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Generals of the Anglo-Boer War
Signed & inscribed by author. Super 8vo, pp. 131; black leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Purnell 1977
KEYWORDS: Anglo-Boer Anglo Boer War history 19th century military army
The Policeman's Lot: Antique British Police Equipment Including Truncheons & Tipstaves
Signed, inscribed & dated by author. Imp. 8vo, pp. 145 + [15 (appendix)]; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. prelims; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; some adhesion to pp. opposite photos; light to moderate soiling throughout); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Quiller Press 1985
KEYWORDS: England English British police equipment catalogue collector collecting history
Renishaw: The Story of Crookes Brothers
First edition. Super 8vo, pp. 320; illus. heavy card bds; illus prelims, plates, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Hollards 1992
KEYWORDS: Anthony Hocking early settlers colony colonial history
The 1879 Zulu War: Through the Eyes of the Illustrated London News
Signed, inscribed & dated by authors. 4to, pp. [2] + 310; black leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light foxing throughout); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Q-Lock Publications 2003
KEYWORDS: 19th century Southern South Africa military history war warfare Zulu
Camillo Ricchiardi: Italian Boer War Hero
Limited numbered edition, 420/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [40] + 228; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, frontis., membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate loss to spine lettering; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series 1988
KEYWORDS: Italy Italian military history Boer War 19th century war warfare
Boer War Operations in South Africa 1899-1901
Limited numbered edition, 23/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [22] + 325; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate loss to spine lettering; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series [1987?]
KEYWORDS: Southern South Africamilitary history Boer War 19th century war warfare
War and Peace in South Africa 1879-1881: The writings of Philip Anstruther and Edward Essex
Limited numbered edition, 943/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [34] + 246; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series [1986?]
KEYWORDS: Paul H Butterfield Southern Africa war warfare military history Boer War 19th century
With the Boer Forces
Limited numbered edition. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [21] + 318; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; aeg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series n/d
KEYWORDS: Southern Africa war warfare military history Boer War 19th century
The Foreign Volunteers: They fought for the Boers (1899-1902)
Limited numbered edition, 604/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. xxxii + 340; red leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning, soiling & foxing to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series [1986?]
KEYWORDS: Southern Africa war warfare military history Boer War 19th century
War and Peace in South Africa 1879-1881: The writings of Philip Anstruther and Edward Essex
Limited numbered edition, 588/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [32] + 246; maroon leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, some loss to lettering; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series [1986?]
KEYWORDS: Southern Africa war warfare military history Boer War 19th century
The Boer Fight for Freedom
Limited numbered edition, 583/1000. Signed by publisher. Imp. 8vo, pp. [23] + xii + 607; maroon leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; teg, illus. eps, membership list to front, photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, some loss to lettering, esp to spine; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in slipcase, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana Series [1988?]
KEYWORDS: Southern Africa war warfare military history Boer War 19th century
The Zambesi Salient: Conflict in Southern Africa
First edition. 8vo, pp. 395; orange heavy card covers, spine lettered in white; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscriptions in black ink to ffep; sl foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Howard Timmins 1974
KEYWORDS: Southern South Africa war warfare military history first edition
Zulu Victory: The Epic of Isandlwana and the Cover-Up
First edition. Signed & inscribed by authors. Super 8vo, pp. 336; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; plates, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to rfep in blue & black ink; light to moderate foxing throughout); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books 2002
KEYWORDS: Isandlwana British military history war warfare 19th century Zulu Zululand
A Time to Die
Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. 179; yellow heavy card bds, spine lettered in black; illus. eps, plates, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to ffep; sticker peeled from ffep; library stamps in pink ink to [ht] & tp); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Howard Timmins 1968
KEYWORDS: 19th century Southern South Africa African war warfare military history
The War Diaries of Andre Dennison
First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 394; green heavy card bds, spine lettered in white; illus. eps, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning & foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; prev bookseller's stickers & archival repairs to closed tear at front fold; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1989
KEYWORDS: Southern South Africa African war warfare military history diary journal Rhodesia Rhodedian Andre Dennison 20th century
Pathway of the Birds: The Voyaging Achievements of Maori and Their Polynesian Ancestors
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & red lettering to spine, illus prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2018
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Maori Polynesian anthropology Pacific voyages exploration
Tainui: The Story of Hoturoa and His Descendants
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- publication was cloudedby controversy so signed copies are RARE, super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xii + 482pp + index & folding maps to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate scuffing to fore-edge of ffep, prev. owner's details in red ink to reverse of frontispiece) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to edges with considerable -but tidy- archival tape repairs, heavy scuffing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions signed New Zealand history Tainui Hoturoa Maori ancestry heritage Leslie G Kelly Te Putu
Nga Mahi a Nga Tupuna
TEXT MOSTLY IN TE REO MAORI, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 211pp, VG+ (minor bruising/rubbing & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- archival tape repairs, light to moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing/scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1971
KEYWORDS: TEXT MOSTLY IN TE REO MAORI New Zealand literature Sir George Grey Maori heritage legends tales folklore lore ancient history anthropology ancestors stories
A History of Russian Philosophy (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, very tidy ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained maroon- faded, xiv + viii + 947pp total, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising & sl rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges-minor archival tape repairs, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1953
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian literature philosophy history English translations
Reform: A Memoir
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 800pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, adhesive residue to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history politics political government leaders Geoffrey Palmer autobiography autobiographies memoir law policy Prime Ministers