The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan. Pp. [xvi]+400, text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, 3 maps (2 full and one double page), notes and sources, index; cr. 8vo; dark blue papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, edges lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly faded, the back panel and back flap..... More
The Life of Field Marshal Earl Alexander of Tunis. Pp. xiv+346, 16 plates, text illustration, text maps (2 full page) endpaper map, references, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; top edges red; price-clipped dust wrapper, browned and rubbed, edges quite worn, with several chips and splits, some tape repaired on reverse; endpapers..... More
Pp. viii+184 12 plates (4 coloured), pictorial tailpieces, decorative title page printed in red & black, index; edges of boards slightly faded and rubbed, the spine gilt dulled; dust wrapper, soiled and browned, with a couple of small ink stains to front panel, edges and backstrip rubbed and split, with..... More
Pp. x+214(last blank), 24 plates, sources and reference points, index; med. 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1989. First edition. More
A lasting friendship. Illustrated with Ardizzone Christmas cards. Pp. 48, illustrated with 31 Ardizzone Christmas cards, plus a text drawing, reproduced in two colours; med. 4to; tan papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, a couple of tiny bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, featuring two Ardizzone illustrations, a trifle..... More
Pietro of Arezzo, 1492-1556: a biography. Pp. frontispiece, plus 8 plates, endpaper map, appendix, genealogies, bibliography, index; a few bruises to edges of boards; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges rubbed; tiny split to bottom edge pp. 225/6, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Anthony Blond, London, 1965. First edition. *Biography of..... More
Pp. xvi+288, frontispiece, text illustrations (many full page) and map, explanatory notes, glossary, index of persons mentioned; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Sun Books, Sydney, 1982. Second edition, reprinted. More
A Reassessment. Pp. x+158(last blank), full page school plan, appendices, notes, index; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1989. First edition. *A critical look at Arnold's achievements as a headmaster written from a headmaster's point of view. The author was Headmaster of Tonbridge School for eight years, and of Eton..... More
The remarkable story of Mother Aubert. Pp. xii+228, frontispiece portrait, plates, references, tables, appendices, bibliographic essay, bibliography, index; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1972. First edition. *Biography of the founder of the Sisters of Compassion, Suzanne Aubert. 'Born..... More
Auchinleck, Victor of Alamein. Pp. 272, 14 plates including maps (2 double page), select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red art. leather, spine blocked in black and lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, verso slightly browned, backstrip sunned; edges of leaves a trifle foxed and browned; Granada, London, 1977. First edition. More
Pp. 288(last blank), frontispiece portrait, plus 11 plates, notes, index; med. 8vo; brown cloth, spine lettered in white & gilt; dust wrapper; Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1998. First edition. *'Zagorin shows that, despite his idealistic philosophy and rare intellectual gifts, Bacon's political life was marked by continual careerism..... More
With a Foreword by Richard Church and illustrations by Margaret Wetherbee. Pp. 124, title page vignette, head & tailpiece illustrations; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges chipped and split; free endpapers faintly offset and a trifle foxed; Hutchinson , London, 1953. First..... More
Edited & with an introduction by R. P. Lister. Pp. xxviii+78(last blank)+[4](blank, colophon), the title page printed in red/brown & black, hand-tipped coloured frontispiece (from a watercolour portrait of Enid Bagnold by Claud Lovat Fraser), plus 4 monochrome hand-tipped plates, printed endpapers; roy. 8vo; Laura Ashley rust coloured floral patterned..... More
Edited by J. C. Beaglehole. In two volumes. Pp. xxviii+476+xviii+406, with a total of 102 plates (16 coloured, including the frontispieces), a few text figures and maps (1 folding, printed in brown & red), appendices, index; med. 8vo; maroon cloth, spines lettered in gilt, a couple of fore-corners faintly bruised;..... More
An adventure in African Medical Services. Pp. 176(last blank), 8 plates; grey cloth, spine lettered and decorated in red, fore-corners of boards and top edge of upper board bruised, thin faded strip at foot of spine; top edges green; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly creased and split, the backstrip..... More
Views of Life and Nature from a Maine Coastal Farm. Pp. 190(last blank), pictorial double title page, text illustrations; small med. 8vo; light brown cloth, lettered in gilt, top fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper; outer leaves and edges foxed; Rand McNally & Company, Chicago, 1981. First edition..... More
Illustrated by the author. Pp. 208, title page vignette, text illustrations; bottom edge of boards slightly bumped; price-clipped dust wrapper, back panel a trifle soiled; a little faint foxing; Michael Joseph , London, 1946. First edition. *Satirist's autobiography. More
With illustrations by William R. Galvin. Pp. x+212, pictorial headpieces; spine and top edge of lower board slightly faded; privately printed, West Brothers, 1970. Limited edition (number unspecified). *Memoirs. More
The frontline diary of C. E. W. Bean. Selected and annotated by Kevin Fewster. Pp. 217(last blank), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations and maps, coloured pictorial endpapers, notes, biographical notes, select bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; black cloth, spine lettered and blocked in gilt; dust wrapper; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1983..... More
Pp. xviii+712, frontispiece portrait, plus 36 plates, sources, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in silver and ruled in blue, corners of boards faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, the backstrip slightly browned; edges of leaves a trifle soiled, a couple of pages faintly..... More
, Chancellor of England and Archbishop of Canterbury. Based on the account of William fitzStephen his clerk, with additions from other contemporary sources translated and edited by George Greenaway. Illustrations from an early thirteenth century French verse life of Becket. Pp. 172, 8 plates, armorial endpapers, appendix, index; roy. 8vo;..... More
Decorations by Douglas Hall. Pp. 192, pictorial double title page printed in orange & black, pictorial headpieces; edges of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; Hutchinson, London, 1971. First edition. *Autobiography, set in the years between the..... More
Decorations by Douglas Hall. Pp. 174(last blank), pictorial double title page, text illustrations, vocabulary; bottom edges and top fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, faintly soiled and foxed, edges a trifle rubbed; text block browned, a little light foxing; Hutchinson, London, 1975. First edition. More
Decorations by Douglas Hall. Pp. 192, pictorial double title page, text illustrations; dust wrapper; Hutchinson, London, 1978. First edition. *The seventh book about the Hebridean village of Bruach and its inhabitants. More
