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2 vols. in 1, 8vo., Facsimile Reissue, with 2 frontispieces; tan half calf, red cloth boards, back with four raised bands, second and fourth compartments with red leather labels lettered in gilt, a fine copy. Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints. High quality facsimile reissue of Bentley's original two-volume edition of 1885.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome photographs throughout, and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a copy of the publisher's single-leaf prospectus loosely inserted. Lovely copy of a standard reference.
8vo., Second Edition; handsomely bound in full dark red crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, uncut, ribbon marker, original gilt from backstrip preserved and mounted on new leaf, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Sold from an institution with its small neat blind stamp on title. With the trade stamp of Thacker of Bombay on half-title verso. First published in two volumes in 1882. This is the first single-volume edition.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, single crease to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 220pp. History, nationhood, culture, disaster, crime, sport, children, entertainment and women in Singapore from newspapers over forty years.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; brown cloth, gilt back, rose endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper Arguably the fullest and most objective single-volume account to date.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Concentrates on the Kachin Levies. Enser, p. 89; Graham & Cole H11.
4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with 26 plates on 16, neat signature on front free endpaper; original green cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at edges. Detailed account of the Temiar-Senoi people of the Kelantan jungle by the Assistant Protector of Aborigines.
8vo., First Edition, with 30 plates on 16 and 14 maps in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly sunned (as usual) at backstrip. The definitive study by an acknowledged authority, this detailed account covers the vital role of 7th Armoured Brigade in the retreat to India and the subsequent struggle against convention until Admin Box and Japan's first clear defeat at British hands. Also includes much on the bunker-busting methods of the Arakan, the elan of the old Indian cavalry regiments and the savage fighting along the Irrawaddy Bend. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION; the dustwrapper is almost invariably sunned. Enser, p.43; Graham & Cole, K56.
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 illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with photographs in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, pp.41, 152; Graham & Cole N3.
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.
Hardcover in-4, 71 pp., nombreuses illustrations en couleurs, cartonnage illustre sous jaquette illustree. Tableaux modernes : importantes peintures de Braque, Derain, Gris, Modigliani, Picasso, Tanguy; Sculptures de Calder, etc. Tres bel exemplaire. [PLC-16] Tres bel exemplaire.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in black, upper hinge cracked (but binding entirely sound), covers mildly age-soiled else a good, bright working copy.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and 2 folding maps; original pictorial green boards, backstrip lettered in black, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front free endpaper. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. 12th Battalion The Nigeria Regiment during the Second Chindit Operation 1944. Enser, p.52; Graham & Cole G33.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and maps (a number folding), free endpapers very lightly spotted; original series binding of blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, uncut, a near fine copy. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 106.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 27 plates on 16 and 6 full-page maps in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Includes a useful bibliography. Graham & Cole, L11.
8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece, 48 plates on 22, 4 folding maps in red and black, 15 full-page maps, and front and rear endpaper maps; armorial cloth gilt, gilt back, blue top, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at extremities. 'I consider Slim was the finest general World War II produced' (Earl Mountbatten). General Evans fought under Slim as a divisional commander in Burma and has also provided (with Anthony Brett-James) the definitive account of Imphal, Slim's greatest victory against the Japanese. Increasingly elusive in this condition. Enser, p.406; Graham & Cole, L5.
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; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Graham & Cole N13.
8vo., First Edition, with endpaper maps; grey tweed cloth, gilt back, grey top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Enser, p.404.
No inscriptions or marks. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small nick to lower rear edge and creasing to edges. 131pp. Singapore's 'absurd little river' has seen the comings and goings of ancient princes, and through her channels, Raffles rowed up to usher in a new Singapore. These comings and goings on the river over time are well described by the author and very well illustrated. Included is a post card of the river and a map with legend of sites, also by the book's author.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in black, covers mildly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy.
