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REPORT OF THE NEW ADMINISTRATION ON THE CONDITIONS IN NAGAR AVELI AND DADRA BEFORE AND AFTER THE LIBERATION FROM PORTUGUESE COLONIALISM
The Goa League London
ex lib, minimal markings, report in white wrappers, 34pp illus, VG+( vsl wear & tears to extrems, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Independent Publishing Co London 1957
KEYWORDS: history goa league britain nagar aveli dadra portugal
RITA ANGUS
purple wrappers with illus front, 214pp illus, VG+( vsl wear to extrems, vsl rubbed & soiled, booksellers stamp to ffep, v sl soiled text edges)
PUBLISHER: National Art Gallery New Zealand 1984
KEYWORDS: art history new zealand rita angus
THE WRITINGS OF L FRANCIS HERRESHOFF
first edition, blue cloth with gilt to spine & front, 141pp illus, VG(v sl brusied corners, vsl bumped spine head & foot, sl sunned spine, sl rubbed & soiled, booksellers stamp & prev owners sign to ffep, ep's browned with v sl foxing,
PUBLISHER: The Rudder Publishing Co New York 1946
KEYWORDS: nautical history francis herreshoff sailing
New Zealand: Its Present Condition, Prospects and Resources
Being a description of the country and general mode of life among New Zealand Colonists for the information of intending emigrants
very scarce, small octavo, brown embossed cloth boards with gilt to spine, vi 358pp, folding map frontispiece, VG- (sl cocke spine, light bruising and chipping to spine extrems and board corners, moderate wear to boards, ink splash to front board, moderate tanning and soiling to pages throughout textblock, prev owners signatures in ink to fep and pastedown, spine craked and separating from textblock at rear)
PUBLISHER: Edward Stanford london 1856
KEYWORDS: history new zealand
THE LOVING FRIENDS
A Portrait of Bloomsbury
reprint, purple cloth, 209pp, illus, FINE in d/w NF with v sl wear to extrems & v sl sunned
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press London 1976
KEYWORDS: history victorian england lytton strachey clive bell bloomsbury
MISSION INTO MEKRAN
For Political and Survey Purposes From 12th to the 19th December 1861
pp181-213 bound with green card and taped spine, folding map at front, VG+ with v sl wear to extrems
PUBLISHER: 1863
KEYWORDS: history politics kurrachee cwadur goldsmid
AFOOT IN ENGLAND
first edition, green cloth, teg, 303pp, VG-(sl bruised & scuffed corners, sl edgewear, sl bumped & worn spine head & foot, v sl rubbed, sl sunned spine, sl internal seperation at rear hinge, sl browned ep's, sl foxing to ep's & edges). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co London 1909
KEYWORDS: history travel england w h hudson
THE LIFE OF DASHIELL HAMMETT
first ediiton, ex lib, minimal markings, gold cloth, 344pp illus, VG+(sl gum stains to pastedowns & ep's, v sl soiled edges) d/w VG+(flaps clipped, vsl wear to extrems, sl crease to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus London 1984
KEYWORDS: history dashiell hammett biography literature
Short Sea: Long War
cross-channel ships' naval and military service in world war two
first edition 160pp.illus.(b/w) VG+(illus.laminated softcover,v.sl.scuffed, v.sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: world ship society kent 1997
KEYWORDS: john de s winser naval history world war two military nautical
SIR WALTER SCOTT
first edition, green cloth, 387pp, VG( vsl edgewear, vsl rubbed, v sl bumped spine head & foot, prev owners sign to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges, internal rear hinge reinforced with tape, v sl shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co London 1932
KEYWORDS: history biography sir walter scott
DIARIES IN CEYLON 1908-1911
Records of Colonial Administrator being the Official Diaries maintained by Leonard Woolf while Assistant Government Agent of Hambatola District Ceylon during the period August 1908 to May 1911
first ediiton thus printed in Colombo, Ceylon, green cloth with gilt to spine, lxxx 286pp illus folding map, VG+(v sl bruised rear corners, v sl worn & sunned board edges, sl bumped spine foot & v sl bumped head, sl sunned spine & front board, v sl paste action to ep's, sl foxing to ep's, sl sunned text top & lower edges) d/w VG(v sl wear & creasing to extrems with v sl tears to spine head & foot, v sl foxing, sunned spine with v sl sunned rubbed & soiled covers)
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press London 1963
KEYWORDS: history politics leonard woolf ceylon hambantota
HIMALAYAN FRONTIERS
A Political Review of British Chinese Indian and Russian Rivalries
first edition, green cloth, 423pp folding maps, VG+( vsl edgewear, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl soiled, v sl paste action to ep's) d/w VG+( vsl wear tears & creasing to extrems, v sl internal foxing, vsl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Frederick A Praeger New York 1969
KEYWORDS: history hmalaya asian politics
ORAISONS FUNEBRES
speckled calf with black titla label & decorative gilt to spine, marbled ep's & edges,303pp, VG-(lacks ffep, v sl bruised & sl scuffed corners, sl edgewear, boards rubbedwith sl surface loss, sl soiled & sunend, v sl tears & chipped spine head & foot, sl surface loss to front pastedown, foxing throughout, v sl soiled lower edges of end of text)
PUBLISHER: Libraire Monarchique de N. Pichard Paris 1822
KEYWORDS: history
THE FASCINATION OF DIAMONDS
First UK edition, blue boards, 102pp, illus, VG+ (v sl edge wear, prev owner name stamp to title page and 2 locations in contents, v sl foxed edges) d/w in plastic, VG+ (v sl sunned & rubbed, v sl creased extrems, v sl internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: George Allen and Unwin, London, 1967
KEYWORDS: diamonds victor argenzio mines cutting history de beers famous royal thieves investment
LES COURTISANES DE L'ANTIQUITE
MARIE-MAGDELEINE
in wrappers, 426pp, G-(spine torn causing binding to separate, all text present but tied together, covers sunned rubbed & soiled, wear & tears to extrems, sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Paris 1879
KEYWORDS: history marie magdeleine
THE RECREATIONS OF HIS AGE
scarce first edition, in green soft cover with black title to front, 39pp, inscr to front reads 'To the most reverend, The Archbishop of New Zealand' dated 1953, VG(sl sunned rubbed & soiled, cover edges worn & creased with 2 very sl tears to lower rear, v sl stain to pp7 -11, text clean)
PUBLISHER: Daniel Press Oxford 1903 (issued 1919)
KEYWORDS: history nicholas bacon poetry
Flight Fantastic: the illustrated history of aerobatics
first edition 320pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ quarto hardcover lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: haynes sparkford 1986
KEYWORDS: aviation transport history aerobatics annette carson
Notable Australian Thoroughbreds
HEAVY ITEM EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED no 1386 of 3500 ltd ed, folio, ills (col) F (quarter leather and blue cloth with gold stamp of horse to top board, as new.) in F rigid folding blue cloth presentation box (blue cloth with col plate to top). Photos available on request
PUBLISHER: alister taylor, nz, 1981
KEYWORDS: mary mountier barrie douglas clark graeme horses sports natural history
Forensic Medicine
a textbook for students and practitioners
ninth edition 659pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and edges mod.foxed,some minor annotations in ink,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: churchill london 1949
KEYWORDS: forensic science medicine history sydney smith frederick smith fiddes
The Legion of the Damned
first edition 190pp [b/w frontis.and map] VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,ffep clipped at upper corner,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.sl.surface scuffs to front cover,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some small closed tears,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: elek london 1961
KEYWORDS: military history biography french foreign legion john townsend