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

DARBAN, AHMAD ADABY et al (Writing Contributors)

Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to lower page corners) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing/bruising to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat & Indonesia Marketing Association 2002

KEYWORDS: history culture Kraton Jogja Indonesia Indonesian

FRENCH, CALVIN L

Imperial octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 200pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, light tanning to page edges, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: John Weatherhill 1974

KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Shiba Kokan Japan Japanese history art artists

COBEN, LAWRENCE A & FERSTER, DOROTHY C

Imperial octavo, grey cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, xii + 323pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light plucking to cloth of boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some surface loss, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: John Weatherhill 1982

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art cloisonne history decoration decorative enamels

SANSOM, GEORGE

3 VOL SET, super octavo, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- x + 500pp, vol 2- xix + 442pp, vol 3- xii + 258pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to board corners, moderate discolouration to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris labels to front pastedown of each vol) in d/w, vols 1 & 3 only- vol 2 jacket missing, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate fading to spines, light soiling, moderate foxing to vol 1)

PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1958-1966

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese ancient history antiquity

HOWITT, WILLIAM & WILLIAMS, S (Illus)

Super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling with raised bands to spine, gilt rule to boards, aeg, illus full title page, xxiv + 615pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & boards, light tanning to spine, moderate scuffing to gilt on page edges, light to moderate soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters, minor foxing & staining to some pages, prev. owner's name/inscription in ink to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans 1840

KEYWORDS: England English rural life customs history country life

RODGER, N A M (Ed) & OSWALD, Admiral of the Fleet Sir JULIAN (Fore)

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 273pp, VG+ (sl bruising & staining to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & water staining to edges, light chafing, light fading)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1996

KEYWORDS: military history navy naval power 20th twentieth century maritime warfare

BAIRD, JAMES

Duodecimo, grey light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, printed eps, 67pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Dennistoun Press N/D (c.1922)

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish Glasgow towns Dennistoun history