Ariel Books

Three hundred years of New Zealand books: Being selected chronological listing and commentary, primarily but not solely literary, from Tasman to 1975

Alcock, Peter; Broughton, William · 1990

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Dept. of English, Massey University A good bibliographic reference covering publications from or on New Zealand. CONDITION Stapled wraps, unpaginated (approx. 60 pages). Covers faded, odd finger mark interally, mildly handled, S First Edition New Zealand Good 4to - over 9¾" - ...

Pyke : The Unknown Genius

Lampe, David · 1959

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Evans Brothers Blue bds with Gilt title (spine faded else unworn) pp 224 with 13 illus plates. Appears tight and unread, sl scuff to ffep where price has been removed, very faintly foxed leading edge. H First Edition No Jacket London, United Kingdom Near Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - ...

Arbella Stuart : Royal Lady of Hardwick and Cousin to King James

Handover, P M · 1957

$24.00 (€21.78 | £18.17 | ¥3,832)

Eyre and Spottiswoode Teal bds with Gilt title (fresh and unworn) pp 336 with 13 illus and lineage charts, tight clean copy appears unread, only detraction is faintest age toning to end pages. Original Blue DJ is unworn apart from 2 tiny tears bottom front from edge roll, not ...

Woodford House Register of Old Girls 1894-1976

Various · 1976

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Woodford House Old Girls Association Cream bds with Red text and emblem, unworn with light age spotting, pp 232 with photo illustrations and a short history. Register of girls including married names where known. Tight clean copy with light foxed end pages, not inscribed. #New...

An Australian Millionaire

Blitz, Mrs A (1847 - 1923) · 1894

$85.00 (€77.12 | £64.34 | ¥13,573)

Ward, Lock & Bowden Scarce Australian classic. Green bevilled bds with Black decoration and bright Gilt title (Unworn, bds have speckling) All edges Gilt, decorative eps, frontis with tissue guard and nice illustrated title page, pp viii 498. Bright clean interior, named in pe...

There Was a Cat, Ting, Who Loved a Girl, Jeanie

Covault, Ruth · 1972

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

K & S Yellow card wraps, upaginated, nicely illustrated with photo's and sketches through out. SIGNED by photographer to title page. S Signed by Illustrator First Edition N/A Nashville, USA Near Fine Tiers, Lowber 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Oceania. Vol XXXVIII. Numbers 1 to 4 1967-1968 : A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Native Peoples of Australia, New Guinea and the Islands of the Pacific Ocean

Elkin, A P (Ed) · 1968

$80.00 (€72.59 | £60.56 | ¥12,775)

University of Sydney 4 Quarterly Magazines bound as one. Blue bds with Gilt title (fresh and unworn with sl faded spine) Includes articles on Hula in Port Moresby, Demographic pressure in the New Guinea Highlands, Ethnography in Northern Borneo, Languages of the Sepic Hill, Si...

Thomas H. Huxley

Davis, J. R. Ainsworth · 1907

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.25 | ¥5,749)

J M Dent & Co Green bds with bright Gilt title (fresh and unworn with edge speckling) Gilt top edge is sl. dulled, portrait frontis with clean tissue guard, pp xi 288 with untimmed edges. Copy is tight and unread, eps have light browning, very odd spot internally else very bri...

Alaric at Rome and Other Poems : XIXth Century Classics

Arnold, Matthew; Shorter, Clement K (Ed) · 1896

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Ward, Lock & Bowden frome editorial note "The present volume is composed of the contents of Mr. Matthew Arnold's first four volumes, "Alaric", "Cromwell", "The Strayed Reveller", and "Empedocles on Etna", and that portion of the fifth which had not previously appeared in the e...

Scarlet Gables

Dodd, Catherine Isobel · 1929

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Jarrolds Not Dated (1929 BL) "The story of a missing heir who for two generations was lost." CONDITION Black bds are fresh with sl chipped to cloth at top rear edge and bottom front, with Gilt title (dulled) pp 285 tight and very clean copy, sl age discolouration to first few ...

Night of the Reaper

Grayland, V Merle (Valerie) · 1963

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Robert Hale and Whitcombe & Tombs Ex Book Exchange Library. Red bds with crisp Silver title, nice clean bds, has faint stamp to top edge, pp 192 bright and clean interior, front eps have Red tape residue and catalogue number stamped to ffep, rfep has scuff from tape removal. O...

Thought, God and the Common Man

Pistorius, Philippus Villiers · 1961

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Bowes & Bowes Red bds are fresh and unworn (Gilt title dulled) 140 pages are tight and unread. Original DJ unworn with tanned spine which has label residue, small green sticker to front. H First Edition Near Fine London, United Kingdom Fine 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Why Britain Prospers

Teeling, William · 1938

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

The Right Book Club Cream bds with Blue cloth spine and Black title (fresh with sharp cnrs) pp 287 tight and unread (sl tanned eps) Right Book Club prospectus laid in. Original DJ is fresh with only faintest edge wear. H First Edition Near Fine London, United Kingdom Near Fine...

Annals of England, A D 1660 - A D 1714, the Stuarts : An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary Writers. School Edition

Various · 1877

$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

James Parker Brown bds with bright Gilt title, 172 pages with steel engraved illustrations. Bright and clean as new apart from faintest shelf wear, light damp stain to leading edge that shows on eps. H First Edition N/A Oxford, United Kingdom Near Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Annals of England, A D 1603 - A D 1660, the Stuarts : An Epitome of English History, from Contemporary Writers. School Edition

Various · 1877

$65.00 (€58.98 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

James Parker Brown bds with bright Gilt title, 175 pages with steel engraved illustrations. Bright and clean as new apart from faintest shelf wear, light damp stain to leading edge that shows on eps. H First Edition N/A Oxford, United Kingdom Near Fine 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

The India-Rubber Men

Wallace, Edgar · 1929

$22.00 (€19.96 | £16.65 | ¥3,513)

Hodder & Stoughton Not Dated no previous edition stated, gift inscription February 1930. Blue bds with Navy titles wear to spine ends and tips, 312 pages with catalogue to rear, sl foxed title page. H First Edition No Jacket London, United Kingdom Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾...

Essays and Miscellaneous Writings in Prose and Verse

Ferguson, Robert C · 1887

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Mills, Dick & Co Purple bds with Gilt title (mostly fresh with tanned spine and mark to rear) eps tanned with pencilled name, pp xviii 279 very tight copy with very odd fox spot. #New Zealand Literature# H First Edition No Jacket Dunedin, NZ Very Good 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

On Nothing and Kindred Subjects

Belloc, Hilaire · 1910

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Methuen Green bds with bright Gilt titles, border and spine decoration (fresh as new, unworn) pp xix 261 tight and unread (faint foxed fore edge) Original DJ is fresh but spine is tanned anb brittle with chipped head and bottom half chipped away. H 3rd Edition Very Good London...

Dans les eaux du Pacifique : Tahiti et ses Archipels

Anonymous · 1931

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Melun Text in French. "In water of the Pacific : Tahiti and its Archipelagoes". Covers the Geography, discovery of the Islands, Tahitian Society, French Colonisation of Tahiti, the ethnology and religion, lifestyle including commerce and agriculture etc. CONDITION Ex Universit...

Class-Book of Elementary Geology

Hutton, Frederick Wollaston · 1881

$26.00 (€23.59 | £19.68 | ¥4,152)

George Philip & Son Originally published 1875, assumed 2nd edition. Author was Provincial Geologist, Otago NZ and lecturer in Geology and Zoology. CONDITION Green with bright Gilt title, 128 pages with 32 figural illus through text. A very tight clean copy with faint browning ...