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$40.00
2i27a/18

Mururoa Protest: The story of the voyages by HMNZ Ships OTAGO and CANTERBURY to protest against the French atmospheric nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in 1973


WRIGHT, GERRY

8vo, illus light card covers, xiv + 248 pp., VG (moderate scuffing & rubbing to covers, light bruising & creasing to edges/joints & extrems, light tanning & foxing to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Zenith Print n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand France nuclear experiments weapon testing 1973 20th century protest history

$75.00
2i27a/20

The Registers of the Parish Church of Rochdale in the Country of Lancaster, from October, 1582, to March, 1616


FISHWICK, HENRY (ed)

8vo, green buckram blind panelled bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt, emblem in blind to front & rear board, fore-edge deckled, viii + 370 + [1 (errata)] pp., VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, lg tear to cl at fore-edge of front board, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, cracking to front hing & central gutters, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: James Clegg 1888

KEYWORDS: Parish register population social history custom habits 16th 17th century

$100.00
1s18c/11

Richard Wagner: Die Walkure, Gotterdammerung, Siegfried, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Das Rheingold


SABOR, RUDOLPH

5 VOL SET. 8vo, light card covers, french flaps, frontis., Die Walkure: 198 pp., Gotterdammerung: 208 pp., Siegfried: 230 pp., Der Ring: 254 pp., Das Rheingold: 183 pp., illus., scores, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling/fading to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, light creasing to joints (esp Das Rheingold), sl soiling & tanning to pg edges), in plastic slipcase, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1997

KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner Ring cycle Opera literature music history libretto

$140.00
2i27a/23

Heresies of the High Middle Ages: Selected Sources Translated and Annotated


WAKEFIELD, WALTER L & EVANS, AUSTIN P

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 865pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards & spine, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris blind stamp/embossed to title page)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: heretics heresies middle ages history historical Europe translations

$60.00
2i27a/24

Consuming Traditions: Modernity, Modernism and the Commodified Authentic


OUTKA, ELIZABETH

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 214pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising & fading to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: first editions history criticism modernism English literature consumption economics psychology commerce marketing

$40.00
2i27a/29

The Risen Lord: The Jesus of History as the Christ of Faith


BARKER, MARGARET

Octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xvii + 166pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, blind ex-libris stamp/embossed to half title page)

PUBLISHER: T&T Clark 1996

KEYWORDS: theology reilgion religious literature writings history Jesus Christianity

$245.00
2i27a/30

Whaling in the Antarctic


BENNETT, A G

FIRST EDITION, INSRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 222pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning to spine, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Wm Blackwood & Sons 1931

KEYWORDS: zoology hunting maritime whales whaling south pole antarctic history stations anatomy signed first editions

$40.00
2i27a/44

Coffee, Sex & Health: A History of Anti-Coffee Crusaders and Sexual Hysteria


BERSTEN, IAN

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red & white lettering to spine, viii + 197pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps)

PUBLISHER: Helian Books 1999

KEYWORDS: history coffee culture humour humor caffeine harmful substances sex virility

$40.00
2i27a/45

Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation


HOGELAND, WILLIAM

Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 274pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press 2012

KEYWORDS: finance history economics debt public politics political government

$50.00
2i27a/48

King Arthur's Raid on the Underworld: The Oldest Grail Quest


MATTHEWS, CAITLIN & MATTHEWS, JOHN (Intro) & FALCONER, MEG (Pictures)

Square super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, 172pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, prev. owner's ex-libris embossed/stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Gothic Image Publications 2008

KEYWORDS: King Arthur arthurian legends holy grail medieval literature historical history

$70.00
2i27a/49

Kaitieke: The District, The People, The Schools


COUPER, WILF (Compiled by) & COOKE, RON (Compiled by) & TAYLOR, P W (Fore)

2nd EDITION- WITH 40 EXTRA PAGES, quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black/white lettering to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: C & S Publications 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand 75th jubilee Kaitieke local history

$40.00
2i27a/51

The Book of the A4 Pacifics


COSTER, PETER J

Tidy ex-library, quarto, illus heavy boards, beige lettering to spine, viii + 248pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling to page edges & eps, occasional light soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Irwell Press 2005

KEYWORDS: transport trains rail steam locomotives a4 pacifics design engineering history

$15.00
xx12pol203780

Puppets


BOHMER, GUNTER & MORICE, GERALD (Trans)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty; 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: Macdonald 1971

KEYWORDS: art crafts hobbies puppets puppetry history illustrated entertainment

$16.50
xx12pol203783

Four Centuries of Fine Printing


MORISON, STANLEY (Intro)

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: Ernest Benn 1949

KEYWORDS: printing history printers examples specimens

$25.00
xx12pol203790

Poor Richard's Almanack


FRANKLIN, Dr BENJAMIN

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: Peter Pauper Press N/D

KEYWORDS: Benjamin Franklin wisdom quotations history historical

$22.50
xx12pol203792

A Printer and His World


CORRIGAN, ANDREW J

LACKS D/W, 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: Faber and Faber 1944

KEYWORDS: printing history typography trade industry

$24.50
xx12pol203793

The Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography


McLEAN, RUARI

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: Thames and Hudson 1997

KEYWORDS: typography lettering printing history

$25.00
xx12pol203796

Pioneers in Printing


JENNETT, SEAN

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: Routledge & kegan Paul 1958

KEYWORDS: printing history printers pioneers lithography

$15.00
xx12pol203797

Dictionary of Puppetry


PHILPOTT, A R

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: Macdonald 1969

KEYWORDS: puppets puppetry entertainment art crafts history dictionaries dictionary

$22.50
xx12pol203801

Type Designs of the Past and Present


MORISON, STANLEY

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket v tatty; 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 Fleuron 1926

KEYWORDS: typography lettering design history printing

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