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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.
8vo., Second Impression, with double-page map in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, top lightly spotted, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter neatly repaired on inner surface. First-hand account of the building of the Burma-Siam railway. Published in the same year as the first edition. ALL PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE. Enser, p.423; Graham and Cole M25.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.76.
8vo., First Edition; black cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Book is in excellent condition with blue HB covers, white print at spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear, edge wear at corners and spine. A great many full color, full page photos throughout of unusual, even outlandish historical architecture, some modern, from around the world. 320 pages, contents include wood architecture in The far east, Northern Europe, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, America, South East Asia, Australia, etc. Remainder mark bottom page ends.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and facsimiles in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., 127th Thousand, with plates; olive cloth, boards and backstrip blocked and lettered in green, uncut, fore-edges lightly dust-soiled, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with loss at extremities and browned at backstrip. Enser, p.91; Graham & Cole N15.
8vo., First Edition, with 46 plates on 16 and maps in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean in the dustwrapper. One of the best of the recent crop of titles on the 'forgotten war', this study makes use of much new research by the Burma Star association. It is particularly valuable for its account of the Chindits. Already scarce in the original edition.
8vo., First Edition; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SCARCE. Graham & Cole, I56.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece map, plates and full-page maps in the text; green cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.42; Graham & Cole F8.
8vo., First Edition, with 48 plates on 24, 8 coloured maps, and 7 full-page maps in the text; original green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE, AND WITH A PRESENTATION A.L.s. FROM THE AUTHOR ON HIS PERSONAL LETTERHEAD TO DONALD EALES-WHITE. The first of Lyall Grant's masterly analyses of the Burma war and forerunner of 'The Japanese Invasion' (co-written with Tamayama and similarly privately printed some six years later). In this outstanding analysis, using extensive fresh information from both British and Japanese sources, Grant produces the most authoritative history to date. Includes command structures, OOB, statistical appendices and bibliography. An outstanding contribution to the history of WWII. Signed copies are very scarce. Graham & Cole E20.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, fore-edges lightly spotted; handsomely bound in dark red full morocco, sides with double frame border stopped at corners with gilt rosettes, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled with gilt lozenge, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Includes recollections of the Pahang Disturbances of December 1890 - September 1891, and the expeditions into the 'Benighted Lands' of 1894 and 1895. VERY SCARCE
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text and endpaper maps; grey cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., with plates and illustrations in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Light wear to boards. Spine a bit faded. Small intendations to front boards. Bookplate. Former owner's name on front free endpaper. Hinges weakening ; Decorative dark blue boards with gilt lettering and gilt decoration with crown. Numerous b&w illustrations ; 8vo; 387 pages
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), numerous plates (2 in red and black), and full-page illustration and double-page map in the text; handsomely bound in dark green full morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Cordier 3487.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 256pp. How christianity has been growing in China, following its suppression under Chairman Mao. Illustrated with black & white photographs.
8vo, 248 pages, maps, figures, tables. eng
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), title in red and black, 35 plates on 31 and 2 large folding maps on japon, half-title lightly spotted otherwise some very light and occasional marginal spotting to text; original pictorial blue cloth, upper elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, upper hinge cracked (but binding wholly sound), a remarkably bright, fresh, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its faint tape-marks on covers, bookplate on front paste-down, press-mark on front free endpaper and small blind stamp on title. Well-illustrated account of the revolution at Wuchang, Hankow and Hanyang. One of the first Caucasians to live in China for any length of time, Dingle was resident in Hankow at the outbreak and remained throughout the revolt. Includes a valuable set of otherwise unpublished photographs of localities, military detail and leading personalities (many of the images are from the Upward collection). The author was appointed FRGS and later founded the School of Mentalphysics in California. RARE.
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, neat inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 7 Bn The Nigeria Regiment during Second Chindit. Graham & Cole G7; astonishingly, not recorded by Enser.
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispiece and 20 plates in monochrome, neat contemporary signature on front inner wrapper; original yellow wrappers printed in red, a near fine copy. With the trade ticket of University Book Store, Singapore, on front inside wrapper. Published in the series 'Malayan Heritage Books'. SCARCE.
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 handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco sides with gilt frame border back with raised bands ruled in gilt second and fourth compartments lettered ands ruled in gilt all other compartments tooled in gilt laid endpapers uncut a most att
8vo., First Edition thus, with photographs in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. The success of American codebreakers in reading the messages of the Japanese armed forces and diplomatic service.
