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$30.00
xxrke193250

Scofield Thayer and the Dial: An Illustrated History


JOOST, NICHOLAS

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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, co mplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Southern Illinois University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Dial history Scofield Thayer literary publications

$15.00
xxrke193253

Gum Digging in Kaitaia


RASMUSSEN, LYN (Retold by)

Tidy ex-library, oblong octavo stapled light card covers (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, co mplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Lands End Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history gum diggers digging Kaitaia north island

$27.50
xxrke193258

War Paint: Miss Elizabeth Arden and Madame Helena Rubinstein, Their Lives, Their Times, Their Rivalry


WOODHEAD, LINDY

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, co mplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Virago Press 2003

KEYWORDS: beauty make up fashion designers biographies Elizabeth Arden Helena Rubinstein history

$25.00
xxrke193261

The Dignity of Every Human Being : New Brunswick Artists and Canadian Culture Between the Great Depression and the Cold War


NIERGARTH, KIRK

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, co mplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 2015

KEYWORDS: art history Canada Canadian New Brunswick 20th twentieth century

$35.00
xxrke193264

Colonialism in Question: Theory, Knowledge, History


COOPER, FREDERICK

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, co mplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 200

KEYWORDS: history anthropology historiography colonialism imperialism

$25.00
xxrkf193266

Heraldry in America


ZIEBER, EUGENE

Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, co mplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Greenwich House 1984

KEYWORDS: US America American history heraldry insignia coats of arms symbolism

$25.00
xxrkf193280

Revival and Reform in Islam: A Study of Islamic Fundamentalism


RAHMAN, FAZLUR & MOOSA, EBRAHIM (Ed & Intro)

Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, co mplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oneworld Publications 2000

KEYWORDS: Islam Islamic fundamentalism religion history early sects

$18.50
xxrkf193282

Black History: A Reappraisal


DRIMMER, MELVIN (Ed & Commentary)

Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, co mplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Anchor Books / Doubleday 1969

KEYWORDS: race relations black history slavery freedom

$20.00
xxrjb193288

The Japanese Print Since 1900: Old dreams and new visions


SMITH, LAWRENCE

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: Trustees of the British Museum 1983

KEYWORDS: japanese print printmaking prints lawrence smith asia asian art history japan visual culture aesthetics arts

$20.00
xxrjb193290

The Agadir, Morocco Earthquake: February 29, 1960


N/A

Quarto 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: American Iron and Steel Institute 1962

KEYWORDS: agadir morocco moroccan earthquakes history earthquake geology seismic seismics seismology 1960 american iron and steel institute building materials civil engineering

$25.00
xxrjb193291

Dear Sibelius: Letters from a Junky


WALKER, MARSHALL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Kennedy & Boyd 2008

KEYWORDS: jean sibelius finland finnish classical music musical composer history modern marshall walker memoir culture

$19.50
xxrjb193298

Kanchanaburi: Spirit of the Death Railway and the River Kwai Bridge


N/A

Text in English and Thai (or possibly Burmese, photo's on request); Small 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: Indoor Design n/d

KEYWORDS: bridge river kwai world war two ww2 second military history kanchanaburi thailand myanmar burma

$17.50
xxrjc193307

Kimono


KAWAKATSU, KEN-ICHI

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: Japan Travel Bureau 1956

KEYWORDS: kimono kimonos fashion japan japanese history culture clothing textiles east asia asian

$30.00
xxrjc193310

The Kabuki Theatre of Japan


SCOTT, A.C.

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: Allen & Unwin 1955

KEYWORDS: kabuki theater theatre japan japanese east asia asian culture history performance drama costume a.c. scott

$50.00
1q20a/21

Australian Ghost Stories


CUSACK, FRANK (Ed)

Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiv + 177pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tape staining/residue to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (in adhesive protective wrapper- edges probably stained, flaps clipped- some text missing, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1967

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian ghosts true ghost stories supernatural spectres apparitions history

$50.00
1q20a/23

The Ethnic Press in the United States: A Historical Analysis and Handbook


MILLER, SALLY M (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxii + 437pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light soiling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional sm pencil markings to margins at prelims)

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1987

KEYWORDS: history ethnic press addresses essays lectures American newspapers journalism foreign language press

$40.00
1q20a/28

Ngamatapouri: An Account of the Early Settlers of the Upper Waitotara Valley


ANNABELL, BERNARD

UNCOMMON, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, maroon lettering to front cover, 63pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bernard Annabell 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers pioneers Upper Waitotara Valley

$45.00
1q20a/29

Memoirs of an Old Chemist: An Autobiography


LEIGH, EDWARD HENRY & WALSH, KAY (Illus)

Quarto, illus stapled light card card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 90pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & soiling to covers, light to tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing & soiling to eps, occasional light pencil markings to pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge Independent Ltd 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Edward Henry Leigh autobiography memoir pharmacies business

$40.00
1q20a/30

Fiji's Sugar Tramways: 1882-1982


McKILLOP, BOB (Compiled by) & DYER, PETER (Compiled by)

Super octavo, illus stapled light card covers, red lettering to front cover, printed eps, 32pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling/fading & soiling to spine & covers with some light foxing also, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & inside covers)

PUBLISHER: Light Railway Research Society of Australia 1982

KEYWORDS: history Fiji pacific islands sugar cane trade tramways rail transport

$45.00
1q20a/33

Alfred Joseph Clarke 1885-1941: A Memoir


CLARK, DAVID HAZELL

Imperial octavo, blue light card covers, light blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 61pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling to rear cover, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: C & J Clark Ltd 1985

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Alfred Joseph Clarke history pharmacology

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