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$100.00
2i5/37

Transport in British Fiction: Technologies of Movement, 1840-1940


GAVIN, ADRIENNE E. & HUMPHRIES, ANDREW F.

Octavo, illus heavy card boards with white lettering, xii + 273pp, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2015

KEYWORDS: British transport literary criticism reference

$65.00
2i6/3

The ABC Alphabetical Railway and Air Guide with which is incorporated The A to Z Time Tables and HOtel Guide 1945


n/a

Octavo, printed paper covers, A152pp + 564pp, illus + large folding map, VG- (moderately heavy browning, wear to spine extrems, archival tape repairs to front & rear hinges, crease to some page corners)

PUBLISHER: Waterlow & Sons (printers) 1945

KEYWORDS: Britain transport railway air hotel timetables reference

$35.00
2i6/28

The Oxford University Calendar 1866 (Current to the end of Michaelmas Term 1865)


n/a

Octavo, beige cloth boards with black lettering, 424pp, many pages unopened (uncut), Poor (spine missing, front board & first 24 pages completely detached but present, heavy browning to boards and slightly less so to page edges, some puckering to board cloth, some annotation in pencil to terminals, occasional underlining)

PUBLISHER: Messers Parker & Co 1866

KEYWORDS: Oxford Univesity reference

$475.00
2i6/45

Encyclopedia of Meat Science Volumes One, Two and Three


JENSEN, WERNER & DEVINE, CARRICK & DIKEMAN, MICHAEL (Eds)

VERY HEAVY SET, three-volume set, quarto, glossy red boards with gilt lettering to spines & front boards, red eps, xxxv in each volume + 1473pp across three vols, illus, fine

PUBLISHER: Elsevier Press 2004

KEYWORDS: meat industry science agriculture chemistry farming food encyclopaedia reference

$165.00
2i7/2

Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: A Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadecs, Lord Auckland, Campbell & Macquarrie Islands


HOOKER, J. D.

Super octavo, dark grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt publisher's motif to front board, 15pp + lxviii + 798pp + 24pp Reeve & Co's publications in botany, conchology & entomology, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light fraying to board corners, some tanning & foxing to page edges& eps, owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Reeve & Co 1867

KEYWORDS: New Zealand flora reference native plants natural history

$18.50
xxrga121431

The Art of Beauty or Secrets of a Lady's Toilet.


MONTEZ, MADAME LOLA

Octavo 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1982

KEYWORDS: health Feminine beauty reference

$35.00
xxrge121737

A L'Institut National Polyteghnique de Grenoble: Sujet - Contribution a l'etude du Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus. L) et a sa transformation en support de l'ecriture (Papyrus des Anciens)


RAGAB, HASSAN

TEXT IN FRENCH, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Dr Ragab Papyrus Institute (?) 1980

KEYWORDS: text in french plants reference

$8.50
xxrgh121928

The Observer's Book of Furniture


WOODFORDE, JOHN

small 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne 1970

KEYWORDS: furniture antiques reference

$15.00
xxrgh121932

Pewter Marks of the World


STARA, D.

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hamlyn 1978

KEYWORDS: reference

$10.00
xxrgh121944

The Essential Cigar: A Book for Connoisseurs


BATI, ANWER

(Oblong) Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Ultimate Editions 1997

KEYWORDS: cigars reference

$9.50
xxrgh121947

The Teddy Bear Encyclopedia


COCKRILL, PAULINE

Ex-library, 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: DK Book 1993

KEYWORDS: reference encyclopedia teddy bears

$22.50
xxrjg123934

The Oxford Companion To French Literature


HARVEY, SIR PAUL (Ed) & HESELTINE, J.E. (Ed)

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 will reduce your overall postage cost

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1959

KEYWORDS: reference French literature

$60.00
2i10/9

Emulation-Working Explained


INMAN, HERBERT F.

Octavo, Purple card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 301pp, VG (moderate soiling to spine, light bruising to spine & board edges, light scuffing & light staining to boards, light browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Masonic Publishing 1937

KEYWORDS: Freemasons United Grand Lodge of England manual reference history

$245.00
2i11/24

A Treatise on Levelling, Topography and Higher Surveying


GILLESPIE, W.M.

First edition?, super octavo, dark green boards with black spine & gilt lettering to spine with flower motifs, xiv + 173pp, illus, VG- (sporadic foxing in pages, heavy rubbing and bruising to spine, light scuffing to boards, light soiling to boards, heavy browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: D. Appleton & Co. 1876

KEYWORDS: surveying history geology topography levelling reference W M Gillespie

$95.00
2i11/28

A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians in Two Volumes


New Edition, Revised and Abridged from his Larger Work

WILKINSON, SIR J. GARDNER

2 volume set, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, black eps, frontispiece, xvi + 419pp (vol 1) + x + 438pp (vol 2), illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine edges & extrems, moderate scuffing to board edges, sporadic foxing through pages, heavy browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890

KEYWORDS: Egypt Civilization ancient history sociology reference

$19.50
xxrke124553

Great Riding Schools of the World


WILLIAMS, DORIAN & HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Fore)

Large 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1975

KEYWORDS: horses equestrian riding schools reference

$65.00
2i12/3

Russian Embroidery and Lace


YEFIMOVA, L. & BELOGORSKAYA, R.

Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, dark beige eps, frontispiece, 272pp, illus, VG+ ( light soiling to boards, moderate foxing to page edges, moderate browning to page edges) in d/w VG+ ( light fading to spine extrems, light foxing to cover, light soiling to cover)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1987

KEYWORDS: Embroidery lace Russia reference Soviet Union History

$100.00
2i12/37

Handbook of the Steam-Engine. Containing All the Rules Required for the Right Construction and Management of Engines of Every Class, with the Easy Arithmetical Solution of Those Rules Constituting A Key to the 'Catechism of the Steam-Engine


BOURNE, JOHN

octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow eps, xii + 474pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, ligth puckering to bottom of front board, heavy bruising to board edges, bookseller's lebel to fep, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: D. Appleton & Co 1870

KEYWORDS: steam engine locomotion engineering history trains transport reference vehicle manual

$12.00
xxrkh124685

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet


KOEGLER, HORST

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1987 approx.

KEYWORDS: ballet dance reference terms dictionary theatre drama

$95.00
2i14/31

Specification 90: Technical and Clauses: Two Volume Set


BLYTH, ALASTAIR (ed)

2 Volume Set (Technical + Clauses), Quarto, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, 800pp (vol 1) + 445pp (vol 2), illus, VG (slight fading to spine, light creasing to spine, light rubbing & light soiling to cover, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: MBC Architectural Press 1989

KEYWORDS: Specifications reference technology clauses

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