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Roman Lincolnshire


WHITWELL, J B

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: History of Lincolnshire Committee / Lincolnshire Local History Society 1975

KEYWORDS: England English history Roman Lincolnshire antiquity

$40.00
2s7b/3

Lucian Freud: Paintings


HUGHES, ROBERT; FREUD, LUCIAN

Imp. 8vo, pp. 135; illus. llight card covers; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges with some light chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1989

KEYWORDS: Lucian Freud 20th century art artists painting painter paintings life lives biography criticism history

$50.00
2s7b/10

The Tattooed Land


BRAILSFORD, BARRY

Ex-library. Second edition. 4to, pp. x + 262; illus. heavy card boards; illus,. eps & ht, plates, photos, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, top & bottom pg edge, eps, tp verso & p. v; spine moderately cocked).

PUBLISHER: Stoneprint Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Barry Brailsford New Zealand South Island settlement archaeology archaeological history Maori

$40.00
2s7b/13

True Tales of Great Barrier Island


GREAT BARRIER ISLAND HISTORY RESEARCH GROUP (ed)

4to, pp. 184; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; sl cracking to front gutters).

PUBLISHER: Great Barrier Island History Research Group N.D.

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Great Barrier Island history stories tales nonfiction

$70.00
2s7b/14

Untold Stories of Onehunga (Volume Two)


BORCHARD, NORINE (ed)

Signed by author. 4to, pp. 120; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front gutter).

PUBLISHER: Norine borchard 2004

KEYWORDS: Norine Borchard New Zealand Auckland Onehunga history stories tales nonfiction

$70.00
2s7b/15

Untold Stories of Onehunga (Volume One)


BORCHARD, NORINE (ed)

Signed by author. 4to, pp. 120; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing, creasing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front gutter; light tanning throughout).

PUBLISHER: Norine borchard 1993

KEYWORDS: Norine Borchard New Zealand Auckland Onehunga history stories tales nonfiction

$40.00
2s7b/16

The Knesset: Parliament in the Israeli Political System


MAHLER, GREGORY S

Ex-library. 8vo, pp. 254; green cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate adhesive residue from tape to boards & eps; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickenson University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: Gregory S Mahler Knesset Israel Israeli politics political system government history

$100.00
2s7b/18

Dublin's Trade in Books, 1550-1800: Lyell Lectures, 1986-1987


POLLARD, MARY

Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. xvi + 280; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to top & bottom pg edge, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; library sticker to spine; taped to boards).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Mary Pollard book history trade Ireland Dublin bibliography bookselling books

$40.00
2s7b/19

Katikati in legend & history


JORDAN, E T

Signed by author. 8vo, pp. 87; illus. light card covers; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing, fading & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; light cracking to rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: E. T. Jordan 1989

KEYWORDS: E T Jordan New Zealand Katikati history Maori myth legend mythology

$70.00
2s7b/21

The New Naturalist: The Natural History of Shetland


BERRY, R J & JOHNSTON, J L

First edition. 8vo, pp. 380; green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; plates, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; gift inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, fading & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning; price clipped to front flap);

PUBLISHER: Collins 1980

KEYWORDS: R J Berry J L Johnston naturalist naturalism natural history Shetland British Isles plants plantlife animals wildlife environment

$40.00
2s7b/25

Plantation Societies, Race Relations, and the South: The Regimentation of Populations


THOMPSON, EDGAR T

Ex-library. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 407; brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; 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; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning).

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: Edgar T Thompson plantation society race relations social history anthropology sociology first edition

$40.00
2s7b/31

British Bookplates: A Pictorial History


LEE, BRIAN NORTH

Fol., 160; brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; 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).

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1979

KEYWORDS: Brian North Lee British English book arts design bookplates provenance ownership history research guide reference

$90.00
2s7b/32

A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography


REED, TALBOT BAINES; JOHNSON, A F (ed)

Imp. 8vo, pp. xiv + 400; green buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; foldout frontis., type specimens, illus. VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; closed tears to covers, esp along spine & front flap crease).

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1952

KEYWORDS: Talbot Baines Reed A F Johnson England English typography letter foundries type founder founding typefounding book history arts design bibliography

$280.00
2s7b/35

Round About New Zealand: Being Notes from a Journal of Three Years' Wanderings in the Antipodes


PAYTON, E W

First edition. 8vo, pp. xii + 368; blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in black & decorated in gilt; top edge sl deckled, frontis., plates, foldout map to rear; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep; moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate to heavy cracking to rear hinge; sl spine cocked; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters).

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1888

KEYWORDS: E W Payton early New Zealand history travel travelling description journey

$45.00
2s7b/39

A History of Fly Fishing for Trout


HILLS, JOHN WALLER

8vo, pp. [10] + 224; brown cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; plates; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership sticker to front pastedown; annotations in pen to rear); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderat tanning; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Barry Shurlock 1973

KEYWORDS: John Waller Hills fishing angling angler sport history fly flies trout river stream

$22.50
xxena212792

Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football


BALL, PHIL

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: WSC Books 2001

KEYWORDS: Phil Ball Spain Spanish football soccer history

$12.50
xxeoa212809

The Poems of Catullus


MICHIE, JAMES (transl); ROWLAND, ROBERT (notes)

8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bristol Classical Press 1972

KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman Latin poetry poets Catullus classical history antiquity

$16.50
xxeoa212811

Aboriginal Sovereignty: Reflections on race, state and nation


REYNOLDS, HENRY

Ex-library. 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1996

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian aboriginal aboriginies legal status government nation state colonization colonial history

$18.50
xxeoa212816

The Building of London: from the conquest to the Great Fire


SCHOFIELD, JOHN

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1993

KEYWORDS: John Schofield London building construction British English history

$20.00
xxeoa212818

Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans


FEHRENBACH, T R

Ex-library. Super 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: American Legacy Press 1983

KEYWORDS: T R Fehrenbach Texas history American America

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