Books - "history"
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Kaitieke: The District, The People, The Schools
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
The Book of the A4 Pacifics
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
Puppets
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
Four Centuries of Fine Printing
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
Poor Richard's Almanack
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
A Printer and His World
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
The Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography
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
Pioneers in Printing
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
Dictionary of Puppetry
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
Type Designs of the Past and Present
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
A Literary Journey, Through Wartime Britain
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
The Publishing Unwins
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
The Business of Enlightenment: A Publishing History of the Encyclopedie 1775-1800
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
Shakespeare: The Man and His Achievement
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
The Shakespeare Conspiracy
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
Caxton's Own Prose
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
A Biography of William Caxton: The First English Editor Printer, Merchant and Translator
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
The Farm and the Village
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
The Elements of Book-Collecting
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
Harrap's Book of Nicknames and Their Origins
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