THE ANNUAL REGISTER, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature , for the Year 1803
London: W. Otridge and Son et al, 1805. Full Leather. pp 956. Full leather. Marbled page edges. Contents clean and complete.
London: W. Otridge and Son et al, 1805. Full Leather. pp 956. Full leather. Marbled page edges. Contents clean and complete.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1972. Soft cover. pp 168-340, Part 2 of the catalogue, covering Australian Architecture, Art and Literature (with books on the theatre), Australian History (including local and church histories), convicts, crime, the law and social history, the pacific in general (excluding New Zealand) addenda to part one.....
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1973. Soft cover. pp 342-502, Part 3 of the catalogue, covering New Zealand, Antarctic and Arctic, whaling and sealing, voyages and travels, shipwrecks, and natural history. Illustrated soft covers, slight wear.
James Cundee. Hardcover. pp 403, frontispiece, 9 plates, 8vo, original calf boards, re-spined. Lacking title page and contents. c. 1820. Popular account of the first two voyages with engravings.
London: C. Cooke. Full Calf. pp 992. No date. 14 (of 18) maps. 124 (of 129) plates. Full modern calf binding. It does contain "a new and accurate map of Asia" which includes New Holland and New Zealand.
Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1952. Limited Edition. Printed Wrapper. pp 36. No. 4 of limited edition of 150. Typewritten, staple bound. Printed wrappers. Signed by A.H. Reed on tp. Rare.
Cambrdige, Eng. Cambridge University Press for the Hakluyt Society, 1968. 1st Edition. Cloth. pp. cclxxxiv, 684, frontis [colour plate].Maps, fold maps, drawings, plates. Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, Cambridge.First published 1955, reprinted with Addenda and Corrigenda 1968; 1st Voyage complete. Very good in original blue cloth.....
London: Bloomsbury, 1987. Original Cloth. pp xi, 180. Maps, colour plates, illustrations. Very good in vg dustwrapper.
London: Thomas Nelson, 1916. Full Calf. pp. 236 [1]. c.1916. Frontis [portrait], fine colour illustrations. Fine prize binding, Hamilton High School gilt crest on front boards, gilt spine titles and decorations. Marbled endpapers. Prize certificate on front pastedown. Minor discolouring to front boards. A handsome copy in a fine binding.....
Skinner house books. paperback. A treasury of Buddhist wisdom for children and parents.
1785. Unbound. The arrival of Captain Cook at Middleburg or Euva (Tonga). Size of image 206mm x 455mm, with mat, 390mm x 607mm. Vertical creases. A very fine engraving from the French edition of Cook's Voyages of a romantic Europeanised view of Cook landing.
Cambridge: Hakluyt Society,University Press, 1955-1967, 1955. Cloth. 1955-1967. First editions. Edited by J.C. Beaglehole. Thick 8vo & 4to, 3 Vols in 4 parts, plus Atlas (Portfolio of Charts and Views). Overall a very good set with undamaged dust wrappers. Atlas with original wrappers with minor damage. Scarce.
Jaques and Wright: London, 1825. Full Calf. 2 vols in one. Pp. iv, 488, [2], 455, [4]. Frontis & 11 (of 12) engraved plates. Contemporary full mottled calf, neatly recased, minor wear to back joint, else a nice looking copy.
London: Stockdale, Scatcherd, Whitaker etc, 1784. Hardcover. 4 vols. 38 copper engravings. Contemporary full calf, some joints worn. Minor wear on spines. Ink marks and rubbings creating small holes to 3 vols, affecting 6 leaves & in prelims incl. 1 frontispiece, but else a very nice set.
Paris: Furne, 1863. Nouvelle Edition, Revue et Corrigee. Quarter Morocco. 2 volumes. v.1 pp xi, 550, frontis., 21 plates, 1 folding map. v.2 pp 542, frontis., 21 plates, 1 folding map. Original red quarter morocco and marbled boards, decorated endpapers, gilt decoration to spine, raised bands. Some edgewear to boards.....
Paris: Furne, 1843. Quarter Morocco. 2 Volumes. Complete. Frontis., numerous plates, folded maps. Original green quarter leather binding, decorative endpapers. Some edgewear and rubbing to boards, else very good. Occasional spotting. Contains rare, early map of New Zealand.
Paris: Furne, 1835. Cloth. Vol 2 only. pp 584. Frontis (double page portraits of early explorers), numerous plates, folded map. This is the best volume containing NZ, Pacific and Australian content and rare New Zealand maps and prints. Green cloth binding. Marbled endpapers. Split to front hinge. Very rare. Plates.....
Considered as one of the first English novel, the book was presented as a true autobiography of a castaway marooned for 28 years on an uninhabited Island.
Simon and Schuster, 2007. Demi. Hard cover. Smoke, fire, dragons, wisdom, fear, and bravery...All of these elements are brought to life by award-winning author and artist Demi in a story of valor in the face of overwhelming fear. With splashes of color and dramatic detail, a boy named Ping.....
St Martin's Press, 2018. Demi. Hard cover. When the thirteenth Dalai Lama died in 1933, the highest holy men in Tibet searched throughout the land for his successor. They were spiritually guided to the humble dwelling of a loving family high in the Himalayas. When the search party greeted the.....
Simon and Schuster. Demi. hardcover. K-Gr. 3. This companion to The Empty Pot (1990) continues the story of the life of Ping, the young emperor who wants to bring harmony to his kingdom. Ping sends all the children in the kingdom on a year-long quest to find the greatest power.....
World Wisdom Books. Demi. Hard cover. Guru Nanak (1469-1539), the founder of the Sikh religion, is the first in a line of ten enlightened gurus, or teachers, whose writings form the sacred scripture of Sikhism. Born into a humble Hindu family, Nanak was an extraordinary child who from a young.....
China: Wisdom Tales, 2018. Hard cover. Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable and influential women of her time. Blessed with an astonishing array of talents, she was at once a mystic, theologian, scientist, doctor, nutritionist, composer, writer, linguist, and artist. Born to a noble family in.....
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2005. Demi. hard cover. Award-winning artist Demi celebrates the life of Jesus in this beautifully illustrated picture book biography perfect for young readers of all ages. With reverence, splendid majesty, and grace, Demi brings the biography of Jesus to life through beautiful language and.....
Margaret K. McElderry Books, 2003. Demi. Hard Cover. From his very first day of life, when he rises from his bath to pray to God, it is clear that Nicholas is a miraculous child with a spiritual destiny. As he grows he is deeply saddened by the sickness, suffering, and.....