Rare books from NZ Story

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)

1868 Virtue Ldn h/b 12 vols Imperial 8vo gilted & blind-stamped cloth Maps good, & most of the content is remarkably clean & tight with only minor foxing here and there, an occasional loosening page, some light buckling from prior damp or 'too-tight' storage (without staining etc). But the set is externally very rough -- covers bruised, battered & stained, hinges broken or weak, some edges rubbed through, moth-eatenscarring, some backstrip missing on one or two books etc etc etc etc -- yet despite all faults appears to be a complete & substantially intact copy of a significant & RARE GENEALOGICAL TREASURE TROVE for England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales mid-1800's, just prior to the major colonial emigrations. The set comprises 3 official volumes (distributed over 12 actual volumes) Full SET 12 Gazetteer Britain & Ireland 1868