TAYLOR, W A

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tiki illus to front board, frontispiece, 196pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board edges with sl surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to title page) in d/w, tatty (v heavy creasing & tearing to edges with some loss, moderate wrinkling/creasing & soiling/discolouration to spine & covers)

PUBLISHER: Bascands Ltd N/D (c.1950?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history south island folklore lore culture customs

HUDSON, PATRICIA

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 560pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Pasold Research Fund Ltd 1975

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues history historical textile industry business records

HALL, HAL W (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unused, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxii + 677pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited 1993

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues scifi science fiction fantasy history criticism literature literary reference research

GLOVER, GARETH & RAVA, GIUSEPPE (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 268pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, sl foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2014

KEYWORDS: first editions military famous battles Waterloo history Napoleon Bonaparte Duke of Wellington

GREEN, NIGEL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Matador 2013

KEYWORDS: literature fiction Richard III history

VAN DER HAEGHEN, FERDINAND (Founded by) & LENGER, MARIE-THERESE (Republished under direction of)

5 VOL SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS (1964), very tidy ex-library- possibly unused, quarto, red leather-textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor bruising & chafing/rubbing to spines & extrems- sl surface loss, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Culture et Civilisation, Royal Library of Belgium 1964

KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues Netherlands geography history Royal Library of Belgium

PERRY, LAURENS BALLARD

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 467pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Northern Illinois University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Mexico Mexican history politics government

SHERMAN, JOHN (General Ed)

FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 419pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light scuffing & bruising to extrems)

PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1978

KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues Arab-Israeli conflict modern history 20th twentieth century politics religion religious conflict Israel Palestine

OSTRYE, ANNE T

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 192pp, VG+ (minimal library markings- none external, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1986

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues history finance foreign overseas investment America Canada

N/A

Tidy ex-library, sm octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 184pp, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & scuffing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Military Publishing House 1985

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Romanian military history

ASADA, SADAO (Ed)

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 462pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (in easily removed protective wrapper, light creasing to edges, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Japan Japanese foreign relations history historical reference

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

SALMON, CLAUDINE & LOMBARD, DENYS

TEXT IN FRENCH & ENGLISH, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, lxxviii + 358pp + unpaginated illus to rear, illus, VG (moderate creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Monograph Publishing 1980

KEYWORDS: text in French & English temples Indonesia ancient history social life customs antiquity Chinese Jakarta

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

CHIKAMATSU & MIYAMORI, ASATARO (Trans) & NICHOLS, ROBERT (Revised by)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 359pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy fading & soiling to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims, sl cracking to some gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions Japan Japanese literature playwrights Chikamatsu stage drama history