HUME, GEORGE

FIRST EDITION; Super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxiii + 319pp, illus + folding map at rear, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to front hinge, moderate sun-fading to spine, moderate cracking to front gutter - front board slightly shaky, moderate foxing to pages/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)

PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. 1914

KEYWORDS: first editions george hume memoirs autobiography autobiographies russian history travel writing english england british britain diplomats businessmen

HAGGARD, Lieut.-Col. ANDREW C. P.

FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt rule to front boards, teg, frontispieces, xi + 346pp / ix + 342pp, illus plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate-heavy foxing/discolouration to prelims/terminals & page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1909

KEYWORDS: first editions france french revolution monarchy monarchs royalty royals history louis xvi marie antoinette biography biographies

LARNED, J. N.

2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, dark green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus eps - maps, frontispieces, xviii + 465pp / xv + 539pp, illus plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light-moderate cracking to gutters - Vol. I boards slightly shaky, light soiling to eps, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: The C. A. Nichols Company 1905

KEYWORDS: general world histories history ancient medieval mediaeval modern early prehistoric epochs mankind civilisations civilizations jn larned illustrated

GREENWOOD, ALICE DRAYTON

FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, top edges stained red, frontispieces, xv + 419pp / xiii + 439pp, illus - maps & plates, VG- (light scuffing & soiling to boards - moderate black ink stains to front board of Vol I, heavy sun-fading to spines, light-moderate cracking to gutters, some pages starting to come loose in front sections but all present, light-moderate foxing/discolouration to pages/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)

PUBLISHER: George Bell and Sons 1909/1911

KEYWORDS: first editions english england royals royalty monarchs monarchy monarchies queens hanover hanoverian history biographies biography sophia dorothea of celle caroline of ansbach charlotte sophia of mecklenburg strelitz amelia elizabeth caroline of brunswick adelaide of saxe meiningen

FORESTER, C. S.

FIRST EDITION; Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & crown motif to spine & boards, frontispiece, 247pp, illus plates, VG- (light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate cracking to front gutter, a few pages loose/coming loose but all present, light-moderate foxing to pages, prev. owner's name in pencil & light pencil doodling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions france french military political politics imperial history napoleon bonaparte emperors court of biography biographies

FINLAYSON, CHRISTOPHER & CHRISTMAS, JAMES

Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, xv + 279pp, colour photo illus, Nr FINE (v. light rubbing to boards)

PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2021

KEYWORDS: new zealand aotearoa maori treaty of waitangi claims settlements law legal history crown obligations cultural national identity colonialism colonisation

HANNIGAN, JOHN & RICHARDS, GREG (eds)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, blue & white lettering to spine, xx + 585pp, illus figures & tables, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards & page edges)

PUBLISHER: SAGE Publications Ltd 2017

KEYWORDS: sage handbooks new urban studies planning cities city theory history student guides textbooks academic texts sociology social cultural

LINK, ARTHUR S. (ed) & DAVIDSON, JOHN WELLS & HIRST, DAVID W. (assoc. eds) & LITTLE, JOHN E. & LEARY, WILLIAM M. (assist. eds) & MOTTER, T. H. VAIL & THOMAS, M. HALSEY (consult. eds) & MACLAUGHLIN, JEAN (contrib. ed)

VOLS 1-8 [total date range 1856-1894]; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spines, portrait illus title pages, various paginations, illus, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards with light adhesive residue to some vols, light sun-fading to some spines, light soiling to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep of Vol. 3) in d/w (except Vols. 4 & 6), VG/VG- (light rubbing, soiling, chipping & creasing, light sun-fading to spines & some covers, all price-clipped, protective plastic covers with adhesive to d/w of Vols 1-2)

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1966-1970

KEYWORDS: 8-volume set united states of american usa history politics politicians government political papers letters collected works anthologies memoirs thomas woodrow wilson presidents

RUSSELL, Colonel FRANK S.

2 VOL. SET; Octavo, leather half-bound boards with marbled heavy card covers, gilt lettering and decorative raised bands to spines, all edges stained red, frontispieces, viii + 343pp, iv + 388pp, illus. + folding map towards rear of Vol. II, VG- (moderate scuffing, chipping & peeling to boards & spines, heavy cracking to front hinge/gutter of Vol. II with part of spine & front board almost entirely detached as a result, light cracking to gutters of Vol. I, light soiling/discolouration to pages)

PUBLISHER: Chapman And Hall Limited 1887

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoirs english england history charles mordaunt earl of peterborough monmouth

DE FOE [DEFOE], DANIEL & WILSON, WALTER

3 VOL. SET, RE-BOUND; Super octavo, light blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispiece, lxii + 482pp / xvii + 527pp / xviii + 685pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light sun-fading to spines, light creasing & foxing to pages/page edges throughout, light tanning to page edges, occasional light annotations in ink and pencil)

PUBLISHER: Hurst, Chance, and Co. 1830

KEYWORDS: rebound memoirs literary biography biographies autobiography autobiographies history daniel de foe defoe england english writers authors novelists

PETTY, Sir WILLIAM & Marquis of LANSDOWNE (ed)

FIRST EDITION; 2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spines, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces, xlii + 276pp / xii + 309pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to boards, light chipping to spine extrems & corners, light-moderate foxing to pages/page edges, prev. owner's label to front pastedowns)

PUBLISHER: Constable & Company Limited 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions england english history collected works writings anthologies economists economics scientists science philosophers philosophy politics politicians sir william petty papers bowood

HUXLEY, THOMAS HENRY & HUXLEY, LEONARD

2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces, xi + 539pp / vii + 541pp, illus, VG/VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems of Vol. II, boards slightly cocked & soiled, light cracking to gutters on both volumes, a few pages coming loose & one or two small open tears not impacting text, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to Vol. I fep)

PUBLISHER: D. Appleton and Company 1901

KEYWORDS: england english history letters writings autobiography autobiographies memoirs biography biographies thomas henry h huxley biology biologists anthropology anthropologists science scientists theory of evolution natural selection darwin

THOMSON, Mrs. A. T.

2 VOL. SET; RE-BOUND; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, xxviii + 475pp / vii + 573pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light discolouration to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Henry Colburn 1839

KEYWORDS: england english royal history royalty monarchs monarchy monarchies memoirs biography biographies queen anne court courtiers sarah churchill duchess of marlborough

ROBERTS, CHRISTOPHER & HILLS, PATRICIA (illus)

MUSIC CD AT REAR; Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxvi + 289pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing, creasing & sun-fading to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's stamp to half-title page)

PUBLISHER: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies 2014

KEYWORDS: papua new guinea music art performing arts ethnomusicology composition culture cultural social history traditions customs musical instruments

PLATTS-MILLS, JOHN

LENGTHILY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY TOM PLATTS-MILLS; Reprint; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 687pp, illus photo plates, VG+ (light bruising to boards, light soiling to page edges, inscription to fep in black ink) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & chipping)

PUBLISHER: Paper Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: autobiographies autobiography memoirs great britain british english england politics politicians political activism socialism socialists barristers lawyers law 20th twentieth century history

COHEN-SOLAL, ANNIE & POLIZZOTTI, MARK (trans)

Super octavo, grey heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxv + 540pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, one or two small spots of staining in red ink to pages) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, bookseller's price sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 2010

KEYWORDS: biography biographies art dealers dealership united states of america american usa gallery galleries modern 20th twentieth century history leo castelli social life new york city culture cultural

DE WAAL, EDMUND & CLARE, CLAUDIA (written & edited by)

Quarto, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, 319pp, illus colour plates, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (light soiling & creasing)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press Limited 2011

KEYWORDS: ceramics clay pottery figures potters art artists history pictorial alphabetical guides colour photography illustrated phaidon edmund de waal

RAFFAELLI, ANTOINE & PROST, ALAIN (foreword) & BURGESS-WISE, DAVID (trans)

Quarto, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, 245pp, photo illus, VG (heavy adhesion damage to title page - two pages still stuck together, otherwise one or two small spots of light adhesion damage throughout, light soiling to pages)

PUBLISHER: Maeght Editeur 1997

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoirs automobiles antiques historic cars collections collecting antoine raffaelli pictorial illustrated history photographs racing motorsports bugatti

SADIL, JOSEF & PESEK, LUDEK (illus) & POLACKOVA, KACA (trans)

Sm. folio, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, planet motif to front board, unpaginated, illus colour plates, VG (light soiling & moderater sun-fading to boards, light-moderate fraying to board corners & spine extrems, light soiling/discolouration to pages, prev. owner's name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: Paul Hamlyn Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: space planets solar system astronomy moons lunar pictorial guides illustrated science history

CHU-CHIA-CHIEN & GRAHAM, JAMES A. (trans) & JACOVLEFF, ALEXANDRE (illus)

Sm. folio, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering, rule & illustration to front board, gilt patterned eps, deckled page edges, 35pp + additional unpaginated, illus colour plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to front hinge & moderate chipping to spine extrems, light foxing & tanning to pages, plates clean in appearance, prev. owner's label to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1922

KEYWORDS: chinese china theatre theater plays drama performing arts colour prints printing culture cultural social art history collections