PENISTON, WILLIAM A

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, green & lilac lettering to spine, xi + 258pp, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to covers/edges, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harington Park Press 2004

KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay lesbian studies history Europe European France French gender sexuality male prostitution politics government political sex

DEL MAR, NORMAN

3 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges of vol 1 stained grey, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & rubbing to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate staining/soiling to boards, light fading to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff / Barrie & Jenkins 1962-72

KEYWORDS: Richard Strauss music history musicians classical composers biography biographies memoir

LEDDICK, DAVID

Super octavo, black heavy boards, green gilt lettering to spine, xix + 316pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to top of spine, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press 2000

KEYWORDS: art history photography phtoographers George Platt Lynes Paul Cadmus Lincoln Kirstein biographies gay men homosexuality

MERRILL, LISA

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 318pp, illus, VG+ (minor library markings, light tape residue to board edges, sl rubbing to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, minor library markings)

PUBLISHER: The University of Michigan Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Charlotte Cushman gay lesbian history lgbtq stage theatre theater gender portrayal biography

FAGE, J D & TORDOFF, WILLIAM

2 VOL, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decoration to boards, xv + xi + 702pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2008

KEYWORDS: folio society history Africa

FIGES, ORLANDO

2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, white & blue illus to front boards, frontispieces, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2013

KEYWORDS: folio society Russia Russian history revolution 19th 20th nineteenth twentieth century

WILKINSON, NORMAN

Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blue lettering & gilt nautical illus to front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 118pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising & moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling & rubbing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's label to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, old newspaper clipping of 1939 London Anzac Day to rear pastedown, sl cracking to gutters, occasional minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1915

KEYWORDS: military history Gallipoli Anzac Dardanelles Norman Wilkinson art sketches

UREN, MARTYN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, sm octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 319pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light rubbing to extrems, sl staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & scribble in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some minor loss, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to covers, prev. owner's creative attempt at reinforcement to internal sides with old calendar page!)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1943

KEYWORDS: signed Martyn Uren military history New Zealand Zealanders ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

VANGE, NORMAN

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 248pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, sl scuffing to spine, minor chafing/soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, minor foxing sporadcially throughout) in d/w, G+ (front flap messily price clipped- both corners, v heavy creasing & tearing to spine & edges- some loss with spine flapping, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: military history secret spies espionage Norman Vange secret service agents autobiography

MUMFORD, LEWIS

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xii + 530pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, G+ (bottom quarter of spine missing, moderate tanning & staining to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, light to moderate general tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1946

KEYWORDS: history towns cities urban culture Lewis Mumford

CRESWICKE, LOUIS

8 VOL SET, imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spines & front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (varying degrees of tanning & chafing/soiling- mostly quite minor, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T C & E C Jack N/D

KEYWORDS: South Africa military history Transvaal war 19th nineteenth century

Brother THOMAS of CELANO & HOWELL, A G FERRERS (Trans)

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, page edges to base of page block deckled, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 360pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, sl oiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, minor foxing to prelims, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1908

KEYWORDS: St Saint Francis of Assisi religion religious history saints biography biographies memoir

RICHARDSON, HAL

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, unpaginated prelims + 189pp, VG+ (minor tanning/fading to spine sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 1cm closed tear to top edge of half title page)

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history soldiers Jock McLaren first editions biography biographies memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

BULL, MAUREEN A

THIS VOL ONLY (BOOK TWO), octavo, gold/shiny brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 248pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked & lightly bruised, light fading to spine & board edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to top edge, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Masterton Publishing House 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorbikes motorcycles hobbies history classic vintage

CLEW, JEFF

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light adhesive staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minro adhesive staining to front & rear eps, occasional light ink annotations) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & moderate adhesive staining to edges, sm adhesive label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes Publishing Group 1985

KEYWORDS: transport history automotive engineering JAP engines motorcycles motorbikes

TURBETT, COLIN

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & orange lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, spine sl cocked, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: transport history Russia USSR Soviet Union motorcycles motorbikes hobbies travel

BOULTBEE, JOHN & STARKE, JUNE (Ed)

Ex-library, imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, lxxvii + 225pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate tanning to boards, moderate tape staining & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading ot spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: history journals diaries John Boultbee travel exploration adventures

GENTRY, LINNELL

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 380pp, VG (spine cocked, light rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling tp boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name & sm inscription in ink to ffep, minor cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Scholarly Press 1972

KEYWORDS: music history country western gospel

WOODFORDE, Rev JAMES & BERESFORD, JOHN (Ed)

5 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, VG+ (minor rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, G (v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some with yellowing tape repairs, heavy staining/soiloing to vol 1, moderate fading to spines, front flap of vol 1 detached but loosely enclosed- brown tape reinforcement to fore-edge, moderate to heavy general chafing & soiling with some level of surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: autobiography history Reverend James Woodforde 18th eighteenth century England English life

TEMPLE-PERKINS, E A & SLEEMAN, Col Sir JAMES (Preface)

REPRINT, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 271pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, sl bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor general soiling throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, top of spine missing, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1955

KEYWORDS: signed E Temple-Perkins history hunting travel big game