History & Geography
GERMANY: Memories of a Nation.
Pp. xlii+598, profusely illustrated in colour and black & white (many full or double page, including maps), bibliography, index; med. 8vo; blackboards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown; British Museum/ BBC/Allen Lane/Penguin Books, London, 2014. First edition. *Published to accompany a...... More
PREHISTORIC SCOTLAND.
Pp. 208, numerous illustrations (several full page), glossary, gazetteer, further reading list, index; demy 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in silver; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; B. T. Batsford Ltd, London, 1989. First edition. More
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JOHN MAITLAND, DUKE OF LAUDERDALE (1616-1682).
Pp. xvi+524, frontispiece portrait, plus 3 plates, errata slip tipped-in at page 2, index; navy cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, boards lightly flecked, with small stain to lower board near top edge; top edges purple, others uncut; inked ownership inscription at head of upper free endpaper, small chip..... More
ATLAS OF PREHISTORIC BRITAIN.
Photographs by David Lyons. Pp. 160, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, maps printed in shades of orange, grey & black, select bibliography, index; med. 4to; light khaki boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; edges of leaves slightly foxed; Guild Publishing, London, 1989. *Originally published..... More
CONSTANTINOPLE: City of the World's Desire 1453-1924.
Pp. xvi+528, 32 plates, 2 maps (one double page), glossary, appendices, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt, bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, outer leaves and edges foxed; John Murray..... More
MAPOTECA GEOLOGICA AMERICANA.
A catalogue of geological maps of America (North and South), 1752-1881. In geographic and chronologic order. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. 184, index; upper free endpaper slightly soiled; Martino Publishing,Mansfield Centre, CT, 2000. *Originally published in 1884 by the Government Printing Office. More
HENRIETTA MARIA.
Pp. xiv+366, frontispiece, plus 8 plates, bibliography, index; tall demy 8vo; dark green cloth, lettered in gilt, top fore-corners of boards and head of spine slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges slightly rubbed and split, the backstrip browned; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, inked gift..... More
THE FIRST CHURCHILL.
Marlborough, soldier and statesman. Pp. 288, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full, a couple double page), pictorial endpapers, bibliographical references, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges of boards; top edges brown; dust wrapper..... More
MARLBOROUGH.
Pp. 288, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; top edges red; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; hinges tender at a couple of points, occasional faint foxing and soiling; Eyre Methuen, London, 1974. First edition. More
THE CAMBRIDGE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
Pp. 400, illustrated throughout in colour and (mainly) black & white, text and endpaper maps, further reading, index; post 4to; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, small bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1996. First edition. More
THE FIRST ROYAL TOUR, 1867-1868.
Pp. [xii]+200, 8 plates, numerous text illustrations (several full or double-page), bibliography, index; demy 8vo; navy boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted, edges lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges rubbed, split, and tape repaired (mostly on reverse), the backstrip and adjacent part of back panel faded; edges of..... More
THE JACOBITE REBELLIONS.
Pp. 128, frontispiece, text illustrations (some full or double page), table of dates, further reading, index; bottom fore-corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Wayland Publishers, London, 1973. First edition. The Documentary History series. More
THE WORLD OF GERARD MERCATOR: The Mapmaker Who Revolutionised Geography.
Pp. xii+292(last blank), pictorial double title page, text illustrations, notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, edges of leaves slightly foxed; HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 2004. First edition. More
A LEAF FROM THE MERCATOR-HONDIUS WORLD ATLAS.
Edition of 1619 with an essay by Norman J. W. Thrower. Pp. [viii]+24+[2](colophon, blank), pictorial title page printed in red & black, 5 decorative initials printed in red, black & white pictorial or decorative tailpieces, pictorial endpapers, notes, bibliography; med. folio; qr. vein-patterned vellum, spine lettered in gilt, grey papered..... More
METTERNICH: the first European.
Pp. xx+300, 8 plates, family tree, sources and bibliography, index; med. 8vo; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in silver, marron papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, endpapers and edges of leaves foxed; Viking, London, 2009. First edition. More
A MAN OF SINGULAR VIRTUE: being a life of Sir Thomas More by his son-in-law William Roper, and a selection of More's letters.
Selected, edited and introduced by A. L. Rowse. Pp. 128, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (some full page); roy. 8vo; qr. black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, red cloth boards with gilt facsimile of More's signature at centre of upper board; within pink card slipcase decorated..... More
THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF BRITAIN.
Pp. xvi+640, 24 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations, maps and pictorial endpapers, further reading, chronology, genealogies of Royal Lines, Prime Ministers 1721-1984, index; cr. 4to; navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly foxed on reverse, bookseller's sticker at foot of front flap, the backstrip..... More
THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF TUDOR & STUART BRITAIN.
Pp. xvi+488(last blank), 24 coloured plates, black & white pictorial double title page and numerous text illustrations (several full page), 6 full page maps, double page family tree, further reading, glossary, chronology, index; cr. 4to; black boards, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996..... More
THE SPECTACLE OF EMPIRE: Style, Effect and the Pax Britannica.
Pp. 256, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (many full or double page), index; med. 4to; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; Faber and Faber, London, 1982. First edition. *'Shows not only what the Empire looked life in..... More
THE SECRET OF ATLANTIS.
Translated by Fred Bradley. Introduction by Peter Tompkins. Pp. xii+274(last blank), plates, text figures, notes, index; tall demy 8vo; grey boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the backstrip a trifle creased and slightly faded; Collins, London, 1978. First U.K. edition *Originally published in German in 1976. More
HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA AND IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814.
New Edition, Revised by the Author, with fifty-five maps and plans. In six volumes, totalling approximately 3,000 pages, with 55 plates, appendices, justificatory notes, replies and counter remarks in Volume VI; nineteenth century full calf, the spines decorated in gilt compartments between raised bands, with gilt lettered and decorated contrasting..... More
HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA AND IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814.
In six volumes. Volume I: To which is affixed A reply to Lord Strangford's observations; Also, A reply to various opponents; Together with observations illustrating Sir J. Moore's campaigns. The third edition, 1835; Volume II: The third edition. 1838; Volume III: To which is prefixed His justification of the third..... More
THE HISTORY OF THE BALTIC CAMPAIGN OF 1854: from documents and other materials furnished by Vice-Admiral Sir C. Napier, K.C.B.
Edited by G. Butler Earp. Pp. xlvi+[ii]+622+[2](advertisement, blank), errata slip tipped in at page 1, index ; demy 8vo; rebound in recent black buckram, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, with new endpapers; edges uncut, with some slight cropping of fore-edges of first few leaves, and light creases or splits..... More
CLASSICAL COLLECTION.
Pp. [118], text drawings, 2 full page maps; post 4to; cloth backed printed stiff paper wrappers, top edge of upper wrapper slightly split; fore-edges of leaves lightly marked; Sydney, n.d. *Handlist, being one of a series intended to update the earlier Handbook to the Nicholson Museum. Consists of a short..... More