MISHIMA, YUKIO & SPARLING, KATHRYN (Trans)

REVIEW COPY, UK FIRST EDITION, SCARCE, octavo, coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light to moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Condor / Souvenir Press 1977

KEYWORDS: Japanese literature history culture Samurai English translation first UK editions Yukio Mishima Japan review copies

JONES, JOHN P

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illus to front board, frontnispiece, xvii + 448pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy bruising & scuffing to board & spine edges/extrems, heavy chafing & discolouration to boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, minor scuffing to ffep, heavy cracking to gutters- particularly to rear, binding loose/sloppy, minor soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, plates either detached or loosened- not counted presumed all present, light foxing & soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company 1908

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history culture India Indian John P Jones

LA ROCHE, ALAN

Square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, beige lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 336pp, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, minor adhesion to pages, light fading to spine, light chafing to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, signature in ink to verso of half title page)

PUBLISHER: Alan la Roche / Tui Vale Productions 2011

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Alan la Roche early settlers pioneers

LA LIGUE DES ARTISTES BELGES (Ed)

Quarto, illus string bound covers, green lettering & illus plate to front cover, illus prelims, frontispiece with tissue guard, 26pp + plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- minor archival tape repairs to bottom corner of front cover, heavy tanning to spine & covers, string binding partially broken, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor wrinkling/creasing to plates)

PUBLISHER: Colour 1916

KEYWORDS: art history appreciation Belgium Belgian artists

EDENS-MEIER, RETHA (Ed) & BERNHARDT, PETER (Ed)

Super octavo, dark brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 419pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling & warping to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2014

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin botany plants orchids nature biology history historical

COSSONS, NEIL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 496pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & tanning/fading to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1975

KEYWORDS: first editions history historical excavations BP industrial revolution archeology archaeology industrialisation

MEINIG, D W

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & rule to spine, xxi + 576pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of ffep) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1968

KEYWORDS: first editions history geography landscape Great Columbia Plain agriculture horticulture US America American

AILSBY, CHRISTOPHER & ANGOLIA, Lieutenant-Colonel (Ret) JOHN R (Fore)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front)

PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1987

KEYWORDS: military history combat medals nazi Germany German third reich iron cross war memorabilia antiques collectables collectibles militaria

CANNELL, FENELLA (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated prelims + 373pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to cover edges, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 2007

KEYWORDS: anthropology religion religious Christian Christianity ethnology culture history historical ethnography

GRIEVE, HILDA & SPARKE, P A (Maps Drawn by)

FOLDING MAP AT REAR POCKET, tidy ex-libray, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 883pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, minor tape staining to board edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to rear gutter, light foxing to rear eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: County Council of Essex 1959

KEYWORDS: Great Britain England British English history flooding disaster floods Essex 20th twentieth century natural disasters

DE TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS & REEVE, HENRY (Text) & BOWEN, FRANCIS (Revised by) & BRADLEY, PHILLIPS (Intro, Ed Notes & Bibliographies by)

2 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decoration/illus to spines & front boards, deckled page fore-edges, illus title pages, vol 1- cxiv + 434pp + index to rear, vol 2- xiii + 401pp + index to rear, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & flaps, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1980

KEYWORDS: US America American history politics political democracy Henry Reeve text federal constitution government

FOOTE, SHELBY

3 VOL BOXED SET, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, maps/illus eps, deckled page fore-edges, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading and/or soiling) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to edges/joints)

PUBLISHER: Random House / Folio Society 2010

KEYWORDS: US America American civil war history Shelby Foote folio society politics

TILLYARD, STELLA

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus front board, frontispiece, xvi + (6) + 425pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2007

KEYWORDS: folio society history aristocrats aristocracy nobility nobles families Caroline Emily Louisa Sarah Lennox family English British

MEIER, CHRISTIAN & JONES, PETER (Intro) & McLINTOCK, DAVID (Trans)

IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, green cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, copper gilt portrait of Julius Caesar to front board, illus/printed epa & title page, ix + 507pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & fading to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1998

KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome Roman leaders republic biography biographies politics political war Julius Caesar folio society

BULEY, R CARLYLE

2 VOL SET, super octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 632pp, vol 2- x + 686pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to spines & extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm labels to base of rear pastedowns, minor staining/soiling to rear eps) in slipcase, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking to joins)

PUBLISHER: Indianan University Press 1962

KEYWORDS: US America American history old northwest pioneers pioneer period early 19th nineteenth century

WRIGHT, MATTHEW

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white & green lettering to spine, 488pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history histories Alexander Turnbull Library

O'MALLEY, VINCENT

Imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 439pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover corners, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2021

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Vincent O'Malley wars Maori pakeha early settlers

LOCKE, CYBELE

Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 412pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand trade union history Bill Andersen biography biographies memoir labour work force labor

FRAME, MURRAY

Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 214pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company 2000

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history theater theatre St Petersburg imperial early 20th twentieth century revolution

MILLER, CRAIG

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus to inside front cover, illus prelims, xii + 161pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light foxing to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Millers 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture modern contemporary history coffee houses social baristas Wellington signed Craig Miller