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Anton Chekhov: Greatest Plays

by Chekhov, Anton; Fen, Elisaveta (Trans.); Hunter, Stan (Illust.)

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1979. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6". 274pp. Red faux-leather cloth over boards with decorative gilt to spine and front and rear covers. Light rubbing to covers and edges. All edge gilt to edges of text block. Bookplate laid in. Pages bright, clean, and unmarked. A solid copy of this decorative collection of Anton Chekhov's greatest plays.

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NZ$34.42

The Essays of Elia

by Lamb, Charles; Ainger, Alfred (Intro.); Douglas and Foulis (Binding)

London: MacMillan and Co., Limited, 1899. Leather bound. Very good +. Leather bound. Ex libris Helen Violet Graham (1879-1945), President of the Young Women's Christian Association and daughter of the 5th Duke of Montrose, with her bookplate to front pastedown and her inscription to flyleaf. Half-bound in dark blue morocco with blue linen over boards by Douglas and Foulis of Edinburgh, with spine lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Pale blue marbled endpapers. Scuff to tail of spine, light edgewear, and... Read more about this item

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NZ$77.45

HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES THE SECOND. VOLUME V.

by Macaulay, Lord

The Easton Press, 1993. Leather bound. As new. Collector's Edition. The Easton Press, c1993. 8vo. Full leather stamped in gold on covers, raised bands on spine with decorative gilt within the compartments, silk more end pages, all edgs gilt, silk ribbon marker.

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NZ$68.84

Plays and Games for Little Folks: Sports of All Sorts, Fireside Fun and Singing Games

by Pollard, Josephine; Matthews, F. Schuyler (Illust.)

New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1900. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. The playtime companion skipping rope from the sky-blue Art Nouveau cover joyfully welcomes you in to this oversized book full of fun and games from the turn of the century. Some of the "sports of all sorts" fully described and detailed in these pages are familiar even almost 125 years later. Games like Blind-Man's Bluff and Simon Says, Mother May I and musical chairs are old favorites, and many are stranger, such as "Book-Binder," a hand... Read more about this item

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NZ$146.28

LANDSCAPE INTO ART

by Clark, Kenneth

The Folio Society, 2013. Hardcover. As new. Introduction Will Gompertz. The Folio Society, 2013. 188pp., index, color illustrations throughout. Rectangular lg. 8vo. As new hardcover, as new slipcase.

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NZ$86.05

THE FIRST ELIZABETH

by Erickson, Carolly

The Easton Press, 1989. Leather bound. As new. Foreword Lady Elizabeth Longford. The Easton Press, c1989. Collector's Edition. 8vo. Full leather stamped in gold on covers, raised bands on spine with decorative gilt within the compartments, silk moire endpages, all edgs gilt, silk ribbon marker. Easton Press note slip "The Library of Great Lives" laid-in. As new unread leatherbound hardcover.

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NZ$86.05

OEDIPUS THE KING AND ANTIGONE

by Sophocles

Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1980. Leather bound. As new. Demetrios Galanis. With an introduction by Thornton Wilder. Collector's Edition. Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, c1980. 159pp., illustrated in color with wood engravings Demetrios Galanis. 4to. Full leather stamped in gold, raised bands on spine, silk moire end pages, all edges gilt, silk ribbon marker. As new unread leatherbound hardcover.

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NZ$77.45

Mary Cassatt

by Roudebush, Jay

Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1979. Leather_bound. Very good. Leather_bound. 12 1/4" X 9". 95pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of red leather over boards. A few spots of white paint to bottom edges of boards. All-edge gilt. Bookplate to front free endpaper. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this collection of works by American artist Mary Cassatt. This book is heavy and oversized and will require... Read more about this item

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NZ$34.42

Jacob Faithful

by Marryat, Frederick Captain

London: Routledge. Good. N.D.. Hardcover. "The ""Captain Marryat"" Edition. ( 6 5/8" x 4 1/4") . Attractive blue cloth, stamped in black on front board and gilt and black on the spine. 407 pp., [4 pages of Routledge catalogue.] Six illustrations. Book six of the Marryat Cycle. Frontispiece laid in, retaining original tissue. Missing the ffep; foxing on foredge. ; 8 vo. ; Fair .

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NZ$25.82NZ$18.07

LITERATURE, ART & SONG Moore's Melodies & American Poems; a Biography, & a Critical Review of Lyric Poets

by Moore, Thomas, and Mackenzie, R. Shelton, and Stevenson, John

International Publishing Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1872. Hardcover. ; Green cloth cover with gilt stamped spine and embossed cover is worn through at caps and corners otherwise in clean and good+ condition. The name of the original owner is gilt stamped in small font "Mrs. Minnie L. Brown." Gilt page edges in good conditions. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and pristine. Profusely illustrated in black & white. A lock of blond hair is laid in... Read more about this item

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NZ$55.76

En Solens Son & Seens Datter. (Son of the Sun & Daughter of the Snow)

by London, Jack

Copenhagen: Martin's Forlag. Very Good. 1915. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Two books in one volume. Pp. 281; 282. Swedish language. Three-quarters leather & paper with color matching endsheets made of paste paper. Very nice copy. .

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NZ$51.63NZ$36.14

MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE

by Tarkington, Booth

The Easton Press, 1981. Leather bound. As new. T.M. Cleland. With a Preface J. Donald Adams. The Easton Press, c1981. 121pp., illustrated T.M. Cleland. 8vo. Full leather stamped in gold, raised bands on spine, gold letterings and decorations on spine, silk moire end papers, all edges gilt, ribbon marker. As new unread leatherbound hardcover.

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NZ$60.24

The Art and Craft of Garden Making

by Mawson, Thomas H.; Mawson, E. Prentice

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2021. Hardcover. Very good +. Hardcover. 14 1/2" X 10". xii, 440pp. Bound in green cloth over boards with spine and front cover stamped in gilt. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges. Top-edge gilt. Pages are bright, clean, and unmarked. Binding is sound. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote. ABOUT THIS BOOK: An astounding and... Read more about this item

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NZ$120.47

Eugene Boudin

by Selz, Jean

Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1983. Hardcover. Good +. Hardcover. 12 1/4" X 9". 95pp. MIld shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of red leather over boards. Speckles of white paint to front cover and a couple spots of white paint to bottom edges. All-edge gilt. Light dust-spotting to top edge of text block. Faint toning to endpapers. Bookplate laid in. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall solid copy of this collection of art by French painter... Read more about this item

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NZ$34.42

Beauty and Nature

by John Ruskin

Caldwell, 1886-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. NY: H.M. Caldwell. Hardcover. Bound in green leather and decorated in a gilded floral design. A lovely volume filled with Ruskin's philosophical musings on the aesthetics of nature. Very good with minor rubbing to spine ends and corners.

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NZ$86.05NZ$60.24

Maurice Utrillo V.

by Warnod, Jeanine

Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1983. Leather_bound. Very good. Leather_bound. 12 1/4" X 9". 96pp. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of red leather over boards. Sunning to spine. All-edge gilt. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this collection of works by French painter Maurice Utrillo. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today... Read more about this item

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NZ$51.63

The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia BRIAR PATCH PRESS AFRICAN COLLECTION

by Baker, Sir Samuel White

Camden: Briar Patch Press, 1987. Leather_bound. Poor. Leather_bound. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xx, 606pp. Rather heavy wear to brown leather over boards with rubbing, bumps, toning, and scuffs to covers, corners, and edges. Hinges are cracked with leather missing in some places. Boards are slightly warped. Three raised bands to spine. Gilt stamping at spine and front cover is rubbed and faded in some spots. Spotting and toning to all-edges gilt. Foxing to endpapers. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of... Read more about this item

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NZ$34.42

Mathieu

by Quignon-Fleuret, Dominique

Norwalk: The Easton Press, 1983. Leather_bound. Very good. Leather_bound. 12 1/4" X 9". 96pp. Very mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of blue leather over boards. A few speckles of white paint to bottom edges of boards. All-edge gilt. Faint musty smell to pages. Pages are free of marks and notation. Binding is sound. An overall clean, solid copy of this collection of works by French artist Georges Mathieu. This book is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal... Read more about this item

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NZ$43.03

JAPANESE ART

by Hartmann, Sadakichi

L.C. Page & Company, 1903. Hardcover. Fine. L.C. Page & Company, c1904. Fourth Impression, April 1907. 8vo. Decorative blue cloth covers, Gold titles on front cover and spine, decorative endpapers, upper edge gilt; minimal wear else fine bright hardcover.

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NZ$172.10

The World's Leading Painters: Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Titan, Rubens, Velasquez and Rembrandt

by Rose, George B.; Trent, W.P. (Ed.)

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1912. Leather_bound. Good +. Leather_bound. 8" X 5 1/2". vii, 371pp. Half-bound in dark blue Morocco leather with marbled paper over boards. Five raised bands to spine with five gilt-stamped compartments. Wear to boards with rubbing to covers, corners, and edges. Light creasing to leather at hinges. Light rubbing to top edge gilt. Marbled paste-downs and endpapers. Stamped by Rowfant Bindery at front paste-down. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.... Read more about this item

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NZ$258.15

Folk-Lore of Women as Illustrated by Legendary and Traditionary Tales, Folk-Rhymes, Proverbial Sayings, Superstitions, Etc.

by Thiselton-Dyer, T. F

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co, 1906. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good +. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover. "It is not surprising that the beauty of woman--in praise of which both literature and art have from the earliest period lavished some of their grandest works--should have given rise in most countries to a host of strange and romantic fancies." These strange and romantic fancies, passed down through the centuries in folk-lore, art, and literature, are gathered... Read more about this item

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NZ$335.60

RUTHERFORD B. HAYES: STATESMAN OF REUNION

by Eckenrode, H.J

The Easton Press, 1988. Leather bound. As new. The Library of the Presidents. The Easton Press, c1988. 8vo. Full leather stamped in gold on covers, raised bands on spine with decorative gilt within the compartments, all edgs gilt, silk ribbon marker. Easton Press Collectors Notes slip laid-in.

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NZ$68.84

Gesammelte Werke Dritter Band: Niels Lyhne & Novellen, Briefe, Gedichte [Two Volumes]

by JABOBSEN, J[ens] P[eter]

Jena und Leipzig: Eugen Diederichs, 1905. Very Good +.. Handsome edition of two of the great Danish Modernist's books. Admired by and influence on Rilke, Mann, Lawrence and many others. In German. 393pp. + 302pp. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Full vellum with ornate gilt floral theme and titles to front board and spine. TEG. Very good to near fine. Minor rubbing, toning to vellum. Occasional foxing. Else clean, sound, and remarkably bright.

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NZ$137.68

Life and Her Children: Glimpses of Animal Life from the Amoeba to the Insects

by Buckley, Arabella B. [Mrs. Arabella Burton Fisher]

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1885. Hardcover. Fair. Hardcover. This introduction to the science of living things is the work of Arabella Burton Buckley (1840-1929), who at the age of twenty-four started her eleven-year tenure as secretary to influential geologist Charles Lyell and who after his death became a science educator in her own right, lecturing, editing such prominent scientific treatises as Mary Somerville's Connexion of the Physical Sciences (1877) and Heinrich Leutemann's Animals from... Read more about this item

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NZ$111.87

Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures: A Sequel to the Fairyland of Science

by Buckley, Arabella (Mrs. Fisher)

London: Edward Stanford, 1890. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. In this scarce sequel to her immensely popular introduction to science, Arabella Buckley ushers her readers into a magician's moonlit turret chamber, wherein we find the magnifying glass, the telescope, the spectroscope, the photographic camera, and the microscope..."All of these instruments told of the magician's power in unveiling the secrets of distant space and exploring realms unknown..." Thus begins Through Magic Glasses, in which the... Read more about this item