Photography in New Zealand
Dunedin, N. Z. : J. McIndoe, 1971. first. hardcover. photographers / topographical photographers. Postcards / portraits / Press. Genre: Bibliography, Illustrated, text.
Dunedin, N. Z. : J. McIndoe, 1971. first. hardcover. photographers / topographical photographers. Postcards / portraits / Press. Genre: Bibliography, Illustrated, text.
London: Harrap, 1961. Quarter cloth and Boards. pp 40. Fine. Papered boards with cloth spine.
1910. No Binding. Two sides, folded sheet, 12.5 x 20 cm. ALS on headed notepaper, '60 Haymarket, London, SW'. "Oct 18th 1910. Most beautiful lady, A thousand thanks for your kind letter and the proposed gift of the "hanks". It was the fault of my idle servant for giving me.....
Boston: 1923. 24 sheets With numerous illustrations. Embossed original cardboard tape. Rare advertising brochure from the famous American manufacturer of transverse flutes, founded in 1888, including portraits and letters of thanks from numerous musicians.
Unbound. American Film Star, Group original photograph, taken through a car windscreen, showing Jacques Faith, French fashion designer, and his wife, Rita Hayworth and Prince Ali Khan. Dated February 3 1948 0.
USA: Art Instruction Associates, 1988. The major bulk of Helen Van Wyk's illustrious career was devoted to teaching others the principles and fundamentals of painting. Consequently, her students came away from her classes with a profound understanding of the elements that made their paintings look credible. Many of her students.....
London: Henry Jones & Co Ltd. Soft cover. pp 96, front wrapper very worn and back one missing. c. 1910. Contents good. Catalogue of porcelain heraldic items made by W H Goss.
Oxford: Parker, 1847. Hardcover. Pp. 360. Illustrated. Contemporary half morocco. A handsome copy in leather.
No Binding. 13 hand-written letters dating from 1930 to 1945 (mostly 30 x 21 cm). Addressed to Lady Wavertree and FMB Fisher, the New Zealand politician and international tennis player who eventually became her husband. Hichens became famous mainly for his book "The Green Carnation", published in 1894, a skit.....
London: MacMillan, 1874. Hardcover. Pp. 223. Frontispiece portrait. Contemporary half calf. 2 neat gilt stamp on spine and front board.
No Binding. Extremely rare catalogue of an exhibition of a suite of etchings on Grimm's Fairy Tales, held at the Barrington Gallery, Custom's St, Auckland New Zealand, based on a loan exhibition from the V&A Museum, London in the 1970s. Folding, double-sided 4 pages with b&w etching on the front.....
No Binding. Autograph on single sheet (90 x 130 cm). Holloway (1890-1982), the famous actor, comedian and singer, made his stage debut in 1926 and appeared in his first film in 1921. He had a long career on stage, film, radio and film, notably as Alfred Doolittle in "My Fair.....
Woodbridge, UK: Antique Collectors' Club, 1978. Original Cloth. pp 520. Profusely illustrated, some colour. Very good in vg d/w.
New York. John Lane. 1912. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. pp.438. Frontispiece (coloured plate), coloured plates, illustrations. Handsome decorated cloth, spine faded. Some staining to back board. Internally good.
London: Muller, 1972. Original Cloth. pp xiv, 89. Illus. Very good in vg d/w.
london, paris, new york: Cassel and Company, c 1900. William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, placed.....
London: Boydell, 1806. 3rd Edition. Half Calf. 3 vols. Engraved plates showing Hogarth's view of the social interactions. Contemporary half calf (cloth boards discoloured). Pale staining affects bottom third of most of volume one. A very good tidy set in early half calf.
London: Boydell, 1791. 2nd Edition. Calf. 3 vols. Engraved titled vignette & 130 engraved plates showing Hogarth's view of the social interactions. Extremely fine example of this work in totally original mottled calf.
London: Bibliographical Society. 1957. Quarter Cloth and Boards. pp.xxiii,555. Bibliographical Society publication for the years 1955 and 1956.
London: King Penguin, 1947. Original Cloth. pp 71, 16. Many illustrations.
London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1875. Geffroy, MM & MM Geffroy, Wolf, Manceau. Quarter Morocco. In the original french. A very good sound complete copy with 20 handcoloured plates. A handsine contemp quarter morocco gilt binding.
Octopus Book, 1982. hardcover. Born in Katona, Hungary in 1900, Barcsay was a descendant of an aristocratic family from Transylvania. In 1919, he went to Budapest where he began his studies in the Art School and graduated in 1924. The summer of 1926 was spent in Makó and Hódmezővásárhely, where.....
London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell and Company, 1900. 1st Edition. Full-Leather. pp [7], 8-207. Red leather binding with gilt college stamp front cover, gilt lettering on spine.93 songs, plus 13 regimental songs comprising music and words. Songs ranging from God Save the Queen to Britons Strike Home. Many.....
Wellington: Millwood Press Ltd., 1984. John Gully. Jacket design by David Cowe. Hardback, bound in blue rexene, with title and author name foil stamped in silver on front. board and spine. Pictorial, gloss-laminated dust jacket with French-fold. A collection of finished work and sketches accompanied by a bibliography of the.....
Tokyo: Charles E Tuttle Company, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. pp 623 Frontis (colour), plates (16 in colour), illustrations. Cloth binding with gilt pictorial to front board and spine. Reprint of the classic 1908 publication describing 'historical episodes, legendary characters, folk lore, myths and religious symbolism' in Japanese art. In slip case.....