SADIE, STANLEY (Ed)

HEAVY 20 VOL SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, lg super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained brown, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems of spines, sl scuffing to board extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, some gutters may be lightly cracked- otherwise a very tidy set, minor tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1989

KEYWORDS: music musicians history Grove historical composers classical

BUDGE, Sir E A WALLIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece, xxii + 308pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & boards/extrems, light soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & numbering in ink to ffep- moderate scuffing & surface loss to section also, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions history historical artefacts ancient Egypt Egyptian needles obelisks

BUDGE, Sir E A WALLIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece, 325pp total, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & boards/extrems, light soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & numbering in ink to ffep- moderate scuffing & surface loss to section also, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1929

KEYWORDS: first editions rosetta stone history historical artefacts ancient Egypt Egyptians British Museum collections

N/A

POSSIBLY FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to spine & boards, illus title page, 192pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, minor damp staining & ink markings to front eps, light foxing & water staining to prelims, light smatterings of foxing throughout, some pages may remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society N/D (c.1857)

KEYWORDS: first editions (possibly!) zoology biology animals nature natural history

FRISBIE, ROBERT DEAN & BLAINE, MAHLON (Illus)

Paperback, green lettering to spine & covers, xxviii + 356pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & wrinkling to spine & covers, moderate fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Mutual Publishing Company N/D

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history culture Cook Islands Pacific region Robert Dean Frisbie

BIKKER, JONATHAN

Lg quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 222pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to rear board, light tanning to page edges, pgs 55-56 & 107-108 missing) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: art history criticism Willem Drost Rembrandt

CAMERON, TREWHELLA & GRAAFF, Sir DE VILLIERS (Fore)

Quarto, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board corners/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges & creases/flaps, light chafing & wrinkling, light fading to top of front cover)

PUBLISHER: Human & Rousseau 1994

KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Jan Smuts South Africa African history

MARIE-LOUISE, EMPRESS; MASSON, FREDERIC (introd)

FIRST EDITION. 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1922

KEYWORDS: Marie-Louise Marie Louise diaries empress emperor 19th century history

SINGH, KHUSHWANT; SINGH, RAHUL (ed)

Paperback (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: India Books House 1976

KEYWORDS: Khushwant Singh lecture social history philosophy religion India Indian culture

MARSHALL, NANCY H

Imp. 8vo 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: Oak Knoll Press 2002

KEYWORDS: Clement Clarke Moor Night Before Christmas descriptive bibliography editions printing publishing history 19th century

SIMPSON, JOHN

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: Macmillan 1998

KEYWORDS: broadcasters broadcast journalism journalists John Simpson news bbc reporters history autobiography memoir autobiographies

CULLEN, JIM

FIRST EDITION, 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: Oxford University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: first editions history US America American dream philosophy nationalism civil values

BAIDUKOV, GEORGIY & BELOV, PETER (Trans) & HARDESTY, VON (Ed & Intro)

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: Smithsonian Institution Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian Soviet air pilots aviation history Valery Chkalov biography biographies memoir

HERSKOWITZ, MICKEY & MANTLE, DANNY and DAVID

Square 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: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 2006

KEYWORDS: baseball sport stars New York Yankees Mickey Mantle biographies biography memoir history

ELLIS, F H & ELLIS, E M

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, 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: William Kimber 1963

KEYWORDS: first editions North Atlantic flights aviation early 20th twentieth century pioneers history

GURUNG, K K & SINGH, RAJ

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: Academic Press 1996

KEYWORDS: mammals wildlife India Indian illustrated natural history identification

GILLCRIST, PAUL T

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: Schiffer Publishing 1996

KEYWORDS: military history navy naval aviation aerial combat warfare US American America

STAIT, BRUCE

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in dw/ (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: Alan Sutton Publishing 1990

KEYWORDS: aviation history Rotol biography

WILDENBERG, THOMAS

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw/ (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: Brassey's 2003

KEYWORDS: naval military aviation aircraft carriers history Admiral Joseph Mason Reeves navy

POLMAR, NORMAN & WHITE, MICHAEL

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw/ (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: Naval Institute Press 2010

KEYWORDS: project azorian history k-129 naval submarines Glomar Explorer cia intelligence operations espionage