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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
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
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
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
The Governor's Gift: The Auckland Public Library 1880-1980
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
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
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
John Buchan and His World
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
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
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
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
The Social Emancipation of the Gipsies
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