Books - "history"
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The Gun and its Development
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 804pp + xxvi to rear, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, heavy crack to gutter of preface page & terminal pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate wrinkling, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: New Orchard Editions 1988
KEYWORDS: collectables collectibles weapons weaponry guns firearms antique development history
Under the Devil's Eye: Britain's Forgotten Army at Salonika 1915-1918
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 258pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2004
KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war army British troops Salonika campaigns
From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, unpaginated prelims + 496pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spines, light soiling/chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear of vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Foreign Language Press 1986
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi last emperor China Chinese history
Creating Their Own Image: The History of African-American Women Artists
Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 354pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: art gender women African-American history
Art Nouveau
Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 425pp, ilus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light adhesion to some pages) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Konemann 1997
KEYWORDS: art nouveaux criticism appreciation history artefacts
The Marble Foot: An Autobiography 1905-1938
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: Collins 1976
KEYWORDS: autobiography life lives biographer history historian family conflict father son
Thinking in Type: The Practical Philosophy of Typography
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: Allworth Press 2005
KEYWORDS: typography philosophy history practical origin letter forms printing book
Typgraphy: Basic Principles: Influences and Trends Since the 19th Century
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: Studio Books 1963
KEYWORDS: typography 19th 20th century modern design graphic printing history book design
Introduction to Typography
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: Faber and Faber 1969
KEYWORDS: typography introduction printing history type bibliography
Tyep: The Secret History of Letters
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: I. B. Tauris 2006
KEYWORDS: type typography history letter form book
The Origin of English Surnames
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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1984
KEYWORDS: English language surnames origin etymology dictionary classification philology social history genealogy
Introduction to Printing: The Craft of Letterpress
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: Faber and Faber 1968
KEYWORDS: printing book history letterpress machine press printer bibliography hand book
Caxton in Focus: The Beginning of Printing in England
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: The British Library 1982
KEYWORDS: William Caxton incunabula printing history England letterpress criticism bibliography
Publishing and Bookselling: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
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
An Approach to Type
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
Just my Type: A book about fonts
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
Time, Taste and Furniture
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
Type for Print or what the beginner should know about typefounding, letter design, and type faces
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
Type for Print or what the beginner should know about typefounding, letter design, and type faces
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
The American Children of Krsna: A Study of the Hare Krsna Movement
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