Books - "history"
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Only Connect.....: Art and the Spectator in the Italian Renaissance: The A. W. Mellion Lectures in the Fine Arts 1988
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 281pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to some gutters, light to moderate annotations to margins in pencil throughout)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation renaissance Italy Italian lectures A W Mellon
The Origin of Perspective
Quarto, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, xxiv + 477pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & soiling to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional pencil underlining & annotations) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, sm red label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1994
KEYWORDS: philosophy perspective criticism appreciation history Hubert Damisch
The Writing of the Walls: Architectural Theory in the Late Enlightenment
Quarto, black cloth boards, green lettering to spine, vii + 230pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate staining to spine & boards, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading & scuffing to spine & edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Princeton Architectural Press 1986
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings philosophy neoclassicism history France French enlightenment
The History and Function of the Auckland City Art Gallery in Constructing a Canon of Modernist New Zealand Art
UNPUBLISHED THESIS, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 258pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to boards & page edges, occasional underlining & annotation in pencil & ink)
PUBLISHER: Maria E. Brown 1999
KEYWORDS: art history New Zealand thesis theses Maria E Brown Auckland City Art Gallery galleries acquisitions exhibitions modernism
Gondola Days: Isabella Stewart Gardner and the Palazzo Barbaro Circle
Quarto, burnt orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, xviii + 297pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, boards v sl warped, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine/cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 2004
KEYWORDS: art history collections Isabella Stewart Gardner Palazzo Barbaro
The 9 Lungs - Success Beyond 3 Generations: The Confucian Enduring Leadership Par Excellence
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine, xxxi + 456pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges with light fading to also, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Eastern Dragon Press 1996
KEYWORDS: 9 lungs ancient Chinese wisdom philosophy China culture ancient history antuiquity principles
Women Photographers: From Julia Margaret Cameron to Cindy Sherman
Quarto, illus heavy boards, purple & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Prestel Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: art photography photos collections women female photgraphers history
The Land of Midian
FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine- blackened, frontispiece, xi + 286pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to board edges, light soiling, tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling, moderate wrinkling
PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1957
KEYWORDS: first editions Midian travel literature exploration middle east ancient history antiquity
Studies in Maori Rites and Myths
Super octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, 201pp, VG (light creasing & tanning/staining to spine & cover edges, light chipping to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Kobenhavn 1958
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori rites myths mythology religion history
Authorship & Publication: A Concise Guide For Authors in Matters Relating to Printing and Publishing ; Including the Law of Copyright, and a Bibliographical Appendix
Super octavo, mottled green buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, frontispiece, viii + 480pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & soiling to spine & boards, lg red lettering to spine, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps & prelims, occasional markings in ink to margins)
PUBLISHER: Wyman & Sons 1883
KEYWORDS: writing publishing printing literature law copyright history guide
The Great War: Volume One
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, 512pp + iv contents pgs to rear, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards- heavy to rear, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, moderate creasing to pgs at gutters)
PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D (c.1933)
KEYWORDS: military history Winston Churchill ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war politics
Leif's House in Vineland / Graves of the Northmen
Quarto, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, folding map, 40pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing to extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & scuffing to spine & boards- minor soiling, 1cm scuff to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, considerable cracking to some gutters, occasional markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: Damrell and Upham 1893
KEYWORDS: history literature Eben Norton Horsford Cornelia
The Great War
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, pgs 513-1024 + iv contents to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional creasing to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George Newnes Ltd N/D (c.1930s)
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war Winston Churchill
Whaling in the Dominion of New Zealand: Discovery Reports Vol VII, pp. 239-252, Plates XI-XIII, December 1933
Quarto, blue light card covers, black lettering to covers, pgs 239-252, illus/plates, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with moderate tanning, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1933
KEYWORDS: New Zealand whaling discovery reports history maritime marine life nautical
A Life of Picasso: Volume II: 1907-1917
THIS VOL ONLY, OWNERSHIP OF SUE CRAWFORD, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) archival tape repairs to jacket, underlining & annotation in pencil; 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: Jonathan Cape 1996
KEYWORDS: art biographies Pablo Picasso history
Clement Greenberg: A Life
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: Scribner 1998
KEYWORDS: art history criticism critics Clement Greenberg Partisan Review Crowd biographies
PNE Forever: Stories From the Fans of Preston North End
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Invincible Books 2020
KEYWORDS: English soccer history sport pne Preston North End anecdotes biographies football
1001 Football Moments
Imperial 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: Carlton Books 2007
KEYWORDS: soccer football sport history
The Reality of Symbols: Studies in the Iconology of Netherlandish Art 1400-1800
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: Gary Schwartz / SDU Publishers 1990
KEYWORDS: art criticism appreciation symbolism Netherlands history
The Rise of the Sixties: American and European Art in the Era of Dissent
Super octavo softcover (VG) some cracking to gutters; 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: Yale University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: art criticism appreciation history 60s sixties American European