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$12.50
xxqbe194354

Scott's Last Expedition


SCOTT, Captain R F & BARRIE, J M (Biographical Intro) & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS R (Preface)

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) tatty jacket; 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: John Murray 1949

KEYWORDS: Captain Scott exploration travel journals expeditions South Pole Antarctica history

$17.50
xxqbg194364

Underground London: Travels Beneath the City Streets


SMITH, STEPHEN

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 2004

KEYWORDS: history travel writing literature London underground transport

$25.00
xxqbg194368

The Story of Telford: The Rise of Civil Engineering


GIBB, Sir ALEXANDER

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: Alexander Maclehose & Co 1935

KEYWORDS: Thomas Telford history biographies memoir civil engineering

$20.00
xxqbg194369

Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory


CAREW, KEGGIE

FIRST EDITION, 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: Chatto & Windus 2016

KEYWORDS: Keggie Tom Carew biography first editions autobiography memoir history

$20.00
xxqbh194371

London 1945: Life in the Debris of War


WALLER, MAUREEN

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: St Martin's Press 2005

KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 London England social life history

$22.50
xxqbh194372

The Henry Wood Proms


COX, DAVID

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: BBC 1980

KEYWORDS: music history tradition Night at the Proms concerts Henry Wood

$14.00
xxqbh194373

The New Industrial Estate


GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH

LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG) underlining/annotation; 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 1967

KEYWORDS: history industrialisation industrial age revolution

$25.00
xxqbk194378

The Eighth Wonder


N/A

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: B.F. Sturtevant Co. 1927

KEYWORDS: new york new jersey holland tunnel transport technology history engineering tunnels tunneling civil transportation public works infrastructure america american

$35.00
xxqbk194379

Allen Hall: 100 Years, 100+ Voices


WARRINGTON, LISA & FINIGAN, ALISON (eds.)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Dept. of Music 2014

KEYWORDS: allen hall university of otago dunedin history lisa warrington alison finigan theatre theater drama music arts

$27.50
xxqbk194380

An Unfinished History of the World


THOMAS, HUGH

FIRST EDITION; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1979

KEYWORDS: hugh thomas herodotus h.g. wells raleigh history britain british england english first edition

$22.50
xxqbk194383

Needs


THOMSON, GARRETT

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1987

KEYWORDS: garrett thomson need needs philosophy history science ethics

$20.00
xxqbk194385

The Poverty of Historicism


POPPER, KARL R.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge 1966

KEYWORDS: karl popper austria austrian britain british philosophy history historicism politics historiography

$17.50
xxqcc194390

Descartes' Dream: The World According to Mathematics


DAVIS, PHILIP J. & HERSH, REUBEN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 1988

KEYWORDS: rene descartes philip j davis reuben hersh history philosophy mathematics ideas culture rationality reason computers computing information

$38.50
xxqcc194393

James Watt: Craftsman & Engineer


DICKINSON, H.W. & [WATT, JAMES]

FIRST EDITION; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Babckock & Wilcox Ltd. 1935

KEYWORDS: first edition james watt steam engine scotland scottish technology history biography industrial revolution

$65.00
1t17a/1

The Marvel Vault: A Museum in a Book, With Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel


THOMAS, ROY & SANDERSON, PETER

Oblong quarto, illus spiral bound binder, grey & white lettering to spine, printed inside boards, illus prelims, 192pp, illus, replica collectables in protective pouches- all items present, VG+ (light bruising & chafing to spine & boards, light fading to board edges, minor bending/curling to some pages at spiral binding, sl tanning & chipping to some page edges, light blue staining/rubbing to title page- from verso page)

PUBLISHER: Running Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Marvel universe comics comic books superheroes history collectables collectibles Stan Lee

$75.00
1t17a/2

The Beatles: Get Back


BEATLES, THE & RUSSELL, ETHAN A (Photos) & McCARTNEY, LINDA (Photos) & JACKSON, PETER (Fore) & KUREISHI, HANIF (Intro) & HARRIS, JOHN (Ed from transcripts)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, illus eps, 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards) in 1/2 jacket/sleeve, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Callaway Arts & Entertainment & Apple Corps 2021

KEYWORDS: popular culture pop music The Beatles bands music musicians history autobiography biographies memoir

$50.00
1t17a/4

Two Hundred and Fifty Years of New Zealand Painting


DOCKING, GIL & DUNN, MICHAEL (Additions from 1970-1990) & HANFLING, EDWARD (Additions from 1990-2020)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 296pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creaising to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history

$50.00
1t17a/6

The History of Napoleon Vol I


HORNE, R H (Ed) & VERNET, RAFFET and HORACE (Illus/Design)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, half leather bound maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with raised bands & blind stamp decoration on spine, marbled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 232pp + illus/plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG- (heavy rubbing & cracking to spine & extrems with some surface loss, heavy chafing & moderate fading to boards with some minor soiling also, light discolouration to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional moderate foxing to pages throughout, occasional light chipping to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Robert Tyas 1840

KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte history biography memoir French war

$40.00
1t17a/8

Lives of the Engineers; the Steam-Engine; Boulton and Watt


SMILES, SAMUEL

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & black rule to front board, frontispiece, viii + 416pp, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing/chipping to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing & water staining to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1874

KEYWORDS: history engineering Matthew Boulton James Watt steam engine biographies

$90.00
1t17a/9

Thomas Brassey: Railway Builder


WALKER, CHARLES

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 183pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light minor foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, light fading & chafing/surface loss to spine, light chafing & soiling/tanning)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1969

KEYWORDS: transport history rail railways trains Thomas Brassey civil engineering

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