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$25.00
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The Gibson Les Paul Book


BACON, TONY & DAY, PAUL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: GPI Books 1993

KEYWORDS: music musical instruments guitars electric Gibson Les Paul design history rock musicians players

$38.50
xx111pol205168

William Caxton: The First English Printer: A Biography


KNIGHT, CHARLES

Duodecimo 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: Charles Knight & Co 1844

KEYWORDS: printers printing history William Caxton biography biographies memoir antiquarian books

$25.00
xx111pol205169

Shooting Folly as it Flies: The Life and Lines of New Zealand's First Political Cartoonist James Brown


DOUGHERTY, IAN

Super octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Saddle Hill Press 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand satirists satire politics political humour humor cartoons cartoonists James Brown history

$15.00
xx120pol205221

Some Words About the Legend of Atlantis (Second Edition)


MARINATOS, SP

SECOND EDITION, 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: Chrys. Papachrysanthou (Reprinted by) 1972

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology ancient history antiquity lost cities Atlantis

$15.50
xx120pol205227

The Ghost Dance: Origins of Religion


LA BARRE, WESTON

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: Delta / Dell Publishing 1972

KEYWORDS: religion anthropology history

$14.00
xx120pol205234

Primitive Religion: Its Nature and Origin


RADIN, PAUL

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: Dover Publications N/D

KEYWORDS: old ancient religions gods deities history antiquity

$22.50
xx120pol205247

The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism


BLOOM, HOWARD

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: Prometheus Books 2011

KEYWORDS: capitalism business finance economics history consumption

$15.00
xx120pol205251

Heather's Gold: A Story of a Pioneer Family in the Otago Goldfields


OFFWOOD, DONALD

DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: The Caxton Press 2005

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Otago gold fields goldfields early settlers pioneers Donald Offwood history

$25.00
xx120pol205261

Hippocrates Cried: The Decline of American Psychiatry


TAYLOR, MICHAEL ALAN

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: Oxford University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: psychiatry neuroscience history diagnostic statistical mental disorders neurology

$15.00
xx120pol205263

God's Jury: The Inquisition and the Making of the Modern World


MURPHY, CULLEN

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: Penguin 2013

KEYWORDS: inquisitions history historical Cullen Murphy catholic church

$10.00
xx119pol205276

Rock Bottom: Dark Moments in Music Babylon


DES BARRES, PAMELA

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: Abacus 1997

KEYWORDS: music history rock stars musicians excess bios anecdotes

$150.00
2a18b/29

Butler's Live of the Saints: January - December


BUTLER, ALBAN; THURSTON, HERBERT & ATTWATER, DONALD (eds)

4 VOL SET. Medium 8vo, xxxii + 720 pp., xxii + 692 pp., xx + 705 pp., xx + 707 pp.; red heavy card bds, spine lettered & illus. in silver gilt; illus. tp; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light fading to spine, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy foxing, light to moderate tanning & light soiling to pg edges; moderate foxing, light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to vols 2 & 3 at rear & central gutters; light foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Burns & Oates 1956

KEYWORDS: Alban Butler life lives biographies saints Christain Christianity history historical records 20th century

$750.00
2a18b/30

A History of Fly Fishing for Trout


HILLS, JOHN WALLER

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION. No. 31. SIGNED. Super 8vo, [6] + 244 pp.; blue heavy card bds, cream cl spine lettered in gilt; fore & bottom edges deckled; VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals; light foxing sporadic throughout).

PUBLISHER: Philip Allan & Co. 1921

KEYWORDS: John Waller Hills fly fishing trout history angling angler fish

$200.00
2a18b/31

Ancient Angling Authors


TURRELL, W J

Crown 8vo, xiii + 239 pp.; green buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown); in d/w, G- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, lg open tear to spine extrem at head, lg closed tear to spine at front joint, light to moderate tanning

PUBLISHER: Gurney and Jackson 1910

KEYWORDS: W J Turrell angling literature angler fishing ancient classical history sport game fly flies

$200.00
2a18b/32

Trout Flies of Devon and Cornwall and When and How to Use Them


SOLTAU, G W

Crown 8vo, 100 pp.; half-bound in blue roll-tooled leather & marbled bds, spine lettered in gilt; teg, marbled eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine, board edges & extrems & joints; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; bookplate to front pastedown; emblem stickers to front & rear pastedowns).

PUBLISHER: Longman & Co. 1847

KEYWORDS: G W Soltau fishing angling literature angler 19th century fly trout flies England history

$80.00
2a18b/37

Prefaces to Shakespeare


TANNER, TONY; HEATH, STEPHEN (forew)

Super 8vo, xi + 827 pp.; white & blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, NF (sl sucffing to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Tony Tanner Shakespeare introduction plays drama English literature history criticism

$40.00
2a18d/48

The Origins of Angling


MCDONALD, JOHN; KUHN, SHERMAN & WEBSTER, DWIGHT; HOWARD, JOHN LANGLEY (illus.); BERNERS, Dame JULIANA

Imp. 8vo, xiii + 273 pp.; tan & black cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minor cracking to front hinge); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate tanning, light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).

PUBLISHER: Doubledays & Company 1963

KEYWORDS: fish fishing angler angling literature history origins fly trout flies rivers streams

$175.00
2a18h/42

Angling in Australia: Its History and Writings


DUNN, BOB

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION. No. 64/300. SIGNED. WOODBLOCK PRINT TO REAR. Imp. 8vo, 320 pp.; maroon leather bds, spine lettered in gilt, white label to front board lettered in grey & illus.; marbled eps, illus. tp, photos, illus.; NF (v sl scuffing to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: David Ell Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Bob Dunn fish fishing angling literature Australia history

$40.00
2a18i/46

Captain Cook: Explorations and Reassessments


WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (ed)

Super 8vo, xiii + 266 pp.; green heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; plates, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light soiling, light bruising to edges & extrems with some chipping, sl soiling).

PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 2004

KEYWORDS: Captain Cook explorer exploration discovery voyage travel travelling history Glyndwr Williams

$245.00
2a18j/31

Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine


BURNEY, WILLIAM (ed)

Imp. 8vo, [4] + xv + 87 pp.; orange heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; text reproduced from Burney's edition of 1815, 35 plates to rear; NF (minor soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; sl tanning).

PUBLISHER: Chatham Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: William Falconer William Burney maritime naval history marine dictionary

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