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$75.00
1f17a/33

The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change


HUGHES, ROBERT

FIRST EDITION, quarto, white heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine, 423pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & light soiling & foxing to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps plus prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 2cm loss to top spine extrem, moderate chafing & soiling, sl discolouration/fading)

PUBLISHER: BBC 1980

KEYWORDS: first editions modern art history criticism appreciation

$40.00
1f17a/37

Duncan Grant


SPALDING, FRANCES

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xv + 570pp, illus/photos, VG (occasional library stamp to prelims & terminals plus page edges, moderate creasing to spine, light bruising & tape residue to board edges, binding sloppy- front board shaky, spine sl cocked, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light chafing to eps, light cracking to rear gutter) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges & spine, heavy fading to spine, light chafing & wrinkling, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1997

KEYWORDS: Duncan Grant biographies memoir art history artists

$40.00
1f17a/40

Scotland: The Global History 1603 to the Present


PITTOCK, MURRAY

Super octavo, purple heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiv + 485pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (in removable protective plastic cover)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2022

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history culture global nationalism

$40.00
1f32a/4

The Invisible Masterpiece


BELTING, HANS

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 480pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2001

KEYWORDS: modern art history 20th twentieth century masterpieces appreciation criticism

$40.00
1f32a/6

Irish Engineering 1760-1960


HUGHES, NOEL J.

Tidy ex-library, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, viii + 159pp, VG (minimal library markings- none external, moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, light label residue/staining to front cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Institution of Engineers of Ireland 1982

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies Irish engineering history historical texts

$40.00
1f32a/13

China 1927-1949


LANKESTER, RONALD F.

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Robson Lowe 1972

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history stamps postage communism philately philatelic

$55.00
1f32a/16

The Historical Background of Pakistan 1857-1947: An Annotated Digest of Source Material


AZIZ, K. K.

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 626pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor tape residue & staining to board edges & eps, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & adhesive residue to edges, 5cm closed tear to base of rear cover, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & tanning to covers)

PUBLISHER: The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs 1970

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies Pakistan history historical texts

$45.00
1f32a/21

From Faith to Fortune: The TSB Bank Story 1850-2010


WALTER, DAVID

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & spine, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2010

KEYWORDS: New Zealand banking tsb bank history finance biography New Plymouth Savings Bank

$50.00
1f32a/25

States of Mind: Australia and New Zealand 1901-2001


GRIMES, ARTHUR (Ed) & WEVERS, LYDIA (Ed) & SULLIVAN, GINNY (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, v + 363pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover egdes, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Policy Studies / Victoria University of Wellington 2002

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian New Zealand Aborigines Maori indigenous people history political science social commentary

$60.00
1f32a/28

Mitchell & Mitchell: A Father & Son Arts Legacy


ALSOP, PETER & REED, ANNA & WOLFE, RICHARD

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white & yellow lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 424pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2018

KEYWORDS: Leonard Cornwall Victor Mitchell New Zealand art artists history biographies memoir

$45.00
1f32a/29

Faberge Revealed, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts


VON HABSBURG, GEZA et al

Lg quarto, cream cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 421pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts / Skira Rizzoli 2011

KEYWORDS: faberge fine arts exhibition Virginia Museum Karl Faberge eggs history

$100.00
1f32a/31

Through the Serbian Campaign: The Great Retreat of the Serbian Army


GORDON-SMITH, GORDON & BOSHKOVITCH, M. S. (Preface)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map/frontispiece, xvi + 319pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & light foxing to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, light cracking to gutters sporadically thorughout)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1916

KEYWORDS: military history Serbia Serbian army the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1

$375.00
1f32a/33

The Fighting Spirit of Japan, and Other Studies


HARRISON, E. J.

SCARCE, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 352pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & cracking to spine extrems, moderate tanning to spine, 2cm crack to rear hinge, light discolouration to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, & eps, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1914

KEYWORDS: history Japan Japanese combat

$40.00
1f32a/36

Britain and East Asia 1933-1937


TROTTER, ANN

Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 277pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light discolouration to board edges, light foxing to top page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate soiling to front cover, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: international relations foreign Great Britain British East Asia diplomatic diplomacy history

$40.00
1f32a/37

A History of Russia: Peoples, Legends, Events, Forces


EVTUHOV, CATHERINE & GOLDFRANK, DAVID & HUGHES, LINDSEY & STITES, RICHARD

Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white & blue lettering to spine, xix + 840pp + appendices & index to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 2004

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history culture politics

$130.00
1f56a/1

Russian Jewellery 16th-20th Centuries; From the collection of the Historical Museum, Moscow


MEDVEDEVA, G. & PLATONOVA, N. & POSTNIKOVA-LOSEVA, M. & SMORODINOVA, G. & TROEPOLSKAYA, N. & FRIEDMAN, VLADIMIR (trans) & ILF, ALEXANDRA (trans)

TEXT IN RUSSIAN & ENGLISH; Large quarto blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 343pp, colour photo illus, VG+ (v. light soiling to boards, v. light scuffing to page edges, light foxing/discolouration to page edges and prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to extrems, 2.5cm closed tear to front cover near top of spine, light foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sovietsky Khudozhnik Publishers 1987

KEYWORDS: text in russian and english jewellery moscow historical museum history historical 16th sixteenth 17th seventeenth 18th eighteenth 19th nineteenth 20th twentieth century art ornaments costumes fashion catalogues illustrated soviet crafts

$120.00
1f56a/11

Milton's Library: A Catalogue of The Remains of John Milton's Library and An Annotated Reconstruction of Milton's Library and Ancillary Readings


BOSWELL, JACKSON CAMPBELL

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY; Super octavo red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xv+264pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine extrems & corners, v. light soiling to boards, usual library markings to spine & prelims, discreet light grazing to rear ep/pastedown, v. light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing, Inc. 1975

KEYWORDS: john milton ex library catalogue annotated reconstruction ancillary readings books collections reference english england poets writers authors intellectuals civil servants stuart reformation period era history indexes

$40.00
1f56a/14

The United States Navy and Coast Guard, 1946-1983; A Bibliography of English-Language Works and 16mm Films


SMITH, Jr., MYRON J. (compiled by) & ZUMWALT, Jr., Admiral E. R. (foreword) & KANE, Jr., Rear Admiral JOHN D.H. (historical note by)

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, Super octavo blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine, xx+539pp, VG+ (v. slight soiling & rubbing to boards & spine, usual library markings, labels & stamps to spine, eps & prelims)

PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company, Inc. 1984

KEYWORDS: ex library united states navy coast guard maritime military naval history bibliography english language works 16mm films reference indexes guides u.s.a. us myron j smith cinema media books publications 20th century

$50.00
1f56a/18

Bibliography of Chinese Government Serials, 1880-1949; Material in Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace


TUNG, JULIA (compiled by)

TEXT IN CHINESE, VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY; Imperial octavo grey light card covers, red lettering to spine, 136pp, VG (light rubbing to cover extrems, light staining & soiling to covers, light creasing to corners, light soiling to page edges, usual library markings, stamps & labels to front cover, eps & prelims)

PUBLISHER: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace 1979

KEYWORDS: text in chinese ex library bibliography chinese government serials 19th 20th nineteenth twentieth century 1880 1949 east asian collection hoover institution on war revolution and peace julia tung reference guides indexes periodicals official reports china social cultural political economic history

$60.00
1f56a/20

Index Africanus


ASAMANI, J. O.

VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY (unread?); Imperial octavo turquoise cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii+659pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, usual library markings, stamps & labels to spine, eps & prelims)

PUBLISHER: Hoover Institution Press 1975

KEYWORDS: index africanus jo asamani hoover institution on war revolution and peace bibliography bibliographies africa reference index catalogues guides authors writers writing african studies literature social society cultural culture political politics history periodicals

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