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$85.00
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Useless Beauty: Flowers and Australian Art


ELIAS, ANN

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black satin/cloth cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+, in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2015

KEYWORDS: signed Ann Elias flowers art Australia history

$60.00
3q1/235

Henderson: Heart of The West


BURGESS, VIVIEN & BISHOP, GAI & COLE, GRANT & MOON, PAUL (ed)

Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white and grey lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request

PUBLISHER: West Auckland Historical Society 2020

KEYWORDS: Henderson New Zealand history society

$40.00
3q2/239

The Phenomenology Reader


MORAN, DERMOT (ed) & MOONEY, TIMOTHY (ed)

Super octavo, light card wrappers, white and grey lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & wrappers, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front wrapper, some minor pencil underlining)

PUBLISHER: Routledge 2002

KEYWORDS: phenomenology phenomenons philosophy history science

$65.00
3q2/245

Voyages of the Pioneers to New Zealand 1839-85


MCLEAN, JOHN

FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/photos, Near FINE (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Winter Productions 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand first edition signed history maritime pioneers sailing settlers exploration

$40.00
3q2/246

Moemoea: Maori Counselling Journeys


CROCKET, KATHIE (ed) & DAVIS, EUGENE (ed) Et Al

Super octavo, printed light card wrappers, yellow text to front wrapper, white lettering to spine, VG+ (photos available on request, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand therapy Maori biography history

$65.00
3q2/247

The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag


BURKE, PETER

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, white heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, illus, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Yale University 2020

KEYWORDS: first edition Leonardo da Vinci Susan Sontag history

$150.00
3q2/248

Tahafut al-Falasifah


AL-GHAZALI & KAMALI, SABIH AHMAD (transl)

FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION, super octavo, light brown heavy boards, purple cloth spine, VG (moderate tanning & wrinkling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & wrinkling to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (minor creasing & chipping to egdes, moderate fading/tanning/soiling to spine & cover edges, moderate foxing/discolouration)

PUBLISHER: Pakistan Philosophical Congress 1974

KEYWORDS: philosophy Pakistan history Al-Ghazali

$40.00
3q2/249

The Brook Family of Awhitu: Footprints of the Past


DEVLIOTIS, CHERIE

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request, prev. owner's name to title page)

PUBLISHER: Star Graphics (Printer) 2000

KEYWORDS: Brook Family Awhitu New Zealand history biography

$70.00
3q2/251

The Ships of Omaha: New Zealand 1858 to 1921


RAMAGE, CAROL & RAMAGE, JAMES

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: GEON PrintCo (Printer) 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Omaha ships maritime history log books exploration voyages

$50.00
3q2/252

Cavan: Essays on the History of An Irish County


GILLESPIE, RAYMOND (Ed)

Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white and light brown lettering to front cover and spine, VG+ (photos available on request)

PUBLISHER: Irish Academic Press 2004

KEYWORDS: Irish Ireland history essays UK

$100.00
3s4/21

The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature 600-1900 with Index & Supplement (5 Vol Set)


BATESON, F W (Ed) & WATSON, GEORGE (Ed)

HEAVY (6.7kgs) 5 VOL SET, ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained brown/black, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing & scuffing to spines, moderate cracking to rear spine hinge of vol 1, minor bruising & scuffing to board extrems of all vols, moderate chafing/scuffing to boards, minor tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters of each vol, occasional foxing to prelims, occasional sl closed tearing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1940-57

KEYWORDS: English literature bibliography bibliographies history historical

$545.00
3s4/22

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1888, Containing the Full Scores, Bowling Analysis & Descriptions of the Principle Matches Played in 1887


PARDON, CHARLES F (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in dark brown buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board- lacks original wrappers, red speckling to page edges, xxvii + 362pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate soiling to spine, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing/soiling & open tearing to single prelim page, minor foxing to other prelim pages)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1888

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

$245.00
3s4/23

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1899: Containing Full Scores and Bowling Analyses of the Chief Matches Played in 1898


PARDON, SYDNEY H (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in light brown buckram boards - original front wrapper missing but rear wrapper present, gilt lettering to spine & front board, cxii + 438pp + ads, photographic page with tissue guard to prelims, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board edges/corners, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl foxing & tanning to eps, moderate tanning to prelims & terminals, 1cm closed tear to fore-edge & pencil annotation to single ad page to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1899

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

$625.00
3s4/24

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1886: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1885


WISDEN, JOHN (Publisher)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in dark brown buckram boards- original wrappers bound in, gilt lettering to spine, 360pp + ads, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, original in-bound wrapper heavily tanned, some sections of page block partially detached but present, occasional minor foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1886

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

$150.00
3s4/25

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1885, a Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1884


WISDEN, JOHN (Publisher)

NUMBERED, LIMITED WILLOWS FACSIMILE REPRINT, sm octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ads to front & rear, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co / Willows 1885 (Facsimile reprint)

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century facsimile reprints

$130.00
3s4/26

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1886, a Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1885


WISDEN, JOHN (Publisher)

NUMBERED, LIMITED WILLOWS FACSIMILE REPRINT, sm octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ads to front & rear, VG+ (light fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co / Willows 1886 (Facsimile reprint)

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century facsimile reprints

$550.00
3s4/27

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1887, Containing the Full Scores, Bowling Analyses & Descriptions of the Australian and Other Principal Matches Played in 1886


PARDON, CHARLES F (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in dark brown buckram boards- lacks original wrappers, marbled page edges, xix + 308pp, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, minor tanning & foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1887

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

$685.00
3s4/28

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1885, A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1884


WISDEN, JOHN (Publisher)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, rebound in dark brown buckram boards with original wrappers bound in, gilt lettering to spine, 290pp + ads, VG+ (moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1885

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions

$545.00
3s4/29

John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1889: Containing the Full Scores, Bowling Analyses & Descriptions of the Principal Matches Played in 1888


PARDON, CHARLES F (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, lacks original wrappers- rebound in full light brown leather, gilt lettering to coloured leather title plates on spine, red speckling to page edges, single photographic page [minus tissue guard] to prelims, xxxix + 356pp, VG+ (light fading & chafing to spine, sl bruising & rubbing to board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing & minor soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1889

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 19th nineteenth century first editions leather bindings

$275.00
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Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1942 (79th Year)


WHITAKER, HADDON (Ed)

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, cream cloth/canvas wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers, 391pp + ads, VG- (moderate fraying/curling to wrapper edges/extrems, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to spine & wrappers with light pencil annotation also, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, 3cm crack to base of front gutter, prev. owner's name in ink to pg3, occasional light pencil annotations, occasional sl cracking to other gutters throughout, 2cm loss to base of pg33/34)

PUBLISHER: J Whitaker and Sons 1942

KEYWORDS: sport history cricket John Wisden almanacks past years 20th twentieth century first editions

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