MOORE, THOMAS

BOTH BOARDS DETACHED BUT PRESENT, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering on red leather title plate to spine with gilt decoration & raised bands also, marbled page edges & eps, title vignette with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims, 397pp, illus/plates, G+ (both boards detached, heavy rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & fading to page edges, prev. bookseller's historic sm label to ffep, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, varying degrees of foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown 1817

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KNICKERBOCKER, DIEDRICH (IRVING, WASHINGTON)

Sm octavo, quarter leather bound black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, illus title page, xxx + 368pp, VG (sl rubbing to board corners, light to moderate rubbing/crackling to leather spine, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate 'ghost'lettering & tanning/foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's historic ink stamp to base of title page, sm numerals in purple pencil to copyright page, text block very clear & binding tight)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Tegg, 73 Cheapside; Rodwell and Martin ... 1824

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HARROP, A J

Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 187pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor cracking to central gutter)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923

KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature Westland south island history

N/A

Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, folding maps throughout, 258pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges & corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl cracking at gutters, occasional closed tearing to some maps with minor foxing also)

PUBLISHER: R Farnell & Co 1912

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NIXON, RICHARD MILHOUS & MARGOLIS, JACK S (Compiled by)

Sm octavo, stapled light card covers, black lettering to covers, unpaginated, VG (sl rusting to staples, minor tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to inside front cover, sl soiling/foxing & insect damage to central pages)

PUBLISHER: Cliff House Books 1974

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ROWLING, J K & MINALIMA (Design & Illus)

Super octavo, illus red heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, beautiful decoration/illus to boards, illus eps, unpaginated prelims & terminals + 356pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to base of page block) absolutely stunning features including pull-outs, moving parts & illustrations most of which have protective card and/or tissue guards, photos available on request

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Children's Books 2020

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WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 183pp, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light staining to spine)

PUBLISHER: New Directions 1966

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MUIR, PERCY

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PUBLISHER: Portman Books 1989

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MAHY, MARGARET (author) and GARDINER, DEIDRE (drawings)

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PUBLISHER: School Publications Branch, Department of Education, Wellington 1977

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DICKENS, CHARLES & CRUIKSHANK, GEORGE (illus) & 'PHIZ' & HOLME, THEA (intro)

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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1982

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PRIESTLEY, J B

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PUBLISHER: Heron Books

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ANTSEY, F

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PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1894 (?)

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PRIESTLEY, J B

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PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd. in association with Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1937

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SPARK, MURIEL

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PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society 1965

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GAMMAGE, NICK (ed)

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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1999

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PRIESTLEY, J B

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PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society 1963

KEYWORDS: reflections on writing literature

RICHARDS, DICK (compiled by)

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PUBLISHER: Leslie Frewin Publishers Ltd 1968

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KIPLING, RUDYARD & RUTHERFORD, ANDREW (selected by

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PUBLISHER: Penguin 1971

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SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM (text) & PHILLIPS, HUBERT (introductions) & FALCONER, PEARL (illus)

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PUBLISHER: The Cornleaf Press 1949

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KESEY, KEN

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PUBLISHER: Signet (n/d modern copy)

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