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$150.00
1t33/10

Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76


SMITH, D MURRAY

VERY TATTY- yet still oozes character! Quarto, black leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to boards, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 824pp, folding maps & illus, G- (spine missing with v lg cracks to hinges- rear board detached, boards heavily chafed/rubbed but still beautiful- some surface loss, considerable closed tearing to some pages/folding maps, occasional page loose/detached, colossal cracking at gutters, heavy staining to page edges) Please feel free to ask for photos- recommended.

PUBLISHER: M'Gready, Thomson & Niven 1877

KEYWORDS: exploration expeditions arctic north pole history nautical maritime British voyages Parry Franklin Ross Dr John Rae Franklin Sir Edward Belcher Europe European

$80.00
1t33/14

Rails to Cromwell: The Otago Central Railway in Stories and Pictures


COWAN, W J

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, 404pp, illus/photos, Nr FINE

PUBLISHER: The Molyneux Press 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Central Otago rail travel transport history trains railways

$75.00
1t33/18

Andrea Palladio


PUPPI, LIONELLO & SANDERS, PEARL (Trans)

Heavy quarto- extra shipping req'd, blue cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 465pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & light discolouration/fading to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters, binding sl loose) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1975

KEYWORDS: Andrea Palladio architecture buildings design history criticism appreciation

$80.00
1t33/25

Kamo: The Story of a Village


MENEFY, DIANA (Compiled by)

SIGNED & IN SCRIBED, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, x + 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kamo Book Committee 1994

KEYWORDS: signed Diana Menefy New Zealand regional history Kamo north island towns villages

$25.00
xxana195017

The Miners and British Politics 1906-1914


GREGORY, ROY

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: history miners British politics Great Britain early 20th twentieth century labour labor

$15.00
xxana195019

The Natural History of Selborne and The Naturalist's Calendar


WHITE, GILBERT

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: Blackie & Son 1895

KEYWORDS: natural history nature English towns villages Selborne Hampshire

$19.50
xxana195024

Parliament: Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its Pathos


MacDONAGH, MICHAEL

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: P S King & Son N/D (c.1902)

KEYWORDS: British houses of Parliament Great Britain government anecdotes history

$12.50
xxand195030

The Church by Martha Hill


MORE, DAVID

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo stapled light card covers (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: David More N/D (c.1981)

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand David More churches history St John's Anglican church Waihi

$19.50
xxand195032

Penguin Portrait: Allen Lane and the Penguin Editors 1935-1970


HARE, STEVE (Ed)

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 1995

KEYWORDS: litertaure literary history Penguin Allen Lane publishers biographies autobiography

$15.00
xxand195035

A History of the World in 100 Objects


MacGREGOR, NEIL

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 2012

KEYWORDS: world history artefacts British Museum

$18.50
xxapg195036

British Photography: Towards a Bigger Picture


HAWORTH-BOOTH, MARK et al (Essays)

Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) heavy water damage to boards & inside jacket- text block mostly unaffected with just some minor wrinkling; 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: Aperture 1988

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British photos photography art history essays criticism appreciation interpretation

$30.00
xxapg195037

Military Smallarms of the Twentieth Century


HOGG, IAN & WEEKS, JOHN

LACKS D/W, quarto 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: Arms and Armour Press 1973

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry guns firearms 20th twentieth century history military

$12.50
xxaqk195048

Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet


ARMSTRONG, KAREN

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 2004

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Muhammad Islam Islamic history

$12.50
xxaqo195074

The Jew Store


SUBERMAN, STELLA

Ex-library, 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: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1998

KEYWORDS: Jewish history US America American Jews business Tennessee childhood

$15.00
xxaqq195086

The Myths of Greece & Rome: Their Stories Signification and Origin


GUERBER, H A

Octavo hardcover (G) some pages loose; 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: George G Harrap & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Rome myths mythology history

$16.50
xxaqq195087

From Gun to Gavel: The Courtroom Recollections of James Mathers of Oklahoma


MATHERS, JAMES & HOUTS, MARSHALL

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Souvenir Press 1955

KEYWORDS: James Mathers Oklahoma justice court history law order

$42.50
1t33/36

Madder Music, Stronger Wine; The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent


ADAMS, JAD

Ex-library, reprint; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 211pp, illus. b&w photo plates, VG (light soiling & adhesive residue to boards, light tanning to page edges, usual library markings & stamps) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & sun-fading, library barcode label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 2000

KEYWORDS: ex-library literary biography biographies poets poetry poems english victorian england decadent period history ernest dowson

$62.50
1t33/38

Lord Denning: The Judge and the Law


JOWELL, J. L. & MCAUSLIN, J. P. W. B. (eds)

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxv + 486pp, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & sun-fading, moderate creasing)

PUBLISHER: Sweet & Maxwell Limited 1984

KEYWORDS: law legal history essay anthologies collections retrospectives reviews england english high court judges lord alfred denning

$65.00
1t33/40

De Re Metallica; Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556; with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Materials, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times t


AGRICOLA, GEORGIUS & HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK (trans) & HOOVER, LOU HENRY (trans)

Reprint; Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & creasing/tearing, moderate tanning/discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Inc. 1950

KEYWORDS: industry industrial geological geology mining metallurgy mineralogy machinery technology medieval early history field studies research

$100.00
1u11a/2

Lloyd's Register of Shipping; United with the Underwriters' Registry for Iron Vessels in 1885; From 1st July, 1916, to the 30th June, 1917 (Volume II. - Appendix)


N/A

THIS VOL. ONLY; Very tidy ex-library (no external markings), bookmark loosely enclosed; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spine & front board, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, all page edges stained red, felt textured eps, cxxxv + 939pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards & page edges, light sun-fading to boards, usual library markings to eps)

PUBLISHER: Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1916

KEYWORDS: ex-library lloyd's shipping registers maritime history index indices reference appendix appendices steamers sea ocean transport vessels

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