SHANTY, FRANK (Chief Consultant)

Quarto, illus stiff card covers, white & red lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 351pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate beinding/bruising to covers & edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Millenium House 2009

KEYWORDS: organised organized true crime gangs gang warfare reference history drugs drug cartels mafia global markets black market

ROPER, WILLIAM & GOLLANCZ, ISRAEL (Ed)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#40/290), quarto, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration/tooling to spine & boards, teg, vignette, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 57pp, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & board edges & corners, light chafing to boards, minor insect damage to front board, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate to heavy tanning to edges front & rear eps- from leather on board edges, v delicate ribbon place-keeper to front eps, light foxing & soiling to pages throughout- age appropriate & unobtrusive, 'ghost' ink staining to verso of vignette & title pages)

PUBLISHER: The De La More Press 1902

KEYWORDS: limited numbered special editions history historical portraits Sir Thomas More

ISENBART, HANS-HEINRICH & BUHRER, EMIL M et al

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 204pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to spine, light tanning & sl foxing to boards, sm ink scribble to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep, minor cracking to gutters at prelims, minor soiling to title page & frontis, 5cm crack to lower gutter at rear) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & wrinkling, sl tanning & foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1986

KEYWORDS: imperial horses history equine Lipizzaner Spain Spanish riding schools

HALLIDAY, ALISON & HAMBRETT, JOANNE & BROWN, PETER (Fore) & VALDER, PETER (Prologue)

Quarto, grey/blue heavy boards, grey lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xiv + 242pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & fading)

PUBLISHER: Bloomings Books 2010

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian scenery Blue Mountains photography photos landscapes nsw history gardens

BURTON, O E & RUSSELL, Major General Sir ANDREW (Fore) & GRAY, JOHN H (Ed) & GRANT, DAVID (Bio of Author) & PUGSLEY, Dr CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ilus eps, 467pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)

PUBLISHER: John Douglas Publishing 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers

BURNS, ROSS

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xx + 340pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & creasing/curling to spine & cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2018

KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity archeology archaeology Aleppo middle east Syria

MOOREHEAD, ALAN & HASTINGS, MAX (Intro)

3 VOL SET, super octavo, illus red buckram boards, grey & black lettering to spines, illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2010

KEYWORDS: folio society history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military desert

MORRIS, PAULA & SAMESHIMA, HARU

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to yellow cloth spine, illus prelims, 96pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to spine/cloth)

PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand literary history biography biographies memoir art appreciation Robin Hyde

BARING-GOULD, Rev S

16 VOL SET, octavo, green/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, teg, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to board & spoine extrems, moderate fading to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sporadic foxing throughout, 2cm scuff/loss to spine of appendix vol, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Grant 1914

KEYWORDS: religion religious figures saints history martyrs British historical

GREENER, W W & GREENER, G (New Fore)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 804pp + xxvi to rear, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, heavy crack to gutter of preface page & terminal pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate wrinkling, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: New Orchard Editions 1988

KEYWORDS: collectables collectibles weapons weaponry guns firearms antique development history

WAKEFIELD, ALAN & MOODY, SIMON

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 258pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war army British troops Salonika campaigns

SNYDER, TIMOTHY

Super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to grey spine, xix + 524pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, top corners of pgs 193-220 sl creased) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Basic Books 2010

KEYWORDS: Europe European history 20th twentieth century war crimes ww2 second 2nd world war ii two 2 genocide holocaust Germany Russia soviet union Hitler Stalin

PU YI, AISIN-GIORO

2 VOL SET, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, unpaginated prelims + 496pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spines, light soiling/chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear of vol 2)

PUBLISHER: Foreign Language Press 1986

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi last emperor China Chinese history

FARRINGTON, LISA E

Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 354pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: art gender women African-American history

FAHR-BECKER, GABRIELE

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 425pp, ilus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light adhesion to some pages) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1997

KEYWORDS: art nouveaux criticism appreciation history artefacts

VAUSE, Mrs P & DILLON, Mr M

Quarto, illus stapled light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, printed/illus eps, 44pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading, foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: W J Deed, Printer 1996

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers pioneers family history Graham Logan Kauri Point Awhiti Manukau

QUENNELL, PETER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Collins 1976

KEYWORDS: autobiography life lives biographer history historian family conflict father son

BARBER, MALCOLM

SECOND EDITION. Super 8vo 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: Pearson 2013

KEYWORDS: Middle Ages Medieval Cathar Cathars heretics dualism Languedoc France history religion

WHITE, ALEX W

8vo 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: Allworth Press 2005

KEYWORDS: typography philosophy history practical origin letter forms printing book

LEWIS, JOHN

8vo 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: Studio Books 1963

KEYWORDS: typography 19th 20th century modern design graphic printing history book design