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The Savage: a history of misunderstanding
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1977
KEYWORDS: ancient history barbarians savage early human beings
Mauser Rifles and Pistols
Super octavo, green heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 234pp, illus, VG (spine & boards fully covered in adhesive mylar protective cover, light bruising to extrems, sl tanning/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Wolfe Publishing Company 1990
KEYWORDS: guns weapons weaponry arms rifles pistols Mauser design history historical
The History and Practice of Magic
Super octavo, black & pink light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxviii + 621pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & creasing/chafing to spine & covers/edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, sl soiling & foxing to inside covers)
PUBLISHER: The Citadel Press 1975
KEYWORDS: occult occultism esoteric magic practice history religion
Thoth: Architect of the Universe
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 287pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Edfu Books 1998
KEYWORDS: neolithic ancient history stonehenge pyramids mathematics Avebury
The Blues Guitar
Quarto, blue illus heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: New Burlington Books 2003
KEYWORDS: music blues guitar guitars history gibson les paul players guitarists fender stratocasters telecaster design
The Golden Age of Fender 1946-1970
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to rear board, sl foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 2011
KEYWORDS: music guitars guitarists comapnies Fender history amps amplifiers
Lawrence of Arabia on War: The Campaign in the Desert 1916-18
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 368pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Osprey / Bloomsbury 2020
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war T E Lawrence of Arabia desert
George Platt Lynes: The Daring Eye
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black spine, xx + 639pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2021
KEYWORDS: art photos photography George Platt Lynes history photographers biography biographies memoir
The House of Teck: A Romance of a Thousand Years
FIRST EDITION- SCARCE IN JACKET, FOLDING MAP AT REAR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to board edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxi + 316pp, illus with folding genealogical table, VG (light bruising & fading to board & spine extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: John Long 1911
KEYWORDS: first editions aristocracy family history Duke of Teck Hungary Hungarian royal family
The Land of To-Morrow: A Mule-Back Trek Through the Swamps and Forests of Eastern Bolivia
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to board edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, folding map to prelims, 224pp total, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy fading/tanning & light foxing to spine, light fading & chafing/soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature eastern Bolivia history trekking
Seed and Harvest
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained yellow, 387pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board & spine corners/extrems, minor tanning & foxing to spine, light chafing & soiling/discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1931
KEYWORDS: first editions English translations German Russia Russian revolution history
Roman Syria, and the Near East
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 472pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Getty Publications 2003
KEYWORDS: near east Syria ancient history antiquity Roman empire Rome influence
Christopher Dresser Textiles
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 127pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: ACC Art Books 2018
KEYWORDS: art textiles fabrics Christopher Dresser design designers textile manufacturers history
Sisters of Gore: Seven Gothic Melodramas by British Women, 1790-1843
Octavo, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 466pp, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to spine/hinges, v sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: literature melodrama plays stage history British women gothic fiction English gothic revival
Burton Brothers: Photographers
LACKS D/W, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 139pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing /soiling to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, sl soiling to terminals)
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hardwicke Knight photographers Burton brothers
The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 419pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2017
KEYWORDS: ancient history philosophy biblical theology
Aleister Crowley in Paris: Sex, Art and Magick in the City of Light
Super octavo, beige heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 368pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to board edges/extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (v sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Inner Traditions 2022
KEYWORDS: occultism occult history biography biographies memoir Aleister Crowley magick magic esoteric Paris France
Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin: Art, Sex and Magick in the Weimar Republic
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxix + 386pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to extrems, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Inner Traditions 2014
KEYWORDS: occultism occult history biography biographies memoir Aleister Crowley magick magic esoteric Berlin Germany
Osteology of the Maori and the Moriori
65 PAGE ARTICLE SEPARATELY BOUND, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering on white title plate to front board, 65pp, folding tables to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to front eps, sl cracking/tearing to some gutters at string binding)
PUBLISHER: None Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori anatomy skeletons osteology skeletal Moriori zoology skulls bones
A Century of Fires and Fire Brigades in Dunedin 1848-1948
Sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 234pp, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl cracking/loosening to some gutters, pen to fep.) in d/w, VG- (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history emergency services fire brigade centenary centennial Dunedin Otago