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
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Airships scouting over the Dardenelles.
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
All Blacks with actresses, with the actress's autographs
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
Apartheid
1960. Soft cover. Four pamphlets protesting the proposed controversial tours of the All Blacks and Springboks in 1960 and 1965. They include a sheet by the poet Allen Curnow, and three tracts from the Citizen's Association for Racial Equality (CARE). These are fine examples of the literature put out by..... More
ART NEW ZEALAND. No. 1 August/september 1978 to No. 71 Winter 1994.
Wellington: Pacific Graphics, 1976-94, 1994. Original Wrappers. 30 cm, Illustrations Wrappers, A rare complete run of the first seventy numbers. In very good condition. More
Ashburton campsite, New Zealand
1905. No Binding. Photograph of 'The camp at mouth of the Ashburton, March 1905'.The image shows a number of cabins and tents on a rather bleak campsite above a beach at the mouth of the Ashburton river. Some foxing on mount, but the photographic print is clean. 15 x 10.5..... More
Asian erotica
No Binding. Folding sheet of vellum with text and 10 hand-coloured illustrations showing various techniques and positions of love-making (Kama sutra). c. 1890. 130 x 18.2 cm An unusual and extremely rare and unique erotic item of Balinese origin. More
Auckand Racing Club for the season 1882-1883
Auckland: H Brett, 1882. Small 8vo. Soft cover. pp 21, wrappers. Programme with complete list of nominations for all event closed to date. More
Auckand Racing Club for the season 1883-1884
Auckland: H Brett, 1883. Small 8vo. Soft cover. pp 88, wrappers. Programme with complete list of nominations for all event closed to date. More
Australia and its Settlements
London: Religious Tract Society, 1854. 12mo. Hardcover. pp 192. Original blind stamped cloth housed in bespoke box. Book label and book plate on inside front cover. Sometimes bound as a second part of Australia: its Scenery, Natural History and Resources, and Settlements. Valuable early account of Australia, rare as a...... More
Australia.
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
Australien Taf. II
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
Autograph album
4to. Hardcover. Large autograph album with 28 blank card pages. Full leather, gilt decoration with "Autographs' on front cover, banding on spine, marbled end papers. A finely bound Victorian album which could be used for photographs or any other purpose. Would make a lovely gift. More
Boats of the Friendly Islands
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
Bordeaux
No Binding. Original German wood engraving of a map showing a birds-eye view of the city of Bordeaux c. 1620, showing the city walls, buildings and streets, the castle, cathedral, Roman ruins, the port with ships in the harbour, and surrounding countryside. Includes an index of the principal features of..... More
Bradford, the Earl
No Binding. Bradford. Paper slip 5 x 1 cm. The 5th Earl of Bradford was a Lt. Colonel in the army, fighting in the Boer War and WWI. He was active in politics, serving as Government Whip in the House of Lords 1919-1924. More
Bundoran. Great Northern Hotel. Golf.(18 hole course, 5400 yards in the grounds). Fishing. Sea bathing. Tennis....
Dublin: Great Northern Railway (Ireland). No Binding. 1020 x 63 cm.Free floating with mylar protection. A colourful scene of people and activities. In near perfect condition. More
Busy hours ABC
New York: Charles E Graham & Co, 1910. Brundage, Frances. 1st Edition. 8vo. Soft cover. 4pp, coloured printed soft covers. A children's book covering the alphabet with little rhymes and an illustration with each letter. Illustrations by Francis Brundage and include 4 coloured full pages, and five b&w with some..... More
Bye-laws of the Loyal James Roe Lodge, of the Manchester Unity I.O.O.F, in Victoria, Bendigo District.
Sandhurst: J Brockley, 1873. 8vo. Soft cover. pp 16. Decorated printed paper covers. A revision of the bye-laws of the lodge. Scarce in its original covers. More
The Champion and Triumph. 1940s
1944. Soft cover. Nos 1180-1323. Sept.1 1944 - June 7 1947. 140 comics within that run, lacking 5 numbers. Each in original coloured wrappers, comprising adventure and sporting stories for boys. Staples rusty, otherwise in remarkably good condition. More
Charles Dickens
London: John and Charles Watkins. No Binding. Studio photograph of Charles Dickens seated. c. 1860. 6.5 x 10 cm. Photographed by John and Charles Watkins in London. A fine, carte de visite of Dickens in middle age. More
Chart of the Track of the Dolphin, Tamar, Swallow & Endeavour, through the South Seas, & of the Track of M. Bougainville round the World
1773. Unbound. c1773. Original engraved Pacific map showing the routes of Cook, Carteret, Wallis, Mouat, Byron, Bougainville and Map size 25.5 x 22.5 cm. Mounted. More
Children's poems
1st Edition. 4to. Soft cover. 4pp, coloured printed card cover, a shaped book with the cover with an illustrated little boy. A children's book of amusing poems, c.1950s 38 x 16 cm An very scarce, attractive copy. More
CHUMS Annual
London: Cassell, 1916. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Cloth Cover. Complete set of Chums magazines from September 1915 to September 1916. Plates. Numerous illustrations. Original decorated red cloth. Particularly interesting as this was one of the war years. In very good condition. More
CHUMS Annual 1936-37
London: Amalgamated Press, 1936. First Edition. 4to. Pictorial Cloth Cover. pp. 412. Plate. Numerous illustrations. Original decorated cloth. In very good condition. A near fine copy of this rare issue. More