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London: The Reprint Society, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. The Reprint Society, 1951. Hardcover. Book Condition: Good.Damp stain to top of book with leakage of blue fore edge tipping. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Small amount of blue tipped fore edge stain to top.

Scranton, Pa,: International Correspondence Schools, 1937. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Soft cover. Book condition: Good. 2203A just light marking to wraps, 1937 edition. 2203B has a small amount of insect damage to the base of the spine not affecting text, 1936 edition. We have other first editions in this series listed.

Auckland: Endeavour Press, 1984. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very clean copy. Pictorial hardcover.

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Very close to new copy. Tiny amount of shelf wear and feels unread. The first detailed account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth, Martin J. S. Rudwick's "Worlds Before Adam" picks up where his celebrated "Bursting the Limits of Time" leaves off. Rudwick takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe to the early years of Britain's Victorian age, chronicling the staggering discoveries geologists made during the period. Ultimately, Rudwick reveals geology to be the first of the sciences to investigate the historical dimension of nature, a model that Charles Darwin used in developing his evolutionary theory. 2.1kg for outside NZ

London: Methuen, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. foxing to the page edges and jacket edges. Ghost of a sticker removal from the front of the jacket.

London: Methuen, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Light foxing to prelims and page edges. The jacket has minor rubbing, three short closed tears, is price clipped and has a little foxing.

London: Methuen, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Methuen, 1959. First Edition. First impression. Original blue cloth and gilt titles. Book has very, very Minor foxing to extremities else fine. Dust Jacket has very, very light foxing. Minor shelf wear Not price clipped

London: Methuen, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Methuen, 1959. First Edition. First impression. Original blue cloth and gilt titles. Book has a very slight lean in the spine. Dust Jacket Not price clipped. Heavy removal of an inscription to inside front board. Inscription twinked out in felt tip to FFEP and Last FEp. Dust Jacket has a couple of minor chips and tiny closed tears.

London: Methuen, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Methuen, 1959. First Edition. First impression. Original blue cloth and gilt titles. Book has very Minor foxing to extremities else fine. Dust Jacket has foxing with very minor chipping and closed tears. Not price clipped

London: Methuen, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Fair. Methuen, 1959. First Edition. First impression. Original blue cloth and gilt titles. Book has a very slight lean in the spine. Dust Jacket repaired closed tears with sello-tape to inside. Has minor bumping and chipping but the picture on the dust jacket has been partially removed by the removal of a couple of sticker I guess.. Not price clipped

London: Heinmann, 1966. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Youth 1874-1900. First edition 1966. Young Statesman, 1901-1914, 1967. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Both books state first published and date with no other printings mentioned. The first two volumes of the official biography of Britain's wartime Prime Minister, covering his first forty years, and written by his son. First Edition. Featuring numerous plates - including portrait frontispieces to each volume - as well as maps, facsimile letters and fold-out genealogical tables. Volumes I and II of eight volumes. Condition: In cloth bindings, with the original unclipped dustwrappers. Externally, a little shelfwear. The dustwrappers have chipping and small closed tears. Internally, firmly bound and bright and clean. Overall: Near Fine in very good dustwrappers. The official biography of Winston Churchill along with several of the companion volumes. Published between 1966 and 1988. The later volumes were continued by Martin… Read More

Wellington: Government printer, 1974. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Twinked out name, else a clean copy.

London: M.JOSEPH, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tiny amounts of shelf wear and a ghost of a pencil price to the fep. Light dulling down to the jacket spine.

London: M.JOSEPH, 1984. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. Tanning and a hint of foxing to fore edges. DJ not price clipped.

New Zealand: Waikeria Prison, 2015. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New. Waikeria Prison has a strong tradition of using the arts as an intervention to support and enhance prisoners' rehabilitation. With the prison management's encouragement, and with staff support for art initiatives, this tradition remains strong. For their ongoing work and commitment to these projects, the Prison was awarded the Arts Access Corrections Leadership Award 2015, presented in Parliament at the Arts Access Awards on 1 July. "Receiving this award is really the icing on the cake and is formal recognition of everyone who has contributed in some way, either large or small in the completion of each of the art projects Chief Custodial Officer Neil Beales presenting Waikeria Prison with the Arts Access Corrections Leadership Award 2015 From left: Anwar Saady (Corrections Officer), Neil Beales, Kevin Smith (Prison Director), Catherine King (acting Principal Psychologist, Special Treatment Unit)undertaken. Those who… Read More

London: Hutchinson & Co Ltd, 1924. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Red cloth, black titles. 343pp+48 ads. Some very light foxing to fore-edges and prelims. String tie mark to edge of front leading board.

London.: Jonathan Cape, 2007. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Just a tiny hint of shelf wear only. First Impression.

Christchurch: Self Published, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Some rubbing to the dust cover. Clean content

London: Orion, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The book is in very nice condition and the jacket has a small closed tear to the rear. Motley Crue were formed in Los Angeles in 1981 and have since gone on to become one of America's biggest-selling and notorious heavy metal acts, with nine studio albums and over 80 million album sales. Acquiring huge success by the end of the 80s with their mixture of heavy metal and glam rock, singer Vince Neil's 'glam' look even supposedly inspired the hit Aerosmith song 'Dude (Looks Like A Lady)'. In 1992 Neil left the band to pursue a solo career before returning in 1997. The band went into hiatus in 2000 before reuniting in 2004. In this book, Vince Neil chronicles his personal experiences as singer and frontman for Motley Crue, and his time as a participant on reality shows. Motley Crue were a band who always lived up to the typical image of the 'rock and roll' lifestyle and… Read More

TASCHEN, 1994. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A good clean copy.