Books - "history"
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Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Munter: Letters and Reminiscences 1902-1914
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
Egon Schiele: Eros and Passion
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
American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation
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
Vanessa Bell
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
Hearts and Hibs - Capital Classics
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
Charles Kingsford Smith and Those Magnificent Men
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
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper
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
Formula 1: The Roaring 70s
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
The Art of the Woodcut: Masterworks from the 1920s
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
Queer Objects
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
Painters of Amsterdam: Four Centuries of Cityscapes
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
The Roy Strong Diaries 1967-1987
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
Reminiscences
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
Some Home Truths Re: The Maori War 1863 to 1869, on the West Coast of New Zealand
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
Museums Without Borders: Selected Writings of Robert R Janes
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
A History of Energy: Northern Europe from Stone Age to the Present Day
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
No Greater Purpose
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
Hongi Hika: Warrior Chief
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
Carl Friedrich Gauss: Titan of Science
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
Shimmersea: Whatever Happened to Miss New Zealand 1949
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