MORRIS, Professor E E et al & PERCEVAL, Sir W B (Preface)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 301pp + unpaginated publisher's catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate chipping to spine extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep possibly missing, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1895

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history pictorial

CORNISH, RORY T & PALMER, GREGORY (Series Ed)

FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxxiv + 227pp, VG+ (minimal library markings- none external, light bruising & soiling to spine & board edges)

PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1992

KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues George Grenville politics government history manuscripts British

SLESIN, SUZANNE

Square quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, pink & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 216pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to edges, light chafing, sm gouge to spine)

PUBLISHER: Pointed Leaf Press 2003

KEYWORDS: fashion biographies Helena Rubinstein design history

GOEBEL, JULIUS & METFORD, J C J (Preface & Intro)

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxx + 482pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1982

KEYWORDS: Falkland Islands history legal law diplomatic colonialism government

LOMBARD, ANNE S

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 244pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to base of front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: history men New England US America American social conditions customs gender roles colonial times

LEHMANN-HAUPT, HELLMUT (Ed & Commentary)

Oblong super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & coloured illus to front board, 102pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate rubbing & soiling to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of Missouri Press 1972

KEYWORDS: illuminated manuscripts art craft history historical Gottingen library

GILLIS, I V (Compiled by) & PING-CH'I, PAI (Compiled by)

Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, various pagination, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss with chipping to spine & extrems, moderate chafing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, large scuff & surface loss to rear pastedown, light cracking to gutters- boards sl shaky)

PUBLISHER: Edwards Brothers (Printer) 1942

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese surnames family history genealogy

MANING, FREDERICK E (A PAKEHA MAORI) & HOCKEN, Dr (Intro)

Octavo, grey buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown lettering & decoration to front board, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispiece, xv + 350pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing with tanning to board edges & extrems, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate scuffing & surface loss to front gutter, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history war 1845 Ngapuhi tribe Maori traditions

LISTER, RAYMOND

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 385pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board/spine edges/extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1984

KEYWORDS: art history 19th nineteenth century Great Briain British prints printmaking dictionary bibliography bibliographies

WEERASOORIA, W S

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + 322p + illus/photos to rear, VG (moderate bruising to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Government Press of Sri Lanka (Printer) 1988

KEYWORDS: history Australia Australian Sri Lanka Lankans Ceylon Ceylonese culture foreign relations

GALLOP, ANNABEL TEH & KRATZ, E ULRICH (Essay)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The British Library / National Archives of Malaysia 1994

KEYWORDS: illumination illustration literature letters calligraphy lettering Malay Malaysia history signed

HANUSZ, MARK

Lg quarto, black heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xviii + 203pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims, light to moderate adhesion to some pages- minor tearing to pg203) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Equinox Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: Indonesia Indonesian customs culture smoking clove cigarettes kretek heritage history

SADLER, A L

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 140pp + 122 plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate fading & tanning/discolouration to spine & board edges, light foxing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, moderate tanning & sporadic light foxing throughout, occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & loss to edges with tidy archival tape repairs, moderate discolouration & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1941

KEYWORDS: first editions history Japan Japanese buildings design architecture

NAVARETTE, Friar DOMINGO & CUMMINS, J S (Ed)

2 VOL SET, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to spines, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press / Hakluyt Society 1962

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration voyages travel literature history Friar Domingo Navarette 17th seventeenth century

MEINERTZHAGEN, FREDERICK

Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 80pp + plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling/paper residue to boards, heavy crease to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & closed tearing to edges & spine with heavy loss & tidy archival tape repairs, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1956

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art small carvings netsuke history

WENDELIN, ERIC C

Ex-library, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 190pp, VG- (minimal library markings, light bruising & light to moderate discolouration to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, unfortunate v heavy closed tearing to base of pgs 129-134 & pgs 147-160- otherwise looks to be unread)

PUBLISHER: World Peace Foundation 1932

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues politics government alliances history league of nations economics economy finance financial

ALVARES, Father FRANCISCO & ALDERLEY, Lord STANLEY (Trans) & BECKINGHAM, C F (Revised & Ed) & HUNTINGFORD, G W B (Revised & Ed)

2 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, 617pp total, illus, folding map in pocket to rear pastedown of vol 2, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to spines/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press / Hakluyt Society 1961

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration voyages Prester John Indies Ethiopia Portugal Portuguese embassy history

ERVINE, ST JOHN

FIRST EDITION, HEAVY ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO JACKET, super octavo, orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained orange- faded, frontispiece, xxiv + 676pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges, light discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink marks to ffep, newspaper clipping glued to half title page, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, tatty (heavy chipping & loss to spine & edges with heavy but tidy tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1949

KEYWORDS: first editions biographies memoir James Craig Viscount Craigavon of Stormont former Irish Ireland prime ministers Ulster history politics government

GEIPEL, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 225pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1971

KEYWORDS: first editions history vikings Scandinavia scandinavian linguistics language English Gaelic

BOYLE, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 351pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1977

KEYWORDS: first editions biographies memoir Erskine Childers Ireland Irish history