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Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words

by LISLE, Joseph

London: Thomas M'Lean, 1828. A Delightful Gallimaufry of Visual Wordplay, Corniness, and Puns in Caricature Forty Hand Colored Aquatint Plates LISLE, Joseph. Joe Lisle's Play Upon Words. London: Thomas M'Lean, 1828. First edition. Small oblong quarto (6 5/8 x 10 3/8 inches; 169 x 268 mm.). Letterpress title-page. Forty hand colored aquatint plates. Title-page and plates watermarked "1825". Bound ca. 1920 by Bayntun of Bath (stamp-signed on verso of front free endpaper). Full crimson straight-grain... Read more about this item

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NZ$4,879.20

Sonnets of William Shakespeare, The

by ZAEHNSDORF, binders; SHAKESPEARE, William

London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. An Exhibition Binding By Zaehnsdorf [ZAEHNSDORF, binders]. SHAKESPEARE, William. The Sonnets of William Shakespeare. London: George Bell and Sons, 1899. Octavo (6 1/4 x 4 1/2 in; 159 x 122 mm). [154] pp. Printed by the Chiswick Press. Borders and initials by Christopher Dean. Contemporary exhibition binding by Zaehnsdorf (stamp-signed to front free endpaper, with exhibition blindstamp on rear paste-down endpaper) of full black crushed morocco with repeating... Read more about this item

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NZ$4,708.00

Sketches by Boz

by COSWAY-STYLE BINDING; BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders; DICKENS, Charles

London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. The First Complete Edition of 'Sketches by Boz' Extra-Illustrated by the Insertion of a Hand-Colored Duplicate Suite of the Plates In A Fine Bayntun (Rivière) Cosway-Style Binding [COSWAY-STYLE BINDING]. BAYNTUN-RIVIÈRE, binders. DICKENS, Charles. Sketches by Boz Illustrative of every-day life and every-day people. With forty illustrations by George Cruikshank. New Edition, Complete. London: Chapman and Hall, 1839. First book form edition of the first and second... Read more about this item

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NZ$16,264.00

La Fille Elisa [with] 8pp prospectus and an original illustration bound in

by de Goncourt, Edmond

Paris: Emile Testard, 1895. Limited edition. Hardcover. Very good condition. Illustrated with attractive aquatints by Georges Jeanniot. The pictorial title page printed in color. Art binding by Charles Meunier (1866 - 1948) who helped renew the art of fine binding, and founded a small press, a review and a bibliophile society (Societe des Amis du Livre Moderne). Limited edition, number 181 of 300 copies, Librairie de l'Edition Nationale. Signed Meunier fine binding decorated with bats, flowers and... Read more about this item

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NZ$813.20

Works of, The

by SHAKESPEARE, William

London: Macmillan and Co.,, 1900. An Elaborate Arts and Crafts Style Binding From The School of Douglas Cockerell With Two Hundred and Ninety-Two Onlaid Green Morocco Circles [BINDING]. SHAKESPEARE, Willliam. The Works of William Shakespeare. Edited by William George Clark and William Aldis Wright. London: Macmillan and Co., 1900. The Globe Edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 5 inches; 190 x 127 mm.). viii, 1,138 (double-column) pp. Bound ca. 1900, most probably by a student of Douglas Cockerell, in full... Read more about this item

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NZ$4,708.00

Poems by Robert Bridges

by ZAEHNSDORF, binders; BRIDGES, Robert

London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1873. First Edition of the Poet Laureate Robert Bridges First Collection of Poems In a Spectacular Zaehnsdorf 'Exhibition' Binding [BINDING]. ZAEHNSDORF, binders. BRIDGES, Robert. Poems by Robert Bridges Batchelor of Arts in the University of Oxford. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1873. First edition. Octavo (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 187 x 127 mm.). 9, [3], 125, [3] pp. Printer's Aldine anchor device on final leaf, decorative woodcut headpieces and initials. Bound ca.... Read more about this item

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NZ$12,840.00

THE KINGDOM OF THE WICKED

by BURGESS, Anthony

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. As New, still in shrinkwrap. Bound in full gilt-decorated brown leather. Limited and true First Edition SIGNED by the author and with a special introduction by him not included in the trade edition. Burgess is best known, of course, for writing A CLOCKWORK ORANGE.

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NZ$107.00

Life and Times of Catherine de' Medici, The

by COSWAY BINDING; RIVIÈRE & SON, binders; [MISS C.B. CURRIE], miniaturist; WATSON, Francis

London: Hutchinson & Co, [1934]. Happiness is the one Thing we Queens can never have." (Catherine de' Medici) A Superb Cosway Binding with a Fine Portrait by Miss C.B. Currie of Catherine de' Medici COSWAY BINDING. RIVIÈRE & SON, binders. [MISS C.B. CURRIE], miniaturist. WATSON, Francis. The Life and Times of Catherine de' Medici. With 16 Illustrations. London: Hutchinson & Co, [1934]. First edition. Octavo (8 7/8 x 5 3/4 inches; 226 x 146 mm.). [1]-287, [1, blank] pp. Photogravure frontispiece with... Read more about this item

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NZ$31,672.00

LIFE AND WORKS OF CHARLOTTE BRONTE AND HER SISTERS. Theodore Roosevelt's Set Signed by Him in Two Volumes

by [ROOSEVELT, Theodore (Teddy ROOSEVELT)] BRONTE, Charlotte

London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1883. Hardcover. There are tears and some chipping to scattered pages, not very many, due to the cheap quality of the paper. Contents Very Good; bindings Fine. Complete in seven volumes. Recently rebound in half polished red calf with matching corners and marbled boards and endpapers, gilt-lettered and decorated spines with five raised bands, top edges gilt; illustrated with plates. The first and fourth volumes are SIGNED by the future president and dated 1885 on the... Read more about this item

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NZ$26,750.00

OEDIPUS

by DURRENMATT, Friedrich

[New York]: Limited Editions Club, (1989). First English Edition. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. Fine in a close to Fine, mildly sunned cloth slipcase with suede lining. Marie Cosindas. Folio (10-3/4" by 14-1/2") handsewn and quarter-bound by hand with burgundy Nigerian Oasis Goatskin on the spine and natural linen boards; xv, 41 pages. This First English-language edition of Durrenmatt's version of the Oedipus myth has been translated by Leila Vennewitz and includes a foreword by the author.... Read more about this item

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NZ$428.00

Wind in the Blood: Mayan Healing & Chinese Medicine

by Garcia, Hernan; Sierra, Antonio; Balam, Gilberto

Berkeley, Calif: North Atlantic Books, 1999. Book. Fine. Soft cover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pict paper covers, xxxvi, 283 pages : illustrations, a fine copy,CONTENTS: Human relation with the cosmos in Mayan and Chinese medicine -- The human body -- Causality and illness -- Diagnostics -- Therapeutics -- Traditional health workers -- The evolution of traditional medicine and its relation with the West -- Conclusions -- Disease classification..

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NZ$51.36

The art of the chocolatier : from classic confections to sensational Showpieces

by Notter, Ewald,; Joe Brooks; Lucy Schaeffer

Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, 2011. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio. full color, illustrated covers, 407 pages : illustrated. (chiefly col.) ; includes index, wear at spine head and tail of duat jacket, else a very good copy. CONTENTS; Introduction to chocolate -- Chocolate and other ingredients -- Essential equipment -- Composition and basic techniques -- Making chocolates and other confections -- Simple chocolate methods and recipes -- Gianduja, pralinierte gianduja, and... Read more about this item

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NZ$94.16

Of The Tumbler of Our Lady and Other Miracles, Now Translated from the Middle French: introduction and notes by Alice Kemp-Welch.

by Gautier, de Coinci

Chatto & Windus, London., 1908 xix, 137 pages. Engraved frontispiece and six engraved plates. Engraved title page designed by Blanche C. Hunter. Edges of endpapers oxidised. Scattered mild foxing and ofsetting. 12.5 x 16.5 cm. Original full brown pigskin with brass bands and clasps. Spine in five compartments with raised bands, blind rules and blind titling. Upper cover with Cathedral interior blind stamp central motif, blind medieval style lettering, historiated initial and scrolling foliate... Read more about this item

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NZ$307.92

Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

by DULAC, Edmund, Illustrator; KHAYYAM, Omar; FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.)

London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1909. Edmund Dulac's Rubaiyat [DULAC, Edmund, illustrator]. KHAYYÁM, Omar. FITZGERALD, Edward (trans.). Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám. Rendered into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald. With Illustrations by Edmund Dulac. London: Hodder and Stoughton, [1909]. First trade edition. Quarto (10 11/16 x 8 3/8 inches; 271 x 213 mm). [60] leaves. Title-page decoratively printed in sepia and light brown. Twenty mounted color plates, including frontispiece, each with a captioned... Read more about this item

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NZ$770.40

Dust

by Pellegrino, Charles

Norwalk: Easton Press, 1998. Book. Illus. by Debbie Hughes. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Author(s). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. number 798 of the limited edition of 900. grey leather with gilt titles and gilt decorations. all edges gilt. silk moiree endpapers, silk marker ribbon. witl loose associated bookplate and certificate of authenticity. 786pp..

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NZ$183.18

Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs, The

by CRUIKSHANK, George; JERROLD, Blanchard

London: Chatto and Windus, 1882. The Standard Authority For Over A Century Handsomely Bound by Rivière for Henry Sotheran [CRUIKSHANK, George]. JERROLD, Blanchard. The Life of George Cruikshank in Two Epochs. With Numerous Illustrations. In Two Volumes. London: Chatto and Windus, 1882. First edition. Two octavo volumes (7 3/8 x 5 inches; 187 x 127 mm). xvi, 284; viii, 280 pp. Eighty-four black and white illustrations including two frontispieces and twenty plates. Bound ca. 1882 by Rivière in full... Read more about this item

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NZ$2,140.00

The Big Rock Candy Mountain. Signed copy.

by STEGNER, Wallace, with illustrations by Charles Reid

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1978. "This limited edition ... has been privately printed and individually signed by the author." Octavo (9.75" x 6.75"), [17] & 6 - 733 pages (as issued), with numerous full page illustrations by Charles Reid. Publisher's full brown/ brick leather, the spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, elaborately lettered & decorated in gilt. All edges gilt, ribbon marker sewn in, moire fabric endpapers.
A Fine & apparently unread copy.
A nice... Read more about this item

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NZ$77.04

Holy Bible Ornamented with Engravings by James Fittler from Celebrated Pictures by Old Masters, The

by BIBLE IN ENGLISH; FITTLER, James, engraver

London: R. Bowyer, 1795. The 'Killer Bible', Illustrated with Sixty-Two Copper-Engraved Plates from the Old Masters, A Remarkably Fine Copy of the Large-Paper Edition In a Wonderful Georgian Full Morocco Binding [BIBLE IN ENGLISH]. The Holy Bible Ornamented with Engravings by James Fittler from Celebrated Pictures by Old Masters. The Letter Press by Thomas Bensley. London: R. Bowyer, 1795. Two large quarto volumes (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches; 318 x 248 mm.). Unpaginated. Text in double columns. With two... Read more about this item

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NZ$14,552.00

Visites au St. Sacrement et a la Sainte Vierge, pour Chaque Jour du Mois

by Liguori, Alphonse de

Paris: Dehansy, 1812. Hardcover. Fine binding, miniature volume, 2 5/8 by 4 5/8 inches, 274 pp, all edges gilt. Red leather covers with decorative gilt borders at front and back covers. Gilt title at spine decorated with gilt rules and floral elements. Covers are rubbed at edges, corners and at top and base of spine. Front cover is marked with a blackish damp stain. Internally, marbled end papers. Rear free end papers missing, o/w good. In French.

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NZ$128.40

Homeri Ilias & Odyssea, Et in easdem Scholia, sive Interpretatio, Veterum

by HOMER; BARNES, Joshua, translator

Cambridge: Cornelium Crownfield, 1711. A Fine First edition of Joshua Barnes's Homer in Greek and Latin In Contemporary Full Olive Green Morocco [HOMER]. Homeri Ilias & Odyssea, Et in easdem Scholia, sive Interpretatio, Veterum. Item Notae perpetuae, in Textum & Scholia, Variae Lectiones, &c. cum Versione Latina emendatissima. Accedunt Batrachomyomachia, Hymni & Epigrammata, unà cum Fragmentis, & Gemini Indices. Totum Opus cum Plurimis MSS. Vetustissimis, & Optimis Editionibus Collatum, Auctum,... Read more about this item

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NZ$9,416.00

Les Coupains

by DUHAYON, Henri; ROMAINS, Jules; BOFA, Gus [RAYON d'OR/LIBRAIRIE GALLIMARD]

Paris: Le Rayon d'Or/Librairie Gallimard, 1952. A Spectacular Copy in a Stunning Binding Signed by the Author with an ALs by the Artist [DUHAYON, Henri, binder]. [BOFA, Gus, illustrator]. ROMAINS, Jules. Les Coupains. Avec douze aquarelles par Gus Bofa. N.p. [Paris]: Le Rayon d'Or, (1952). First edition illustrated by Bofa, limited to 3500 numbered copies sur vélin blanc des Papeteries de Lana, this being copy 3152. Octavo (8 1/4 x 6 1/8 in; 208 x 153 mm). 200, [1], [1, blank], [3, table], [1,... Read more about this item

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NZ$5,564.00

La Creation Les Trois Premiers Livres de la Genèse suivis de la Généalogie Adamique

by SCHMIED, Francois-Louis, illustrator; MARDRUS, Joseph Charles, translator; GONIN, binder

Paris: F.L. Schmied aux dépens de M.M. Gonin et Cie., 1928. Francois-Louis Schmied's La Création - The First Three Chapters of Genesis With Two Original Watercolors and an Original Unpublished Pochoir Plate In a Superb Art Deco Binding by Gonin from a Design by Schmied SCHMIED, François-Louis, illustrator. MARDRUS, Joseph Charles, translator. GONIN, binder. La Création. Les Trois Premiers Livres de la Genèse suivis de la Généalogie Adamique, Traduction Littérale de Textes Sémitiques par le... Read more about this item

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NZ$38,520.00

Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi

by VENETIAN BINDING; BOOK OF HOURS

Venice: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. A Fine Eighteenth Century Italian Book of Hours in its Original Red Morocco Binding With Hand-Painted Gauffered Edges [VENETIAN BINDING]. [BOOK OF HOURS]. Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis S. Pii V. Pontificis Maximi. Venetiis [Venice]: Ex Typographia Balleoniana, 1754. Octavo (7 3/4 x 4 5/8 inches; 197 x 117 mm.). [i]-xxxxiv, [1]-453, [3, indices] pp. Vignette engraved title-page and seven full page copperplate engravings in the text. Full contemporary red... Read more about this item

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NZ$3,852.00

Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation, The

by RACKHAM, Arthur; WALTON, Izaak; BIRDSALL of Northampton

London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1931. Bound By Birdsall "I Envy No Body But Him, and Him Only, That Catches More Fish Than I Do" [RACKHAM, Arthur, illustrator]. Walton, Izaak. [BIRDSALL of Northampton, Bindery]. The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds, Fish and Fishing not unworthy the Perusal of most Anglers. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: George G. Harrap & Co., [1931]. First trade edition. Octavo (9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in; 247 x 190 mm).... Read more about this item

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NZ$3,338.40

The History Of England, From The Invasion Of Julius Caesar To The Revolution In 1688 [complete with] The History Of England, From The Revolution To The Death Of George The Second.

by HUME, David [1711-1776] & T[obias] SMOLLETT [1721-1771]

London: Printed For J.M.Richardson., 1820 1820 EDITION. Complete in 13 volumes (8 & 5). Volumes 3 and 6 have split inner hinges, front and back respectively. xxxii, 471, [9, notes]; viii, 500, [9]; viii, 445, [14]; viii, 448, [12]; vii, 492, [32]; viii, 547, [29]; viii, 514, [14]; vii, 559; 514; 574; 548; 511; 440 printed pages, including index. 56 portrait plates engraved on copper (some offsetting). All edges gilt. Sporadic foxing. 14 x 21.5 (43- width of complete set) cm. Uniformly bound in... Read more about this item