CURTIS, JOHN; SIMPSON, St JOHN (eds)

Imp. 8vo, pp. xviii + 626; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: I. B. Tauris 2010

KEYWORDS: John Curtis St John Simpson Achaemenid Persia ancient history Asia Near East Iran

GVATI, CHAIM

Imp. 8vo, pp. viii + 202; yellow heavy card boards, spine lettered in brown; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; adhesive residue from sticker to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading, scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Keter Publishing Houe 1985

KEYWORDS: Chaim Gvati Jewish settlement Israel 20th century 20th century history politics

GARRELS, GARY (ed)

Obl 4to, pp. 87; tan cl boards, spine lettered in black; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & moderate to heavy soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Dia Art Foundation 1989

KEYWORDS: Gary Garrels Tim Rollins 20th century art artists criticism interpretation history

BOOTH, LAWRENCE (ed)

Foolscap 8vo, pp. 1536; brown heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; photos, plates; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; some creasing to pg extrems at head); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co. 2019

KEYWORDS: Lawrence Booth John Wisden Cricketers' Almanack anthology cricker sport sporting history

N/A

Elephant folio (folded to quarto size in plastic cover) 12pp total (pgs 1-8 newspaper & pgs 9-12 supplement), in remarkably VG condition (light to moderate chipping/cracking to spine/centrefold, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, any soiling & discolouration is age appropriate & quite minor, occasional historical price ink stamp)

PUBLISHER: The Times 1852

KEYWORDS: old newspapers past issues The Times England printed news journalism 19th nineteenth century British broadsheets historical history

HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, pink stiffened boards, black lettering to sm title plate to spine, xvii + 582pp + appendix to rear, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing/creasing & discolouration to spine- minor loss to extrems, both boards completely detached but present, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, page block is securely bound but has minor occasional cracking throughout, occasional page may be uncut)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair, Printers, Lambton Quay 1879

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings past issues history historical

WHITAKER, THOMAS DUNHAM & MORANT, A W (Ed) & MIALL, L C (Extra Chapter)

BOARDS & SPINE DETACHED BUT PRESENT (partial spine only), heavy quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering/numbering & raised bands to spine, teg, marbled eps, map of Craven loosely enclosed, illus prelims, folding map to prelims, xxii + addenda + 655pp, illus/folding charts, G- (top portion of spine missing, spine & boards completely detached but present, light to moderate chafing to boards, light fading & tape staining/discolouration to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to exposed binding, moderate cracking to gutters, some sporadic creasing to folding charts, actual contents/page block in generally tidy condition)

PUBLISHER: Leeds: Joseph Dodgson, London: Cassell Petter & Galpin 1878

KEYWORDS: English counties York Craven cities history antiquarian books

WAYMENT, HILARY & WORMALD, Professor FRANCIS (Fore) & HARRISON, KENNETH (Contributions)

THIS VOL ONLY, heavy folio, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, old sepia photo tipped in to ffep, frontispiece, xxxvi + 140pp + plates/illus, VG+ (minor soiling & tape staining to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to front & rear eps, minor foxing to prelims, sl occasional foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1972

KEYWORDS: stained glass windows Cambridge King's College chapel history theology art

N/A

Heavy quarto, half leatherbound black patterned boards, gilt lettering to spine, speckling to page edges, patterned eps, illus title page, xxvii + 1525pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing & scuffing to leatherwork on spine & boards, heavy crack to front hinge of spine/board, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate soiling & tanning to prelims, heavy crack at gutter of preface page, light to moderate foxing & soiling to terminals & rear eps, binder's sm label to rear pastedown, rear board warped at fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Company 1897

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedias Wellington regional history

FENWICK, Sir GEORGE

Octavo, maroon buckram soft boards/covers, gilt lettering to front cover, pink speckling to page edges, 125pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1927

KEYWORDS: travel notes history historical Sir George Fenwick US America France Belgium New Zealand

KOBEL, PETER & SCORSESE, MARTIN (Fore) & BROWNLOW, KEVIN (Intro)

Quarto, black heavy boards, grey & blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, xvi + 301pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 2007

KEYWORDS: silent movies film history cinema

POLIDORI, ROBERT (Photos) & DI VITA, ANTONINO et al (Text)

Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1999

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology antiquity ancient history Libya Roman Empire cities

BOHN, DAVE & PETSCHEK

Oblong quarto, brown heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 143pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Konemann 1999

KEYWORDS: art photos photography trains locomotives steam trains rail portraits rail workers Darius Tabitha May Kinsey history

CARTER, JOHN

SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, oblong super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 142pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing to rear cover- some minor loss, light chafing, price clipped, 8cm closed tear to front with tidy tape repair)

PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 1985

KEYWORDS: signed John Carter art photography portraits American families history Solomon D Butcher

IDRIESS, ION L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light soiling to pg 53, minor cracking to central gutter) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1952

KEYWORDS: first editions history literature Ion L Idriess Aboriginal Australia

IDRIESS, ION L

FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown shell illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, x + 273pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor staining to spine & front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & cover edges- attempts at tape repairs, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1948

KEYWORDS: first editions history adventure children's books literature Ion L Idriess

ISHIMARU, Lt-Comdr TOTA & RAYMENT, Instructor-Capt G V (Trans)

Octavo, green cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained green, frontispiece, 288pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett Ltd, Paternoster House 1937

KEYWORDS: military history Japan Great Britain conflict war 20th twentieth century

MISHIMA, YUKIO

UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, octavo, white light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, x + 166pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Condor / Souvenir Press (Educational & Academic) 1977

KEYWORDS: uncorrected proof copies Japan history heritage culture Samurai principles

D'AUTREMER, JOSEPH

Tidy ex-library, octavo, mauve buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 319pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, minimal library markings, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page egdes & eps, 7cm closed tear to folding map- otherwise a neat map)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1915

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history politics economics

STEVENS, JOSEPH EARLE

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt palm tree illus to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xx + 232pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company 1898

KEYWORDS: Asia Philippines history culture heritage