LENIASHIN, VLADIMIR (Compiled & Intro) & PAMFILOV, YURI (Trans) & VESELKOV, VALENTIN (Designed by)

Square quarto, burgundy silky cloth boards, white lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, 26pp + 157 illus pp + list to rear, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to half title page, light to moderate adhesion to pages- pgs20-21 stuck together, occasional light soiling to pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, 3cm closed tear [tape repair] to top edge nr spine, 3cm closed tear [tape repairs] to base of front cover nr front flap, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Aurora Art Publishers 1986

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian Soviet art artists modern history late 20th twentieth century

CHATTERTON, E KEBLE

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration & illus plate to front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxi + 362pp, illus, folding diagrams to rear, VG (light rubbing & scuffing to spine extrems, sl bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to rear board, light chafing & soiling to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, bookseller's embossed stamp to top corner of ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & frequently throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1909

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical history sailing ships development

CHATTERTON, E KEBLE

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship illus to spine, gilt lettering & coloured illus plate to front board, teg, frontispiece, 347pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals & also throughout, prev. bookseller's sm embossed stamp to ffep, binding loose)

PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co 1912

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical history fore aft rig ships

LUBBOCK, BASIL (Storied by) & SPURLING, J (Pictured by) & HOOK, F A (Ed) & CAMPBELL, ALEXANDER (Ed) & SMITH, C FOX (Intro)

3 VOLUMES, ALL FIRST EDITION FIRST IMPRESSIONS (1927, 1929 & 1936), ALL LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES, lg quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship illus to spines & front boards, gilt maritime illus to rear boards, top page edges stained blue, deckled page edges, illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, moderate insect damage to front eps of vol 1, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: The Blue Peter Publishing Company 1927-36

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical clippers clipper ships history first editions

GETTINGS, FRED

UK FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Trafalgar Square Publishing 1988

KEYWORDS: first UK editions folklore lore demons demonology occult history

GOWER, Lord RONALD SUTHERLAND

REBOUND IN THREE QUARTER LEATHER, octavo, three quarter leatherbound red/white boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine with single raised band also, teg, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 144pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to spine, moderate scuffing/surface loss to spine board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor leather staining to edges of front & rear eps, prev. owner's name & date in ink to prelims, moderate to heavy foxing throughout but mostly to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: George Bell and Sons 1902

KEYWORDS: leather bindings Sir Joshua Reynolds biography biographies memoir art history

HOGELAND, WILLIAM

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2017

KEYWORDS: united states history army military washington william hogeland

HUCKER, CHARLES O (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1969

KEYWORDS: chinese china ming government political history specials

LINK, PERRY

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 1992

KEYWORDS: perry link china beijing politics political history

SIMPSON, ROBERT

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1967

KEYWORDS: robert simpson anton bruckner musicology music history composer

QUENNELL, PETER

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1954

KEYWORDS: peter quennell charles baudelaire english literature history

BROWN, FREDERICK

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 2010

KEYWORDS: frederick brown france french history culture dreyfus

HUNTER, J PAUL

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press

KEYWORDS: henry fielding literary criticism j paul hunter history

MCCLARE, E J

TIDY EX LIBRARY 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1978

KEYWORDS: new zealand railway train history NZR garratt e j mcclare

SPENCE, JONATHAN D

Octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Elizabeth Sifton & Penguin Books

KEYWORDS: jonathan d spence matteo ricci jesuit christian ming china history biography

PATTERSON, GLENYS

Octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1997

KEYWORDS: university history academic glenys patterson

MORAN, MAY

Octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Mercier Press 2010

KEYWORDS: patrick moran ireland irish history 1916 rising bloody sunday gresham hotel

HERRING, ERIC

Octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press

KEYWORDS: crisis politics political history international relations eric herring

PRATT & WHITNEY COMPANY

TAPE REPAIR TO SPINE, octavo light card covers (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Pratt & Whitney Company

KEYWORDS: turret lathes pratt & whitney company engineering history machining

JEFFERIES, MATTHEW

LIGHT STAIN TO EDGE OF TEXT BLOCK super octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Blackwell 2008

KEYWORDS: german empire imperial history matthew jefferies