Pp. 192, frontispiece, 16 coloured plates, double page map, black & white text illustrations, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; grey boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Cassell, London, 1990. First edition. 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
Three Daughters of China. Pp. [ii]+526(last blank), 16 plates, double page map, title and headpiece decorations, family tree, chronology, index; med. 8ov; qr. black cloth, spine lettered and ruled in silver, grey papered boards, a couple of tiny edge bruises; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Simon & Schuster, New..... More
Pp. 350(last blank), 16 plates, 3 maps (1 folding, others full page), list of principal authorities, index; demy 8vo; purple cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, top fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; top edges yellow; a couple of pages faintly creased, outer leaves and edges lightly foxed; Faber &..... More
Pp. 184, text illustrations, endpaper map, notes, glossary, index; cr. 4to; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip slightly sunned; Elm Tree Books, London, 1985. First edition. *'Between the two world wars the British Empire stopped just short of China, yet huge numbers of British men and women..... More
Pp. xviii+318, double pictorial title page, 8 plates, double page map, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; qr. red and cream papered boards, spine lettered in silver, slightly bruised at head and foot of spine; dust wrapper, backstrip faded; William Morrow, New York, 2000. First edition. More
A biography of General Gordon. Pp. xii+196(last blank), 8 plates, 3 full page text maps, select bibliography, index; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle browned; Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1985. First edition. More
Pp. xvi+272(last blank), full page sketch map, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; blue boards, spine lettered in gilt, lower edges worn; price-clipped dust wrapper, rubbed and lightly worn; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1969. First edition. More
Foreword by Sir John Mills. Pp. 226(last blank), 8 plates, text figures, 1 full page plus endpaper map; dust wrapper; Jonathan Cape, London, 1986. First edition. *Following the fall of Hong Kong to the Japanese in 1941, the author became a POW. He later escaped with a medic and a...... More
Pp. 192, illustrated in colour throughout (several full or double page), pictorial endpapers, full page map, plans, chronology, notes, bibliography, index; demy 4to; dark grey cloth, lettered in red; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly creased; small stain to bottom fore-corner of lower..... More
Forewords by Dr. Jim Cairns, Hon. Murray Byrne. Pp. [viii]+88, numerous illustrations (mostly black & white, some full page), upper endpaper map printed in red & black; demy red papered boards, spine lettered in black, the boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; name & date in ink at..... More
Pp. [vi]+194, 8 plates, endpaper map, index; pictorial papered boards, bottom edge of upper board slightly bumped; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, a couple of small splits to head of backstrip; Nelson, Melbourne, 1967. First edition. More
Pp. 192, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, endpaper map, the title page printed in red & black, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in white; dust wrapper; William Heinemann, London, 1995. First edition. More
Australia's naval expedition to the Boxer uprising. Pp. x+164, numerous text illustrations and maps, coloured pictorial endpapers, appendices (including nominal rolls, armament details, and medals awarded), bibliography, index; small cr. 4to; small cr. 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cloth a trifle rubbed at foot of spine; dust wrapper..... More
Turbulent past, uncertain future. Pp. [ii]+xvi+296(last blank), 16 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations (some full page), 3 black & white full page text maps, coloured endpaper maps, chronology, source notes, index; med. 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in blind near bottom fore-corner of upper..... More
Numerous Illustrations and Drawings in Black and White by Ivon A. Donnelly. Special Edition. Pp. xvi+[ii]+86, coloured frontispiece, numerous black & white plates and text illustrations; demy 8vo; brown paper wrappers, yapp edges (slightly split), upper wrapper lettered in black, top fore-corner slightly creased; inner hinge starting slightly, some light..... More
Pp. 192, 8 plates; demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip faded, slight signs of sticker removal at foot of front flap; commercial bookplate with name added in ink on upper free endpaper, edges of leaves faintly foxed; Peter Owen, London, 1984. First edition. *Memoirs. 'The..... More
Restrictive immigration to North America and Australasia, 1836-1888. Pp. xviii+326(last blank), 4 plates, pictorial double title page printed in grey & black, headpiece illustrations, endpaper map, notes, selected bibliography, index; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed, the backstrip faded, tiny split to top edge near backstrip; The Australian Institute of International..... More
Pp. 144(including endpapers), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; demy 4to; ochre boards, spine lettered in gilt, the spine and edges of boards lightly faded; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Child & Associates, Sydney, 1988. First Australian edition. *'Malcolm Purves set out on a winter journey through..... More
Pp. xxii+296(last blank), 16 plates, one full page text illustration, text maps (a couple full page), the endpaper map printed in red, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; name & date (1982) in ink at head of upper free endpaper, some..... More
Red China Today. Pp. xvi+810, 16 plates, 4 text maps (3 full page), the endpaper map printed in blue & black, errata slip tipped-in at front, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dark green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, top fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly..... More
With 158 watercolours, drawings and photographs, 84 in colour. Pp. 200, printed in light blue & black, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full and some double page), full page map; cr. 4to; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, top fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper..... More
Pp. [320], coloured folding frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations (several double page); pictorial silver cloth, spine lettered in orange; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Hutchinson , London, 1968. First edition. More
Compiled from State Papers and the private diary of the Comptroller of her household. Prefatory Note by H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia. Pp. xxvi+322+[2](advertisements), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, plus 15 plates, full page facsimile, double page map of Peking, index; demy 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt (dulled)..... More
Pp. xvi+[ii]+602+[2], plates, text and endpaper maps, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; qr. maroon cloth, concave spine, lettered in gilt, light brown papered boards, edges and spline slightly worn; fore-edges uncut; dust wrapper, backstrip creased; top edges of leaves faintly foxed; Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992. First edition. More