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$21.25
p20/12

The Dun Emer Press,Later the Cuala Press


MILLER,LIAM

ex-lib.first edition 131pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (libr.rebind w.original ill.paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.libr.mark to spine,libr.stamps to half-title,copyright,rfep only,contents clean)

PUBLISHER: dolmen press dublin 1973

KEYWORDS: history literature bibliography dun emer cuala dolmen liam miller

$170.00
p20/14

Niebuhr's Lectures on Roman History


3 vols.

NIEBUHR;ISLER,M.;CHEPMELL,H.M.;DEMMLER,F.[TRANSL.]

3 vols.581/408/480pp VG- (burgundy cloth w.tan quarter cloth,gilt stamps to spines w.gilt-on-blue title labels,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,bindings detaching from fep gutters w.tape repairs,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,contents o/w clean)

PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1875

KEYWORDS: roman history antiquity niebuhr chepmell isler

$17.00
p20/16

Scottish Fantasy Literature


a critical survey

MANLOVE,COLIN

first edition 263pp ills.[b/w] NF (black cloth,sl.surface scuff to lower half of title page) in NF d/w (dealer's label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: canongate edinburgh 1994

KEYWORDS: literature history scotland colin manlove

$42.50
1m37/25

The Myth of the Hero


BUTLER,BILL

first edition 208pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: rider london 1979

KEYWORDS: history sociology hero bill butler

$42.50
1m35/7

Prostitution


ACTON,WILLIAM

first edition thus 251pp VG (light bruising to board corners and spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in VG d/w (moderate scuffing and chipping to edges, light soilingand rubbing to covers, , price-clipped)

PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee london 1968

KEYWORDS: history prostitution sociology william acton

$1020.00
2d8/17

Recovering the Ancient Magic


LONG,MAX FREEDOM

first edition inscribed by the author 288pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth w.blind ruled borders,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,author's warm inscr.to ffep - to mel ward - my friend by proxy through shack and george,max freedom long laguna beach 1936,inscr.to ffep verso - best wishes mel - from shack dec.1936,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: rider london 1936

KEYWORDS: literature history signed max freedom long magic occult

$30.00
p21/19

Wrecks & Reefs: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea


WHITING, NEIL

Ex library, first edition 264pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG in VG d/w

PUBLISHER: robert brown coorparoo [1994]

KEYWORDS: natural history shipwrecks nautical neil whiting papua new guinea

$85.00
p22/2

The Natural History of Plants


2 vols.

OLIVER,F.W.

2 vols.rebound 777/983pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (simple rebind in green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,titling to spines barely visible,eps sl.foxed,content edges v.sl.soiled,contents clean and tight)

PUBLISHER: blackie london 1894/1895

KEYWORDS: natural history oliver

$42.50
p22/3

Books Are My Business


REED,A.W.

first edition inscribed by author 131pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,author's inscr.to ffep and to card loosely inserted) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: educational explorers reading 1966

KEYWORDS: new zealand publishing biography history signed reed

$42.50
p22/4

Mackenzie of Canada


WADE,M.S.

first edition 332pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep which is second half of map,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/worn) in G d/w (rough,in 2 pieces w.front cover missing)

PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1927

KEYWORDS: history biography geography canada alexander mackenzie wade

$55.25
p22/14

Training of Taste in the Arts and Crafts


LITTLEJOHNS,J.

first edition 152pp ills.[b/w and tipped-in col.] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges v.sl.foxed)

PUBLISHER: isaac pitman london 1933

KEYWORDS: arts crafts littlejohns history

$25.50
p22/27

Bandello's Fiction


GRIFFITH,T.GWYNFOR

first edition 147pp VG+ (tan cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w

PUBLISHER: basil blackwell oxford 1955

KEYWORDS: literature history bandello gwynfor griffith

$40.00
p22/30

Sinai and Palestine


STANLEY,ARTHUR PENRHYN

second edition 548pp+ads.[fold-out maps] VG- (brown embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)

PUBLISHER: john murray london 1856

KEYWORDS: geography history sinai palestine stanley

$127.50
p23/2

The Book of Garden Management


N/A

half leather 760pp ills.[b/w] VG (marbled paper boards w.green half leather,gilt band w.gilt-on-red title label to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled w.some paper surface losses to boards,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.sl.soiled w.owner's bookplate [dated 1915] to ffep verso,speckled edges)

PUBLISHER: beeton london [nd]

KEYWORDS: natural history gardening beeton horticulture

$170.00
p23/3

Russia


CUSTINE,MARQUIS DE

half leather 532pp VG (marbled paper boards w.black half leather,gilt bands and stamps to spine,rubbed and soiled w.some surface losses to boards,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.sl.foxed,speckled edges)

PUBLISHER: longman,brown,green london 1855

KEYWORDS: russia history literature marquis de custine

$33.50
p23/19

The Last of the Ngati Mamoe


FILDES, H.

first edition 15pp+ills.[b/w] octavo heavy card covers, VG (col.ill.paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,some minor internal foxing)

PUBLISHER: reed dunedin 1936

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history ngati mamoe hildes

$127.50
p23/21

'Neath Swaying Spars


EADDY,P.A.

[first edition] signed by author 154pp ills.[b/w] VG- (ill.pale blue paper boards,rubbed and stained,tape repairs to hinges as boards are loosening,chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.and author's sign.to title page)

PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [nd]

KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history signed eaddy scows

$14.00
2d14/24

Express Steamers of Cook Strait


KIRK,ALLAN A.

first edition 207pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (pale blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1968

KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history cook strait allan kirk

$42.50
p23/29

W.H.Hudson A Portrait


ROBERTS,MORLEY;HUDSON,W.H.

first edition 320pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,boards sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: eveleigh nash london 1924

KEYWORDS: biography history literature hudson morley roberts

$85.00
p24/2

History of St.John's College,Tamaki,Auckland,N.Z.


DAVIS,JOHN KING

first edition 118pp ills.[b/w] VG (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,one plate loosening)

PUBLISHER: abel,dykes auckland 1911

KEYWORDS: new zealand history st.john's college auckland john king davis

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