KRIVITSKY, W G

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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: Enigma Books 2000

KEYWORDS: Josef Stalin military history secret service espionage spies Russia Russian soviet

MAY, HELEN

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 / Bridget Williams Books 2008

KEYWORDS: Europe New Zealand Aotearoa children tamariki early childhood history development education

LEVER, MAURICE & GOLDHAMMER, ARTHUR (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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 1995

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Marquis de Sade

GOODERHAM, JONATHAN & ALTY, GRACE

Quarto 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: Jonathan Grant Galleries 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art artists Frances Hodgkins history biographies

LONG, DWIGHT & VILLIERS, ALAN (Preface)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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: Rupert Hart-Davis / Mariners Library 1950

KEYWORDS: sailing exploration history Dwight Long Pacific East Indies South Seas maritime nautical

MURRAY, DAVID

Octavo hardcover (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: Motoraces Book Club / Stanley Paul 1964

KEYWORDS: motorsport motor racing automotive cars Scotland Scottish team history David Murray

PRITCHARD, ANTHONY

Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (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: Robert Hale 1970

KEYWORDS: motorsport motor racing history Europe European cars design engineering Anthony Pritchard

TAYLOR, DICK

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 242pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/curling & fading to edges- sl chipping also, minor fading)

PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2021

KEYWORDS: military history Great Britain British armour armor armoured vehicles tanks early 20th twentieth century design engineering

HARPER, T N

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 417pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining to page edges, light soiling to front eps) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges & rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Malaya history geopolitics politics

HOHNE, HEINZ & BROWNJOHN, J MAXWELL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 703pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & light to moderate foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, minor general chafing/wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1979

KEYWORDS: first editions military history nazi third reich Admiral Canaris biography biographies memoir

DARWIN, CHARLES

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 500pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, occasional minor foxing & soiling throughout, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding quite weak, pgs193-208 loose but present, prev. owner's map & illus of Ascension tipped in to pgs470-471, closed tear with yellowing tape repair to bottom corner of pg267/268)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin geology journals exploration HMS Beagle

DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, xiii + 648pp, illus/folding maps [some missing or loose], VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, occasional points of insect damage to exterior & interior- deemed inactive, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, prev. owners' names in ink & minor foxing to prelims, folding map at rear has multiple closed tears, lacks plates II-V, folding map of South America loose but present, pg629-630 detached but present, occasional ink & pencil markings to margins & underlining- unobtrusive & minor)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1891

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin exploration geology volcanic landscapes volcanoes HMS Beagle South America American islands

ELEY, GEOFF (Ed) & HUNT, WILLIAM (Ed)

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 356pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (2x closed tears to head of spine, other minor creasing & chipping to top edges, moderate to heavy foxing foxing, minor tanning to spine, sm pencil notation to rear flap)

PUBLISHER: Verso 1988

KEYWORDS: history historiography English revolution Christopher Hill Stuarts

DEANE, PAUL

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to spine, 224pp, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & inside covers, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Vega 2003

KEYWORDS: esoteric paranormal sex sexual encounters supernatural succubi incubi demons history

STREATFIELD, DOMINIC

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 486pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Virgin Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: South America cocaine coke illegal drugs recreational history

BURTT, EDWIN ARTHUR

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 343pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light rubbing/scuffing to board & spine edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate glue staining & wrinkling to front pastedown, occasional ink markings to margins- unobtrusive, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to spine/edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, sm adhesive label to spine)

PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1967

KEYWORDS: metaphysics physical science philosophy history

BENY, ROLOFF & OPIE, JOHN LINDSAY (Notes Ed by) & CHAPMAN'S HOMER (Quotations From)

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 272pp, illus, b&w plates- all counted + present, VG (light to moderate scuffing/insect damage to board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing/wrinkling & scuffing, heavy general scuffing, prce clipped, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1962

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek ruins landscape art photography antiquity history mythology first editions

MAURIES, PATRICK & SOTTSASS, ETTORE (Essay) & WILK, CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, grey & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sm scuff to bottom corner of front cover, minor chafing to covers, sl scuffing to cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1998

KEYWORDS: Piero Fornasetti art design biography biographies history

IVES, CHRISTOPHER

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 274pp, Near FINE, in d/w VG+ (sl creasing to edges, slight soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Buddhism zen spirituality Japan history Buddhist ethics Ichikawa Hakugen

REIT, SEYMOUR V.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, 254pp, illus / photos, little ink stamp man illus to base of page black, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, sl tanning to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, & eps) in d/w VG (light chipping to spine & cover edges, light tanning with moderate chafing and soiling, light creasing to rear flap, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Summit Books 1981

KEYWORDS: true crime art theft Mona Lisa Leonardo Da Vinci history art heist Louvre