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The Trials of Masculinity: Policing Sexual Boundaries 1870-1930
Super octavo hardcover (near FINE); 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: University of Chicago Press 1997
KEYWORDS: gender sexuality social history men masculinity
Masculinity: Bodies, Movies, Culture
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2001
KEYWORDS: gender men masculinity cultural social media studies film cinema history queer lgbtqia essays
Fallen Women, Problem Girls: Unmarried Mothers and the Professionalization of Social Work 1890-1945
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: social work care history maternity homes America women
Brittania's Glory: A History of Twentieth-Century Lesbians
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: Cassell 1996
KEYWORDS: British lesbian political history historical biography queer women essays
Sex Marchers
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: Ishi Press 2006
KEYWORDS: protest history activism sex sexuality reproductive rights queer LGBTQIA
Cecil Rhodes: His Private Life, by His Private Secretary
FIRST EDITION, ex-school library, octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to borders of front & rear board, gilt school emblem to front board, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 293pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate scuffing/rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate chafing to boards, mior tanning to page edges, school presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate to heavy foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1911
KEYWORDS: first editions leather bindings Cecil Rhodes biography biographies memoir politics political history historical
The Holy Ghost Among the Fantails: Being the Rendering of Certain Painterly Situations in the Missionary Life of Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier, Who Laboured in New Zealand from 1838 to 1868 and Witnessed Many of the Events of Those Turbulent Year
FIRST EDITION, oblong folio, black heavy boards, illus prelims, frontispiece, 60pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (minor fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2012
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand art Piera McArthur history portraits Jean Baptiste Francois Pompallier
Whitcombe's New War Atlas: The World at a Glance (Second and Revised Edition)
Imperial octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, printed inside covers, 16pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate tearing to spine extrems & base of front cover, moderate to heavy tanning/foxing & scuffing to covers, whole page block detached at top staple, moderate tanning & foxing to inside covers/eps, light to moderate tanning to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D
KEYWORDS: military history war atlas atlases Europe European America Pacific
New Zealand VC Winners: The Story of New Zealand Servicemen Who Won the Greatest Honour for Valour on the Battlefield
Quarto, illus stapled light card wrappers, pink lettering to front covers, illus title page, 48pp, illus/photos, VG (2x ring binder holes to staple area, moderate rubbing & scuffing/creasing to spine & cover edges, minor foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to covers & inside covers)
PUBLISHER: Wilson And Horton 1974
KEYWORDS: New Zealand war history military VC Victoria Cross heroes winners recipients
The Russo-Ukrainian War
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, xxii + 376pp, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane / Penguin 2023
KEYWORDS: first editions modern history war Russia Ukraine Ukrainian Russian geopolitics
History of Civilization in England, in Three Volumes (3 Vols Bound as 1)
Ex-school library, duodecimo, black leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plate to spine with raised bands & gilt decoration also, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, mixed pagination, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine, light scuffing & bruising to board corners, minor tanning to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor adhesion to prelims pgs)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1911
KEYWORDS: history England English civilisation civilization
Printed: Images in Colonial Australia 1801-1901
Very tidy ex-library, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvii + 294pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings, light fading & tape residue to board edges, binding sloppy/loose, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (usual library markings/labels, light creasing to edges, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Australia 2007
KEYWORDS: art history colonial Australia Australian 19th nineteenth century prints
Blood & Dirt: Prison Labour and the Making of New Zealand
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, 303pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine/extrems, light fading to boards)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history labour force convicts criminals law justice development prison prisoners
All-Time Greats of Boxing
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY DAVID TUA & OTHERS, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, light foxing/soiling to page edges, sl adhesive staining/residue to front & rear pastedowns) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss to top edge of spine)
PUBLISHER: Bison Books 1988
KEYWORDS: signed sport history boxing boxers profiles greats sporting legends
40s All-American Ads
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 764pp + ads to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Taschen 2001
KEYWORDS: US America American adverts ads advertising history 1940s forties 40s marketing art design
Naumovski: Afion - Dreams and Eros Images
Lg quarto, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 178pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbinbg/soiling & bruising to boards & edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & soiling to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Alpine Fine Arts Collection Ltd 1985
KEYWORDS: Vangel Naumovski art appreciation history criticism painters
The Waterloo Companion
TITLE & COPYRIGHT PAGE REMOVED, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 432pp, illus, G+ (heavy soiling to boards, heavy bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate crack to rear gutter- rear board shaky, binding a little sloppy, minor foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning to prelims, full title page & copyright page roughly cut out/removed, minor water staining to top of page block at spine, occasional soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Aurum Press N/D
KEYWORDS: military war history French Napoleon Bonaparte Duke Wellington Europe
The Tile: Making, Designing and Using
FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library (minimal markings), super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, mino rtape staining to board edges, light general soiling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, light soiling to contents page) in d/w, VG (usual library labels/markings- minimal, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling- possibly just to plastic cover)
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2002
KEYWORDS: first editions arts crafts hobbies tiles tilemaking design history interior design
Steaming to the Sunrise: A History of Railways in the Gisborne Region
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside covers, 104pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: IPL Books / Te Rau Herald Print 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways Gisborne steam locomotives
Monsieur Nicolas, or, The Human Heart Laid Bare
Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 456pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff 1966
KEYWORDS: art history Restif de la Bretonne writers art literature 18th eighteenth century