lxxvi, 172, 39 pages. Textblock separated as a unit from later cloth bound cover. Some scoring to the preliminary [roman numeral] section. Large fold-out at page 56 is present. View More...
[4], 1-180; 281-288, [4] pages; page 180 misnumbered 380. NB: lacking pages 181 through 280 (bound thusly). Else complete, with Contents, Constitution, Introductory Address, and four pages of ads at rear including that calling for subscriptions to the American Appolo. Unrestored contemporary binding sound, with 2 blanks at front and at rear. Heavy foxing throughout. Book label of C.J. Holmes to front pastedown, and signature of Abraham Holmes (dated 1801 and 1806) to front free endpaper, to the following two leaves, and curiously enough to page 281. A sadly defective example of "the first hist... View More...
104 pages, and one leaf of ads at rear. Lacking front free endpaper; foxing to pastedowns, rear endpaper, and textblock edges. Illustrated throughout; cover remarkably vibrant. 7.4 x 5.1 inches. View More...
78, [2] pages. Unobtrusive staining to front cover; chipped and splitting at head and foot of spine. Binding remains sound. No stated date of issue; 1934 inscription to first leaf. One of Whitcombe's Historical Story Books. Foxing to first and final leaf, and occasionally within. Illustrated. View More...
Outline of races for both days of the Te Awamutu Gymkhana; 16 and 17 February, 1865. Horse information filled in for 3 of eight races day 1, and 5 of eight day 2. None of the six races involving Maori is annotated. Arthur Rait: Secretary. Stewards: Brigadier-General Carey; Colonel Hamilton (12th Regiment); Captain Blewitt (65th); Colonel Leslie (40th); Lietenant-Colonel Lyons (3rd W.); Captain Peile, R.A.; Captain Baker, D.A.A.G. Judge: Captain Blewitt. Starter: Captain Peile. One sheet each day, folded, printed on three of four sides. 7 x 4.5 inches folded. View More...
vi, 141 pages; J. Johnston folding map of New France and New England frontispiece (westward to the Red River and southern tip of Lake Winipeg (sic)). Second edition. Dawson Bros. ads to pastedowns and free endpapers. 21 in-text illustrations, including that of a recently harvested scalp. Splitting along lower joint; silverfish predation near spine along rear panel - binding remains sound. Offsetting to endpapers; contents clean. 6.5 x 4.5 inches. View More...
223 pages, and four pages of publisher's ads tipped in at rear (foxed). Cloth rubbed and unevenly faded; pastedowns bubbled. Light foxing to a few leaves, but overall a remarkably bright interior. View More...
269 pages. Signed by the author with her address 26 Jan. 1960 lower left front free endpaper [our sincere thanks to archivists at the University of Auckland's Sylvia Ashton-Warner Collection for confirming authenticity by comparison]. Light toning to jacket spine panel; shallow chips to extremities; 18s net price present; now in a removable archival sleeve. Brief 30 April 1985 N.Y. Times obituary notice laid in. This is the May 1959 Secker reprint. 8 x 5.25 inches. View More...
354, 94 pages; with Washington frontispiece, engraved (and ordinary) title page, and 5 leaves of plates. Entered according to Act: 1847 by George F. Cooledge & Brothers; this Bazin issue 'New Edition, Enlarged' with history up to 1849. The 94 page Appendix consists of Chronological Table; Declaration of Independence; Constitution of the United States; Farewell Address of Washington; Circular Letter to the Governors of the States; Farewell Orders of the Army of the United States; Indian Speeches ['Indian Eloquence']. Lacks yellow front free endpaper; old signature to the leaf before frontis. B... View More...
ii, 104 leaves printed recto only. Unpublished (likely undergraduate) thesis for the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Dalhousie University; May 1990. Constant use of and reference to the Annual Report(s) of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 11 x 8.75 inches. View More...
xxii, 530 pages; with 32 plates in colour and many b&w in-text. Gift inscription to first leaf; light wear only. In original slipcase that shows only light wear. 12.7 x 9.5 inches. A heavy volume: if outside North America please ask for an accurate shipping quote prior to purchase. View More...
504 pages and 6 leaves of ads at rear. Seven plates, as called for. Brown blindstamped cloth, spine a little lighter with faded gilt. Ads on front and rear pastedowns. Eighth Thousand. Sporadic foxing throughout, and the occasional offset from flowers interleaved. tideline and shadow at head of leaves from page 455 to end. A sturdy example with sound hinges. View More...
xii, 316pp. Three maps including folding map of Oxford at rear. An attractive volume presented by the British National Union of Teachers to those attending the 1935 Conference of the World Federation of Educational Associations (WFEA). "This handbook prepared by the Local Committee organizing the Oxford Synchronized Conferences 1935 in order that our visitors may have in convenient form a description of the life and surroundings of the University and City of Oxford." [preface] Signatures of those attending the conference to the rear of ffep, half title and obverse of frontispiece, including th... View More...
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