MARTIN, MONTGOMERY (ed)

Big quarto (36cm tall), hardcover (NR FINE) 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Bracken / Bestseller Publications 1989

KEYWORDS: atlas history 19th century maps facts geography

JACKSON, ROBERT

Super 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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Arthur Barker / Weidenfeld 1976

KEYWORDS: fighter pilots world war two ww2 history

DODD, A. H.

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 costs.

PUBLISHER: Book Club Associates 1974

KEYWORDS: history elizabethan england pictorial

N/A [JOBE, J. (preface)]

Folio hardcover orange cloth boards, gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 197pp., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light foxing to contents) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, unobtrusive tape repair by prev, owner to reverse)

PUBLISHER: Edita Lausanne / Viking Press 1971

KEYWORDS: aviation aeronaut areonautical balloon balloons ballooning history flight

FRASER, EDWARD

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1913

KEYWORDS: maritime naval military history age of sail Horatio Nelson Napoleonic wars warfare British Royal Navy

KAYE, JOHN WILLIAM

LOVELY BINDING, octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, xvi+522pp, VG+ (school prize presentation inscription from 1868 to prelims., library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior (no such markings on exterior), light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co. 1859

KEYWORDS: India indian history subcontinent religion religious Christian Christianity East Company Bengal mission missions missionary proselytising Protestant Protestants

PIEROTTI, ERMETE & BONNEY, T. G. (transl.)

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, DELIGHTFUL BINDING octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, viii+280pp, errata slip op. page 1, VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1869 to pastedown, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior, light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, library catalogue number to spine, light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Deighton, Bell, and Co. 1864

KEYWORDS: Ancient Hebrew Israelite Israel Jewish Judaism Christian Christianity religious religion history middle east biblical holy lands

ERSKINE, WILLIAM

DELIGHTFULLY BOUND, 2x VOLUME SET, octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, xxiv+577pp / xxiv+585pp, VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1867 to pastedown of vol. 1, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior (no such markings remain to exterior, but surface loss to front boards where library sticker presumably once sat), light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, light foxing & soiling within)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1854

KEYWORDS: India Indian history Mogul Mughal Empire Babur Humayun asia asian Genghis Khan Hindustan Afghanistan subcontinent

COLLIER, WILLIAM FRANCIS

DELIGHTFUL BINDING octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, xii+287pp, VG+ (inscription to half title, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior, library catalogue number to spine (v. small, unobtrusive), light scuffing to boards & spines, moderate soiling to front board, light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: William P. Nimmo 1866 (second edition)

KEYWORDS: English british history isles UK united kingdom England Roman Britain Saxon period Norman Tudor Stuart Early Brunswick Squire Hazelrig

STEVENS, WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, DELIGHTFUL BINDING octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, illus., xx+220pp, VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1866 to pastedown, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior, library catalogue number to spine (v. small, unobtrusive), light scuffing to boards & spines, moderate soiling to front board, light foxing within)

PUBLISHER: Machlachlan & Stewart 1849

KEYWORDS: Education history school university high Scotland Scottish Scots British Edinburgh

HUTCHERSON, JOHN C.

FIRST EDITION, octavo full balfour rebind, gilt school emblem embossed to front board, raised bands & gilt letter + decoration to spine, marbled endpapers & edges, illus. (all plates present); 288pp VG- (binding slightly cocked, moderate rubbing & scuffing to boards, heavy scuffing and rubbing to spine, small loss to top of spine, school presentation note pasted to front pastedown, prev. owner's inscrp. op. half title, v. light foxing, soiling and tanning to contents)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1885

KEYWORDS: Desolation Islands Kerguelen Antarctic Iles de la Desolation Indian Ocean maritime history shipwreck wreck ship wrecks shipwrecks Nancy Bell

MLODINOW, LEONARD

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: Allen Lane Penguin 2002

KEYWORDS: maths geometry lines learning science physics philosophy education history

N/A [HSIAO-YI, MR. CH'IN (preface) & FU-TSUNG, CHIANG (director's preface)

TEXT PRIMARILY IN ENGLISH, with catalgoue list in dual CHINESE/ENGLISH text; quarto green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to front, gilt characters to spine, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to boards, scuffing & creasing to spine, ownership signature of Russell Beck) in illus. slipcase VG- (moderate to heavy creasing, scuffing & rubbing)

PUBLISHER: National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan 1982

KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming Republic of Taipe Taiwan National Palace Museum catalogue

[JIUFANG, LI?]

TEXT IN CHINESE, VERY HEAVY & VERY BEAUTIFUL 6x VOLUME SET; Quarto white cloth boards, blind stamp characters to front & gilt characters to spines, LAVISHLY illustrated, VG+ in d/w VG+ (light scuffing to boards and jackets, moderate scuffing to bottom of spine of jacket of vol. 4), in illus. slipcases VG+ (light scuffing) to nr. FINE; see our website for pictures; Vol. 1: Primitive Society intro(36pp)+312pp / Vol. 2: intro(31pp)+319pp / Vol. 3: intro(41pp)+309pp / Vol. 4: intro(23pp)+327pp / Vol. 5: intro(29pp)+320pp / Vol. 6: intro(15pp)+358pp,

PUBLISHER: [Hebei Fine Arts?] 2006

KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming Zhong Guo Yu Qi Quan Ji Zhongguo Exhibition Catalog catalogue

HANCHEN, YANG

TEXT IN CHINESE, small quarto green cloth boards, gilt lettering & characters to front, gilt characters to spine, illius., 157pp+additional images, VG (light scuffing to boards, ownership signatue of Russell Beck to front pastedown and probably signature & stamp (Chinese) characters) of author?) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, closed tear 1 cm to spine)

PUBLISHER: ? c. 1985

KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming Xiangjiang gem gemstone gems Xinjiang Uygur Uigher Central

WEILI (WEI LI), YU (ed.)

TEXT IN CHINESE, octavo illus. light card covers, illus., 293pp, VG (moderate soiling to covers, light scuffing, light crinkling to pages (minor))

PUBLISHER: SJPC 2012 (ISBN:978-7-5426-3735-2)

KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming

? [CULTURAL RELICS PUBLISHING HOUSE]

TEXT IN CHINESE (English translation of catalogue items at rear, but predominately in Chinese), octavo illus. light card covers, illus., ownership signature of Russell Beck, VG+ (light scuffing to covers, light creasing to front cover, v. light tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: Cultural Relics Publishing House (?) c. 1980's, PRC / People's Republic of China

KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone Yinxu Shang archaeology east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming

Unknown (Name in Chinese)

TEXT IN CHINESE, 2x VOLUME SET, octavo brown speckled faux leather boards, white lettering & characters to front, white characters to spines, illus., vol.1= pp / vol.2=ppp; VG+ (v. small nick to spine of vol.1,v. sl. scuffing, otherwise nr. FINE) in illus. slipcase VG- (light scuffing, moderate rubbing & patches of surface loss, moderate soiling within), presented to author Russell Beck (pen inscription to vol.1 fep.) [see our website for pictures]

PUBLISHER: Unknown (text in Chinese) [c. 1980's]

KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming gem gemstones reference gems

KIN-FONG, YEUNG

TEXT IN CHINESE & ENGLISH, THIS VOL ONLY, OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF RUSSELL BECK, quarto, grey heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 369pp + 90 black & white plates to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing to edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge, light foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Chinese University Press 1987

KEYWORDS: Chinese jade carving illustrated archaeology antiquity ancient history Yeung Kin-Fong

PROSKOURIAKOFF, TATIANA

Lg quarto, illus light card covers, green & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 217pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & scuffing to covers & edges, sl soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 1974

KEYWORDS: jade archaeology ancient history illustrated Chichen Itza Yucatan cenote sacrifice ethnology