MATTHEW, SIR TOBIE (intro & trans) & HUDLESTON, DOM ROGER (intro, revised & emended)

ex-library super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Burns & Oates 1954

KEYWORDS: St Augustine confessions Christianity religion religious writings history

COLERIDGE, STEPHEN

octavo hardcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon Limited 1923

KEYWORDS: English poetry letter correspondance literary criticism history

SELINKO, ANNEMARIE & BENDER, ARNOLD (trans) & DICKES, E.W. (trans)

lacks d/w & fp octavo hardcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Reprint Society 1954

KEYWORDS: fiction historical fiction Napoleon Desiree France romantic fiction fictionalised history biographical fiction

CRUICKSHANK, CHARLES

octavo softcover (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: history war warfare propaganda second 2nd world war 2 two ww2 wwii

EQUIANO, OLAUDAH & SOLLORS, WERNER (ed)

super octavo softcover (VG+) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc 2001

KEYWORDS: slaves Great Britain America biography Africa criticism history

WRIGHT, FRANK

Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, no lettering to spine or boards, 204pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing/rubbing to edges, sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated

KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history Anglican church Christianity Auckaldn diocese

ORWELL, GEORGE (Ed) & REYNOLDS, REGINALD (Ed) & TAYLOR, J P (Intro)

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- 264pp, vol 2- 302pp, illus, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 1) in d/w, VG- (vol 2 price clipped, minor fading & soiling to spines, moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, light to moderate tanning & soiling, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1948-51

KEYWORDS: first editions history English pamphleteers literature literary historical

SCOTT, DICK

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 216pp, illus, VG (minor creasing to cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to wrappers, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims, various newspaper articles tipped in to verso of dedication page, moderate wrinkling to ffep, other occasional minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Heinemann / Southern Cross Books 1981

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history wars Parihaka Maori warfare conflict

GRATTEN, MIKE and HELEN & GLUYAS, JEANNIE and RICHARD

SIGNED BY SEVERAL FAMILY MEMBERS, quarto, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, [4] + xii + 164pp, illus/photos, folding family tree to rear, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Michael and Helen Gratten & Jeannie and Richard Gluyas 2009

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Samoa Fred Gratten biography memoir biographies family history research genealogy

BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, unpaginated prelims + 323pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine extrems, sl bruising & rubbing to board extrems, minor discolouration/soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1924

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history Pacific islands Louis Becke

BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, 256pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine extrems, moderate tanning/foxing to spine, minor bruising to board corners, light rubbing/surface loss to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie N/D

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history historical south seas maritime Louis Becke

BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, green illus to front board, page edges sl deckled, viii + 369pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, heavy tanning to spine, moderate tanning & rubbing to board edges/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owners' names in pencil to front eps, occasional heavy crack to gutters, contents otherwise clean)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1897

KEYWORDS: first editions travel exploration history historical south seas maritime Louis Becke

BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & balck lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, 254pp, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine extrems, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light tanning to spine, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1925

KEYWORDS: travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature

BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 246pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1900

KEYWORDS: first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature

BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, COLONIAL EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 330pp, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, minor wrinkling to spine, minor soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor soiling sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1899

KEYWORDS: first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature colonial editions

BECKE, LOUIS

COLONIAL LIBRARY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges deckled, vii + 331pp + catalogue to rear, VG (minor rubbing & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1898

KEYWORDS: first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature colonial editions

BECKE, LOUIS

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, unpaginated prelims + 307pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (spine sl cocked, minor wrinkling to buckram by board hinges, minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional heavy cracking to gutters, pgs223-234 partially detached but still all present)

PUBLISHER: T Werner Laurie 1913

KEYWORDS: modern first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature novels

BECKE, LOUIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, page fore-edges deckled, unpaginated prelims + 250pp + 14pp catalogue to rear, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to eps, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters, occasional light pencil markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1901

KEYWORDS: modern first editions travel exploration history historical maritime Louis Becke literature short stories

PODMORE, FRANK

2 VOL SET, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, teg, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xv + pgs1-346, vol 2- xii + pgs347-688, illus, VG- (heavy tanning to spines, light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing/soiling & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1906

KEYWORDS: Robert Owen biography biographies memoir history industrial revolution New Harmony community

SINCLAIR, FRANCIS

FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black illus to front board, vii + 449pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderaten to heavy foxing to prelims & throughout, minor occasional cracking/weakening at gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1905

KEYWORDS: first editions maritime exploration history Francis Sinclair