FOSTER, HARRY L

Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor wrinkling to boards, light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1923

KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Harry L Foster oriental adventures history historical

MURRAY, DAVID

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine, gilt & green lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, x + 431pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters, prev. owners' names in ink to half & full title pages, occasional light markings in pencil)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1894

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history David Murray

SPOONLEY, PAUL

Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & red lettering to spine & front cover, 318pp, VG+ (light chafing & curling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand far right extremism racism history conservative politics right-wing

DICKSON, WALTER

Ex-library, rebound, octavo, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to red leather title plate to spine, raised bands to spine, gilt library motif to front board, coloured speckling to page edges, beautiful vibrant coloured frontispiece, vi + 489pp, VG (minimal library markings, light rubbing & staining to leatherwork, light to moderate chafing & soiling/fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minor foxing & soiling occasionally throughout)

PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1869

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history politics political empire government

BIGELOW, POULTNEY

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 276pp + 20pp to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ink stamp to ffep, light cracking to gutters, light creasing to fore-edges of terminals, occasional light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold & Co 1923

KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese diaries journals Poultney Bigelow modern history

HAMILTON, Lieut.-General Sir IAN

2 VOLS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt author's name to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- x + 362pp + 16pp to rear, vol 2- xi + 387pp + 16pp to rear, illus plates & folding maps- all counted with 1x missing, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name to ffeps, moderate foxing to prelims, map XXXIV to vol 2 missing, some minor foxing throughout, light occasional cracking to gutters, 2x maps detached but loosely enclosed)

PUBLISHER: Edwrad Arnold 1907

KEYWORDS: military history Russia Japan Russian Japanese early 20th twentieth century Sir Ian Hamilton

GREW, E SHARPE

6 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spines, black lettering/rule & coloured illus to front boards, aeg, map frontispieces to each vol, illus/plate- all plates present, mixed pagination, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light rubbing & discolouration to spines, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to eps & sporadically throughout, a lot of plates are detached or partially detached but all are present, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Virtue and Company N/D (c.1900s?)

KEYWORDS: military history Russia Japan Russian Japanese war conflict Russ-Japanese geopolitics

COLQUHOUN, P

1965 REPRINT, very tidy ex-library, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 456pp + 93pp appendices to rear, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning to eps, minimal library markings)

PUBLISHER: Johnson Reprint Company 1965

KEYWORDS: Great Britain British empire history wealth economy funding systems statistics

JOHNSTONE-BRYDEN, RICHARD & HRH THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Fore)

Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, x + 310pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning & fading to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 2003

KEYWORDS: royal maritime history Royal Yacht Britannia British monarchy royal family

DAVENPORT-HINES, RICHARD

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, brown glossy lettering to spine, xi + 420pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Wiliam Collins 2024

KEYWORDS: first editions Oxford University history Christ Church elite universities academic academia

BERNSTEIN, H

Very tidy ex-library, octavo, green light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, unpaginated prelims + 229pp, VG+ (minor library markings, light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to spine, sl soiling to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Adolf M Hakkert 1987

KEYWORDS: 17th seventeenth century publishing history Pedro Craesbeeck literary Portugal Brazil

BURT, EUGENE C

Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 396pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: G K Hall & Co 1989

KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues erotic art erotica history

DuPLESSIS, ROBERT S

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 351pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's pencil inscription to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2016

KEYWORDS: trade history Atlantic commerce fashion textiles fabrics textile industry America

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

Sm octavo, yellow light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xxiv + 1103pp, illus, VG (spine warped/curved with light fading & soiling, light creasing to cover edges, light soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1971

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket cricketers' almanacks past years 1971 sport history

PRESTON, NORMAN (Ed)

Sm octavo, yellow light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, xxviii + 1083pp, illus, VG (spine warped/curved & lightly faded, light foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1973

KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket cricketers' almanacks past years 1973 sport history

YONGE, CHARLOTTE MARY

2 VOL SET, ex-library, octavo, half leatherbound brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled page edges & eps, gilt library stamp to front boards, frontispieces- tissue guard to vol 2, vol 1- xii + 370pp, vol 2- unpaginatd prelims + 390pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork on spines & board corners, light to moderate chafing & rubbing to boards, moderate tanning & fading to page edges, usual library markings, heavy cracking to gutters- binding to rear of vol 1 partially detached, rear ep torn out to vol 1, rear eps detached but present to vol 2, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals of both vols, sporadic foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1874

KEYWORDS: religion religious history missionaries Melanesian islands John Coleridge Patteson biography biographies

THORBURN, A

2 VOL SET, HEAVY SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt border to front board of vol 1, blind rule border to front board of vol 2, teg, frontipsieces with tissue guards, Vol 1- vii + 84pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 108pp, 50x beautiful plates throughout- all counted and deemed present with tissue guards in place, VG (light to moderate chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, light to moderate fading & tanning to spines, sl scuffing to board corners, light tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sl water staining to top of page block of vol 1, occasional minor foxing throughout- plates still very well presented with only v minor creasing and/or closed tearing to tissue guards)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1920-21

KEYWORDS: British mammals illustrated animals forest creatures art natural history wildlife zoology

ROSTOW, NICHOLAS

Very tidy ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 1984

KEYWORDS: England France English French foreign relations modern history 20th twentieth century Anglo-French politics political

NISH, IAN H

Very tidy ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Athlone Press 1985

KEYWORDS: England Japan English Japanese foreign relations history politics political alliances

BENAUD, RICHIE

FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1969

KEYWORDS: first editions sport history commentary commentaries cricket Richie Benaud