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$100.00
1u35a/43

Architecture and Ideology in Eastern Europe During the Stalin Era: An Aspect of Cold War History


AMAN, ANDERS

Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sm adhesive label to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Architectural History Foundation Inc 1992

KEYWORDS: history Cold War Stalin architecture politics government 20th twentieth century eastern Europe ideology

$100.00
1u35a/44

Valley of the Spirits: The Upper Skagit Indians of Western Washington


COLLINS, JUNE McCORMICK

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey/teal cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, xiii + 267pp, illus, VG+ light bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine & edges with light tanning also)

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1974

KEYWORDS: first editions native American Indians tribes Skagit Washington history anthropology

$45.00
1u35a/45

Symbolic Domination: Cultural Form and Historical Change in Morocco


RABINOW, PAUL

Octavo, yellow light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated illus prelims + 107pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover egdes, moderate to heavy fading to spine & cover edges, minor chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Morocco history culture politics Zaouia Sidi Lahsene Islam religion civilization civilisation

$70.00
w1a/1

The Drama of the Portrait: Theater and Visual Culture in Early Modern Spain


BASS, LAURA R

Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, xiv + 180pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press 2008

KEYWORDS: Spain Sapnish art literature history theatre theater

$100.00
w1a/2

Siouxsie and the Banshees Photo Book


STEVENSON, RAY

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus eps, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & chafing/rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges, minor glue deterioration to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Symbiosis 1983

KEYWORDS: punk rock music musicians Siouxsie and the Banshees history photos photography

$150.00
w1a/7

A Boot Full of Right Arms: Adventures in the London-Sahara-Munich World Cup Rally and Other Motoring Marathons


GREEN, EVAN

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, ix + 281pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising/scuffing & dsicolouration to board & spine extrems, light discolouration to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm patch of correction fluid to top edge of ffep, moderate adhesion to half title & facing page, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- minor tape repairs to inside covers, light fading to spine, light tanning to flaps, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Cassell 1975

KEYWORDS: first editions motoring motorsports marathons world cup rallies long distance history

$125.00
w1a/11

Auckland Weekly News 1908, Christmas Number


N/A

Folio, illus stapled light card covers, printed inside covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG- (v heavy scuffing to spine with surface loss, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to cover edges- some tape repairs to inside covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton 1908

KEYWORDS: Auckland weekly news issues past years New Zealand papers history historical

$40.00
w1a/13

Faraday, Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field


FORBES, NANCY & MAHON, BASIL

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books 2014

KEYWORDS: science physics history emf electromagnetic field Michael Faraday James Clerk Maxwell

$50.00
w1a/25

Rituals of the Kandyan State


SENEVIRATNE, H L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 190pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: anthropology buddhist rites ceremonies rituals religion Sri Lanka Kandy first editions history

$50.00
w1a/31

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (1980 Facsimile)


BARDSLEY, CHARLES WAREING & LORD BISHOP OF CARLISLE (Preface)

1980 FACSIMILE PRINT, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 837pp, VG+ (light fading & rubbing/bruising to spine, sl bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publishing Co 1980

KEYWORDS: family tree research history genealogy England English Wales Welsh names surnames

$100.00
w1a/32

A Topographical Dictionary of England (Four Volumes Bound as Two)


LEWIS, SAMUEL

4 VOLS BOUND AS 2 VOLS (1996 FACSIMILE), super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light discolouration to spines, light soiling to page edgesprev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown to both vols)

PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publilshing Co 1996 (Facsimile)

KEYWORDS: topography England English maps history historical topographical dictionaries

$975.00
w1a/33

The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle, During the Years 1832-1836 (1980 Facsimile Reprint) 3 Vol Set


DARWIN, CHARLES (Ed) & OWEN, RICHARD et al

3 VOLUME SET, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#247/750), very heavy set- extra shipping req'd, lg quarto, quarter leather bound brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spines, marbled eps, mixed pagination, illus/plates, VG (light to moderate chafing & soiling to leather work, light soiling & moderate fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional ligt markings to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Nova Pacifica Publishing 1980

KEYWORDS: nature zoology species animals Charles Darwin history HMS Beagle 19th nineteenth century voyages

$40.00
w14a/6

A Weaver's Life: Ethel Mairet 1872 - 1952


COATTS, MARGOT

Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 136pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, heavy scuffing & creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, moderate creasing to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Crafts Council 1983

KEYWORDS: hobbies crafts art artists weaving weavers Ethel Mairet history biography biographies memoir

$70.00
w14a/10

Assembly: A History of New Zealand Car Production 1921-1998


WEBSTER, MARK

Square imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: New Holland 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand car industry history 20th twentieth century engineering economy

$65.00
w14a/12

London Labour and the London Poor (4 Vol Set)


MAYHEW, HENRY & ROSENBERG, JOHN D (New Intro)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spines, mixed pagination, frontispieces, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing to covers/edges, light fading to spines, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1968

KEYWORDS: poverty crime criminal behaviour behavior London 19th nineteenth century sociology social science history

$100.00
w14a/15

New Zealand, the Britain of the South; with a Chapter on the Native War, and Our Future Native Policy


HURSTHOUSE, CHARLES

2x FOLDING MAPS, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine & front board, folding map/frontispiece, xv + 519pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & tanning to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, residue of ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light soiling to eps, some closed tearing & foxing to folding maps, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Edward Stanford 1861

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonial governance

$100.00
w14a/16

The Book of the Lion


PEASE, Sir ALFRED E

FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & lion illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 291pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to boards, binding loose, heavy cracking to rear gutter & hinge- rear board shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, plate opp. p154 detached but present)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1913

KEYWORDS: first editions literature lions lion hunting history Sir Alfred E Pease

$70.00
w14a/17

The Passing Years


RICHARD GREVILLE VERNEY LORD WILLOUGHBY DE BROKE

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor discolouration to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1924

KEYWORDS: literature history Richard Greville Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke

$75.00
2f5b/2

Discovering the End of Time: Irish Evangelicals in the Age of Daniel O'Conncell


AKENSON, DONALD HARMAN

Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Super 8vo, pp. [14] + 538; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: religion religious studies history Ireland Irish evangelicals 19th century Christian Christianity theology

$100.00
2f9d/19

Determining the Shakespeare Canon: Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint


JACKSON, MACDONALD P

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 272; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: Shakespeare poetry drama canon 16th century literature history critcism

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