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

CURTIS, EDWARD S & CARDOZO, CHRISTOPHER (Ed) & HORSE CAPTURE, GEORGE P (Fore)

Sm folio, brown buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown & Company 1993

KEYWORDS: native American Indians Americans history heritage photography Edward S Curtis

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

TOYNBEE, ARNOLD (& MYERS, EDWARD D - Vol XI)

12 VOL SET, octavo (vol xi is imperial octavo), green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, maps to vol xi, folding charts to vol vii, VG+ (occasional light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters & occasional closed tearing to page edges of vol 1, occasional folding to page corners of vol v, minor adhesive staining to eps of some vols) in d/w, VG (in plastic covers- may leave adhesive staining to cover edges if removed, original jacket for vol vii is missing but replaced with tidy blank substitute, vols viii-x price clipped, minor tanning to spines, light to moderate loss to spine extrems of vols viii & xii)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1951-63

KEYWORDS: Arnold Toynbee history civilization civilisation chronology historiography

HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, grey boards, black lettering to title plate on brown spine, black lettering to front cover, xxxix (total) + 462pp, illus, VG (moderate chipping & loss to title plate on spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate creasing to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout, page top edges uncut in places, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair, Printers 1881

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings past years data resources research history historical

WATSON, GILBERT

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, beige lettering & coloured illus to front board, decked page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 315pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, 1cm scuff to rear board, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1904

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Japan Japanese culture heritage Gilbert Watson history

IDRIESS, ION L

Octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, x + 356pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- edges likely adhesive stained, light to moderate tanning to spine, light fading to edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1937

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian biography biographies memoir Sir Sidney Kidman history

WILSON, Field-Marshal LORD & EISENHOWER, D D (Fore)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, illus & maps- maps all present, VG+ (boards sl warped, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, tape reinforcement to internal sides)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co N/D (c.1948)

KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Field-Marshal Lord Wilson Libya

ICHIKAWA, HARUKO (ICHIKAWA, Mrs SANKI) & PLOMER, WILLIAM (Ed & Intro)

Octavo, green cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, top page edges stained green, 380pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to rear gutter) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1940

KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Europe Haruko Ichikawa history

LONGFORD, JOSEPH H

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to front board, teg, frontispiece, x + 314pp, folding map to rear, catalogue to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl wrinkling & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1912

KEYWORDS: culture heritage Japan Japanese history customs

CARPENTER, FRANK G

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, yellow lettering to spine, gilt maritime motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, xiv + 306pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Page and Company 1926

KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Japan Korea Frank G Carpenter history culture

JOHNS, LESLIE W

Super octavo, yellow cloth boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp + 32pp to rear, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: military history Japan Japanese soldiers Leslie W Johns customs culture

IDRIESS, ION L

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: Angus and Robertson 1949

KEYWORDS: Australian authors Ion L Idriess history literature