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$22.50
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Palace and Hovel, or, Phases of London Life


KIRWAN, DANIEL JOSEPH & ALLAN, A (Ed)

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: Abelard-Schuman 1963

KEYWORDS: Daniel Joseph Kirwan London Americans culture history travel cultural writings

$15.00
xx122pol205685

To the Letter: A Journey Through a Vanishing World


GARFIELD, SIMON

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: Canongate 2013

KEYWORDS: history communication correspondence language Simon Garfield

$17.50
xx122pol205687

Trade Signs and Their Origin


MEADOWS, CECIL A

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 1957

KEYWORDS: symbols signs trade businesses merchants history origin Cecil A Meadows

$32.50
xx122pol205688

Aubrey Beardsley (Second Edition)


ROSS, ROBERT & VALLANCE, AYMER (Illus)

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: John Lane / The Bodley Head N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Aubrey Beardsley history

$22.50
xx121pol205693

Village Buildings of Britain


RICE, MATTHEW & HRH THE PRINCE OF WALES (Fore)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 1992

KEYWORDS: Great Britain England British English villages buildings history historical culture cultural art paintings

$22.50
xx121pol205696

George Baxter (Colour Printer): His Life and Work: A Manual for Collectors


LEWIS, C T COURTNEY

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: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1908

KEYWORDS: art history printers biographies biography memoir George Baxter

$22.50
xx121pol205698

S P E Tract No LXV, The Critique of Pure English, From Caxton to Smollett


CRAIGIE, WILLIAM A (Collected by)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1946

KEYWORDS: language history linguistics pure English

$19.50
xx121pol205703

Punch and Judy


FRASER, PETER

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) moderate staining to spine of 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: B T Batsford 1970

KEYWORDS: puppet shows puppets puppetry Punch and Judy comedy humour humor history entertainment children's performances theatre theater

$15.00
xx121pol205704

The Puppet Theatre


BUSSELL, JAN & GOWER, FRANCIS (Illus)

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: Faber and Faber 1947

KEYWORDS: puppet shows puppets puppetry history entertainment children's performances theatre theater

$27.50
xx121pol205708

Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 1740-1832


TILLYARD, STELLA

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 1994

KEYWORDS: nobility aristocracy 18th eighteenth century history women Lennox sisters

$25.00
xx121pol205711

Woman: The American History of an Idea


FADERMAN, LILLIAN

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: Yale University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: gender women history US America American womens studies Lillian Faderman

$22.50
xx121pol205712

Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West 1836-1880


HICKMAN, KATIE

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: Spiegel and Grau 2022

KEYWORDS: gender women history US America American womens studies wild west Katie Hickman

$22.50
xx121pol205713

Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War: A Modern History


BELLAMY, CHRIS

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: Macmillan 2007

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian USSR modern history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Soviet politics Kremlin political

$19.50
xx121pol205718

The Thames: England's River


SCHNEER, JONATHAN

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 2005

KEYWORDS: England Great Britain English British history cities London River Thames rivers waterways

$22.50
xx121pol205722

Art and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Russia


STAVROU, THEOFANIS GEORGE (Ed)

Super octavo softcover (VG-) cracking to central gutter; 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: Indiana University Press 1983

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history culture art nationalism society criticism

$29.50
xx121pol205724

Siegfried Sassoon: A Biography


EGREMONT, MAX

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) cracking to central gutter; 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: Picador 2005

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Siegfried Sassoon history

$17.50
xx121pol205725

In Confidence: Moscow's Ambassador to America's Six Cold War Presidents


DOBRYNIN, ANATOLY

Super octavo softcover (VG) full title & copyright pages missing; 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: Unknown (page missing)

KEYWORDS: politics political modern history Cold War Russia Russian Anatoly Dobrynin

$15.00
xx121pol205726

The Last Epic Naval Battle: Voices From Leyte Gulf


SEARS, DAVID & CUTLER, THOMAS J (Fore)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: NAL Caliber / New American Library 2007

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval battles sea warfare Leyte Gulf

$100.00
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Souvenir: Northern Bowling Association of New Zealand


n/a

Oblong demy 8vo, 77 pp. + [10 (advts.)]; heavy geen card bds, red spine, front board lettered & decorated in black; illus. tp, photos, illus.; G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to front pastedown in blue & black ink; moderate cracking to front hinge; moderate to heavy cracking to central & rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: McKee & Co. 1902

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Northern Bowling Association sports sporting history

$75.00
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2 vols)


HARARI, YUVAL NOAH

2 VOL SET. Super 8vo, x + 443 pp., ix + 449 pp.; heavy card bds. spine lettered in gilt (vol. 1) & white (vol. 2); photos, illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems, minor creasing); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2015-17

KEYWORDS: Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens human history ancient classical modern future

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