24 Miles round London
London: G F Crunchly, 1839. No Binding. Canvas-backed, folding, travel map with circular image, 31 x 30 cm, coloured. Extremely attractive item. More
London: G F Crunchly, 1839. No Binding. Canvas-backed, folding, travel map with circular image, 31 x 30 cm, coloured. Extremely attractive item. More
No Binding. Glass lantern slide of airships scouting over the Dardenelles. Airships were used during the Gallipoli campaign and over the greater extent of the War in the east, with fears of German submarines sheltering in the Bosphorus, used as a base of sorties into the shipping lanes of the..... More
1935. No Binding. B&W photograph of the 1935-6 All Blacks touring England, in full black tie dress, with 3 prominent British actresses, Sybil Thorndike, Marie Tempest and possibly Isabel Jeans. Each actress has signed the photograph. The team was captained by Jack Manchester and and managed by Vincent Meredith, both..... More
1949. No Binding. 18 signatures of players and entourage of the 1949 tour to South Africa, on leaf of paper,15 x 9.5 cm. Includes Kevin Skinner, Bob Scott, Morrie Goddard, Eric Boggs, Morrie McHugh, Has Catley, Johnny Simpson, Winston McCarthy etc. More
Paris: 1803. 12mo. Hardcover. Calendar, 5 hand-coloured fashion engravings, pp 50 Benjamin Franklin with engraved portrait; further articles on Marie de Solange, modes with 2 hand-coloured fashion plates, scenic views with 4 B&W plates, 2 folding, poetry etc. Original full calf, gilt borders and spine. A small almanac in French..... More
Paris: Treuttel & Wurtz, 1820. 12mo. Hardcover. pp [14] calendar; 8 vignettes of women and scenes with accompanying engraved plates; pp 224 Almanach des Dames comprising poetry. Fine contemporary ribbed morocco with gilt decorations. More
London: Religious Tract Society, 1854. 12mo. Hardcover. 12 mo, pp.iv,192, Original blind-stamped cloth binding. Ferguson 6296. A most attractive copy in excellent condition. More
No Binding. Original Italian engraving under the title of Australia, of a native man and girl of New Zealand (upper) and of a dance before the queen in the friendly Isles (Tahiti) (lower) c.1800. 14 x 24 cm in mount 28 x 36 cm. More
No Binding. 40 x 45 cm. Central engraving (Ein Wohnung auf Nukahiva) with 10 engraved sketches showing scenes in Hawaii, Pitcairn, Caroline Islands etc. c 1800. An attractive piece. More
Sydney: Australian and New Zealand Theatres Ltd., 1937. Soft cover. pp 36. Theatre Royal Magazine Programme, 1939. Autographs of the American actresses appearing in "The Women", by Clare Boothe, brought to Australia from New York. Signatures on an inserted sheet overlaying the portraits of the actresses. Actresses include Irene Purcell..... More
Lausanne, Switzerland: Edita S.A., 1960. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Boards. pp 232 (including advertising). Illustrations (some coloured). Original green boards. More
Auckland: Chapman. Thos Kerr, Master RN. No Binding. Original map of Banks Islands, a group in Northern Vanuatu, making up the northern most province of Toboa. Includes Vanua Lava, Bligh Island, Saddle Island, Santa Maria etc. Gives indications of the contours of the islands. c.1860. 29 x 23.5 cm. Thomas..... More
London: Alex Hogg. No Binding. Coloured lithograph of 3 outrigger canoes under sail in the Friendly Islands (Tahiti) c. 1790s. 37 x 23 cm. More
London: Boy's Own Paper, 1892. 4to. Early Half Morocco. Vol XIV. 1891-92. Pp. 824. Chromolithographed plates (1 folding 'Indian Native Army', folds need repair). Early half morocco. A handsome early binding. Heavy item, may require additional postage cost. More
London: Boy's Own Paper, 1891. 4to. Early Half Calf. Pp. 824, 64, 64. 11 chromolithographed plates, including 'British Cavalry' (needs repair). Some offsetting and damage to opposing page. In fine early half calf binding. In very good condition. A handsome complete copy in very good binding. Heavy item, may require..... More
London: Boy's Own Paper, 1893. 4to. Contemporary Half Morocco. Pp. 840. 13 plates (some folding). Finely bound in contemporary half morocco. A handsome binding in very good condition. More
1827. Unbound. Original engraved map showing the North Island and upper South Island of New Zealand, following D'Urville's voyage on the Astrolabe. Map size 585mm x 430mm. Very rare & handsome. More
1866. No Binding. Original broadsheet giving notice of restrictions on cattle movements to control cattle plague in the Scottish border town of Peebles. Published by the Peebles local authority on 17 April, 1866. Cattle plague was the viral disease known as rinderpest, and the 1865-66 outbreak was the worst to..... More
1863. No Binding. Single page certificate issued by the New Zealand Supreme Court to Henry Hill, enrolled as a solicitor of the Supreme Court. 20.5 x 34 cm, grey paper with Supreme Court seal, and signed by Thomas Outhwaite, registrar of the Supreme Court and Sheriff until 1869. Outhwaite, a...... More
1773. Unbound. c1773. Original engraved Pacific map showing the routes of Cook, Carteret, Wallis, Mouat, Byron, Bougainville and Anson. Map size 255mm x 225mm. Mounted. More
1930. Unbound. c1930s. Stunning original coloured rail poster of the Chateau Tongariro Hotel, National Park. Poster size 100 x 65 cm. Free floating. Some slight tearing to right edge but affecting the image, otherwise good condition. Rare. More
London: Hitch, 1742. Thoms. 12mo. Hardcover. Complete with46 maps.Prelim pages trimmed on top edge but without loss. Full morocco. An attractive atlas of all the counties of England and Wales, each map covers nearly two leaves and shows, market dates and points of interest. Maps very clean and unfoxed. More
Paris: Bibliothque, 1871. Riou et de Montaut. Original Quarter Morocco. pp.267,220. 2 stories bound together illustrated throughout. aeg. A very good copy. More
London: Printed for A. Millar, W. Law and R. Cater, 1790. 8vo. Full Calf. 4 Volumes. Complete with 29 folding maps and 128 plates. Full calf binding. Some rubbing and marking to boards. Damage to lower spine of vol 2. A rare collection of Cook's three voyages. More
London: Peacock, 1804. Small 8vo. No Binding. Unpaginated. Frontis. world map and other folding maps including one of Polynesia. Very good original tree calf. An attractive early geographical dictionary. More