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$40.00
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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

$40.00
2g13d/22

Picture Titles: How and Why Western Paintings Acquired Their Names


YEAZELL, RUTH BERNARD

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

$40.00
2g13d/24

Fictions of the Pose: Rembrandt Against the Italian Renaissance


BERGER Jr., HARRY

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

$100.00
2g13d/25

Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts


RIEGL, ALOIS & JUNG, JACQUELINE E. (Trans) & BINSTOCK, BENJAMIN (Fore)

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

$20.00
xxyhc185467

Aristocrats: Power, Grace and Decadence: Britain's Great Ruling Classes Since 1066


JAMES, LAWRENCE

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

$16.50
xxyhc185469

Twelve Minutes of Love: A Tango Story


KASSABOVA, KAPKA

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

$15.00
xxyhc185472

William the Silent: William of Nassau, Prince of Orange 1533-1584


WEDGWOOD, C. V.

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

$15.00
xxyhc185473

Crucified Heroes: The Films of Sam Peckinpah


BUTLER, TERENCE

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

$16.50
xxyhe185475

Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy! Classic Rock and Pop Writing From Elvis to Oasis


JONES, DYLAN (Ed)

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

$25.00
xxyhe185476

Earthquakes: Their History, Phenomena and Probable Causes (New and Revised Edition)


PONTON, MUNGO

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

$15.00
xxyhe185481

Jorwerd: The Death of a Village in Late Twentieth-Century Europe


MAK, GEERT & KELLAND, ANN (Trans)

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: The Harvill Press 2000

KEYWORDS: history Europe European villages Jorwerd rural sociology

$25.00
xxyhe185482

Much Ado..... : A Century in Hanmer Springs 1883-1983


ENSOR, ROSEMARY

SIGNED, 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: Hanmer Springs Centennial Committee 1983

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hanmer Springs signed Rosemary Ensor centenary centennial

$25.00
xxyhe185487

Turner's Human Landscape


SHANES, ERIC

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: William Heinemann 1990

KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation J M W Turner landscapes

$17.50
xxyhe185489

Journal of My Life During the French Revolution


ELLIOTT, GRACE DALRYMPLE

Super octavo hardcover (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: Rodale Press N/D

KEYWORDS: French revolution diaries journal Grace Dalrymple Elliott history politics political unrest conflict

$29.50
xxyhe185492

After the War: The RSA in New Zealand


CLARKE, STEPHEN

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: Penguin Books 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history rsa anzacs post-war organisations organizations

$15.00
xxyhe185494

Top Secret Mission


DUKE, MADELAINE & MARSHALL, BRUCE (Preface)

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: Evans Brothers Ltd 1954

KEYWORDS: post-war military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Europe Madelaine Duke missing people persons

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