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$25.00
xx11pol203833

Printing in the 20th Century


MORAN, JAMES (Ed)

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: Northwood Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: printing history design 20th twentieth century art

$18.50
xx11pol203840

Names & Nicknames of Places & Things


URDANG, LAURENCE

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: Grafton Books 1987

KEYWORDS: nicknames language place names geographical places history

$45.00
1r12b/6

The Rifles are There: The Story of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Ulster Rifles 1939 - 1945


ORR, DAVID R & TRUESDAL, DAVID

8vo, black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, xiv + 274 pp., illus., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges), lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2005

KEYWORDS: World War 2 WW2 WWII II Second Royal Ulster Rifles battallion military history war warfare conflict

$70.00
1r12b/9

Life is a Twisted Path: A time of imprisonment, escape, evasion and final refuge with the Mattei of Montecelio and Bishop Alois Hudal of Santa Maria dell'Anima, Rome


BURNS, JOHN

Super 8vo, blue illus light card covers, 147 pp., loose errata slip, illus., photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges, minor cracking to rear gutter).

PUBLISHER: J. and S. A. Burns 2002

KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II memoir biography life lives prison prisoner prisoners of war POW military history New Zealand army

$75.00
1r12b/10

With the Cambridgeshires at Singapore


TAYLOR, WILLIAM

Super 8vo, blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, frontis., xii + 115 pp., illus., plates, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light fraying, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, front gutters sl loose--bdg sloppy, moderate tanning throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling with some loss of colour, moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & tearing, moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: Trevor Allen Bevis 1971

KEYWORDS: memoir biography life lives war warfare military history 20th century conflict Far East Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II England Great Britain British

$95.00
1r12b/11

Diary of Life in a Stalag: A New Zealand Soldier's Wartime Story


RAWLINGS, ALF

SCARCE. SIGNED. Sm 8vo, illus. light card covers, 69 pp., illus., photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling/tanning/fading to covers, minor bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning to pg edges, light tanning to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Alf Rawlings n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II war warfare conflict memoir biography life lives Egypt Italy 20th century military history

$82.50
1r12b/13

Prisoner of War and Fugitive


HARRIS, G H

Sm 8vo, blue cl bds, front board lettered in silver gilt, top edge stained red, [6] + 70 pp., plate to front, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, minor tanning & soiling to pg edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & minor tearing, moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden 1947

KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II prison prisoners prisoner of war Egypt Italy war warfare military history memoir biography life lives

$19.50
xx11pol203842

The Dominion Post: 150 Years of News


ELENIO, PAUL

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: The Dominion Post / Fairfax Media 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand media history journalism news Dominion Post newspapers

$15.00
xx11pol203860

Printing and the Mind of Man (Assembled at the British Museum and at Earls Court London 16-27 July 1963)


N/A

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: Messrs F W Bridges & Sons 1963

KEYWORDS: exhibitions British Museum printing history

$22.50
xx11pol203861

Christo and Jeanne-Claude


BAAL-TESHUVA, JACOB & VOLZ, WOLFGANG (Photos)

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: Taschen 2001

KEYWORDS: Christo Vladimikov Vladimiroff Javacheff Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon art history

$17.50
xx11pol203874

Shakespeare's Lives (New Edition)


SCHOENBAUM, S

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: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Shakespeare history historical

$15.00
xx10pol203876

A Dictionary of Traditional First Names


PARTRIDGE, ERIC

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: Wordsworth Editions 1992

KEYWORDS: names christian first history dictionary dictionaries

$16.50
xx10pol203877

A Dictionary of British Folk Customs


HOLE, CHRISTINA

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: Helicon 1995

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British folk customs folklore lore customs history historical rituals ceremonies

$12.50
xx10pol203880

Cambridge University Press: Notes on its History & Development


N/A

Duodecimo 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: Cambridge University Press 1925

KEYWORDS: history printing publishing houses Cambridge university press literature literary

$15.00
xx10pol203881

Malay Shadow Puppets: The Wayang Siam of Kelantan


SWEENEY, AMIN

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 Trustees of the British Museum 1972

KEYWORDS: oriental shadow puppets art craft entertainment history historical Malaysia wayang siam

$10.00
xx10pol203883

Books and Persons; Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911


BENNETT, ARNOLD

Duodecimo 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: Chatto & Windus 1919

KEYWORDS: books history historical commentary literature literary

$10.00
xx10pol203892

Inkling: January-February 1951 Number 35


N/A

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Morrison and Morrison 1951

KEYWORDS: New Zealand printers printing history magazines past issues

$10.00
xx10pol203893

Inkling: June 1950 Number 32


N/A

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Morrison and Morrison 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand printers printing history magazines past issues

$25.00
xx10pol203902

Gwynedd: A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales


LYNCH, FRANCES

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: CADW 2001

KEYWORDS: British isles Great Britain Wales Welsh history historical Gwynedd

$16.50
xx10pol203903

A Westminster Childhood


RAYNOR, JOHN & FLANDERS, DENNIS (Illus)

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: Cassell 1973

KEYWORDS: John Raynor composers music history autobiography autobiographies memoir

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