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$30.00
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Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Munter: Letters and Reminiscences 1902-1914


HOBERG, ANNEGRET

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) minor water damage- still a tidy copy though; 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: Prestel-Verlag 1994

KEYWORDS: art history letters correspondence love affairs Wassily Kandinsky Gabriele Munter

$35.00
xxrki222498

Egon Schiele: Eros and Passion


SCHRODER, KLAUS ALBRECHT

Super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Prestel-Verlag 1995

KEYWORDS: art history erotica erotic Egon Schiele Austrian expressionism

$15.00
xxrki222502

American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation


COHEN, ADAM & TAYLOR, ELIZABETH

Ex-library, super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 2000

KEYWORDS: US America American history politics Chicago mayor Richard J Daley political biography

$16.50
xxrki222503

Vanessa Bell


SPALDING, FRANCES

Super 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: Phoenix 1994

KEYWORDS: Vanessa Bell history biography biographies memoir literature literary arts Bloomsbury Group

$15.00
xxrkj222505

Hearts and Hibs - Capital Classics


SMITH, MIKE

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: Minerva Press 1998

KEYWORDS: Scottish soccer football history sport Midlothian Hearts Hibernian

$15.00
xxrkj222506

Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men


FITZSIMMONS, PETER

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: HarperCollins 2016

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian aviation history aviators biography biographies memoir Charles Kingford Smith

$19.50
xxrkj222509

Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper


HARRIS, ALEXANDRA

Super 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: Thames & Hudson 2015

KEYWORDS: literature literary history art artists English

$275.00
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Formula 1: The Roaring 70s


SCHLEGELMILCH, RAINER W & LAUDA, NIKI (Fore)

Folio, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 215pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (in clear plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: teNeues 2011

KEYWORDS: high performance racing motorsport f1 formula one 1 70s seventies 1970s grand prix modern history

$50.00
3f1/22

The Art of the Woodcut: Masterworks from the 1920s


SALAMAN, MALCOLM C & BERONA, DAVID A (New Intro)

FIRST EDITION, quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus/decorated prelims, ix + 182pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publication 2010

KEYWORDS: first editions art woodcutting history appreciation woodcuts

$55.00
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Queer Objects


BRICKELL, CHRIS (Ed) & COLLARD, JUDITH (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to edges & spine, light chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: gay queer art lgbtq history culture cultural objects

$40.00
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Painters of Amsterdam: Four Centuries of Cityscapes


DENNINGER-SCHREUDER, CAROLE

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: THOTH Publishers 2000

KEYWORDS: Dutch Holland art painters history Amsterdam

$50.00
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The Roy Strong Diaries 1967-1987


STRONG, ROY

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xv + 461pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, sm circular green label to half title page, sm ink annotation to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling, in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1997

KEYWORDS: first editions signed Roy Strong art galleries museums history historians diary diaries journals

$40.00
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Reminiscences


STUART, JAMES

Super octavo, white buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 302pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate annotation in ink & pencil to front pastedown, light to moderate soiling & tanning/foxing to prelims & terminalsgift inscription in ink to verso of pg1, occasional minor discolouration throughout, minor cracking to gutters towards rear, some page edges quite roughly cut)

PUBLISHER: Chiswick Press (Printer) 1911

KEYWORDS: James Stuart political history politics parliament British government autobiography memoir autobiographies

$95.00
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Some Home Truths Re: The Maori War 1863 to 1869, on the West Coast of New Zealand


GORTON, Lieut-Col EDWARD

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 127pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & soiling to spine & board edges, general light soiling/chafing to boards, minro tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & water/colour staining to eps, prev. owners' names in ink to front & rear eps, light to moderate foxing throughout, light cracking to rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Greening & Co 1901

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Maori War west coast conflict

$50.00
3f1/35

Museums Without Borders: Selected Writings of Robert R Janes


JANES, ROBERT R

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & grey lettering to spine, xvii + 411pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, minro peeling & label residue to base of rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2016

KEYWORDS: literature writings prose collections Robert R Janes museums museum studies history

$60.00
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A History of Energy: Northern Europe from Stone Age to the Present Day


SORENSEN, BENT

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & orange lettering to spine, x + 540pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges & spine, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Earthscan 2012

KEYWORDS: North Northern Europe energy history power

$45.00
3f1/38

No Greater Purpose


RIDDLE, C J

Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 170pp, VG (spine cocked, light soiling to spine & boards, light foxing to page edges & eps, minor rubbing/scuffing to ffep, sl soiling to title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Colin J Riddle N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers early settlers Colin C J Riddle

$120.00
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Hongi Hika: Warrior Chief


CLOHER, DOROTHY URLICH

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 351pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate tape staining/residue to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor soiling & tape staining to front & rear eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/chipping & fading to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history Hongi Hika warrior chiefs biography biographies memoir tribes Ngapuhi

$65.00
3g4/4

Carl Friedrich Gauss: Titan of Science


DUNNINGTON, G WALDO & GRAY, JEREMY (Additional Material) & DOHSE, FRITZ-EGBERT (Additional Material)

Octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxix + 537pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & bruising to spine, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Mathematical Association of America 2004

KEYWORDS: science history biography biographies memoir Carl Friedrich Gauss

$30.00
xxrld222516

Shimmersea: Whatever Happened to Miss New Zealand 1949


WOODWARD, MARY

Super 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: Mary Woodward 2018

KEYWORDS: Miss New Zealand Mary Woodward autobiography memoir beauty queens pageants history

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