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$45.00
1y99b/55

Scribes, Script and Books: The Book Arts From Antiquity to the Renaissance


AVRIN, LEILA & CARL, MALLA (Illus) & OPHIR, NOAH (Illus)

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY- MINIMAL MARKINGS, quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, red blind stamp illus & gilt rule to front board, frontispiece, xxxii + 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl label residue to front board & spine, any library markings erased with black marker pen- minimal)

PUBLISHER: American Library Association / The British Library 1991

KEYWORDS: language linguistics books literature etymology books history evolution bookmaking

$40.00
1y99b/70

Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries of Cultural Exchange


HUANG, ALEXANDER C. Y.

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, illus title page, xi + 350pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: signed Shakespeare China Chinese literary history

$55.00
1y99b/71

Heresy, Literature, and Politics in Early Modern English Culture


LOEWENSTEIN, DAVID & MARSHALL, JOHN (Eds)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 318pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board extrems, sl soiling & light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: English literature literary criticism history historical heresy politics

$50.00
1y99b/76

English Renaissance Drama: A Norton Anthology


BEVINGTON, DAVID (Ed) & ENGLE, LARS & MAUS, KATHARINE EISAMAN & RASMUSSEN, ERIC

Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & gilt decoration to spine, printed eps, lx + 1997pp, VG- (v heavy soiling to rear board, terminals & some page edges- otherwise a decent VG+) in d/w, VG- (v heavy soiling to rear covers & flap, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company 2003

KEYWORDS: plays English renaissance drama theatre stage history literary criticism collection anthology

$85.00
1y99c/1

A Visit to Paris in 1814; being a Review of the Moral, Political, Intellectual and Social Condition of the French Capital (Fourth Edition)


SCOTT, JOHN

Octavo, leather quarter bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, raised bands & gilt rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, lxxv + 343pp, VG (moderate cracking & scuffing to leather on spine, 1cm cracks to hinges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1816

KEYWORDS: travel exploration France Paris culture history

$90.00
1y99c/4

Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works


MIDDLETON, THOMAS & TAYLOR, GARY et al (Eds)

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 20166pp, VG (light chafing & creasing/curling to covers, light cracking to some gutters, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: plays theatre history drama stage Thomas Middleton collection anthology literature literary

$245.00
1y99c/5

Tales of the Wars; or, Naval and Military Chronicle: Consisting of Faithful Accounts of Sea and Land Battles, Interspersed With Anecdotes and Biographical Notices of the Most Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders


STAPLETON, R. J.

BINDS ISSUES #106-#157, LAST PAGE IN FACSIMILE TASTEFULLY REBOUND, octavo, quarter leather bound marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, vi + 416pp, illus/engravings, VG (light bruising & chafing to extrems, heavy fading to spine, heavy tanning & discolouration to page edges, age appropriate foxing throughout, some prelims neatly rebound) A very tidy copy

PUBLISHER: G. Berger 1838

KEYWORDS: military history navy naval anecdotes army collection anthology anecdotes tales war

$20.00
xxser180841

The Country of The Ring and the Book


With a Frontispiece in Colur and 106 Illustrations, Maps and Plans

TREVES, SIR FREDERICK

FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company, Ltd 1913

KEYWORDS: first edition the ring and the book robert browning britain british england english literary criticism culture history literature franceschini

$25.00
xxser180845

Old Stone Age


CELEBONOVIC, STEVAN & GRIGSON, GEOFFREY

Folio hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, archival repairs to head of spine) ; 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: Phoenix House 1957

KEYWORDS: archaeology early humans cromagnon stone age human history anthropology prehistory prehistoric

$35.00
xxser180847

Elizabeth Thomson: Cellular Memory


THOMSON, ELIZABETH & O'BRIEN, GREGORY (essay) & BORNHOLDT, JENNY (essay) & JONES, LLOYD (essay) & SHADBOLT, SUSANNA (preface)

Square quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Aratoi - Wairarapa Museum of Art and History 2017

KEYWORDS: elizabeth thomson cellular memory art artist Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History

$20.00
xxset180852

The Cultures of Collecting


ELSNER, JOHN & CARDINAL, ROGER (eds.)

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: Harvard University Press 1994

KEYWORDS: collecting collectibles ephemera anthropology material culture cultures history psychology accumulation collage captain james cook sigmund freud jabsburgs exoticism orientalism elvis presley jean baudrillard

$20.00
xxset180856

Arthur Symons: A Critical Study


WELBY, T. EARLE

FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: A. M. Philpot 1925

KEYWORDS: arthur symons art history criticism poetry literary english literature

$25.00
xxset180858

Anzacs at War:The Story of Australian and New Zealand Battles


LAFFIN, JOHN

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty, archival repairs to spine) ; 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: Abelard-Schumann 1965

KEYWORDS: anzac military history australia new zealand

$19.50
xxsev180859

William Blake and the Age of Revolution


BRONOWSKI, J. & [BLAKE, WILLIAM]

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 & Kegan Paul 1972

KEYWORDS: william blake age of revolution england english britain british history politics political art culture

$17.50
xxsev180863

The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History


DARNTON, ROBERT

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: Penguin 1991

KEYWORDS: peasant peasants commoners popular history france french robert darnton

$30.00
xxsev180865

Dog


DALE-GREEN, PATRICIA

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1966

KEYWORDS: dog dogs canine canines cultural history symbolism

$15.00
xxsew180873

Impressions and Comments: Second Series 1914-1920


ELLIS, HAVELOCK

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1926

KEYWORDS: havelock ellis eugenics social theory eugenicism human sexuality history politics

$15.00
xxsex180887

Borid Godunov: The Tragic Tsar


GREY, IAN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Readers Union 1974

KEYWORDS: boris godunov czar tsar ivan the terrible history russia russian royalty

$18.50
xxsex180898

The Search For Nerfertiti: The True Story of a Remarkable Discovery


FLETCHER, JOANN

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: Hodder and Stoughton 2004

KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Nefertiti antiquity archaeology archeology

$25.00
xxsex180899

A Dictionary of Freemasonry: A History, Encyclopedia, and Dictionary all in One Volume With 300 Engravings


MACOY, ROBERT

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) some minor archival tape repairs; 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: Gramercy Books 2000

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry dictionary dictionaries encyclopedia encyclopaedia history secret societies symbolism

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