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Broken Canoe, conversations and observations in Micronesia

NAKANO Ann · 1983

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

University Queensland Press VG and tidy, colour photos, small nick at top right of lower DW edge taped. 289pp heavy may incur higher shipping. H First Edition Very Good St lucia Very Good Tim Porter 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

Modern Surfing Around the World

SEVERSON John · 1964

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Doubleday DW rubbed to edges, a few short closed tears, rear panel has some water staining to top corner area, some chipping to spine ends, DW has some white ink numbers along the base of the spine ( DW saved from another book) blue cloth with darker blue wave design, light ru...

The Muppet Movie

CRIST Steven · 1979

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Muppet Press Book tidy dust jacket has small split at head, light surface soiling, boards are yellow leatherette with gilt embossed Kermit with banjo. 120pp text and full colour stills from the film. H First Edition Very Good New York Very Good 4to - over 9? - 12" tall

The Bushland Ballet

STEVENS Lyla · 1946

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Modern Printing Co 25 pages includes pasted down final page of text. Text is not attributed, but was written by Lyla Stevens. All publishing details obtained from the State Library of Victoria. First page is the first page of the text but has the title at the head so assuming ...

Racconti del passato Prossimo

CHIESA Francesco · 1944

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Arnoldo Mondadori Editore clean copy, yapped edges to paper covers mild wear, 221pp, blind stamped il diritto di autore etc S Second Edition No Jacket Milano Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Greed 'The Mr. Asia Connection'

HALL Richard · 1981

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Pan first edition, very tidy but slight browning to bottom edge of pages, small area browned to inside cover, 236pp + adverts and plates, the most infamous drug ring in Australasia, and the sticky end of it's participants S First Edition No Jacket Sydney Very Good 12mo - over ...

The Lovers' Keepsake

PEYNET Raymond · 1958

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Perpetua spine sunned, lamination just starting to peel at spine ends,, bookseller stamp at foot of paste down, decorative endpapers, unpaginated approx 100, full page humorous cartoons on affairs of the heart, printed on one side of the page only. part of a series of books...

Bomber

DEIGHTON Len · 1970

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,170)

Cape near fine book in same DW, all corners of the DW flaps are clipped slightly with the Priced corner clipped more heavily, an extremely tidy and fresh copy. DW spine may be just slightly sunned showing to the lighter parts only. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8v...

The Koka Shastra

COMFORT Alex (Kokkoka) · 1964

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

George Allen Unwin Being the Ratirahasya of Kokkoka and other Medieval Indian writings on Love. Excellent copy, deep blue cloth, slight surface mottling to boards. Top edge dusted blue. DW has had just the tiniest part of the flap where the price was clipped. Nice red clean ...

The Maul and the Pear Tree, the Radcliffe Highway Murders 1811

JAMES P D & T A Critchley · 1986

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

The Mysterious Press first thus edition after UK 1st in 1971. blue cloth spine over papered boards, top edge remainder striped, DW has some separation of the publishers lamination at the edges otherwise VG and unclipped. 234pp + plates , map endpapers, H First Edition Very Go...

Boots'n all!

HADEN Andy · 1983

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Rugby Press tidy, signed to title page by the author. 2247pp + colour plates H Signed by Author First Edition Very Good Auckland Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Return of Robinson Crusoe

TREECE Henry · 1958

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Hulton Press yellow papered boards slightly soiled, pencil name to map fep, closed edges dusty, 176pp + colour frontis and plates, line illustrated text. DW price clipped and dust soiled with some surface rubbing to the illustration large chip with loss at base of rear panel ...

The Biology of Fishes

KYLE Harry M. · 1926

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

TFH Publications photographic pictorial hard cover, seems to be a facsimile of the 1926 edition, top corner bruised and chipped, name stamp to paste down, water stain closed top edge and just into top margin of pages, 366pp +index and bibliography, line drawings throughout. '...

Grasshoppers, Crickets and Cockroaches of the British Isles

RAGGE David D. · 1965

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Frederick Warne ex-library but minimal internal stamps, tape rust to endpapers and onto boards, jacket wiith call number to spine and some wear and creasing, maroon leatherette with gilt titling, xii 299pp +22 colour plates H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? -...

The Great and Secret Show, the First Book of the Art

BARKER Clive · 1989

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Collins first edition, large book, DW complete and un-clipped, near fine copy, cover art by Sanjulian, 698pp H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

M is for Malice

GRAFTON Sue · 1996

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

MacMillan unclipped DW, light wear to spine ends and slight lean to spine H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Suggestopedia and Language Acquisition, Variations on a Theme

BANCROFT W. Jane · 1999

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Gordon and Breach near fine, 308pp Psycholinguistics, Language acquisition, Mental suggestion H First Edition No Jacket Amsterdam Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Can You Feel Anything When I do this? and other stories

SHECKLEY Robert · 1972

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Gollancz collects 16 short stories email for details, Near fine hardback, slight lean to spine, in Fine unclipped very tidy dust jacket H First Edition Fine London Fine 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The Dialogues of Luisa Sigea

CHORIER Nicholas · 1949

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Librairie Astra Aloisiae Sigae Satyra Sotadica de arcanis Amoris et Veneris, literally translated from the Latin of Nicholas Chorier. 304pp, sewn sections in printed paper wrapper, now detached where glue at spine has perished. First section unopened. pencilled [IXX] at foot ...

South Col, One Man's Adventure on the Ascent of Everest 1953

NOYCE Wilfrid · 1954

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,783)

Heinemann dark blue cloth, gilt spine, endpapers illustrated with portraits of the expedition members, 303pp+plates and maps. some plates in colour, line drawings in text. top edge dusted blue. minor foxing to top edge, frontis glue not holding at bottom half. Windmill blind ...