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1943 Faber 2nd Imp [1943] h/b 124 pages b&w illus EX-LIBRARY Yellowed wartime paper has occasional light wear marks and is fairly sound, but in prelims & covers that are heavily worn & split with EX-LIBRARY WITHDRAWN markings, lacks dw but o/w complete -- FAIR C E M Joad & Mervyn Peake 'Young Soldier' (1943)

1925 1st Imp Trade Edition h/b lge 4to cloth, col frontis, 372 4to pages EX-LIBRARY Usual EX-LIBRARY WITHDRAWN markings, internally tight & relatively clean with only minor occasional foxing, externally worn with soiling closed edges, covers well handled & rubbed through at top outer corners & sl stained & sunned, but for all that nonetheless a quite sound copy packed with delightful reproductions of drawings. Heavy book. The list of illustrations is itself 14 pages long, and many illustrations are full page plates. Joseph

1983. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Private Collection, stamped/good. b&w illustrations; very clean and tight with a hint of shelf-wear, VG; good dw that is encased in a clear protector taped down inside  USA focused

1989. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Private Collection, stamped/fair. FAIR condition only, water damaged but adhesion-free & still a good reader

1956 1st Edition h/b, col-frontis 'Deans: Marble Point' + b&w photos, foldout maps, EX-LIBRARY Tight copy & content substantially clean, but with foxed & heavily ex-library-marked prelims & edges, & covers heavily edge-worn, lacks dw -- cosmetically blemished, but a sound copy of SCARCE FIRST EDITION. Culverden, Hanmer & Surrounds of the Waiau to Lewis Pass Amuri, Hanmer, Waiau (Gardner 1956 ed-1 FAIR)

1922 2nd Edition (first illustrated ed), h/b quarter-cloth, pages edges untrimmed, EX-LIBRARY Tight & quite clean internals with odd spot of foxing, externally worn & aged with EX-LIBRARY WITHDRAWN markings Queen Victoria features as a character in one play & drawing 4 Plays - Housman 1922 + Rutherston drawings

1st collected edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 1st Collected Book Edition (from original serial publications), 329 pages. Covers hinges sl cracked & loosening Part of set of 2 books with our other Melville listing (997-23 John Marr and other poems) with matched specifications & EX-LIBRARY; Both printed in 1922 by Princeton as editions LTD 1675 copies each with matched quarter-cloth bindings.; Both minimal ex-library markings (mainly on prelims & covers), content with minor foxing & wear (incl damp-staining through lower outside corners), but heavier external deterioration

1878 1st Edition [George Robertson, Melb] h/b 494pp EX-LIBRARY Heavy ex-library markings & stamps (incl 'WITHDRAWN'), VERY WORN COPY with binding shaken & cracked but holding, smudges & stains, some evidence of prior damp crinkling to part of book though now free-flowing without adhesion , gutters broken & covers almost fully loose but just holding on, heavily worn covers, lacking backstrip -- a sought-after true first edition nonetheless The focus of this sociological genealogy is to grasp how custom becomes transmuted into law over the millenia of a civilisation's evolution. Recent reprints are aimed principally at law students, but obviously also relevant to other disciplines (Political Philosophy, Sociology, Anthropology etc), and since Hearn was an Australian (politician, economist, lecturer), the particular influences exerted by these views in The Antipodes may be of additional interest. 1878 "Aryan Household" -- (Hearn, Melb ed-1)

1925 1st Edition [true 1st from Allen & Unwin, Ldn], h/b 13 maps (incl 11 fold-outs) EX-LIBRARY Ex-library markings & stamps (incl "WITHDRAWN"), text-block tight with occasional light marginal smudges & foxing, esp closed-edges & heavy foxing to eps, internally often sl dusty & gritty against binding with occasional loosened threads, also a chip or two at page edges, half-title part free, covers loosening around severely cracked binding with broken eps but stitching still holding on, heavily worn covers with chipped spine (esp head & tail & with a little loss), all maps intact though foxed -- in summary, well worn externally and less so internally -- SCARCE true first edition nonetheless. 1925 1st Edition "Australian Totemism"

1932 1st Edition Penguin Press H/B, 4 b&w plates (woodcut facsimiles) EX-LIBRARY Tight & substantially clean internally with occasional light smudge, ex-library WITHDRAWN markings/labels restricted to sl foxed eps & spine. Gilt almost entirely rubbed from upper spine-title but still partially present on lower imprint (beneath library mark). Early version of 'Penguin' insignia blind-stamped rear board. Covers tips sl rubbed and black cloth surface handled with some (but almost opaque, insignificant) staining visible when held to light. A very sound copy indeed of rare and important volume. Based on first English translation of the 1528 by J C Hotten[1860], with corrections from other sources. Content is important to the companion histories of language, publishing & printing (versions / interpretations / typefaces etc), and for modern publishing history (pre-paperback Penguin-- see title-page - Penguin' insignia imprint, also blind-stamped rear cover). The plates are reproductions of the woodcut… Read More

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1975 soft-covers larger format 128pp + 13pp-Index EX-LIBRARY Substantially clean & tight, from internal 'not-for-loan Reference' section with minimal ex-library markings on prelims and covers only, just slight aging & wear at extremities - a good copy - SCARCE. 129-14 MK Grace-Canala-Dict 165-185 New Caledonian 'Canala' Dictionary (1975)

1974 1st Ed hb+dw Larger Format col+b&w illus 175 pages EX-LIBRARY Quite heavily worn, handled & marked ex-library, but quite sound copy nonetheless of sought-after title in FIRST EDITION HARDBACK. Rear Reference section of 25 pages reproduces heavily illustrated catalogues from Feldheim 1905, American 1908, Hunter & Alexander 1909, Lasseter 1914, Pears 1930 etc etc, and together with deeper discussions of Windsor, Bentwood, Kangaroo & other styles, affords identification by name for those now treasured antique 'ordinary' chairs from homes, businesses, hospitals, banks, railway stations and so on of NZ yesteryear, not to mention reproduction or repair techniques. Antique Cottage Chairs Catalogues & histories

1922 h/b papered-boards Larger-4to-Format, col + b&w illus EX-LIBRARY Content in vg condition, covers worn esp edges & sl torn with sm portion of covers spine missing, minimal ex-library markings 7 magnificent full-page lge-4to col plates have protective tissues intact, one of them, together with the majority of text, printed on sumptious 'craft'-paper. The other 6 col plates & all b&w plates (many also full-page) are on gloss paper. The book was a stylish production with many 'cottage'-crafted features. Jacovleff illustrates Chinese Theatre (1922)

1980 hardcover 222 pages EX-LIBRARY Tight & sound with usual EX-LIBRARY WITHDRAWN markings (esp prelims & outers), otherwise vg clean content Haynes Series Citroen CX Workshop Manual (Haynes Series HB)

1978. First edition. Hardcover. Ex-Private Collection, stamped/good. 339pp, with dw and overcover. Some staining inside of boards where overcover taped, otherwise in good condition.

1988. laminated softcover. Ex-Private Collection, stamped. sl buckled with some fading, 2 book-stamps, still ok reading copy 107 pp

1917. Second edition. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 253pp, with b&w illustrations.Despite ex-library markings (minimal & mainly confined to prelims & covers), content is unusually tight & cleanwith light foxing prelims. Covers slightly marked but very sound with paper-label-title on spine intact. Heaps of full-page and embedded illustrations -- also nice collector's reference.

Christchurch: Lincoln College, 1980. stapled booklet . Ex-Private Collection, stamped. Very good conditon with a few light marks on back cover 58pp A report prepared by theEnergy Farming Research Group of the New Zealand Energy Research And Devleopment Committee

1901 h/b sm 4to Decorated Cloth, 10 b&w plates/map, 92pp teg EX-LIBRARY Tight & not heavily worn copy with EX-LIBRARY WITHDRAWN markings, otherwise substantially clean internals, though aged, especially externally, all exposed faces darkened & with stains to cream gilt- decorated covers. Nonetheless this fine quality production, built to last, is completely sound, and the patina of age maybe even adding to charm Tales from the Malay Peninsula Malayan Fables (Skeat & Townsend illus 1901)