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Joannis Buxtorfii P. Lexicon Chaldaicum, Talmudicum et Rabbinicum
TEXT IN LATIN, quarto, quarter leather bound brown buckram boards, marbled eps, contemporary prelim & terminal pages, xxviii + 1328pp, G+ (heavy chipping & rubbing to spine- partially detached with moderate surface loss, heavy scuffing & surface loss to board edges, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, heavy bruising & cracking to bottom corner of rear board, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, lettering in ink to page fore-edges, heavy foxing to title page & other prelim pages, heavy foxing to some terminal pages, moderate foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Londini: Asher & Co., 13 Bedford Street, Covent Garden, Lipsiae: Impensis Mauritii Schaefer MDCCCLXXIV (1874)
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN antiquarian books theology religion history historical texts scriptures
Ile de France
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, map at prelims, unpaginated prelims + 187pp, map to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to extrems & board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate chafing & light foxing, minor ink smudges to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1960
KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical history passenger liners ships Ile de France French Line
The Sway of the Grand Saloon (Second Revised Edition)
SECOND REVISED EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxii + 599pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate staining/discolouration to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light wrinkling & foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning, light fading to front, minro water staining to base of spine)
PUBLISHER: Arlington Books 1986
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history passenger liners ships
Reminiscences of a Long Life in Scotland, New Zealand &c &c (For Private Circulation)
SCARCE! INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY THE WIFE OF THE LATE AUTHOR TO GEORGE THOMSON- REMINISCENCES OF ONE OF DUNEDIN'S EARLIEST SETTLERS. Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering, rule & decoration to front board only, frontispiece, (10) + 75pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board corners, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to title page)
PUBLISHER: Jolly & Braik, Moray Place 1904
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin local history early settlers pioneers Robert Campbell signed Scottish heritage
The Anchor Foundry: A History, and the Maritime Structures of Colonial Nelson, the Early Steamers, Ships of the Anchor Line, the Thomson Brothers, Marine Engineers
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, SINGLE PAGE HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover only, x+ 177pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, minor creasing to rear cover, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Pat W Win 2010
KEYWORDS: signed Pat W Win New Zealand maritime nautical history Nelson engineers
PartnerShips to the World: Canada Steamship Lines: One Hundred and Fifty Years On
Oblong quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & fading to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The CSL Group 1995
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history CSL Canada Steamship Lines Canadian business economics
Classic Ocean Liners, Volume 1: Berengaria, Leviathan & Majestic
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl bruising & fading to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges/folds, light adhesive residue to front)
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens Ltd 1990
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history passenger liners Berengaria Leviathan Majestic cruise ships
Sea Devil: Count von Luckner in New Zealand and the Pacific
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 176pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, ligh chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts N/D (2006?)
KEYWORDS: nautical maritime military history naval operations New Zealand Pacific region Count Felix von Luckner ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war south seas
Ken Marschall's Art of Titanic
Oblong quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 159pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to board edges, light fading to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to base of spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hyperion 1998
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical disasters Titanic passenger liners ships art Ken Marschall famous shipwrecks history historical James Cameron
The Sitmar Liners: Past and Present
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 287pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl tanning & fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Rosenberg Publishing 2004
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical passenger liners cruiseships history Sitmar companies
Passenger Liners from Germnay 1816-1990
Quarto, blue buckram boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, marbled eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history historical vessels passenger liners German Germany
Fremantle Port: A Pictorial History
Oblong quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Chart and Map Shop 2011
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Fremantle Australia Australian ports port
The Earth Brought Forth: The Milsons of Milsons Point 1806-1973
Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, (8) + 564pp + xlix, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: 4SQ Books 2006
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history Milsons Point Milson family nsw New South Wales
P Meyer 1917-1967
Quarto, blue printed heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, light blue print to front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, 143pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, 1cm scuff/tear to top spine extrem, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: None Stated
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical businesses history P Peter Kristoffer Meyer shipping companies
Ships and Memories
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship illus to front board, illus eps, xxx + 449pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & adhesive residue to board extrems/edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate adhesive staining to edges, light to moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: Teredo Books 1975
KEYWORDS: first editions maritime nautical history ships boats
God and the Ancient Chinese
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, teal lettering to spine, xiv + 305pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Read Books 2002
KEYWORDS: religion religious history gods deities China Chinese Christian God theology
Pilgrimage
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, cream lettering to spine, illus eps, frontipsiece, unpaginated prelims + 270pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional spots of heavy foxing) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chippingto edges- minor loss, moderate soiling & foxing, inscription in red ink to front cover, 3cm closed tear to crease of front cover & front flap)
PUBLISHER: Rich & Cowan 1935
KEYWORDS: first editions Graham Seton Hutchison military history autobiography autobiographies memoir
Saudi Arabia in the Nineteenth Century
Octavo, orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 312pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, light creasing & moderate closed tearing to edges & spine- some tidy archival tape repairs, light fading to spine, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1965
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Saudi Arabia 19th nineteenth century history
A History of the Jews in Baghdad
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 236pp, illus, G+ (heavy water staining/damage to front board, light bruising & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastedown, light cracking & moderate water staining to gutters, moderate foxing & water/mould staining to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor loss, light to moderate staining to spine & covers, light tanning to spine & flap creases)
PUBLISHER: Solomon D Sassoon 1949
KEYWORDS: Jewish history Jews middle east Baghdad antiquity
The Sphinx Mystery: The Forgotten Origins of the Sanctuary of Anubis
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus eps, x + 565pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl wrinkling & chafing to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Inner Traditions 2009
KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Egyptian mysteries pyramids Giza Anubis sphinxes