Catching Wild Beasts Alive
London: Hutchinson, 1931. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. 285. Frontispiece, plates. Original cloth, mottled. A good complete copy. More
London: Hutchinson, 1931. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. 285. Frontispiece, plates. Original cloth, mottled. A good complete copy. More
Edinburgh: Goldsmid, 1890. 4th Edition. 25 x 19cm. Hardcover. 16 vols. Includes list of subscribers in Vol. 16. Uncut edges in original full morocco binding. Large Paper edition, limited to 100 copies. 7 plates located as follows: Vol 1: 4 plates (1 folding map) Vol 3: frontis Vol 4: folding..... More
London: Arnold, 1911. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. xi, 285, 24. Frontispiece & 15 plates. Original decorated green cloth. A very good complete copy. More
London: Cassell, 1925. 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. xiv, 342. Frontispiece & 16 plates. Original red cloth. A very good complete copy. More
London: Nash, 1908. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. xii, 340. Frontispiece & 8 plates. Original decorated cloth. Library mark on spine and endpaper. Title foxed. A good complete copy. More
London: Gollancz, 1910. 8vo. Hardcover. pp.290 Frontispiece, plates. Original cloth. minor mark on spine. Mention of conservation, travels in Burma, reports of tigers. An interesting work on the early days of Oudh, a very good complete copy. More
London: Cox, 1912. 8vo. Hardcover. pp. xi, 116. Frontispiece, 18 plates (many with two images) & map. Original decorated cloth, some minor foxing. A very good complete copy, extremely rare in very good condition. More
1946. No Binding. double-sided single sheet, 17.5 x 20.5 cm, headed Australian Paper Manufacturers Ltd, Melbourne & Sydney. Undated but likely 1946 (also the year of an Australian Election that Robert Menzies took part in). Hand-written letter: " My Dear F.M.B. Yours of the 15th August to hand. Re our..... More
London: Robert Barker, 1607. 4to. Hardcover. pp. B, Psalms of the Day, The Creation, to pp 445; New Testament, Robert Barker 1607 (title page) ; pp1-136; A briefe table of the interpretation...; 16 unnumbered; The Whole Booke of Psalmes, collected... Barker, 1607 (title page); pp 1-114; musical scores included in..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. 12mo. Hardcover. pp.86. Complete with coloured plates. Original cream boards with very good dust wrapper, listing titles of the set, English and foreign editions. First German translation. More
London: Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. 12mo. Hardcover. pp.85. Complete with coloured plates. Original cream boards with original glassine wrapper, slightly torn at back. First German translation. More
London: MacM, 1893. 1st Edition. Original Cloth. 1st edition. Title page and frontispiece foxed from tissue guard. Original red cloth. A very good copy. More
London: MacMillan, 1886. 8vo. Original Cloth. Edition: 81 thousand. Original red cloth, spine darkened. A very good copy.All edge gilt. Original copies of this work are extremely difficult to find. More
London: Methuen, 1929. E H Shephard. 8vo. Original Cloth. 18th edition. Original blue cloth, gilt decorations on front board. A fine copy. Copies in this condition are hard to find. More
London: Murray, 1840. 8vo. Hardcover. pp 280. Frontis. Full contemporary calf, fine binding. Minor foxing of frontis. Fine copy of a rare travel book. More
London: Philips, 1823. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover. pp 112. Quarter cloth and marbled boards, front joint on spine showing wear. I plate. Includes the account of the voyage on a convict ship to Australia. More
London: Sayer, 1777. Oblong. Quarter Vellum. 47 of 50 maps (lacks 1-3). Bound in original quarter vellum and boards. showing wear An interesting and rare collection of maps of England and Wales. Contemporary hand-written numbers for square acres and miles in circuit for each county added to list of maps.There..... More
1936. No Binding. TLS to FMB Fisher in New Zealand, thanking him for arranging publication of articles by Sir Henry Cotton, the noted writer on golf and other sports. Dated April 3, 1936, headed Mayfair Court, Stratton Street, W.12.21 x 13.5 cm A chatty letter including Cotton's comments on his..... More
London: Newnes, 1899. Folio. Hardcover. (c.1899). pp. 256. Illustrated throughout with cricketer's images. Original green cloth. A fine copy. More
Christchurch: Nag's Head Press, 1976. Thomas Riochards, engraver. Limited Edition. 12mo. Original Boards. pp.61,[2]. Original boards. Fine in original printed d/w. Pale foxing. Hand-set edition limited to 225 copies. Nag's Head Press was New Zealand's most prolific private printer, known for their delightfully designed books and fine typography. Rare in..... More
London: MacMillan, 1894. 1st Edition. Original Cloth. 1st editions of the two books in the original blue cloth with gilt decoration on spine and front board, a.e.g. Illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. A little pale foxing on some pages. Pp. 212 and 238. Very..... More
London: Samson, Lowe, Marston, Seale, and Rivington, 1885. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 2 vols. Chromolithic frontispieces in both volumes, numerous B&W illustrations. Half morocco with neat gilt emblems and spines.Tromholt conducted a one-man aurorial observation in Norway, and records detailed observations of Fami life An attractive set of this interesting work..... More
Henry King Photographer, 1893. No Binding. A collection of 6 glass slides, 8 x 8 cm, with hand-written captions and H King on each one, showing a number of Fijian scenes. These include a native house with breadfruit trees, native meeting with hundreds of people gathered outside a large dwelling..... More
Christchurch: Littlebury, 1906. No Binding. A set of 14 b&w photographs of the full team of English cricketers, named, published by Littlebury in New Zealand. A rare series. More
Apia. No Binding. A collection of 15 photographs relating to R L Stevenson with hand-written notes on the back, including Stevenson's residence, native dwellings in Samoa, Samoan native guides, native village Felea, Apia, and some of Stevenson's tomb. 9 x 13.5 cm. More