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$50.00
2s13a/6

Tahlten Ethnoarchaeology


ALBRIGHT, SYLVIA L

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, vi + 127pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling/foxing to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Dept of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University 1984

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity archaeology archeology Tahlten ethnoarchaeology ethnography geology natural history

$40.00
2s13a/32

From Double Eagle to Red Flag


KRASSNOFF, P N; LAW-GISIKO, ERIK

Super 8vo, red buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, [12] + 852 pp., G+ (moderate to heavy fading & scuffing to bds & spine, moderate bruising to board & spine edges & extrems with light chipping, small tears to front & back joints, moderate soiling & tanning/foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, prev bookseller's sticker to base of front pastedown, prev owner's bookplate & inscription in black ink to ffep, moderate cracking to front hinge at gutter--bgd sloppy, light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1929

KEYWORDS: Imperial Russia Russian history Leo Tolstoy culture customs social history Eastern Europe European

$15.00
xx32pol202218

The Hakluyt Society: Philip II's Empire: A Decade at the Edge: Annual Lecture 1998


FERNANDEZ-ARMESTO, FELIPE

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: The Hakluyt Society 1999

KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 1998 Philip ii 2nd second history history historical Spain Spanish

$40.00
ak2/6a/26

Angling Literature in England; and Descriptions of Fishing by the Ancients with a Notice of some Books on Other Piscatorial Subjects


LAMBERT, OSMUND

Sm 8vo, light card covers, red & black lettering to front cover, teg, fore & bottom pg edges deckled, [8] + 87 pp., G+ (heavy soiling & light to moderate water damage to covers, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, moderate cracking to front & back hinges at gutters, bookplate to ffep, creasing to eps).

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington 1881

KEYWORDS: anecdotes angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game history literature

$65.00
ak2/6a/27

The British Angler's Manual, or, The Art of Angling in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. With some Account of The Principal Rivers, Lakes, and Trout Streams, in The United Kingdom; with Instructions in Fly-Fishing, Trolling, and Angling at the B


HOFLAND, T C

Sm 8vo, green blind paneled cl bds, gilt lettering & ornamentation to spine & front board, frontis., 8 pp. advts., + xxxii + 448 pp. + [5] pp. advts. (both sets of advts. acting as eps), illus., plates, VG (sl scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl fraying, light tanning tp pg edges, heavy cracking to front hinge at gutter--bdg sl sloppy, light to moderate soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, prev owner's bookplate & sticker to front pastedown, prev bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown, light creasing to paper & light cracking at central gutters).

PUBLISHER: H. G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden 1848

KEYWORDS: anecdotes angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game history literature

$60.00
2s19a/2

The Punch & Judy Show: History, Tradition and Meaning


LEACH, ROBERT

Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Batsford Academic and Educational 1985

KEYWORDS: children's entertainment history puppets Punch & Judy history traditions criticism

$19.50
37pol202422

Lewis: A History of the Island


MACDONALD, DONALD

Super 8vo 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: Gordon Wright Publishing 1978

KEYWORDS: Island of Lewis history Norse historic research social history

$22.50
37pol202425

Eigg: The Story of an Island


DESSLER, CAMILE

Super 8vo 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: Polygon 1998

KEYWORDS: history social history island Eigg culture custom landscape lifestyle Highland heritage clan

$60.00
2s20c/13

Me Anga Whakamua / Facing the Future


HETARAKA, JANET & STOPPARD, DIANE

Square quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims, 64pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hihiaua Cultural Centre Trust 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori European settlers history culture early history portraits anthropology

$16.50
xx20pol202959

The Sacred History of Britain: Landscape, myth and power: The forces that have shaped Britain's spirituality


PLAMER, MARTIN

Super 8vo 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: Piatkus 2002

KEYWORDS: England Britain history social custom spirituality spiritual history

$40.00
2i2a/11

The Designs of Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co


TILBROOK, A J & HOUSE, GORDON (Ed)

Octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 283pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, 1cm crack to base of spine at front hinge, minor rubbing & surface loss to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Ornament Press 1976

KEYWORDS: crafts design history metals metalwork pewter Liberty & Co Archibald Knox marks silver history

$19.50
xx26pol203499

Some Account of the Oxford University Press 1468-1926


n/a

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1926

KEYWORDS: Oxford University Press history printing press bibliography history publishing book

$80.00
1t20c/4

Traditions of Edinburgh (2 vols)


CHAMBERS, ROBERT

2 VOL SET. BDS DETATCHED. Pott 8vo, double paneled leather bds with gilt & blind double-fillets, panels bordered with fuerons & geometric patterns in gilt & blind, centrepiece & turn ins in blind, spine divided into six gilt panels--the second & third stained brown & red & lettered in gilt, marbled pg edges & eps, [10] + 312 pp., G+ (bds detatched, moderate to heavy scuffing to bds, some loss to spine panels & raised bands, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges & eps,, light tanning & soiling to prelims/terminals, lacks folding plate).

PUBLISHER: W. & C. Tait 1825

KEYWORDS: Edinburgh history social history habits customs,

$250.00
1u14b/22

The Story of the Old Windmill. Gross Negligence or Rank Favouritism on the Part of the City Council. How to obtain a building permit by false pretences. One of Auckland's Oldest Lankmarks in danger of disappearing.


BENTLEY, GEORGE EVERARD

SCARCE--PRESUMABLY MOST DESTROYED. 8vo, stapled illus. light card covers, 24 pp., G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, open tears to head & tail spine extrems, spine heavily taped, adhesive residue to tp, prev ownership inscription to front cover verso, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling/foxing throughout). , George Bentley (a New Plymouth journalist) was sued for this pamphlet. Found guilty of libel in sept. 1898 he was imprisoned. The owner of the mill, Joeseph Partington was also sued and fined £200 (plus £100 costs). He was bankrupted.

PUBLISHER: Albert Spencer [1898]

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history journalism Auckland social history law pamphlet George Everand Bentley

$100.00
2i27a/21

London Underground Maps: Art, Design and Cartography


DOBBIN, CLAIRE

Imp. 8vo, black heavy card bds, silver gilt to spine, frontis., illus. tp, 136 pp., illus., photos, maps, NF (sl soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning to pg edges), in d/w, NF (sl bruising to edges & extrems with light curling).

PUBLISHER: Lund Humphries 2012

KEYWORDS: London Underground railway art maps cartography transport history chronological mapping social history

$10.00
xx12pol203808

Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs: The Left Bank World of Shakespeare & Co


MERCER, JEREMY

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 2006

KEYWORDS: famous bookshops Shakespeare and Company Paris literary history culture history

$35.00
xx8pol204039

The Making of the English Landscape


HISKINS, W G; THOMAS, KEITH (introd)

Imp. 8vo hardcover (VG+), in slipcase (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 cost.

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2005

KEYWORDS: England English history landscape farming farm social history building

$19.50
xx7pol204058

The People's England


EREIRA, ALAN

Super 8vo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1981

KEYWORDS: England English history 19th century Victorian social history

$22.50
xx7pol204077

Shepherd's London


PHILLIPS, J F C

Imp. 8vo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1976

KEYWORDS: England London history Shepherd Family history 19th century Victorian

$35.00
xx7pol204080

Fun and Games in Old Europe


ENDREI, WALTER & ZOLNAY, LASZLO

Oblong super 8vo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Corvina 1986

KEYWORDS: archaeology history Europe social history lifestyle

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