Books - "history"
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Spoon
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
Richard Pearse and his Flying Machines: An Anthology of Research Notes, Essays and Ideas
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
The School History and List of St. Margaret's College From 1910 to 1975
Octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 271pp, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine & extrems, minor soiling to rear board, light staining & tanning to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: St. Margaret's College Old Girls' Association Incorporated 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education St Margaret's College history teachers prefects alumni
The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913
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
Art as Existence: The Artist's Monograph and Its Project
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
Suppressed Murder of Wyatt Earp
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
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
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
New Zealand in the Pacific War: Personal Accounts of World War II
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
Story and Space in Renaissance Art: The Rebirth of Continuous Narrative
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
Paddy: The Life and Times of Wing Commander Patrick Barthropp: An Autobiography
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
Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
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
Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names
Super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 331pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: art titles naming names history reading interpretation paintings artists
Fictions of the Pose: Rembrandt Against the Italian Renaissance
SOME PENCIL ANNOTATION BY ART CRITIC FRANCIS POUND, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 624pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers with some minor soiling, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling to page edges, occasional cracking to gutters, aforementioned pencil annotations)
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: art history criticism portrait painting psychology self-portraits Rembrandt
Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 495pp, illus, Near FINE (occasional sm pencil annotations) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Zone Books 2004
KEYWORDS: art history philosophy visual arts criticism appreciation
Aristocrats: Power, Grace and Decadence: Britain's Great Ruling Classes Since 1066
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: Little, Brown 2009
KEYWORDS: British aristocracy history ruling classes social customs bourgeoisie bourgeois
Twelve Minutes of Love: A Tango Story
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: Portobello 2011
KEYWORDS: dance tango history hobbies entertainment
William the Silent: William of Nassau, Prince of Orange 1533-1584
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: Phoenix Press 2001
KEYWORDS: military history Netherlands William the Silent of Nassau Prince of Orange biographies memoir revolution dutch leaders
Crucified Heroes: The Films of Sam Peckinpah
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: Gordon Fraser Gallery 1979
KEYWORDS: film history filmography Sam Peckinpah films movies Hollywood criticism
Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy! Classic Rock and Pop Writing From Elvis to Oasis
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 & Stoughton 1996
KEYWORDS: music history entertainment literary literature
Earthquakes: Their History, Phenomena and Probable Causes (New and Revised Edition)
Octavo hardcover (tatty); 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: T. Nelson and Sons 1888
KEYWORDS: natural disasters earthquakes geology environment causes history