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1t4d/18

The Imperial Palace


N/A

LACKS D/W; TEXT IN JAPANESE & ENGLISH; Ex-library; large quarto, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 181pp, illus. colour plates, folding map, VG (light soiling & sun-fading to boards, light tanning to page edges, light creasing to folding map, small library stamp to fep)

PUBLISHER: n/a n/d

KEYWORDS: ex-library text in japanese japan architecture design history imperial palace illustrated photography pictorial guides

$45.00
1t4d/19

People and Buildings in Early Photographs of Dunedin (Fourth Series from The Hardwicke Knight Collection)


KNIGHT, HARDWICKE

THIS VOL. ONLY; Fourth series; oblong octavo, spiral-bound light card covers, illus. prelims, unpaginated, illus. photo plates, VG (light foxing/soiling throughout, moderate to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Hardwicke Knight Collection 1992

KEYWORDS: dunedin otago south island new zealand pictorial history early settler colonial photographs photography collections hardwicke knight

$40.00
1t4d/22

Town Acre 456; Historic South Street 1851 - 1988


WHITE, JEANIE

Quarto illus. stapled light card covers, illus prelims, 34pp, illus, VG (light soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: n/a 1989

KEYWORDS: nelson south island new zealand south street history historic houses buildings

$45.00
1t4d/28

Seeds of Change; Five plants that transformed mankind


HOBHOUSE, HENRY

FIRST EDITION; Super octavo, burgundy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine; x + 245pp, illus - maps, VG+ (light soiling & scuffing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling/discolouration, light chipping & creasing to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited

KEYWORDS: first editions plants botany vegetables food crops agricultural political social history quinine sugar tea cotton potatoes

$65.00
1t4d/30

Behind the Picture; Art and Evidence in the Italian Renaissance


KEMP, MARTIN

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 314pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, light sun-fading to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light sun-fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: italy italian renaissance art cultural history artists theory european

$60.00
1t4d/31

The Religion of Adam and Eve


ZIMMERMAN, Fr. ANTHONY

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 159pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG (light soiling, light rubbing & creasing to extrems, moderate sun-fading)

PUBLISHER: Vantage Press, Inc. 1991

KEYWORDS: bible biblical studies history religion christianity genesis adam and eve garden of eden paradise native indigenous aboriginal ancient creation myths mythology

$65.00
1t4d/33

Travis, V.C.


GASSON, JAMES

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus. photo plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, prev. owner's stamp to prelims, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing, light chipping to extrems, approx. 5mm closed tear to top of rear cover)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: biography biographies new zealand military history world war one wwi first great dick travis savage gallipoli france french opotiki

$50.00
1t4d/34

Anatomy of a Dictatorship; Inside the GDR; 1949-1989


FULBROOK, MARY

Super octavo, illus. light card covers, white lettering to black spine, xii + 307pp, VG (light rubbing and creasing to covers, large but light diagonal crease to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: east germany gdr european cold war communist communism history dictatorships authoritarianism political politics

$100.00
1t4d/35

It's Warmer Down Below; The Autobiography of Sir Harold Harding, 1900-1986


HARDING, Sir HAROLD & DAVEY, AMANDA (ed)

SIGNED BY EDITOR; Super octavo, illus. light card covers, viii + 266pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to cover extrems, editor's autograph in blue ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Tilia Publishing UK 2015

KEYWORDS: signed autobiography autobiographies memoirs sir harold harding britain england english british tunnelling society civil engineering channel tunnel history

$45.00
1t4d/38

The Collected Writings of John Maynard Keynes (Volume IX; Essays in Persuasion)


KEYNES, JOHN MAYNARD

THIS VOL. ONLY, Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained blue, xix + 451pp, VG+ (light rubbing to board extrems, light discolouration to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate discolouration - more so to spine, light rubbing & chipping to extrems, price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Press Ltd 1972

KEYWORDS: john maynard keynes essays collections anthologies economics politics political history english england british britain keynesian

$38.50
xxpji194153

Sadism in the Movies


DE COULTERAY, GEORGE

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: Castle Books 1965

KEYWORDS: film studies history movies violence sadism sadistic

$20.00
xxpjl194160

The Simpsons: Family History


GROENING, MATT

Lg quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) minor adhesion damage; 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: Abrams 2014

KEYWORDS: television tv series cartoons The Simpsons history entertainment Matt Groening

$25.00
xxpkf194173

Bible History: Old Testament


EDERSHEIM, ALFRED

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: Hendrickson Publishers 2003

KEYWORDS: bible old testament history biblical reference

$15.00
xxpmb194182

All of the Women of the Bible


DEEN, EDITH

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: HarperSanFrancisco 1988

KEYWORDS: bible biblical history women gender reference scripture

$22.50
xxpmc194195

The Greatest Benefit to Mankind


PORTER, ROY

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: FontanaPress 1999

KEYWORDS: medicine medical history antiquity

$35.00
xxpmc194196

A History of the Life Sciences (Second Edition)


MAGNER, LOIS N

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: Marcel Dekker 1993

KEYWORDS: history life science sciences biology Lois N Magner

$19.50
xxpmc194197

The Last Asylum


TAYLOR, BARBARA

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: Hamish Hamilton 2014

KEYWORDS: history mental health psychiatry Barbara Taylor illness Friern Colney Hatch Lunatic Asylum

$15.00
xxpmd194202

The People's Songs: The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Songs


MACONIE, STUART

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: Ebury Press 2014

KEYWORDS: modern history Great Britain British music songs

$15.00
xxpml194214

The Laird of Abbotsford: A View of Sir Walter Scott


WILSON, A N

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: Oxford University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: Sir Walter Scott biographies memoir history literature literary

$15.00
xxpml194217

The Arcanum


GLEESON, JANET

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: Bantam Press 1998

KEYWORDS: European Europe porcelain antiques history

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