SAZONOVA, K (Compiled & Intro) & PROHAZKA, E (Trans)

Quarto, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, frontispiece, 176pp, illus, VG (light to moderte bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & wrinkling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, rear pastedown partially peeling from board, prev. bookseller's label to rear pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Aurora Art Publishers 1977

KEYWORDS: Russia Russian art artists Andrei Mylnikov history

N/A

TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, printed inside front cover, 133pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate chafing & light soiling/creasing to covers/edges, sm patch of adhesive label residue to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH religion religious history catholic Vanuatu church missionaries centenary centennial

COLLINGRIDGE, GEORGE

FIRST EDITION, quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt illus to front board, deckled page edges, xv + 376pp, illus/maps, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edgeslight cracking to front & rear gutter, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occaisonal light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hayes Brothers 1895

KEYWORDS: first editions history exploration maritime voyages Australasia Europeans

SMITH, MICHAEL

Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 242pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine area)

PUBLISHER: The Collins Press 2006

KEYWORDS: history exploration maritime voyages Captain Francis Crozier discovery polar regions North West Passage

EMPEROR FREDERICK III & ALLINSON, A R (Trans & Ed)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 355pp, illus, VG (light fading/tanning to spine, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown, sl tanning & soiling to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1927

KEYWORDS: war history diaries journals 19th nineteenth century Emperor Frederick III Prussia

MARTIN, CHESTER

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, xxi + 385pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, other light general tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1929

KEYWORDS: Canada commonwealth politics political history British Empire colonialism

KING, MICHAEL

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, LACKS D/W, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 331pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, 3cm crack to base of rear hinge, moderate chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light pencil annotation)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history signed Michael King Maori biography biographies memoir leaders Te Puea Herangi

DAVIES, PHILIP & HRH THE DUKE OF GOUCESTER (Fore)

Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 368pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Transatlantic Press 2009

KEYWORDS: history historical photos photography London English heritage

CHAPMAN, DAVID L

Super octavo, grey cloth boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sl tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 1994

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir sport bodybuilding bodybuilders Eugen Sandow

REILLY, MICHAEL (Ed) & THOMSON, JANE (Ed) & OLSSEN, ERIK (Fore)

UNCOMMON, super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to covers/edges, minor fading & soiling to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Maori history essays University of Otago students

BERKELEY, COMYNS & BONNEY, VICTOR

Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 720pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, light scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's embossed stamp to prelims, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1911

KEYWORDS: history historical medical books gynaecology surgery women's health textbooks gynacology

MARCIANO, ROCKY & GOLDMAN, CHARLIE & BACHMAN, AL

LACKS D/W, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 189pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, minor soiling to boards, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1960

KEYWORDS: sport history boxing guides how to Rocky Marciano body building judo youth juvenile

SMITH, GEORGE

Ex-library, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 652pp, G (spine almost detached & flapping loose, usual library markings, moderate to heavy scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, moderate glue damage to front eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional soiling/foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1878

KEYWORDS: history John Wilson biography memoir biographies philanthropists

WOODCOCK, BRUCE

Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl chafing to boards, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G (shockingly heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine & cover edges- heavy aging tape repair attempts with minimal success, moderate soiling- very delicate!)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson's 1951

KEYWORDS: sport history boxing boxers Bruce Woodcock autobiography memoir autobiographies

RUNCIMAN, STEVEN

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1958

KEYWORDS: first editons history mediterranean 13th thirteenth century

SEATON, ALBERT

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: The Bodley Head 1985

KEYWORDS: history Russia Russian Cossacks

Colonel LIVRY-LEVEL & REMY & SEARCH, PAMELA (Trans) & Air Chief Marshal Sir BASIL E EMBRY (Fore)

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: Arco Publishers 1955

KEYWORDS: military history RAF Royal Air Force French Resistance ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

JONES, EWART C

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Arthur Barker 1957

KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

LANE, ARTHUR

Octavo hardcover (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: Chrysanthemum Publishing House 1989

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese

PAPE, RICHARD

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: Odhams Press 1959

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war Richard Pape