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$200.00
1y57a/13

The World of Achaemenid Persia: History, Art and Society in Iran and the Ancient Near East


Proceedings of a conference at the British Museum, 29th September-1st October 2005

CURTIS, JOHN; SIMPSON, St JOHN (eds)

Imp. 8vo, pp. xviii + 626; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: I. B. Tauris 2010

KEYWORDS: John Curtis St John Simpson Achaemenid Persia ancient history Asia Near East Iran

$65.00
1y57a/14

A Hundred Years of Settlement: The Story of Jewish Settlement in the Land of Israel


GVATI, CHAIM

Imp. 8vo, pp. viii + 202; yellow heavy card boards, spine lettered in brown; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; adhesive residue from sticker to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading, scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Keter Publishing Houe 1985

KEYWORDS: Chaim Gvati Jewish settlement Israel 20th century 20th century history politics

$125.00
1y57a/18

Amerika: Tim Rollins & K.O.S.


GARRELS, GARY (ed)

Obl 4to, pp. 87; tan cl boards, spine lettered in black; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & moderate to heavy soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Dia Art Foundation 1989

KEYWORDS: Gary Garrels Tim Rollins 20th century art artists criticism interpretation history

$40.00
1y57a/20

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2019


BOOTH, LAWRENCE (ed)

Foolscap 8vo, pp. 1536; brown heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; photos, plates; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; some creasing to pg extrems at head); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co. 2019

KEYWORDS: Lawrence Booth John Wisden Cricketers' Almanack anthology cricker sport sporting history

$75.00
1y16b/5

The Times, London, Friday, June 4, 1852


N/A

Elephant folio (folded to quarto size in plastic cover) 12pp total (pgs 1-8 newspaper & pgs 9-12 supplement), in remarkably VG condition (light to moderate chipping/cracking to spine/centrefold, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, any soiling & discolouration is age appropriate & quite minor, occasional historical price ink stamp)

PUBLISHER: The Times 1852

KEYWORDS: old newspapers past issues The Times England printed news journalism 19th nineteenth century British broadsheets historical history

$120.00
1y16b/6

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1878, Vol XI (Issued May 1879)


HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, pink stiffened boards, black lettering to sm title plate to spine, xvii + 582pp + appendix to rear, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing/creasing & discolouration to spine- minor loss to extrems, both boards completely detached but present, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, page block is securely bound but has minor occasional cracking throughout, occasional page may be uncut)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair, Printers, Lambton Quay 1879

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings past issues history historical

$150.00
1y16b/7

The History and Antiquities of the Deanery of Craven, in the County of York (Third Edition, with Many Additions and Corrections)


WHITAKER, THOMAS DUNHAM & MORANT, A W (Ed) & MIALL, L C (Extra Chapter)

BOARDS & SPINE DETACHED BUT PRESENT (partial spine only), heavy quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering/numbering & raised bands to spine, teg, marbled eps, map of Craven loosely enclosed, illus prelims, folding map to prelims, xxii + addenda + 655pp, illus/folding charts, G- (top portion of spine missing, spine & boards completely detached but present, light to moderate chafing to boards, light fading & tape staining/discolouration to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to exposed binding, moderate cracking to gutters, some sporadic creasing to folding charts, actual contents/page block in generally tidy condition)

PUBLISHER: Leeds: Joseph Dodgson, London: Cassell Petter & Galpin 1878

KEYWORDS: English counties York Craven cities history antiquarian books

$245.00
os2/70

The Windows of King's College Chapel Cambridge: A Description and Commentary (Corpus Vitrearum Medii- Great Britain - Supplementary Volume I)


WAYMENT, HILARY & WORMALD, Professor FRANCIS (Fore) & HARRISON, KENNETH (Contributions)

THIS VOL ONLY, heavy folio, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, old sepia photo tipped in to ffep, frontispiece, xxxvi + 140pp + plates/illus, VG+ (minor soiling & tape staining to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to front & rear eps, minor foxing to prelims, sl occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1972

KEYWORDS: stained glass windows Cambridge King's College chapel history theology art

$100.00
1y16b/12

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: Volume I: Wellington


N/A

Heavy quarto, half leatherbound black patterned boards, gilt lettering to spine, speckling to page edges, patterned eps, illus title page, xxvii + 1525pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing & scuffing to leatherwork on spine & boards, heavy crack to front hinge of spine/board, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate soiling & tanning to prelims, heavy crack at gutter of preface page, light to moderate foxing & soiling to terminals & rear eps, binder's sm label to rear pastedown, rear board warped at fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Company 1897

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedias Wellington regional history

$100.00
1y24b/6

American Notes 1924, and, France and Belgium in War Time


FENWICK, Sir GEORGE

Octavo, maroon buckram soft boards/covers, gilt lettering to front cover, pink speckling to page edges, 125pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1927

KEYWORDS: travel notes history historical Sir George Fenwick US America France Belgium New Zealand

$47.50
1y24b/9

Silent Movies: The Birth of Film and the Triumph of Movie Culture


KOBEL, PETER & SCORSESE, MARTIN (Fore) & BROWNLOW, KEVIN (Intro)

Quarto, black heavy boards, grey & blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, xvi + 301pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 2007

KEYWORDS: silent movies film history cinema

$40.00
1y24b/10

Libya: Thge Lost Cities of the Roman Empire


POLIDORI, ROBERT (Photos) & DI VITA, ANTONINO et al (Text)

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1999

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology antiquity ancient history Libya Roman Empire cities

$40.00
1y24b/13

Kinsey Photographer: The Locomotive Portraits: A Half Century of Photographs by Darius and Tabitha May Kinsey


BOHN, DAVE & PETSCHEK

Oblong quarto, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 143pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1999

KEYWORDS: art photos photography trains locomotives steam trains rail portraits rail workers Darius Tabitha May Kinsey history

$40.00
1y24b/14

Solomon D Butcher: Photographing the American Dream


CARTER, JOHN

SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, oblong super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 142pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing to rear cover- some minor loss, light chafing, price clipped, 8cm closed tear to front with tidy tape repair)

PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 1985

KEYWORDS: signed John Carter art photography portraits American families history Solomon D Butcher

$100.00
1y24b/17

Outlaws of the Leopolds


IDRIESS, ION L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light soiling to pg 53, minor cracking to central gutter) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions history literature Ion L Idriess Aboriginal Australia

$100.00
1y24b/18

The Opium Smugglers: A True Story of Our Northern Seas


IDRIESS, ION L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown shell illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, x + 273pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor staining to spine & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & cover edges- attempts at tape repairs, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions history adventure children's books literature Ion L Idriess

$45.00
1y24b/20

Japan Must Fight Britain


ISHIMARU, Lt-Comdr TOTA & RAYMENT, Instructor-Capt G V (Trans)

Octavo, green cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained green, frontispiece, 288pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, Paternoster House 1937

KEYWORDS: military history Japan Great Britain conflict war 20th twentieth century

$100.00
1y24b/21

Yukio Mishima on Hagakure: The Samurai Ethic and Modern Japan


MISHIMA, YUKIO

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, white light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, x + 166pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Condor / Souvenir Press (Educational & Academic) 1977

KEYWORDS: uncorrected proof copies Japan history heritage culture Samurai principles

$40.00
1y24b/22

The Japanese Empire and its Economic Conditions


D'AUTREMER, JOSEPH

Tidy ex-library, octavo, mauve buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 319pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, minimal library markings, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page egdes & eps, 7cm closed tear to folding map- otherwise a neat map)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1915

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history politics economics

$50.00
1y24b/23

Yesterdays in the Philippines


STEVENS, JOSEPH EARLE

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt palm tree illus to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xx + 232pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company 1898

KEYWORDS: Asia Philippines history culture heritage

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