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$50.00
1w35a/15

Auto 1953: Automobiles of 1953


DI RUFFIA, CARLO BISCARETTI

MULTI LANGUAGE TEXT, Imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & red carillus to front board, illus prelims, 324pp + ads to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, light fading to edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. ownership stamps/inscriptions to front eps, light adhesion of pages to rear/adverts) in d/w & mylar cover, VG-/tatty (heavy chipping to edges, 4cm loss to base of front cover, 2cm closed tear to rear, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Alfieri Editore 1953

KEYWORDS: cars automotive 1953 history illustrated

$40.00
1w35a/25

Great Britain and the Slave Trade 1839-1865


MATHIESON, WILLIAM LAW

EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xi + 203pp, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & fading to board edges, light to moderate staining & tape residue to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate tape residue to eps, moderate cracking to gutter of pgs 80-81) in d/w & mylar wrapper, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, usual library mutilation of flaps- mostly removed & remainder stubs moderately tape stained, light tanning to spine, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1929

KEYWORDS: British slavery slave trade west Africa transatlantic history America US

$65.00
1w35a/27

Race, Class and Politics in Colonial Mexico 1610-1670


ISRAEL, J. I.

EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 305pp, VG (usual but minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tape staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & foxing topage edges) in d/w & clear plastic cover, VG- (heavy adhesive staining to edges with light creasing, price clipped, light to moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: race class politics Mexico south America history 17th seventeenth century Spanish

$65.00
1w39a/5

Lost Causes of Motoring - Europe (2 Volume Set)


LORD MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU & SEDGWICK, MICHAEL (Research)

2 VOLUME SET, octavo, vol 1- blue cloth boards, vol 2- brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- xi + 258pp, vol 2- xi + 323pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing/bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev owners name in ink to fep in vol2) in d/w's VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light rubbing to covers, prev bookseller sticker to front flap in vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1969 (Vol 1) & A. S. Barnes & Co 1971 (Vol 2)

KEYWORDS: motoring cars history illustrated photos automotive engineering

$125.00
1w39a/7

Velazquez (2 Volume Set)


LOPEZ-RAY, JOSE

2 VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASE, lg quarto, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- 261pp, vol 2- 328pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spines, sl creasing to edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light scuffing to corners)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 1996

KEYWORDS: art Velazquez biography collection history criticism illustrated

$50.00
1w39a/16

Wonder Woman: The Complete History: The Life and Times of the Amazon Princess


DANIELS, LES & KIDD, CHIP (Art Design)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light adhesion damage to pg 206 & opposite art work) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to front flap, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2000

KEYWORDS: dc comics comic books Wonder Woman illustrated history William Moulton Marston

$125.00
1w39a/22

Tabulae Anatomicae


VESALIUS, ANDREAS

TEXT IN FRENCH, Folio, pink light card covers in brown faux leather folder, gilt lettering to front, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Editions Culture & Civilisation and Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique 1965

KEYWORDS: anatomy history historical medicine Andreas Vesalius illustrated medical physiology

$80.00
1w39a/28

Infantry Brigadier


KIPPENBERGER, MAJOR-GENERAL Sir HOWARD

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 371pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, scruffy/v delicate (v heavy chipping & loss to edges, some valiant attempts at archival tape repairs, moderate foxing & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1949

KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger New Zealand ww2 second2nd world war 2 two 2 NZ Division

$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

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