BEST, ELSDON

Super octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, decoration in blind to front board, illus., photos, VG- (some water damage, gutters cracked), in d/w, G+ (water damage, chipping to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: A. R. Shearer 1976

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand social history Maori

COLLES, RAMSAY

FOUR VOL SET. Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, emblem in gilt to front board, frontis., plates, foldout maps, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, soiling & rubbing to boards, light soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps, prelims/terminals, prev bookseller's sticker to ffep, prev ownership inscription to ht, some foxing & soiling throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Co.

KEYWORDS: Ireland early Irish history Ulster social political

DAFT, RICHARD; LANG, ANDREW (introd.)

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, frontis., plates. illus., VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps, prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ht, light cracking to front & rear hinges, foxing throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: J. W. Arrowsmith 1893

KEYWORDS: cricket cricketer sportsmen sports history Andrew Lang first edition

MCCONNELL, LYNN

LIMITED, SIGNED FIRST EDITION, NO. 140/385. Octavo, blue cl boards, front board lettered in gilt, illus. tp, photos, VG+ (light soiling to pg edges & eps). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Otago Cricket Association 2003

KEYWORDS: cricket New Zealand cricketer sportsmen sports history first edition

HAWKINS, E (photog.)

REBOUND, lacking tp & covers. Octavo, black card boards, front board lettered in gilt, plates,166 portraits (complete), VG- (archival repairs to first five pgs, soiling, tanning & foxing throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: A. D. Jones 1896

KEYWORDS: cricket cricketer sportman sports history 19th century photography

WARNER, P F

COLONIAL FIRST EDITION. Octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, illus to front board in black, frontis., plates, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims, library stamp to front pastedown, light cracking to front hinge & front & central gutters, bdg sloppy, soiling & foxing throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1903

KEYWORDS: cricket cricketer sportsmen sports history Lord Hawke Australia New Zealand sporting colonial

PERRY, WALTER C

Octavo, hfbd in leather & blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, aeg, marbled eps, G+ (moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, moderate to heavy loss to leather of spine--esp at head, front board detatched archival repairs to tp--taped to text, light soiling & foxing thoughout, light cracking to rear hinge). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts 1857

KEYWORDS: Franks Europe European history Frankish

BATEMAN, SOMERSET

Octavo black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light foxing & soiling to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, prev ownership inscription to ffep). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Cornish Brothers 1923

KEYWORDS: Simon de Montfort life lives biography 13th century English French medieval mediaeval history

HENTY, G A

Octavo, blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt & illus in black, frontis., plates, pg edges stained, VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, moderate soiling to feps & prelims, sl tearing to gutter at head to frontis, sl tanning, bookplate to ffep, light to moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters, some soiling & foxing throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1891

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history war colonial colonization Maori

PASSIN, HERBERT

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, yellow card boards, spine & front board lettered in grey, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate fading, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Kinseido 1980

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese social cultural history first edition Herbert Passin

BEARD, MARY & NORTH, JOHN (eds.)

Super octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, sl soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (sl soiling & scuffing to covers, sl bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1990

KEYWORDS: ancient history religion religious pagan paganism priests priest

HODDER, WILLIAM REGINALD

Third edition. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, cracking to front & rear hinges--bdg sl sloppy, light cracking to central &rear gutters, some foxing throughout). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Jarrold & Sons 1903

KEYWORDS: William Reginald Hodder New Zealand literature history

ADAMS, R N

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & eps, lg tear to ffep, bookplate to ffep, light cracking to front gutters, tearing to tp). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: The Otago Daily Times 1897

KEYWORDS: R N Adams first edition social local early New Zealand NZ history Otago

KEENE, DONALD

Provenance of Roy Starrs. Super octavo, yellow card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, ownership inscription to ffep), in d/w, VG+ (fading & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese Imperial history emperor Meiji period emperors 19th century

PHILLIPS, MURRAY G

Super octavo, illus. light card covers, french flaps, VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: UNSW Press 2008

KEYWORDS: swimming Australia Australian sports sporting history

BURN, ROBERT; JEWITT (illus.)

FIRST EDITION. Ex-library. Quarto, red cl boards, frontis., teg, plates, illus,, folding maps, VG- (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims, title hand-lettered in white ink to spine, folding map of the Palatine and Vella torn, some cracking to front & central gutters, chipping to edges of prelims). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: George Bell and Sons 1876

KEYWORDS: Rome ancient history historical topography archaeology

COHN-SHERBOK, DAN

Super octavo, illus card covers, VG (light scuffing to boards, light to moderate bruising & curling to edges & extrems, light soiling to pg edges). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2017

KEYWORDS: religion religious Jewish Judaism history

TANAKA, SEN'O & TANAKA SENDO; REISCHAUER, EDWIN O (pref.); INOUE, YASUSHI (forew.)

Imp octavo, green cl boards, spine lettered in white, frontis., illus., photos, VG+ (sl bruising to edges), in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems, sticker to rear cover). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1998

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese culture cultural social history tea ceremony

CORTAZZI, HUGH

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, red card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to edges, some soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG (light to moderate rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Japan Library 2001

KEYWORDS: Japan 20th century Japanese social cultural history post-war post war

BRADSTOCK, ANDREW (ed.)

FIRST EDITION. Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to edges, some soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.

PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 2000

KEYWORDS: Gerrard Winstanley 17th century politics polticial social conditions history Great Britain government levellers