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$15.00
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Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe


PIRENNE, HENRI

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1958

KEYWORDS: social history economics medieval Europe European commerce trade business

$18.50
xxkmc209769

Reels: New Zealand Women's Suffrage Centenary Issue


MARSHALL, THERESIA LIEMLIENIO (Ed)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, 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 Griffin Press 1993

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand women voting suffrage history centenary centennial women's rights activism activists

$25.00
xxkmc209771

Philosophy in the Mid-Century: A Survey


KLIBANSKY, RAYMOND (Ed)

TEXT IN ENGLISH & FRENCH, imperial 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: Firenza / La Nuova Italia Editrice 1967

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ENGLISH & FRENCH philosophy history philosophical theory

$35.00
xxkmd209773

The Golden Jubilee Bookof the Auckland University College 1883-1933


LOWRY, BOB (Printer)

PRINTED BY LEGENDARY PRINTER BOB LOWRY, imperial 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 College Students' Association 1933

KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic history Auckland University College Bob Lowry

$20.00
xxkmd209783

A Short History of the Printed Word


CHAPPELL, WARREN

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) tanned copy; 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: Dorset Press 1989

KEYWORDS: printing history literature Warren Chappell

$15.00
xxkmd209784

Understanding American Judaism: Toward the Description of a Modern Religion, Volume II


NEUSNER, JACOB (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Ktav Publishing 1975

KEYWORDS: religion religious history Jews Jewish communities Judaism US America American

$75.00
ak3/7a/3

This is Cricket: In the Spirit of the Game


MELAMUD, DANIEL & GOWER, DAVID (Fore)

Heavy quarto, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, white cricket illus to front board, illus prelims, 368pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising & scuffing/surface loss to board edges/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 1cm scuff to edge/fold at rear)

PUBLISHER: Rizzoli 2020

KEYWORDS: sport cricket history grounds photos

$40.00
ak3/7a/8

Metamorphoses: Greek Photographs


SCHWARTZ, DANIEL & LEVI, PETER (Intro)

Square imperial octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, 180pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling/discolouration to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, s foxing to prelims & terminals, sl creasing to edges of photographic pages) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1986

KEYWORDS: Greek Greece history heritage photos photography Daniel Schwartz culture art

$42.50
ak3/7a/9

Trees of New Zealand: Stories of Beauty and Character


JANSSEN, PETER & HOLLMAN, MIKE

Quarto, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, sl fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa / Hachette 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature trees heritage history historical

$47.50
ak3/7a/11

The Pollards: A Family and its Child and Adult Opera Companies in New Zealand and Australia 1880-1910


DOWNES, PETER

Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, pink lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2002

KEYWORDS: opera companies history historical New Zealand Australia Pollard Opera Company travelling theaters theatres music musical

$50.00
ak3/7a/21

Autopsy of Revolution


ELLUL, JACQUES & WOLF, PATRICIA (Trans)

US FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black pattern to spine & front board, top page edges stained black, deckled page edges, x + 300pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl tanning to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor tanning & soiling, minor creasing to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1971

KEYWORDS: first US editions Jacques Ellul history revolution philosophy

$40.00
ak3/7a/22

Early Lithographed Books: A Study of the Design and Production of Improper Books in the Age of the Hand Press, with a Catalogue


TWYMAN, MICHAEL

Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt press illus to front board, frontispiece, 374pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising/warping to top spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ex-libris plate to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Farrand Press / Private Libraries Association 1990

KEYWORDS: printing history hand press design art catalogue

$575.00
ak3/7a/25

Britain and the West New Guinea Dispute, 1949-1962


TARLING, NICHOLAS & McINTYRE, W DAVID (Fore)

SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus green cloth boards, blue lettering to spine & boards, (14) + vi + 555pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light soiling & foxing to spine, sl bruising to board edges, light foxing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Edwin Mellen Press 2008

KEYWORDS: signed Nicholas Tarling Great Britain British politics geopolitics West New Guinea 20th twentieth century modern history

$40.00
ak3/7a/34

Vietnam Task: The 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, 1966/67


O'NEILL, ROBERT J

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, xvi + 256pp, illus/photos, VG (boards sl warped & bruised, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & verso of title page) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cassell Australia 1968

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Vietnam war Australia Australian 5th fifth battalion royal australian regiment

$80.00
ak3/7a/38

The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland


SAND, SHLOMO & FORMAN, GEREMY (Trans)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, viii + 295pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Verso 2012

KEYWORDS: Israel Palestine territory Jews Jewish heritage history identity zionism

$55.00
2a18aa/13

Functional Newspaper Design


ARNOLD, EDMUND C

Super 8vo, pp. xii + 340; black buckram bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1956

KEYWORDS: printing publishing history newspaper periodical book arts design typography

$80.00
2a18aa/14

A History of Greek Philosophy Volume II: The Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus


GUTHRIE, W K C

This volume only. Super 8vo, pp. xx + 554; red buckram bds, blue label to spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderatre tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: ancient classical Greece Greek philosophy presocratic tradition Parmenides Democritus history

$65.00
2b29aa/2

Government Printing in New Zealand, 1840 to 1843


SALMOND, RACHEL

Super 8vo, xiv + 207; illus. light card covers; VG (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Elibank Press 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand 19th century printing publishing history Government printer 1840

$40.00
2b29aa/8

Ancient People and Places: The Canaanites


GRAY, JOHN

8vo, pp. 244; red cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, printer's device in gilt to front board; plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1964

KEYWORDS: Canaan Canaanites anicent classical history anthropology Hebrew Palestine Syria Egypt Mesopotamia Asia

$40.00
2b29aa/10

Reason and Goodness


BLANSHARD, BRAND

8vo, pp. 451; red cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading, scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1966

KEYWORDS: Brand Blanshard philosophy reason moral ethics good right history

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