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$25.00
xx20pol202913

Publishing and Bookselling: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day


MUMBY, FRANK ARTHUR; PEET, W H (bibliography)

Ex-library. 8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+); 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: Jonathan Cape 1949

KEYWORDS: book history bookselling selling publishing bibliography trade booksellers classical medieval renaissance modern

$35.00
xx20pol202916

An Approach to Type


BIGGS, JOHN R

Super 8vo hardcover (VG-), tearing to joints, 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: Blandford Press 1949

KEYWORDS: typography type book history book arts design bibliography printing

$17.50
xx20pol202918

Just my Type: A book about fonts


GARFIELD, SIMON

8vo hardcover (VG+) 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: Profile Books 2010

KEYWORDS: typography type letter form history book arts design 21st century

$35.00
xx20pol202921

Time, Taste and Furniture


GLOAG, JAMES; WARNE, E J (illus.)

8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; 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: The Richards Press 1949

KEYWORDS: furniture history home house interior design antiques taste

$22.50
xx20pol202925

Type for Print or what the beginner should know about typefounding, letter design, and type faces


THOMAS, DAVID

Sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: J. Whitaker & Sons 1939

KEYWORDS: type typography typefounding founding letter form book arts design history

$15.00
xx20pol202930

Type for Print or what the beginner should know about typefounding, letter design, and type faces


THOMAS, DAVID

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: J. Whitaker & Sons 1936

KEYWORDS: type typography typefounding founding letter form book arts design history

$19.50
xx20pol202931

The American Children of Krsna: A Study of the Hare Krsna Movement


DANER, FRANCINE JEANNE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1976

KEYWORDS: Hare Krishna Krsna culture cultural anthropology social history customs

$20.00
xx20pol202960

Classical Islam: A sourcebook of religious literature


CALDER, NORMAN; MOJADDEDI, JAWID; RIPPIN, ANDREW (eds & transl)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2003

KEYWORDS: Islamic literature classical history criticism sourcebook

$35.00
xx20pol202961

The Dawn and Twilight of Zoroastrianism


ZAEHNER, R C

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1975

KEYWORDS: Zoroastrianism Iran classical ancient religion prophet religious history

$15.00
xx20pol202968

Modern Book Design


MCLEAN, RUARI

8vo softcover (G+); 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: Logmans, Green and Co, 1951

KEYWORDS: book history book arts design printing fine printing revival

$25.00
xx21pol202994

The Book-Hunter, etc


BURTON, JOHN HILL

REBACKED, 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: William Blackwood and Sons 1885

KEYWORDS: book collecting collectors literature hobbies history historical

$12.50
xx22pol203098

Phineas Parkhurst Quimby: Revealer of Spiritual Healing to This Age


HAWKINS, ANN BALLEW

Sm octavo softcover (VG) underlining in ink throughout; 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: DeVorss & Co 1984

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Phineas Parkhurst Quimby history

$32.50
xx22pol203103

A Ritual and Illustrations of Freemasonry, Accompanied by Numerous Engravings and a Key to the Phi Beta Kappa


N/A

Sm octavo hardcover (VG) some foxing to pages; 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: W Reeves N/D

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies rituals phi beta kappa history

$75.00
2s29a/42

The Life Histories of New Zealand Birds


STEAD, EDGAR F

Super 8vo, green cl bds, gilt lettering to spine & gilt bird stamp to front board, top edge stained (?) blue, frontis., xvi + 162 pp., plates, VG (sl scuffing to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light stanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, moderate foxing throughout), in d/w, G+ (moderate tanning & soiling, 2 large 4cm open tears to front cover, 2 small 2cm open tears to rear cover, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping).

PUBLISHER: The Search Publishing Co. 1932

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history wildlife birds environment life zoology

$50.00
2s29a/43

A New Chronicle of the Compleat Angler


OLIVER, PETER

Super 8vo, blue cl bds, gilt lettering to spine, fore & bottom pg edge sl deckled, frontis. with tissue guard, xv + 301 pp., tp reproductions, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light wear to hinges, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, ligh tanning & foxing to pg edges, prev owner's bookplate to front pastedown, sl foxing & soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: The Paisley Press 1936

KEYWORDS: Izaak Walton Charles Cotton the Compleat Angler fishing fish angling angler fly literature bibliography hand list check printing publishing publication history varitation

$200.00
2s29a/44

An Address on Angling Literature: Including some Mysteries and Personal Observations as Well as Some Comments on Piscatoria Californiana and Hints for Collectors of Angling Books


KERRIDGE, Captain PHILIP MARKHAM; HIDY, V S (ed); BATES, JOSEPH D

Super 8vo, green buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, fore-edge deckled, orange illus. eps, frontis., 92 pp., illus., NF (light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: The Sultana Press 1970

KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler fly literature bibliography hand list check printing publishing publication history collecting collector

$20.00
xx22pol203152

Religions of Ancient China


GILES, HERBERT A

Sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Archibald Constable 1905

KEYWORDS: Anceint China history spiritual spirituality religion religioud

$15.00
xx22pol203154

Ancient Egyptian Religion: An Interpretation


FRANKFORT, H

Ex-library. 8vo hardcover (VG) lacking d/w; 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: Columbia University Press 1948

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt classical history religion religious criticism

$19.50
xx24pol203251

Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, and Epic Journey, a Lost Age


MITENBULER, REID

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: Mariner / HarperCollins 2023

KEYWORDS: exploration history Peter Freuchen biography biographies memoir explorers

$10.00
xx24pol203252

Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania


LARSON, ERIK

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: Scribe 2015

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical disasters shipwrecks history Lusitania ocean liners

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