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$100.00
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Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use: A Study in Survivals (2 vols)


UPDIKE, DANIEL BERKELEY

Two volume set. Super 8vo, pp. xlvi + 292, xx + 326; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; foldout sheets, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy chipping & loss; lg open tears to spine extrem at head; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press 1962

KEYWORDS: Daniel Berkeley Updike printing publishing history type typefaces book arts design letter forms alphabet typography

$100.00
2e9a/13

Economic Thought Before Adam Smith: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (2 vols)


ROTHBARD, MURRAY N

Two volume set. Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 556, xvi + 528; illus. heavy card bds; VG+ (light to moderate rubbing, scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Ludwig von Mises Institute 2006

KEYWORDS: economy economics economic thought social history Murray N Rothbard Adam Smith politics political laissez-faire laissez faire liberal liberalism Austrian

$40.00
2e9a/16

Wolfgang Fugger's Handwriting Manual Entitled A Practical and Well-Grounded Formulary for Divers Fair Hands


FUGGER, WOLFGANG; PLAAT, FREDERICK (transl); CARTER, HARRY (forew)

Obl 8vo, unpaginated; grey cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; extensive archival repairs; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: Wolfgang Fugger 16th century calligraphy handwriting manual guide script book arts design printing publishing history

$37.50
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The History of England from 1485 to 1685


MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON; ROWLAND, PETER (ed)

Super 8vo, pp. xxxiv + 337; green buckram bds, gilt panel spine, front board paneled & decorated in gilt; top edge stained green, frontis., plates; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems); in slipcase; VG+ (minor scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1985

KEYWORDS: Thomas Babington Macaulay England English history 15th 16th 17th century Folio Society

$37.50
xx146pol208956

The Native Americans: An Illustrated History


THOMAS, DAVID HURST et al & JOSEPHY Jr, ALVIN M (Intro) & BALLANTINE, BETTY and IAN (Ed)

Heavy quarto 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: Turner Publishing 1993

KEYWORDS: US America American native Indians history anthropology heritage culture

$34.50
xx146pol208958

500 Nations


JOSEPHY Jr, ALVIN M

Heavy quarto 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: Alfred A Knopf 1994

KEYWORDS: North American Indians native US America history indigenous anthropology heritage

$17.50
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Selznick's Vision: Gone With the Wind and Hollywood Filmmaking


VERTREES, ALAN DAVID & SCHATZ, THOMAS (Ed)

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: University of Texas Press 1997

KEYWORDS: David O Selznick film studies movies Hollywood industry producers Gone With the Wind silver screen history

$20.00
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The Blue and the Gray on the Silver Screen: More Than Eighty Years of Civil War Movies


KINNARD, ROY

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: Birch Lane Press / Carol Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: movies film studies Hollywood US Civil war films history

$15.00
xx146pol208963

The First Electric Road: A History of the Box Hill and Doncaster Tramway


GREEN, ROBERT

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: John Mason Press 1989

KEYWORDS: transport history trams tramways box hill doncaster tramwayMelbourne Australia

$15.00
xx146pol208968

The Films of James Stewart


JONES, KEN D & McCLURE, ARTHUR F & TWOMEY, ALFRED E

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: Castle Books 1970

KEYWORDS: film studies films movies Hollywood history James Stewart

$25.00
xx146pol208970

Va-Va-Voom! Classic Hollywood Pin-Ups


CHANG, CHRIS & VAN DOREN, MAMIE (Fore)

Super octavo stiff card covers (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: Metro Books 2008

KEYWORDS: Hollywood women pin-ups sex symbols historical history film studies movies actresses

$35.00
xx146pol208971

Showstoppers: Busby Berkeley and the Tradition of Spectacle


RUBIN, MARTIN

Oblong 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: Columbia University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: entertainment history film studies Busby Berkeley musicals

$33.50
xx146pol208972

Good Night Officially: The Pacific War Letters of a Destroyer Sailor


RAINES, YEOMAN JAMES ORVILL & McBRIDE, WILLIAM M (Ed & Intro)

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: Westview Press 1994

KEYWORDS: military history letters correspondence Yeoman James Orvill Raines autobiography memoirs navy naval

$32.50
xx146pol208973

The Battle for Hong Kong 1941-1954: Hostage to Fortune


LINDSAY, OLIVER & HARRIS, JOHN R

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: Hong Kong University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Hong Kong China Chinese politics political

$17.50
xx146pol208976

The Forgotten Soldier: The Classic WWII Autobiography


SAJER, GUY

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: Brassey's 1990

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Guy Sajer military history

$19.50
xx146pol208978

Hughes: The Private Diaries, Memos and Letters


HACK, RICHARD

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: New Millenium Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Howard Hughes biography biographies memoir US American billionaires wealthy moguls history

$22.50
xx146pol208979

Those Crazy Wonderful Years: When We Ran Warner Bros


JEROME, STUART

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: Lyle Stuart Inc 1983

KEYWORDS: movie industry Hollywood studios film Warner Bros history

$37.50
xx146pol208980

The Story of the US Cavalry 1775-1942


HERR, Major General JOHN K & WALLACE, EDWARD S & WAINWRIGHT, General JONATHAN M (Fore)

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: Bonanza Books 1984

KEYWORDS: military history US army armed forces cavalry America American

$15.00
xx146pol208984

Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora


PAN, LYNN

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: Kodansha International 1994

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history diaspora anthropology social science sociology

$10.00
xx146pol208987

The Story of Gallipoli


GAMMAGE, BILL & WILLIAMSON, DAVID (Screenplay) & WEIR, PETER (Preface)

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 1981

KEYWORDS: military history Gallipoli ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war Anzac soldiers anzacs film movies films

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