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$38.50
xx27pol203555

The Art of the Book: A Review of Some Recent European and American Work in Typography, Page Decoration & Binding


HOLME, CHARLES (ed)

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

$15.00
xx27pol203556

Type: Icons of Typography printed on Genesis from Cross Point Paper Corporation


BAINES, PHIL & CARTER, MATTHEW & SKOLOS, NANCY; et al

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

$28.50
xx28pol203638

Ahead of His Age: Bishop Barnes of Birmingham


BARNES, JOHN

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: William Collins Sons & Co 1979

KEYWORDS: Bishop Barnes history England English religion religious biography biographies memoir Christianity

$14.50
xx28pol203648

Immortality: Funerary Rites & Customs


VULLIAMY, C E

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

$16.50
xx28pol203656

Atlantis: The Antediluvian World


DONNELLY, IGNATIUS & BLEILER, E F (New 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: Dover Publications 1976

KEYWORDS: Atlantis alternative history theories mysteries

$22.50
xx15pol203680

The Essential Unity of all Religions


DAS, BHAGAVAN (Compiled 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: Quest / The Theosophical Publishing House 1973

KEYWORDS: theosophy religion philosophy history

$25.00
xx15pol203689

Luton at War (2 Vol Set)


THE LUTON NEWS (Compiled by) & DYER, JAMES (Index)

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

$15.00
xx15pol203691

King James VI of Scotland / I of England


FRASER, ANTONIA

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: BCA / Book Club Associates 1974

KEYWORDS: history historical figures England Scotland English Scottish kings monarchy royal family King James

$15.00
xx15pol203692

The Governor's Gift: The Auckland Public Library 1880-1980


COLGAN, WYNNE

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: Richards Publishing / Auckland City Council 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland public library centennial centenary civic buildings

$15.00
xx15pol203693

Richard Dimbleby: A Biography


DIMBLEBY, JONATHAN

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

$15.00
xx15pol203694

The Battles for Cassino


SMITH, E D

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

$17.50
xx15pol203698

The Chaplin Encyclopedia


MITCHELL, GLENN

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: B T Batsford 1997

KEYWORDS: Charlie Chaplin old movie stars silent movies Hollywood history

$14.00
xx15pol203700

John Buchan and His World


SMITH, JANET ADAM

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: Thames and Hudson 1979

KEYWORDS: John Buchan biography biographies memoir history

$10.00
xx15pol203702

Newman's Journey


TREVOR, MERIOL

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

$17.50
xx15pol203707

A Thousand Days: John F Kennedy in the White House


SCHLESINGER Jr, ARTHUR M

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: Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press 1965

KEYWORDS: US America American politics former presidents JFK John F Kennedy history government white house

$75.00
2i18a/36

Life, Writings, and Correspondence of George Borrow


BORROW, GEORGE; KNAPP, WILLIAM I (ed)

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

$100.00
2i18a/38

With Gypsies in Bulgaria


ANDREAS (SHUKO, MUI)

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

$40.00
2i18a/39

The Romany Rye; A Sequel to Lavengro


BORROW, GEORGE

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

$450.00
2i18a/40

No. 747. Being the Autobiography of a Gipsy


CAREW, F W [WYLDE, FRANCIS] [WAY, E G] (ed);

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

$100.00
2i18a/41

The Social Emancipation of the Gipsies


SIMSON, JAMES

ATTRACTIVE CONTEMPORARY BINDING. Demy 8vo, red buckram bds panelled in blind & decorated with blind fleuron cornerpiece, front board lettered in gilt, dark grey eps, 29 pp. + [8] pp. advts. + [1 (contents)] p., VG+ light scuffing & sl soiling to bds, light to moderate fading to rear board & spine, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Thomas R. Knox & Co. 1884

KEYWORDS: Gipsies Gipsy Gypsies Gypsy Romani Romany emancipation social history habits customs James Simson

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