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$40.00
1j20a/3

Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 1740-1832


TILLYARD, STELLA

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus front board, frontispiece, xvi + (6) + 425pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2007

KEYWORDS: folio society history aristocrats aristocracy nobility nobles families Caroline Emily Louisa Sarah Lennox family English British

$70.00
1j20a/5

The Maya


HAMMOND, NORMAN

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus/decoration to spine & front board, illus title page, xxxi + 297pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2003

KEYWORDS: folio society ancient history cultures civilisations civilizations Maya Mayan Norman Hammond anthropology

$45.00
1j20a/6

Julius Caesar


MEIER, CHRISTIAN & JONES, PETER (Intro) & McLINTOCK, DAVID (Trans)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, green cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, copper gilt portrait of Julius Caesar to front board, illus/printed epa & title page, ix + 507pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & fading to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome Roman leaders republic biography biographies politics political war Julius Caesar folio society

$45.00
1j20a/7

John Adams: Party of One


GRANT, JAMES

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus to front board, frontispiece, xxii + 469pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2008

KEYWORDS: folio society US America American former presidents 2nd second president government leaders statesmen white house politics political history

$40.00
1j20a/8

The Old Northwest: Pioneer Period 1815-1840 (2 Vol Set)


BULEY, R CARLYLE

2 VOL SET, super octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 632pp, vol 2- x + 686pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to spines & extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm labels to base of rear pastedowns, minor staining/soiling to rear eps) in slipcase, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking to joins)

PUBLISHER: Indianan University Press 1962

KEYWORDS: US America American history old northwest pioneers pioneer period early 19th nineteenth century

$45.00
1j42c/7

Illustrated History of New Zealand


WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white & green lettering to spine, 488pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history histories Alexander Turnbull Library

$52.50
1j42c/8

Voices from the New Zealand Wars / He Reo no nga Pakanga o Aotearoa


O'MALLEY, VINCENT

Imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 439pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover corners, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Vincent O'Malley wars Maori pakeha early settlers

$40.00
1j42c/10

Comrade: Bill Andersen: A Communist, Working-Class Life


LOCKE, CYBELE

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 412pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trade union history Bill Andersen biography biographies memoir labour work force labor

$50.00
1j42c/13

The St Petersburg Imperial Theaters: Stage and State in Revolutionary Russia, 1900-1920


FRAME, MURRAY

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 214pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company 2000

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history theater theatre St Petersburg imperial early 20th twentieth century revolution

$80.00
1j42c/24

Coffee Houses of Wellington 1939 to 1979: The Pre-Espresso Period in New Zealand


MILLER, CRAIG

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus to inside front cover, illus prelims, xii + 161pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light foxing to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Millers 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture modern contemporary history coffee houses social baristas Wellington signed Craig Miller

$90.00
1j42c/25

The Barnett Shale Play Phoenix for the Fort Worth Basin: A History


STEWARD, DAN B & PANISZCZYN, FRANK (Ed)

Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, unpaginated prelims + 202pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: The Fort Worth Geological Society / The North Texas Geological Society 2007

KEYWORDS: US American history north Texas Fort Worth basin geology oil gas energy resources geochemical

$55.00
1k22a/9

D Day


GLOVER, DENIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, red lettering to front cover, illus title page, unpaginated, VG (light to moderate tanning & foxing to cover edges, minor scuffing & tearing to staples/spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1944

KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 d day landings Normandy anecdotes Denis Glover

$40.00
1k22a/10

Cecil Collins: Painter of Paradise


RAINE, KATHLEEN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, stapled blue light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 25pp, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & edges, sl foxing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Golgonooza Press 1979

KEYWORDS: first editions art history biographies memoir English painters Cecil Collins Kathleen Raine

$45.00
1k22a/12

The Log of a Sea Angler: Sport and Adventures in Many Seas with Spear and Rod


HOLDER, CHARLES FREDERICK

FULL LEATHER BINDING, LIMITED EDITION- THIS COPY UNNUMBERED BUT ONE OF 500, quarto, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & rule with illus to front board, aeg, marbled eps, x + (2) + 385pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Derrydale Press 1998

KEYWORDS: blue water classics full leather bindings limited editions fishing angling sea US America American waters history

$26.50
xx169pol207195

Roman Mosaics or Studies in Rome and its Neighbourhood


MACMILLAN, HUGH

EX-LIBRARY, 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: MacMillan and Co1892

KEYWORDS: roman mosaic archaeology history rome

$19.50
xx169pol207197

Art in Greece


DE RIDDER, A & DEONNA, W

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co1927

KEYWORDS: grecian art ancient greek archaeology history

$30.00
xx169pol207198

The Life and Letters of Lord Macauley: In Two Volumes


TREVELYAN, GEORGE OTTO

TWO VOLUME SET, super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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: Longmans, Green & Co 1876

KEYWORDS: lord macauley life letters memoir history

$35.00
xx169pol207199

A Study of Australian Art


BADHAM, HERBERT E

EX-LIBRARY, super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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: Currawong Publishing Co 1949

KEYWORDS: australian art history australia artists

$14.50
xx169pol207203

Picasso: The Complete Writings


STEIN, GERTRUDE

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Beacon Press 1985

KEYWORDS: gertrude stein picasso art history

$15.00
xx169pol207205

Age of Surrealism


FOWLIE, WALLACE

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: surrealism surrealist movement history modern thought

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