CARRUTHERS, SIR JOSEPH & DE CHAIR, SIR DUDLEY R.S. (forew.) & HUGHES, W.M. (forew.)

FIRST EDITION 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1930

KEYWORDS: first edition captain james cook history exploration colonialism colonization colonisation sailing nautical britain british

BURMAN, EDWARD

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Crucible 1987

KEYWORDS: assassins isma'ili isma'ilis islam shia shiism hasan i-sabah religion history middle east

IBN ISHAQ & EDWARDES, MICHAEL (ed.)

Super octavo softcover (Near Fine) in slipcase (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2004

KEYWORDS: folio society ibn ishaq michael edwardes islam muslim islamic prophet history biography

THOMSON, ALASTAIR W. & [TENNYSON, ALRED LORD]

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1986

KEYWORDS: alfred lord tennyson poetry poem poet verse poems britain britsh literary criticism history britain british english

RAY, GORDON N. & [THACKERAY, WILLIAM MAKEPEACE]

LACKS D/W; super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955

KEYWORDS: william makepeace thackeray history biography literature britain british

BIGSBY, CHRISTOPHER (ed.)

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: arthur miller america american dramatist playwright theater theatre cambridge critical companion literary critcism history literature

COLLINS, PHILIP (ed.) & [DICKENS, CHARLES]

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1986

KEYWORDS: charles dickens literary criticism britain british england english history culture critical heritage series

BROWNLOW, KEVIN

Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, top page edges stained pink, illus eps, frontispiece, 580pp + xiii index to rear, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (in removable protective clear plastic wrapper, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1968

KEYWORDS: film motion pictures movies history Kevin Brownlow media studies

NICHOLS, BILL (Ed)

2 VOL SET, super octavo, glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, vol 1- xi + 640pp, vol 2- xii + 753pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & curling to cover edges, heavy fading to spine & cover edges of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling to covers & page edges, sl cracking at gutters)

PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1976-1985

KEYWORDS: film media studies movies history methodology methods motion pictures

AYLMER, GERALD & TILLER, JOHN (Eds)

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxxii + 672pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Hambledon Press 2000

KEYWORDS: English England British Britain cathedrals architecture buildings history Hereford cathedral

BARSACQ, LEON & STEIN, ELLIOTT (Revised & Ed) & CLAIR, RENE (Fore)

Quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 264pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page egdes, light foxing to half title page & terminals, light creasing/curling to top corners of rear block of pages) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 1976

KEYWORDS: film set design motion pictures movies scenery sets realism effects history

AMTMANN, HANS H.

Quarto, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Monogram Aviation Publications 1988

KEYWORDS: aviation autobiography memoir Hans H Amtmann operation paperclip history

LOCHHEAD, IAN (Ed)

Square imperial octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front eps, light soiling to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2019

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch town hall buildings history earthquake damage architecture

McCORQUODALE, CHARLES

Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, minor crease to frontispiece) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 4cm closed tear to rear cover, minor chafing)

PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1983

KEYWORDS: interior design history decoration decorating

HAMSLEY, DAVID

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 197pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, adhesive residue to spine, light scuffing & sl surface loss to extrems, light soiling to boards)

PUBLISHER: Flatiron Books 2015

KEYWORDS: disco music history records culture pop popular

INCHBALD, GEOFFREY

EX-LIBRRAY, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 166pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light staining & tape residue to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light wrinkling to prelims, minor creasing to top corners of some pages) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to edges, moderate fading & chafing to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Johnson Publications 1970

KEYWORDS: imperial camel corps military history British Yeomanry Australia New Zealand mounted regiments ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war

RAMSDEN, ERIC & BUCK, PETER H. (Intro)

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xix + 295pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising to extrems, 2cm open tear to lower spine extrem, heavy staining & discolouration/fading to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing & soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history first edition Samuel Marsden missionaries anthropology

REYNOLDS, MARJORIE (Ed)

SIGNED BY EDITOR, imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xiv + 197pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing to boards, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Carrefour Press 1991

KEYWORDS: signed (editor) Dorothy Kay Elvery family art artists history memoirs autobiography

GREY, EARL

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 151pp + 31pp book ads, folding map, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing & fraying to extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & wrinkling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ink stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxin gto folding map)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1899

KEYWORDS: military history memoirs biography Hubert Hervey

GISBORNE, WILLIAM

LACKS MAP, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, deckled page edges, xii + 360pp, illus/maps, VG (minimal but ususal library markings, spine sl cocked, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, foxing sporadically throughout, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: E. A. Petherick & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonisation colonization settlers William Gisborne