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Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, 512pp, illus, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems, 3cm closed tear to spine, moderate fading to spine, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges-light to eps, lightly moderate sporadic foxing to pages throughout, cracks to full length of gutters) has that delicious old book smell....

PUBLISHER: William and Robert Chambers 1850

KEYWORDS: culture literature history anthropology sociology

N/A

Super octavo, mustard buckrum boards, gitl lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, 224pp +16pp adverts, illus, tatty (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some loss, moderate bruising to board corners with some loss, light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to fep & rear ep, crack to full length of gutter, pgs 7-10 & 135-138 detached but all present, other pgs very loose but all present, owner's name in ink to half title page) it's been well loved but is a very heartwarming & wholesome book!

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1891

KEYWORDS: hobbies games fun activities history illustrated

RICHARDS, RHYS & CHISHOLM, JOCELYN

Lg quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to covers, illus title page & prelims, unpaginated, VG (light scuffing & fading to edges, light soiling to covers, tape to spine sl peeling)

PUBLISHER: Paremata Press 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Bay of Islands shipping maritime nautical

TRANTER, NIGEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, forest green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 396pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w & removable protective plastic cover, VG, (light chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, 5cm closed tear to top of spine, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1977

KEYWORDS: first edition illustrated Scotland maps travel exploration history culture

TRANTER, NIGEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, ix + 267pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, ex-libris label to verso fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light foxing to flaps, price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1987

KEYWORDS: first edition Scotland history culture

McRAE, SHONA

SIGNED, octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG- (numerous sm indentations to boards, moderate tanning & sm water stains to page edges, large crack to full length of rear gutter, 3cm closed tear & 4cm loss to corner of terminals)

PUBLISHER: Bascands Commercial Print (Printer) 1985

KEYWORDS: SIGNED New Zealand pioneers Nelson Canterbury Marlborough history settlements culture illustrat50

LAWRENCE, Bro. THE Rev. JOHN T. & HORSLEY, V. W. Bro. CANON (Intro)

Octavo, blue buckram boards with cream buckram spine, gilt lettering on leather plate to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 365pp + 3pp adverts, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board corners, light discolouration to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims)

PUBLISHER: A Lewis 1912

KEYWORDS: masonic freemasns freemasonry history culture

LOVELL,ALF (Fore)

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine & front cover, 108pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine, light soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Pilot Gardens n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated Mokau River bridge

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