APPLEBAUM, ANNE

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 2012

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian soviet union history communism eastern Europe politics government

POVEY, GLENN

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white & pink lettering to spine, 447pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine/extrems, light chafing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Carlton Books 2016

KEYWORDS: rock music musicians bands Pink Floyd biographies history reference

KURIAN, GEORGE THOMAS (Ed)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spines, 2733pp total, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wliey-Blackwell 2012

KEYWORDS: Christianity encyclopedias encyclopaedias history religion religious reference

WRANGHAM, E A & EARLE, JOE (Ed)

Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, red textured eps, 368pp, illus, Near FINE (sm ex-libris label to front pasedown), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harehope Publications 1995

KEYWORDS: art artists Japan Japanese medicine cases inro history index

MICHENER, JAMES A

Super octavo, black buckram boards with patterned cream front board edges, gilt & white lettering to spine, white Japanese building illus to front board, illus title page, xii + 403pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & discolouration to board edges/extrems, moderate foxing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges with some moderate to heavy soiling also, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps with various ex-libris labels to front eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate to heavy tanning, light foxing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1954

KEYWORDS: Japanese art paintings history criticism James A Michener colour color prints

BROCKHOUS, ALBERT & WATTY, M F (Trans) & STILLMAN, E G (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, FIRST BOOK IN ENGLISH ON NETSUKES, super octavo, mustard yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 175pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, light cracking to gutters, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, plate vii detached, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art history appreciation criticism netsukes first editions

COOPER, MICHAEL (Ed)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 439pp, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris label to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- some minor loss, moderate tanning & staining)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1965

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history anthology Europe European perspective culture anthropology

GULLAND, W G & LARKIN, T J (Notes)

2 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & chinese characters/lettering to front boards, 506pp total, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (heavy chafing/surface loss to spines & boards, moderate fading to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris plates to front pastedowns of each vol, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to central gutter of vol 1, v heavy cracking to gutters of vol 2- sections of page block loosened from spine)

PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1928-29

KEYWORDS: history historical artefacts Chinese porcelain antiques mythology

COOPER, MICHAEL et al

Quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, 216pp, illus, VG+ (light discolouration/fading to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ex-libris label to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling/tanning)

PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1971

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history Europeans travel exploration culture

KERNOHAN, DAVID & FERINGA, LYNDA (Photo) & NIKOLAISON, PETER (Photo)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sm patch of label residue to rear cover, light staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Wairarapa Archive 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history buildings architecture historical Wairarapa signed David Kernohan

KAIHO, YUSETSU & UMEDA, YUKIO (Ed) & HAYASHI, YOSHIKAZU (Writer)

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, gilt & black lettering to spine, 134pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, in removable plastic cover, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, sm ex-libris label to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Kyowa Kikaku 1992

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art history criticism appreciation interpretation Yuetsu Kaiho 17th seventeenth century

SOUTAR, MONTY

FIRST SOFTCOVER EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 373pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Bateman Books 2022

KEYWORDS: modern first editions New Zealand history historical fiction novels pre-colonial Monty Soutar Maori

SCHICKEL, RICHARD & PERRY, GEORGE & EASTWOOD, CLINT (Fore)

Heavy- extra shipping req'd, lg quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 479pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, gift inscription in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light wrinkling & chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front)

PUBLISHER: Running Press 2008

KEYWORDS: movies history studios Warner Bros film Hollywood

MUNAKATA, KIYOHIKO

Tidy ex-library, quarto, turquoise buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, 56pp, VG (usual library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tape residue to board edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, top corners of ffep & half title page clipped, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (plastic cover taped to covers, light soiling & moderate tape staining, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Artibus Asiae Publishers 1974

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art history technique lettering characters writing handwriting Ching Hao

LIANG-YU & LIU

Quarto, grey buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering to front board, 94pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate water staining/soiling to base of boards & eps, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, sm adhesive label residue to front pastedown, light water staining to lower edges of gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of title page)

PUBLISHER: Cygnus Publications 1978

KEYWORDS: artefacts Chinese enamel ware history authentification conservation preservation restoration

FORBES, H A CROSBY & KERNAN, JOHN DEVEREUX & WILKINS, RUTH S

Quarto, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to blue cloth spine, silver gilt rule to boards, illus eps, frontispiece, xvi + 303pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & chafing/soiling to boards, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris label to verso of half title page)

PUBLISHER: Museum of the American China Trade 1975

KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles artefacts China Chinese export silver history historical collections markings passants hallmarks identification

PRATT, M A RUGBY

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR IN YEAR OF PUBLICATION, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 231pp, illus/photos, scruffy (v heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep- above author's signature, heavy cracking to gutters, tape reinforcements to photo pages, light staining to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy tape staining & repairs to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Epworth Press 1932

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history autobiography memoir pioneers settlers M A Rugby Pratt Maori culture signed

MARTIN, PERCY F

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, green lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 480pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to spine, light soiling to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner' s name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, heavy tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1914

KEYWORDS: Maximilian history Mexico South America French 19th nineteenth century first editions

N/A

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, frontispiece, 315pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy bruising & chipping to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light chafing & soiling, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, pgs 115-126 partially detached, light smatterings of foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1917

KEYWORDS: first editions Russia Russian history Soviet early 20th twentieth century Petrograd politics political court memoirs

HUNT, REX

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 488pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1992

KEYWORDS: signed Rex Hunt Falkland Islands history Argentina governors