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Essays in the history of publishing in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the House of Longman 1724-1974
Imp. 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Longman 1974
KEYWORDS: printing publishing book history Longman
The Art of the Book: A Review of Some Recent European and American Work in Typography, Page Decoration & Binding
4to 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: Studio Editions 1990
KEYWORDS: printing book history book arts design art craft typography decoration binding
Type: Icons of Typography printed on Genesis from Cross Point Paper Corporation
Super 8vo spiral-bound (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: Cross Pointe Paper Corporation 1995
KEYWORDS: typography type designers design book arts craft history
Ahead of His Age: Bishop Barnes of Birmingham
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PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & Co 1979
KEYWORDS: Bishop Barnes history England English religion religious biography biographies memoir Christianity
Immortality: Funerary Rites & Customs
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: Senate 1997
KEYWORDS: spirituality rites customs religion religious Christianity ancient Egypt Egyptian history
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
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: Dover Publications 1976
KEYWORDS: Atlantis alternative history theories mysteries
The Essential Unity of all Religions
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: Quest / The Theosophical Publishing House 1973
KEYWORDS: theosophy religion philosophy history
Luton at War (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, 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: The Book Castle 2001
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history England English Great Britain British towns journalism Luton
King James VI of Scotland / I of England
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PUBLISHER: BCA / Book Club Associates 1974
KEYWORDS: history historical figures England Scotland English Scottish kings monarchy royal family King James
The Governor's Gift: The Auckland Public Library 1880-1980
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PUBLISHER: Richards Publishing / Auckland City Council 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland public library centennial centenary civic buildings
Richard Dimbleby: A Biography
LACKS D/W, super 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1975
KEYWORDS: Richard Dimbleby biography biographies memoir journalists journalism broadcasters history
The Battles for Cassino
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: Ian Allan 1975
KEYWORDS: military history Monte Cassino ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 campaigns battles
The Chaplin Encyclopedia
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PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1997
KEYWORDS: Charlie Chaplin old movie stars silent movies Hollywood history
John Buchan and His World
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PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1979
KEYWORDS: John Buchan biography biographies memoir history
Newman's Journey
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: Fount / HarperCollins 1996
KEYWORDS: John Henry Newman history religion religious leaders biography biographies memoir
A Thousand Days: John F Kennedy in the White House
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PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press 1965
KEYWORDS: US America American politics former presidents JFK John F Kennedy history government white house
Life, Writings, and Correspondence of George Borrow
2 VOL. SET. Demy 8vo, green buckram bds panelled in red, spine ruled & lettered in gilt, pg edges deckled, frontis. to vol. 1, vol. 1: xviii + 402 pp. + 6 pp. advts, vol. 2: viii + 406 pp. + [4] pp. advts., illus., foldout family tree, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, ownership inscription to ht, vol. 1 frontis. detached, light minor cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1899
KEYWORDS: George Borrow life lives writing letters correspondence 18th 19th century family history
With Gypsies in Bulgaria
Crown 8vo, green heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in black, pg edges deckled, frontis., vii + 141 pp., plates, map foldout to rear, G+ (heavy soiling & creasing to bds & spine, heavy cracking to front joint, two 3 cm tears to front & rear joints at tail--exposing text block underneath, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges & eps).
PUBLISHER: Henry Young & Sons, Limited 1916
KEYWORDS: Bulgaria Bulgarian Gypsies Gipsies Gypsy Gispy Romani early 20th century social history habits customs
The Romany Rye; A Sequel to Lavengro
2 VOL. SET. Post 8vo, green/blue buckram bds panelled in blind, paper label & blind rules to spine, pg edges sl deckled, red eps, vol.1: xi + 372 pp. + 32 pp. advts., vol. 2: vii + 375 pp. + [8] pp. advts., VG- (heavy scuffing & light to moderate soiling to bds & spine, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping, light splitting to front joint, splitting to front joint at head (vol. 2), moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges & eps, moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, prev. ownership inscription to front pastedown, leaves K5 & 6 loose, K5 misnumbered K3).
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1857
KEYWORDS: George Borrow 19th century Gypsies Gipsies Gipsy Gypsy Romani Romany Lavengro social history habits customs
No. 747. Being the Autobiography of a Gipsy
Post 8vo, tan cl bds, spine & front board lettered/ruled & decorated in blue/red & black/white, black eps, frontis., iv + 459 pp., chapter initals, VG (light scuffing & soiling to spine & bds, light to moderate bruising & sl soiling to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to pg edges & prelims/terminals, moderate cracking to front gutter).
PUBLISHER: J. W. Arrowsmith [1890]
KEYWORDS: Gispy Gypsies Gipsies Gypsy Romani Romany life lives autobiography biography 19th century social history