JOINVILLE & VILLEHARDOUIN & SHAW, M R B (Trans)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin N/D (c.1990s)

KEYWORDS: classical literature history historical chronicles Crusades Joinville Villehardouin

HERCOCK, FAY

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Alice Bush history medicine medical doctors women biography biographies memoir

FARWELL, GEORGE & MAXTED, DOUGLAS (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) water staining; 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: Rigby 1961

KEYWORDS: Australia Australians history professions first editions

SELDON, ANTHONY & SAYER, KIM (Photos)

Quarto, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl rubbing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2000

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British historical buildings foreign office government history

ALLEN, CHARLES

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 288pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Haus Publishing 2015

KEYWORDS: first editions history Brian Hodgson Nepal Kathmandu British relations prisoners politics political

ALPERS, SVETLANA

Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 386pp + plates to rear- uncounted presumed all present, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, sm label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1971

KEYWORDS: art history Rubens

AITCHISON, Sir CHARLES

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, folding map frontispiece, 215pp, catalogue to rear, VG+ (light rubbing/scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling/staining to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps, 1x sm closed tear to folding map, some catalogue pages to rear remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1897

KEYWORDS: Rulers of India series Indian leaders Lord Lawrence British colonialism history historical

CUNNINGHAM, Sir H S

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, folding map frontispiece, 220pp, catalogue to rear, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light to moderate bruising & staining to base of front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasioanl light cracking to gutters, light creasing & 1x sm closed tear to folding map)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1892

KEYWORDS: Rulers of India series Indian leaders Earl Canning British colonialism history historical

COTTON, J S

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, folding map to prelims, frontispiece with tissue guard, 222pp, catalogue to rear, VG+ (light rubbing & tanning to spine/extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, 1cm closed tear to edge of folding map, a lot of pages remain uncut)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1896

KEYWORDS: Rulers of India series Indian leaders Mountstuart Elphinstone British colonialism history historical

MALLESON, Colonel

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, folding map to frontispiece, 188pp, catalogue to rear, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1895

KEYWORDS: Rulers of India series Indian leaders Joseph Francis Dupleix British colonialism history historical French

McINTYRE, W DAVID

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 287pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning to eps)

PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury Press 1988

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history post-ww1 defence policies politics political armed forces

WRIGHT, GERRY (Compiled by)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xx + 542pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Printstop (Printer) 2012

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history navy naval officers Lieutenant Douglas L Hazard ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography memoir biographies signed Gerry Wright

ROLFE, JIM (With His Brothers Reg and Jack Rolfe)

SIGNED BY TWO OF THE BROTHERS (JIM & JACK), octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, iv + 168pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine & covers/edges, moderate fading & light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Jim Rolfe 1995

KEYWORDS: signed Jim Jack Rolfe New Zealand soldiers ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history

PEAT, NEVILLE

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 314pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, v sl soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Preface 2013

KEYWORDS: Ernest Shackleton whiskey cases MacKinlay scotch exploration history expeditions South Pole Antarctica famous explorers

JORDAN, JOHN

Square super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor scuffing to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Arms & Armour Press 1989

KEYWORDS: military history Russia Russian Soviet navy naval submarines late 20th twentieth century

WHITAKER, ANNE-MARIE

Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white & orange lettering to spine, (4) + 123pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Kingsclear Books 2012

KEYWORDS: Australian cities suburbs Kings Cross Sydney history illsutrated Australia

RAHNER, KARL & KRUGER, KARL-H (Trans)

THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, black/brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 525pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Darton, Longman & Todd / Helicon Press 1966

KEYWORDS: first editions religion theology literature writings prose history

MARTIN, JOHN RUPERT

Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, (11) + 278pp, plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing, prev. bookseller's labels to front flap) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1972

KEYWORDS: art history Rubens

N/A

SPINE MISSING, lg quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to front board, aeg, frontispiece, 339pp, illus, G+ (spine missing, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate chafing to eps, moderate cracking to front gutter- board shaky, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: T Nelson and Sons 1876

KEYWORDS: North Pole Arctic nature natural history zoology botany exploration expeditions British polar expedition 19th nineteenth century

TAYLOR, LONN & MAAR, INGRID & BOORSTIN, DANIEL J (Fore) & GRAY, HARRY J (Fore)

WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY DANIEL BOORSTEIN & HIS WIFE- Daniel Boorstein wrote the foreword to this book, folio, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 228pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to top edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, moderate wrinkling to rear)

PUBLISHER: American Folklife Centre, Library of Congress 1983

KEYWORDS: wild west cowboys art exhibitions US American history signed Daniel Boorstein