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 TURN OF THE TIDE, 1939-1943. [and] TRIUMPH IN THE WEST, 1943-1946. Field Marshal Alanbrooke,...](/pictures/thumb/159274.jpg?v=1640686615)
A study based on the diaries and autobiographical notes of Field Marshal The Viscount Alanbrooke. Together two volumes, totally more than 1,400 pages, 2 frontispieces, text and endpaper maps, indices; demy 8vo; black [and red]boards, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, some fore-corners lightly bruised; dust wrappers, a little worn..... 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; bookplate..... 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
Practical information on the subject of correspondence, and specimen letters that may be adapted to meet almost any case. Pp. [288]; narrow cr. 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in black, slightly soiled and flecked, the boards a trifle sprung, edges lightly rubbed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on..... 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
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 Secret Life of Henry Spencer Ashbee. Pp. xvi+286(last blank), 16 plates, appendix, references, bibliography, index; post 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper with small die-cut 'key-hole' on front panel; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the text block lightly browned, edges slightly soiled; Faber and..... More
Pp. xii+224, 8 plates, index; post 8vo; red boards, spine lettered and decorated in silver, bottom fore-corner of upper board a trifle bruised; top edges red; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and faintly foxed on reverse, edges a trifle rubbed; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown; Readers Union, London, 1964..... 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
Introduction by John Burroughs. Pp. xviii+336(last blank), patterned endpapers, index; f'cap. 8vo; pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind at centre of upper board, the spine and top edges of boards slightly faded; top edges brown; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges slightly creased and chipped;..... 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
The Autobiography of a Decade. Decorations by Dick Hart. Pp. viii+192(last blank), title page vignette, pictorial headpieces; narrow cr. 8vo; grey cloth, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners bruised; top edges purple; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed, the backstrip lightly browned; bookplate of Benjamin Tindale on upper pastedown..... 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. xxvi+436+[2](publisher's advertisement, last blank), 32 coloured and black & white plates, bibliography, notes, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip creased; edges of leaves a trifle browned; Harper Collins Publishers, Sydney, 2014. First edition. 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
Pp. xii+218, frontispiece portrait plus 15 plates (4 coloured), index; dust wrapper, edges worn and a trifle split, the back panel slightly soiled; small closed tear from bottom edge pp. 53/4;Macmillan, London, 1963. *Autobiography of the financier who was an original member of the Committee of the United Europe Movement..... More
