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$50.00
2g13a/48

Continent of Hunter-Gatherers: New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory


LOURANDOS, HARRY

OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 390pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light creasing, curling & tanning/discolouration to spine & covers with some sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian prehistory ancient history antiquity archaeology archeology anthropology hunting prehistoric Aboriginals Aborigine

$50.00
2g13b/1

A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? England 1783-1846


HILTON, BOYD

Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 757pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: England English history culture politics ideology

$40.00
2g13b/5

The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania


D'ARCY, PAUL

ASSOCIATION COPY - WARM & LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, super octavo, blue heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 292pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edgeslight fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2006

KEYWORDS: association copy Oceania Pacific history social life customs culture navigation maritime anthropology environmental conditions environment nautical

$190.00
2g13b/6

French Explorers in the Pacific: the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century (2 Vol Set)


DUNMORE, JOHN

2 VOL SET, first editions, OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- vi + 356pp, vol 2- 428pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG/VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & scuffing/surface loss to spine & edges, vol 2 price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965-69

KEYWORDS: exploration Pacific ocean islands French explorers history anthropology 18th 19th eighteenth nineteenth century

$150.00
2g13b/7

Football Grounds of Britain (Third Edition)


INGLIS, SIMON

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, 480pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: CollinsWillow 1996

KEYWORDS: English soccer football grounds history sport

$55.00
2g13b/8

A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932


RICHARDSON, JOHN & McCULLY, MARILYN

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 592pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light creasing & soiling with pen markings, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2007

KEYWORDS: Pablo Picasso art history biographies memoir criticism appreciation

$75.00
2g13b/17

The History of Preston North End Football Club: The Power, the Politics and the People


HUNT, DAVID

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 303pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: PNE Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: English soccer football Preston North End fc pne sport history

$40.00
2g13b/18

A Time of Transition: Whakarongo School District Twelve Decades On


BURR, VAL

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, vi + 118pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing, curling, tanning & soiling to spine & covers, heavy crack to gutter of pgs 2-3 with some pgs loose but still attached)

PUBLISHER: Whakarongo School & District 120th Jubilee Committee 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand education school history Whakarongo 120th jubilee

$20.00
xxyha185430

Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present


Revised and Updated

LEVENTHAL, JOSH

Rounded 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: Black Dog & Leventhal 2011

KEYWORDS: america american baseball field parks fields stadiums ballpark ballparks history sport sports major minor negro league leagues

$20.00
xxyha185443

Christ's College Canterbury: A Record of the Centenary 1950


N/A

Octavo stapled wrappers (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: Christ's College Canterbury 1950

KEYWORDS: christ's college canterbury centenary education history new zealand

$30.00
xxyhc185462

Spoon


N/A

Oblong super octavo softcover (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: Phaidon 2004

KEYWORDS: phaidon design industrial product commercial visual culture history products

$25.00
xxyhc185464

Richard Pearse and his Flying Machines: An Anthology of Research Notes, Essays and Ideas


RODLIFFE, C.G. & [PEARSE, RICHARD]

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Geoff Rodliffe 2007

KEYWORDS: richard pearse flying machine machines design new zealand aviation aeroplane airplane aeronautics history technology air travel

$88.50
2g13c/13

The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913


CHERRY-GARRARD, APSLEY & SPUFFORD, FRANCIS (Intro)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising to edges/corners, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2012

KEYWORDS: folio society exploration south pole Antarctic expeditions history polar Robert Falcon Scott

$60.00
2g13c/24

Art as Existence: The Artist's Monograph and Its Project


GUERCIO, GABRIELE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to silver buckram spine, xiii + 378pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl creasing to eps)

PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 2006

KEYWORDS: first editions art criticism authorship history artists biographies philosophy

$40.00
2g13d/2

Suppressed Murder of Wyatt Earp


BOYER, GLENN G.

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 135pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to top spine edge & rear board, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with archival tape repairs to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate damp wrinkling to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Naylor Company 1967

KEYWORDS: first editions wild west Wyatt Earp crime US American America history justice biography

$40.00
2g13d/3

Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground: An Authentic Account of the Sanguinary Pleasant Valley Vendetta That Swept Through Arizona's Cattleland in the Latter Eighteen-eighties - the Graham-Tewksbury Feud


FORREST, EARLE R. & RAINE, WILLIAM McLEOD (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate chafing & surface loss to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges, 2x10cm block removed from ffep, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with tape repairs to edges, moderate tanning & soiling, price clipped, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1953

KEYWORDS: first editions Graham Tewksbury feud Arizona US America American history Pleasant Valley

$45.00
2g13d/5

New Zealand in the Pacific War: Personal Accounts of World War II


PETTY, BRUCE M.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, x + 233pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company 2008

KEYWORDS: signed Bruce M Petty New Zealand military history anecdotes accounts ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii

$95.00
2g13d/6

Story and Space in Renaissance Art: The Rebirth of Continuous Narrative


ANDREWS, LEW

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF ART CRITIC FRANCIS POUND, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 188pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl warped front board, light foxing to page edges, occasional annotation in pencil) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: first editions art history renaissance criticism appreciation philosophy Italian narrative perspective

$75.00
2g13d/7

Paddy: The Life and Times of Wing Commander Patrick Barthropp: An Autobiography


BARTHROPP, Wing Commander PATRICK

Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 150pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, 2cm open tear to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & fading)

PUBLISHER: Howard Baker Press 1987

KEYWORDS: military history Wing Commander Patrick Barthropp autobiography memoir Battle of Britain fighter pilots raf royal air force British armed forces

$40.00
2g13d/14

Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors


AMBROSE, STEPHEN E. & DEWEY, KENNETH FRANCIS (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 486pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with discreet reapirs, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, lower corner of front flap torn out)

PUBLISHER: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers 1976

KEYWORDS: first editions General Custer Crazy Horse US America American history Little Bighorn 7th Cavalry

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