ABERCROMBIE, DAVID

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1964

KEYWORDS: language linguistics English phonetics history

COWIE, DONALD

LACKS D/W, 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: Chapman & Hall 1942

KEYWORDS: military history British rule colonies Archibald Wavell empire government

HARTHAN, JOHN P.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: His Majesty's Stationery Office / Victoria & Albert Museum 1950

KEYWORDS: bookbinding antique books Victoria and Albert museum exhibitions crafts history

STEINBERG, S. H. & TREVITT, JOHN (New Edition Revised by)

REVISED EDITION, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oak Knoll Press 1996

KEYWORDS: printing history literature art craft

RAMSDEN, CHARLES

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: B. T. Batsford 1987

KEYWORDS: bookbinding art craft United Kingdom British bookbinders history

RAMSDEN, CHARLES

LACKS D/W, imperial 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: B. T. Batsford 1956

KEYWORDS: London bookbinders history antique antiquarian books British English

MAGGS, BRYAN D. (Compiled by)

Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Maggs Bros 1964

KEYWORDS: bookbinders bookbinding history British Great Britain

MOORE, RAYMOND C. & LALICKER, CECIL G. & FISCHER, ALFRED G.

OWNERSHIP OF MARINE BIOLOGIST MICHAEL MILLER, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1952

KEYWORDS: fossils ancient history archaeology archeology paleontology palaeontology animals invertebrates

SAMPLE, MICHAEL S.

Oblong imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Falcon Press 1987

KEYWORDS: US America American bison animals history culture

JACOB, HAROLD F.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt lettering & blind rule to front board, frontispiece, 294pp + 6pp catalogue to rear, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon 1923

KEYWORDS: first editions military history middle east Ararbia Harold Fenton Jacob Yemen British government conflict

SIMON, ANDRE L.

3 VOL SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red- faded, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 387pp, vol 2- ix + 339pp, vol 3- vii + 423pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling & musty aroma to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns of each vol, varying degrees of foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spines, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Holland Press 1964

KEYWORDS: English history England wine trade business drink alcohol economics culture consumption

LINNAEI, CAROLI [LINNAEUS, CARL]

THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, v + 824pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy tanning/discolouration to spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) / The Gresham Press 1956

KEYWORDS: nature natural history Charles Linnae animal kingdom zoology classification species

POWERS, THOMAS

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to black spine, deckled page edges, xx + 568pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 2010

KEYWORDS: Crazy Horse biography Oglala indians death North America American 19th nineteenth century history

PICKARD, BERNARD C. & RAGGE, Dr DAVID R. (Fore)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 131pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, heavy discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Hemsley & Sons, The Ilkley Press 1954

KEYWORDS: nature wildlife insects Great Britain British Channel Islands isles grasshoppers crickets natural history identification orthoptera entomology bugs

HOULDEN, LESLIE (Ed)

2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus heavy glossy boards, white lettering to spines, vol 1- xxxvi + 1-514pp, vol 2- x + 515-984pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: ABC Clio 2003

KEYWORDS: religion religious history Jesus Christianity encyclopedia encyclopaedia

BABBAGE, S. BARTON & WILLIAMS, The Rt Rev HERBERT (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, 96pp, VG (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, occasional light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (archival repair to d/w, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1937

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Maori Wars late 19th nineteenth century Hauhauism Pai Mariri

JOHNS, ADRIAN

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to green buckram spine, xxi + 753pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1998

KEYWORDS: publishing printing history books Europe science literature

RAMSDEN, ERIC

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream & blue light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 135pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & tanning with heavy foxing to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate glue staining to rear gutter)

PUBLISHER: A. H .& A. W. Reed 1944

KEYWORDS: history anecdotes south seas short stories nautical maritime first editions

RUST, A. M.

SOME ARCHIVAL REPAIR, octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 139pp, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to cover edges with heavy tape repairs, light foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to prelims, moderate rusting to staples, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, some separation to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Mirror Printing and Publishing Co N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Whangarei north island settlers pioneers

ANTIN, DAVID

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 369pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover egdes, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2011

KEYWORDS: essays prose literature art criticism appreciation interpretation history collection