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$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

$60.00
2s7b/22

Women of Northern Wairoa


WORDSWORTH, JANE

Complementary bookmark loosely enclosed. Super 8vo, pp. [4] + 156; illus. stapled light card covers, brown card spine; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; moderare tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: The North Auckland Times Co. 1985

KEYWORDS: Jane Wordsworth New Zealand life lives women history Wairoa

$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

$15.00
xxeoa212808

Air America: From World War II to Vietnam


The Explosive True Story of the CIA's Secret Airline

ROBBINS, CHRISTOPHER

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: Asia Books 2003

KEYWORDS: CIA airline airplanes nonfiction history war conflict

$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

$30.00
xxeod212819

Jazz Records 1897-1942 Volume 2: Abe Lyman to Bob Zurke


RUST, BRIAN

Ex-library. This volume only. 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: Arlington House Publishers 1978

KEYWORDS: Brian Rust Jazz music musicians records history 19th 20th century

$20.00
xxeod212826

Governing the Metropolis: Politics, Technology and Social Change in a Victorian City: Melbourne 1850-1891


DUNSTAN, DAVID

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: Melbourne University Press 1984

KEYWORDS: David Dunstan Victorian Melbourne 19th century politics social change political history

$25.00
xxeod212827

The British Destroyer


MANNING, Captain T D

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: Godfrey Cave Associates 1979

KEYWORDS: Captain T D Manning England English Britain British navy naval history maritime vessel ship destroyer

$19.50
xxeof212835

The Fault, Black Man ...


POTTER, BARNETT

Ex-library. 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: Howard Timmins 1971

KEYWORDS: Barnett Potter South Africa African nationalism politics political history social

$20.00
xxeof212839

Alexander the Great: A Bibliography


BURICH, NANCY J

Ex-library. 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 Kent State University Press 1970

KEYWORDS: Nancy J Burich Alexander the Great ancient classical history Greece Greek reference bibliography

$15.00
xxeof212840

Tudor Secretary: Sir William Petre at Court and Home


EMMISON, F G

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: Longmans 1961

KEYWORDS: Sir William Petre Tudor England history

$22.50
xxepa212848

Wagner Nights


NEWMAN, ERNEST

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: Putnam & Company 1974

KEYWORDS: Ernest Newman Richard Wagner Wagnerian criticism history music classical

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