BUCKLAND, A R (Ed) & BANKS, Mrs G LINNAEUS et al

Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 384pp, illus, G+ (moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine & board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, multiple prev. ownership markings in ink to front & rear eps, moderate soiling to eps, moderate patch of yellowing tape residue to front eps, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, multiple plates detached but presumed all present)

PUBLISHER: Unwin Brothers / The Gresham Press N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand annuals historical empire literature

LIVINGSTONE, DAVID

FIRST EDITION, 2x FOLDING MAPS- 1x IN REAR POCKET PRESENT, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, folding frontispiece, x + 687pp + 8pp to rear, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor tanning to spine, minor wrinkling to buckram/cloth on rear board, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate soiling to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutter of title page, occasional light foxing to pages, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1857

KEYWORDS: first editions history historical travel writing literature David Livingstone South Africa

HEARN, LAFCADIO & ERSKINE, JOHN (Selected, Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled page edges, x + 393pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, half title page partially detached at gutter- still fully present, light to moderate foxing to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters, occasional light pencil markings to margins)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann N/D (c.1922?)

KEYWORDS: literature reading literary social history criticism prose Lafcadio Hearn

HEARN, LAFCADIO & ERSKINE, JOHN (Selected, Ed & Intro)

UK FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page fore-edges, xiv + 408pp, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light surface wrinkling to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout, minor water staining to base of page block)

PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1916

KEYWORDS: UK first editions literature poetry verse literary criticism appreciation Lafcadio Hearn

FALCONER, DANIEL (Text) & CUMBERBATCH, BENEDICT (Fore)

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt & beige lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 103pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to boards, 2x unidentified signatures in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2014

KEYWORDS: fantasy film companions Smaug The Hobbit literature literary Weta Workshop cinema movies J R R Tolkien

ARATO, ANDREW (Ed) & GEBHARDT, EIKE (Ed) & PICCONE, PAUL (Intro)

Super octavo, green light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xxi + 559pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & covers, light creasing to covers/edges, sl chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Continuum 1995

KEYWORDS: literature philosophy literary anthologies essays Theodor W Adorno Walter Benjamin Erich Fromm

BROWNE, EDWARD GRANVILLE & ROSS, Sir E DENISON (Memoir)

RE-BOUND, super octavo, quarter leather bound blue boards, brown lettering to beige leatherette title plate to spine with raised bands also, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxi + 650pp, folding map to rear, VG+ (single sm library ink stamp to base of copyright page- no other stamps/markings detected, minor fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1926

KEYWORDS: historical travel literature writing Persia Edward Granville Browne history

CAROL, JUNIPER B (Ed)

3 VOL SET, ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing/chipping & fading to spines & edges- some surface loss, all corners lightly clipped, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Bruce Publishing Company 1954-60

KEYWORDS: Marian theology mariology literature articles religion

OUSPENSKY, P D

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 554pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink markings to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout, occasional ink markings to margins, heavy crack to rear gutter, minor cracking to other gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1948

KEYWORDS: P D Ouspensky philosophy psychology literature reliligon science

LATTIMORE, OWEN

Octavo, beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxii + 324pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm scuff to top edge of title page)

PUBLISHER: AMS Press 1975

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Mongolia Mongol Owen Lattimore

HOSTETTER, CLYDE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 208pp, illus, VG (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, heavy crack to gutter of pgs64/65- otherwise a very tidy copy still)

PUBLISHER: The Diamond Press 1991

KEYWORDS: signed Clyde Hostetter travel writing literature history Polynesia origins

BURNS, CHARLES

Super octavo, black & white illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl chafing)

PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2005

KEYWORDS: graphic novels comic strips cartoons Charles Burns literature

MURRAY, A W

ALL MAPS & PLATES PRESENT, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 489pp + 16pp to rear, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy chafing/scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing & water staining to frontispiece & other plates/pages, occasional moderate soiling to pages, 2cm closed tear to fore-edge of pg10- tidy archival repair)

PUBLISHER: John Snow 1863

KEYWORDS: Polynesia missions religion religious missionaries history historical travel literature writing A W Murray

WILLIAMS, JOHN & BAXTER, G (Wood Engravings)

SIXTH THOUSAND, octavo, half leatherbound brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine with rsaised bands also, aeg, frontispiece, illus title page, xviii + 590pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork, minor fading & rubbing to boards, moderate soiling to gilt page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: J Snow 1837

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history natural history missions missionaries south sea islands pacific anthropology

FIENNES, RANULPH

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: Little, Brown & Company 2003

KEYWORDS: adventure exploration travel literature travel writing Ranulph Fiennes

MORRISON, ROBBIE & MURRAY JIM

Quarto 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: Johnathan Cape 2013

KEYWORDS: fiction comic illustrations literature graphic novel

HIGGINS, JANE

Sm. 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: The Text Publishing Company 2023

KEYWORDS: fiction literature young adult novel adventure Jane Higgins

FIENNES, RANULPH

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: Little, Brown and Company 2001

KEYWORDS: fiction literature novels Ranulph Fiennes

GARDNER, MARTIN

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: St Martin's Griffin 1999

KEYWORDS: philosophy literature Martin Gardner

GARDNER, MARTIN

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: Noonday Press / Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1989

KEYWORDS: literature fiction novels Martin Gardner