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8vo., First Edition, with title in green and black, engraved title-vignette by Reynolds Stone, 39 plates on 32 and a folding map, neat signature on front free endpaper; cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dust-qrapper.
8vo., Second Impression, with frontispiece and plate; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in red, a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper, the latter with two short closed tears on rear panel. Waley's classic text was first published in 1921. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
petit in-4°, XLI-81 pp., cartes, broche, couv.- Texte en arabe et traduction francaise en regard. Nombreuses notes et explications. Route maritime vers l"Extreme-Orient, moeurs et coutumes des Chinois, divisions politiques de l"Inde, moeurs des Hindous, informations diverses sur la Chine et sur l"Inde. Bel exemplaire [P-27] Bel exemplaire
8vo., First Edition, with a folding street plan; original wrappers printed in red and blue, a very good, bright, clean copy. The cover design is by Hasbie bin Sulaiman from a traditional Bornean tattoo pattern.
8vo., First Edition, with 72 plates of photographs, facsimiles and maps on 68; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, clean copy. A detailed and well-documented account which deserves better than its current recognition. The author spent over thirty years in both military and commercial postings.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 33 plates on 20, 5 maps in the text and 2 coloured maps; cloth, a good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter a little browned at backstrip. Standard account of the Legations in Peking under attack from both the Boxers and the Imperial Chinese Army in 1900.
8vo., First Edition; oatmeal cloth, backstrip lettered in green, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased at edges and with one closed tear. An AP correspondent alone in the jungle. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.76.
8vo., Second Impression; green cloth, gilt back, backstrip faded at head and tail, gilt dulled else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. Personal account of action with Wingate's Second Column. Published in the same year as the first edition. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Graham & Cole, G24; Enser p.107.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations; original pictorial wrappers, oriental name on front wrapper else a very good, bright, clean copy. SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece plates and endpaper maps; orange cloth, gilt back, backstrip lightly faded at head and tail else a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with loss at head and tail of backstrip. Published a year after the US edition. Enser, 92; Graham & Col, G38.
Oblong 4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (a number full-page) in the text and patterned endpapers; silver cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated and detailed history of one of the most famous pewter companies in the world.
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Very small dent to first couple of pages. Else an unusually nice copy with binding tight ; A detailed travel description in German. 3/4 leather boards and gilt spine lettering. Decorative boards with pictorial design; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 360 pages
Light soiling, closed tears and edgewear to DJ. ; Travel impressions with b&w photographs from Japan, "French China", Ceylon and India; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 191 pages
8vo., First Edition, with 16 plates on 8 and 4 full-page maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Standard reference. Graham & Cole E1 (recording the book club edition of the same year); Enser p.87.
8vo., First Edition, with 8 plates; cloth, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Graphic and often harrowing account of 111 Brigade; the author commanded two platoons of young gurkhas and served at 111 HQ under John Masters. First-hand Chindit memoirs are scarce.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, page-edges browning slightly as often, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.52; Graham & Cole G28.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with mounted coloured portrait frontispiece and 140 plates in monochrome; yellow buckram, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 600 COPIES. With personal bookplate on front paste-down.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter moderately rubbed and chipped at fold-ins and edges. Enser, p.88; Graham & Cole G7. SCARCE.
8vo., Second Impression, with endpaper maps; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Enser, p.55 (recording the first edition).
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with 2 full-page maps in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a few relevant cuttings loosely inserted. Enser, p.209; Graham & Cole H23.
8vo., Second Edition thus, with portrait frontispiece, plates and maps; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy. Revised and enlarged version of the first UK edition of 1944. SCARCE. Graham & Cole, G29 (recording Harrap's later 1946 edition).