MORTON, DAVID

Quarto, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 258pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems with some light surface loss, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1976

KEYWORDS: music culture Thailand Asia illustrated tradition history

GAFFNEY, DYLAN

Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xviii + 272pp, illus, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Studies in Archaeology 2020

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology illustrated New Guinea exploration ancient history antiquity pottery subsistence trading clay

BROWNING, PETER & BLUNSDEN, JOHN

Super octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to both pastedowns) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy peeling to spine, moderate soiling to covers, light fading to edges)

PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: Jensen Healey cars motor classic automotive sport motorsport illustrated engineering history biography

SKINNER, ERIC

Octavo, illus stapled heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 130pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (light soiling, scuffing and wrinkling to covers, prev owners name in ink to title page, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed n/d c.1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waitahuna Central Otago illustrated settlers

BRADLEY, J. FRANK

INSCRIBED, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green leather soft boards, gilt lettering to front board, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, vii + 92pp + ads to rear, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tape staining to eps, various historical ownership names in ink to prelims, light creasing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Queenhithe Printing and Publishing c.1910

KEYWORDS: sport boxing refereeing rules guidelines history knock-outs signed

BETTINSON, A. F. & TRISTRAM, W. OUTRAM (Eds)

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED BY BOTH AUTHORS, PLATES LOOSE, super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & tooling to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 215pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing with some surface loss to boards & edges, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tape residue to eps, prev. owner's name stamp to half title page & contents page, moderate cracking to gutters throughout- some plates loose)

PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1901

KEYWORDS: sport club house history illustrated boxing signed national sporting club

DHORAISINGAM, SAMUEL S.

Square super octavo, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, xiv + 118pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, prev. bookseller's label to rear board, publishing label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies 2006

KEYWORDS: Asia India Southeast Melaka Peranakan culture illustrated photos history

HAE-SOOK, KIM (Preface)

DVD TO REAR, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 273pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: National Gugak Center/Kim Hae-sook 2014

KEYWORDS: Korea Korean dance music Asian Asia entertainment history ritual folk dancing

BUCK, RALPH & ROWE, NICHOLAS (Eds)

Octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxiv + 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2014

KEYWORDS: South Pacific dance history culture islands pacifika

HARTLEY, T. E. (Ed)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, TIDY EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxviii + 564pp, VG+ (usual but minimal library markings, heavy crack to rear gutter) in d/w, VG+ (usual library markings, light tape staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Leicester University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: history Elizabethan Elizabeth first 1st I politics political parliament speeches

REGAN, PAULA (Snr Ed), OMBLER, GARY (Photos)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, grey lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 360pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to edges/extrems, light discolouration to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, light discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley 2006

KEYWORDS: warfare weapons weaponry arms illustrated visual history swords firearms guns rifles

REID, WILLIAM

Square quarto, grey heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, blue military motif to front board, illus eps & prelims, 280pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine & board edges, light foxing to board & page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate foxing & soiling with light chafing to covers, light creasing to edges, moderate foxing to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Peerage Books 1984

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry history warfare military armour armoury armor armory evolution illustrated

O'CALLAGHAN, JOHN CORNELIUS

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & military insignia to spine, blind stamp rule & decoration to boards, frontispiece, xiii + 649pp + 6pp to rear, VG-/scruffy (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy brown tape repairs to front & rear gutters, spine & boards completely loose/separated from pages, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, pink staining to rear ep, light creasing to some page corners)

PUBLISHER: Cameron and Ferguson 1883

KEYWORDS: military history Great Britain France Irish brigades revolution Ireland war conflict

LADY WENTWORTH

Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, folding map to rear, 352pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light discolouration to board edges, light foxing to page edges, small light markings to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light tanning to rear flap, light chafing, 25mm loss to front flap)

PUBLISHER: SBC/George Allen & Unwin 1979

KEYWORDS: horses Arabia Arabian breeding equine Lady Wentworth history

IMAZU, SETUO (Ed)

TEXT MOSTLY IN JAPANESE, quarto, yellow light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine & front cover, 245pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink/stamp to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: Archaeological Institute of Kashihara 1999

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology ancient history antiquity Japan research conservation Shijo site

HANKE, LEWIS (Ed)

2 VOLUME SET, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xiii + 553pp, vol 2- xvii + 548pp, VG (usual library marks, light bruising to extrems, light staining & tape markings to board edges, light foxing to page edges, light tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (usual library markings, light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1969

KEYWORDS: latin America history civilization civilisation colonialism culture anthropology

NEWMAN, ERNEST

4 VOLUME SET, super octavo, illus light card covers in mylar covering (removable), yellow lettering to spines, xiv-xviii + 512-729pp + xxviii-lvi index to rear, VG+ (light scuffing to cover edges/extrems, light fading to spines, light tanning to page edges & rear covers)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner biography memoir music history

N/A

REBOUND AS FAMOUS RACEHORSES - 260 PICTURES, folio, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, paginated as 410pp - 648pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & throughout, binder's sm label to front pastedown, light creasing & chipping to most page edges)

PUBLISHER: Racing Illustrated 1896 (Rebound as one volume later)

KEYWORDS: race horses racing horse equine illustrated photos history sport horseracing

BELL, DIANE

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 costs

PUBLISHER: Spinifex 2002

KEYWORDS: indigienous australian history aboriginal first peoples australia desert culture anthropology dreamers dreaming women

GUY, 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2004

KEYWORDS: mary queen of scots stuart english monarchy history great british scottish biography