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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
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
Jorwerd: The Death of a Village in Late Twentieth-Century Europe
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
Much Ado..... : A Century in Hanmer Springs 1883-1983
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
Turner's Human Landscape
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
Journal of My Life During the French Revolution
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
After the War: The RSA in New Zealand
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
Top Secret Mission
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