DAWKINS, RICHARD

FIRST UK EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. xii + 224; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1976

KEYWORDS: Richard Dawkins first edition human behaviour biology history prehistory environment life animals

IDRIESS, ION L.

Very rare, first edition of author's first book, was a bit of a disaster, rewritten in the 1930s as a non-fiction title, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 228pp, illus, VG- (lacks rear ep, heavy fading & chaffing to spine, moderately heavy fading & staining to boards, some damp staining to rear board fore-edge, red ink staining from boards to edges of first three pages, 5cm closed tear repaired with archival tape to fep upper corner, light tanning to page edges, occasional foxing spots) Both plates present.

PUBLISHER: Cornstalk Publishing Co1927

KEYWORDS: Ion L Idriess Australian literature adventure ficiton

THOMSEN, CHRISTIAN JURGENSEN

TEXT IN DANISH, true first edition, a benchmark book - established modern archaeological practice, & presented the concept of the three ages of man - Stone, Bronze and Iron. Octavo, half bound, mottled yellowisih boards with gilt lettering & gilt decorative tooling to brown leather spine with raised bands, ii + 100pp, illus, VG (lower 5cm portion of spine missing, some chaffing to spine & board edges & corners, some tanning, light dampstain to aprox one-third of page fore-edges)

PUBLISHER: Published in Copenhagen 1836

KEYWORDS: Christian Juren Thomsen TEXT IN DANISH Denmark archaeology Stone Iron Bronze Ages of man true first edition

MACMILLAN, CAPTAIN NORMAN & BATTEN, JEAN

An historically significant Jean Batten ASSOCIATION COPY: dated, signed and inscribed by the AUTHOR in 1931 to VICTOR DOREE, a fellow pioneer WW1 Royal Air Corps pilot, who in 1932 bought JEAN BATTEN her famous 'Gipsy Moth' aeroplane. Thus, it is likely that this copy of this book was a deciding factor in determining that Jean Batten would fly a Gipsy Moth. From the library of Ian Mackersey, Batten's biographer. DESCRIPTION: Scarce in d/w. Small octavo, light blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering to front board & spine, 175pp, illus, VG (slight rubbing to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to eps & page edges, 1cm tear with loss to lower corner half-title page,) in d/w, VG- (top 3cm portion of spine missing, bruising & nicks to lower spine extrem, creasing & nicks to rear upper edge & front lower edge, 1cm untidy tear to rear lower edge & to upper front/flap fold, some soiling)

PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1929

KEYWORDS: Captain Norman Macmillan Air Vice-Marshall Sir Sefton Brancker Victor Doree signed Association Copy aviation history aircraft flying pilot Jean Batten

GOODSIR,ROBERT ANSTRUTHER

first edition rebind viii+152pp [b/w frontis.w.folding map at rear] VERY GOOD (marbled paper boards w.half leather,gilt-on-burgundy title label to spine along w.gilt bands,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.surface scuffing to boards,5mm loss to head of spine,white paper label to front pastedown,sl.paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.sl.foxed,b/w frontis.very tidy but sl.separating from gutter,some v.sl.foxing to marbled content edges,folding map at rear is complete but creased and w.some chipping and wear to margins) generally a v.tidy tight copy of this scarce title - scans available on request

PUBLISHER: john van voorst london 1850

KEYWORDS: arctic polar exploration voyage travel goodsir franklin baffins bay

MARCHANT, S & HIGGINGS, P J & DAVIES, S J J F & PETER, J M & COWLING, S J

7 VOLS IN 9 BOOKS. Imp. 8vo, 735 pp., 736-1400 pp., 984 pp., 1028 pp., 1248 pp., 1269 pp., 1225 pp., 1055 pp., viii + 1057-1984 pp.; blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning to pg edges; light tanning to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's annotation in black ink tipped to p. 819 of vol. 2); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing, rubbing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with some chipping).

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990-2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia Antarctica ornithology birds wildlife species field guide identification behaviour distribution

THOREAU, HENRY D. & FOURNIER, GRACE (illus.)

RARE thus, illuminated by hand by Grace Fournier on first page & colophon page, a lovely production, quarto, half bound with dark brown leather & marbled paper, gilt lettering & gilt decorative rule between five raised bands to dark brown leather spine, teg, deckle fore & lower page edges, marbled eps, 37pp, VG (wear to spine sides & spine extrems, 6cm split to lower spine side, some chaffing & bruising to board edges & corners, some browning to page edges, light soiling to boards_)

PUBLISHER: Roycrofters 1903

KEYWORDS: Henry Thoreau philosophy friendship essay literature grace fournier

POLKE, SIGMAR & CURIGER, BICE & ELLIOTT, FIONA (Trans)

Scarce, booklet with English translation loosely enclosed, folio, white light card covers, 139pp ,illus, nr fine (v v slight browning to page edges) in d/w with full-size flaps, VG+ (slight rubbing to edges, v v slight creasing to corners & spine extrems), booklet is VG+ (v light rubbing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen 1997

KEYWORDS: Sigmar Polke Bice Curiger Fiona Elliott text in German and English German art artist biography painting art exhibition scarce

A LITERARY GENTLEMAN [PATERSON, GEORGE]

First edition first issue (lacks author's name), professionally rebacked in leather, octavo, full leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, folding map, chart at p41, plate at p109 (lacks one plate), 624pp, VG (library stickers to spine & front pastedown, small library stamps throughout, moderately heavy scuffing & scratching to boards & spine, pale green line across spine (paint?), tastefully reinforced gutters, slight surface loss to board corners & edges, light-moderate foxing & tanning to pages, light foxing & creasing & faint library stamp to flding map, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy creasing to rear ep. Binding firm)

PUBLISHER: Mackenzie and Dent 1811

KEYWORDS: New South Wales Australia history Van Dieman's Land Norfolk Island

STODART, ROBERT RIDDLE

rare and handsome two volume set, elephant folio, limited numbered edition (#12 of 60 large paper copies signed by publisher William Paterson), half-bound blue leather/blue cloth with red label, gilt lettering and rule, and five raised bands to spine, gilt upper edges, (volume I) xxv + 126 chromolithographic plates, (volume II) 425pp, both volumes VG+ (wear and rubbing to extremities, light soiling to boards, light foxing and soiling to some pages, small hole to front board and scratch across rear board of volume I, small stains to front board and small hole to rear board of volume II) THIS ITEM IS VERY HEAVY AND POSTAGE WILL ACCORDINGLY BE EXPENSIVE

PUBLISHER: William Paterson 1881

KEYWORDS: robert riddle stodart scotland scottish arms history armorial bearings heraldry genealogy family

LAJARD, FELIX

TEXT IN FRENCH, rare, 2 volume set, quarto + large folio, half bound, pink cloth boards with gilt lettering to leather spine, gilt tooling to raised bands on spine, t.e.g., grey eps, viii +692pp (text), 26 + cii plates (plates), front board of plates volume is detached (but present) otherwise set is VG- (moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate rubbing & staining to leather, moderate foxing - heavier towards prelims & terminals - some plates have significant foxing while others are clean, moderately heavy tanning to page edges prelims & terminals, bruising & surface loss to board corners of plates volume, owner's ex libris label & small newpaper clipping of book ad to front pastedown of text volume)

PUBLISHER: A L'Imprimerie Imperiale 1867

KEYWORDS: Mithra Mithraism religion spirituality ancient history text in French

SWIFT, JONATHAN (& ANONYMOUS)

A very scarce forged illegitimate third volume of Gulliver's Travels, issued in 1727, octavo, brown leather boards, remnants of gilt lettering & rule with raised bands to spine, gilt rule/borders to boards, decorative blind stamp to board edges, (14) + 159pp, vignette to prelims, decorated headers at begininning of new chapter pages, G (boards & ffep completely detached but present, spine heavily crackled with severe rubbing & heavy surface loss, heavy scuffing to boards & board edges with age appropriate discolouration, heavy tanning & moderate soiling/staining to page edges, level of internal tanning & markings at level expected of books this age but text block still very clear, multiple prev. owners' names in ink to prelim pgs- historical)

PUBLISHER: LONDON: Printed in the Year M.DCC.XXVII. (1727)

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books collectables collectibles Jonathan Swift forgeries forged copies literature adventure Gulliver's Travels leather bindings novels fantasy classics

GOGOL, NIKOLAI VASILIEVITCH & HAPGOOD, ISABEL F. (transl.)

FIRST COMPLETE EDITION IN ENGLISH, tidy ex-library binding (from the General Assembly of New Zealand ie. Parliament), half bound octavo maroon boards with gilt emblem of NZ General Assembly Library, leather spines with raised bands and gilt lettering & decoration, marbelled eps. & edges, illus. frontis to vol. 2 only, vol. 1: 364pp / vol. 2: 285pp (with table of Russian civil service/military ranks at end), VG (moderate to heavy scuffing and rubbing to leather, light tanning and occasional light foxing within, usual stamps and markings - a tidy set of a key work)

PUBLISHER: John and Robert Maxwell 1887

KEYWORDS: russian literature first edition in translation nikolai gogol russia dead souls serfdom satire satirical

GIBNEY, JOHN

Inscribed by author on title page verso, first edition, scarce, octavo, half-bound in polished light brown calf, marbled heavy card boards with gilt lettering & gilt decortive tooling to spine, 144pp, G+ (lower 5cm & upper 2cm of spine missing, 1cm x 5cm portion of spine side missing, heavy chaffing to leather spine, sides & corners, some scuffing to boards with fraying to board edges & corners, browning to page edges, some foxing to prelims & terminals) - much better than the description would make it seem, this is a reasonable copy of a RARE book

PUBLISHER: B McMillan 1813

KEYWORDS: first edition scarce John Gibney MD medicine health disease treatment gout scrofula

COLERIDGE, SAMUEL TAYLOR & POGANY, WILLY (Presented by)

LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#392/525), SIGNED BY ARTIST, sm folio, beige leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine & front board, teg, deckled page edges, illus prelims & terminals, ornately illus pgs throughout, colour plates- all present, VG- (heavy chipping & cracking to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to board edges with some light surface loss, light to moderate chafing & scuffing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & pgs throughout, 1x colour plate torn but glued back into place, light cracking to some gutters) A beautiful specimen- photos recommended!

PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1910

KEYWORDS: verse poem poetry Samuel Taylor Coleridge rime ancient mariner limited numbered edition signed Willy Pogany illustrated fantasy

CROWLEY, ALEISTER (THE MASTER THERION)

FIRST EDITION, VERY SCARCE. Published for subscribers only. Super 8vo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, xxxiv + 436 pp., VG (moderate soiling to boards & spine, light rubbing & scuffing to boards, sl fading to spine, light bruising to edges & extrems, teacup stain to front board, light to moderate tanning/soiling & sl foxing to fore & bottom edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sm label residue to base of front pastedown, 2x minor closed tears to terminals, printer's device to tp, sporadic light foxing throughout, minor adhesive residue to gutters of pgs xvi-xvii, moderate marginalia in pencil)

PUBLISHER: The Lecram Press 1929

KEYWORDS: first editions Aleister Crowley magic criticism The Lecram Press antiquarian witchcraft occult magick theory practice Master Therion

RITSON, JOSEPH & BEWICK, THOMAS

First edition thus, original binding, 9 Thomas Bewick full page engravings + frontispiece, many more illustrations within text, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, gilt decorations to spine, frontispiece, t.e.g., xii + 400pp, illus, VG- ( heavy fading & tanning to boards & spine, front board shaky, two 10cm splits along outer front hinge, two 4cm closed tears to cloth of spine, chipping & surface loss to spine extrems, moderately heavy fraying to board edges, moderate bruising to board corners, light soiling & rubbing to boards, sporadic foxing to pages, light foxing & moderate tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: John C. Nimmo 1885

KEYWORDS: Robin Hood literature poems poetry modern first edition songs ballards Anthologies England

LINDSAY, NORMAN

First edition, First issue (A&R end papes) Imperial octavo, brown boards with blue cloth spine, patterned eps, illus title page, 171pp, illus, VG- (5.5cm closed tear & 3cm closed tear to page 7, 3cm closed tear to page 95, 6cm closed tear to page 150, full cracking to gutter of pages 112-113 - spine slightly wobbly, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, 5mm complete loss of cloth to spine extrems, light surface loss to front board top corner, moderate tanning & light foxing to boards, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Angus Roberston Ltd 1918

KEYWORDS: children's literature fiction modern first edition Bunyip Bluegum

N/A

RARE, second edition, large folding plate is present, oblong quarto, dark red cloth boards, dark red eps, frontispiece, 165pp, folding plate, illus, VG- (large price sticker to front board partially covering lettering,two large numbers (about 2cm tall) painted on front board, moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising & fraying to board corners, heavy foxing to frontispiece, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate foxing to page edges, wrinkling to part of folding plate)

PUBLISHER: Nobel's Explosives Company Limited 1908 (second edition)

KEYWORDS: Nobel Nobel's Explosives Company history high explosives blasting dynamite gunpowder ammunition

FRAME, JANET

first edition, rare, octavo, off-white boards with light blue decoration motif and blue cloth spine, red lettering with red and blue frame to front board, blue lettering to spine, 130pp, VG (tape residue approx 2cm on top and bottom of both boards, moderate fading to spine, small red crayon mark to lower rear board, slight wear to board edges, cracking to front hinge paper) in d/w VG- (d/w has backing paper and is partly adhered to boards, slight soiling to wrappers, heavy fading to spine, 2 x 10cm tears on spine sides, chips to corners)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1951

KEYWORDS: Janet Frame short stories anthology new zealand literature first edition