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$45.00
ak5/20/21

The A to Z of Victorian London


HYDE, RALPH (Intro Notes)

Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, London coat of arms to title page, viii + 140pp, illus/maps, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sm adhesive label to rear)

PUBLISHER: London Topographical Society / Harry Margary 1987

KEYWORDS: Victorian London English cities maps topography cartography history historical

$40.00
ak5/20/24

Federico Fellini: Ringmaster of Dreams 1920-1993


WIEGAND, CHRIS

Imperial octavo, illus stiff card wrappers, cream lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, illus prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light tanning to spine, light creasing/bruising to cover edges, light soiling to covers, light soiling to prelims, moderate water damage to pgs10/11)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2003

KEYWORDS: film makers Federico Fellini 20th twentieth century entertainment history biography

$78.00
ak5/20/37

A Cellarful of Noise


EPSTEIN, BRIAN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 132pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges with discreet archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1964

KEYWORDS: Brian Epstein autobiography memoir music history The Beatles britpop British pop music bands first editions

$40.00
ak5/20/39

Old London Street Cries, and the Cries of To-Day With Heaps of Quaint Cuts


TUER, ANDREW W

FIRST EDITION, duodecimo, patterned heavy boards, black lettering to spine- mostly missing, black lettering to title plate to front board, string ties to board fore-edges, deckled page edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 137pp, illus, G (spine mostly missing with heavy but tidy archival tape reinforcement, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light chipping to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters & archival tape repairs) an adorable wee book, a lovely collectable item!

PUBLISHER: 1885. London: Field & Tuer, The Leadenhall Press, E.C / Simpkin, Marshall & Co.; Hamilton, Adams & Co. New York: Scribner & Welford

KEYWORDS: first editions literature old London city history historical markets traders whimsy

$120.00
ak5/20/40

New Zealand's Northern Goldfields (Series No 2)


N/A

Oblong super octavo, red illus stapled light card wrappers, 32pp, G+ (heavy rubbing to spine/staples with 3 cm closed tear to base, moderate soiling to covers, some pages have considerable red colour bleeding from covers- water staining, light to moderate general soiling throughout, minor chipping to page edges, central pgs detached- pgs 15-18 missing)

PUBLISHER: W Beattie & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history goldmining goldfields early settlers pioneers

$20.00
xxhxe216175

The Book of Wonders: The Many Lives of Euclid's Elements


WARDHAUGH, BENJAMIN

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: William Collins 2020

KEYWORDS: Euclid classic literature history philosophy

$15.00
xxhxe216186

Democracy in the Ancient World


GLOVER, T R

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

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1927

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity democracy lectures Homer Rome

$25.00
xxcac216195

Chinese Democracy: The Self-Government Movement in Local, Provincial and National Politics 1905-1914


FINCHER, JOHN H

Tidy ex-library, 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: Australian National University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: China Chinese politics democracy government early 20th twentieth century modern history

$16.50
xxcac216196

Retreat from Kokoda: The Australian Campaign in New Guinea 1942


PAULL, RAYMOND & ROWELL, Lieutenant-General Sir SYDNEY (Fore)

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: William Heinemann 1982

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Australia campaigns Kokoda New Guinea

$30.00
xxcbb216201

The Lion of Freedom: Feargus O'Connor and the Chartist Movement 1832-1842


EPSTEIN, JAMES

Tidy ex-library, 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: Croom Helm 1982

KEYWORDS: politics political history chartism chartist movement Feargus O'Connor 19th nineteenth century

$17.50
xxcbb216203

Insurgency in the Modern World


O'NEILL, BARD E (Ed) & HEATON, WILLIAM R (Ed) & ALBERTS, DONALD J (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Westview Press 1980

KEYWORDS: westview special studies insurgency insurrection rebellion history revolution

$25.00
xxcbb216207

To Live Among the Stars: Christian Origins in Oceania


GARRETT, JOHN

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: WCC Publications 1982

KEYWORDS: pacific islands pacifika Christianity oceania religion religious history

$17.50
xxcbc216211

Montgomery County Remembers


RIGGS, CONSTANCE KAKAVECOS (Compiled & Ed) & LEAS, JAMES O (Intro)

Super octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Montgomery County Historical Society / Crawfordsville Community Bicentennial Committee 1976

KEYWORDS: US America American history Montgomery County Crawfordsville bicentennial

$32.50
xxcbc216215

Writing the History of Memory


BERGER, STEFAN (Ed) & NIVEN, BILL (Ed)

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: Bloomsbury 2014

KEYWORDS: social history historiography memory museums memorials

$18.50
xxcbe216222

Eden in the Altai: The Prehistoric Golden Age and the Mythic Origins of Humanity


ASHE, GEOFFREY

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: Bear & Company 1992

KEYWORDS: ancient mysteries history myths legends mythology

$18.50
xxcbe216227

Oral History and Public Memories


HAMILTON, PAULA (Ed) & SHOPES, LINDA (Ed)

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: Temple University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: oral history collective memory culture cultural

$17.50
xxcbe216228

Training the Nihilists: Education and Radicalism in Tsarist Russia


BROWER, DANIEL R

Tidy ex-library, 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: Cornell University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: Russia education history radicalism

$16.50
xxcbe216230

New China's First Quarter-Century


N/A

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: Foreign Languages Press 1975

KEYWORDS: China Chinese progress modern history 20th twentieth century

$25.00
xxcbe216234

Twentieth-Century Type and Beyond


BLACKWELL, LEWIS

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: Laurence King Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: typography design history development technology

$27.50
xxchc216236

Clippers, Packets & Men O'War: The Tall Ship in Art


CROSS, ROY & GARDNER, DEREK & GROVES, JOHN & HUNT, GEOFF & MYERS, MARK & HURST, ALEX A (Fore)

Oblong quarto 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: Bounty Books 2015

KEYWORDS: art history tall ships maritime nautical

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