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Arts & Crafts Houses I
THIS VOL. ONLY; Square quarto, illus heavy card boards, black & white lettering to spine, unpaginated, photo illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate soiling to boards, light sun-fading to spine, light soiling to prelims/terminals & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press Limited 1999
KEYWORDS: art architecture buildings design history historical art and crafts movement houses homes residential housing domestic philip webb william richard lethaby melsetter sir edward lutyens goddards phaidon anthologies illustrated
Outrage
Reprint of the June, 1955, Special Number of The Architectural Review; Large quarto, illus heavy card boards, red lettering to spine, pagination range 365-456pp, illus photos & drawings, VG- (light soiling/discolouration to boards, light cracking & heavy sun-fading to spine, light fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing & creasing to prelims/terminals, light tanning/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Architectural Press n/d
KEYWORDS: art architecture design urban city cities towns civic planning history journals architectural review english england great british britain analysis criticism critiques subtopia utopia suburban suburbia illustrated
Counter-Attack; Against Subtopia
Large quarto, illus heavy card boards, red lettering to spine, pagination range 355-436pp, illus photos & drawings, VG- (light discolouration/soiling to boards, heavy sun-fading to spine, light fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing & creasing to prelims/terminals, light tanning/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Architectural Press n/d
KEYWORDS: art architecture design urban city cities towns civic planning history journals architectural review english england great british britain analysis criticism critiques subtopia utopia suburban suburbia illustrated
The Wales Test 1905; Match Reports & Commentary on the First Wales v. New Zealand Rugby Test played at Cardiff Arms Park; 16 December 1905
Sm. octavo, red cloth boards, title label to front board, 73pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to board extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, heavy sun-fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: The Nag's Head Press 1983
KEYWORDS: sports rugby history wales welsh new zealand all blacks test matches reports commentary commentaries 1905 cardiff arms park
Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Oxford. (A New Edition: In Four Volumes)
4 VOL. SET; BINDING POOR; Super octavo, brown leather-bound boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, gilt decorative rule to boards, marbled eps, frontispiece portrait, xlii + 359pp / 436pp / 447pp / 428pp, illus plates + folding genealogical table, G+ (heavy chipping/cracking to spines with heavy surface loss, heavy scuffing to boards, light-heavy cracking to hinges/gutters - boards shaky with rear board of Vol. 2 almost entirely detached, some pages coming loose, light damp wrinkling to pages, light-moderate soiling/discolouration to pages throughout, prev. owner's name/annotation in ink & pencil to some prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1816
KEYWORDS: biographies biography memoirs england english british great britain politics politicians prime ministers history sir robert walpole
Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland. (Volume I-II: From the Dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II. until the Sea-Battle off La Hogue. / Volume III: From the Battle of La Hogue till the Capture of the French and Spanish Fleets at Vigo)
3 VOL. SET; FIRST EDITIONS 1771-1788; Quarto, brown leather-bound boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, upper edges stained black, remaining edges stained red, illus title page to Vol. III, viii + 211pp / xiv + 246pp / xii +84pp, G (boards either completely detached, almost entirely detached, or heavily cracked at hinges/gutters, heavy scuffing & soiling to boards & spines, light-heavy soiling to pages throughout - moreso to prelims/terminals, prev. owner's names/labels/annotations in ink & pencil to eps, occasional annotations in light pencil throughout)
PUBLISHER: W. Strachan and T. Caddell / A. Kincaid & J. Bell, & J. Balfour / John Bell and William Creech 1771/1773/1788
KEYWORDS: history historical memoirs england english ireland irish great britain british politics political government parliament military imperialism empire
Speed Was My Life
LACKS D/W; Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 207pp, illus photo plates, VG (light rubbing, soiling & sun-fading to boards & spine, moderate foxing to eps/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff (Barrie Books Ltd) 1960
KEYWORDS: autobiography aurobiographies memoirs sports motor racing cars automotives automobiles drivers speed racers history germany mercedes alfred neubauer
Wrestling With God; The Story of My Life
SIGNED; Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey & blue lettering to spine, 271pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to covers & page edges, author's autograph in ink to title page, bookseller's labels to covers, prev. owner's gift inscription in pencil to half-title page)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books Limited 2006
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoirs theology theologians religion christianity spirituality presbyterian church history new zealand ministers clergy
Thinkers on Education (Volumes I-IV)
4 VOL. SET; blue & pink light card covers, black text to blue spines, 813pp cumulative pagination, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: UNESCO Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: philosophy education educational foundations systems methods practice teaching history essays anthologies
Samolety-Razvedchiki P-5 & P-Z
TEXT IN RUSSIAN; Oblong octavo, stapled illus light card covers, illus eps & title page, 56pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: EKS Print 2000
KEYWORDS: text in russian russia soviet union military history air force aviation aircraft airplanes aeroplanes reconnaissance planes p-5 p-z illustrated
Amphibian; The Story of The Loening Biplane
Square imperial octavo, silver heavy card boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, illus title page & prelims, 196pp, photo illus, VG (light bruising & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (a few medium sized open & closed tears to cover extrems, tape repair to top of spine, moderate creasing & foxing)
PUBLISHER: New York Graphic Society Ltd. 1973
KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft airplanes aeroplanes air force travel military transport amphibious grover loening amphibian biplane illustrated
Encyclopedia of Mongolia and The Mongol Empire
HEAVY - ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES MAY BE REQUIRED; Ex-library; Quarto, illus heavy card boards, brown lettering to dark blue spine, x + 678pp, illus, VG (light-moderate scuffing & light soiling to boards, occasional light soiling to pages throughout, library stamps to top edge of pages & colophon)
PUBLISHER: Facts On File, Inc. 2004
KEYWORDS: ex library east asian mongolian mongol empires history encyclopedia encyclopaedia reference illustrated
Brevduen - Caproni Ca.310, LN-DAK; DNL's jakt pa et postfly
TEXT IN NORWEGIAN, ACCOMPANIED BY ENGLISH TRANSLATION PAMPHLET; Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to green spine, 126pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to covers/page edges)
PUBLISHER: European Airlines Rob Mulder 2012
KEYWORDS: text in norwegian aviation history aircraft airplanes aeroplanes air travel transport norway commercial postal mail service dnl brevden caproni ca.310 ln-dak illustrated translated translations
The Official Record of The Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition; Held in Dunedin, New Zealand, From March 22nd to JUne 4th, 1898, To Celebrate the Completion of the First Fifty Years of the Province of Otago.
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering plus blind-stamped decorative rule & motifs to front board, blind-stamped decorative motif to rear board, adverts to eps & prelims, portrait illus frontispiece/prelim, 180pp + 2pp adverts at rear, illus plates & adverts, VG- (moderate-heavy discolouration to spine & boards, light fraying to spine extrems, moderate cracking to front gutter - front board slightly shaky, prelim pages partially detached, light soiling, tanning & creasing to pages throughout, one or two pages with moderate scribbling in pencil)
PUBLISHER: Mills, Dick and Co. 1898
KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago dunedin official records jubilee industrial exhibition anniversary celebrations catalogues guides guidebooks tourism tourists history historical illustrated
History of the Early Gold Discoveries in Otago
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind-stamped rule to boards, patterned eps, frontispiece, vii + 151pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate cracking to front gutter - board moderately shaky, light cracking to rear gutter, light-moderate soiling, tanning & creasing to pages throughout, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelim)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company, Limited 1887
KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago gold goldfields mining mines early settler history historical industry industrial illustrated
Fifty Years of the Law Commissions; The Dynamics of Law Reform
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 421pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (one small close tear to rear fold, light rubbing & creasing)
PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing Ltd 2016
KEYWORDS: united kingdom british great britain english england law commissions act 1965 legal history reforms
Ferrari Dino; The Complete Story
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & grey lettering to spine, illus half-title page, 191pp, photo illus, VG (light rubbing & soiling plus moderate creasing to covers, light sun-fading to spine, light discolouration to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 1997
KEYWORDS: sports cars motorsports automotives automobiles transport history classic vintage ferrari italy italian illustrated guides guidebooks
Science of Coercion; Communication Research and Psychological Warfare; 1945-1960
SCARCE; SOME ANNOTATION AND HIGHLIGHTING; Octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine, 204pp, VG (large but light horizontal crease to rear cover, light rubbing & soiling to covers, light scuffing to spine, light soiling to page edges, occasional moderate highlighting & underlining/annotation in ink throughout)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: scarce united states of america american u.s.a. government mass communication research cold war history politics psychological warfare propaganda
Travelling Gent: The Life of Alexander Kniglake (1809-1891)
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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1972
KEYWORDS: history biographies memoir Alexander Kinglake literary literature adventure travel
The War in the Air: The Royal Air Force in World War II
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: William Morrow & Company 1969
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 raf royal air force British armed forces aeriel combat warfare aviation