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London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, 1958. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 1958. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Inscription to ffep. Tanning. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Tape repairs to closed tears and small amounts of chipping

London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1933. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Methuen & Co Ltd, Essex St. London, 1933. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. Various (illustrator). HB 18th Edition. Blue cloth boards. Impressed border edge. Gilt floral illust front. Gilt titles spine. Minor foxing to prelims and tanning throughout. Small marks on boards.

Johannesburg: Southern Book Publishers, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Sixth edition, signed by Bulpin on the title page. Light shelf wear only.

London: New English Library, 1971. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Good. Book and jacket have a little shelf wear and rubbing to the edges. The book has tanning. 8to

London: Religious Tract Society. Hardcover. Good/Good. ND. Inscription dated 1937 to the ffep. Some light foxing. Book seller stamp to ffep. Jacket has a tiny hole to front, minor edge-wear and flaps have been pasted to front and rear paste-downs. 0 0

London & New York: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd, 1889. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A little rubbing to the leading corners and pushing to spine tips. Light dulling down to the spine. All edges very bright gilt. Tiny amounts of foxing to the prelims and heavy foxing only to the tissue guard of the frontis. Six tipped in real photographs from the Poulton collection. Very clean and bright copy and tightly bound.

Auckland: Observer Printing. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stapled landscape black and white photographic views of Whangarei. Undated. 0

Whangarei: Self Published. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very good clean copy. No date but looks to be late 50's or early 60's. Some very minor dulling down to the boards. Poor jacket

Auckland: New holland, 2012. 1st Edition . Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Explores the co-existence of New Zealand wildlife through one-sided friendships, pesky parasites and friendly win-win relationships. Many plants, animals, fungi and other tiny organisms have grown to live in, on and around each other in order to survive. From tuataras that like to snuggle up to seabirds and rate vines that hug rimu trees ... discover how relationships in the wild really work .. and learn about the role of humans in the envrionment: are we 'baddies' or 'buddies' or both?

Studio Edns., 1986. Soft cover. Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1989 reprint. The book has tiny amounts of foxing and some tanning as well as a small ownership sticker. 1.5kg

London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1902. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Macmillans Colonial Library No 450. This edition only intended for circulation in India and the British Colonies. Blue boards and gilt titles. Small amount of rubbing on corners and spine tips. Light foxing to prelims and fore-edges.

London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Cassell, London. 2000. First Edition. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Near Fine. A couple of marks on the fore edges else fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Light shelf wear only. Part of a unique venture: a twenty-four volume series that captures the entire history of warfare, written by leading authorities. Series Editor John Keegan, the foremost military historian of our time. Fully illustrated throughout and incorporating state-of-the-art computer generated maps and graphics that bring the battlefield to life.

London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A very clean copy. Part of a unique venture: a twenty-four volume series that captures the entire history of warfare, written by leading authorities. Series Editor John Keegan, the foremost military historian of our time. Fully illustrated throughout and incorporating state-of-the-art computer generated maps and graphics that bring the battlefield to life.

London: Cassell & Company Ltd, 2000. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very clean copy. Part of a unique venture: a twenty-four volume series that captures the entire history of warfare, written by leading authorities. Series Editor John Keegan, the foremost military historian of our time. Fully illustrated throughout and incorporating state-of-the-art computer generated maps and graphics that bring the battlefield to life.

London: The Hogarth Press, 1954. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. Book has a little rubbing to leading corners. Some fading to top and bottom of the spine and a hint of foxing to the fore-edges. Pen name to ffep. Jacket is chipped and torn and has the ghost of a sticker removed from the front.

Köln: Taschen GmbH, 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Slip-cased. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. Text in English, German and French. Text in Englisch, Deutsch und Französisch. Texte en anglais, allemand et français. Both substantial volumes are in Near fine condition. Vol 1 224pp. Vol 2 224-392pp. Small ownership stamp to the title page of the second volume and the contents page of the first. The slip case has a small split. Very heavy volumes which may make overseas postage un-economic.

New York: Dover, 1967. Soft cover. Good. Hint of foxing.

London.: Hogarth Press, 1967. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book has minor pushing to spine tips, a tiny amount of foxing to the prelims and the top fore edge is lightly soiled. The jacket has small amounts of foxing, is price clipped, as very light rubbing and is lightly dulled down on the spine. A tale of Africa that moves into "the uncircumscribed area of existence where all our brightest intelligence and deepest experience fails and what is despised as superstition becomes the best available answer to the onslaught of the great unknown..." The narrator recalls his four vears on the whaler, Kurt Hansen, whose captain, Thor Larsen, treats him as a sorcerer acknowledging a chosen apprentice. He becomes Peter-Bright-Eyes, the best whale spotter aboard, and in that capacity is a part of the tragedy unfolded here. Larsen is a compulsive whaler, seeking the greatest prize; to him comes de is Buschagne, hunter of elephants, who has… Read More

London: The Reprint Society, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Thus by arrangement with Hogarth Press. Book has a pen inscription to the front paste down and very light foxing to prelims and fore-edges. Jacket has small amounts of edge-wear.

London: The Reprint Society, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. First Thus by arrangement with Hoagarth Press. Book has light foxing to prelims and fore-edges. Jacket has small amounts of edge-wear.