BROWN, HAMISH

FIRST EDITION, imperial 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: Stayer 2011

KEYWORDS: first editions military history fighter pilots Doug Brown biography letters correspondence spitfire New Zealand

TURING, DERMOT & ANDREW, CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

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: Arcturus Publishing 2020

KEYWORDS: codebreakers Bletchley Park secret intelligence ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history Alan Turing

AHARONI, YOHANAN & AVI-YONAH, MICHAEL & CARTA LTD (Prepared by)

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: Macmillan 1977

KEYWORDS: bible biblical atlas atlases cartography ancient history antiquity archeology archaeology locations

GEFEN, GERARD & BASTIN, CHRISTINE (Photos) & EVRARD, JACQUES (Photos)

Lg 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: Cassell 1998

KEYWORDS: homes interiors houses music composers history historical

COHEN, PAUL E & AUGUSTYN, ROBERT T

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: Rizzoli 1997

KEYWORDS: US America American history maps cartography New York Manhattan

BALE, ANN

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maratoto Coromandel gold mining goldmining

SCAVIZZI, GIUSEPPE

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: Hamlyn 1970

KEYWORDS: art history earthenware maiolica delftware faience porcelain antiques

GREER, JAMES KIMMINS

SIGNED, LACKS D/W, octavi, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, illus/printed eps, frontispiece, 428pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelim)

PUBLISHER: E P Dutton & Company 1952

KEYWORDS: signed James Kimmins Greer biography biographies memoir history Colonel Jack Hays

WRAY, J W

SCARCE EDITION IN D/W, octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 252pp, illus, VG (minor tanning & foxing to spine, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy cracking & yellowing tape repairs to spine & edges, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1952

KEYWORDS: exploration adventure history maritime J W Wray sailing nautical

SHEOWRING, Wm (Prefatory Note) & COCKBURN, The Hon Sir J A (Intro)

FOLDING MAPS AT REAR, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt British flags to front board, xx + 364pp, VG (moderate tanning/fading to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, sl foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1900

KEYWORDS: British empire series history Australasia Australia New Zealand British New Guinea

DOUGHTY, CHARLES M & LAWRENCE, T E (Intro)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION THUS, imperial octavo, brown buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained brown, deckled page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- 674pp, vol 2- 696pp, folding maps to rear, illus, VG (light fading to spines, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, folding map to rear of vol 1 has end quarter missing & minor closed tearing, folding map (identical to vol 1) of vol 2 is complete)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1936

KEYWORDS: first editions THUS travel history writing literature Arabian desert C M Doughty adventure

CREALOCK, JOHN NORTH & BROWN, R A (Ed & Prepared)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, oblong folio, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & tearing to spine & cover edges- tape repairs, light chafing & soiling, minor foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: University of Natal Press 1969

KEYWORDS: art history military Zulu war watercolours John North Crealock

IRVINE, JAMES W

SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION, octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to spine, printed inside covers, unpaginated prelims + 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: A Irving Printing 2001

KEYWORDS: signed James W Irvine history Dunrossness Scotland Scottish heritage

FEUER, LEWIS S

Super octavo, beige buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & gilt decoration to black buckram spine, top page edges stained grey, xii + 441pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor pencil annotation to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- minor tape repairs, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Basic Books 1963

KEYWORDS: modern science philosophy history

BULLEN, FRANK T

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt whale illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xx + 379pp, folding map to prelims, illus, VG- (spine cocked & moderately scuffed- minor cracking, light tanning to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to prelims, light foxing & soiling to prelims, light cracking to gutters throughout, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1898

KEYWORDS: south sea seas whaling whalers sperm whales exploration history maritime nautical adventures

SULLIVAN, MARY C

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xviii + (6) + 419pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Catholic University of America Press / Four Courts Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Catherine McAuley biography biographies memoir Sisters of Mercy founder charity history

MATUSKY, PATRICIA

Super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 149pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ink stamp to top of page block & front pastedown & title page, sm adhesive sticker to ffep, minor pencil markings to rear pages) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993

KEYWORDS: Malaysia Malaysian shadow plays music history cultural tradition entertainment

DAMASE, JACQUES & COWARD, NOEL (Fore)

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, patterned heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 191pp, VG (minor bruising & tanning to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Anthony Blond 1962

KEYWORDS: first editions Paris Parisienne music hall history entertainment French 20th twentieth century performers

RICH, Captain GREGORY

FIRST EDITION, UNCOMMON, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board- faded/rubbed, iii + 80pp, VG (light bruising & moderate rubbing/surface loss to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to tgutters)

PUBLISHER: P N Handa, Handa Printing Press 1924

KEYWORDS: first editions history Captain Gregory Rich Sialkot missions massacres mutiny India Indian

COLLINS, DAVID & FLETCHER, BRIAN H (Ed)

2 VOLS, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xc + 649pp, vol 2- xxi + 312pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor rubbing/scuffing to spines & boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims of both vols, minor vertical creasing to first half of page block to vol 2) in slipcase, G (top portion of case completely missing, heavy general scuffing and bruising, ink numerals tp front board)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1975

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian colonial history NSW New South Wales English colonies colonialism David Collins