Catalogue
Arabia, an assortment of various Arabian literature, including 'The Kingdom of Melchior: Adventure in South West Arabia', by The Honourable A.Hamilton, London, 1949, 212 pp.; 'Lawrence and the Arabs', by Robert Graves, London, 1934, 288 pp.; 'Arabian Travellers: The European Discovery of Arabia, London, 1986, 224 pp., and more. Fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Arabia, an assortment of literature, including 'Wanderings in Arabia', by Charles M.Doughty, London, 1926, 607 pp.; 'Lawrence and the Arabs', by Robert Graves, London, 1935, 288 pp.; 'Through the Garden of Allah', by John Grant, London, 1938, 285 pp.; 'The Last Corner of Arabia', by Machael Darlow and Richard Fawkes, London, 1976, 128 pp., and more. Fine. (10)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Arabia, an assortment of literature, including 'Arabia and the Isles', by Harold Ingrams, London, 1943, 367 pp.; 'Lawrence of Arabia: A Biographical Enquiry', by Richard Aldington, London, 1969, 448 pp.; 'Kings of Arabia', by Harold F.Jacob, London, 1923, 294 pp.; 'The Barren Rocks of Aden', by James Lunt, London, 1966, 196 pp., and more. Fine. (13)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Arabia, an assortment of literature, including 'Arabia Phoenix', by Gerald de Gaury, London, 1946, 169 pp.; 'Tribes and Tribulations', by Peter Somerville-Large, London, 1967, 187 pp.; 'The Southern Gates of Arabia', by Freya Stark, London, 1936, 328 pp.; 'A Winter in Arabia', by Freya Stark, Letchworth, 1941, 328 pp., and more. Fine. (13)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Afghanistan, an assortment of literature concerning Afghanistan, its geography, history, politics, and culture, including 'Time off to Dig: Archaeology and Adventure in Remote Afghanistan', by Sylvia Matheson, London, 1961, 286 pp.; 'The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan', by Freya Stark, London, 1970, 99 pp.; 'Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ages', by Masatoshi Konishi, London, 1969, 146 pp., and more. Fine. (14)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Australia, an assortment of literature, including 'Rum Rebellion', by H.V.Evatt, Sydney, 1943, 285 pp.; 'Australia in the World Crisis 1929-1933', by Douglas Copland, Cambridge, 1934, 212 pp.; 'A Fine Country to Starve in', by G.C.Bolton, Nedlands, 1972, 278 pp.; 'Norfolk Island', by Tamti Tiakihana, Rotorua, 1966, 82 pp., and many more. Fine. (20)
Estimate $60
SOLD $30
Australia, an assortment of literature, including 'The Sydney Press Gang', by Isadore Brodsky, Sydney, 1974, 192 pp.; 'The First Royal Tour 1867-1868', by Brian McKinlay, Sydney, 1970, 196 pp.; 'The Ironworkers: A History of the Federated Ironworker's Association of Australia', by Robert Murray and Kate White, Sydney, 1982, 340 pp., and more. Fine. (14)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
Jackson, C.O.Badham, 'A State At War: Official History of The Lord Mayor's Patriotic and War Fund of New South Wales, The Australian Comforts Fund, NSW Division', hardcover, 144 pp. Fine.
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
Bowden, S.H., 'History of the Australian Comforts Fund', Sydney, hardcover, some fading to spine, 421 pp. Fine.
Estimate $30
SOLD $30
War History, an assortment of literature regarding conflicts from the 19th-20th century, including 'Defeat Into Victory', by Field-Marshall Sir William Smith, London, 1956, 576 pp.; 'The Lost Revolution: Vietnam 1945-65', by Robert Shaplen, London, 1966, 404 pp.; 'Bayonets to Lhasa', by Peter Fleming, London, 1961, 319 pp.; 'War on the Nile: Britain, Egypt and the Sudan 1882-1898', by Michael Barthorp, Poole, 1984, 190 pp., and many more. Fine. (31)
Estimate $70
SOLD $70
An assortment of transport literature of Australia, the United Kingdom, and America, including 'The Tramways of New South Wales', by Ian MacCowan, Oakleigh, 1990, 152 pp.; 'Exeter: A Century of Public Transport', by R.C.Sambourne, Falmouth, 1976, 104 pp.; 'Horsecars, Cable Cars and Omnibuses', by John White, New York, 1974, 107 pp., and many more. Fine. (24)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Banks, an assortment of literature concerning banks, banking, and economics, including 'Biography of a Bank: The Story of the Bank of America', by Marquis James and Bessie James, New York, 1954, 566 pp.; 'Reams of Silver: One Hundred Years of Banking in the East', by Compton MacKenzie, London, 1954, 338 pp.; 'Whereon The Wild Thyme Blows: Some Memoirs of Service with the Hong Kong Bank', by J.F.Marshall, Grayshott, 1986, 180 pp.(5); 'Central Banking Legislation: A Collection of Central Bank, Monetary and Banking Laws', by Hans Aufricht, Washington, 1961, 1012 pp., and many more. Fine. (33)
Estimate $80
SOLD $10
Borneo and Papua New Guinea, an assortment of literature, including 'Somewhere in New Guinea', by Frank Clune, signed by the author, London, 1951, 356 pp.; 'Behind the Ranges: Patrolling in New Guinea', by J.P.Sinclair, London, 1966, 230 pp.; 'The Borneo Story', by Henry Longhurst, London, 1956, 120 pp., and more. Fine. (13)
Estimate $40
SOLD $70
British Empire, a collection of literature, including 'The British Empire' in six volumes, all hardcover, published by Time Life/BBC, covering the full history of the British Empire, 2688 pp. Fine. (6)
Estimate $70
SOLD $20
Carribean, an assortment of literature, including 'Isle of Devils: Bermuda Under the Somers Island Company 1609-1685', by Jean Kennedy, London, 1971, 288 pp.; 'Land of the Lotus Eaters', by Norman Bartlett, London, 1959, 320 pp.; 'Jamaica: An Island Mosaic', by Peter Abrahams, London, 1957, 284 pp.; 'Bahama Islands', by J.Linton Rigg, New York, 1959, 197 pp., and more. Fine. (14)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Caribbean, an assortment of literature, including 'Old Bermuda', by Bernard Wells, Bermuda, 1979, 52 pp.; 'Nassau's Historic Buildings', by Seighbert Russell, Nassau, 1980, 111 pp.; 'Windward of the Caribbean', by S.W.C.Pack, London, 1964, 226 pp., and more. Fine. (18)
Estimate $60
SOLD $10
Caribbean, an assortment of literature, including 'Sugar Without Slaves', by Alan H.Adamson, New Haven, 1972, 315 pp.; 'The Economic Development of Jamaica', by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Baltimore, 1952, 288 pp.; 'The Handbook of British Honduras 1892-1893', by Lindsay W.Bristowe, Edinburgh, 1892, 275 pp.; 'A Bungalow by the Beach', by London, 1950, 216 pp., and more. Fine. (19)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Caribbean and South America, an assortment of literature, including 'The West Indies and Caribbean Yearbook', London, 1953-4, 867 pp.; 'Readings in Belizean History', by John Maher, Belize City, 1978, 76 pp.; 'The Modern History of Peru', by Frederick B.Pike, London, 1967, 386 pp., and more. Fine. (20)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Caribbean, an assortment of literature, including 'Bermuda in Three Colors', by Carveth Wells, New York, 1935, 271 pp.; 'The Islands of Bermuda', by Terry Tucker, Hamilton, 1979, 138 pp.; 'The British West Indies: The Search for Self-Government', by Morley Aysearst, London, 1960, 258 pp., and more. Fine. (21)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
Caribbean, an assortment of literature, including 'Complete Guide to the Caribbean and the Bahamas', by Andrew Hepburn, London, 1958, 164 pp.; 'A History of Belize', by Narda Dobson, London, 1977, 362 pp.; 'British Honduras Past and Present', by Stephen Caiger, London, 1951, 240 pp.; 'The Dominica Story', by Lennox Honychurch, Portsmouth, 1975, 112 pp., and more. Fine. (36)
Estimate $60
SOLD $10
Cartophilic literature, an assortment, including 'The Cat Fancier', by Anne Mobbs and John Silvester, London, 1982, 128 pp.; 'World War I in Postcards', by John Laffin, Gloucester, 1988, 201 pp.;'Collecting Picture Postcards: An Introduction', by Anthony Byatt, Malvern, 1982, 96 pp.; 'A Handful of History', by J.R.S.Whiting, Gloucester, 1978, 201 pp., and more. Fine. (32)
Estimate $60
SOLD $20
Central and South America, an assortment of numismatic literature including 'Colonial Mexico 1536-1821 and The Empire of Iturbide 1821-1823', by Neil Utberg, Houston, 1970, 100 pp.; 'Eight Reales and Pesos of the New World', by Carlos Elizondo, San Antonio, 1968, 141 pp.; 'The Silver Dollars of North and South America', by Wayte Raymond, Racine, Wisconsin, 1964, 125 pp., and many more. Fine. (25)
Estimate $70
SOLD $190
Ceylon, an assortment of literature, including 'A Short History of Ceylon', by E.F.C.Ludowyk, New york, 1967, 336 pp.; 'Ceylon: The Path to Independence', by Sir Charles Jeffries, New York, 1963, 148 pp.; 'A Hundred Years of Ceylon Tea', by D.M.Forrest, London, 1967, 320 pp., and more. Fine. (15)
Estimate $60
SOLD $10
Ceylon, an assortment of literature, including 'Ceylon', by S.A.Pakeman, London, 1964, 256 pp.; 'The First Hundred Years of the Colombo Club', by Mallory Wijesinghe, Colombo, 1977, 41 pp.; 'The Administration of Sir William Gregory Governor of Ceylon 1872-1877', by B.Bastiampillai, Dehiwala, 1968, 188 pp.(2), and more. Fine. (18)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10
China and Taiwan, an assortment of literature, including ' Missionary Heroines of the Cross', by Canon Dawson, London, 1930, 217 pp.; 'A Passport to China', by Lucy Soothill, London, 1935, 339 pp.; 'Through China's Wall', by Graham Peck, London, 1941, 318 pp.; 'Economic Development of Taiwan 1860-1970', by Samuel P.S.Ho, London, 1978, 461 pp., and more. Fine. (10)
Estimate $40
SOLD $30
China, an assortment of literature concerning Chinese history, culture, and travel, including 'Morrison of Peking', by Cyril Pearl, Sydney, 1967, 431 pp.; 'Sand Against The Wind: Stilwell and the American Experience in China 1911-45', by Barbara W.Tuchman, London, 1971, 621 pp.; 'China on Your Own', by Russell and Penny Jennings and Michael Kelsey, Vancouver, 1985, 240 pp., and more. Fine. (15)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
China, an assortment of literature, including 'Imperial China: Photographs 1850-1912', by Clark Worsick and Jonathan Spence, London, 1978, 151 pp.; 'Through Jade Gate and Central Asia', by Mildred Cable and Francesca French, London, 1928, 304 pp.; 'News From Tartary: A Journey from Peking to Kashmir', by Peter Fleming, London, 1938, 384 pp., and more. Fine. (15)
Estimate $50
SOLD $30
East Asia, an assortment of literature concerning China, Burma, and Vietnam, including 'East Asia: The Modern Transformation', by John Fairbank, Edwin Reischauer, and Albert Craig, Boston, 1965, 955 pp.; 'The Silken East: A Record of Life & Travel in Burma', in two volumes, by V.C.Scott O'Connor, London, 1904, 842 pp.; 'Trade and Aid in South-East Asia', by Sumitro Djojohadikusumo, Melbourne, 1968, 311 pp.; 'Background to Vietnam', by Bernard Newman, London, 1965, 192 pp., and many more concerning history, politics, culture, and travel. Fine. (21)
Estimate $50
SOLD $60
East Asia, an assortment of literature concerning various East Asian nations, including 'The East Asia Journal 7', by Bruce Smith, Fort Wayne, 1984, 99 pp.; 'Mask of Asia', by George Farwell, Melbourne, 1966, 227 pp.; 'Manchoukuo: Child of Conflict', by K.K.Kawakami, New York, 1933, 311 pp.; 'This is Japan', by Colin Simpson, London, 1975, 239 pp., and more. Fine. (27)
Estimate $60
SOLD $20
Europe, an assortment of literature concerning European history, culture, and religion, including 'The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte', by J.S.C.Abbott, London, 627 pp.; 'Economic Development of France and Germany 1815-1914', by J.H.Clapham, Cambridge, 1966, 420 pp.; 'A Holiday History of France', by Ronald Hamilton, London, 1985, 240 pp.; 'The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century', by Ronald Bainton, London, 1953, 276 pp., and more. Fine. (11)
Estimate $50
SOLD $10