RAY, GORDON N. & [THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE]

LACKS D/W; super 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 costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: william makepeace thackeray history biography literature britain british

BIGSBY, CHRISTOPHER (ed.)

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: Cambridge University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: arthur miller america american dramatist playwright theater theatre cambridge critical companion literary critcism history literature

COLLINS, PHILIP (ed.) & [DICKENS, CHARLES]

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: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1986

KEYWORDS: charles dickens literary criticism britain british england english history culture critical heritage series

BROWNLOW, KEVIN

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, top page edges stained pink, illus eps, frontispiece, 580pp + xiii index to rear, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (in removable protective clear plastic wrapper, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1968

KEYWORDS: film motion pictures movies history Kevin Brownlow media studies

NICHOLS, BILL (Ed)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, vol 1- xi + 640pp, vol 2- xii + 753pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & curling to cover edges, heavy fading to spine & cover edges of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling to covers & page edges, sl cracking at gutters)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1976-1985

KEYWORDS: film media studies movies history methodology methods motion pictures

AYLMER, GERALD & TILLER, JOHN (Eds)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxxii + 672pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Hambledon Press 2000

KEYWORDS: English England British Britain cathedrals architecture buildings history Hereford cathedral

BARSACQ, LEON & STEIN, ELLIOTT (Revised & Ed) & CLAIR, RENE (Fore)

Quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 264pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page egdes, light foxing to half title page & terminals, light creasing/curling to top corners of rear block of pages) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 1976

KEYWORDS: film set design motion pictures movies scenery sets realism effects history

AMTMANN, HANS H.

Quarto, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Monogram Aviation Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: aviation autobiography memoir Hans H Amtmann operation paperclip history

LOCHHEAD, IAN (Ed)

Square imperial octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front eps, light soiling to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch town hall buildings history earthquake damage architecture

McCORQUODALE, CHARLES

Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, minor crease to frontispiece) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 4cm closed tear to rear cover, minor chafing)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1983

KEYWORDS: interior design history decoration decorating

HAMSLEY, DAVID

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 197pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, adhesive residue to spine, light scuffing & sl surface loss to extrems, light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Flatiron Books 2015

KEYWORDS: disco music history records culture pop popular

INCHBALD, GEOFFREY

EX-LIBRRAY, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 166pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light staining & tape residue to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light wrinkling to prelims, minor creasing to top corners of some pages) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to edges, moderate fading & chafing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Johnson Publications 1970

KEYWORDS: imperial camel corps military history British Yeomanry Australia New Zealand mounted regiments ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war

RAMSDEN, ERIC & BUCK, PETER H. (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xix + 295pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising to extrems, 2cm open tear to lower spine extrem, heavy staining & discolouration/fading to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing & soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history first edition Samuel Marsden missionaries anthropology

REYNOLDS, MARJORIE (Ed)

SIGNED BY EDITOR, imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xiv + 197pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing to boards, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Carrefour Press 1991

KEYWORDS: signed (editor) Dorothy Kay Elvery family art artists history memoirs autobiography

GREY, EARL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 151pp + 31pp book ads, folding map, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing & fraying to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & wrinkling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxin gto folding map)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1899

KEYWORDS: military history memoirs biography Hubert Hervey

GISBORNE, WILLIAM

LACKS MAP, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, deckled page edges, xii + 360pp, illus/maps, VG (minimal but ususal library markings, spine sl cocked, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, foxing sporadically throughout, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: E. A. Petherick & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonisation colonization settlers William Gisborne

N/A

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, raised bands to spine, frontispiece, 456pp + unpaginated prelims & terminals, illus/copper-plates, scruffy (v heavy cracking & rubbing to spine with surface loss, heavy chafing & surface loss to boards, v heavy bruising to board corners, heavy tanning to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters, heavy soiling to eps, age appropriate tanning & finger soiling to pages throughout, frontispiece loose but still attached)

PUBLISHER: J. Wood and R. Taylor 1752

KEYWORDS: Scotland history kings monarchs monarchy royal family genealogy family histories

YATE, Rev. WILLIAM

SECOND EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 310pp + index to rear, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, light chipping/cracking to spine extrems, moderate soiling & discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor foxing throughout, occasional clumps of pgs loose but still attached, minor cracking to gutters, may lack maps and/or plates)

PUBLISHER: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside 1835

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history church missionaries north island William Yate

DE GAMBOA, PEDRO SARMIENTO & DE OCAMPO, CAPTAIN BALTASAR & MARKHAM, Sir CLEMENTS (Trans, Ed, Notes & Intro)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, blind decoration & rule to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges (some still uncut), frontispiece, folding map of Central Peru to prelims, xxii + 395pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1907

KEYWORDS: Peru Peruvian ancient history antiquity south America Inca Incas Incans Tupac Amaru first edition Hakluyt

WRIGHT, I. A.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges (some still uncut), frontispiece, x + 167pp + xlvii Hakluyt titles to rear, folding map to terminals, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems, moderate tanning & sl foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping with some sl loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1929

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt Spain Spanish documents Caribbean English maritime voyages nautical archives ancient history antiquity