HOHNE, HEINZ & BROWNJOHN, J MAXWELL (Trans)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 703pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & light to moderate foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, minor general chafing/wrinkling)

PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1979

KEYWORDS: first editions military history nazi third reich Admiral Canaris biography biographies memoir

DARWIN, CHARLES

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt illus to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 500pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, occasional minor foxing & soiling throughout, v heavy cracking to gutters throughout- binding quite weak, pgs193-208 loose but present, prev. owner's map & illus of Ascension tipped in to pgs470-471, closed tear with yellowing tape repair to bottom corner of pg267/268)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin geology journals exploration HMS Beagle

DARWIN, CHARLES

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled/rough cut page edges, xiii + 648pp, illus/folding maps [some missing or loose], VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, occasional points of insect damage to exterior & interior- deemed inactive, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, prev. owners' names in ink & minor foxing to prelims, folding map at rear has multiple closed tears, lacks plates II-V, folding map of South America loose but present, pg629-630 detached but present, occasional ink & pencil markings to margins & underlining- unobtrusive & minor)

PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1891

KEYWORDS: natural history Charles Darwin exploration geology volcanic landscapes volcanoes HMS Beagle South America American islands

DEANE, PAUL

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to spine, 224pp, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & inside covers, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Vega 2003

KEYWORDS: esoteric paranormal sex sexual encounters supernatural succubi incubi demons history

STREATFIELD, DOMINIC

Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 486pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Virgin Publishing 2001

KEYWORDS: South America cocaine coke illegal drugs recreational history

BURTT, EDWIN ARTHUR

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 343pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light rubbing/scuffing to board & spine edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate glue staining & wrinkling to front pastedown, occasional ink markings to margins- unobtrusive, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to spine/edges, moderate tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, sm adhesive label to spine)

PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1967

KEYWORDS: metaphysics physical science philosophy history

BENY, ROLOFF & OPIE, JOHN LINDSAY (Notes Ed by) & CHAPMAN'S HOMER (Quotations From)

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 272pp, illus, b&w plates- all counted + present, VG (light to moderate scuffing/insect damage to board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing/wrinkling & scuffing, heavy general scuffing, prce clipped, moderate foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1962

KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek ruins landscape art photography antiquity history mythology first editions

MAURIES, PATRICK & SOTTSASS, ETTORE (Essay) & WILK, CHRISTOPHER (Fore)

Quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, grey & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sm scuff to bottom corner of front cover, minor chafing to covers, sl scuffing to cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1998

KEYWORDS: Piero Fornasetti art design biography biographies history

IVES, CHRISTOPHER

Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 274pp, Near FINE, in d/w VG+ (sl creasing to edges, slight soiling, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2009

KEYWORDS: Buddhism zen spirituality Japan history Buddhist ethics Ichikawa Hakugen

REIT, SEYMOUR V.

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, 254pp, illus / photos, little ink stamp man illus to base of page black, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, sl tanning to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, & eps) in d/w VG (light chipping to spine & cover edges, light tanning with moderate chafing and soiling, light creasing to rear flap, prev. bookseller's label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Summit Books 1981

KEYWORDS: true crime art theft Mona Lisa Leonardo Da Vinci history art heist Louvre

GALBRAITH, JOHN KENNETH

FIRST EDITION SECOND IMPRESSION octavo blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 186pp, VG (light fading to spine extrems & cover edges, light tanning with moderate foxing page edges, moderate to heavy foxing to front eps, moderate pencil annotation to ffep, light tanning & foxing to rear eps, light crack to front gutter, moderate foxing to prelims, light occasional foxing throughout) in d/w VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1955

KEYWORDS: history great crash 1929 stock market crasch finance Wall Street capitalism economics

HERBERT, ZBIGNIEW & CARPENTER, JOHN and BOGDANA (trans)

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PUBLISHER: The Ecco Press 1991

KEYWORDS: art Dutch modern art art criticism art history Zbigniew Herbert

HODSON, JAMES LANSDALE

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PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate (Publishers) Ltd c. 1949

KEYWORDS: history war diary entries James Lansdale Hodson personal account

KEEGAN, JOHN

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PUBLISHER: Pimlico 1999

KEYWORDS: first 1st world war one 1 ww1 wwi history military war account battle

MATTHEW, SIR TOBIE (intro & trans) & HUDLESTON, DOM ROGER (intro, revised & emended)

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PUBLISHER: Burns & Oates 1954

KEYWORDS: St Augustine confessions Christianity religion religious writings history

COLERIDGE, STEPHEN

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PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon Limited 1923

KEYWORDS: English poetry letter correspondance literary criticism history

SELINKO, ANNEMARIE & BENDER, ARNOLD (trans) & DICKES, E.W. (trans)

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PUBLISHER: Reprint Society 1954

KEYWORDS: fiction historical fiction Napoleon Desiree France romantic fiction fictionalised history biographical fiction

CRUICKSHANK, CHARLES

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: history war warfare propaganda second 2nd world war 2 two ww2 wwii

EQUIANO, OLAUDAH & SOLLORS, WERNER (ed)

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PUBLISHER: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc 2001

KEYWORDS: slaves Great Britain America biography Africa criticism history

WRIGHT, FRANK

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, no lettering to spine or boards, 204pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing/rubbing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history Anglican church Christianity Auckaldn diocese