Towards a New Museum
New York: Monacelli Press, 1998. Wrappers. pp. 288. Illustr. throughout. Soft cover wappers + flaps. (small hole in front cover & affecting several early pages). Owner's stamp to fly leaf.
New York: Monacelli Press, 1998. Wrappers. pp. 288. Illustr. throughout. Soft cover wappers + flaps. (small hole in front cover & affecting several early pages). Owner's stamp to fly leaf.
1959. No Binding. TLS (18 x 14 cm) Dated 6 April 1959. One side headed notepaper - 'Sudbrook Cottage, Ham Common, Surrey', to a Miss Waters arranging for a "very persistent Dutch lady" to come to tea. Signed "Beverley Nichols". Nichols (1899-1983) was a prolific author, notably of books on.....
Philadelphia: Baird, 1887. Orig. Cloth. pp 318, 32. Plates of marbled paper. Original blindstamped cloth rubbed at spine. Facing endpapers removed.
London: Nonesuch Press, 1933. Soft cover. Original papered cover folder. Some damage to fore edge, Containing of 15 items associated with an exhibition of the first 10 years' work of the Nonesuch Press. Items include specimen pages, newsheets, prospectuses 1931-1934. Interesting examples of the early work of this iconic publisher.....
1975. Full Morocco. pp. xv, 329. Frontis, illus, photos, index. Published for the Ministry of Works, Wellington.Small quarto. Fine full morocco binding with inlaid design.
New York: The Author, 1986. Orig. Cloth. pp. 192, mostly plates. Very good in vg d/w. Heavy volume may require additional postage for overseas delivery.
Auckland: Godwit, 1996. First Edition. Cloth. pp.214, Address of previous owner, Photographic portraits of the artists by Robert Cross. Over 200 coloured and b/w illustrations, in mint condition dust wrapper.
London: Macmillan, 1887. Half Morocco. pp xii, 390. Frontis (portrait), illustrations. Half morocco binding, gilt decorated spine. Some slight edgewear to leather. Neat gilt crest to front board and lower spine. Marbled endpapers and page edges.
1901. PAGET, H.M. Unbound. Black and white watercolour painting, 27x18cm. Showing men of the regiment being received by the Lord Mayor at Liverpool's St George's Hall for a banquet on the occasion of their return from South Africa in 1901. The artist was H.M. Paget, from a sketch by A......
Paris: Plon, 1909. Quarter Calf. pp. 351. No date c 1909. In French. In fine binding: quarter green calf with green/gold decorated boards, decorated endpapers. Gilt spine titles. Attractively presented and sound throughout.
London: Pall Mall, 1894. Half Roan. 7 volumes. In original dark green half roan with the original crimson labels. Royal 8vo. Numerous illustrations & plates. A handsome run containing interesting articles, essays, facts, cartoons and historical content. A fine example of social interest of the day.
London: Virtue and Company, 1830. Original Cloth/gilt. (c.1830s) 8 volumes, original cloth with gilt illustrations on each board. 2 engraved title pages, 169 engravings and maps, a fine, complete set in original red cloth.
Auckland: LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND, 1971. Printed Wrappers. pp 48.
New York: Arno Press, 1976. First Edition. Decorated Wrappers. Numerous illustrations. A collation taken from original Sears Roebuck catalogues. Inscription to flyleaf.
hardcover. written in Spanish.
London: Bickers and Son, 1880. Half Morroco. (c.1880) Chromolithographed plates and illustrations. Contemporary half morocco. Fine binding. Gilt stamp on front board and spine. A handsome copy of this work.
London: Fisher Unwin, 1920. Original Cloth. pp xviii, 367. 30 plates.
Oxford University Press, 1955. ninth. hardcover. A full encyclopaedia of music in one volume. This most famous of all one-volume musical dictionaries first appeared in 1938. Now in its ninth edition, completely revised and reset, with many new articles and illustrations, it consists of 1,200 double-column pages, over 1,000 illustrations.....
London: Royal Commonwealth Society. Wrappers. pp.37-58.text, maps. Covers detached.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966. Hardcover. Vols 1 and 2 1788-1850, A to Z. Dustwrappers.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969. Hardcover. 4 vols. 3 to 6, 1851-1890, A to Z. Dustwrappers.
New Zealand: Gow Langsford, 2002. Wrapper. pp. 48. Exhibition catalogue with colour & b&w plates throughout. Soft cover binding. Some light water damage to top of pages, else a good copy.
Paris: Libraire Plon, 1900. Hardcover. Seven parts, including separately named parts: Bric Brac, Fantaisies, Quadrupeds Et Bipeds, Album Crafty and Croquis Parisiens. Bound together in original half roan. A great example of a 19th century French satirist and political cartoonist's work, some images in colour.
London: Rose, 1821. Full Morocco. 6 Vols. 94 engraved plates (of 100). Full contemporary straight grained morocco binding with heavy gilt. Will require additional postage. A good handsome set.
New York: Ivison, Phinney & Co., 1862. Orig Full Calf. pp. viii,312, (2). Lacks early prelims but title page onwards present. Orig full calf, (wear to spine). A good copy of this seminal work.