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$35.00
xxymb219406

She is My Son: The Adrienne Clarke Story


HOLLAND, BEVERLY

Quarto 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: Aphrodite Press

KEYWORDS: transgender stories transsexual lgbt lgbtqia+ queer life history

$22.50
xxymb219408

Reelin' and Rockin': The Golden Age of Rock 'n Roll Movies


BRADY, BARRY

Quarto staplebound 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: The Printing Place

KEYWORDS: rock n roll rock'n'roll movie music culture history

$17.50
xxymb219409

1900


WEST, REBECCA

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1982

KEYWORDS: rebecca west culture sociology history

$27.50
xxymb219410

German Rococo: The Zimmermann Brothers


HITCHCOCK, HENRY-RUSSELL

Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+); 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 Lane the Penguin Press 1968

KEYWORDS: german rococo art history

$27.50
xxymb219412

Emblem and Expression: Meaning in English Art of the Eighteenth Century


PAULSON, RONALD

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1975

KEYWORDS: eighteenth century english art history

$40.00
2w7/33

Back to Sunny Seas


BULLEN, FRANK T & FORREST, A S (Illus)

Octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 287pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & sopradically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1905

KEYWORDS: colonial library series travel history writing literature West Indies Frank T Bullen

$45.00
2w7/39

The Gay Genius: The Life and Times of Su Tungpo


YUTANG, LIN

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, xii + 370pp, illus, vG (light rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, occasional light foxing & staining to pages throughout) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges & spine- some patches of moderate loss, heavy creasing to flaps, minor tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1948

KEYWORDS: history historical biography biographies memoir Su Tungpo literary

$40.00
2w7/48

British Policy Towards West Africa: Select Documents 1786-1874


NEWBURY, C W

Ex-library, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxviii + 656pp, folding map to prelims, VG (usual library markings, minor adhesive staining/residue to base of boards, light chafing & soiling plus sm patch of paper residue to rear board, minor tanning & staining to page edges, minor creasing & adhesive staining to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover with adhesive edges- edges of jacket likely stained, all corners lightly clipped, minor tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: history British politics foreign policy West Africa 18th 19th eighteenth nineteenth century

$40.00
2w6/2

The Balloon Buster: Frank Luke of Arizona


HALL, NORMAN S

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lettering & aviation illus to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 191pp, illus, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, distributor's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Arno Press 1972

KEYWORDS: aviation history biography Frank Luke

$40.00
2w6/5

Better Eyesight: The Complete Magazines of William H Bates


BATES, WILLIAM H & QUACKENBUSH, THOMAS R (Ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, brown & blue lettering to spine, xxv + 708pp, Near FINE (minor bruising to top corner of rear)

PUBLISHER: North Atlantic Books 2000

KEYWORDS: William H Bates opthamology vision eyesight works orthoptics history medical

$52.50
2w6/13

Civilization and Capitalism 15th - 18th Century [3 Vol Set]: The Structures of Everyday Life ; The Wheels of Commerce ; The Perspective of the World


BRAUDEL, FERNAND & REYNOLDS, SIAN (Trans)

3 VOL SET, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to sipnes, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (minor creasing & soiling to spines & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Phoenix Press 2002

KEYWORDS: history capitalism finance financial wealth business economics commerce

$75.00
2w6/14

The Monkey and the Inkpot: Natural History and its Transformations in Early Modern China


NAPPI, CARLA

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + (4) + 234pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning & soiling to spine, label residue to rear, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2009

KEYWORDS: China Chinese natural history bencao gangmu systematic materia medica herbal medicine

$40.00
2w6/15

Buffon: A Life in Natural History


ROGER, JACQUES & BONNEFOI, SARAH LUCILLE (Trans) & WILLIAMS, L PEARCE (Ed)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 492pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to top page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & rear cover, light wrinkling at spine area, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: natural history Georges Buffon naturalists biography nature

$40.00
2w6/16

The First Scientist: Anaximander and His Legacy


ROVELLI, CARLO & ROSENBERG, MARION LIGNANA (Trans)

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to black spine, frontispiece, xix + 209pp, illus, VG+ (ghost lettering to front board from jacket, light bruising & fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Westholme Publishing 2011

KEYWORDS: ancient history popular science biography Anaximander Greek philosophy philosophers

$40.00
2w6/18

Place-Names of Banks Peninsula: A Topographical History


ANDERSEN, JOHANNES C

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, printed inside covers, 332pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine/hinges, sl soiling to page edges, sl foxing to title page)

PUBLISHER: Cadsonbury Publications 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand topography topographical history place names Banks Peninsula

$45.00
2w6/22

A Photographer's Life With Disneyland Under Construction (Third Edition)


KILPATRICK, MELL (Photos) & THIE, CARLENE (Written & Intro)

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (light creasing/curling & soiling to spine & covers/edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy crack to central gutter- some pages detached)

PUBLISHER: Ape Pen Publishing Company 2002

KEYWORDS: photography photos history Disneyland construction Mell Kilpatrick

$40.00
2g13c/33

The Mediterranean in the Ancient World


BRAUDEL, FERNAND & DE AYALA, ROSELYNE (Ed) & BRAUDEL, PAULE (Ed) & GUILAINE, JEAN (Preface & Notes) & ROUILLARD, PIERRE (Prface & Notes) & REYNOLDS, SIAN (Trans) & MURRAY, OSWYN (Intro)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 408pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light cerasing & chipping to edges, minor chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Allen Lane / Penguin 2001

KEYWORDS: ancient history Mediterranean antiquity Fernand Braudel

$95.00
2g13c/34

Schopenhauer: A Biography


CARTWRIGHT, DAVID E

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 575pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Arthur Schopenhaur philosophy philosophers history biography biographies memoir

$100.00
2g13c/36

Wanderings in the Western Highlands and Islands, Recounting Highland and Clan History, Traditions, Ecclesiology, Archaeology, Romance Literature, Humour, Folk-Lore &c


DONALDSON, M E M & BONUS, ISABEL (Map & Illus)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 511pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, folding map to rear, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutter, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Alexander Gardner N/D (c.1920)

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history Scotland Scottish highlands west western highland clan clans

$65.00
2g13c/38

Evidence in Camera: The Story of Photographic Intelligence in World War II


SMITH, CONSTANCE BABINGTON & THE LORD TEDDER (Fore)

Octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue- faded, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, sl tanning to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Quality Book Club 1957

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 photography aerial intelligence gathering

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