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$85.00
3L1/33

Mexico: Through Foreign Eyes / Visto Por Ojos Extranjeros 1850-1990


NAGGAR, CAROLE (edited) & RITCHIN, FRED (edited) Et Al

DUAL ENGLISH SPANISH TEXT. Quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, photographs throughout, 320pp VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl scuffing and soiling to lower board edges, sl soiling to boards, sl soiling to front/rear end pages, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in protective plastic cover, easily removed if desired, sl wear on edges, prev. owner's sm adhesive label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton and Company 1993

KEYWORDS: DUAL ENGLISH SPANISH TEXT Mexico photography culture history anthropology art essays

$65.00
3L1/34

Photographs of a Lifetime


LANGE, DOROTHEA & COLES, ROBERT (essay) & HEYMAN, THERESE (afterword)

Quarto with grey heavy boards, silver gilt letter to maroon cloth spine & silver gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, photographs throughout, 183pp, VG+ (sl scuffing and soiling to board ends, sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (in protective plastic cover, easily removed if desired, sl tanning to spine & edges, minor archival repair to prevent tearing on upper spine, security tag from prev bookseller internal with adhesive staining showing through to face of rear ).

PUBLISHER: Apeture Foundation 1995

KEYWORDS: photography Dorothea Lange americana history culture art depression era world travel

$145.00
3L1/37

The Navy in the Dardanelles Campaign


WESTER-WEYMYSS, Admiral of the Fleet LORD

Octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering on spine, foldout map as frontispiece, 288pp VG ( minor chafing and wear to spine and boards, sl bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges and eps, light foxing and cracking to gutters throughout, ex-libris embossed/stamp to ffep).

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1924

KEYWORDS: Lord Wester Weymyss navel history Britain UK dardanelles WWI Gallipoli world war one WW1 Ottoman Turkey first 1st world war

$40.00
3M5/6

America & the Daguerreotype


WOOD, JOHN (edited)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers, blue and white lettering to spine, xii+273pp, VG+ ( moderate fading to spine, sl scuffing to extrems & permanant marker strike across lower page edges, sl soiling & tanning to rear of wrapper, previous booksellers sticker on front of wrapper)

PUBLISHER: University of Iowa Press, 1991

KEYWORDS: photography photographs daguerreotype America USA americana history essays academic photographic process collection

$185.00
3M5/7

August Sander: 'In Photography There are no Unexplained Shadows!'


SANDER, AUGUST & SCHREIER, CHRISTOPH

Quarto with white boards, black lettering to spine and front board, illus/photographs throughout, viii + 270pp, VG+ (sl scuffing/tanning to spine and board extrems, minor soiling to front/rear boards, previous bookseller's sticker on front pastedown, minor soiling/tanning to page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w VG+ (in removable plastic wrapper, minor tanning & creasing to extrems).

PUBLISHER: National Portrait Gallery 1997

KEYWORDS: August Sander photography photographs Germany history poraiture 20th century

$90.00
3M5/9

Andy Warhol: Drawings 1942 - 1987


WARHOL, ANDY & FRANCIS MARK (intro) & KOEPPLIN, DIETER (essay)

Lg quarto, heavy grey cloth boards, grey lettering on spine, frontispiece, illus/photos, 320pp, VG+ (light bruising on upper corner of front & rear boards, sl soiling to rear board, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ ( tanning on spine and extrems, sl creasing to upper corners, in easily removable plastic protective wrapper).

PUBLISHER: The Andy Warhol Museum 1998

KEYWORDS: Andy Warhol pop art New York America drawings sketches essay history print 20th century

$45.00
3M5/10

Alfred Eisenstaedt: People


EISENSTAEDT, ALFRED & HOLME, BRYAN (editor)

Lg quarto, heavy red cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, illus/photos, 269pp + index to rear, VG+ (light fading to spine and board edges, sl plucking to cloth, sl soiling and tanning to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps, sl soiling throughout) in d/w VG ( in easily removable protective wrapper, minor tanning and wear to extrems, open tear to top of spine repaired with paper, light creasing and scuffing on rear, minor foxing on interior, previous bookseller's sticker on front flap)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1973

KEYWORDS: Alfred Eisenstaedt people life photography photographs politics journalism life 20th century history world famous subjects

$65.00
3m5/13

PLato's Meno


PLATO; BLUCK, R S (ed)

Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; viii + 474 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; some annotation to eps, throughout); in d/w VG (light to moderate tanning, foxing, soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with chipping; price clipped).

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: classics classical history literature Plato philosophy virtue knowledge belief soul R S Bluck

$60.00
3m5/36

Opening the Dragon Gate: The Making of a Modern Taoist Wizard


KAIGUO, CHEN & SHUNCHAO, ZHENG; CLEARY, THOMAS (transl.)

Octavo, blue card boards, cl spine lettered in gilt; [vi] + 282 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (sl soiling & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Co. 1996

KEYWORDS: Tao Taoist Taoism China Liping Wang Chinese history

$40.00
3m5/38

Old Clocks and Watches & Their Makers: Being an Historical and Descriptive Account of Different Styles of Clocks and Watches of the Past, in England and Abroad


BRITTEN, F J

Super octavo, brown cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, triple filleted panel, device & lettering in blind to front board; frontis., photos, illus.; xii + 822 pp.; VG- (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals; bookseller sticker & stamp to ffep; tearing to fr pastedown; ownership inscr to ht; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy; light tanning throughout).

PUBLISHER: E. & F. N. Spon (1922?)

KEYWORDS: F J Britten timepiece clock clocks watch watches social history style

$90.00
3m4/2

Reconcilitation, Representation and Indigeneity: 'Biculturalism' in Aotearoa New Zealand


ADDS, PETERE & BONISCH-BREDNICH, BRIGITTE & HILL, RICHARD S & WHIMP, GRAEME (eds.)

Super octavo, illus. card boards; 222 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; some pencil annotation throughout)

PUBLISHER: Universitatsverlag Winter GmbH Heidelberg 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand multiculturalism multicultural social history

$60.00
3m4/3

Memoirs of a Social Democrat


SCHEIDEMANN, PHILIP; MICHELL, J E (transl.)

2 VOL SET. Super octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; x + 336, x + 337-688 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate to vol. 2; moderate fading to spine; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, w some chipping to spine head of vol. 1; light soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps; bookplate to fr pastedown; some pencil annotation; light foxing thoughout).

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1929

KEYWORDS: life lives biography autobiography social history 19th 20th century

$375.00
3m4/4

With the Russian Army 1914-1917: Being Chiefly Extracts from the Diary of a Military Attache


KNOX, ALFRED

2 VOL SET. FOLDING MAPS IN REAR POCKETS. Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis. plates; 368, 367-760 pp.; VG- (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, esp to spine tail; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals; moderate foxing throughout; pencil annotation throughout; light cracking to front, central & rear gutters; light to moderate cracking to rear hinges).

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1921

KEYWORDS: 20th century war military history First World War One I 1 Russia Russian life lives memoir autobiograhy biography

$95.00
3m4/5

General Sir John Maxwell


ARTHUR, GEORGE

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates; x + 329 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some chipping; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps, & prelims/terminals; ownership inscr & bookplate to fr pastedown; light cracking to fr gutters).

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1932

KEYWORDS: Sir John Maxwell life lives biography military history first edition

$60.00
3m4/6

Personalities and Reminiscences of the War


BULLARD, ROBERT LEE

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, fore edge uncut; xii + 347 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems, esp to spine, w chipping; light soiling to pg edges; heavy cracking to fr, central & rear gutters, bdg sloppy).

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Page & Company 1925

KEYWORDS: First World War One 1 I life lives biography military history first edition

$85.00
3m4/7

Kodak Cameras: The First Hundred Years


COE, BRIAN

Super ctavo, orange card boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; xviii + 298 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (sl soiling & rubbing, sl bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Hove Foto Books 1988

KEYWORDS: cameras photography Kodak history

$55.00
3m4/11

Flat to the Boards: A History of Motor Car Sport in New Zealand From 1901 to 1940


MESSENGER, A R E & WOOD, DOUGLAS E

Quarto, brown card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus. eps, illus., photos; 186 pp.; VG (light soiling & scuffing to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps, & prelims/terminals; ownership inscr to ffep; ); in d/w VG (moderate soiling & rubbing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; some tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Craigs 1985

KEYWORDS: motor car automobile race racing cars history sport New Zealand

$120.00
3m4/13

Heart of Spain: Robert Capa's Photographs of the Spanish Civil War


CAPA, ROBERT

Obl quarto, black card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos; 199 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG+ (sl soiling & rubbing, sl bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Aperture 1999

KEYWORDS: Robert Capa photography photographer 20th century military history Spanish Civil War Spain

$30.00
xxa3cb225791

Deutschlands Schutzgebiete in Ubersee 1884-1918


HAUPT, WERNER

TEXT IN GERMAN. 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: Podzun-Pallas-Verlag 1984

KEYWORDS: Germany German history 19th 20th century military

$16.50
xxa3cb225796

Norm and Form: Studies in the art of the Renaissance


GOMBRICH, E H

Ex-library. 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: Phaidon 1985

KEYWORDS: Art Italian Renaissance artists criticism history

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