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$45.00
1w39a/30

Paul and the Torah


GASTON, LLOYD

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 262pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w,VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of British Columbia Press 1987

KEYWORDS: religion Jews Jewish Christianity Judaism gentiles history antiquity Paul apostle Torah scripture bible

$50.00
1w39a/32

Secret and Personal


WINTERBOTHAM, F. W.

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ink markings to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tape repairs to top spine extrem- 2cm closed tear, price clipped, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1969

KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir F W Winterbotham military history secret service intelligence air

$95.00
1w39a/33

Camille Pissarro: Letters to His Son Lucien


PISSARO, CAMILLE & LUCIEN; REWALD, JOHN (ed.)

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 367pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership stamps in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1943

KEYWORDS: autobiography biography Camille Pissarro Lucien letters correspondance art history

$35.00
xxrde171746

British Slave Emancipation: The Sugar Colonies and the Great Experiment 1830-1865


GREEN, WILLIAM A.

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: Oxford University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: british slaves slavery slave emancipation colonial imperialism sugar colonies the great experiment 1830 1865 history west indies trade post post-emancipation

$16.50
xxrde171749

The F1 World Championship at the British Grand Prix: 70 Years in Photographs


ANON.

Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Mirrorpix / The History Press 2020

KEYWORDS: british grand prix history grans auto automobile motor sports motorsports sporting racing cars

$15.00
xxrdf171752

Ho Chi Minh


KOBELEV, YEVGENY; SCHEIERSON, VIC & SERGEI & CHULAKI, IVAN (trans.)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) lacks d/w; 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: Progress Publishers Moscow 1989

KEYWORDS: ho chi minh soviet russian text english translation vietnam vietnamese history communism communist

$25.00
xxrdg171766

Visual Shock: A History of Art Controversies in American Culture


KAMMEN, MICHAEL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knope 2006

KEYWORDS: art theory history american culture controversies morality and politics

$20.00
xxrdg171770

Aldous Huxley and Film: Filmmakers No. 16


CLARKE, VIRGINIA

Octavo hardcover (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: The Scarecrow Press 1987

KEYWORDS: aldous huxley and film filmmaking filmmakers science fiction sci-fi history theory media studies

$24.50
xxrdg171773

The Beatles: From the Cavern to the Rooftop


KOZINN, ALLAN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 2010

KEYWORDS: the beatles music history musical pop john lennon ringo starr george harrison paul mccartney

$15.00
xxrdh171775

The Bible on Film: A Checklist 1897-1980


CAMPBELL, RICHARD & PITTS, MICHAEL

Octavo hardcover (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: The Scarecrow Press 1981

KEYWORDS: the bible film movies history religion religious christian christianity media studies

$25.00
xxrdh171779

Comics and the City: Urban Space in Print, Picture and Sequence


AHRENS, JORN & METELING, ARNO

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Continuum 2010

KEYWORDS: comics comic books graphic novels art theory the city urban space sequence history retrofuturism

$20.00
xxrdj171784

A Poke in the Eye (With a Sharp Stick)


The Very Best of... The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Greatest Comedy Line-up Ever

MCCANN, GRAHAM (ed.)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Canongate 2012

KEYWORDS: comedy line-up humour routines british history the secret policeman's ball

$18.50
xxrdj171785

Syd Barrett: A Very Irregular Head


CHAPMAN, ROB; COXON, GRAHAM (fore.)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2010

KEYWORDS: syd barrett biography british musical music history rock pink floyd english

$22.50
xxrec171813

Art & Outrage: Provocation, Controversy and the Visual Arts


WALKER, JOHN 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pluto Press 2012

KEYWORDS: art history theory provocation controversy controversies morality visual

$70.00
1w44a/6

The History of Policing in New Zealand Volume One: Policing the Colonial Frontier: Part One and Part Two (complete in two books)


HILL, RICHARD S.

TWO BOOK SET, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, printed eps, book 1- xxi + 1-409pp, book 2- xiii + 410-1142pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & creasing to edges, light chafing, 11cm closed tear/cut to front cover of book 1)

PUBLISHER: V. R. Ward, Gov't Printer 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history police colonial illustrated photos social race racial

$40.00
1w44a/11

The Wireless World (28 issues)


N/A

28 ISSUES, MOSTLY FROM 1938- WITH ISSUES FROM JAN 1938-DEC 1941 NON-CONSECUTIVE RUN, quarto & imperial octavo, illus stapled wrappers, mixed pagination to each, illus/photos, VG-/scruffy (heavy rust staining to staples & spines, heavy tearing at spine to most vols, moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: The Wireless World 1938-1941

KEYWORDS: wireless world literature publications magazines history communication radio television

$95.00
1w44a/16

Black America: A Study of the Ex-Slave and His Late Master


CLOWES, W. LAIRD

FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY, sm octavo, brown heavy half leather bound boards, gilt lettering to title plate & raised bands with gilt tooling to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 240pp, VG-/tatty (heavy cracking & chafing to spine, heavy loss to lower extrem of spine, heavy ex-library markings, moderate chafing & scuffing to boards with some soiling, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, reinforcement to gutters- boards sound, light patches of foxing to pages sporadically throughout, light cracking to some gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1891

KEYWORDS: US America slavery slave trade history race ethnicity ex-slave life freedom first edition

$62.50
1w44a/18

Theory of Land Locomotion: The Mechanics of Vehicle Mobility


BEKKER, M. G.

LACKS D/W, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 520pp, illus/diagrams, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing with slight surface loss to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing/staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press 1956

KEYWORDS: history locomotion movement engineering illustrated motor vehicles dimensional theory travel

$55.00
1w44a/20

Strange Dislocations: Childhood and the Idea of Human Interiority 1780-1930


STEEDMAN, CAROL

Super octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xi + 254pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: childhood children literature Goethe history psychology social cultural

$62.50
1w44a/29

Elwyn Richardson and the Early World of Creative Education in New Zealand


MacDONALD, MARGARET

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, xiii + 267pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl creasing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: NZCER Press 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history creative education Elwyn Richardson teaching biography

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