FISKE, JOHN

2 volume set, Super octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, black eps, xv + 465pp + 2pp adverts (vol 1) + vii + 523pp (Vol 2), VG (moderate browning to page edges, light foxing to page edges, light fraying to spine edges, light soiling to boards & spine, library labels to fep, bishopgate stamp to title page, light foxing to first few pages, moderate scuffing to board corners)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1874

KEYWORDS: Cosmic Philosophy Evolution Positivism history

DUNIS, SERGE

Quarto, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 286pp, VG+ (moderate rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Noumea & Pape'ete 2008

KEYWORDS: Folklore Oceania Legends mythology history

MARTIN, JOHN E.

Inscribed & signed by the Author, illus light card covers, illus title page, 270pp + folding map, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2008

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Parliamentary Library politics history law

KEELING, E.H.

Colour folding maps at rear, first edition, Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 240pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards with light staining to upper rear board, light scuffing to board corners, light bruising to spine edges, moderate damp staining to edges of first few pages & eps, sporadic foxing to pages, moderate browning to page edges, light foxing to page edges, 2 small nicks to front board edges, previous owner's name in pencil to fep)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1924

KEYWORDS: E H Keeling history Prisoners prisons Turkish World War One autobiography Britian Russia

SULLIVAN, KANCHO ROBERT

Signed by author, Super octavo, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, 270pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges, light rubbing to cover)

PUBLISHER: GKR Karate Admin Services 2009

KEYWORDS: signed autobiography sports Robert Sullivan Martial artists Australia Karate history

ELLISON, SEACOME

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, yellow eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 298pp, illus, VG- (front hinge delicate - sllightly cracked & front board shaky, binding cocked, moderate fading to spine, light bruising & slight fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light staining to boards, light soiling to eps, owner's name to f.e.p.,moderately heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to plates, tissue guard opp p96 torn)

PUBLISHER: Whittaker and Co. 1838

KEYWORDS: France prison escape prisoner of war POW military history autobiography memoir

STEWART, BASIL

First edition, Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with green lettering to spine, frontispiece, 326pp + 2pp adverts + 3 folding maps, illus, VG- (light fraying to spine edges, moderate fading to boards, heavy fading to spine, light rubbin to boards, moderate soiling to boards, light dampstaining to left side of front board, previous owner's name in pencil to fep, small amount of underlining in pencil to pages, heavy browning to page edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Covenant Publishing 1927

KEYWORDS: history ancient Egypt Anglo Saxon Great Pyramid

BOURNE, JOHN

octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow eps, xii + 474pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, ligth puckering to bottom of front board, heavy bruising to board edges, bookseller's lebel to fep, moderate browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: D. Appleton & Co 1870

KEYWORDS: steam engine locomotion engineering history trains transport reference vehicle manual

LAKE, ATWELL

First edition, Octavo, Red boards with gilt lettering to spine, blue eps, frontispiece, xv + 367pp + 4pp adverts, VG (bookshop label to fep, bounding label to lower rep, previous owner's name & date in ink to half title page, moderate soiling to boards, ligth rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Richard Bently 1856

KEYWORDS: Russia Prisonsers history Blockades military Crimean War autobiography Atwell Lake

MONTGOMERIE, H.S.

Folding chart at rear, first edition, scarce in d/w, Super octavo, blue cloth boards with red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 309pp, illus, VG (owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing & tanning to eps & page edges, folding chart is in excellent condition) in d/w, VG- (heavy soiling, creasing & small tears & chips to edges some repaired with tape inside, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Williams & Norgate 1937

KEYWORDS: William Bligh Australia History autobiography Bounty Ship nautical exploration

COOK, JAMES

Super octavo, white & beige boards with gilt lettering to spine, 133pp, VG+ (very light soiling to boards) in d/w VG (moderate rubbing, 8cm closed tear to rear cover, 7cm tear with loss & 3cm tear with loss to bottom of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Endeavour Ship nautical Voyages travel Cook James autobiography history H M S Endeavour

N/A

15 escape articles, folio, brown boards with red cloth spine & black lettering to front board, 595pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine edges & board corners, moderate browning to page edges, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: 1931

KEYWORDS: history article literature current affairs listener excapes

D'ONORIO, BERNARDO & GIOVANNI, SPINELLI

Text in Italian, folio, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, 239pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Autostrade 1982

KEYWORDS: Montecassino Monastery Antiquities antiques Monasteries Italy History Campania

EWINS, ROD

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine & covers, vi + 115pp, illus, VG+ (Light soiling to page edges, light rubbinf to covers, moderate bruising to cover corners & spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 1982

KEYWORDS: history Hobart Tasmanian Museum Art Gallery Fijian artefacts Fiji Antiques

MAHONEY, HENRY C.

Inscribed, dated & signed by author, octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 330pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, ligth bruising to spine extrems, light browning to page edges, moderate browning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Maston & Co. 1917

KEYWORDS: signed Henry C Mahoney Autobiography World War ONe WW1 Concentration camps Germany POW Prisoner of war history

MAHONEY, HENRY C.

Ownership dated 1920, First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with dark green lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 278pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light dampstaining to spine, light rubbing to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate browning to page edges, light browning to eps, previous owners name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Ruhleben Concentration camp history World War One WW1 Prisoners prisons Germany POW autobiography

CLOSE, PERCY L.

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & black lettering to front board, 318pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light soiling to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, light browning to page edges, light foxing to page edges, internal front hinge cracked - front board slightly shaky)

PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1916

KEYWORDS: World War One prisons British Prisoner of War German South West Africa history millitary refuge POW

AUSTIN, LORIMER JOHN

Very Scarce, Ownership date of 1915, octavo, dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board with gilt border to front board, VG (moderate browning to page edges, very light foxing to first few pages, light rubbing to boards, previous owner's name in ink to fep, bookseller's label to bottom of fep)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1915?

KEYWORDS: World War One prisons Lorimer John Austin WW1 Prisoners of war POW military history autobiography

FRANCH, DAVID

Super octavo, red boards with silver lettering to spine, xiv + 274pp, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine (covered in clear contact)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1986

KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 politics Diplomatic history Great Britain government foreign relations Europe

CAUNTER, J.A.L.

Scarce, First edition in d/w + band, octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & black lettering to front board with black boarder, frontispiece, xv + 224pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, slight creasing to rear board, moderate browning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG- (light soiling, light browning to spine, small closed tears to spine extrems repaired with sellotape leaving tape residue staining)

PUBLISHER: G. Bell & Sons 1918

KEYWORDS: Germany POW prisoner of war prisons World War One WW1 history military