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A History of Jerusalem : One City, Three Faiths


ARMSTRONG, KAREN

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: Harper Perennial 2005

KEYWORDS: history jerusalem religion

$20.00
xxkt24lava170658

Moir's Guide Book : Tramping Tracks and Routes of the Great Southern Lakes and Fiords of Western Otago and Southland


GILKISON, W. S. (ed) & HAMILTON, A. H. (ed)

Second Edition - Revised and Enlarged. Imperial octavo, softcover (VG-) heavy foxing to covers; 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: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1950

KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand otago southland moirs guidebook great southern lakes travel history

$55.00
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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples


The Birth of Britain; The New World; The Age of Revolution; The Great Democracies

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S.

VOLS 2-4 FIRST EDITIONS, VOL 1 THIRD EDITION, archival tape repairs to d/w of vol 1, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, xi-xxi + 322-416pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, heavy staining to boards, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown of vol 1, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy archival tape repairs to vol 1, moderate to heavy scuffing & chafing to covers, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1956-1958

KEYWORDS: literature Churchill British empire history antiquity

$75.00
1d27a/4

Joseph Weaver Allen: Photography


KNIGHT, HARDWICKE

LIMITED EDITION (100 COPIES), oblong quarto, glossy illus card covers with french flaps, spiral bound, red lettering to covers, illus prelims, 129pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling & chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand photography collection anthology Hardwicke Knight Joseph Weaver Allen Dunedin history photos

$125.00
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Earls Colne's Early Modern Landscapes


MACKINNON, DOLLY

Super octavo, black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 323pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, some light underlining in pencil to text & margins throughout- easy to erase if desired) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ashgate Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Earls Colne Essex England illustrated

$42.50
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Faith and Toil


The Story of Tokomairiro

SUMPTER, D. J. & LEWIS, J. J.

Octavo, light brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, prelims + 194pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps) in d/w, scruffy (v heavy chipping & closed tearing to edges, 4cm loss to lower spine extrem, rear flap almost detached, moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs/Otago Centennial Historical Publications1949

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tokomairiro exploration settlers pioneers

$40.00
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Coastin' Along


GRAHAM, FRANK

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 284pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover corners, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Black Cat Productions 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anecdotes literature Westland history illustrated signed

$60.00
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A History of the Society of Antiquaries


EVANS, JOAN

LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 487pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light discolouration & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes, prev. owner'sname in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1956

KEYWORDS: society of antiquaries history illustrated

$42.50
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Cathedrals and Abbey Churches of the Rhine


GALL, ERNST & COOK, OLIVE (Trans) & SCHMIDT-GLASSNER, H. (Photo)

LACKS D/W, quarto, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, top page edges stained blue, 78pp + 200 plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG (light tanning & foxing to board & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1963

KEYWORDS: Germany churches cathedrals religion architecture buildings history christian carolingian romanesque gothic baroque period illustrated

$75.00
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Nature as Model


Salomon de Caus and Early Seventeenth-Century Landscape Design

MORGAN, LUKE

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 296pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: University of Pennsylvania Press 2007

KEYWORDS: landscaping landscapes history Salomon de Caus design illustrated 17th seventeenth century art

$16.50
xxkt24lava170667

Company of Images


BURKE, JANINE

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: Greenhouse 1989

KEYWORDS: art history melbourne art scene painters promoters

$13.50
xxkt25lava170670

Artemisia : The Story of a Battle for Greatness


LAPIERRE, ALEXANDRA & HERON, LIZ (transl.)

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: Vintage 2001

KEYWORDS: biography art history artemisia gentileschi

$16.50
xxkt25lava170671

The Skyscraper in American Art 1890 - 1931


SCHLEIER, MERRILL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press / Plenum 1986

KEYWORDS: art history architecture photography american u.s.a. skyscrapers

$15.00
xxkt25lava170674

Body Scape : Art, Modernity and the Ideal Figure


MIRZOEFF, NICHOLAS

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1995

KEYWORDS: body image art history

$20.00
xxkt25lava170675

Unruly Women of Paris : Images of the Commune


GULLICKSON, GAY L.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: france paris history commune 1871 women's studies

$15.00
xxkt25lava170681

Racial Myth in English History : Trojans, Teutons, and Anglo-Saxons


MACDOUGALL, HUGH A.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Harvest House / University Press of New England 1982

KEYWORDS: history mythology historiography anglo saxon trojans teutons

$16.50
xxkt25lava170683

The Transformation of Virginia : 1740 - 1790


ISAAC, RHYS

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company 1988

KEYWORDS: history williamsburg virginia 18th century

$15.00
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Lilith a Feminist History Journal : No. 4 Summer 1988


N.A.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Lillith Collective 1988

KEYWORDS: gender politics sex feminist history journal

$38.50
xxkt26lava170690

The Art of Understanding Art


COSTACHE, IRINA D.

Imperial 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: Wiley Blackwell 2012

KEYWORDS: art history analysis

$30.00
xxkt26lava170701

'After Andy : SoHo in the Eighties'


TAYLOR, PAUL & GREENFIELD-SANDERS, TIMOTHY & SCHWATZMAN, ALLAN

Quarto 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: Schwartz City / Bookman Press 1995

KEYWORDS: history soho 90s eighties andy warhol

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