BOSWELL, JAMES & HIGHLAND, FREDERICK (prepared and ed)

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PUBLISHER: Barnes & Noble

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BRUCE, J M

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xxv + 642pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creaisng to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1982

KEYWORDS: first editions military history aviation rfc royal flying corps aircraft aeroplanes airplanes design engineering

BARKER, THEO

FIRST EDITION, DELUXE FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, burgundy full leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to eps, xiii + 361pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Royal Australian Corps of Signals 1987

KEYWORDS: full eather bindings military history aviation Australia Royal Australian Corps of Signals

CLARKE, MARY & CRISP, CLEMENT

Sm quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (2cm gouge to front hinge, light bruising & rubbing to board edges, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (2cm gouge [repaired] to spine/front cover area, light fading to spine, light creasing & tearing to edges, light creasing & tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Studio Vista / Cassell & Collier Macmillan 1978

KEYWORDS: dance history ballet stage art design

JEWITT, LLEWELLYN

Duodecimo, red buckram stiff card covers, black lettering & decoration to front cover, frontispiece, xvi + 77pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine & cover edges, light creasing & fading to spine, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to inside front cover, minor foxing throughout, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Grant N/D

KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles antique coins English history historical

PETRIE, HAZEL

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & blue lettering to spine, ix + 406pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & peeling to cover edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history slavery

QUEIROZ, JUAN PABLO (Ed) & DE ELIA, TOMAS (Ed & Photos) & DEL CARRIL, BONIFACIO (Intro) & AIRA, CESAR (Text)

Quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece, 220pp, illus/photos, VG (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crcaking to gutters, minor soiling to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & fading to edges, light tanning to edges of flaps, adhesive staining to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Rizzoli 1995

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HAYWOOD, M (Compiled by)

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 305pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light creasing/curling & moderate to heavy fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor crack to front gutter, photocopy of article tipped in to rear)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

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CATTON, BRUCE

3 VOL SET, UK FIRST EDITIONS, octavo, blue/orange/brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, maps/illus to eps, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising/rubbing & fading to board edges & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, minor spots of foxing throughout, moderate foxing to prelims of vols 1 + 2, minor soiling to top edges of page block of vol 3) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & soiling to spines, heavy foxing to rear covers, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, vols 1 + 2 price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1961-66

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BARING, ANNE & CASHFORD, JULES

JACKET PASTED TO BOARDS, super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 779pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (jacket completely glued to boards, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, light chafing to covers)

PUBLISHER: BCA 1991

KEYWORDS: history goddess mythology religion

JIAO, TIANLONG (Ed)

Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 219pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, light soiling & foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing & peeling to top edges)

PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 2007

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology maritime ancient history artefacts China Pacific

HOLLIS, RENEE

Quarto, illus stiff card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, 295pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2022

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

WALTER, JOHN

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 576pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books 2001

KEYWORDS: firearms weapons weaponry guns pistols military rifles gunsmiths history gunmakers

STEFANSSON, VILHJALMUR & OSBORN, HENRY FAIRFIELD (Fore) & BROCK, REGINALD WALTER (Fore)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 308pp, illus/photos, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, minor tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims , prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1924

KEYWORDS: Vilhjalmur Stefansson anthropology eskimos natural history exploration

BLAXLAND, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, maroon leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxiv + 428pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Royal Australian Corps of Signals Corps Committee 1998

KEYWORDS: full leather bindings Australia military history Royal Australian Corps of Signals communications

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

LACKS D/W, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, lii + 1170pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1976

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket sport almanacks cricketers' history past years games statistics

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, iv + 1122pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing/chipping to spine extrems- some loss to base, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, general creasng & chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1977

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket sport almanacks cricketers' history past years games statistics

HILL, SUSANNE and JOHN

Scruffy ex-library, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 364pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, spine cocked, light to moderate rubbing/discolouration & bruising to spine & board extrems/edges, moderate tape staining to board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate scuffing & soiling to front eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, v heavy peeling to jacket at rear & spine with heavy patch of sticky residue, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate tape residue to flap edges)

PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders Richard Henry biography biographies memoir history Dusky Sound Fiordland

BARROW, BLANCHE CALDWELL & PHILLIPS, JOHN NEAL (Ed) & WEISER, ESTHER L (Fore)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, xlvii + 325pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to covers, shallow horizontal scrape to front cover)

PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 2004

KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir true crime associates Bonnie Clyde Blanche Caldwell Barrow US America history

LINNETT, KEN

Super octavo, black glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 255pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Slattery Media Group 2017

KEYWORDS: horse racing sport history equine Australia race horses Tulloch biography