wear to spine extrems, moderately severe cracking to rear hinge, mild browning to page edges, previous owners inscription in green ink to front pastedown, moderate browning and foxing to eps and prelims, light foxing to page interiors, moderate cracking to rear gutter.)

PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: first edition history nz new zealand aotearoa biography

$75.00
1y87/39

New Zealand Railways Illustrated - 80 pictures in full cover


n/a

oblong quarto soft cover, read faux leather covers, gilt lettering to front cover, gilt decorative stamp to front cover, 80pp., illus, VG- (severe soiling to rear cover, moderate scuffing to cover edges, light browning to page edges, severe splitting to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn 1937

KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa history railway railroad trains

$45.00
ak4/10/2279

Brum Rocked! The Story of the People and Places that Shaped Birmingham's Role in the History of Rock


HORNSBY, LAURIE; LAVENDER, MIKE (ed.); & CHINN, CARL (forew.)

Quarto black & while illus. light card covers, illus., 136pp, VG+ (v. sl. scuffing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: TGM 1999

KEYWORDS: rock history music birmingham brum brummie midlands england english british moody blues the move

$300.00
ak4/10/2285

Wired Up! Glam, Proto Punk, and Bubblegum: European Picture Sleeves 1970-1976


THOMPSON, JEREMY & BLOUNT, MARY

Oblong quarto illus. white heavy card covers, illus., pp, VG+ (some sl. soiling to boards, retail sticker to rear board; otherwise nr. FINE)

PUBLISHER: Wired Up Media 2012

KEYWORDS: music history record sleeves vinyl discography collecting rare european picture glam protopunk proto punk bubblegum pop wired up rock glamrock 1970s 70s seventies

$35.00
ak4/10/2289

Dexys Midnight Runners: Young Soul Rebels


WHITE, RICHARD

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: Omnibus Press 2005

KEYWORDS: dexys dexy's midnight runners uk british rock soul music history pop come on eileen

$75.00
1y87/40

Rural Englands - Labouring Lives In The Nineteenth Century


REAY, BARRY

Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, xiii + 274pp., NEAR FINE (v. slight bruising to spine extrems, v. slight scuffing to boards.)

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2004

KEYWORDS: history england labour labor 19th nineteenth century

$55.00
1y87/42

Introduction To Transgender Studies - With The Participation Of Thatcher Combs


HAEFELE-THOMAS, ARDEL

Super Octavo softcover, illus light card covers, white lettering to covers and spine, illus title page, xxx + 477pp., illus, VG+ (light curling to cover corners, v. slight scuffing to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Harrington Park Press 2019

KEYWORDS: history trans transgender lgbt lgbtq culture politics

$80.00
1y87/44

Flaming Creature Jack Smith, His Amazing Life And Times


LEFFINGWELL, EDWARD (ed.) & KISMARIC, CAROLE (ed.) & HEIFERMAN, MARVIN (ed.)

Imperial Octavo Softcover, illus light card covers w/ french flaps, illus eps, frontipiece, 266 pp., illus, NEAR FINE (v. slight bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Serpents Tail 1997

KEYWORDS: biography history photography

$65.00
1y87/45

The Libertine's Friend - Homosexuality & Masculinity In Late Imperial China


VITIELLO, GIOVANNI

Super Octavo hardcover, red buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, yellow eps, xii + 296pp., NEAR FINE, in d/w, NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: University Of Chicago Press 2011

KEYWORDS: history lgbtq homosexuality imperial china

$40.00
1y88/4

Criminal Intimacy - Prison And The Uneven History Of Modern American Sexuality


KUNZEL, REGINA

Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, xi + 371pp., NEAR FINE, in illus d/w, NEAR FINE (v. slight curling to extrems)

PUBLISHER: University Of Chicago Press 2008

KEYWORDS: history america usa lgbt lgbtq prison

$90.00
1y88/7

Popular Cultures In England, 1550-1750


REAY. BARRY

Personally inscribed, dated, & signed by author to father, Super Octavo hardcover, black faux leather boards, silver lettering & decorative rule to spine, ix + 235pp., NEAR FINE (slight bruising to base of spine), in illus d/w (NEAR FINE)

PUBLISHER: Longman 1998

KEYWORDS: history culture england united kingdom britain

$60.00
1y88/10

The World Of The Muggletonians


HILL, CHRISTOPHER. REAY, BARRY. & LAMONT, WILLIAM

Date and ownership signature by author Barry Reay, Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix +195pp., VG+ (slight bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate tanning to page edges and interiors), in illus d/w VG (moderate creasing to extrems, attached to boards with tape, modera, visible tape residue stains, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Maurice Temple Smith 1983

KEYWORDS: history england religion culture

$35.00
ak4/1/2303

Brum Rocked On!


HORNSBY, LAURIE & LAVENDER, MIKE (ed.)

Quarto softcover 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: GSM Bestsellers 2007

KEYWORDS: 1960s 60s sixties birmingham british rock music history brum brummie

$80.00
ak4/1/2305

Memories of Sheffield's King Mojo Club: March 1964-1967 October


MANVELL, DAVE; FIRMINGER, JOHN; & STRINGFELLOW, PETER J.

Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., vi+104pp, nr. FINE (light scuffing)

PUBLISHER: ALD Design and Print 2003

KEYWORDS: sheffield music history local regional british mojo club north northern england english pop

$125.00
ak4/1/2306

The Book of The Damned: The Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Official Biography


CLERK, CAROL

Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., 96pp, VG+ (light scuffing and creasing to covers, small retail price sticker to rear)

PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press 1987

KEYWORDS: damnbed punk rock music history rat scabies captain sensible discography

$45.00
ak4/1/2317

Pioneering the Pumice


VAILE, E. EARLE [EDWARD]

FIRST EDITION, octavo green cloth boards, illus. eps. (maps), illus., preliminary+304pp, VG (moderate bruising and chipping to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, sl. scuffing to boards, prev. owner's sign in ink to fep., light foxing to page edges & within)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1939

KEYWORDS: new zealand history modern first edition pumice area broadlands colonial colonisation settler pioneer north island tuhunatara

$40.00
ak4/1/2321

Budapest 1956: Locations of Drama


DENT, BOB

Super octavo white illus. heavy card laminated boards, illus., pp, nr. FINE in d/w VG+ (some sl. soiling, otherwise nr. FINE also)

PUBLISHER: Europa Konyvkiado 2006

KEYWORDS: hungaria revolution uprising 1956 european history communism eastern central europe warsaw pact cold war

$140.00
1y88/12

Manual Of The New Zealand Mollusca - Includes Atlas Of Plates


SUTER, HENRY

2 Vol Set (Manual + Plates), Super Octavo + Quarto hardcover, full bound green boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxiii + 1120pp., 72 plates (second volume), VG (moderate bruising and scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges and end pages)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay 1913

KEYWORDS: natural history nz new zealand aotearoa shellfish molusca

$95.00
1y88/26

Gender And Sexualities In History - Common Prostitutes And Ordinary Citizens - Commercial Sex In London, 1885-1960


LAITE, JULIA

Super Octavo hardcover, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to boards and spine, 4 maps, ix + 299pp., VG+ (moderate bruising to board corners and spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2012

KEYWORDS: history england uk london sex sexwork prostitution sociology

$45.00
1y88/38

Re-dressing America's Frontier Past


BOAG, PETER

Super octavo, maroon heavy card boards with black cloth spine, gilt decorations to spine, frontispiece, xii + 257 pp, illust, Near Fine ( annotation marks in pencil to margins ) in d/w VG+ ( v slight creasing to cover edges, slight foxing to inside rear cover )

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2011

KEYWORDS: history study frontier United States America cross dressing dressers sexual identity identities 20th century

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