PENISTON, WILLIAM A

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, green & lilac lettering to spine, xi + 258pp, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to covers/edges, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Harington Park Press 2004

KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay lesbian studies history Europe European France French gender sexuality male prostitution politics government political sex

DEL MAR, NORMAN

3 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges of vol 1 stained grey, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & rubbing to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate staining/soiling to boards, light fading to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff / Barrie & Jenkins 1962-72

KEYWORDS: Richard Strauss music history musicians classical composers biography biographies memoir

MERRILL, LISA

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 318pp, illus, VG+ (minor library markings, light tape residue to board edges, sl rubbing to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, minor library markings)

PUBLISHER: The University of Michigan Press 1999

KEYWORDS: Charlotte Cushman gay lesbian history lgbtq stage theatre theater gender portrayal biography

FAGE, J D & TORDOFF, WILLIAM

2 VOL, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decoration to boards, xv + xi + 702pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2008

KEYWORDS: folio society history Africa

UREN, MARTYN

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, sm octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 319pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light rubbing to extrems, sl staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & scribble in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some minor loss, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to covers, prev. owner's creative attempt at reinforcement to internal sides with old calendar page!)

PUBLISHER: Collins 1943

KEYWORDS: signed Martyn Uren military history New Zealand Zealanders ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

VANGE, NORMAN

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 248pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, sl scuffing to spine, minor chafing/soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, minor foxing sporadcially throughout) in d/w, G+ (front flap messily price clipped- both corners, v heavy creasing & tearing to spine & edges- some loss with spine flapping, moderate tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D

KEYWORDS: military history secret spies espionage Norman Vange secret service agents autobiography

MUMFORD, LEWIS

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xii + 530pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, G+ (bottom quarter of spine missing, moderate tanning & staining to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, light to moderate general tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1946

KEYWORDS: history towns cities urban culture Lewis Mumford

CRESWICKE, LOUIS

8 VOL SET, imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spines & front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (varying degrees of tanning & chafing/soiling- mostly quite minor, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T C & E C Jack N/D

KEYWORDS: South Africa military history Transvaal war 19th nineteenth century

BULL, MAUREEN A

THIS VOL ONLY (BOOK TWO), octavo, gold/shiny brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 248pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked & lightly bruised, light fading to spine & board edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to top edge, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Masterton Publishing House 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorbikes motorcycles hobbies history classic vintage

CLEW, JEFF

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light adhesive staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minro adhesive staining to front & rear eps, occasional light ink annotations) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & moderate adhesive staining to edges, sm adhesive label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes Publishing Group 1985

KEYWORDS: transport history automotive engineering JAP engines motorcycles motorbikes

TURBETT, COLIN

Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & orange lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, spine sl cocked, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2019

KEYWORDS: transport history Russia USSR Soviet Union motorcycles motorbikes hobbies travel

BOULTBEE, JOHN & STARKE, JUNE (Ed)

Ex-library, imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, lxxvii + 225pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate tanning to boards, moderate tape staining & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading ot spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986

KEYWORDS: history journals diaries John Boultbee travel exploration adventures

GENTRY, LINNELL

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 380pp, VG (spine cocked, light rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling tp boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name & sm inscription in ink to ffep, minor cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Scholarly Press 1972

KEYWORDS: music history country western gospel

WOODFORDE, Rev JAMES & BERESFORD, JOHN (Ed)

5 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, VG+ (minor rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, G (v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some with yellowing tape repairs, heavy staining/soiloing to vol 1, moderate fading to spines, front flap of vol 1 detached but loosely enclosed- brown tape reinforcement to fore-edge, moderate to heavy general chafing & soiling with some level of surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: autobiography history Reverend James Woodforde 18th eighteenth century England English life

TEMPLE-PERKINS, E A & SLEEMAN, Col Sir JAMES (Preface)

REPRINT, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 271pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, sl bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor general soiling throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, top of spine missing, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1955

KEYWORDS: signed E Temple-Perkins history hunting travel big game

REID, STUART & PEGLER, MARTIN (Series Editor)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 80pp, illus, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Shire Publications / Bloomsbury 2020

KEYWORDS: history weapons weaponry guns rifles firearms muskets

PEGLER, MARTIN & SHUMATE, JOHNNY (Illus) & GILLILAND, ALAN (Illus)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing / Bloomsbury 2019

KEYWORDS: history weapons weaponry rifles firearms guns ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 eastern front

VANHOUSE, NORMAN

Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 345pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & light adhesive staining to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl adhesive staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing & adhesive staining to edges, sl chafing, sm label to base of front flap)

PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes Publishing Group 1986

KEYWORDS: transport history motorcycles motorbikes hobbies BSA competition

GILMOUR, CALUM

Super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to spine & covers, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover)

PUBLISHER: Polygraphia 2001

KEYWORDS: hobbies motorcycles motorbikes Auckland Motor Cycle Club history

CLEW, JEFF

THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 252pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional ink annotation) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping to edges, light discolouration & moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes Publishing Group 1988

KEYWORDS: transport history automotive engineering JAP engines motorcycles motorbikes