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$40.00
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An Amazing Journey: Isadora Duncan in South America


DUMESNIL, MAURICE

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 288pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate fading & chipping to spine & spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light scuffing to board corners, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1933

KEYWORDS: history travel literature writing Isadora Duncan biography biographies memoir South America Maurice Dumesnil

$45.00
2f51a/47

Pigot & Co.'s a Directory of London and its Suburbs (Facsimile Reprint)


N/A

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, folding map to prelims, 536pp + indices to rear, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers/edges, moderate soiling & staining to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm ink stamps to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Michael Winton 1993

KEYWORDS: England Great Britian English British cities London directories history historical facsimiles pigot & co suburbs

$70.00
2f51b/55

Howard Finster: Man of Visions: The Life and Work of a Self-Taught Artist


TURNER, J F

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 242pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor scuffing to front eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1989

KEYWORDS: first editions art history appreciation interpretation biography biographies memoir Howard Finster artists criticism

$60.00
2f51c/51

The Art of Adolf Wolfli: St Adolf-Giant-Creation


SPOERRI, ELKA & BAUMANN, DANIEL & GOMEZ, EDWARD M (Essay) & WERTKIN, GERARD C (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, beige cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 111pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to rear ep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: American Folk Art Museum / Princeton University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: first editions art exhibitions Adolf Wolfli appreciation history

$85.00
2f51c/53

Dutch & Flemish Paintings: The Collection of Willem Baron van Dedem


SUTTON, PETER C

Lg quarto, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, frontispiece, 294pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2002

KEYWORDS: art history collections Dutch Flemish Willem Baron van Dedem appreciation

$45.00
2f51c/55

The Silent Cities: An Illustrated Guide to the War Cemeteries and Memorials to the 'Missing' in France and Flanders: 1914-1918


HURST, SIDNEY C & WARE, Major-General Sir FABIAN (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 407pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, light tanning & chafing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor fioxing to prelims, bottom corner of pgs 259/260 torn off)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1929

KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war graves memorials cemeteries France Flanders imperial war graves commission

$50.00
2f51c/59

Directory of New Zealand Manufacturers: A Guide to New Zealand Industries, August 1939


SCHMITT, L J (Intro) & SULLIVAN, D G (Intro)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 227pp, VG (moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & covers, moderate creasing to cover edges & spine, moderate creasing & cracking to spine extrems & cover edges & hinges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Hutcheson, Bowman & Johnson (Printer) 1939

KEYWORDS: New Zealand directories past issues years industry manufacturers commerce history historical

$19.50
xx123pol205585

New Science: Principles of the New Science Concerning the Common Nature of Nations


VICO, GIAMBATTISTA & MARSH, DAVID (Trans) & GRAFTON, ANTHONY (Intro)

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: Penguin 1999

KEYWORDS: history philosophy Giambattista Vico

$22.50
xx123pol205599

Serving the Reich: The Struggles for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler


BALL, PHILIP

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: The Bodley Head 2013

KEYWORDS: history popular science physics nazi Germany third reich philosophy ideology

$35.00
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Santa Fe Chiefs


YENNE, BILL

Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+ ) minor closed tearing to top edge 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: MBI Publishing 2005

KEYWORDS: transport history trains rail travel passenger Santa Fe chief chiefs US America American

$16.50
xx122pol205619

Paul Nash: The Portrait of an Artist


BERTRAM, ANTHONY

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: Faber and Faber 1955

KEYWORDS: art history biographies biography memoir Paul Nash

$12.50
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The Journals of Soren Kierkegaard


KIERKEGAARD, SOREN & DRU, ALEXANDER (Ed & Trans)

Paperback (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: Fontana Books 1958

KEYWORDS: Soren Kierkegaard journals diaries literature history English translations

$30.00
xx122pol205663

Waikiki Yesteryear


GRANT, GLEN

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: Mutual Publishing 1999

KEYWORDS: Hawai'i Hawaii history Waikiki culture

$15.00
xx122pol205672

Contemporary Cultures of Display


BARKER, EMMA (Ed)

Ex-library, 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: Yale University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: fine art arts history historical artefacts exhibitions museums techniques public relations

$25.00
xx122pol205677

Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History


HERBER, MARK D & TITFORD, JOHN (Fore)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+) ffep 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: Sutton Publishing 1998

KEYWORDS: family history genealogy research resources ancestry guides

$17.50
xx122pol205678

South African War Honours & Awards, 1899-1902: Officers and Men of the Army and Navy Mentioned in Despatches


N/A

Imperial 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: Arms and Armour Press 1971

KEYWORDS: military history war medals awards honours South Africa African officers soldiers army navy

$22.50
xx122pol205683

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

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