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$100.00
1n12a/8

Kraton Jogja


DARBAN, AHMAD ADABY et al (Writing Contributors)

Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to lower page corners) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing/bruising to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat & Indonesia Marketing Association 2002

KEYWORDS: history culture Kraton Jogja Indonesia Indonesian

$45.00
1n12a/10

Shiba Kokan: Artist, Innovator and Pioneer in the Westernization of Japan


FRENCH, CALVIN L

Imperial octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 200pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, light tanning to page edges, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Weatherhill 1974

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Shiba Kokan Japan Japanese history art artists

$50.00
1n12a/12

Japanese Cloisonne: History, Technique and Appreciation


COBEN, LAWRENCE A & FERSTER, DOROTHY C

Imperial octavo, grey cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, xii + 323pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light plucking to cloth of boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some surface loss, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: John Weatherhill 1982

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art cloisonne history decoration decorative enamels

$100.00
1n12a/18

A History of Japan: Early to 1867 (3 Vol Set)


SANSOM, GEORGE

3 VOL SET, super octavo, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- x + 500pp, vol 2- xix + 442pp, vol 3- xii + 258pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to board corners, moderate discolouration to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris labels to front pastedown of each vol) in d/w, vols 1 & 3 only- vol 2 jacket missing, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate fading to spines, light soiling, moderate foxing to vol 1)

PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1958-1966

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese ancient history antiquity

$90.00
1p7a/2

The Rural Life of England (Second Edition, Corrected and Revised)


HOWITT, WILLIAM & WILLIAMS, S (Illus)

Super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling with raised bands to spine, gilt rule to boards, aeg, illus full title page, xxiv + 615pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & boards, light tanning to spine, moderate scuffing to gilt on page edges, light to moderate soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters, minor foxing & staining to some pages, prev. owner's name/inscription in ink to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans 1840

KEYWORDS: England English rural life customs history country life

$70.00
1p7a/11

Naval Power in the Twentieth Century


RODGER, N A M (Ed) & OSWALD, Admiral of the Fleet Sir JULIAN (Fore)

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 273pp, VG+ (sl bruising & staining to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & water staining to edges, light chafing, light fading)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1996

KEYWORDS: military history navy naval power 20th twentieth century maritime warfare

$40.00
1p7a/13

Dennistoun Past and Present


BAIRD, JAMES

Duodecimo, grey light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, printed eps, 67pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Dennistoun Press N/D (c.1922)

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish Glasgow towns Dennistoun history

$40.00
1p7a/23

The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XII Rome to Birmingham January 1847 to December 1848


NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY & DESSAIN, CHARLES STEPHEN (Ed, Notes & Intro)

THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xiv + 441pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, jacket glued to rear board) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective cover- probable staining to edges, affixed to rear board, price clipped, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1962

KEYWORDS: letters diaries journal literature John Henry Newman catholic church history theology religion religious

$40.00
1p7a/25

The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XIII Birmingham and London January 1849 to June 1850


NEWMAN, JOHN HENRY & DESSAIN, CHARLES STEPHEN (Ed, Notes & Intro)

THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xiv + 520pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, jacket glued to rear board) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective cover- probable staining to edges, affixed to rear board, price clipped, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1963

KEYWORDS: letters diaries journal literature John Henry Newman catholic church history theology religion religious

$95.00
1p7a/39

Even the Dogs Have Forgotten to Bark: The Events and the People of Lepperton, Sentry Hill and Waiongona


WILSON, PETER (Compiled & Written by)

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 284pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: PT & LM Wilson 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lepperton Sentry Hill Waiongona pioneers settlers

$55.00
1p7a/40

Reconstructing Faces: The Art of Wartime Surgery of Gillies, Pickerill, McIndoe & Mowlem


MEIKLE, MURRAY C

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, dvd to rear pocket, frontispiece, 262pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate chafing/soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, disc to rear pocket may not work- lightly scratched & soiled) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to spine & rear)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: military history medical New Zealand plastic surgeons plastic surgery ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Gillies Pickering McINdoe Mowlem

$45.00
1n25a/5

The Invisible World: Early Modern Philosophy and the Invention of the Microscope


WILSON, CATHERINE

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 280pp, VG (moderate warping & soiling to boards, sl fading to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & wrinkling, light creasing to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: first edtions intellectual history philosophy science microscopes 17th seventeenth century

$45.00
1n25a/6

The Building in the Text: Alberti to Shakespeare and Milton


ERIKSEN, ROY

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 194pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to spine extrems, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl creasing to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: literature literary history criticism Italian

$40.00
1n25a/10

A Forest of Symbols: Art, Science, and Truth in the Long Nineteenth Century


POP, ANDREI

Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 315pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sm scuff to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Zone Books 2019

KEYWORDS: art mathematics symbolism history 19th nineteenth century theory

$40.00
1n25a/11

The Poethical Wager


RETALLACK, JOAN

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xii + 279pp, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2003

KEYWORDS: poetry literature art feminism feminist theory critical women morals history morals criticism

$40.00
1n25a/12

The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics


LEWIS, MICHAEL (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, white heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to red spine, 1467pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: economics economy politics political Thomas Robert Malthus David Ricardo Charles Mackay Thorstein Veblen John Maynard Keynes history taxation theory

$40.00
1n25a/13

Leon Battista Alberti: Master Builder of the Italian Renaissance


GRAFTON, ANTHONY

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & illus to black buckram spine, gilt illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 417pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Hill and Wang 2000

KEYWORDS: first editions history architecture Italian renaissance Leon Battista Alberti historical buildings design art 15th fifteenth century

$22.50
xxe3bg172943

Remembering This: A History of the Auckland Primary Principals' Association 1901-2000


LANGSTON, NIGEL L & TYNDEL, SUZANNE (Ed)

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: Primary Principals' Association 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand primary principals schools association history Auckland education institutions

$35.00
xxe3bg172945

In Darkest England and the Way Out


BOOTH, GENERAL [WILLIAM]

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: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army N/D (c.1890)

KEYWORDS: salvation army England English chapters history charity charitable institutes institutions organisations

$30.00
xxe3bg172949

Singapore at War: Secrets From the Fall, Liberation & Aftermath of WWII


BOSE, ROMAN

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: Marshall Cavendish Editions 2012

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Singapore

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