CARTIER-BRESSON, HENRI & DELPIRE, ROBERT (intro) & ET AL

Quarto oblong, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering and stamp to spine, blind publisher stamp to front board, illus to eps, 431pp, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards, minor soiling/tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ ( light fading to spine, minor creasing to extrems, previous booksellers sticker on flap, in easily removable protective wrapper).

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2003

KEYWORDS: Henri Cartier Bresson photography art 20th century photos politics important figures world history war culture

GALASSI, PETER & EVANS, WALKER & ET AL

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, yellow lettering to spine, title blind stamp to front board, frontispiece, 272pp, illus/photos VG+ ( light scuffing/soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, minor soiling to prelims) in d/w VG+ ( very light scuffing to spine extrems, minor crease on cover, minor 1cm adhesive tear to rear inner flap)

PUBLISHER: Museum of Modern Art 2000

KEYWORDS: art photography MoMA museum modern art Walker Evans 20th century culture history americana photos

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, SCARCE THUS, sm octavo, yellow wrapper, black lettering to spine & wrappers, printed prelims, 328pp, illus, G (bottom half of spine missing with binding exposed, 2cm closed tear to upper spine, tanning to spine, moderate soiling & light tanning to wrapper, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing & soiling to eps, minor foxing throughout, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, front wrapper tentatively attached)

PUBLISHER: John Wisdon and Co 1919

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, LACKING LEAF 3/4 ON ADVERTISEMENTS, sm octavo, yellow wrapper, black lettering to spine & wrappers, printed prelims, 300pp, illus, G+ ( heavy cracking & chipping to spine- some minor loss with binding exposed, moderate to heavy scuffing on wrapper, moderate soiling to wrapper & page edges, top two centimeters snipped off title page [page 9/10], minor cracking to spine throughout, front gutter for page 2/3 excessively glued)

PUBLISHER: John Wisdon and Co 1916

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden

CAINE, C STEWART (Ed)

ORIGINAL BINDING, FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, yellow wrapper, black lettering to spine & wrappers, printed prelims, 720pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping/cracking & creasing to spine, some binding exposed, minor fading to spine, moderate soiling & scuffing to wrapper, moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, small sticker from previous bookseller on page 17, minor cracking to gutters, occasional minor soiling throughout).

PUBLISHER: John Wisdon and Co 1933

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden

PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, beige wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, printed prelims, 352pp, illus, G+ (messy/soiled tape repair to spine, some binding exposed, heavy cracking and chipping beneath tape, moderate soiling & creasing to wrapper, moderate soiling & foxing to page edges, previous owners name in pen on cover [dated 1917], moderate cracking to spine throughout, tape reinforcement to front gutter).

PUBLISHER: John Wisdon and Co 1917

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden

PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, beige canvas wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, printed inside wrapper, 343pp, illus/photos, VG (minor rubbing/soiling & creasing to spine & wrappers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light soiling throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1944

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden

PRESTON, HUBERT (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, beige/yellow canvas wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, xvi + 463pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to spine, moderate soiling & curling/fraying to wrappers/edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1946

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years Wisden

NORTJE, PIET

HEAVY 2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, camo pattern to eps, 1269pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl rubbing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling) in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Zebra Press 2012

KEYWORDS: military history 32 battalion terrible ones South Africa army African buffalo soldiers biography

CZERNIN, OTTOKAR

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, double-rolled panel to front board & spine, device to front board lettered in gilt; frontis., plates; viii + 352 pp., VG (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to boards; heavy fading to spine; moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges; moderate foxing to eps, prelims & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1919

KEYWORDS: First World War I 1 One Russia Russian life lives memoir war wartime history

ANDREW, CHRISTOPHER M & KANYA-FORSTNER, A S

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt; 302 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; some foxing to eps); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing; sl creasing/chipping to edges & extrems, esp to spine at head w archival repair; foxing).

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1981

KEYWORDS: France French History colonialism imperial imperialism

GENERAL VON LETTOW-VORBECK

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., illus., plates; xiv + 336 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w light chipping; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; some foxing throughout).

PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1920

KEYWORDS: military history South East Africa war wartime memoir life lives first edition

LIDDELL HART, B H

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in black; illus., maps; 327 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w light to moderate chipping; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, esp & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr to ffep; some foxing & pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1928

KEYWORDS: First World War One I 1 life lives biography autobiography memoir history 20th century milirary

LACROIX, ERIC; WELLS II, LINTON

US FIRST EDITION. Imp. octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus., photos; xvi + 882 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light to moderate creasing to spine; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing; light to moderate fading to spinel; light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Second World War II 2 Two Japan Japanese navy naval history

FAYDEN, BEATRICE JUNE

Signed by author. Octavo, illus. light card covers; photos; 147 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to page edges).

PUBLISHER: Buller Print 1994

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history local family

COUTTS, BRENT

Signed by artist. Octavo, illus. light card covers; photos; 176 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Brent Coutts 2009

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artist artists criticism history

CLEVELAND, LES

Ex-library. Octavo, grey cl boards, spine & front board lettered in black; photos; xvi + 178 pp.; VG (light soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges).

PUBLISHER: Praeger 1994

KEYWORDS: war folk songs history criticism music

NOBBS, RAYMOND

Super octavo, illus. light card covers; frontis., plates; xiv + 242 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to covers; sl bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to page edges).

PUBLISHER: Library of Australian History 2006

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history Norfolk Island settlement colonial

STAR, PAUL

Super octavo, illus. light card covers; illus., photos, plates; 328 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to page edges; bookseller's sticker to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2020

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history Canterbury Thomas Potts colonial colonisation colonization life lives biography

CROFTON, EILEEN

Super octavo, illus. light card covers; photos; xx + 347 pp.; VG (light tp moderate soiling to covers; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to page edges; sl cracking to front gutters).

PUBLISHER: Tuckwell Press 1999

KEYWORDS: First World War One I 1 woman women history women's hosopital