N/A

first edition [first 9 volumes bound in 5 books] ills.[b/w and duotone] VG- (bound in full green calf w.gilt ruled borders and gilt stamp to boards,gilt/raised bands to spines,lower board of book1 barely attached,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,all vols.rebacked w.spines sl.browned,marbled eps,prelims.and some margins sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,a few plates are detached but present,occasional pen/pencil notes and underlining to text but not too distracting,spines cracked and sl.shaky,aeg mod.rubbed) heavy set - scans available on request - the first 9 volumes of this journal bound in 5 books

PUBLISHER: archer belfast 1853-1862

KEYWORDS: history arts archaeology ulster journal ireland

GULLY, JOHN

first edition elephant folio deep green buckram boards with blindrule and gilt lettering, a.e.g, illus, 15 mounted colour plates with new tissue guards. VG ( original binding with cracked gutters, hinges weakening, moderate wear to corners and spine but essentially sound, light foxing thorughout not affecting plates). RARE in original binding - especially given it has been popular to strip for the plates. Bagnell 2377

PUBLISHER: marcus ward 1877

KEYWORDS: new zealand art illustration john gully chromo-lithography landscapes

HAWKING, STEPHEN W. & SAGAN, CARL (Intro) & MILLER, RON (Illus)

True first edition first impression (Mackays of Chatham printing), super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 198pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name writ large in ink to fep, v. v. slight tanning to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (slight creasing to edges, light soiling & rubbing to front & rear)

PUBLISHER: Bantam Press / Transworld 1988

KEYWORDS: Stephen Hawking science physics cosmology astrophysics

GROPIUS, WALTER & MOHOLY-NAGY, L.

Scarce in hardcover, imperial octavo, yellow cloth boards with red lettering to spine & boards, black eps, 103pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, fraying to spine extrems & board corners, 11cm tear to rear external hinge, front external hinge starting to tear, front gutter cracked, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to f.e.p.) Text in German.

PUBLISHER: Albert Langen Verlag Munchen / Bauhausbucher 1928

KEYWORDS: Walter Gropis L Moholy-Nagy Albert Gleizes text in German language art cubism kubismus kunst geschichte history

GROPIUS, WALTER & MOHOLY-NAGY, L.

Scarce in hardcover, imperial octavo, yellow cloth boards with red lettering to spine & boards, black eps, 243pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, browning to spine, 3cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to f.e.p.) Text in German.

PUBLISHER: Albert Langen Verlag Munchen / Bauhausbucher 1929

KEYWORDS: Walter Gropis L Moholy-Nagy Albert Gleizes text in German language art architecture sculpture kunst

FRAME,JANET

first US edition inscribed and signed by author 211pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiling to board edges,author's inscr.to ffep - John B. with best wishes from Janet Frame - eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,few small closed tears to upper edge,price-clipped with price stamp to front flap)

PUBLISHER: george braziller new york 1960

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed

DAVIES,ROBERTSON

first edition inscribed by author [with both title pages] 204pp VERY GOOD+ (crimson cloth,v.sl.soiled,v.sl.wear to extrems.,author's dated inscr.to ffep along with a b/w eccentric original photo of author inscribed on the rear by the author and taped to the ffep,inscr.reads - for Muriel E Newbold **** **** Nado*** '47 Rob. - inscr.on rear of photo reads Samuel Marchbanks in full cry - eps and content edges sl.foxed,leaf between title page and contents page has been neatly removed at gutter,typed quotes have been tipped-in to verso of chapter heading pages) in GOOD+ dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some small losses,hinges split with front cover barely attached to spine,price of $2.50 on front flap still showing) scans available on request

PUBLISHER: clarke irwin toronto 1947

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature robertson davies signed

RABONE, REV. S.

Published in 1845, the year Tonga was founded, inscribed dated & signed by author in 1850, RARE, octavo, brown heavy card boards, 217pp, G+ (front board detached, white paint to spine & adjacent board edges, heavy wear, scuffing & fraying to boards & board edges, heavy browning to page edges, some tape repairs to gutters of prelims, owner's name in pencil tro fep & in ink to title page, some relevant annotation in ink re pronunciation of Tongan, heavy foxing, creasing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Wesleyan Mission Press 1845

KEYWORDS: Tonga Tongan language vocabulary lexis reference dictionary

CONRAD, JOSEPH

p187 misprinted as 871, p480 correctly numbered, adverts at rear, this is is the earliest version of the 1st edition, dispatched to the colonies ahead of the local issue, SCARCE, octavo, red cloth boards gilt lettering to spine, blind decoration to spine & rear board, blind lettering to front board, 480pp +16pp ads, G+ (rubbing soiling & fading to boards & spine, bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, damp staining & damage to outer board edges, red staining from cloth dye to edges of eps, insect damage to lower eps prelims & boards (text not affected), light foxing to pages & page edges, light tanning to page edges, lower front hinge shaky but sound)

PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons and Bombay August 1904

KEYWORDS: Joseph Conrad literature fiction scarce first edition

n/a

Folio, green light card covers with black cloth spine, black lettering to front cover, 6pp index + folding map + 1609pp, Vg- (scuffing with loss of surface to lower 5cm of spine and 1cm of upper spine, some staining & fading to rear cover, some staining & foxing to page edges, light creasing to lower corners of first few pages)

PUBLISHER: John Mackay Government Printer 1905

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Royal Commission notes of evidence land tenure settlement Crown lands Opawa Pareora District Rosewill Settlement

DARWIN, CHARLES

First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards, brown coated eps, viii + 482pp, VG (moderate fraying to cloth of board edges & corners, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 2cm tear to cloth of spine side, some staining to boards, moderately heavy browning to page edges, some foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1876

KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin science botany natural history vegetables fertilisation

FRAME,JANET

first edition inscribed by author [Dorothy Neal White's copy] 192pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.and author's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.)

PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch 1963

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature new zealand janet frame signed

WODEHOUSE, P. G.

First edition, very rare in this state, lacks frontispiece, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, front board illus with seated schoolboys dressed in red&grey, spine illus with adult audience, iv + 280pp + 8pp books ads, illus, VG (frontispiece missing, one plate loose, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, prizegiving label to fep, some foxing, folded production flaw to upper corner of page 280). LOVELY COPY

PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1905

KEYWORDS: PG Wodehouse first edition literature

HAVERTY, MARTIN

original blindstamped brown boards, two volume set, gilt motifs and lettering to spines 337pp + 324pp + 8pp adverts G+ (boards rubbed and bruised with closed tear to front board of vol2, small chips and tears to heads and tails, closed tears to top (3cm down) and bottom of spines,fep loose vol one, lacks frontis vol one, frontis loosening vol two, owners details and booksellers label on front pastedowns, modertae foxing throughout) A reasonable set of a very scarce edition

PUBLISHER: parry, blenkarn and co 1847 london

KEYWORDS: spain travel history martin haverty

MACHIAVELLI,NICCOLO & DETMOLD,CHRISTIAN E.[Trans)

Ex-library, first edition thus four-volume set, re-bound in half leather with brown cloth boards, imperial octavo, upper page edges stained brown, other page edges marbled, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xli+420pp/464pp/488pp/iv+472pp, VG- (front board of vol1 completely detached, moderately heavy scuffing to spine sides, extrems & raised bands and to board edges, usu library markings including labels to front pastedowns and gilt library stamp to front boards, some browning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: james r.osgood boston 1882

KEYWORDS: literature politics history niccolo machiavelli christian detmold

COSTA PEREIRA FURTADO DE MENDONCA, HIPPOLYTO JOSEPH DA

first edition 2 vols.[344/xxviii+344pp] [b/w frontis.portrait to vol.1] VERY GOOD (early marbled paper boards rebacked w.tan calf,boards rubbed and soiled,gilt bands to spines w.gilt-on-tan leather title label to spines,mod wear and chipping to extrems.w.corners rounded,eps strengthened at gutters,red pencil numbers to ffeps,upper corner of ffep in both vols has been clipped,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,offsetting from portrait to title page of vol.1.,contents tight) scarce set

PUBLISHER: printed and sold by w.lewis london 1811

KEYWORDS: freemasonry history biography mendonca costa pereira furtado

FRAME, JANET

Modern First Edition (UK) ASSOCIATION COPY brown boards with gilt lettering to spine 212pp VG+ (sunning to spine and extremities) in VG+ d/w (light rubbing and discolouration) INSCRIBED AND FAMILIARLY SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Janet) to John Beston, Australian academic, and his american wife Rose-Marie. Beston wrote a bibliography of Frame, and she stayed with him and his family several times in the US. Signed copies of Janet Frame are notoriously SCARCE and becoming increasingly valueable

PUBLISHER: W H Allen London 1973

KEYWORDS: new zealand modern first edition signed

WAUGH, EVELYN

first edition (first state) octavo patterned red boards, 288pp VG- ( cracking at external spine edges and rear gutter, wear to extremities, light foxing and tanning, owners name to fep) Despite the description a presentable copy of the first novel by the author, in the RARE FIRST STATE ( the names of two characters on p168/9 had to be changed, this copy has the original names)

PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall 1928

KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature evelyn waugh

SMITH, GEORGE

first edition octavo illus boards, gilt images to front board and gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 319pp +40pp adverts, illus, VG (v light foxing, moderate damp wrinkle/stain at rear ep and board, interesting pencil annotations at rear and a couple in text) a tidy copy of a RARE and desirable work

PUBLISHER: sampson low, marston, searle and rivington 1876

KEYWORDS: religion babylon chaldea cuneiform george smith ancient history cleaasic archaeology anthropology

DAVIS, JOHN KING

First edition, scarcer 'orange' binding edition, imperial octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black ship illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxi + 183pp, illus plus folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, small black stain to front board upper edge, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep, some foxing & tanning to prelims and terminals, sporadic lighter foxing elsewhere)

PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1919

KEYWORDS: John King Davis autobiography Antarctic exploration maritime nautical history