KNICKERBOCKER, DIEDRICH (IRVING, WASHINGTON)

Sm octavo, quarter leather bound black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, illus title page, xxx + 368pp, VG (sl rubbing to board corners, light to moderate rubbing/crackling to leather spine, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate 'ghost'lettering & tanning/foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's historic ink stamp to base of title page, sm numerals in purple pencil to copyright page, text block very clear & binding tight)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Tegg, 73 Cheapside; Rodwell and Martin ... 1824

KEYWORDS: Washington Irving Diedrich Knickerbocker history New York literature

HARROP, A J

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 187pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature Westland south island history

N/A

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, folding maps throughout, 258pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges & corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl cracking at gutters, occasional closed tearing to some maps with minor foxing also)

PUBLISHER: R Farnell & Co 1912

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel guides literature accomodation historical hotels history

THE TRAVEL EDITOR (M HORNSBY) (Compiled by)

Sm octavo, beige buckram soft boards, black lettering to spine & boards, rounded page & board corners, printed eps, x + 590pp, illus/folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine with sm adhesive label to base, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, covered ex-libris plate to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter with tidy tape repair/reinforcement, 1x sm library ink stamp to title page, minor foxing to some maps)

PUBLISHER: Horace Cox, Windsor House 1913

KEYWORDS: travel guides historical historic history resorts holidays vacation

LAUER, JEAN-PHILIPPE

Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & fraying to spine & board corners, 15mm crack to top edge of spine, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology ancient history excavation sites antiquity Egypt Egyptian tombs Saqqara

KNIGHT, LARAINE

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, green & black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris label with white-out to top of title page)

PUBLISHER: L J Knight 1995

KEYWORDS: signed Laraine Knight New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Meeanee Hawke's Bay

SPALINGER, ANTHONY

Imperial octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover only, xi + 68pp, illus to rear, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Halgo Inc 1992

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history feasts antiquity fasts calendars canopus stela wp rnpt esna festival customs

GRAJETZKI, WOLFRAM

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, iv + 116pp, plates/illus to rear, VG+ (sl curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl staining to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Golden House Publications 2010

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history archeology archaeology coffins death afterlife Zemathor burial

DE JONG, CEES W (Text & Ed) & THOLENAAR, JAN (Text)

THIS VOL ONLY, lg quarto, illus white boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 360pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of rear board, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Taschen 2009

KEYWORDS: graphics typology design art lettering history historical

HAKLUYT, RICHARD & MASEFIELD, JOHN (Intro) & DERRICK, T (Illus)

10 VOL SET, octavo, teal textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt maritime illus to spines & front boards, printed/illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG- (light scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate rubbing & tanning/soiling to spines, moderate staining to some boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to eps of some vols, moderate cracking to gutters of some vols, occasional foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1927-28

KEYWORDS: Richard Hakluyt exploration voyages adventure history historical journeys dsicoveries

DUNHAM, DOWS

Lg quarto, mustard yellow light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, xv + 78pp + plates to rear, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, archival tape repairs to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Deoartment of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1978

KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history antiquity burial tombs pyramids archaeology archeology

MacINTYRE, DOUGLAS & McPHEE, GRANT & COOPER, NEIL & RANKIN, IAN (Fore)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xviii + 446pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: White Rabbit 2022

KEYWORDS: music history Scotland Scottish underground movement post-punk

GERTLER, MARK & CARRINGTON, NOEL (Ed) & BELL, QUENTIN (Intro)

Super octavo, brown/maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edges stained maroon, 271pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to egdes, light chafing & tanning/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1965

KEYWORDS: art artists history Mark Gertler letters correspondence autobiographical

SPALDING, FRANCES

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xv + 570pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl rubbing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1997

KEYWORDS: Duncan Grant artists art history biography biographies memoir

MacGIBBON, JEAN

Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 187pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (v sl soiling to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: James & James 1997

KEYWORDS: bloomsbury group history biography biographies memoir Adrian Stephen

GERHARDI, WILLIAM

LACKS D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 381pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate fading & chafing/soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1931

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir William Gerhardi history

MORAN, JAMES

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1978

KEYWORDS: printing press typesetting history plates

THE OFFICE OF THE TIMES

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Written Printed and Published at the Office of The Times. Printing House Square 1935

KEYWORDS: the press printing newspaper history

HOMANS, JENNIFER

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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Random House 2010

KEYWORDS: ballet dance history

HARRISON, FREDERICK (Canon, Chancellor, & Librarian of York Minster)

Octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1948

KEYWORDS: book bookbinding history about books