D'ESTE, CARLO

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & Boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, 666pp, maps to rear, Near FINE (v sm scuff to front board)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2004

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 battles Sicily operations

CARNE, JOHN (Text) & BARTLETT, W H (Illus) & PURSER, WILLIAM (Illus) & ALLOM, THOMAS (Illus)

3 VOL SET, imperial octavo, green textured buckram half leather bound boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates to spines, gilt tooling/decoration to spines & boards, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces with tissue guards to vols 1+2, unguarded frontispiece to vol 3, folding maps to prelims of vol 1, maps to prelims of vol 3, plates, mixed pagination, illus/plates - all counted & present with tissue guards, G+ (v heavy chipping/scuffing/bruising to spines & board extrems/edges with some moderate loss, moderate tanning to spines, moderate to heavy staining/fading/discolouration to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, sm ex-libris plates to front pastedowns of all vols, moderate fading & water staining to eps, minor cracking to front and/or rear gutters to each vol, light to moderate tanning and/or foxing throughout with moderate water staining to top edges of most pages of each vol)

PUBLISHER: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son & Co 1842

KEYWORDS: history culture travel writing literature Syria illustrated Asia Minor religion religious land

CHAUVET, JEAN-MARIE & DESCHAMPS, ELIETTE BRUNEL & HILLAIRE, CHRISTIAN & BAHN, PAUL G (Fore) & CLOTTES, JEAN (Epilogue)

Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine & covers, 135pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate bruising to spine, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2001

KEYWORDS: prehistoric cave art archaeology archeology Chauvet Cave France Ardeche ancient history historical

JACOBSEN, H A (Collected by) & DOLLINGER, H (Collected by) & HILTERMANN, G B J (Introductory Overviews by)

TEXT IN DUTCH, 20 VOL SET, sm octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering & black numbering to spines, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (light curling/creasing to cover edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front eps of each vol)

PUBLISHER: Bosch & Keuning 1962-64

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 photography photos military history

BEVERIDGE, ALBERT J

4 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, subject's signature in gilt to front boards, deckled/roughcut page fore-edges, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeps)

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1916-19

KEYWORDS: history historical figures John Marshall biography biographies memoirs Americans

JOHNSON, LTC (Ret.) THOMAS M

5 VOL SET, VOLS 1 & 5 SIGNED, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board extrems, light foxing to spines, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front pastedowns to vols 1 & 5, minor adhesion to pages, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: Thomas M Johnson 1976-85

KEYWORDS: military history memorabilia collectables collectibles weaponry nazi third reich swords ceremonial presentation war

N/A

2 VOL SET, octavo, light green buckram boards with dark green half binding, gilt lettering & rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xlvi + 8pp + 397pp, vol 2- xxxi + 525pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate to heavy but historic water staining to pages, light age appropriate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Archer, No 80, Dame-Street 1792

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence classical ancient history Peloponnesian war Athenian

PATAVINI, T LIVII (LIVIUS)

TEXT IN LATIN, octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands with tooling/decoration to spines, gilt rule to borders of boards, red speckling to page edges, mixed pagination, G- (boards of vols 1 & 4 detached- rear board of vol 1 missing, v heavy cracking to front hinge of spine to vol 4, heavy rubbing & surface loss to spines & board edges, moderate staining & chafing to boards, v heavy tanning/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plates to front pastedowns of all vols, occasional pencil annotations, moderate foxing to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Oxonii, Impensis D A Talboys 1840-41

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN T Livii Livius Patavin history historical books literature Drakenborchii Bambergen code classical

BROOKES, RICHARD

Sm octavo, marbled heavy half leather bound boards, ornate woodcut to full title page, unpaginated prelims, 249pp + unpaginate dindex to rear, illus/woodcuts, G- (heavy vertical crack to spine- page block completely cracked in half at spine, v heavy cracking to front gutter- front board partially detached, heavy cracking to rear gutter, v heavy rubbing to spine & boards/edges- some surface loss, 2cm loss to top spine extrem, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, age appropriate staining to pages- esp. prelims & terminals, insect damage to terminals- moderate loss to last index page & glued to rear ep, historic prev. owner's name in ink to title page, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Watts at the Printing Office in Wild-Court near Lincoln's-Inn Fields 1740

KEYWORDS: hobbies angling flyfishing fly fishing sea-fishing natural history marine life antiquarian books antique

GIBSON, BOB & WHEELER, LONNIE

HANDSOME FULL LEATHER BINDING, SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, super octavo, maroon full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, xiv + 286pp, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings signed Bob Gibson Lonnie Wheeler US America American sport baseball history Cardinals autobiography autobiographies memoir

PERES, SHIMON & NAOR, ARYE

HANDSOME FULL LEATHER BINDING, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, dark green full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to aspine & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, maps to unpaginated prelims, 224pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings signed Shimon Peres middle east history politics infrastructure

MARTYN, ERROL W

3 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spines, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sl soiling & tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Volplane Press 2012-13

KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history flight civil

SWEET, PAUL R

2 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, illus eps, frontispieces, vol 1- xiv + 307pp, vol 2- x + 572pp, illus/decorations, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spines & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tape staining/residue to eps of vol 2, light foxing to terminals of vol 2) in d/w, VG+ (in protective clear plastic covers- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light tanning to spines)

PUBLISHER: Ohio State University Press 1978-80

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Wilhelm von Humboldt Germany Germans history

BERSTEIN, IAN

Quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 284pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to spine & board edges, sm scuff to front board, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, sl fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Helian Books 1993

KEYWORDS: coffee tea industry trade history technology beverages drinks

PAPENFUSS, DIETRICH (Ed) & STROCKA, MICHAEL (Ed) & PRUCKNER, HELMUT (Ed)

TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvii + 643pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light fading & rubbing to spine, light foxing to spine & boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Mainz am Rhein 1982

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN ancient history archeology archaeology antiquity conference Berlin 1979 Alexander von Humboldt

CROOK, DIANA

Paperback (Near FINE); 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: Dale House Press 1996

KEYWORDS: literary art history Diana Crook Bloomsbury circle

HEYERDAHL, THOR

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: Rand McNally & Company 1958

KEYWORDS: exploration history culture Easter Island expeditions adventure Thor Heyerdahl

CARSON, TERRY

Square super 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: Alibi Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand north islands courthouses history historical buildings architecture

THOMAS, NICHOLAS

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: Cambridge University Press 1989

KEYWORDS: history anthropology evolution ethnography

FABER, TOBY

FIRST EDITION, 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: Faber & Faber 2019

KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary history publishing houses Faber and & Faber