BAEDEKER, K

Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule/decoration to spine & boards, marbled page edges, printed front eps, illus/map to rear eps, folding maps throughout, lxii + 464pp, illus/maps, VG- (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading to spine, moderate tanning/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- rear board shaky, minor closed tearing to folding maps)

PUBLISHER: Karl Baedeker 1892

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing Italy maps historical historic history travelling guides

BOWEN, T J

LACKS FEP, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to boards, 359pp + 7pp to rear, VG- (moderate scuffing & chipping to board & spine edges/extrems, sl chafing to boards, heavy tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name -historic- to front pastedown, ffep missing & top half of prelim pg missing, sm pink pencil cross to top corner of title page, minor foxing throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Southern Baptist Publication Society 1857

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature central Africa 19th nineteenth century history historical accounts missionaries T J Bowen

HAYWARD, PHILIP (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, xi + 188pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1992

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian popular culture music history late 20th twentieth century

HOWIE-WILLIS, IAN

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, LOOSELY ENCLOSED PRINTED SIGNED LETTER FROM THE AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 487pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Big Sky Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: signed Ian Howie-Willis medical officers military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Major-General Ginger Burston biography biographies memoir

BEBBINGTON, WARREN (Ed)

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 608pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: music history Australia Australian musical heritage companion performers entertainment dictionary

DORLING, Captain TAPRELL (TAFFRAIL); PEARS, CHARLES (illus.)

Demy 8vo, pp. 450; white/blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in blue, front board bordered in blue; frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & moderate to heavy archival repairs; hole to back; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1933

KEYWORDS: First World War 1 I WW WW1 WWI war warfare ships navy naval boat 20th century Europe military history

COOPER, JANET (ed)

First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 265; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising, curling & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: The Hambledon Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Battle of Maldon medieval mediaeval Anglo-Saxon Anglo Saxon war warfare history first edition Janet Cooper

ROSS, ANGUS

8vo, pp. xvi + 506; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, foldout maps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sl sloppy; moderate cracking to front gutters & light cracking to rear gutters); in d/w, G (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems heavy chipping; extensive tape repairs, scrap papers taped to underside as support; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Second World War 2 II WW WW2 WWII war warfare 20th century ANZAC

ASHDOWN, CHARLES H

Medium 8vo, pp. xx + 208; green buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in yelllow, spine & front board illus.; frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderat tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; p. xi-xii loose; light tanning, soiling & foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1911

KEYWORDS: Britain England British English castles architecture construction history

HOCKNEY, DAVID

4to, pp. 296; yellow heavy card bds, spine lettered in black, publisher's device to front board in blind; illus. eps & tp, photos, foldouts, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; sl tanning).

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2001

KEYWORDS: David Hockney art artist Old Masters method technique painting painter art history

HOGAN, HELEN M

Imp. 8vo, pp. xii + 140; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; 2cm closed tear to front cover with archival tape repairs).

PUBLISHER: Clerestory Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history soliders 19th 20th century

MCGIBBON, IAN

Quarto, pp. 408; grey heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps & tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling).

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War 1 WW1 WWI II western front 20th century

PARMENTIER, JAN & DE PALMENAER, ELS & LAGAE, JOHAN & SABAKINU, JACOB

Disc to rear. Imp. 8vo, pp. 175; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps, frontis., photos, plates, foldouts, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; gift inscription in blue ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: MAS Books 2012

KEYWORDS: Antwerp port shipping trade history trading route Europe

KIRK, G S & RAVEN, J E

First edition. 8vo, pp. xii + 487; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; moderate to heavy fading to bds & spine; moderate to heavy pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1957

KEYWORDS: G S Kirk J E Raven presocratic philosohy philosophers ancient classical history first edition

BARNES, JONATHAN

This vol. only. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 378; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscriptions in blue ink to ffep & rfep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: Jonathan Barnes presocratic philosohy philosophers ancient classical history first edition

EARL OF PEMBROKE (introd)

Fourth edition (Bagnall 3346). Original bdg. Demy 8vo, pp. xvi + 278; brown cl bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt; front board ruled & decorated in black; rear board decorated in blind; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to central gutters; moderate foxing throughout; rfep & final pg loose).

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley and Son 1876

KEYWORDS: old New Zealand 19th century Maori Pakeha history story stories war warfare battle tribes

BOWDEN, THOMAS A & HECTOR, JAMES

Foolscap 8vo, pp. x + 143 + [24 (advts)]; brown cl bds, front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, foldout maps throughout; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp verso; annotation in pencil to maps; light to moderate foxing throughout; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: George Philip and Son 1871

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography Thomas A Bowden history environment topography maps geographical landscape

INGS, SIMON

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: Faber and Faber 2016

KEYWORDS: Russia Russia history early 20th twentieth century science

WARNER, MARINA

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: Chatto & Windus 1994

KEYWORDS: fairy tales fairytales fantasy literature literary criticism folklore lore nursery rhymes history

BATE, JONATHAN

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: Picador 2003

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir John Clare literature literary poets poetry