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$60.00
2i40a/12

Shadow Play


WHANSLAW, H W

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, 154pp + unpaginated catalogue to rear, illus, VG (minor bruising to spine extrems, moderate discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing with some sl loss to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co 1950

KEYWORDS: puppets puppetry shadows history culture shadow plays theatre theater

$45.00
2i40a/13gc

The Bankside Stage-Book


WHANSLAW, H W

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xx + 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & staining to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing throughout- mostly to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some sl loss, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co N/D (c.1950s?)

KEYWORDS: theatre theater stage models figures Tudor Elizabethan history stages

$40.00
2i40a/14

Birmingham and the Black Country


FOSTER, ANDY & PEVSNER, NIKOLAUS & WEDGWOOD, ALEXANDRA

Slim octavo, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 884pp, illus/photos, map to prelims, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: English British England Great Britain industrial cities Birmingham history buildings architecture historical

$80.00
2i40a/18

Forty Years of Airfix Toys


BROOK, JEREMY

Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2019

KEYWORDS: toys construction leisure hobbies airfix meccano history

$100.00
2i40a/21

Isabella Bird: A Photographic Journal of Travels Through China 1894-1896


IRELAND, DEBORAH

Quarto, grey cloth boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Ammonite Press 2015

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing China history photos photography culture Isabella Bird

$40.00
2i40b/12

Papermaking: The History and Technique of an American Craft


HUNTER, DARD

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 611pp + xxxvii index to rear, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (spine sl cocked, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. ownership markings/labels to front eps & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Pleiades Books 1947

KEYWORDS: paper crafts papermaking history materials

$50.00
2i40b/17

Aleister Crowley in America: Art, Espionage, and Sex Magick in the New World


CHURTON, TOBIAS

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 749pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to base of spine), in d/w, Near FINE (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Inner Traditions 2017

KEYWORDS: Aleister Crowley magick occult occultism mysticism history biography biographies memoir

$100.00
2i40b/18

Aleister Crowley: The Biography: Spiritual Revolutionary Romantic Explorer, Occult Master - and Spy


CHURTON, TOBIAS

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, silver lettering to spine, xxi + 474pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Watkins Publishing 2011

KEYWORDS: Aleister Crowley magick occult occultism mysticism history biography biographies memoir

$80.00
2i40b/26

The Radical Vision of Edward Burne-Jones


RAGER, ANDREA WOLK

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, xii + 332pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 2022

KEYWORDS: art history Edward Burne-Jones appreciation interpretation criticism

$25.00
xx105pol204458

Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars


HAWKE, ETHAN & RUTH, GREG

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Grant Central Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: New York Times bestseller Apache Wars 19th century North America history Native American

$20.00
xx105pol204468

On Otago Harbour


THOMSON, GEORGE M

REBOUND EXTRACT FROM TRANSACTIONS. Super 8vo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: n/p

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago habour fish hatchery Portobello natural history

$20.00
xx105pol204469

The Portobello Marine Fish-hatchery


THOMSON, GEORGE M

REBOUND EXTRACT FROM TRANSACTIONS. Super 8vo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: n/p

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago habour fish hatchery Portobello natural history

$19.50
xx105pol204470

The Advance Guard Series 1


GRIFFITHS, G J

Ex-library. 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: Otago Daily Times 1973

KEYWORDS: Otago Daily Times New Zealand Otago settlers emigrants history

$30.00
xx105pol204471

The Port of Otago


MCLINTOCK, A H

SIGNED. LIMITED NUMBER EDITION. 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago port Port of Otago history 19th century South Island

$16.50
xx104pol204480

St Petersburg: A History


GEORGE, ARTHUR & GEORGE, ELENA

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history St Petersburg city cities

$25.00
xx104pol204490

The Centennial History of Lodge Otago Kilwinning No. 417, S. C.


AUSTIN, G L

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: The Budget Ltd., Printers and Stationers [1962]

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Masonic lodge centennial history

$15.00
xx104pol204496

Port Chalmers Borough 1866 - 1966: A Short History on the Occasion of the Centennial of Municipal Government


STEWART, PETER J

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Borough of Port Chalmers 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Port Chalmers Dunedin centennial history

$15.00
xx104pol204497

Port Chalmers: 100 Years of Rowing


STEWART, PETER J

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Port Chalmers United Rowing Club 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Port Chalmers Dunedin history rowing club

$10.00
xx104pol204500

A History of the Port Chalmers Fishermen's Co-operative Society Ltd 1909 - 1984


MUNRO, D J & P J

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: D. J. & P. J. Munro 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin Port Chalmers fishing fishermen society history

$10.00
xx104pol204509

'My Brother and I...' : Glimpses of Childhood in our Colonial Past


GRAHAM, JEANINE

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Hocken Library, University of Otago 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hocken Library lecture University of Otago colonial

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