London: Thomas Kelly, 1824. Half Calf. pp 512, engraved frontis and title page plus plates. Half calf and marbled boards, raised spine bands with gilt.
Dunedin: 1889. Unbound. Orig b&w photograph depicting a Fijian tropical jungle scene. Image size: 200 x 150mm. Mounted on card.
Dunedin: Burton Bros, 1889. Unbound. Orig b&w Burton Bros, NZ, photograph depicting workers cutting sugar cane in a cane field. Image size: 205 x 150mm. . Mounted on card.
London: Flight Publishing Company, 1942. Original Printed Wrappers. 47 issues (of 52) Illustrations. Contains advertising matter.An extremely rare set of the scarce war-time issues. A good example with all covers in good condition. A true gem. Will require additional postage.
Huyll: Brumby & Clarke, 1889. 2nd Edition. Half Calf. Pp. 6, viii, 318. 60 chromolithographed plates with tissues. Contemporary half calf. Front joint weakening, cracked in top half but else a good copy. A good, rare, complete copy.
New Zealand: 1949-68. Forest and Bird magazine is the flagship publication of the Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc. The Society was founded in 1923 by Captain Ernest “Val” Sanderson and was first known as the New Zealand Native Bird Protection Society.
No binding. Four maps combines in one, no date.
London and Paris: Fisher, Son & Co. Half Morocco. Vols 3 and 4 bound together. No date. Drawings by Thomas Allom, descriptions by The Rev. G.N. Wright. Vol 4 titles ' France Illustrated. Comprising a Summer and Winter in Paris'. Plates. Half morocco and boards. Marbled endpapers and page edges.....
Birmingham: Central Offices, 1876. Disbound. pp.16 (Free Schools, A speech),22(Report of a Debate at the Birmingham School Board+Increased Grants to denominational schools),30(Report of a Debate at the Birmingham School Board + A Speech on Free Schools),10 (Speech on Industrial Instruction). Disbound, A rare and interesting work.
London: Bro. Henry George Warren, 1858. Half Calf. Vol IV (Jan-June 1858) pp xi, 1248. Vol V (July-Dec 1858) pp xi, 1237. Half calf and marbled boards. Bookplate to pastedowns. Rare.
London: Religious Tract Society. Half Calf. pp 192. c 1840. Contemporary half calf. A good copy.
1790. Hardcover. unpaginated. large folio work with descriptions of places throughout the word and illustrated with Thomas Bowen maps and engravings of indigenous people, places and costumes. Lacks on one preliminary and title page. Five back leaves creased and worn. Original boards wth early repair in leather. Sod with all.....
Paris: Desnos. No Binding. c 1760. Shows the Americas and tracks of explorers. NZ is shown as Tasman saw it. "Hemisphere Occidental". Original hand-colour.
Amsterdam: 1795. Unbound. Original engraving from Dutch edition of Cook's voyages depicting a Maori pa site on Motuara Island at the entrance to Queen Charlotte Sound at the tip of the South Island of New Zealand. Image size 205mm x 345mm, full size 415mm x 565mm.
1797. Unbound. Rare orig engraving from Dutch Edition of Cook's Voyages depicting Natives at home in Nootka Sounds, on the Pacific coast of Vancouver Island in Canada. c. 1797. Size of image 355mm x 220mm, with mat, 570mm x 420mm. A very handsome early engraving.
London: The Girls Own Paper, 1912. Original Pictorial Cloth. Vol 33. 1911-12. Original red pictorial cloth with gilt inset cameo on spine and inset lady golfer on front cover. Coloured frontispiece. A fine copy. Heavy item, may require additional postage cost.
London: The Girls Own Paper, 1926. Original Decorated Cloth. Original turquoise decorated cloth with skaters inset on front cover, with dust wrapper. Coloured frontispiece. With rare dust wrapper (slightly chipped at top of spine. Overall d/w condition very good, the book is fine. Heavy item, may require additional postage cost.....
London: The Girls Own Paper, 1928. Original Decorated Cloth. Vol 49. (1928). Original turquoise decorated cloth (very good) with inset image of ladies loading car with shopping to front cover. A fine copy enclosed in rare dust wrapper, with image of girl looking at blossoms (creased and darkened on spine).....
London: The Girls Own Paper, 1928. Original Decorated Cloth. Pp. 704. Original red decorative cloth with inset image of ladies loading car with shopping to front cover. Coloured frontispiece. Exceptional copy, with near fine original binding. Heavy item, may require additional postage cost.
London: The Girls Own Paper, 1929. Original Decorated Cloth. Original bright blue decorated cloth with shoppers on front cover. Inscription dated 1929. A very good, near fine copy. Heavy item, may require additional postage cost.
London: The Girls Own Paper, 1885. Early Half Morocco. Early half morocco. 'Girls Own Paper 1885' lettered on spine'. Cooured frontispiece, title page and chromolithograph of table (banquet setting) in colour. In very good condition. Heavy item, may require additional postage cost.
London: The Girls Own Paper, 1890. Early Half Morocco. Early half morocco. 'Girls Own Paper 1890' lettered on spine'. Coloured frontispiece and title. A handsome, complete copy. Heavy item, may require additional postage cost.
London: The Girls Own Paper, 1892. Original Decorated Cloth. Original brown decorated cloth with decoration on front cover. Coloured frontispiece and title page, numerous illustrations and black and white plates. A very good complete copy in exceptionally good original binding. Heavy item, may require additional postage cost.
London: The Girls Own Paper, 1892. Original Decorated Cloth. pp.848. Illustrations, plates. Lacks frontispiece and title page. Gilt pictorial to brown cloth. A nice copy. This heavy volume will require additional postage.
London: The Girls Own Paper, 1895. Early Half Morocco. Early half morocco, 'Girls Own Paper 1895' lettered on spine'. Coloured frontispiece, complete with 10 plates, 1 coloured. In very good condition. A handsome copy. Heavy item, may require additional postage cost.