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$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

$60.00
1y88/49

The Arts of Islam : Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collections


ROGERS, J.M.

Folio, heavy card boards, black printed lettering to front board + spine, illust prelims, 400 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight chaffing to boards ) in d/w VG+ ( moderate fading to spine, 1 cm closedd tear without loss to lower edge front cover, v slight creasing to edges )

PUBLISHER: Tourism Development & Investment Company 2008

KEYWORDS: history study art treasure treasures Islam Muslim Nasser Khalili collection exhibition photos colour color

$40.00
1y89/1

Work : The Building of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link


LONDON & CONTINENTAL RAILWAYS & BROWN, GORDON (fore) & HOLDEN, ROB (aft)

Folio, grey heavy card boards, dark grey stamped lettering to spine + front board, illust front + rear eps + prelims, 223 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight scuffing to front board + rear ep )

PUBLISHER: Merrell Publishers Ltd 2008

KEYWORDS: history engineering Channel Tunnel Chunnel Britain France photos colour color

$55.00
1y89/3

The New Zealanders at Gallipoli


WAITE, MAJOR FRED

FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRARY, super octavo, brown cloth boards, black stamped lettering to front board + spine, xix + 330 pp, illust, folding map to rear, VG- ( usual library markings, heavy scuffing to board edges, moderate cellotape residue + staining to spine, light bruising to board + spine edges, slight chaffing to boards, light tanning to front + rear eps, 1 cm tear with loss fep, former owners name written in pen on fep, slighty shaky spine, slight foxing + creasing to fold out map at rear )

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd 1919

KEYWORDS: history ww1 world war 1 one New Zealand Gallipoli Turkey Anzac Cove maps photos black & white

$120.00
1y89/6

The Story of Christchurch New Zealand


WIGRAM, HENRY F.

FIRST EDITION, TIDY EX LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt stamped lettering + motiff to front board + spine, frontispiece, 269 pp, illust, VG ( usual library markings, v slight scuffing to boards + edges, slight bruising to board edges + corners, sticker residue to front board + spine, heavy tanning to front + rear eps, heavy cracking at preface, v slight cracking to rear gutter )

PUBLISHER: Lyttleton Times Co 1916

KEYWORDS: history Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand early settler settlers photos black & white

$100.00
1y89/23

Societ Submarines - Design, Development and Tactics


BREEMER, JAN

Super octavo, black cloth boards, silver stamp lettering to spine, 187pp, illus, Near FINE (slight foxing) in illus d/w VG+ (light chafing and very slight soiling)

PUBLISHER: Janes Information Group 1989

KEYWORDS: jan breemer russian nuclear soviet union strategic forces history military ussr

$70.00
1y89/30

New Zealand


HERZ, MAX

Super octavo, green cloth heavy board, gilt tooling to spine and boards, black rule and decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, frontispiece of waimang geyser, xii + 379pp, illus - plate of NZ to rear, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems, light soiling to covers, light tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: T. Werne Laurie 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa Maori Max Herz history

$65.00
1y89/36

Contemporary New Zealand Painters Volume One; A-M


FRIEDLANDER, MARTI

Square quarto, red cloth heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & blue and yellow lettering to covers, illus eps & prelims, 174pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to board edges, light tanning to spine) in red, yellow & blue slipcase VG (moderate soiling & fading to front and back)

PUBLISHER: Alistair Taylor 1980

KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand artists art hanly killeen mrkusich maddox frizzell art history

$245.00
1y89/47

The Art Museum - Phaidon - 30,000 BC To The 21st Century


SCHLAGMAN. RICHARD (ed.)

Oversized Folio hardcover, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to boards and spine, Illus titlepage, illus prelims, unpaginated- content sectioned by museum room (452 sections, 2pp. each, grouped by category, also includes category informational title pages), includes maps and other informational content to rear, full colour illus, NEAR FINE, in clear plastic d/w, NEAR FINE

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2011

KEYWORDS: fine art history neolithic modern collection guide oversized heavy

$40.00
1y90/15

The Radio Years - A History Of Broadcasting In New Zealand, Volume One


DAY, PATRICK

THIS VOL ONLY, Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, x + 352pp., VG+ (moderate staining to interior fep and prelims) in d/w VG+ (mild soiling)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: radio broadcast history nz new zealand aotearoa

$60.00
1y90/16

Voice & Vision - A History Of Broadcasting In New Zealand, Volume Two


DAY, PATRICK

THIS VOL ONLY, Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, x + 352pp., NEAR FINE in d/w VG+ (mild fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: radio broadcast history nz new zealand aotearoa

$70.00
1y90/20

Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - A Triumph


LAWRENCE, T.E.

FIRST TRADE EDITION, Imperial Octavo Hardcover, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, decorative gilt motif and lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontis piece, 672pp., illus w/ maps, VG (moderate fading to front board and spine, severe fading to rear board, moderate scuffing to boards and spine, moderate bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate foxing and tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1935

KEYWORDS: history travelog middle east arabia arab revolt

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