Books - "history"
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Type for Print or what the beginner should know about typefounding, letter design, and type faces
8vo 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: J. Whitaker & Sons 1936
KEYWORDS: type typography typefounding founding letter form book arts design history
The American Children of Krsna: A Study of the Hare Krsna Movement
Super 8vo 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: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1976
KEYWORDS: Hare Krishna Krsna culture cultural anthropology social history customs
Classical Islam: A sourcebook of religious literature
Super 8vo 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: Routledge 2003
KEYWORDS: Islamic literature classical history criticism sourcebook
The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism
Super 8vo 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1975
KEYWORDS: Zoroastrianism Iran classical ancient religion prophet religious history
Modern Book Design
8vo softcover (G+); 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: Logmans, Green and Co, 1951
KEYWORDS: book history book arts design printing fine printing revival
Phineas Parkhurst Quimby: Revealer of Spiritual Healing to This Age
Sm octavo softcover (VG) underlining in ink throughout; 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: DeVorss & Co 1984
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Phineas Parkhurst Quimby history
A Ritual and Illustrations of Freemasonry, Accompanied by Numerous Engravings and a Key to the Phi Beta Kappa
Sm octavo hardcover (VG) some foxing to pages; 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: W Reeves N/D
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies rituals phi beta kappa history
The Life Histories of New Zealand Birds
Super 8vo, green cl bds, gilt lettering to spine & gilt bird stamp to front board, top edge stained (?) blue, frontis., xvi + 162 pp., plates, VG (sl scuffing to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light stanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, moderate foxing throughout), in d/w, G+ (moderate tanning & soiling, 2 large 4cm open tears to front cover, 2 small 2cm open tears to rear cover, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping).
PUBLISHER: The Search Publishing Co. 1932
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history wildlife birds environment life zoology
A New Chronicle of the Compleat Angler
Super 8vo, blue cl bds, gilt lettering to spine, fore & bottom pg edge sl deckled, frontis. with tissue guard, xv + 301 pp., tp reproductions, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light wear to hinges, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, ligh tanning & foxing to pg edges, prev owner's bookplate to front pastedown, sl foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: The Paisley Press 1936
KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton Charles Cotton the Compleat Angler fishing fish angling angler fly literature bibliography hand list check printing publishing publication history varitation
An Address on Angling Literature: Including some Mysteries and Personal Observations as Well as Some Comments on Piscatoria Californiana and Hints for Collectors of Angling Books
Super 8vo, green buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, fore-edge deckled, orange illus. eps, frontis., 92 pp., illus., NF (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: The Sultana Press 1970
KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler fly literature bibliography hand list check printing publishing publication history collecting collector
Ancient Egyptian Religion: An Interpretation
Ex-library. 8vo hardcover (VG) lacking d/w; 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: Columbia University Press 1948
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt classical history religion religious criticism
Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, and Epic Journey, a Lost Age
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: Mariner / HarperCollins 2023
KEYWORDS: exploration history Peter Freuchen biography biographies memoir explorers
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
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: Scribe 2015
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical disasters shipwrecks history Lusitania ocean liners
1942: Britain at the Brink
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: Little, Brown 2022
KEYWORDS: military history Great Britain British ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 darkest hour
William Davison of Alnwick: Pharmacist and Printer 1781-1858
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 1968
KEYWORDS: printers printing history William Davison biography biographies
Newspaper Typography: A Textbook for Journalism Classes
LACKS D/W, 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: Stanford University Press 1947
KEYWORDS: typography printed news newspapers journlaism history historical printing
The Gentle Art of Making Enemies
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: William Heinemann 1953
KEYWORDS: art history Whistler John Ruskin literature
Hamilton's Specimens of Wood Type Faces
Lg 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: Shooting Star Press 2010
KEYWORDS: typology woodcuts Hamilton specimens history
Craftsmen All
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: Dryad Press 1948
KEYWORDS: crafts history craftsmen portraits art arts
Practical Printing: A Handbook of the Art of Typography
SECOND EDITION, REBOUND, 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: J M Powell & Son 1884
KEYWORDS: typography printing history books