DISRAELI'S GRAND TOUR.
Benjamin Disraeli and the Holy Land 1830-31. Pp. xviii+142(last blank), 12 plates, full page text map, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982. First edition. More
Benjamin Disraeli and the Holy Land 1830-31. Pp. xviii+142(last blank), 12 plates, full page text map, index; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982. First edition. More
14 June 1789. With a draft list of the Bounty mutineers. Transcription and Facsimile Edited by John Bach. Pp. xiv+ 336, coloured frontispiece portrait, numerous text illustrations (most black & white, some full or double page, a couple folding, including a large folding map), bibliography; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spine..... More
and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the crew in the Ship's Boat from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Written by William Bligh. Illustrated with Charts. (1790). [with] MINUTES OF THE COURT-MARTIAL held at Portsmouth August 12, 1792, on Ten..... More
and the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew, in the Ship's Boat, from Tofoa, one of the Friendly Islands, to Timor, a Dutch Settlement in the East Indies. Written by Lieutenant William Bligh. Illustrated with Charts. Pp. iv+88, 4 charts (3 folding, including the frontispiece); med. 4to; contemporary half..... More
undertaken by command of His Majesty, for the purpose of conveying the bread-fruit tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's ship The Bounty, commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh. Including an account of the mutiny on board the said ship, and the subsequent voyage of part of the crew, in..... More
Pp. 320, 15 plates (one double page), title page vignette, text illustrations (some full page), decorative headpieces, text maps, endpaper chart, chronology, notes on sources, index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; name stamp on upper endpapers and at head..... More
Two volumes in one. Illustrated with contemporary charts and engravings. Pp. xiv+369+[iii]+348+[48](bibliography and index), frontispiece portrait to each volume, plus 45 plates including maps (4 double page), large folding chart at end, bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, upper board decorated in blind..... More
Pp. 160, coloured frontispiece and 5 plates, numerous black & white text illustrations, 4 folding charts at end plus endpaper chart, appendices, index; cr. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the boards slightly marked; top edges blue; price-clipped dust wrapper; a little light foxing, heavier on outer leaves; B...... More
Edited by E. G. R. Taylor. Pp. xxxvi+464, frontispiece plus 9 plates, text figures, folding map, tables, bibliography, appendices, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in blind, the spine gilt faintly dulled, fore-corner a trifle bruised; uncut and partly unopened; tiny chip to top..... More
Pp. xii+484, 32 plates, 5 maps (one double, others full page), index; med. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver and gilt, the upper hinge slightly rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly rubbed and creased, edges slightly chipped and split; Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1975. First U.S. edition *Includes..... More
The Australians in New Guinea in World War II. Pp. xxii+506, 16 coloured and black & white plates, full page text maps, appendix (casualty list), notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; green boards, spine lettered in gilt, bottom edges a little shelf worn; dust wrapper; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2012. First..... More
Volume 1 [of 3]. Pp. xvi+334(last blank)+[2](colophon, blank), frontispiece printed in red & black, the title page vignette, pictorial headpieces and colophon decoration all printed in red, full page black & white text illustrations and 1 map, endpaper maps; super roy. 8vo; light blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt..... More
Volume I: PARTING THE WATERS. Pp. xiv+1066, 32 plates, notes, major works cited, index; qr. navy cloth, spine lettered and decorated in silver, blue papered boards, upper board lettered in blind, fore-corners a trifle rubbed; Volume II: PILLAR OF FIRE. Pp. xiv+746, 24 plates, notes, major works cited, index; qr..... More
Pp. 136, black & white text illustrations, glossary, appendices, erratum laid on verso of upper wrapper; super roy. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, fore-corners very slightly bruised; Lane Publishers, Stockport, Cheshire, 1997. First edition. *Inscribed by the author on the title-page and with loosely inserted autograph note, signed, by him..... More
Geographical perspectives on adaptation and change. Pp. xx+332, 16 plates, several text figures (including maps), tables, references, index; thin faded strip at bottom edge of boards; top edges blue; dust wrapper, slightly rubbed; a couple of spots of foxing; St. Martin's Press, New York, 1973. First U.S. edition. More
Etchings & Verse. Pp. [x]+100, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (some full and one double page), pictorial endpapers; med. 4to; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Ashford Buchan & Enright, Leatherhead, Surrey, 1994. First edition. *Signed by the author/artist on the title page. More
Fred Bruemmer, principal writer & photographer. Dr. William E. Taylor, Jr., General Editor. Pp. 256, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, index; super roy. 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in silver and upper board in blind, edges a trifle faded, the lower board slightly scratched, small bruise to..... More
Pp. 360(last blank), indices; tall demy 8vo; canvas boards, the spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; top edges dark brown; price-clipped dust wrapper, foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split; name in ink on upper free endpaper, outer leaves and edges slightly foxed; Collins..... More
Pp. 64, tinted frontispiece, black & white text illustrations (one double page), full page map, index; boards slightly sprung, with a light damp stain to upper board, the bottom fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and faintly creased, edges rubbed and split; two different inked ownership inscriptions on..... More
Pp. 152, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (some full or double page), full page map, pictorial endpapers, index; demy 4to; green boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded; Paul Hamlyn, Sydney, 1985. Reprinted. *First published in 1971. More
Pp. 144, frontispiece plus 7 plates, upper endpaper map; edges and spine slightly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, the edges rubbed and chipped, with a couple of small tears tape repaired on reverse; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, frontispiece loosening, pp. 120/121 slightly offset, a...... More
Pp. viii+172, appendices, bibliography, endpaper maps; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, the laminate slightly wrinkled, edges slightly worn; Marsh Walsh, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. *The author traces the voyages of exploration to the South Seas and to Australia, from Marco Polo, Da Gama and Tasman through to James Cook. More
Pp. viii+118, frontispiece, full page text illustrations including maps, bibliography; small cr. 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Gemcraft Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, 1985. First edition. *The story of the wreck of the Port au Prince in Tonga in 1806, and the Eliza in Fiji in 1808. More
Pp. 292, frontispiece, plus 31 plates, index; tall demy 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the cloth slightly scuffed (and lightly wrinkled on lower board), edges lightly rubbed, top fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised, spine slightly faded, with tiny nick at foot; book label of David Levine..... More
Pp. xxiv+452, selected bibliography; med. 8vo; corners of boards lightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly worn; a little light foxing; Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1971. First edition. More