HILL, JOHN E

Ownership signature of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, illus. light card covers; xxii + 691 pp.; VG (light soiling to covers, some fading to spine; light to moderate bruising & curling to edges & extrems, sl chipping to rear joint; light soiling to page edges).

PUBLISHER: John E. Hill 2009

KEYWORDS: Chronicle on the Western Regions Hou Hanshu translation history China Chinese

METCALFE, THOMAS WASHINGTON

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, orange card boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., 295 pp.; VG (moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; fading to spine; spine sl cocked; moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals; prev ownership inscr to ffep; light cracking to central gutters; tearing to fore edge of pp. 250-60).

PUBLISHER: Ivor Nicholson and Watson 1936

KEYWORDS: life lives military history biography autobiography memoir first edition

PO-TING, LIN (ed.)

Ex-library. Quarto, brown cl boards, spine & front board lettered in black; photos; [5] + 266 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; some creasing to eps); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems; tape residue; creasing).

PUBLISHER: National Palace Museum 2009

KEYWORDS: National Palace Museum collection facsimile docuents calligraphy writing China Chinese history

AIKMAN, LORNA (ed.)

Quarto, illus. light card covers; illus., photos, 273 pp.; VG (moderate soiling to covers, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some chipping, some loss to cover at tail; light soiling to page edges).

PUBLISHER: Lorna Aikman 2023

KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history Opotiki Gisborne 19th 20th century social local

THOMSON, JANE (ed.)

Signed, limited edition. Quarto, maroon card boards, spine & front boardlettered in gilt; illus. tp, illus., photos; xii + 587 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history life lives biography dictionary Otago Southland

TYLDEN, G

Super octavo, green card boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., illus., plates; xviii + 276 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership stamp to fr pastedown; light cracking to central & rear gutters; some soiling throughout); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some chipping).

PUBLISHER: J. A. Allen & Comapany 1980

KEYWORDS: Horse horses saddlery military equipment history

WYRALL, EVERARD

2 VOL SET. FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered & device to fr board in gilt; fore edge uncut, frontis., plates, foldout maps; 344, 345-739 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; fading to spine; light to moderate soiling to pg edges; some tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; stamp in purple ink to rfep verso).

PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1921

KEYWORDS: ww1 First World War I One 1 military history war wartime

KIPLING, RUDYARD (ed.)

2 VOL SET. FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered & device to front board in gilt; frontis., maps; xvi + 344, vi + 310 + 2 (advts) pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges; some tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; some light cracking to fr gutters, first gathering sl loose (vol. 2)).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1923

KEYWORDS: Irish Guards ww1 First World War One I 1 military history wartime

PONSONBY, FREDERICK; THE EARL OF CAVAN (introd.); WALKER, EMERY (maps)

3 VOL SET. Super octavo, grey card boards, label to brown cl spine lettered in gilt; frontis., illus., plates, maps; xviii + 378 + 2 (advts), viii + 383, x + 352 pp.; VG- (moderate to heavy soiling & scuffing to boards, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems, w moderate chipping; light to moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to pg edges; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front (vols. 1, 2 & 3) & central (vol. 2) gutters; wormholes rear boards (vols 1 & 2) & sl to spine (vols 1, 2 & 3); wormholes to rear hinges (1, 2 & 3 ); ffep unopened (vol. 3); tape to boards).

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1920

KEYWORDS: ww1 First World War One I 1 military history

SANDES, E W C

FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered & device to front board in gilt; frontis., plates, maps; xxxii + 571 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, spine faded; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some chipping; light soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscr to ffep; light to moderate cracking to front & central gutters).

PUBLISHER: The Institution of Royal Engineers 1937

KEYWORDS: military history 19th 20th century Royal Engineers Middle East Egpyt Sudan political

SPRIGGE, T L S

Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt; xx + 576 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Clarendon Press 2006

KEYWORDS: philosophy metaphysics intellectual history

LEVINE, MARILYN A

Super octavo, yellow cl boards, spine lettered in red gilt; plates; x + 287 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG (light to moderate rubbing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1993

KEYWORDS: 20th century intellectual history China Chinese communism communists

BROAD, JACQUELINE

Super octavo, navy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; viii + 205 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG+ (sl rubbing, sl bruising to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015

KEYWORDS: philosophy intellectual history Mary Astell virtue

CRONJE, SUZANNE

Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., plates; xii + 409 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; some foxing to prelims/terminals); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems; some foxing).

PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1972

KEYWORDS: Nigeria Biafra West Africa African history politics political military

GURDJIEFF, G

FIRST EDITION. Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis.; xii + 303 pp.; VG+ (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w moderate chipping; heavy water damage).

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1963

KEYWORDS: Gurdjieff life lives memoir biography autobiography 20th century intellectual history first edition

BURFITT, JAMES

Signed by author, Paul F. Gemmell. Super octavo, green card boards, spine & front board lettered in white; illus., plates; 296 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling & tanning to pg edges, eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w VG (light soiling .& rubbing, some tanning; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; some fading; lg tear to front cover).

PUBLISHER: 2/18th Battalion Association 1991

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian military history ww2 Second World War Two II 2

HOLMAN, DENNIS; TEMPLER, GERALD (forew.)

Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., plates; xviii + 253 pp.; VG (light to mdoerate soiling & rubbing to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; tearing to spine at head w archival repair).

PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1958

KEYWORDS: Malaysia Malaya social history anthropology jungle adventure

LEE, C Y (Photos) & TIM-KEUNG, KO et al (Eds)

Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, green lettering to spine, camo patterned eps, illus eps, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence 2004

KEYWORDS: military Hong Kong volunteers Asia Asian HKVDC history

SCHRAG, ZACHARY M

Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 355pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor fading to upper edges, sl tanning ot upper edges of flaps)

PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 2006

KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains subways US America Washington Metro

CHURCH, ROBERT J

Quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 172pp, folding diagrams to rear, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Signature Press 1996

KEYWORDS: transport rail trains locomotives steam 4300 4-8-2 southern Pacific mt-classs engineering design history