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$40.00
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Redoute's Fairest Flowers


RIX, MARTYN & STEARN, WILLIAM T

4to, pp. 312; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; 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; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; peeling to covers).

PUBLISHER: The Herbert Press 1987

KEYWORDS: British Museum Natural History William T Stearn Redoute flowers

$40.00
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Novogorodian Icon-Painting


LAZAREV, V N

Parallel text in English and Russian. 4to, pp. 199; rec cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.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 to moderate 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 to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping & archival repairs to spine extrems at head & tail; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: ISK Usstvo 1981

KEYWORDS: V N Lazarev Novogorodian icon painting icons religion religious art history Russian Russia

$100.00
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Columns, Cornices, & Coal: The Heritage Resources of Nanaimo


THE NANAIMO COMMUNITY HERITAGE COMMISSION (ed)

Imp. 8vo, pp. 90; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (moderate tanning, foxing, scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp).

PUBLISHER: The Nanaimo Commuity Heritage Commission 1999

KEYWORDS: Nanaimo city heritage history community buildings

$40.00
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Western Heritage: A Study of the Colonial Architecture of Perth, Western Australia


OLDHAM, RAY & JOHN

Imp. 8vo, pp. [12] + 104; tan cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ht); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; light tanning; sm open tear to spine).

PUBLISHER: Lamb Publications 1967

KEYWORDS: Ray John Oldham colonial heritage history Perth Western Australia Australian architecture colonialization

$40.00
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Illustrated Maps of Scotland: From Blaeu's Atlas Novus of the 17th Century


STONE, JEFFREY

Fol., 95; green heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; spine lightly cocked; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Studio Editions 1991

KEYWORDS: Jeffrey Stone Scotland Scottish maps history

$40.00
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Oriental Carpets: Their Iconology and Iconography from Earliest Times to the 18th Century


GANTHORN, VOLKMAR

4to, pp. 532; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt, motif to front board in white; 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); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Taschen 1998

KEYWORDS: Colkmar Ganthorn oriental Asia central Asian ancient history art craft design Armenia Armenian carpet carpets

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Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent


MCGONIGAL, DAVID

Fol., 400; illus. heavy card boards; illus. eps, tp & prelims. photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate 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 slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping).

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2008

KEYWORDS: Antarctica South Pole physical geography geology biology history

$75.00
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Information Graphics


RENDGEN, SANDRA & WIEDEMANN, ED JULIUS

Fol., 480; black heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in blind; frontis., illus. tp & illus. prelims, photos, illus., pp. 97 ff. larger sized paper than pp. 1-96, foldout plates, coloured pg edges; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl water damage to rear); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems;

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2012

KEYWORDS: Sandra Rendgen Julius Weidemann information graphics informatics visual history development essays

$150.00
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Patterns of Fashion 3: The cut and construction of clothes for men and women, c1560-1620


ARNOLD, JANET

This volume only. Obl fol., pp. 128; illus. light wrappers; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; wrappers sl wraped).

PUBLISHER: Quite Specific Media 1985

KEYWORDS: Janet Arnold 16th 17th century clothing fashion history costume tailor tailoring clothes

$47.50
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The Making of Scotland: A Comprehensive Guide to the Growth of its Cities, Towns and Villages


SMITH, ROBIN

Heavy. Imp. 8vo, pp. xxxii + 992; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; prev bookseller's sticker to rear cover).

PUBLISHER: Canongate 2001

KEYWORDS: Robin Smith Scotland Scottish history development guide handbook cities city towns villages

$45.00
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Flying Navy: The Story of New Zealanders Who Flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of Those Who Died in Action and on Active Service


ALLISON, DAVID

OWNERSHIP OF FORMER DIRECTOR OF AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light creasing to rear cover, sl chafing to covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, aforementioned prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history aviation Fleet Air Arm soldiers roll of honour honor 20th twentieth century FAA RNAS Royal Navy Air Service

$45.00
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The Second Schelswig War: A Guide to the German - Danish War of 1864


SMITH, NIGEL J

Quarto, light card covers- front cover illus & laminated, black clasp to spine, 62pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to front cover, minor creasing & soiling to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Pickelhaube Press 1995

KEYWORDS: German Danish war history 19th nineteenth century second 2nd Schleswing

$40.00
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In the Heavens Above: British Commonwealth Air Training Plan: RNZAF Aircrew Training Canada 1940-1945


LINDSEY, IVAN and LORNA

Heavy imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 647pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Willsonscott Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: military history aviation pilots pilot training Commonwealth RNZAF New Zealand Canada ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$55.00
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The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm


STURTIVANT, RAY

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 544pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & moderate rubbing to board edges/extrems, binding a little sloppy, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owners' names/labels to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy wrinkling/creasing, moderate chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Air-Britain (Historians) 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history aviation Fleet Air Arm squadrons aerial aircraft carriers naval navy

$40.00
1a4a/12

Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front 1914-1915


A NURSING SISTER

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 154pp, VG+ (prev. bookseller's label to rear board, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, minor internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: Leonaur 2011

KEYWORDS: military history women nursing nurses ww1 dirst 1st world war one i 1 the great war dairies journals

$60.00
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The Battle: Arras, 1917


LOGEZ, FREDERIC

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, illus eps & title page, 79pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine, sl chafing to boards) with red title band, VG- (heavy creasing to rear, full vertical tear at rear with tidy archival repair)

PUBLISHER: Editions Degeorge 2014

KEYWORDS: graphic novels comics comic books military history famous battles Arras centenary centennial ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war

$85.00
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Mawson's Huts: The Birthplace of Australia's Antarctic Heritage


JENSEN, DAVID

INSCRIBED & SIGNE DBY AUTHOR, square quarto, illus light card covers, beige & white lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2014

KEYWORDS: signed David Jensen south pole antarctica Mawson's huts Australia Australian expeditions exploration Dr Douglas Mawson history historical

$70.00
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The World Through the Eyes of Folk Artists: Ukrainian Folk Painting of the 13th-20th Centuries


SVIENTSITSK, V I & OTKOVYCH, V P

TEXT IN CYRILLIC, WITH BOOKLET OF FRENCH & GERMAN TRANSLATIONS, lg quarto, brown heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to base of spine, numerous page corners folded) in d/w, VG (light creasing & occasioanl closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Mystetskvo, Kiev 1991

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC Ukraine Ukrainian art history folk painting

$45.00
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Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Collector


DESMOND, RAY & PRANCE, Sir GHILLEAN (Preface)

Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 286pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name (Davd Galloway) in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front cover, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Antique Collector's Club / Royal Botanic Gardens 2006

KEYWORDS: plants botany explorers Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker exploration travel history

$50.00
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The Correspondence of Julius Haast and Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1861-1886


NOLDEN, SASCHA & NATHAN, SIMON & MILDENHALL, ESME

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, white light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 219pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to covers, minor annotation to text/margins)

PUBLISHER: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2013

KEYWORDS: signed letters correspondence history historical 19th nineteenth century Julius Haast Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker geoscience nature plants botany botanical

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