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$40.00
1c41a/8

Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light


MURATA, SACHIKO & WEIMING, TU (Fore) & CHITTICK, WILLIAM C (New Trans)

TIDY INSCRIPTION IN CHINESE TO FFEP, octavo, glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xiv + 264pp, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges/corners, light tanning to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, ink inscription in Chinese to ffep)

PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 2000

KEYWORDS: China Chinese spirituality Sufi Sufism Islam Islamic historical literature religion religious history

$75.00
1c41a/9

The Vale of Pewsey


TIMPERLEY, H W

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, x + 230pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to base of ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1954

KEYWORDS: first editions the regional books series history England English Great Britain British Wiltshire agricutlure

$180.00
1c41a/10

Panzer Leader


GUDERIAN, GENERAL HEINZ & HART, Captain B H LIDDELL (Fore) & FITZGIBBON, CONSTANTINE (Trans)

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 528pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/soiling to boards/edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing with light loss & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Zenger Publishing 1979

KEYWORDS: military history German Germany Panzer ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography biographies memoir generals leaders General Heinz Guderian

$60.00
1c41a/12

The Occupation of The Rhineland 1918-1929 (Facsimile Edition)


BAYLISS, Dr G M (Intro) & EDMONDS, Brigadier-General Sir JAMES E (Compiled by)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 444pp, rear eps illus/map, illus/maps, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps, light wrinkling to ffep/prelims, 1cm closed tear to base of ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1987 (Facsimile Edition)

KEYWORDS: military history Rhineland Imperial War Museum documents war cabinets official documents early 20th twentieth century

$345.00
1c41a/14

Phantom Nine: The 9th Armored (Remagen) Division, 1942-1945


REICHELT, Dr WALTER

SCARCE, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 327pp, illus/photos, folding maps to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Presidial Press 1987

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 9th Armored Remagen division US America American army armed forces battles campaigns

$35.00
1c41a/15

Allied Secret: The Sinking of HMT Rohna


JACKSON, CARLTON

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xxi + 207pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Red River Books / University of Oklahoma Press 2002

KEYWORDS: military history naval operations United States Army US America American armed forces HMT Rohna British troopships transport ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

$40.00
1c41a/16

Combat Commander: Autobiography of a Soldier


HARMON, MAJOR GENERAL E N & MACKAYE, MILTON & MACKAYE, WILLIAM ROSS

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, unpaginated prelims + 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall 1970

KEYWORDS: first editions military history Major-General E N Harmon US American America armed forces autobiography autobiographies memoir

$220.00
1c41a/20

The Super Sixth: History of the 6th Armored Division in World War II and its Post-War Association


HOFMANN, GEORGE F

SCRCE, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 512pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Sixth Armored Division Association 1975

KEYWORDS: military history sixth 6th armored division US Army armed forces veterans

$100.00
1g56a/9

The German Army in the West


WESTPHAL, GENERAL SIEGFRIED

FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 222pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & discolouration to board corners, light rubbing to top of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy cracking & chipping with tape repairs/reinforcement to spine, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1951

KEYWORDS: first editions military history German army third reich command leaders

$75.00
1g56a/12

Chinese Women and Christianity 1860-1927


KWOK, PUI-LAN

Octavo, coloured glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, x + 225pp, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label & soiling to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Scholars Press 1991

KEYWORDS: China Chinese women religion Christianity faith history church

$100.00
1g56a/15

An Illustrated History of Wilson Marriage School


REYNOLDS, COLIN

Quarto, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 125pp + photographic section to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, heavy fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, lg ink gift inscription to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Colin Reynolds 1984

KEYWORDS: England English schools history Wilson Marriage School St Leonard's Parish Hythe Wesleyan Day academic institutions

$40.00
1g56a/17

Thomas Jones (1742-1803): An Artist Rediscovered


SUMNER, ANN (Ed) & SMITH, GREG (Ed) et al

Ex-library, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 287pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edgestape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press / National Museums & Galleries of Wales 2003

KEYWORDS: art history biographies biography Thomas Jones artists 18th eighteenth century Welsh Wales landscapes appreciation criticism

$50.00
1g56a/20

Three Thousand Years of Chinese Paintings


XIN, YANG & CHONGZHENG, NIE & SHAOJUN, LANG & BARNHART, RICHARD M & CAHILL, JAMES & HUNG, WU

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 402pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light soiling to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press / Foreign Languages Press 1997

KEYWORDS: art history appreciation criticism China Chinese historical

$120.00
1g56a/21

The Drawings by Sandro Botticelli for Dante's Divine Comedy, After the Originals in the Berlin Museums and the Vatican


CLARK, KENNETH

Sm folio, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontipsiece, 218pp, illus, VG+ (minor foxing sporadically throughout- mostly to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to edges, moderate fading & light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976

KEYWORDS: art history Sandro Botticelli Dante Divine Comedy literature literary

$75.00
1h29a/3

The Tyranny of the Detail: Contemporary Art in an Urban Setting


BECK, JAMES

Octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in clear d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Willis, Locker & Owens 1992

KEYWORDS: contemporary art criticism appreciation modern history society psychology urban settings

$750.00
1h29a/7

Stevens and Bartholomew's New Zealand Directory for 1866-67


STEVENS, G (Compiled) & BARTHOLOMEW, D H (Compiled)

VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, printed eps, xxxiv + (6) + 322pp + 73pp to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping/scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate tanning/fading & staining to spine & board edges, moderate soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing& soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, heavy crack to front & rear gutters, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pages throughout, some minor creasing & loosening to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: G Stevens & D H Bartholomew 1866

KEYWORDS: New Zealand directories 19th nineteenth century businesses history past years historical

$245.00
1h29a/8

The History of the Ara Lodges


GRIBBIN, G A

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 237pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, v heavy cracking/damage to front & rear gutters, ownership ink markings/inscriptions to prelims, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)

PUBLISHER: Geddis & Blomfield (Printer) 1909

KEYWORDS: New Zealand freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies ara lodges history signed first editions

$200.00
1h29a/11

Superimposed Load Firearms 1360-1860


BAXTER, CAPTAIN D R

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#332/500), imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, xv + 536pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light creasing to some gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing to spine & covers, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: South China Morning Post (Printer) 1966

KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry guns firearms history historical signed special numbered editions Captain D R Baxter gunmakers

$60.00
1h29a/15

Whaowhia: Maori Art and its Artists


ARCHEY, GILBERT

Quarto, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 136pp, illus/photos, VG (light foxing & tanning to board edges, sl foxing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims, minor scuffing to folding illus to rear)

PUBLISHER: William Collins 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical art Maori culture cultural artefacts artists tribal tribes

$350.00
1i35b/1

Gunmakers of London 1350-1850 & Supplement


BLACKMORE, HOWARD L

FIRST EDITION, 2 VOLS - BOOK & SUPPLEMENT, quarto, blue cloth boards, cream heavy boards & blue lettering to spine of supplement vol, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps to main vol, frontispieces, vol 1- 222pp, supplement vol- 156pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to half title page of main vol & ffep of supplement vol) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: George Shumway Publisher / Museum Restoration Service 1986-1999

KEYWORDS: gunsmiths gunmakers London history antique weapons weaponry antiques firearms

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