DAVENPORT-HINES, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, brown glossy lettering to spine, xi + 420pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Wiliam Collins 2024

KEYWORDS: first editions Oxford University history Christ Church elite universities academic academia

BERNSTEIN, H

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, green light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, unpaginated prelims + 229pp, VG+ (minor library markings, light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to spine, sl soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Adolf M Hakkert 1987

KEYWORDS: 17th seventeenth century publishing history Pedro Craesbeeck literary Portugal Brazil

BURT, EUGENE C

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 396pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: G K Hall & Co 1989

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues erotic art erotica history

DuPLESSIS, ROBERT S

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 351pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's pencil inscription to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: trade history Atlantic commerce fashion textiles fabrics textile industry America

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, iv + 1063pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate wrinkling to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1962

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket cricketers' almanacks past years 1962 sport history

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

Sm octavo, yellow light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xxiv + 1103pp, illus, VG (spine warped/curved with light fading & soiling, light creasing to cover edges, light soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1971

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket cricketers' almanacks past years 1971 sport history

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

Sm octavo, yellow light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, xxviii + 1083pp, illus, VG (spine warped/curved & lightly faded, light foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1973

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket cricketers' almanacks past years 1973 sport history

YONGE, CHARLOTTE MARY

2 VOL SET, ex-library, octavo, half leatherbound brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled page edges & eps, gilt library stamp to front boards, frontispieces- tissue guard to vol 2, vol 1- xii + 370pp, vol 2- unpaginatd prelims + 390pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spines & board corners, light to moderate chafing & rubbing to boards, moderate tanning & fading to page edges, usual library markings, heavy cracking to gutters- binding to rear of vol 1 partially detached, rear ep torn out to vol 1, rear eps detached but present to vol 2, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals of both vols, sporadic foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1874

KEYWORDS: religion religious history missionaries Melanesian islands John Coleridge Patteson biography biographies

THORBURN, A

2 VOL SET, HEAVY SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt border to front board of vol 1, blind rule border to front board of vol 2, teg, frontipsieces with tissue guards, Vol 1- vii + 84pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 108pp, 50x beautiful plates throughout- all counted and deemed present with tissue guards in place, VG (light to moderate chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, light to moderate fading & tanning to spines, sl scuffing to board corners, light tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sl water staining to top of page block of vol 1, occasional minor foxing throughout- plates still very well presented with only v minor creasing and/or closed tearing to tissue guards)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1920-21

KEYWORDS: British mammals illustrated animals forest creatures art natural history wildlife zoology

ROSTOW, NICHOLAS

Very tidy ex-library, 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 Press 1984

KEYWORDS: England France English French foreign relations modern history 20th twentieth century Anglo-French politics political

NISH, IAN H

Very tidy ex-library, 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: The Athlone Press 1985

KEYWORDS: England Japan English Japanese foreign relations history politics political alliances

BENAUD, RICHIE

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history commentary commentaries cricket Richie Benaud

SLIM, Field-Marshal Sir WILLIAM

LOVELY OLD BOOK MUSTY AROMA, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) boards soiled; 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: The Reprint Society 1957

KEYWORDS: military history Field-Marshal Sir William Slim war memoirs autobiography autobiographies

HINSLEY, F H (Ed) & STRIPP, ALAN (Ed)

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: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Bletchley Park codes codebreakers War Station X enigma machine intelligence

HILL, ALAN

FIRST EDITION, 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: The History Press 2008

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket cricketers Tony Lock bowlers English first editions

SHELTON, RUSSELL C & INGLIS, ROBIN (Preface) & DE BROSSARD, ADMIRAL MAURICE (Fore)

Tidy ex-library- minimal markings, super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG) heavy crack to front gutter- some separation; 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: NC Press 1987

KEYWORDS: maritime disasters nautical history voyages Laperouse

HARBISON, PETER & POTTERTON, HOMAN & SHEEHY, JEANNE

Quarto 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: Thames and Hudson 1993

KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history art architecture buildings

WEBSTER, DONALD BLAKE

Quarto, beige cloth boards, black & red lettering to spine, blind stamp floral illus to front board, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims, sm paperclip rust stain to title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & chafing/soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Charles E Tuttle Company 1980

KEYWORDS: stoneware pottery arts crafts North America American history artefacts ceramics antiques

BAAKLINI, ABDO I

Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 316pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl brusiing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing/chipping & moderate adhesive staining to cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, sm ink stain to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Lebanon history middle east politics political development legislation mandates

PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, xvi + 1019pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards shaky, occasional minor foxing throughout, sl loss to base of prelim pages, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1951

KEYWORDS: Wisden sport cricket almanacks past years history data statistics results 1951