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$70.00
2i27a/49

Kaitieke: The District, The People, The Schools


COUPER, WILF (Compiled by) & COOKE, RON (Compiled by) & TAYLOR, P W (Fore)

2nd EDITION- WITH 40 EXTRA PAGES, quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black/white lettering to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: C & S Publications 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand 75th jubilee Kaitieke local history

$40.00
2i27a/51

The Book of the A4 Pacifics


COSTER, PETER J

Tidy ex-library, quarto, illus heavy boards, beige lettering to spine, viii + 248pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling to page edges & eps, occasional light soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Irwell Press 2005

KEYWORDS: transport trains rail steam locomotives a4 pacifics design engineering history

$15.00
xx12pol203780

Puppets


BOHMER, GUNTER & MORICE, GERALD (Trans)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty; 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: Macdonald 1971

KEYWORDS: art crafts hobbies puppets puppetry history illustrated entertainment

$16.50
xx12pol203783

Four Centuries of Fine Printing


MORISON, STANLEY (Intro)

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: Ernest Benn 1949

KEYWORDS: printing history printers examples specimens

$25.00
xx12pol203790

Poor Richard's Almanack


FRANKLIN, Dr BENJAMIN

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: Peter Pauper Press N/D

KEYWORDS: Benjamin Franklin wisdom quotations history historical

$22.50
xx12pol203792

A Printer and His World


CORRIGAN, ANDREW J

LACKS D/W, 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: Faber and Faber 1944

KEYWORDS: printing history typography trade industry

$24.50
xx12pol203793

The Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography


McLEAN, RUARI

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: Thames and Hudson 1997

KEYWORDS: typography lettering printing history

$25.00
xx12pol203796

Pioneers in Printing


JENNETT, SEAN

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 1958

KEYWORDS: printing history printers pioneers lithography

$15.00
xx12pol203797

Dictionary of Puppetry


PHILPOTT, A R

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: Macdonald 1969

KEYWORDS: puppets puppetry entertainment art crafts history dictionaries dictionary

$22.50
xx12pol203801

Type Designs of the Past and Present


MORISON, STANLEY

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket v tatty; 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 Fleuron 1926

KEYWORDS: typography lettering design history printing

$17.50
xx12pol203804

A Literary Journey, Through Wartime Britain


WARD, A C & CHAPMAN, FREDERICK T (Illus)

IN SLIPCASE, octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: Oxford University Press 1944

KEYWORDS: literature literary history Great Britain British ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$22.50
xx12pol203805

The Publishing Unwins


UNWIN, PHILIP

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 Heinemann 1972

KEYWORDS: publishing history publishers Unwin literature literary

$22.50
xx12pol203806

The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopedie 1775-1800


DARNTON, ROBERT

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: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: encyclopedias dictionaries history literature literary

$17.50
xx11pol203814

Shakespeare: The Man and His Achievement


SPEAIGHT, ROBERT

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: J M Dent & Sons 1977

KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare literature literary biography biographies memoir history

$15.00
xx11pol203817

The Shakespeare Conspiracy


PHILLIPS, GRAHAM & KEATMAN, MARTIN

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: Century 1994

KEYWORDS: William Shakespeare literature literary conspiracy history historical alternative

$15.00
xx11pol203819

Caxton's Own Prose


BLAKE, N F

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: Andre Deutsch 1973

KEYWORDS: literature literary history biographies biography memoir English language printing printers Caxton

$19.50
xx11pol203822

A Biography of William Caxton: The First English Editor Printer, Merchant and Translator


DEACON, RICHARD

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) minor water staining to jacket & base of page block; 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: Frederick Muller 1976

KEYWORDS: printers printing history biography biographies memoir William Caxton literature literary

$16.50
xx11pol203824

The Farm and the Village


EVANS, GEORGE EWART & LAMBETH, R C (Drawings)

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 1969

KEYWORDS: England English farming agriculture agricultural history East Anglia rural life

$17.50
xx11pol203825

The Elements of Book-Collecting


WILLIAMS, IOLO A

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: Elkin Mathews & Marrot 1927

KEYWORDS: collectables collectibles books book-collecting hobbies antiques history historical

$18.50
xx11pol203829

Harrap's Book of Nicknames and Their Origins


FREESTONE, BASIL

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: Harrap 1990

KEYWORDS: personal nicknames guide history historical figures profiles

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