The Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1981. Hardcover. Quarto. 236pp. Light grey cloth lettered in black on spine. Color & b/w illustrations. Bibliography. A selection of drawings and paintings from the collection of Kibbutz Lohamei Haghetaot, Israel. Tidemarks affecting top-corners of pages, top-corners of boards bumped, otherwise a solid..... More
Hobart: Government Printer, ND (c.1955). Hardcover. Octavo. 214pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. 24 b/w plates. Fold-out map at rear. Spine ends rubbed, top-edge browned & foxed, previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, otherwise a solid, internally-clean VG copy (no dust jacket). More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2009. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. xii + 344pp. Glossy illustrated wrappers, appendices, glossary, bibliography and index. Catalogue issued to accompany the exhibition by the same name at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art. Numerous colour and b&w illustrations. Covers lightly rubbed, else..... More
Japan: 1977 (?). First Edition. Softcover. 8 1/2 x 6 inches. 248 pages (including 60 pages of plates on coated paper). Original limp printed faux leather wrappers, printed dust jacket. TEXT IN JAPANESE. Generously illustrated with 60 pages of black and white photographs of modern swords. This is followed by..... More
New York: Dorset Press, 1978. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. 272pp. Red cloth spine lettered in gilt, grey papered boards. Bibliography & index. B/w plates. A tight, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket (dust jacket a little faded). More
London: Constable, 2001. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Large thick octavo. xxii + 598pp. Black textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. Maps. B/w illustrations. Bibliography & index. Faint mark on top-edge, hint of rubbing at spine ends, otherwise a solid, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
Warrnambool: Mahogany Ship Committee / Warrnambool Institute Press, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Quarto. x + 130pp. Maps. B/w illustrations. Bibliography. Page-edges a little discolored, otherwise a tight, clean VG+ copy. More
New York: Walker & C, 2000. First edition. Hardcover, 8vo, xxvii, 436pp. Maps, illustrations, bibliog, index. Illustrated eps. Minor shelf wear to original boards. All else fine in near fine dustjacket. More
New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. x + 396pp. Black boards lettered in gilt on spine. Bibliography & index. B/w illustrations & maps. Several color plates. Bumps to corners of boards, top-edge foxed, otherwise a clean, solid VG copy in VG dust jacket..... More
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, xvi+370 pp. Original boards. Index. Light foxing - mainly on endpapers, otherwise VG in VG dustjacket (price-clipped, but with price stamp on front flap, a little rubbed, and with a few creases and chips). More
Mornington, Victoria: The author, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xiv + 198pp. Blue textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine, lettered in white on front board. B/w illustrations. Inscribed by the author on half title page. Slight foxing to top-edge, else a tight, clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust..... More
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1992. First US Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii + 136pp. Gilt-lettered black cloth spine, black papered boards. Color & b/w illustrations. Bibliography, glossary & index. A sharp, clean VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. More
London: Edward Arnold for the India Office, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 320pp. Gilt decorated blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and top board and gilt design on top board, b&w frontis and photo plates, fold-out map at rear. A narrative of two journeys undertaken in markedly..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1936. Hardcover Octavo. x + 196pp. Gilt-dec. cloth. Index. Fold-out map. Frontis. Maps & b/w illustrations. Bumps to corners of boards, spine ends a little rubbed, else a solid, clean VG copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket price-clipped, chip at top of spine, slightly rubbed..... More
Aizawl: Firma KLM, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Octavo. xii + 236pp. Brown cloth lettered in black on spine. B/w illustrations. Fold-out maps. Facsimile reprint of the 1893 edition. Minor rubbing at spine ends, top-edge a little foxed, otherwise a clean VG+ copy in VG dust jacket (dust jacket lightly rubbed, spine..... More
Manchester: John Rylands Library, 1958. First Edition. Softcover. 8vo. 38pp (designated 100-138pp), Sewn printed wrapper. Reprinted article from the 'Bulletin of the John Rylands Library', Vol.41, No.1, September 1958. Top-corners slightly creased, front wrapper discolored, otherwise VG. More
East Dennis, MA: Robert C. Eldred Co., 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Not paginated [ approx.150pp] Catalogue published to accompany the auction held by Eldred in East Dennis Massachusetts on August 18 & 19, 1986. Includes prices realized - loosely inserted. Covers a bit worn and creased, edges chafed..... More
East Dennis, MA: Robert C. Eldred Co., 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. Not paginated [ approx.150pp] Catalogue published to accompany the auction held by Eldred in East Dennis Massachusetts on August 27 & 28, 1982. Includes prices realized - loosely inserted. Covers a bit worn and creased, edges chafed..... More
London: Harper, 1909. Hardcover. Thick octavo. xxiv + 520pp. Original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine & front board. Fore- & bottom-edges uncut. Top-edge-gilt. Color frontis. Numerous b/w plates. Index. 'With introductory chapters on the place of the sea officer and seaman in naval history and historical literature'. Ex-library..... More
UK: Scarlet Imprint, 2010. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. iv & 146pp. Attractively bound in pale silver silk which is illustrated with an Angels' trumpet in deeper silver metallic on upper cover, spine lettered in silver. Printed on heavy paper stock, gray endpages. A limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies, of..... More
Tokyo / New York / London: Kodansha, 1984. Third Printing. Hardcover. Small quarto. 210pp. Original grey and yellow textured papered boards with titling to spine and upper board, glossary, bibliography and index. B&w and colour illustrations. An introduction to the history and appreciation of the Japanese sword, from the Japanese..... More
London: Croom Helm, 1976. Hardcover. 8vo. 267pp, textured papered boards, 2 maps, bibliography, index. VG in slightly rubbed and faintly discoloured VG dustjacket. More
London: Seeley & Co, 1898. First Edition. Hardcover, 8vo, xi+316pp +[iiipp ads]. Original boards. Frontis portrait, maps, b/w plates, index. ex-library, stamps to edges and occasionally throughout, offsetting to engraved plates, a little shelfwear, otherwise a sound and unmarked VG copy, no dustjacket. More
Bodley Head, London, 1982 (First Edition). Hardcover. Octavo. 216pp. Brown textured papered boards gilt-lettered on spine. B/w plates. A clean VG copy in VG dust jacket. More
London: Leo Cooper, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 288pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Map endpapers. B/w plates. Bibliography & index. '19th Century Military Campaigns' series. Page edges faintly darkened, otherwise a tight clean near Fine copy in VG+ dustjacket (just a hint of fading to the spine)..... More
