Search Results: Titles starting with L from The Secret Bookshop

Ca USA: Aero Publishers, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very good clean copy. The jacket has some edge wear and short closed tears.

London: Bliss Sands, 1897. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. First Colonial Issue for sale in India & the Colonies only. Yellow decorated hardcover with black titles and decorations. Covers are rubbed, darkened on the spine, some fraying to spine and compressed corners. Piece missing from the tissue Guard of frontis by Frank Richards. Ink name to the title page. Hinges cracked in three places but reasonibly firm and holding. 296pp + 8 pages Adverts.

London: The Adventurers Club, 1959. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book has an inscription to ffep and light foxing to fore edges and prelims. The jacket is a little tatty with closed tears and small amounts of chipping. 320pp

London: FABER & FABER OME, 2022. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. New. Let's Do It is the definitive history of the birth of Pop, from 1900 to the mid-fifties. The story begins in 1898 with the first 78 record - the first recorded pop music and mass produced sheet music. It starts with London (and to a degree Vienna) as the heart of popular music - there is no confidence in the American voice. This begins to change with Ragtime, is exacerbated by Europe tearing itself to bits in WW1, and by the turn of the 1920s America dominates popular culture. The book features early blues stars Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington and the birth of Jazz, Broadway, Race Records and the parallel worlds of white and black music, Radio, Talking Pictures, Crooners such as Bing Crosby who was the first person to develop a new way of singing with a microphone, the dominance of Frank Sinatra, the man who signed both Billie Holliday and Bob Dylan and more. At the end of the… Read More

London & Newcastle: Adam & Co. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. ND.(1876) Contemporary ink inscriptions dated 1876 to endpapers and ffep. First Edition with two colored plates at the beginning of the book. Full Leather tooled boards with highly decorative gilt titles and decorations, including a lion attacking what looks to be a depiction of Livingstone and a man on his knees breaking free from chains. Both the back and front boards have identical decoration. 5 raised bands to the spine and 6 compartments. Beveled edges. Some rubbing to the gilt and leading corners. Some small marks on the boards. All page edges tipped gilt although a little rubbed.Small tear in front tissue guard. Some light scattered foxing which is prevalent with this title. 2 full color & 19 other full-page tinted lithographic plates and a map of Southern Africa in colour. 11"/ 9'' 632pp. 3.2kg (States & Uk approx $60 for postage) 0

London.: Jonathan Cape, 1989. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book has tiny amounts of foxing to the fore edges and the inside of the jacket. Light shelf wear.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd,, 1907. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. First Thus. Cloth Volumes. Volume one Condition: Good. Green cloth. Gilt head device and Samuel Johnson's signature to front cover. Gilt titles to spine. A couple of small pulls to the had and foot of the spine. Compression to top of front board. Leading corners rolled and rubbed. Three previous ownership inscriptions to ffep. Book sellers sticker to front paste down. Gilt top fore edge. Some mild offsetting. Some pencil notes to last fep. Profusely illustrated through out. 576pp.Volume two condition: Good. Green cloth. Gilt head device and Samuel Johnson's signature to front cover. Gilt titles to spine. A couple of small pulls to the had and foot of the spine. Some greasy marks to front board. Two previous ownership inscriptions to ffep. Book sellers sticker to front paste down. Gilt top fore edge. Small amount of pencil notes to last fep. 596pp + 4 Publishers ads.

London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin. Hardcover. Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. First published in 1874. This copy is between 1874 and 1878. Cassell, Petter and Galpin existed as a publisher between 1858 and 1878. Half leather, five raised bands, gilt titles, marbled fore edges and end papers. With colour map of Palestine in the time of Christ and original Illustrations , both full page and in line. Condition: Heavy rubbing to the leading corners, spine tips, and raised bands. Slightly cracked front hinge but very firmly bound. Some foxing to the prelims and light sporadic foxing throughout. No inscriptions. A substantially heavy volume at 2.7kgs and will require additional postage outside NZ. Please email for additional images. 0 0

Kalamunda WA: Askrigg Holdings, 2008. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A very good clean copy inscribed to the authors mother and signed.

New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1969. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. This is from the overseas collection at the National Library of New Zealand. A clean copy, other than a couple of stamps.

London: Digby, Long & Co. Hardcover. Good. Digby, Long & Co., London. Circa 1890. Hard Cover. 36 pp. Book Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lightening of spine. Stains on covers. Bumped. Light foxing. Cracked hinge but holding. Ownership stamp to fep 0 0

London.: J M DENT & The Book Society, 1951. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First impression March 1951. Book has very light rolling to the leading corners, an ownership plate to the ffep and very light tanning throughout. The jacket has some rubbing and minor edgewear. Light dulling down. Not price clipped.

New Zealand: Celebrity Books (for Tyres 4U Limited), 2008. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. A Fine copy. A LIVING HISTORY OF GT RACING NZ This book is a pictorial history of GT Racing in New Zealand through to 2008.

Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Card cover with spiral binding. A very clean copy. Estuaries are places where rivers meet the sea, and they have a unique environment as a result of the mixing of fresh water with seawater. They provide diverse opportunities for observing and understanding wildlife. This guide to the estuarine environment describes the dominant organisms and their ecology. Based on the successful formula of an earlier book (Animals of the Estuary Shore), Life in the Estuary includes easy to use keys and illustrations to identify many common species of plants and animals, including invertebrates, birds and fish. Although based primarily on organisms found within the Avon-Heathcote Estuary, Christchurch, this book is an ideal beach-combing companion for the identification of common species found throughout New Zealand in estuaries, mudflats, rocky shores, salt marshes, sand and surf beaches.

London: Collins, 1961. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Collins, London, 1961. First Edition. 191 pp. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. slightest hint of foxing. lightly tanned. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. bumping and chipping with a 3cm closed tear to back of spine. Lightly foxed. Prize-winning novel, printed in conjunction with the Otago Daily Times

London: Stanley Paul. Hardcover. Good/Poor. Undated. Scattered foxing throughout. Pencil price to ffep. Jacket Has minor chipping and closed tears but has a major closed tear and chip to the front. 0 0

Scotland: Lyle Publications, 1981. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Letter 'R'In pen to last paste-down else fine. Jacket has a tiny chip and 3 small closed tears.

New York: Holt Rinehart Winston, 1968. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The slip case has some foxing. Volume one's dust jacket has a short closed tear. Volume two's jacket has a short closed tear. First edition stated on both volumes 2.2kg

Waipukurua: Self Published, 2016. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 'This ... book sheds light on New Zealand's part in an almost forgotten WW1 interlude in the Belgian Summer of 1917. By commuting between Belgium and New Zealand for over 12 years, the author has gathered ... information on operations near the now defunct hamlet of La Basse-Ville [part of Warneton, Belgium], near the French border, and the New Zealanders who fought there. She also visited the main locations the soldiers passed through on their way to La Basse-Ville, and most of the New Zealand places they had come from. The book covers Maori and Pakeha men alike, adding stories and a context to names and Regimental Numbers on Memorials across New Zealand ... [The book contains] information on both the military operations at La Basse-Ville, providing an ... insight to those wanting to contextualise casualty dates for their forebears, and the family and backgrounds of many of the… Read More

Christchurch: Caxton, 2002. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine. As New.