NESS, J. A.

Super octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 160pp, illus, VG+ (v sl soiling to boards, owner's name & inscription in ink to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Mother Kilwinning 1979

KEYWORDS: masonic freemasons freemasonry history illustrated culture

DE LIEFDE, JACOB

octavo, red cloth boards; gilt lettering & decoration on spine & front cover; blind decoration on back board, all pages gilt edged, frontis, patterned eps, 351pp, illus, VG (sl. bruising, soiling & rubbing to boards & edges; sl. superficial marks and fading on boards, spine has sunned to v. dark red, some sl. fraying to spine edges, one side of rep missing, 7x3cm bleached mark on rear board)

PUBLISHER: W. Swan Sonnenschein & Co.

KEYWORDS: history Dutch Netherlands naval sailing van Heemskerk Piet Hein Harperts Tromp de With de Ruyter Evertsen

n/a

super octavo, royal blue cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, frontis with tissue guard, 320pp, illus, VG+ (sl. rubbing & soiling to boards & edges, sl. bruising & fraying on spine extrems, eps sl. tanned, sl. browning to page edges).

PUBLISHER: United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Queensland

KEYWORDS: freemasons Australia freemasonry history

DOORLY, ELEANOR & LLOYD, KATHARINE (illus)

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: Jonathan Cape 1948

KEYWORDS: history france king henry biography

BRIGGS, ASA

Paperback (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: Penguin 1975

KEYWORDS: history united kingdom cities victorian

BUICK, T. LINDSAY

first edition, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine & front board, frontis, xvi+351pp, illus, complete fold-out map of NZ at rear, VG (light scuffing and soiling to boards, light bruising and fraying to spine extrems and board corners, light fading to spine, light tanning, foxing, minor soiling within)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1911

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Maori Te Rauparaha Wakefield Wairau

GOULD, ROBERT FREKE

first edition, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine & front board, gilt decoration on front board, 448+2ads pp, illus, VG- (mod. rubbing to boards with mod. surface loss, mod. bruising & fraying on spine extrems & board edges, eps mod. tanned, sl. foxing to prelims & page edges, spine has faded, front hinge partially adrift, binding sl. shaky, gutters partialy adrift).

PUBLISHER: Gale & Pouldon 1903

KEYWORDS: history freemasonry freemasons great lodges world wide

WESLEY, CHARLES H.

super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine & front board, frontis, xii+457pp, illus, VG+ (sl. rubbing to boards with sl. surface loss, sl. bruising & fraying on spine extrems & board edges, v. sl. sunning to eps & page edges, sl. soiling on front cover incl. 2x3cm patch colour bleached out).

PUBLISHER: Central State College Press, Wilberforce 1961 (?)

KEYWORDS: history freemasonry freemasons great lodges Ohio USA America

THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES & ZELLING, MW. BRO. MR JUSTICE

super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt decoration on front board, frontis, 400pp, illus, VG+ (sl. rubbing to boards & spine extrems, sl. sunning to spine).

PUBLISHER: Adelaide 1976

KEYWORDS: history freemasonry freemasons great lodges South Australia

GRAND LODGE MASONIC HISTORY COMMITTEE (edit)

quarto, dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine & front cover, gilt decoration on front cover, illustrated eps, 269pp, illus, VG+ (sm. embossed seal & name of former owner, in ink, on fep; v. sl. rubbing & bruising to board edges & spine).

PUBLISHER: Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons of California 2000

KEYWORDS: history freemasonry freemasons California USA America

PHILBY, H. ST. J.B.

UK first edition, octavo, black cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine on blue background; top edges blue; frontis; vii+159pp; VG+ (sl. rubbing, with sl. surface loss, esp. to corners, & bruising to board edges & spine; sl. foxing to page edges & eps; tiny ink splash on page edges; inscription, in ink, on fr. pastdown; ex libris book plate on fep, with no name).

PUBLISHER: Peter Davies Limited 1933

KEYWORDS: UK First Edition history Arabia Islam Harun Al Rashid

WEIGLL, ARTHUR

first edition, octavo, tan cloth boards, brown lettering on spine, brown top page edges, 253pp; VG+ (sl. rubbing, with sl. surface loss; sl. bruising to spine extrems; previous owner's name, in ink, on fep; sl. foxing & browning to pages & eps, partic. rep).

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1928

KEYWORDS: first edition religion history Greece Greeks gods Christ theology Egypt Adonis Osiris Isis bible

BOSCOWEN, W. ST. CHAD

super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine & front cover; frontis with tissue guard; xxix+355pp; illus; fold-out map of First Empires at rear; deckled page edges; VG- (mod. rubbing, with mod. surface loss, soiling & scratching to covers; mod. bruising to spine extrems, corners & edges; two previous owners' names, one pencil, one ink, on fep; sl. foxing & browning to pages & eps; tiny bookseller's label on fr. pastedown).

PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1903

KEYWORDS: history culture religion art Egypt Babylonia Babylonians ancient

BURNS, WILLIAM

tidily rebacked with new corners, first edition, two vols, super octavo, dark brown leather boards, gilt lettering on spines, blind decoration to front & back covers, chocolate brown eps; vol 1: xiv+486pp, vol 2: xiii+603pp, vol 1 has two foldout maps at rear - N. & S. Scotland, vol 2 has foldout map of Bannockburn; VG+ (sl. rubbing to covers, with some sl. surface loss; sl. bruising to edges; sl. browning to page edges; sl. adhesive residue from repair to eps. and prelims; previous owner's name, in ink, on prelim) A handsome set.

PUBLISHER: Reeves & Turner 1875

KEYWORDS: history Scots Scottish Scotland William Wallace Edward Bruce Hexham Bannockburn

FOWLER, W. WARDE

super octavo, lime green cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, xviii+505pp, VG+ (sl. rubbing & soiling to covers; sl. bruising to edges; sl. browning to page edges; sl. foxing to top page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cooper Square 1971

KEYWORDS: history religion Roman Rome Augustus Gifford Lectures Edinburgh

STEVENSON, DAVID

super octavo, illustrated light card covers, white lettering on brown spine, xiv+246pp, illus, Near FINE.

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons history development origins religion

EVANS, ALICE

loosely enclosed holograph single page dated, signed letter from author; super octavo; illustrated light card covers, white lettering on blue spine, x+196pp, illus, VG+ (sl. rubbing & fading to covers; spine is creased; page edges sl. soiled)

PUBLISHER: Northland Historical Publications Society Incorporated 1996

KEYWORDS: autobiography history New Zealand Far North Alice Evans

LAMONT, MARGARET

INSCRIBED & SIGNED by author, octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims/terminals, 271pp, illus, 271pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light wrinkling to rear ep), in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG- (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Tokanui School Centennial Committee 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history centennial Tokanui illustrated

LEARY, NORMAN

inscribed & signed by author; super octavo; green cloth boards; brown lettering on spine and fr. cover; illus.eps; 103pp; illus, VG+ (sl. sunning/fading to spine extrems & board edges, sl. rubbing) in d/w, VG (sl. foxing to interior; spine v. faded; sl. scuffing; in protective mylar cover).

PUBLISHER: Service Printers 1977

KEYWORDS: history autobiography Hunterville New Zealand Leary Pohonui Valley block

URQUART-HAY, DONALD

quarto; blue cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine; illus eps; illus title page; 184pp; illus; yellow satin ribbon place keep; VG+ (inscribed & signed by author) in d/w, VG+ (sl. rubbing & soiling).

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2009

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