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$40.00
2a18n/33

The History of Interior Decoration


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

$45.00
2a18n/38

The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies (Fourth Edition)


SCARRE, CHRIS (Ed)

Quarto, illus light card covers, brown, white & black lettering to spine, illus full title page, 768pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & creasing/curling to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2018

KEYWORDS: ancient prehistoric history prehistory anthropology human humans

$45.00
2a18n/46

To Disco, With Love: The Records That Defined an Era


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

$45.00
2a18o/2

Imperial Camel Corps


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

$55.00
2a18o/11

Marsden and the Missions: Prelude to Waitangi


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

$150.00
2a18o/17

The Elvery Family: A Memory: Memoirs of the Artist Dorothy Kay


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

$100.00
2a18o/22

Hubert Hervey: Student and Imperialist: A Memoir


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

$45.00
2a18o/30

The Colony of New Zealand: Its History, Vicissitudes and Progress


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

$245.00
2a18o/31

Buchanan's History of Scotland in Twenty Books: Volume II; Containing the Reigns of the Kings From James II to James VI Inclusive (The Fourth Edition)


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

$140.00
2a18o/38

An Account of New Zealand; and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission in the Northern Island (Second Edition)


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

$345.00
2a18p/3

History of the Incas & The Execution of the Inca Tupac Amaru


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

$175.00
2a18p/5

Spanish Documents Concerning English Voyages to the Caribbean 1527-1568: Selected From the Archives of the Indies at Seville


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

$125.00
2a18p/6

The Desert Route to India; Being the Journals of Four Travellers by the Great Desert Caravan Route Between Aleppo and Basra 1745-1751


CARRUTHERS, DOUGLAS (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motifs & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges (some still uncut), frontispiece with detached tissue guard, illus, folding map of Syria & Mesopotamia to rear, VG+ (light scuffing to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1929

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt India Aleppo Basra Mesopotamia great desert caravan route history

$50.00
2a18p/9

La Australia del Espiritu Santo: The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla and Other Documents Relating to the Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) (2 Vol Set)


DE MUNILLA, FRAY MARTIN & KELLY, CELSUS (Trans & Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, folding map frontispiece to vol 1, xvii + 270pp, vol 2- xv + pgs 271-446, illus, folding maps/documents- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 1, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping with some minor loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spines)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt explroation travel maritime nautical history Fray Martin de Munilla voyages south seas Pedro Fernandez de Quiros Franciscan missionary plan

$70.00
2a18p/10

The Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse 1785-1788 (2 Vol Set)


DE LA PEROUSE, JEAN-FRANCOIS DE GALAUP & DUNMORE, JOHN (Trans & Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- ccxl + 232pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 233-613, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges of vol 1, light chafing & surface loss/soiling to jackets of both vols)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1994-95

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse history maritime nautical

$175.00
2a18p/12

George Vancouver: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795 (4 Vol Set)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W. KAYE (Ed)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontis to vol 1, pagination continued over 4 vols- 1752pp total, occasional illus/folding maps, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (varying degrees of scuffing, chafing & creasing to spine & edges but mostly tidy)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration history voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean maritime nautical travel

$50.00
2a18p/13

The Jamestown Voyages Under the First Charter 1606-1609 (2 Vol Set)


BARBOUR, PHILIP L. (Ed)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxviii + 247pp, vol 2- viii + pgs 249-524, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems & edges- vol 2 esp., light soiling to rear board of vol 2, vol 2 lightly discoloured, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to mdoerate creasing & chipping to edges- discreet archival tape repairs to vol 1, light to moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt exploration travel Jamestown documents history colonisation colonization colonies Captain John Smith maritime nautical voyages first charter

$100.00
2a18p/14

The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John; Being the Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520 (2 Vol Set)


ALVARES, FATHER FRANCISCO & BECKINGHAM, C. F. (Ed) & HUNTINGFORD, G. W. B. (Ed) & ALDERLEY, LORD STANLEY OF (Trans)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 321pp, vol 2- vi + pgs 323-617, folding map to pocket at rear board of vol 2, illus/maps, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board extrems & edges, moderate soiling to rear board, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & soiling to rear eps of vol 2) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spines & covers)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: hakluyt first edition exploration travel maritime nautical Portuguese missions Ethiopia Ethiopian Africa Lord Stanley of Alderley Prester John history

$40.00
2a18p/15

Voyages to Hudson Bay in Search of a Northwest Passage 1741-1747: Vol 1: The Voyage of Christopher Middleton 1741-1742; Vol 2: The Voyage of William Moor and Francis Smith 1746-1747


BARR, WILLIAM & WILLIAMS, GLYNDWR (Eds)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 333pp, vol 2- xv + 393pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1994-95

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration travel voyages Christopher Middleton William Moor Francis Smith history maritime nautical

$165.00
2a18p/16

Journal of the Travels and Labours of Father Samuel Frtiz in the River of the Amazons Between 1686 and 1723


FATHER SAMUEL FRITZ & EDMUNDSON, Rev. Dr. GEORGE (Trans & Ed)

FIRST EDITION, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, viii + 164pp + xliii Hakluyt lists to rear, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, minor closed tearing to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1922

KEYWORDS: first edition hakluyt Father Samuel Fritz exploration travel history Evora MS amazons

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