Amusing Sidelights on Japanese Occupation (Malaya: January, 1942-August, 1945)
Kuala Lumpur: Printed by The Economy Printers, (1972). 2nd ed. Paperback. xx, 55p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. INSCRIBED on title-page by Dawson. More
Kuala Lumpur: Printed by The Economy Printers, (1972). 2nd ed. Paperback. xx, 55p. Softcover in original wrapper. 24 cm. INSCRIBED on title-page by Dawson. More
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1902. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis (portrait), folding map, index, xi [i.e. xix], 244p. Red cloth. 21cm. Moderate cover soil. Foxing on endpapers. A former owner has underlined and neatly written argumentative comments (in pencil) in the margins on several pages. No Jacket. More
6 modest pages on a single 19 x 23 cm. sheet folded to make 4 pages with the final 2 pages on a added half sheet which is somewhat ragged along left side. Clear and readable. No punctuation. Two horizontal folds for mailing. Original envelope present -- standard 3 cent..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, sketch map, photos, [9], 4-209p. Original cloth-backed boards. 19 cm. Spined moderately sloped. Some marginal staining on a few leaves at beginning and end of book. No jacket. An uncommon World War I account composed of letters from an American-born nurse..... More
London: Printed by T. Spilsbury and sold by J. Johnson, T. and J. Egerton, and J. Edwards, 1786. 3rd ed. Hardcover. 10 folding plates and maps, xxiv, 356p. Contemporary marbled paper over boards backed in leather. 27cm. Backstrip chipped at ends and partially detached at joints. Scattered foxing. Title-leaf and..... More
(1943). 13 x 11 cm. card. Heavily spotted on right half on both sides of card. Some chipping along right edge. We don't know where this USO Center was located but assume that it served African American military personnel. More
London: Cecil Palmer & Hatward, (c. 1918). 1st ed. [so stated on opyright page]. Paperback. 20 black & white illustrations (printed on one side of 20 coated leaves), 53p. Softcover in original wrapper. 35 cm. Minor wrinkling of cover and text at upper right corner. Bottom portion of backstrip reglued..... More
Portsmouth and London: Heinemann, (c. 1991). 1st ed. Hardcover. photos, index, xix, 236p. Original green cloth. dj. 23cm. More
Leuven: Leuven University Press, (1975). Hardcover. folding map, index, 233p. Original green cloth. 24cm. No Jacket. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 3. More
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1862. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 359p. Original brown cloth. 20cm. Backstrip lightly faded. Short tear at head of backstrip. Edited by Charles Lanman. More
Paris: Henri Jonquieres, 1931. Paperback. 33 portrait, 3 folding maps, 442p. Wrapper. 29cm. French text. Portions written by Maurice Besson, Jean Cotard, Alfred Martineau and many others. Les Armees Francaises d'Outre-Mer (series) prepared for the Exposition Coloniale Internationale de Paris. More
n.p. n.d. [probably 1917]. Hardcover. approximately 48 unnumbered leaves with autographs, sketches and comments by her patients on one or both sides of almost all leaves. Small oblong album in original tan or khaki cloth (titled "Service Autograph Album"). 16 x 11 cm. Quality varies considerably but several are rather..... More
London: Bodley Head, (c. 1939). 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, maps (1 folding), photos & illustrations, index, xvii, 436p. Original cloth. dj. 23cm. Jacket missing several good-sized chips and has a faded backstrip. Bookplates & name label (name removed) on endpaper. More
Paris: Hachette, 1891. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 2 folding maps and a plan (Vue interieure du Fort de Siguiri), viii, 658p. Red prize binding (Ville de Paris, Prix Municipal d'Excellence). 27cm. Extremities rubbed (some loss of cloth). Upper right hand portion of front and back cover heavily discolored. Mostly light foxing..... More
Paris: Hachette, 1891. Hardcover. frontis, illustrations, 1 (of 2) folding map and a plan (Vue interieure du Fort de Siguiri), viii, 658p. Contemporary 1/2 leather. 28cm. Extremities rather heavily rubbed. Lacks one of the folding maps. Tear extending a couple of lines into text on one leaf. Light to moderate..... More
Paris: Librairie Militaire de J. Dumaine, 1856. Hardcover. 4 plates (3 folding), 234p. Old quarterbInding. 14cm. Cover scuffed and rather worn but still sound. Institutional stamp (British Embassy Washington) on page facing title-page. French text. More
[Berlin]: Lithographed by the Adjutant General OMGUS, 1947. Hardcover. Cloth-backed boards. 32cm. Endsheets browned. No Jacket. This monthly report is accompanied by several separately titled and paginated reports (German Governmental Organization and Civil Administration; Trade and Commerce; Reparations and Restitution; Public Welfare (Bimonthly Welfare; Communications; Displaced Persons, Stateless Oersons and..... More
London: Macmillan, 1902. 1st ed. Hardcover. frontis, folding maps, photos, 8 sketches (in cover pocket). Hardcover in original black and red cloth. 23cm. Backstrip frayed at ends and faded. This copy, otherwise in Good condition, is defective --the map and numerous photographs that should be found at the end of..... More
Columbia, South Carolina: The State Company, 1922. 1st ed. Hardcover. rontis (portrait), 455p. dj. 21cm. Jacket worn along edges and has some staining, mostly along the bottom and more visible on the back side. Minor staining along bottom edge of cover (probably from adhesion). Light foxing. INSCRIBED by the author's..... More
London: George Routledge and Sons, n.d. [1870s?]. Hardcover. v, 391p. Contemporary 1/2 leather. 16cm. Two bookplates from different owners on front endpaper. Foxing on endpapers and outer leaves. This novel was first published in 1859. On verso of title-page is a list of about 41 Grant titles (including this book)on..... More
Bogota: 1903. 1st ed. Hardcover. 302p. Old cloth-backed boards. 17 cm. Title-page heavily reinforced around edges. Moderate wear. Appears to lack a final text leaf (pp. 303/304). Spanish text. More
New York: Charles L. Woodward, 1895. Hardcover. Volume 2 only (of 2). index, x, 568, xi(p). Original brown cloth. 26cm. Hinges weak. Free endpapers chipped and detached. No number or initials on the limitation page. Brief, signed 1-page 1895 letter from author (which says he is sending this book and..... More
Chippenham: Picton Publishing, 1984. Hardcover. frontis, photos, xv, 411p, Original green boards. dj. 21cm. More
New York: New York Public Library, 1936. 1st ed. Paperback. 13p. pamphlet. Wrapper. 26cm. More
n.p. Tenth Vermont Regimental Association, 1870. 1st ed. Hardcover. index, viii, [1], [10]-249p. Original cloth. 22cm. Front free endpaper has a couple of short tears. Backstrip chipped at ends and quite faded. Haynes served as Chaplain. The Regiment appears to have spent the war in and around Washington, ZDC an..... More