RUSKIN, JOHN

Octavo hardcover (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: Oxford University Press 1880

KEYWORDS: John Ruskin lectures art history Hilary term Oxford University lectures

BIGMORE, PETER

Octavo 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1979

KEYWORDS: English countryside geography history geographical historical Bedfordshire Huntingdonshire

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S & EDITORS OF LIFE

2 VOL ILLUS SET IN SLIPCASE WITH VINYL RECORD, sm folio, faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, gilt patterns to front boards, 615pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to spines & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl scuffing to board extrems) in slipcase, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to edges/corners, moderate chafing & soiling) no damage to vinyl record detected

PUBLISHER: Time Life Inc 1959

KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill special editions military politics political history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Time Life

MUSURILLO, HERBERT A (Ed & Commentary)

THIS VOL ONLY, very tidy ex-library, octavo, midnight blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 299pp, VG+ (v minimal librray markings- none external, light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (1x sm library label to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000

KEYWORDS: ancient martyr literature criticism translations church religion religious history Christianity

BARD, EMILE & TWITCHELL, H (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering & blue illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece, xii + 306pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & bruisng to board & spine extrems, light tanning/soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' plate & label to front eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, light smatterings of foxing)

PUBLISHER: George Newnes 1906

KEYWORDS: first editions culture China Chinses history customs

CORSO, ANTONIO

Imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 345pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: L'Erma di Bretschneider 2004

KEYWORDS: ancient art history artefacts sculpture sculptors Praxiteles criticism interpretation appreciation

CORSO, ANTONIO

Imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 303pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: L'Erma di Bretschneider 2007

KEYWORDS: ancient art history artefacts sculpture sculptors Praxiteles criticism interpretation appreciation

TAYLOR, THOMAS

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, brown leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to leather title plate on spine (missing), gilt rule to spine, 322pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to boards & edges, v heavy rubbing to spine with title plate missing, heavy cracking to front hinge- front board still firmly attached but sl delicate, minor cracking to rear hinge, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in blue pencil to front pastedown, moderate tanning to text block- text still very legible)

PUBLISHER: J Higham (Printer) 1793

KEYWORDS: first editions Thomas Taylor literature religion religious reformation waldensian Christianity history historical

BUTTERFIELD, L H et al (Eds)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, vol 1- lxiii + 424pp, vol 2- xxi + 490pp, VG+ (minor rubbing to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to ffeps, light soiling to spine of vol 2) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spines, sl soiling to spine of vol 1)

PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1963

KEYWORDS: history historical letters correspondence Adams family US America American New England

ROUD, STEVE & BISHOP, JULIA (Music Chapters)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white & orange lettering to spine, printed eps, xi + 764pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 2017

KEYWORDS: first editions England English history culture music folk songs

BAXTER, STEPHEN B

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 301pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edgesprev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1957

KEYWORDS: government departments treasury England English history

FREEDMAN, Sir LAWRENCE

2 VOL SET, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, vol 1- xiv + 253pp, vol 2- xxx + 849pp, illus/maps, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spines)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2005

KEYWORDS: Falklands war islands Argentina British history military politics political South Georgia

DUNCAN, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 621pp, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate soiling/scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1908

KEYWORDS: first editions Herbert Spencer letters correspondence collection biography biographies memoir history

SPENCER, HERBERT

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 556pp, vol 2- ix + 542pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light rubbing/chafing/soiling to spines & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown of vol 2, varying degrees of cracking to gutters- mostly light but with the occasional heavy crack)

PUBLISHER: Williams and Norgate 1904

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Herbert Spencer history first editions

GERKEN, LOUIS C

LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue heavy faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 464pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: American Scientific Corp 1990

KEYWORDS: aviation history aeronautics airships technology design engineering

SIMONS, MARTIN

Tidy ex-library, quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, light scuffing/bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tape staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate scuffing & wrinkling to rear eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate wrinkling & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: aviation aeronautics slingsby sailplanes gliders design history flight

DOAK, WADE

Octavo 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history maritime disasters nautical shipwrecks Elingamite Wade Doak

COBBAN, ALFRED

THIS VOL ONLY, paperback (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: Penguin 1974

KEYWORDS: history France french 19th 20th nineteenth twentieth century geopolitics

THOMAS, CAITLIN & TREMLETT, GEORGE

Super octavo 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: Secker & Warburg 1986

KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies Dylan Thomas history

HARRIS, MARY CORBETT

Octavo 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: David & Charles 1980

KEYWORDS: Wales welsh customs arts crafts legends history historical