KELLY, JAMES

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, ix + 325pp, illus, VG (minor curling/chafing/wrinkling to covers, heavy fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cork University Press 1995

KEYWORDS: history customs duelling Ireland Irish combat conflict weapons weaponry

PEPYS, SAMUEL & RICHARD, LORD BRAYBROOKE (Life & Notes)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, mixed pagination, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, sl soiling to page edges of vols 2/3 & 4, minor damage to page edges of vol 2 with light wrinkling to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: literature literary correspondence Samuel Pepys history historical

EMMERMANN, CURT (Schriftleitung)

4 VOL SET, TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, beige heavy boards, brown lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor soiling to page edges, sm stain to front board of vol 4)

PUBLISHER: Verlag Schliemann & Co 1981

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN art hobbies photography Leica cameras history design

GIBSON, E LAWRENCE & BERG III, VERNON E (Illus)

SCARCE, octavo, grey light card covers, red & black lettering to spine & covers, viii + 385pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light rubbing & curling to covers, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing to covers, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Avon 1978

KEYWORDS: military history navy naval US ensign vernon e berg homosexuality social stigma

MACKEY, ALBERT G & CAMPBELL, DONALD (Revised by)

LACKS FEP, sm octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & masonic illus to spine, gilt masonic illus & blind rule to front board, 444pp + 23pp catalogue to rear, G+ (heavy bruising & rubbing/chafing to spine & boards/edges with considerable surface loss, heavy cracking to rear hinge of spine- rear board partially detached, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, front & rear eps missing, moderate to heavy foxing to pages throughout, several prev. owners' names in ink to prelims, v heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, pgs 193-208 detached but present, other page segments partially detached but still tentatively hanging on, despite its pre-loved condition text block is still readable)

PUBLISHER: Charles Griffin & Co 1870

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic lexicon dictionary terms terminology rites secret societies history historical literature

CARLILE, RICHARD

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind decorative rule to boards, printed front eps, xv + 311pp, G+ (v heavy scuffing to spine- heavily cracked at front hinge, moderate soiling to boards, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board extrems & edges, front gutter completely cracked/detached, yellowing tape staining to & ex-libris ink stamp to front eps, numerous pgs detached but present, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout- some page segments partially detached/loosened) Very delicate condition- please feel free to ask for photos

PUBLISHER: Reeves & Turner N/D (c.mid-late 1800s?)

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies royal arch history rites manuals

MUNCHAUSEN, BARON & CRUIKSHANK, G (Illus)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt & black lettering & decoration/rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 268pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & chafing/surface loss to boards- minor to spine, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front gutter- partially detached with front board shaky, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout, plate at pg154 partially detached with failed attempts at yellowing tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: William Tegg 1868

KEYWORDS: literature history Baron Munchausen

BLACKHAM, Colonel ROBERT J

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt masonic illus to front board, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, 3.5cm crack to top hinge of spine/front board, heavy fading to spine & boards, light soiling with some water staining to front hinge, moderate tanning to page edgesprev. owner's name & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, extensive synopsis pasted to front eps - possibly from absent dust jacket, sm ink numerals to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages- text block mostly unaffected, illus with sm ink inscription pasted to verso of contents page)

PUBLISHER: Rider & Co 1933

KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies rites history

SHEEHAN, PAUL

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 237pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to board extrems & edges, minor bruising to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's catalogue number unobtrusive in pen to fep.) in d/w, VG+ (in removable plastic cover, light creasing to edges, light discolouration to spine)

PUBLISHER: Transpress 2003

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Air NZ aircraft aeroplanes design engineering civil

SINGH, MALVIKA & MUKHERJEE, RUDRANGSHU & KAPOOR, PRAMOD (Concept & Visual Research)

FIRST EDITION, square quarto, white heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 237pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Lustre Press / Roli Books 2009

KEYWORDS: India history culture buildings infrastructure capital cities New Delhi development first editions

BEST, ELSDON

Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp profile/portrait to front board, xv + 459pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to rear eps & terminals)

PUBLISHER: A R Shearer, Gov't Printer 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori culture villages anthropology pre-European pre-colonial Elsdon Best

BARKAN, LEONARD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 291pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1975

KEYWORDS: first editions human anatomy art history image

HAZLITT, W CAREW

Octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule to boards, teg, frontispiece, xviii + 554pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine, moderate staining & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light to moderate occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1893

KEYWORDS: antiques coins Europe European catalogues history historical mint

HUFFMAN, MICKEY

NUMBERED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (#92), octavo, white light card covers, black lettering to spine, 78pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling to cover edges, light to moderate foxing & light chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Promethian Press N/D (c.1990)

KEYWORDS: antiques guides badges politics political Adolf Hitler authentication military war history signed numbered editions Mickey Huffman

SMILES, SAMUEL

SPINE PARTIALLY DETACHED BUT BINDING SOUND, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration & black rule to front board, frontispiece, ix + 389pp, illus, G+ (spine brittle/cracking & partially detached & flapping, moderate scuffing to extrems, light soiling & chafing to front board, heavy scuffing & minor surface loss to rear board, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ffep missing, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name & ink stamp to full title page, some minor ink annotation & underlining to contents page & prelims, occasional moderate crackinglight to moderate soiling & foxing to terminals with ex-libris ink stamp also).

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1874

KEYWORDS: civil engineering engineers biography bridges smeaton rennie lighthouses harbours design construction history

FLINT, BRIAN

Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 164pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate water damage to base of page block & boards- boards lightly warped & stained, light tanning & foxing/water staining to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, otherwise still a tidy copy) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing, moderate damp wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 1979

KEYWORDS: England English history natural resources energy windmills Suffolk East Anglia

MASSE, Lieut.-Col C H & LAWSON, C C P (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 116pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board edges & corners, light staining to spine & rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & edges with minor loss & tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Gale and Polden 1948

KEYWORDS: British army military history supply transport services service corps first editions

ALLEN, Lieut.-Col S S

FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAPS AT REAR, INSCRIBED & SIGNED FROM THE AUTHOR, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 188pp, VG+ (minor rubbing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1920

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war Auckland France French campaigns first editions

ALLEN, C E 'TITCH'

Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, minor adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front, sl tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Amulree Publications 1994

KEYWORDS: automotive motorbikes motorcycles Velocette British engineering design history

RHODES, IVAN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Osprey 1997

KEYWORDS: signed Ivan Rhodes automotive motorbikes motorcycles Velocette British engineering design history