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$100.00
1w41a/16

Arts & Crafts Houses I


DUNLOP, BETH (intro) & HOLLAMBY, EDWARD & GARNHAM, TREVOR & EDWARDS, BRIAN

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

$245.00
1w41a/17

Outrage


NAIRN, IAN

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

$100.00
1w41a/18

Counter-Attack; Against Subtopia


NAIRN, IAN

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

$40.00
1w41a/20

The Wales Test 1905; Match Reports & Commentary on the First Wales v. New Zealand Rugby Test played at Cardiff Arms Park; 16 December 1905


N/A

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

$100.00
1w41a/21

Memoirs of the Life and Administration of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Oxford. (A New Edition: In Four Volumes)


COXE, WILLIAM

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

$245.00
1w41a/22

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)


DALRYMPLE, Sir JOHN

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

$85.00
1w41a/23

Speed Was My Life


NEUBAUER, ALFRED & THOMSON, STEWART & MEISL, CHARLES (ed. & trans) & MOSS, STIRLING (foreword)

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

$40.00
1w41a/24

Wrestling With God; The Story of My Life


GEERING, LLOYD

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

$125.00
1w41b/2

Thinkers on Education (Volumes I-IV)


MERSY, ZAGHLOUL (series ed) & TEDESCO, JUAN CARLOS (editor-in-chief)

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

$65.00
1w41b/7

Samolety-Razvedchiki P-5 & P-Z


MASLOV, MIKHAIL

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

$60.00
1w41b/9

Amphibian; The Story of The Loening Biplane


LOENING, GROVER

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

$200.00
1w41b/10

Encyclopedia of Mongolia and The Mongol Empire


ATWOOD, CHRISTOPHER P.

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

$100.00
1w41b/12

Brevduen - Caproni Ca.310, LN-DAK; DNL's jakt pa et postfly


MULDER, ROB J.M.

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

$65.00
1w41b/14

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.


N/A

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

$200.00
1w41b/17

History of the Early Gold Discoveries in Otago


PYKE, VINCENT

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

$120.00
1w41b/28

Fifty Years of the Law Commissions; The Dynamics of Law Reform


DYSON, MATTHEW & LEE, JAMES & STARK, SHONA WILSON (eds)

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

$50.00
1w41b/34

Ferrari Dino; The Complete Story


CURTIS, ANTHONY

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

$345.00
1w45a/2

Science of Coercion; Communication Research and Psychological Warfare; 1945-1960


SIMPSON, CHRISTOPHER

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

$17.50
xxsdu196009

Travelling Gent: The Life of Alexander Kniglake (1809-1891)


DE GAURY, GERALD

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

$22.50
xxsee196025

The War in the Air: The Royal Air Force in World War II


LYALL, GAVIN (Ed)

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

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