A History of Chinese Civilisation
London, The Folio Society, 2002 (first thus). Introduction by Jonathan D. Spence, and with the author's introduction, and his preface to the second edition. [2 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2002 (first thus). Introduction by Jonathan D. Spence, and with the author's introduction, and his preface to the second edition. [2 items]. More
London, The Folio Society, 2003 (first thus). More
London, Nonesuch Press, 1929 (first volume) and 1930 (other volumes) (all first thus). 'This edition of North's translation of Amyot's French version of Plutarch's Lives is printed from the first edition (1579) with the addition of 15 lives from the third edition (1603)'. Number 1116 of a total of 1550..... More
London, George Bell and Sons, 1902 (ninth reprint)/ 1867 (second edition). With the ink ownership details of John Frederick Ward, Sir Walter Crocker's father-in-law. With the binder's stamp of Morrell of London. Aside from Thackeray's Preface and the Notes at the rear, the text is in Greek. More
London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1913 [first, revised, English language edition]/ 1911. Provenance: Sir Edward Charles Stirling (1848-1919), eminent SA surgeon, scientist and politician, with his nameplate mounted on the front pastedown. Not least, the frontispiece and pages 66-69, an early account of Charles Dawson's Piltdown Man in 1912 (which..... More
ACT, National Gallery of Australia, 1999. Exhibition catalogue. More
[Sydney], East Australian Trading Consolidated, 2002. With a handful of inoffensive ink annotations relating to 4 lots. More
London, Longmans, Green and Co., 1912 (second, revised and enlarged edition)/ 1910. Inscribed in ink on the front flyleaf; 'With the Author's Compliments', and with his printed address details at the Preface crossed out in ink and substituted with his new address. With the pictorial bookplate ['Gang forward'] of Edward..... More
Paris, Jacques Guerin, 1731. The first edition of this popular fantasy novel, which first popularised the concept of the 'Egyptian Mysteries' in Europe. This issue, with titles in red and black, carries the imprint of 'Jacques Guerin, libraire-imprimeur, Quay des Augustins'. Another issue exists, with the titles in black and..... More
New York, Hudson Hills Press, 1984. Exhibition catalogue. Introduction by Tony Berlant. More
Santiago, Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, [1988]. More
Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1968. More
Pennsylvania, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1982. Exhibition catalogue. With the newspaper-style exhibition notes (complete with errata slip) loosely inserted. More
Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1991. A School of American Research Book. More
Paris, Presses Universitaires de France, 1965. Text in French. Publications du Musée Guimet. Recherches et documents d'art et d'archéologie, tome IX. More
New York, Center for African Art and Harry N. Abrams, 1985. Published in conjuction with the Sets, Series and Ensembles exhibition, the Center for African Art, July 17 - October 27, 1985. More
Washington, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1971. More
Washington, Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections, 1972. More
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, [circa 1986]. With 149 illustrations from photographs (many in colour). 'This special catalog has been prepared to serve as a permanent record of the collection of Pre-Columbian Art made by Arnold Maremont. The collection was given to the Israel Museum shortly before his death in November..... More
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, [circa 1986]. With 149 illustrations from photographs (many in colour). 'This special catalog has been prepared to serve as a permanent record of the collection of Pre-Columbian Art made by Arnold Maremont. The collection was given to the Israel Museum shortly before his death in November..... More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1996. One of the Cambridge World Archaeology Series. More
New York, Praeger Publishers, 1972. One of the Art and Civilization of Indian America series. More
Carlton, Miegunyah Press, 2007 [first Australian edition]/ 2006. 'An extensive and comprehensive dictionary [which] offers easy-to-find A-Z entries that cover conflicts from practically every era and place of human history. It includes history's best known battles as well as exhaustive coverage of World War I, World War II, the American..... More
London, John Murray, 1885. Four newspaper clippings tipped-in to the front free endpaper and first blank. More