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Exploration Fawcett

FAWCETT P H · 1953

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Hutchinson dust jacket rubbed/ chipped spine ends, some tape oxidisation on reverse where edges had been reinforced , tape now removed , price clipped 312pp + plates, map end papers, seventh impression, Arranged from Fawcetts manuscripts, letters, logbooks and records by Bria...

John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress in words of one syllable

DAY Samuel Phillips & John Bunyan · 1890

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Cassell Petter & Galpin black cloth with black leather and gilt spine, edges and corners rubbed, front hinge cracked and opened holding by cords as is rear but still quite a tight binding, on reverse of frontis is inscription dated June 21st 1890. colour frontis, rubric title...

Life and Finding of Dr Livingstone

STANLEY H M

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Dean & Son ex-library half-calf binding with cloth boards, library gilt stamp to upper board, spine starting to split at upper joint , red and gilt label, corners rubbed.front hinge cracked, stamps to paste down and fep, some foxing and very little soiling, page edges dusty. ...

Margaret Ogilvy by her son

BARRIE J M · 1897

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Hodder red cloth with maroon leather rubbed , gilt titled, frontis with tissue guard. rubric title page viii+ 204pp Biography by her son J M Barrie H reprint No Jacket London Very Good 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall

Only Gentlemen can Play

McLEAVE Hugh · 1975

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Arthur Barker VG in VG unclipped DW, fep has a small '10' in felt, otherwise tidy copy some edge wear to DW. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

A Russian beauty and other stories

NABOKOV Vladimir · 1973

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Weidenfeld red papered boards, DW torn and chipped at foot of upper panel with a crease and some loss, spine ends chipped, price clipped, 268pp, top edge dusted red, 13 short pieces H First Edition Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

RSVP Murder

EBERHART Mignon · 1966

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Collins book VG except very minor surface soiling to small area of upper board. and lacks fep. DW chipped to spine ends with some loss, approx 20mm loss at tail and some at head, part cup ring to rear panel , clean tear to cover H First Edition Poor London Very Good 8vo - ove...

Meher Baba on Love

RAMAKRISHNAN (Meher Baba) · 1970

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Meher Era Publications card covers with a printed DW glued down to the covers by its fold in flaps as issued. 88pp sewn binding in Indian style. compiled by Shri KK Ramakrishnan from sayings of Meher Baba. Third revised edition, errata slipped tipped in at contents page S re...

Coming down the Seine

GIBBINGS Robert · 1954

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Dent name to fep, otherwise VG. DW has two tears to cover and edge rubbing short chips to spine ends.wood engravings accompany observations on the beauties of the Seine . 217pp H reprint Good London Very Good Robert Gibbings 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

SLIDE RULE the autobiography of an Engineer

SHUTE Nevil · 1954

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Heinemann Heinemann 1954 reprint (third printing) hardback in good dust jacket with complete split down the joint between the rear panel and the spine and a split along bottom half of the front joint. minor chipping at the head and tail as well, inside the fep has owners name ...

JACKBOOT the story of the German Soldier

LAFFIN John · 1965

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Cassell Cassell 1965 first edition, VG in a near VG dustwrapper with edge wear and very small chips to spine ends, neat owners stamp to head of title page. covers German soldiering from Frederick the Great and Prussia upto post WWII . many photos. 238pp very tidy copy. all the...

Register of Thoroughbred Stallions New Zealand 1980

RICHARDSON J M · 1980

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

New Zealand Thoroughbred breeders association volume xi 1980 456pp heavy to ship outside New Zealand S First Edition No Jacket Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Register of Thoroughbred Stallions New Zealand 1984

RICHARDSON J M · 1984

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,596)

New Zealand Thoruoghbred breeders association vol XIII large paperback, 558pp + colour plates etc. heavy to ship outside New Zealand S First Edition No Jacket Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

The longest Second

BALLINGER Bill S · 1958

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Max Reinhardt book has a light water stain to the bottom corner edge of the free end paper only, a slight spine lean and very minor bruising to the corners. a bit of foxing to the closed edges, the DW has short tears or chips to the spine ends and a minor hard to spot stain a...

Knives have Edges

WOODS Sara · 1968

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,193)

Collins Dustwrapper has fading to the text parts of the spine but the black ground is still fine, price clipped, spine ends just faint hint of starting to peel. book has name to fep otherwise VG+. H First Edition Very Good London Very Good 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall

Conquest Goes West

GRAY Berkeley · 1954

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.91 | ¥15,165)

Collins very tidy copy, corners only ever so slightly bumped, one page has a very short margin tear with crease where it folded along the very edge very minor fault.top edge a little dusty, Scarce DUSTWRAPPER is not price clipped, very minimal tiny chip to spine ends, some ver...

The Complete Home; an encyclopedia of Domestic Life and Affairs

WRIGHT Julia McNair · 1882

$355.00 (€322.08 | £268.71 | ¥56,671)

Bradley Garretson half leather black with gilt fillets, two red panels to spine also filleted. all edges gilt corners lightly rubbed and bumped, one small split at head of spine. 584pp + coloured plates faced with tissue guards. first printed page is a presentation plate PRES...

Poes tales of mystery and imagination illustrated by Arthur Rackham

POE Edgar Allan (Rackham) · 1979

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,973)

Book Club Associates reprint facsimile of the Harrap 1935 edition. light grey boards with black skeleton, black quarter cloth. dec endpapers. VG dustwrapper very minor spine fade. 318pp + plates. 12 colour + 17 b&w illustrations. H reprint Very Good London Very Good Arthur Rac...

Wall of Shadows the New Zealand Jannu Adventure

DINGLE Graeme and Edmund Hillary · 1976

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Hodder DW is under a plastic sleeve and VG, book has former owners name on paste down 177pp + 24 pp colour plate section forewrod by Hillary , introduction by Dingle. Very minor watermark to top edge of the colour plate section (only) it is almost invisible. an account of t...

Epic of Mount Everest

YOUNGHUSBAND Francis · 1928

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,789)

Edward Arnold 5th printing spine joints rubbed with small splits at the ends, a few white paint specks to lower board. 319pp + plates, some minor foxing.a condensed narrative of the three expeditions described in 'Mount Everest the reconnaissance '1921 'The Assault on Mount E...