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Saltwater Game Fish of the World: An Illustrated History
LIMITED EDITION. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. 4to, pp. xii + 292; black leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, illus. to front board; aeg, illus. prelims, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; bookplate to ffep); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Australian Fishing Network 2000
KEYWORDS: big game fishing history saltwater marine fish angling angler literature pictorial
Saltwater Game Fish of the World: An Illustrated History
LIMITED EDITION. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. 4to, pp. xii + 292; black leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, illus. to front board; aeg, illus. prelims, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; bookplate to ffep); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Australian Fishing Network 2000
KEYWORDS: big game fishing history saltwater marine fish angling angler literature pictorial
American Fly Fishing: A History
Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 278; patterned maroon cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; double roll-tooled border with floral cornerpieces & fish motif centerpiece in gilt to front board; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; adhesive markings to ffep).
PUBLISHER: Lyons & Burford 1987
KEYWORDS: 20th century fish fishing trout flies fly angling angler method technique strategy history
The Way of a Trout with a Fly
And Some Further Studies in Minor Tactics
FIRST EDITION. Royal 8vo, pp. xvi + 259 + [1]; brown/olive buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; fore edge deckled, frontis., plates; G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink & stamp in green ink to ht; lacking ffep; heavy cracking to front & rear hinge, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; stamp in green ink sporadic throughout).
PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black 1921
KEYWORDS: 20th century G E M Skues fish fishing trout flies fly angling angler method technique strategy history
How the Poor Live and Horrible London
Bound with Socialism in Theory and Practice: Being a Lecture Delivered to a Working Class Audience by Karl Pearson, publ., W. Reeves, 1887. Foolscap 8vo, pp. [8] + 150 + 32; black cl bds, black leathers spine; mottled edges, patterned eps; G+ (heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tearing to joints; leather to spine peeling; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to front pastedown & ht; stamp in purple ink & heavy annotation in black ink throughout Socialism).
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1889
KEYWORDS: George R Sims Karl Pearson social history essay London 19th century
The Selfish Gene
FIRST UK EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. xii + 224; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Richard Dawkins first edition human behaviour biology history prehistory environment life animals
Book Collecting: An Introdiction to Modern Methods of Literary and Bibliographical Detection
8vo 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1957
KEYWORDS: book collecting bibliography history printing bookbinding binding publishing paper bookselling
The Contemplative Man's Recreation: A Bibliography of Books on Angling and Game Fish in the Library of British Columbia
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Library of the University of British Columbia 1970
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fish game sport bibliography book history books list handlist guide
The Militant Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism
FIRST EDITION. Super 8vo, pp. 256; grey heavy card bds, spine lettered in black, publisher's device in blind to front board; illus. tp, photos, plates, illus.; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping;
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2017
KEYWORDS: Whitney Chadwick first edition female women 20th century habits custom social history education philosophy literature
Flight Out of Time: A Dada Dictionary
8vo, pp. lxiv + 274; illus. light card covers; plates; VG; (sl scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1996
KEYWORDS: art artists 20th century criticism theory philosophy literary history Dada movement
Female Acts in Greek Tragedy
Super 8vo, pp. x + 410; black buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. tp; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate annotation in pencil throughout (by Prof. Anne Mackay)); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: ancient classical history Greece Greek tragedy play drama literature criticism female women representation
New York Beat: Jean-Michel Basquiat in Downtown 81
Imp. 8vo, pp. 111; heavy card bds, spine & bds lettered in black; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Petit Grand Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: Jean-Michel Basquiat artist 20th century New York American art history
Theorizing Visual Studies: Writing through Discipline
Super 8vo, pp. xv + 302; illus. light card covers; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2013
KEYWORDS: visual cultural studies art history anthropology criticism critical theory essays
The Vintage Alvis
Super 8vo, pp. 400; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep;); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: David & Charles Newton Abbot 1974
KEYWORDS: Alvis Car Company history vehicle automobile cars 20th century
Disco Years
4to; illus. heavy card bds; F (in original packaging)
PUBLISHER: Powerhouse Books 2006
KEYWORDS: Ron Galella photos photography disco culture movement music social history
Tangi
SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Obl fol. pp. [50] unpaginated; illus. heavy card bds; illus.; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front gutters; light to moderate tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1963
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori social history illustration illustrated pictorial
The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture
Fol., pp. xv + 236; black heavy card bds; all edges stained black, photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Victoria 2017
KEYWORDS: high fashion art arts Dior clothing designer history 20th century
The Kafirs Illustrated: A Facsimile Reprint of the Original 1849 Edition of Hand-coloured Lithographs
Elephant folio, green leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims, frontispiece, 133pp, illus/plates - plates counted & all present, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: A A Balkema 1974
KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints George French G F Angas Africa African Amazulu Amaponda Amakosa tribes history anthropology art travel Kafir
Keith Richards: A Rock 'n' Roll Life
Quarto, illus heavy boards, green & grey lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, sl chafing/soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: WS White Star Publishers 2012
KEYWORDS: The Rolling Stones Keith Richards biography biographies memoir rock music musicians history entertainment
The Beatles: It Was 50 Years Ago Today
INC. 5x PRINTS, DVD, POSTERS & MANY ENCLOSURES, quarto, illus cushioned heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 133pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine, prev. bookseller's retail label to front pastedown) in clamshell presentation box, VG (light bruising to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, internal framing/border section with ribbon detached but present & still tidy)
PUBLISHER: Carlton Books 2012
KEYWORDS: britpop pop popular music bands history The Beatles illustrated entertainment