MALTHUS, CECIL

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG) minor insect damage to rear pages; 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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1965

KEYWORDS: military history anzac Gallipoli

KITSON, FRANK

Super 8vo, navy blue heavy card bds, gilt lettering to spine, illus. tp, 112pp., illus., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing, light bruising & creasing/curling to edges & extrems with minor chipping to spine, 2cm closed tear to top edge).

PUBLISHER: Halsgrove 2007

KEYWORDS: England Britain Royal Navy military history Britannia ships HMS Sir Henry Kitson 19th 20th century Admiral paintings

SHONE, RICHARD

Super 8vo, illus. heavy hard bds, blue & yellow lettering to spine, frontis., 272 pp., illus., photos, VG+ (light scuffing & tanning/soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & light soiling to pg edges, light tanning & soiling to eps), in d/w VG (moderate to heavy fading to spine, light scuffing & soiling, light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1976

KEYWORDS: Bloomsbury Group artist writer 20th century London Vanessa Bell Virginia Woolf Duncan Grant culture social history custom

VON MENDE, HANS-ULRICH & DIETZ, MATTHIAS

TEXT IN GERMAN, ENGLISH & FRENCH, lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, illus ffep, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling/discolouration to covers, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Benedikt Taschen 1994

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN, ENGLISH & FRENCH small cars automotive transport history design engineering

PHILP, MATT & HEDLEY, LOTTIE

Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white, black & brown letteirng to spine, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & creasing to cover edges, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Castlepoint Racing Club 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand horse racing history sport Castlepoint equine

SMITH, FRANK (Compiled by)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xv + (3pp) + 599pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, lower corner of pgs 595-596 creased)

PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publishing Co 1982

KEYWORDS: gazetteer England English history place names places registers data parish parishes diocese historical statistics

WALBURGA, LADY PAGET

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, v + pgs279-561, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & rear ep, prev. bookseller's sm nik stamp to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography autobiographies Lady Paget Walburga history historical

BRAZIER, KEVIN

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 404pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Fonthill 2021

KEYWORDS: knight's cross iron cross military history recipients awards nazi soldiers officers German Germany officers medals

MARX, KARL & ENGELS, FREDERICK (Ed) & MOORE, SAMUEL (Trans) & AVELING, EDWARD (Trans)

EARLY UK EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black motif to front board, xxxi + 816pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising & chipping to spine extrems, light bruising & rubbing to board corners, moderate to heavy discolouration to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling & light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sm newspaper clipping tipped in to front pastedown- with sm ink numeral also, sm label tipped in to ffep- mostly missing/detached, light cracking to gutters, some minor underlining in blue pencil to early pages)

PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1908

KEYWORDS: early editions Karl Marx English translations economics money commodities philosophy literature history historical

McGARRY, STEPHEN

Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey & red lettering to spine, 288pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges/corners, sl soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: The History Press Ireland 2014

KEYWORDS: military history Irish regiments Europe

BISHOP, CHRIS (Ed)

Quarto 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: Silverdale Books 2003

KEYWORDS: military history 20th twentieth century Vietnam Southeast Asia soldiers

KNICKERBOCKER, DIEDRICH (IRVING, WASHINGTON)

Sm octavo, quarter leather bound black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, illus title page, xxx + 368pp, VG (sl rubbing to board corners, light to moderate rubbing/crackling to leather spine, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate 'ghost'lettering & tanning/foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's historic ink stamp to base of title page, sm numerals in purple pencil to copyright page, text block very clear & binding tight)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Tegg, 73 Cheapside; Rodwell and Martin ... 1824

KEYWORDS: Washington Irving Diedrich Knickerbocker history New York literature

HARROP, A J

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 187pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature Westland south island history

N/A

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, folding maps throughout, 258pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges & corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl cracking at gutters, occasional closed tearing to some maps with minor foxing also)

PUBLISHER: R Farnell & Co 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel guides literature accomodation historical hotels history

THE TRAVEL EDITOR (M HORNSBY) (Compiled by)

Sm octavo, beige buckram soft boards, black lettering to spine & boards, rounded page & board corners, printed eps, x + 590pp, illus/folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine with sm adhesive label to base, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, covered ex-libris plate to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter with tidy tape repair/reinforcement, 1x sm library ink stamp to title page, minor foxing to some maps)

PUBLISHER: Horace Cox, Windsor House 1913

KEYWORDS: travel guides historical historic history resorts holidays vacation

LAUER, JEAN-PHILIPPE

Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & fraying to spine & board corners, 15mm crack to top edge of spine, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology ancient history excavation sites antiquity Egypt Egyptian tombs Saqqara

KNIGHT, LARAINE

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, green & black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris label with white-out to top of title page)

PUBLISHER: L J Knight 1995

KEYWORDS: signed Laraine Knight New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Meeanee Hawke's Bay

SPALINGER, ANTHONY

Imperial octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover only, xi + 68pp, illus to rear, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Halgo Inc 1992

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history feasts antiquity fasts calendars canopus stela wp rnpt esna festival customs

GRAJETZKI, WOLFRAM

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, iv + 116pp, plates/illus to rear, VG+ (sl curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Golden House Publications 2010

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history archeology archaeology coffins death afterlife Zemathor burial

DE JONG, CEES W (Text & Ed) & THOLENAAR, JAN (Text)

THIS VOL ONLY, lg quarto, illus white boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 360pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of rear board, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2009

KEYWORDS: graphics typology design art lettering history historical