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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. Dust jacket very good with a minimal wear, slight scuffing to head/tail of spine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A fine copy..

New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons The Knickerbocker Press, 1915. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. two volumes (see below for full titles); pp. xv, 318 & xii, 235, portrait frontispiece with tissue guard of Russell in "America to Japan" and patterned end papers in "Japan to America". Both volumes bound in uniform blue cloth with gilt letter and gilt motifs to the front boards. Binding very good with slight wear only, no fading. Contents clean and tight, previous owner's signature to the front free endpaper of America to Japan otherwise unmarked, no foxing. Very good to fine copies. FULL TITLES AS FOLLOWS "America to Japan; a Symposium of Papers by Representative Citizens of the United States on the Relations between Japan and America and on the Common Interests of the Two Countries" AND "Japan to America: A Symposium of Papers By Political Leaders and Representative Citizens of Japan on Conditions in Japan and on the Relations… Read More

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1943. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 181pages, b/w illustrations, map end-papers. Original dust jacket fair, with some general wear and rubbing to edges, chipped to head/tail of the spine with loss, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, very good, slightly marked. Contents clean and tight, previous owner's neat signature to the front free end paper, otherwise unmarked no inscriptions, minimal foxing. A very good copy with fair dust jacket..

Boston, Massachusetts: Hairenik Association, 1970. Book. Very Good. Paperback. First Edition. Small 4to. 80 pages, original printed card covers. Very good with slight wear only, contents clean and tight, unmarked no inscriptions. A very good copy..

Helm Information Ltd, 2000. Book. New. Hardcover. First Edition. 3 volumes complete hardback set in publisher's card box - new..

Cape Town: The Standard Press Limited, 1966. Book. Good. Hardcover. Sixth Edition. 8vo. 172 pp, red titling to spine, some fading, dj slightly worn w. closed tears, contents neat and tidy. This is a new edition with additional chapters including a recent interview with Mr. Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, and a chapter on political assassinations. A good copy..

London: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, 1993. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 8vo. b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket near fine, with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, book slightly cocked, no inscriptions. A near fine clean copy.

London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1829. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. Elephant Folio (34 x 49cm). pp. xxiv, 20 double page tables. Contemporary half polished tan calf binding with marbled paper covered boards, binding with some general wear and rubbing and scuffing, joints partially cracked but both boards still firmly attached, leather chipped to the head/tail with a little loss. Contents good, some pages foxed, a few quite heavily (It would appear that two different papers were used - one susceptible to foxing and the other less so), marbled endpapers. A good only `copy..

Paris: Librairie Ve Le Normant, 1851. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Edition. 8vo. 466 + 354 + 499pp .Modern library binding, cloth with gilt to the spine, includes a shelf number in gilt to the base of the spine, very good. Contents good and tight, book plate of Charles Awdry to the paste down and Exter Library plate to the front free endpapers. A good tight copy..

Germany: Tyrolia - Verlag, 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 128 pages; b/w photographs. Original hardback binding, good with a little general wear, rubbing to extremities. Contents clean and tight, foxing to front and back free endpaper and page edges, no inscriptions. A very good copy..

St. Helena: The Castell Collection, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 131 pages. b/w illustrations throughout. Original dust jacket fine, not price-clipped. Hard back binding fine. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, no foxing. A fine bright copy, virtually as new..

London: Geoffrey Bles, 1944. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Impression. 8vo (15 x 22cm). 188pp. Original dust jacket still in good condition with general wear and a few small tears and chips to top edges, not price-clipped, now attractively presented in a loose-fitting clear archival sleeve. Hard-back binding, corners bumped otherwise good. Contents clean and tight with one neat ink inscription at front. A good clean copy..

Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. Book. Good Plus. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. xiv, 360, b/w photographic plates with tissue guards, folding athletics chart. Original brown cloth binding with gilt lettering, decorated in gilt and black with gilt vignette of the Academy building to the front board, bevelled edges to the boards. Binding very good with some general wear and a few marks, some rubbing to extremities, cloth to head/tail of the spine a little chipped, corners a little worn and bumped, gilt bright. Contents clean and tight, missing front free end paper, no inscriptions. A good to very good copy..

London: Frederick Muller Ltd, 1941. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. 96 pages. Dust jacket very good with slight wear only, not price clipped, now protected in a clear removable archival sleeve. Original hardback binding, very good and bright. Contents good and tight, signature and inscription of E.H.P Edgecumbe to the front end paper, a few lines of fine pencil notes to the rear end paper and a few pencil marks in the text (Edgecumbe was to become a Captain in the RN) A very good copy..

London: The Historical Association, 1969. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo. pp. 31. Original card covers very good with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions. A very good copy. Historical Association General Series Pamphlet Number 72.

Birmingham: Christopher Earl, 1770. Book. Very Good. Full Leather. 4to. With 10 (of 12) full page engraved copper-plates.(according to the directions for placing the plates, the frontispiece plate of Josephus and plate 2 Noah's Ark are missing, but both engraved maps are present - A Plan of the Journeys of the Israelites and A Map of the Holy Land). Bound in modern full pigskin, very good with a little gentle wear and rubbing. Contents clean and tight, marbled end papers, the odd paper repair to a corner, with light reading wear, paper slightly toned. A very good copy..

London: A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1787. Book. Good. Hardcover. Second Edition. 8vo (13 X 21cm). pp. vol. I: xii, 515, engraved frontispiece plate, fold out map; vol. II: viii, 413, fold out map; and vol. III: viii, 522; vol. IV: vii 452, complete index. Finely bound in brown calf, title and vol. no. labels to the spines (number label missing to vol. III), spines with six gilt decorated compartments. Bindings good with some general wear, vol. 1 hinges sound with a little superficial cracking, joints with a little cracking to top and bottom of the spine, all other volumes sound, corners a little worn and rounded. Contents clean and tight, private bookplate to the front pastedowns belonging to John Clayton, no inscriptions, some spotting to first few pages, majority of text block very clean and unmarked, no inscriptions. A good set..

Washington: Library of Congress, 1974. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. pages, colour and b/w illustrations. Original dust jacket very good, with a little general wear and a little rubbing to edges, not price-clipped. Hard-back binding, very good. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good clean copy..

London: Printed for J. Robinson, 1753. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First English Edition. 8vo. pp.viii, 324, [2 adverts]. Contemporary quater plain sheep bindign with original? boards, good with a little general wear and rubbing, front joint cracked to the head, but boards still firmly attached , corners worn and rubbed. Contents good and tight, front blank missing., signature to the head of the title page, contemporary ink scribbles front paste-down, pages uncut with generous margins. A very good copy..

New York: Russell & Russell, 1968. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reissue. 8vo. 398 pages. Original maroon cloth hardback binding, very good and bright with minimal wear. Contents clean and tight, unmarked, no inscriptions. A very good copy..