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$40.00
2i45a/27

Famous Scottish Houses: The Lowlands


HANNAN, THOMAS

Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & scottish emblem to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, viii + 205pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to edges with some closed tearing to spine, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black 1928

KEYWORDS: history genealogy Scotland Scottish houses lowlands

$60.00
2i45a/29

Letters From London at Coronation Time June-August 1953


BATEMAN, HELEN

Sm octavo, blue heavy cloth boards, blue lettering to title plate to front board, 80pp, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1987

KEYWORDS: Helen Bateman letters correspondence London Britain British culture history coronation royal family travel

$25.00
xxsth172276

The Lord's Taverners Fifty Greatest: The Fifty Greatest Post-War Cricketers From Around the World


BAILEY, TREVOR & LAKER, JIM et. al.; THE PRINCE PHILIP (forew.)

Large 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Heinemann-Quixote 1984

KEYWORDS: cricketers cricket sports sporting games history post-war lords lord's taverners post war greatest fifty

$16.50
xxsth172282

Music in the 20th Century: From Debussy through Stravinsky


AUSTIN, WILLIAM

Jacket v. scruffy but present. Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Dent 1966

KEYWORDS: music history 20th century debussy stravinsky jazz composers

$18.50
xxsth172284

The Great Human Diasporas: The History of Diversity and Evolution


CAVALLI-SFORZA, HUIGI & CAVALLI-SFORZA, FRANCESCO; THORNE, SARAH (trans.)

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Helix Books 1995

KEYWORDS: biology anthropology evolution diasporas migration history of diversity and evolution humans humanity

$14.00
xxsth172285

The Polynesians: Prehistory of an Island People


BELLWOOD, PETER

Ex-library. Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1978

KEYWORDS: anthropolgy polynesia polynesians history the pacific culture

$25.00
xxsth172286

Music in Transition: A Study of Tonal Expansion and Atonality 1900-1920


SAMSON, JIM

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Dent 1979

KEYWORDS: tonal tonality expanison atonality music history modern

$18.50
xxsth172288

The New Oxford History of Music: The Modern Age 1890-1960 (Vol. X)


COOPER, MARTIN

This vol. only. Imperial octavo (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford 1975

KEYWORDS: oxford history of music the modern age nationalism impressionism atonality serialism neo-classicism musique concrete

$15.00
xxsti172289

All American Music: Composition in the Late Twentieth Century


ROCKWELL, JOHN

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: Kahn & Averill 1985

KEYWORDS: american music composition late twentieth century history milton babbitt laurie anderson talking heads stephen sondheim

$16.50
xxsti172299

Islam: The Religion and the People


LEWIS, BURNARD & CHURCHILL, BUNTZEE ELLIS

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Wharton School Publishing 2009

KEYWORDS: islam religion history religious studies cultural culture middle eastern

$38.50
xxsti172310

Meet You at the Church Steps: A Social History of a Nelson Landmark


STADE, KAREN

Signed, inscribed and dated. Oblong 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: Karen Stade 2013

KEYWORDS: nelson new zealand nz aotearoa history church steps cathedral cawthron

$19.50
xxsti172312

The Postmodern Scene: Excremental Culture and Hyper-Aesthetics


KROKER, ARTHUR & COOK, DAVID

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: St Martins Press 1986

KEYWORDS: postmodern postmodernism aesthetics hyper hyper-aesthetics excremental culture cultural studies art history media

$25.00
xxsti172321

Cricklewood


LANGE, DOREEN

Signed, inscribed & dated. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Craigs 1982

KEYWORDS: cricklewood connor south canterbury new zealand history family nz aotearoa

$25.00
xxsti172322

The Land I Love: An Intimate Journey Through Nelson Province


RISTORI, B.

Octavo staplebound 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: Anchor Press 1981

KEYWORDS: nelson province history new zealand nz aotearoa travel guide whakatu

$40.00
2i45a/42

The Pattern of English Building


CLIFTON-TAYLOR, ALEC

Sm quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus eps, 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & chafing to extrems & edges, sl soiling to page edgesprev. owner's name to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to spine & covers with some sl surface loss)

PUBLISHER: B. T. Batsford 1962

KEYWORDS: building construction British Britain architecture history materials geology landscape

$45.00
2i46a/6

Andrew Buchanan of Chingford 1807-1877


BUCHANAN, ANDREW HAMILTON & BUCHANAN, NEAL HARKNESS

Octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 103pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, extra family tree additions neatly adhered to rear pages)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1995

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history Buchanan Andrew Chingford genealogy Dunedin

$55.00
2i46a/7

Andrew Buchanan Diaries 1865, 1873


BUCHANAN, NEAL HARKNESS & BUCHANAN, ANDREW HAMILTON (Eds)

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 120pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, string/binding sl exposed esp. to rear pgs- som epgs sl loosened)

PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history Buchanan Andrew Chingford genealogy Dunedin diaries diary journal biography

$150.00
2i46a/8

Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland


DE CARDONNEL, ADAM

PARTS III & IV, octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule with blind stamp decoration to spine, gilt rule to boards, v + unpaginated, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & boards, moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, moderate cracking to gutters- esp. to rear, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Adam de Cardonnel 1793

KEYWORDS: buildings castles architecture history Scotland Adam de Cardonnel illustrated

$85.00
2i46a/15

Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography


BURKE, CHRISTOPHER

Lg quarto, teal soft boards, white & yellow lettering to spine, 335pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Hyphen Press 2007

KEYWORDS: script typography lettering history literature art graphics

$50.00
2i46a/16

Kennedy's Colonial Travel: A Narrative of a Four Years' Tour Through Australia, New Zealand, Canada


KENNEDY Jr., DAVID

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind decorative rule to boards, frontispiece & illus title page with tissue guard, viii + 440pp, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & verso, light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh Publishing Company 1876 (approx.)

KEYWORDS: travel exploration Australia New Zealand Canada history David Kennedy Jr colonial

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