BAINES, JOHN & MALEK, JAROMIR

Quarto 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: Phaidon Press 1984

KEYWORDS: atlas atlases ancient Egypt Egyptian history antiquity geography

DIMENT, GALYA (Ed) & KIMBER, GERRI (Ed) & MARTIN, TODD (Ed) & GASSTON, AIMEE (Editorial Assistant)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, xii + 226pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: literature literary history Katherine Mansfield criticism Russia Russian

CRAIK, GEORGE

Sm octavo, marbled boards, gilt lettering to grey spine, gilt rule to spine & grey board corners, red speckled page edges, frontispiece, iv + 424pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing/scuffing to boards, moderate soiling to grey areas of spine & board corners, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to eps & sporadically throughout, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Charles Knight, Pall Mall East 1830

KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history antiquarian books historical George Craik

BATESON, WILLIAM & BATESON, BEATRICE (Ed & Intro)

Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, teg, base of page block deckled, illus/map to front eps, frontispiece, xvi + 222, VG (light fading to spine, sl scuffing to extrems, light to moderate staining to front board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928

KEYWORDS: travel exploration Steppe William Bateson letters correspondence history historical

TURRILL, W B

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained grey, frontispiece, x + 267pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name [David Galloway] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Martinus Nijhoff 1953

KEYWORDS: botany plants history historical research Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker geography

HABIBI, KHUSHAL

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light chafing & soiling, sl creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Immel Publishing 1994

KEYWORDS: nature desert nubian ibex natural history Saudi Arabia

JACKSON, CHRISTINE E & DAVIS, PETER

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, green & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 244pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Leicester University Press 2001

KEYWORDS: natural history historians biography biographies memoir Sir William Jardine

VON LOWENSTERN, HERMANN LUDWIG & MOESSNER, VICTORIA JOAN (Trans)

Super octavo, cream cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xxx + 482pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, gift inscription in ink to half title page, minor pencil annotation to opp. pg482) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light fading to spine, minor chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Univesity of Alaska Press 2003

KEYWORDS: exploration history Russian voyages journals diaries Hermann Ludwig von Lowenstern 19th nineteenth century

RICKMERS, W RICKMER

Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, base of page block deckled, frontispiece, xv + 563pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & fading to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's initials in ink to base of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, sl adhesion to base of pages, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1913

KEYWORDS: travel history historical exploration landscapes geography duab Turkestan

EGGERS, REINHOLD (Compiled by) & WATTON, JOHN (Ed)

Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (prev. owner's fully adhesive covering to covers- tidy application, sl creasing & chipping to edges, sl tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale & Company 1974

KEYWORDS: military history Colditz ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war camps prisoner

NEWMAN, PHILIP

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, minor soiling to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (prev. owner's fully adhesive covering to covers- tidy application, light creasing to edges, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber & Co 1983

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war camps prisoner

MATSUOKA, JACK & INOUYE, Senator DANIEL (Intro)

Oblong super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, xiii + 190pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, minor creasing to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Japan Publications 1974

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war internment camps detention camp ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 war relocation authority assembly centres centers Jack Matsuoka

HOLMES, FREDERIC LAWRENCE

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 481pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing to boards, prev. owner's name [David Galloway] in ink to ffep with inscription) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor general wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: medical Hans Kreb biography memoir biochemistry history

EGGERS, REINHOLD (Compiled by) & WATTON, JOHN (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 189pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, sl bruising to spine extrems)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1991

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 2nd second world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escape stories escapees Colditz

BAKER, Capt PETER

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus, VG (moderate staining to board edges, moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, minor chafing)

PUBLISHER: John Calder 1955

KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography autobiographies memoir Captain Peter Baker politics war history politicians

DOLLMANN, EUGEN & KESSELRING, Field-Marshal (Intro)

Tired, scruffy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 201pp, G+ (usual library markings, heavy fading to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to board edges, moderate tanning to page edges, heavy wrinkling/damage to ffep, yellowing tape repairs sporadically throughout with heavy cracking to gutters, heavy creasing & chipipng to fore-edges of pg33) in d/w, G+ (heavy loss to spine, other heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, yellowing tape staining to flap edges, moderate general soiling & chafing, remnants of plastic cover to edges)

PUBLISHER: William Kimber & Co 1956

KEYWORDS: military history autobiography autobiographies memoir Colonel Eugen Dollmann Germans

FINNEGAN, DIARMID A

Super octavo, green glossy heavy boards, dark green lettering to spine & boards, xi + 254pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing to boards & extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [David Galloway] in ink to ffep, minor underlining/markings in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 2009

KEYWORDS: natural history Victorian times era Scotland Scottish science nature

GILBERT, MARTIN

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained burgundy, frontispiece, xvi + 967pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising and rubbing to spine extrems, sl soiling to page edges), in d/w, VG+ (prev. owner's fully adhesive protective covering, sl separation of adhesive covering along jacket hinges, sl creasing to spine edge, flaps slightly tanned)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann London 1975(?)

KEYWORDS: winston s churchill british politics history politician twentieth century england

GARIOCH, ROBERT

Super octavo, beige heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, 183pp, VG+ ( sl bruising to extrems, v sl soiling to page edges), in d/w, VG+ (prev owners fully adhesive covering, v sl separation of adhesive covering, sl tanned)

PUBLISHER: Southside Edinburgh 1975

KEYWORDS: prisoner of war world war ii two second history robert garioch british memoir pows

DUNMORE, JOHN

THIS VOLUME ONLY, octavo, navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 428pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine/extrems, light soiling to boards, sl foxing and soiling to page edges, prev owners name in pen [David Galloway], pen and pencil underlining and marking light to moderate throughout), in d/w VG- (moderate creasing and chipping to edges, price clipped, light fading to spine, light to moderate foxing and soiling, publishers small adhesive label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1969

KEYWORDS: french explorers pacific exploration history nineteenth century france