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Young England, Volume I & II 1862-3 (Bound as One Volume)
FIRST EDITION - VERY SCARCE! Imperial octavo, green textured heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, illus title page, 376pp total, illus, VG (heavy bruising/scuffing to spine extrems- light loss to top edge, light scuffing & bruising to board extrems, light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light staining to eps, prev,. owner's name in ink to ffep, historic gift inscription in ink to title page of vol 1, varying degrees of foxing & soiling throughout- mostly light & age appropriate, occasional light cracking to gutters, minor insect damage to top corners of rear pages)
PUBLISHER: W Tweedie 1867
KEYWORDS: young England publications literature past years volumes one i 1 two ii 2 history
Historical Records of the Forty-Third Regiment, Monmouthshire Light Infantry
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia & blind rule to boards, frontispiece, 352pp, G+ (heavy scuffing & frayi245ng/surface loss to spine & board extrems, heavy cracking to spine/board hinges, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- binding detached at front but still attached at rear, heavy cracking to gutters throughout- some page segments partially detached, various historic inscriptions to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: W Clowes & Sons 1868
KEYWORDS: military history 43rd forty third regiment Monmouthshire light infantry signed
The History of Freemasonry: Its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs etc (6 Vol Set)
6 VOL SET, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured decoration to spine & front board, frontis with tissue guards to all vols, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing/rubbing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps plus prelims/terminals also, light to moderate cracking to some gutters- boards of some vols sl shaky, occasional light foxing throughout, minor creasing to prelims of vol 5),
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Publishing N/D
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies history rites rituals antiquity symbolism fraternities
A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum - Anglo-Saxon Series (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- xciv + 282pp + illus to rear, vol 2- cxxvi + 544pp + illus to rear, folding map to rear of vol 2, VG+ (light soiling & chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing to folding map) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges with light chipping also, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front flaps)
PUBLISHER: B A Seaby 1970
KEYWORDS: British museum collections English coins currency money history anglo-saxon catalogues
The Pour le Merite and Germany's First Aces
Super octavo, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional creasing to page corners) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, moderate chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hackney Publishing Co 1984
KEYWORDS: military history German Germany war medals recipients pour le merite luftwaffe fighter pilots blue max
Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920 (With Supplement Volume)
INCLUDES SUPPLEMENT VOLUME, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#10/100) SIGNED BY AUTHOR & ACES, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to blue leather effect spine, 392pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing) with VG+ 62 page supplement volume
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 1990
KEYWORDS: military aviation history raf British armed forces royal air force pilots fighter aces early 20th twentieth century ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war signed soldiers
The Great War, 1914-1918: New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Roll of Honour
FACSIMILE REPRINT, super octavo, black leather effect boards, gilt lettering to front board only, frontispiece, xviii + 358pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: None Stated (Modern Facsimile Reprint)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first ist world war one i 1 the great war soldiers expeditionary force roll of honour soldiers
The Great Initiates: A Study of the Secret History of Religions
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 526pp, VG- (light to moderate brusiing & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate damp staining & warping to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters, moderate damp wrinkling to second half o fpage block)
PUBLISHER: St George Books 1961
KEYWORDS: religion religious history Rama Krishna Hermes Moses Orpheus Pythagoras Plato Jesus world religions theology antiquity
Thirty Years of Colonial Government: A Selection From the Despatches and Letters of the Rt Hon. Sir George Ferguson Bowen (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, octavo blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard to vol 1, vol 1- viii + 460pp with catalogue to rear, vol 2- viii + 467pp, VG- (moderate chipping & bruising to spine extrems, moderate chafing & rubbing/surface loss to boards & edges, moderate tanning to spines, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, some light to moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, light to moderate patches of foxing throughout, moderate wrinkling to page block of vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1889
KEYWORDS: first editions Sir George Ferguson Bowen colonial history British rule colonialism government
Black Folk Art in America 1930-1980
Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus prelims, 186pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University Press of Mississippi / Center for the Study of Southern Culture N/D (c.1980s)
KEYWORDS: art history America American 20th twentieth century black folk criticism
Fernand Khnopff
Square quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt & white lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 303pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked)
PUBLISHER: Mercatorfonds / Yale University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: art history criticism Fernand Khnopff appreciation interpretation
The Unknown Leonardo
Lg heavy quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 319pp, illus, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: art history biography biographies Leonardo da Vinci
The Pickelhaube Volume I: Line Infantry
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiii + 354pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Imperial Publications 1989
KEYWORDS: military history line infantry soldiers Prussia pickelhaube war helmets uniforms
L'Uniforme et les Armes des Soldats de la Guerre 1914-1918 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, vol 1- 156pp, vol 2- 156pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & cracking to spine & board extrems, modeate scuffing to spine of vol 2, moderate peeling to rear spine hinge, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards of vol 1, light tanning & moderate chafing & soiling to boards of vol 2, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Casterman 1970-71
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war uniforms soldiers
....and Forgive Them Their Debts: Lending, Foreclosure and Redemption, from Bronze Age Finance to the Jubilee Year
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxvi + 311pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Islet 2018
KEYWORDS: history finance economics debt collection debts lending foreclosure antiquity
The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization's Oligarchic Turning Point
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, x + 497pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Islet 2023
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Greece Rome Greek Roman economics finance economy
Speculative Masonry: Its Mission, Its Evolution and Its Landmarks
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 254pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm inscription in ink to front pastedown, ex-libris ink stamp to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Macoy Publishing & Masonic Supply Co 1971
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic secret societies lodges history
The Locrian Maidens: Love and Death in Greek Italy
Super octavo, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon buckram spine, xvi + 459pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to spine extrems, light foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Locri Epizephyrii extinct city women marriage Italy theology Greece ancient history
Lawn Tennis in Six Lessons: The Shortest Cut to the Courts
Sm octavo, stapled illus light card covers, vi + 39pp, G+ (v heavy cracking around staples/spine- covers loosened & affixed with archival tape, heavy staining & tanning/soiling to covers, heavy tanning to page edgesheavy staining to prelims & terminals, heavy cracking at some gutters- binding supported by external tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: Webster's Publications N/D
KEYWORDS: sport history lawn tennis techniques etiquette customs
Democracy's Body: Judson Dance Theater, 1962-1964
Super octavo softcover (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: Duke University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Sally Banes dance theatre 20th century New York dance history