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

KEYWORDS: urology history health penis sex medicine Florence Nightingale urethral strictures male health nursing Nelson Crimea Cheselden New Zealand circumcision bladder stones tools

HOLMES, T.

scarce; octavo; dark blue cloth boards; gilt lettering & decoration on spine & cover; dark maroon eps; top edge of pages coloured black; tissue paper fold-out map of lands of the Bible and Lands adjacent; xv+325pp; VG (sl. rubbing, soiling & bruising to covers & edges; pages & prelims sl. foxed; eps are sl. soiled with a little surface loss; spine faded) Very sound overall.

PUBLISHER: J. W. Glesdale 1887

KEYWORDS: travel East bible Egypt Greece Suez history Thebes Luxor

BOND, FREDERICK BLIGH

first edition; super octavo; light tan cloth boards; black lettering & decoration on spine & cover; frontis; xvii+159+1ads pp; VG+ (sl. rubbing to covers; pages sl. browned; eps. sl. foxed)

PUBLISHER: B. H. Blackwell 1924

KEYWORDS: first edition history Winchester medieval England archaeology

ERMAN, ADOLF

super octavo; orange cloth boards; gilt lettering & decoration on spine & cover; frontis; xv+162+2ads pp; VG- (sl. rubbing, sunning, soiling to covers & spine; spine has faded to orange/brown; pages sl. tanned; eps. sl. foxed; top page edges gilt; sl. cocked).

PUBLISHER: Archibald Constable 1907

KEYWORDS: Egypt Egyptian history culture gods goddesses Nile religion

STADELMAN, H.

first edition; super octavo; blue cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine; frontis; 265pp; illus; VG (sl. rubbing, soiling & fading to covers; sl. tanning to eps & pages; spine has faded to brown. Very tidy).

PUBLISHER: George Routledge 1931

KEYWORDS: first edition history Egypt Cleopatra Caesar Octavia Mark Anthony Pompey society

FRANKEL, MERVYN & STRANG, IAN

SIGNED by both authors, quarto, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, Near FINE (v light foxing to top page edges), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, v sl chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Academy Books 1994

KEYWORDS: SIGNED cars Bentley motor history engineering illustrated memoir biography Derby

HAMILL, JOHN

Super octavo softcover (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: Crucible/Thorsons 1986

KEYWORDS: Freemasonry history English craft origins

HARRISON, DAVID

Octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Arima 2010

KEYWORDS: history freemasonry england wales occult

ROBERTS, JENNY

Oblong octavo hardcover (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: Quarto 1996

KEYWORDS: biblical locations history middle east

COLDSTREAM, NICOLA

Square super octavo softcover (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: British Museum Press 1998

KEYWORDS: history craft stone mason scultors industry rock

EBAN, ABBA

Quarto 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: Wedenfield & Nicolson 1985

KEYWORDS: jewish history civiliation

ROMER, JOHN

Quarto 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: Cassell & Co 2000

KEYWORDS: ancient archaeology history

WILSON, IAN

Imperial 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: Books CLub Asociates 1986

KEYWORDS: exodus bible history egypt moses