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The World's Merhcant Fleets 1939: The Particulars and Wartime Fates of 6,000 Ships
Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xvi + 624pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, heavy general creasing)
PUBLISHER: Chatham Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history merchant fleets
ANL: A Fleet History of Australian National Line 1957-1999
Quarto, illus heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine & boards, illus eps, x + 349pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Nautical Association of Australia Inc 2020
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Australia ANL Australian National Line shipping
British Merchant Shipping (Losses): World War I
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, blue light card wrappers- stapled with blue buckram covering, black lettering to front cover, xxii + 164pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to cover edges, minor rubbing to spine/staple covering, light soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship and Marine Society / Marvin Beaumont Ltd (Reproduced by) 1966
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history British merchant shipping losses military ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 vessels
British Merchant Vessels Lost by Enemy Action During Second World War, 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, blue light card wrappers- stapled with black covering, black lettering to front cover, (iv) + 56pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine, moderate creasing to covers & edges, minor soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship and Marine Society N/D
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history British merchant shipping losses military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 vessels
Erlangen: Ein Mythos
TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, sl chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Druckerei Schiemenz 2017
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN maritime nautical history steamer ships Erlangen Germany Dunedin New Zealand
The Long Life and Slow Death of the TSS Maheno
Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card wrappers, brown lettering to spine, 150pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Nathan Smith 2019
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history TSS Maheno ships boats
Linlithgow Palace: Its History and Traditions, with Peeps from its Windows at the Burgh and Surrounding District
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxviii + 369pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine & board edges, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev, bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, historic gift inscription in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, sl insect damage to front gutter, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd N/D (c.1910)
KEYWORDS: history Linlithgow Palace Scotland Scottish British stately homes manor houses historical buildings
Sunward by Yeoward: The Story of Yeoward of Liverpool - The First 100 Years
Square super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 154pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Granta Editions 1994
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Yeoward Brothers of Liverpool shipping
An Evening at the Garden of Allah: A Gay Cabaret in Seattle
Imperial octavo, pink heavy boards, gilt lettering to grey cloth spine, xiii + (4) + 167pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading & foxing to base of boards, light foxing to front board, sl discolouration to spine, light foxing to page edges, moderate foxing & light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (prev. bookseller's label to front cover, light creasing to edges, moderate creasing to flaps, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: female impersonators Washington Seattle cabaret gay lgbtq entertainment music halls history
Over the Sex Border
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 319pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, other moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, G (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, v heavy loss to base of jacket, smaller loss to head of spine & rear flap, heavy foxing & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1963
KEYWORDS: sex changes transgender transsexual history Georgina Turtle first editions
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa; Including Accounts of Timbuktu, Sokoto, and the Basins of the Niger and Benuwe
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering with gilt & black rule to spine, black decoration to boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 548pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to gilt/page edges, minor tanning to eps, minor foxing & soiling to prelims, heavy cracking to gutters btween pgs 289-321)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: travel exploration literature writing Africa Henry Barth history historical
Slamdek A to Z: The Illustrated History of Louisville's Slamdek Record Company 1986-1995
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, 221pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, sl rubbing to spine, sl chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: K Composite Media 1999
KEYWORDS: punk rock record labels companies history Slamdek popular culture
Queering the Underworld: Slumming, Literature, and the Undoing of Lesbian and Gay History
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & yellow lettering to spine, xv + 278pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2007
KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay lesbian history studies literature literary criticism
Defending Trinity College Dublin, Easter 1916: Anzacs and the Rising
SIGNED, super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 172pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to cover edges, minor fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges, light creasing to base of prelim pages)
PUBLISHER: Four Courts Press 2019
KEYWORDS: history Trinity College New Zealand military ww1 firt 1st world war one i 1 the great war anzacs anzac troops easter Dublin Ireland
A History of the Crusades: Volume I The First Crusade, and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 377pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing/bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, sm stain to head of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, light to moderate soiling, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: history crusades crusaders religion religious war Jerusalem first 1st crusade