BENJAMIN, WALTER & EILAND, HOWARD (Trans) & McLAUGHLIN, KEVIN (Trans) & TIEDEMANN, ROLF (Prepared on the Basis of the German Volume Ed by)

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 1073pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light to moderate soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press 2003

KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century history Walter Benjamin cultural literature

FAIRBANK, JOHN K (Ed) & LIU, KWANG-CHING (Ed)

THIS VOL ONLY, JACKET TORN WITH ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS, super octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 754pp, illus/maps- inset, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 11cm closed tear to top edge of front cover- archival tape repair, moderate fading to spine, light chafing, moderate vertical crease to full length of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 19th nineteenth century late Ch'ing dynasty period

LUDBROOK, JULIET

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xii + 195pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Black Swan Press 1998

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian children blue funnel line history

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, suoer ocatvo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained maroon- faded, frontispiece, 1050pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (sm patch of correction fluid to base of spine, light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy crack to front gutter, moderate to heavy damp wrinkling to base of page block- some sl staining to rear eps)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Duke of Marlborough aristocracy English England

PERCY, JOHN

THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 338pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to covers/edges & spine, light soiling to page edges, sl soiling to occasional page)

PUBLISHER: Resistance Books 2005

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian politics political history DSP Resistance Democratic Socialist Party far left movements

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained maroon- faded, frontispiece, 1078pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, 1x folding map protruding [still attached] at fore-edge & lightly creased) in d/w, VG- (price clipped [circular], moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, moderate general soiling)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1955

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Duke of Marlborough aristocracy English England

MERTON, THOMAS

Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt religious motif to front board, top page edges stained blue/grey- faded, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 354pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing with loss to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to flaps & rear cover, minor foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1953

KEYWORDS: religion religious literature Thomas Merton journals diaries history

WHITE, L G W

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + (3) + 306pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to top edge of spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G (price clipped, v heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems with failed yellowing tape repairs, moderate tanning to spine, other moderate creasing & light chipping/tearing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D (c.1936)

KEYWORDS: James Nourse line maritime migration history coolies

CHURCHILL, WINSTON S & HASTINGS, MAX (Intro)

FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo, beige heavy boards, white & blue lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 388pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink [sm lettering] to half title page) in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2007

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS folio society history autobiography autobiographies memoir Winston S Churchill

PUTTICK, Lieutenant-General Sir EDWARD

Super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 655pp, illus/maps, folding maps- all counted & present, VG- (heavy fading & light foxing to spine, moderate scuffing & fraying to board & spine extrems, minro fading & discolouration to boards/edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light crack to gutters, minor wrinkling to occasional page, prev. owner's name ink stamp to ffep)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 25 battalion

CRAYON, PORTE (STROTHER, DAVID HUNTER) & EBY Jr, CECIL D (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title pages, xxi + 296pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, minor creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & light soiling to spine, minor general tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press 1959

KEYWORDS: Porte Crayon David Hunter Strother US America American history old deep south essays literature writings

BUICK, T LINDSAY

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, sm biographical pamphlet on author tipped in to prelims, xxiii + 393pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light fading/tanning to spine, moderate bruising to top edge of rear board, minor chafing/surface loss to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in pencil to front pastedown, occasional sl cracking to gutters, occasional minor foxing/soiling to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history te tiriti o Waitangi treaty T Lindsay Buick colonisation colonizations British Maori crown governance

FORREST, EARLE R & RAINE, WILLIAM MacLEOD (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, ocatvo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (boards sl warped, sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- tidy archival tape reinforcement, light to moderate tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1953

KEYWORDS: US America American history feuds conflicts cattle farms farming Graham-Tewksbury feud Pleasant Valley Arizona first editions

WAKEFIELD, EDWARD et al

Oblong elephant folio, illus heavy boards, blank green leather spine, unpaginated, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to leather spine, moderate scuffing to board edes, moderate soiling & foxing to boards with moderate chafing & surface loss also to rear, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, pages/contents throughout are in lovely condition)

PUBLISHER: A D Willis 1889

KEYWORDS: New Zealand lithographs art paintings history cities towns historical

CODY, J F

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine [erased], frontispiece, xvi + 514pp, illus/maps, folding maps- all present except map of southern Italy opp. pg315, G+ (binding v sloppy- boards shaky, heavy creasing & scuffing to spine with gilt lettering erased, moderate staining/soiling to boards, moderate scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling/staining to eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, minor foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters, folding map opp. pg315 mostly ripped out, remaining folding maps lightly/moderately creased)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1956

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand official war history histories series military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 28 Maori Battalion

SEXTON, RAE

Tidy ex-library, square octavo, blue buckram boards, jacket neatly affixed to boards, 107pp + index to rear, VG+ (minor library markingssl tape staining to front & rear eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover & neatly taped to boards, minor staining & creasing to spine)

PUBLISHER: AMHS / Australasian Maritime Historical Society 1984

KEYWORDS: military history deserters naval navy Australia New Zealand 19th nineteenth century

SAWYER, EUGENE T & SULLIVAN, JOSEPH A (Fore)

ONLY 500 COPIES PRINTED, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to white title plate on red cloth spine, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, ix + (3) + 92pp, VG (moderate foxing & light scuffing to spine, light rubbing to board edges/extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Biobooks 1944

KEYWORDS: Tiburcio Vasquez US American America highwaymen true crime history stage robbers

BATE, JOHN L H

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: RailRomances N/D (c.2001)

KEYWORDS: signed John L H Bate transport history trains rail railways Talyllyn RAilway Preservation Society locomotives steam

OLIVER, R D (Preface)

Super octavo, brown/grey heavy boards, black lettering to front board with illus plate also, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 264pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. ownership inscription in ink to ffep, minor creasing to frontis, light sporadic foxing throughout, moderate foxing & soilling to pg61)

PUBLISHER: Charpentier Ltd 1930

KEYWORDS: maritime history HMS Excellent navy training schools school naval military

WALLACE, FREDERICK WILLIAM

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp maritime illus to front board, illus/map to front eps, frontispiece, xii + 282pp, illus, VG- (spine cocked, sl scuffing to extrems, minor bruising to extrems of rear board, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, other light to moderate foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine, light to moderate general tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical windships history