FINNEGAN, DIARMID A

Super octavo, green glossy heavy boards, dark green lettering to spine & boards, xi + 254pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing to boards & extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name [David Galloway] in ink to ffep, minor underlining/markings in pencil)

PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 2009

KEYWORDS: natural history Victorian times era Scotland Scottish science nature

GILBERT, MARTIN

THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine, upper edges stained burgundy, frontispiece, xvi + 967pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising and rubbing to spine extrems, sl soiling to page edges), in d/w, VG+ (prev. owner's fully adhesive protective covering, sl separation of adhesive covering along jacket hinges, sl creasing to spine edge, flaps slightly tanned)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann London 1975(?)

KEYWORDS: winston s churchill british politics history politician twentieth century england

GARIOCH, ROBERT

Super octavo, beige heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, 183pp, VG+ ( sl bruising to extrems, v sl soiling to page edges), in d/w, VG+ (prev owners fully adhesive covering, v sl separation of adhesive covering, sl tanned)

PUBLISHER: Southside Edinburgh 1975

KEYWORDS: prisoner of war world war ii two second history robert garioch british memoir pows

DUNMORE, JOHN

THIS VOLUME ONLY, octavo, navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 428pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine/extrems, light soiling to boards, sl foxing and soiling to page edges, prev owners name in pen [David Galloway], pen and pencil underlining and marking light to moderate throughout), in d/w VG- (moderate creasing and chipping to edges, price clipped, light fading to spine, light to moderate foxing and soiling, publishers small adhesive label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1969

KEYWORDS: french explorers pacific exploration history nineteenth century france

HEAPS, LEO

FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W octavo, lilac buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine and front cover, illus/maps to eps, unpaginated prelims + 159pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate discolouration to spine, minor discolouration to boards, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Company Toronto 1945

KEYWORDS: arnhem escape paratroopers second world war ii two history europe

THYSSEN, FRITZ & SAERCHINGER, CESAR (trans)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine and front board, frontispiece, 319pp, illus/photo, VG- ( moderate to heavy fading and discolouration to spine, moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to board edges/extrems, sl chipping to head of spine, tanning and foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton and Cooperation Publishing Co 1941

KEYWORDS: fritz thyssen german world war two second ii industrialist history industrial

BELL OF ANTERMONY, JOHN & STEVENSON, J L (intro)

FIRST EDITION THUS, imperial octavo, teal buckram boards, copper gilt to tan coloured section on spine, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 248pp, illus, VG (sl rubbing to spine, moderate soiling and staining to spine & boards, light to moderate foxing and soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w VG- (3cm section missing from top of spine, moderate to heavy soiling, v slight chipping to extrems, closed 5cm tear to rear of jacket)

PUBLISHER: Edinburgh at the University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: st petersburg to pekin travelogue travel journal eighteenth century history memoir john bell of antermony china russia

VOLCANO, DEL LAGRACE & HALBERSTAM, JUDITH JACK

FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, light card illus wrappers, white & orange lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 154pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing and creasing to extrems, light creasing covers, v slight soiling to wrappers, light soiling and tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Serpent's Tail 1999

KEYWORDS: drag kings king queer history male impersonators gender expression

A NONAGENARIAN

REBOUND, small octavo, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, upper & base edges deckled, frontispiece, vi + 255pp, VG- (minor staining and soiling to boards, light rubbing to edges of spine, moderate soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, moderate soiling to perlims & terminals, prev. owner's details [historic] in ink to prelims, minor soiling throughout, heavy staining to gutter of pgs254/255)

PUBLISHER: J F Hughes, Liverpool 1863

KEYWORDS: liverpool english british history england memoir

PLANTAGENET SOMERSET, HENRY & BENDER, DENISE (ed)

Imperial octavo, burgundy illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine, x + 181, illus, VG+ (v slight rubbing to spine and extrems, slight creasing to cover edges, light chafing to covers, slight tanning and soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Boolarong Press 2010

KEYWORDS: henry plantagenet somerset early australian colonial history jackeroo

MYERS, BESSY

Super octavo, khaki buckram boards, red lettering to spine, lightly deckled page edges, frontispiece, 256pp, VG (moderate fading and rubbing to spine, light fading and rubbing to edges and boards. light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, binding slightly sloppy- boards shaky, prev. owners name in ink to fep)

PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1941 Reprint

KEYWORDS: bessy myers ambulance driver womens service world war two second ii pow pows escape memoir history europe

RHODES, CAPTAIN F

TWO VOLUMES, imperial octavo, green marle buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, upper edges stained green, deckled page edges, frontispiece to volume one, volume one 411pp + volume two 487pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine and extrems of both volumes, light soiling and tanning to page edges, top of page blocks lightly faded, light general soiling throughout, light tanning and foxing to eps & prelims, plate to prelims of vol 1 detached but present, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: F J Thwaites Pty ca 1930s

KEYWORDS: captain f rhodes pacific maritime history australia

HOLMES, TONY (Compiled) & BROTHERS, Air Commodore PETER (Fore) & ANDERSON, Colonel CLARENCE E 'BUD' (Fore)

Quarto 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: Osprey Publishing 2002

KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes aircraft ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Iain Wyllie

PETERSON, KEVIN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Kevin Peterson N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history autobiography memoir Kevin Peterson genealogy

BRATTIG, PATRICIA (Ed)

Super octavo softcover (VG+) minor staining to rear pages: 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: Arnoldsche Art Publishers 2003

KEYWORDS: fashion women female history models modelling

ANDERSON, GARY CLAYTON

FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library, 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: University of Oklahoma Press 2014

KEYWORDS: first editions native American Indians tribes ethnic cleansing history

DELBOURGO, JAMES

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: Allen Lane 2017

KEYWORDS: biography memoir Hans Sloane collectors history

POLAN, BRENDA & TREDRE, ROGER

Imperial 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: Berg 2009

KEYWORDS: fashion designers profiles biographies history

HOUGH, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1994

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime history Captain James Cook famous explorers voyages biography

LEE, JOHN

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: AuthorHouse 2007

KEYWORDS: Merchant Navy history maritime 20th twentieth century John Lee