SCIANNA, FERDINANDO

Dual language (bilingual), text in english & italian, Super octavo, illus boards, black eps, 97pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Marsilio Editori 2016

KEYWORDS: Italy Venice history photography arts ghetto

YAGI, KOJI

Quarto, illus light card covers, prelims, frontispiece, 164pp, illus, VG (light fading & light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Process Architecture 1981

KEYWORDS: Japan architecture houses buildings history sociology

BRUZEAU, MAURICE & MASSON, JACQUES (photographs)

Quarto, illus light card covers, 171pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to cover, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harry N. Abrams 1979

KEYWORDS: arts sculptures paintings biography history

WANGERIN, GERDA & WEISS, GERHARD

Text in German, Quarto, grey cloth boards with green lettering to spine & front board, 275pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing to boards & page edges) in d/w VG (moderate tanning, light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Bacht 1976

KEYWORDS: history biography architecture house plans design text in german

ROSS, E. DENISON (ed) & POWER, EILEEN (ed) & DE FILIPPI, FILIPPO (ed)

Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, upper edges stained red, xviii + 478pp + folding map, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1937

KEYWORDS: travels history Tibet

BUTLER, ELIZABETH

Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, teg, x + 177pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1909

KEYWORDS: Ireland travel history autobiography

TREVELYAN, G.O.

Octvao, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 366pp, VG- (heavy cracking to gutters - boards slightly loose, moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1865

KEYWORDS: Kanpur India History Siege military sepoy rebellion

FRASER, DAVID

Lacks folding map, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, teg, xvi + 521pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light dampstaining to eps, previous owner's name in ink to front pastedown, front gutter lightly cracked and repaired with cellotape leaving moderate residue stains, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1907

KEYWORDS: Asia travel India history Turkestan Tibet Persia Himalayas

WADDELL, L. AUSTINE

Some tidy underlining, octavo, grey cloth boards with red lettering to spine & front board, red illustrations to spine & front board, frontispiece, xx + 532pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name & inscription to fep, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, heavy tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing & light tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1929

KEYWORDS: Buddhism religion Tibet Autonomous Region China travel history expedition

MOORE, JOEL R. (ed) & MEAD, HARRY H. (ed) & JAHNS, LEWIS E. (ed)

Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 303pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Battry Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history expedition America campaigns russia autobiography Soviet Union Revolution Bolsheviki

VON MOOS, STANISLAUS & CAMPANA, MARA & BOSONI, GIAMPIERO

Imperial octavo, illus boards, black eps, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 2006

KEYWORDS: Max Huber Graphic artists arts history biography

MIDDLETON, BERNARD C.

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 372pp + 14 plates, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light fading, light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners)

PUBLISHER: Oak Knoll Press 1996

KEYWORDS: bookbinding England History Fine bindings Bookplates reference manual

ROSCOE, THOMAS

Octavo, half leatherbound with brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, prelims, 336pp, illus, VG- (previous owner's name in ink to fep, 2.5cm of upper spine lost, front board fully detached from spine, spine nearly detached, light tanning to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to page edges, moderate rubbing & light soiling to boards, heavy bruising to spine extrems & board corners)

PUBLISHER: Tilt & Bogue (n/d)

KEYWORDS: north Wales travel history United Kingdom

SRP, KAREL & BREGANTOVA, POLANA & BYDZOVSKA, LENKA

Text in Czech, Quarto, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, black eps, 310pp, illus, Nr Fine

PUBLISHER: Arbor vitae 2009

KEYWORDS: arts history typography graphic design avant garde biography text in czech

WEAVER, THOMAS (ed)

Quarto, black boards with white lettering to spine, black eps, 343pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to title page, light rubbing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Birkhauser 2003

KEYWORDS: architecture design buildings history David Chipperfield

ALLISON, PETER (ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 256pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2006

KEYWORDS: architecture design buildings history David Adjaye

WALKER, DOUGLAS A. (compiled)

Quarto, blue boards with silver lettering to spine, 346pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Air Mail Society of NZ Inc. 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation airmails history air mail service

STEVENSON, G. B.

Octavo, ex-library, white heavy card boards with black & red lettering & illustrations to front board, black lettering to spine & rear board, 160pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing & tanning to boards & spine, some surface loss to spine mostly at extrems, moderate soiling to boards, rust staining around staples, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed (nd)

KEYWORDS: Maori Pakeha New Zealand North Otago history

SMITH, W. SIDNEY

Inscribed by the author to a family member, first edition, scarce, octavo, green cloth boards (half dark green & half light green), gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 103pp, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, slightly cocked, light tanning to eps, moderately heavy foxing & moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited 1905

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Women's Franchise Movement history signed

ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID

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 cost

PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society 1958

KEYWORDS: Biography natural history Guiana