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Boy Scouts in the North Sea or "The Mystery of a Sub
by Ralphson, G. Harvey
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- Used - Very Good
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- Very Good-
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- 1913
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- Hardcover
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$76.13
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Chicago: M.A. Donohue & Company, 1913. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Pictorial green cloth with black titling, frontispiece, 252 pages plus 6 pages of publisher's advertising. Boards show light shelf wear and a few tiny spots of loss to back cover, age toning to text block. Rare dust jacket shows some shelf… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$76.13
English Vocabulary, or Spelling-Book with the Meaning Annexed To Each Word
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1839
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- Leather
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$304.51
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London, UK: Harvey and Darton, 1839. Leather. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Compiled for the use of Ackworth School. 18th Edition, corrected and improved. Dark red leather with gilt titling to spine, black endpapers. Some rubbing to edges and corners, minor loss to spine ends, split to front endpapers - binding is sound, age… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$304.51
Yule Log, for Everybody's Christmas Hearth; Showing Where It Grew; How It Was Cut And Brought Home; And How It Was Burnt.
by Chamerovzow, L.A.
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1st Edition
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- 1847
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- Hardcover
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$549.80
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London: T.C. Newby, 1847. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. de Freitas, Lima. Written by the author of "The Chronicles of the Bastile." Original blue cloth with blindstamped decoration to front and back, gilt titling with decoration to front and spine, gilted textblock edge, light yellow endpapers, illustrations by George Cruikshank: frontispiece, three plates and one in text,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$549.80
Gilbert, An Amatory Rural Poem, in Eight Cantos.
by Templeman, James
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- Used - Good
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- 1809
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- Leather
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NZ$126.88
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London, UK: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1809. Leather. Good. 24mo - over 5 - 5¾" tall. Gilbert" is followed by "The Story of Ancient Pluto. The Gods' Revenge; or, The Trial of Cupid. To Which is Added, The Winter Hermit, a Tale." Printed by C. Whittingham for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones of London in 1809. Brown leatherbound volume… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$126.88
Nuzliches Allerey Fur Haus- Und Feldokonomie
by Rehm, J.C.W.
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- Used
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- 1806
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- Hardcover
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NZ$380.63
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Ulm: Stettinische Buchhandlung, 1806. Hardcover. Written in German. A fascinating book published in 1806 of 255 recipes for home and farm from beekeeping to taking care of orchard trees, from how to get rid of tapeworms to eliminating rodents, from how to polish your silver to making yeast or ink and so much more. Brown boards, red textblock edge,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$380.63
City of Dreadful Night and Other Places
by Kipling, Rudyard
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- Used - Good
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- First Indian Edition.
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- 1891
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- Soft cover
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NZ$143.79
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Allahabad: A.H. Wheeler & Co., 1891. First Indian Edition. . Soft cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. No. XIV of the "Indian Railway Library". Grey pictorial wrappers, errata slip bound in, 96 pages. Wrappers chipped and missing several small pieces, back cover present but detached, some age darkening especially to front cover. Pictures available upon… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$143.79
New Readings of Old Authors, Two Volumes
by Shakespeare
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- Used - Good
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- Half-Leather
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$1,099.60
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London, UK: Charles Tilt. Half-Leather. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Seymour. Two volumes of humorous engravings suggested by select passages from Shakespeare. No date, probably 1840s/1850s. Volume I: Romeo & Juliet - lacks title page, Hamlet, Macbeth, Richard the Third, The Merchant of Venice, Othello, Julius Caesar, The Tempest, King John. Volume II: King Lear,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,099.60
Miseries of Human Life, or the Groans of Samuel Sensitive, and Timothy Testy
by Anonymous (James Beresford)
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- Used - Good
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- Fifth Edition.
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- 1806
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- Half-Leather
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$253.76
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London: William Miller, 1806. Fifth Edition. . Half-Leather. Good. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 'The Miseries of Human Life, or the Groans of Samuel Sensitive, and Timothy Testy. With a few supplementary sighs from Mrs. Testy. In twelve dialogues.' This book was written as a series of discussions between Mr. Samuel Sensitive and Mr. Timothy Testy,… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$253.76
Mateur Trapper, and Trap-Maker's Guide
by Harding, Stanley
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- Used
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- Hardcover
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$84.58
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New York, NY: Dick & Fitzgerald. Hardcover. A complete and carfully prepared treatise on the art of trapping, snaring, and netting. Ca. 1917 ( no date ). Boards covered with grey paper and cloth spine, black titling to front, blindstamped titling to spine, pastedown and free endpapers show publisher's advertisements, illustrated with many line drawings, 134 pages plus what… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$84.58
Aberbrothock Illustrated
by Adam, John & George Hay
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- Used
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- 1886
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- Hardcover
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$143.79
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Arbroath, UK: T. Buncle, 1886. Hardcover. Aberbrothock Illustrated Being the Round O Etchings in Miniature by John Adam (Edingburgh) with Historical and Topographical Notes by George Hay. Light brown cloth with gilted blindstamped picture to front, gilt titling to spine, top of textblock edge is gilted, endpapers illustrated with a representation of the botany of the district, 86 pages… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$143.79
Renaissance of Music
by Latham, Morton
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- Used
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- 1890
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- Hardcover
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$203.00
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London, GB: David Stott, 1890. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt illustration to front, gilt titling to spine, green endpapers, 190 pages. Worn at edges and corners, previous owner's bookplate and a small cut-out pasted to first endpaper, inscription inked to half title. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$203.00
Passing of the Buffalo
by Buckskin
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- Used
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- 1916
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- Leather
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$76.13
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Vancouver, BC: The Selkirk Press, Limited, 1916. Leather. Light brown leather with illustration and black titling to front, illustrated title page, ribbon marker, 47 pages. shelf wear, many spots of discoloration, inside card backing of covers show a break, several pages show smudging, pencil scribling opposite first page, several pages show small crease to bottom free corner, ribbon marker… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$76.13
Professor Williams' Complete Hypnotism
by Williams
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- Leather
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$160.71
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Leather. ca. 1900 (no date). Professor Williams' Complete Hypnotism. Comprisin Twenty Lessons. Red leather binding with gilt titling and decoration embossed to front, blindstamped simple border to cover, gitl to textblock edge, decorated endpapers, 72 pages. Some edge wear with rubbing to corners and spine, spine sunned, inside clean and tight. For some international orders we will ask you… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$160.71
Practical Paradoxes or Truth in Contradictions
by Trumbull, H. Clay
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- Used
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- 1894
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- Hardcover
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NZ$42.29
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Philadelphia: John D. Wattles & Co., 1894. Hardcover. The essays in this volume are an outcome of their writer's observings and experiencings in his varied life-course." Red cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, decorative border surrounds titling on front, 192 pages. Corners lightly bumped, light edge wear, spine slightly sunned, a few pale spots of discolouration to… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$42.29
Morbid Anatomy of the Human Eye, The - Volumes I & II
by Wardrop, James
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- Used
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- Second Edition.
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- 1834
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- Hardcover
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$507.51
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London: John Churchill, 1834. Second Edition. . Hardcover. A two volume set which has been rebound in plain, dark blue buckram with no titling on cover; new, plain end papers and rather unattractive plain white hinge tape. From the Preface: "The object of the following Essays is to describe the various morbid alterations in the structure of the Human… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$507.51
In Miners' Mirage-Land
by Strobridge, Idah Meacham
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- Used
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- Limited/Numbered/Signed First Edition.
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- 1904
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- Card Cover
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NZ$253.76
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Los Angeles, CA: Artemisia Bindery,, 1904. Limited/Numbered/Signed First Edition. . Card Cover. Book is #706/1000, signed by author, as well as inscribed to a friend. A collection of sketches, many of which appeared in the Los Angeles "Times" and the San Francisco "Chronicle." Brown card cover with dark green titling and illustration on front, green ribbon marker, inscribed by… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$253.76
Lectures to Young Men.
by Eliot, William G.
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- Used
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- Fifth Edition.
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- 1855
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- Hardcover
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$109.96
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Boston, MA: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1855. Fifth Edition. . Hardcover. A book by the grandfather of T.S. Eliot. Brown cloth with gilt titling and decoration on spine, blind-stamped border and insignia front and back, 190 pages. There is a nice gift inscription on the end paper - it is interesting to note that the date of the gift… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$109.96
Collected Works: Rose Freeman-Ishill
by Freeman-Ishill, Rose
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- Used
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- Limited/Numbered.
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- 1962
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- Card Cover in Wraps
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NZ$1,522.53
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Berkeley Heights, N.J.: Oriole Press, 1962. Limited/Numbered. . Card Cover in Wraps. Number 86/100 copies, none of which were printed for sale. Books were originally published between the years of 1917 and 1948; this compilation was published in 1962. A boxed set containing the collected works of Rose Freeman-Ishill, containing eight volumes: Vol. I- Petals Blown Adrift; Vol. II-… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$1,522.53
La Gerusalemme Liberata
by Tasso, Torquato
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1891
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- Half Leather
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, CAN
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NZ$101.50
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Firenze: G. Barbera, 1891. Half Leather. Very Good. A book of poetry, written in Italian. Off-white leather corners and spine, marbled boards, gilt titling on red spine label, gilt bands and decoration on spine, tiny bookseller's plate inside front cover, owner's name in ink on end paper (dated 1893), black and white frontispiece with tissue-guard, preface by C.… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$101.50
Ocean Carrier, The: A History and Analysis of the Service and a Discussion of the Rates of Ocean Transportation
by Smith, J. Russell
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- Used - Good
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- -
- Published
- 1908
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- Hardcover
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NZ$42.29
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. Hardcover. Good/-. This book is the outgrowth of the study of three questions - the development of line traffic, the combinations among carriers to control rates, and the combination of steamship lines and railways." Red cloth with gilt titling on spine and front, black and white frontispiece with tissue-guard, illustrated with black… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$42.29