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$75.00
2i7a/20

The Theory of Proportion in Architecture


SCHOLFIELD, P. H.

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xi + 156pp, illus, VG+ (v sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (front flap clumsily clipped, light creasing to edges, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1958

KEYWORDS: first editions architecture theory proportion buildings history historical philosophy renaissance P H Scholfield

$40.00
2i7a/24

The Book of the Dead: The Heiroglyphic Transcript and Translation into English of the Ancient Egyptian Papyrus of Ani


BUDGE, E. A. WALLIS (Intro & Commentary)

Super octavo, light brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xiv + 704pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Gramercy Books 1999

KEYWORDS: ancient history histprical texts papyrus Egypt Egyptian Egyptians book of the dead heiroglyphs heiroglyphics language translations incantations

$40.00
2i7a/25

New Zealand's Naval Story: Naval Policy and Practice, Naval Occasions, Visiting Warships


TAYLOR, T. D.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 337pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some sl loss to edges, moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to rear cover & flap)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand military history maritime navy naval defence forces

$70.00
2i7a/26

Dumont d'Urville: Explorer & Polymath


DUYKER, EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 671pp, illus, Nr. FINE in d/w Nr FINE

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: first editions exploration biographies memoirs explorers Dumont d'Urville France French history

$60.00
2i7a/28

Proof: Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand: Two Decades of Printmaking


CUNNINGHAM, ELDON (E. C.) (Fore) [PRINT COUNCIL AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND]

Square super octavo, grey cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to black spine, black & copper gilt lettering to front board, marbled eps, 211pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art printing printmaking history

$245.00
2i7a/34

Minotaure: 65 Articles Importants Signes (Vol 3 - Nos. 9-13)


AUDIBERTI & BRETON, ANDRE et al

TEXT IN FRENCH, THIS VOL ONLY, lg quarto, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp bull motif to front board, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board edges, sl soiling to boards, minor occasional foxing to some pages) in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & creasing to edges, moderate tanning & soiling, light to moderate chipping/closed tearing with minor archival tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: Editions Albert Skira / Rizzoli 1981

KEYWORDS: text in French Minotaure articles writings prose art history surrealist surrealism avant garde ethnography 1936 1939

$40.00
2i9a/11

Rails Through the Bush


STOTT, BOB

Oblong super octavo, illus stapled light card covers, green lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, moderate tanning throughout)

PUBLISHER: Southern Press 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport trains rail travel steam locomotives history

$45.00
2i9a/15

Kett's Rebellion: The Norfolk Rising of 1549


LAND, STEPHEN K.

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 165pp, includes ex library pamphlet, VG+ (light scuffing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate tanning)

PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Robert Kett rebellion Norfolk English England history

$25.00
xxhkg186044

To Katanga and Back: A UN Case History


O'BRIEN, CONOR CRUISE

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: Hutchinson & Co 1962

KEYWORDS: politics political conflict Africa UN history

$20.00
xxhkg186056

Shotover Jet: The Story of Queenstown's Adventure Tourism Pioneer


N/A

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: Shotover Jet Ltd 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand tourism Queenstown shotover jet autobiography history

$15.00
XXhLb186060

Bamboo Palace: Discovering the Lost Dynasty of Laos


KREMMER, CHRISTOPHER

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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 2003

KEYWORDS: Laos history politics government travel literature

$28.00
XXHLD186067

The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy: 1491-1499


ARTHURSON, IAN

FIRST EDITION THUS, 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: Alan Sutton Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS Perkin Warbeck history conspiracy theories politics English French

$20.00
XXHLD186069

Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan


STANLEY, AMY

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: Chatto & Windus 2020

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese women 19th nineteenth century history biographies

$20.00
xxhmg186072

The Great Archaeologists


BACON, EDWARD (Ed)

EX-LIBRARY, quarto stiff card covers (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: Martin Secker & Warburg 1976

KEYWORDS: ancient history archaeological discoveries archaeology illustrated London News

$18.50
xxhmg186073

TAC: A Pictorial History of the USAF Tactical Air Forces 1970-1977


DRENDEL, LOU

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Squadron/Signal Publications 1978

KEYWORDS: military aviation USAF US America American tactical air forces history air warfare combat fighter jets planes

$19.50
xxhmg186076

Modern Military Aircraft: Intruder


DRENDEL, LOU (Color Illus) & SEWELL, JOE (1/72 Scale Illus)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Squadron/Signal Publications 1991

KEYWORDS: military aviation history Grumman a-6 intruder aircraft fighter planes

$22.50
xxhmg186078

A Study of Maya Art: Its Subject Matter and Historical Development


SPINDEN, HERBERT J. & THOMPSON, J. ERIC S. (Intro & Bibliography)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1975

KEYWORDS: ancient history cultures Maya Mayan art study culture

$22.50
xxhmg186081

Messerschmitt Me 262


BALOUS, MIROSLAV & RAJLICH, JIRI

Quarto stapled glossy light card covers (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: Nakladatelstvi Publishing House 1995

KEYWORDS: military aviation history fighter planes messerschmitt me 262 German luftwaffe

$22.50
xxhnb186086

Reflections on the Colony of New South Wales


CALEY, GEORGE & CURREY, J. E. B. (Ed)

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: Lansdowne Press 1966

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian nsw New South Wales plants botany settlers pioneers exploration history Sir Joseph Banks

$25.00
xxhnb186093

The Westminster Review: No LXXXVI - Sept. 1845


N/A

Octavo softcover (scruffy); 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: Samuel Clarke 1845

KEYWORDS: westminster review art culture history

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