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Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle Cockerell, Friend Of Ruskin and William Morris and Director Of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
by Wilfrid Blunt
Glossary Of Library Information Communication and Technological Terms and Acronyms
by Singh Srivastava
Cap Xcv an Act To Empower His Majesty To Erect South Australia Into a British Province or Provinces, and To Provide For the Colonization and Government Thereof
by Parliament Of Great Britain
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![Kösel Verlag, München: Messeflugblatt 1966. [Verlagsprospektzur Frankfurter Buchmesse].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/213/976/791976213.0.b.jpg)
Kösel Verlag, München: Messeflugblatt 1966. [Verlagsprospektzur Frankfurter Buchmesse].
München, Kösel Verlag, 1966. . Enthält sämtliche Kösel-Neuerscheinungen des Jahres 1966, ein Verzeichnis der Katalog des Literaturarchivs in Marbach und die Ankündigungen zur Subskription der Neuausgaben der Zeitschriften "Die Fackel" und "Die Aktion". - Umschlag knitterspurig
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Ein Arbeitsbericht 1927-1981. Dr. Ernst L. Hauswedell, Verlagsbuchhändler und Antiquar.
Hamburg, Hauswedell, 1981. . Deise Chronik umfaßt folgende Arbeitsgebiete: Der Verlag (nebst Titel ausländischer Verleger), die Tätigkeit des Verlages für die Maximilian-Gesellschaft, Privates (Veröffentlichungen von und für Ernst Hauswedell), die Ausstellungen in den verschiedenen Domizilen in Hamburg und Baden-Baden, Verzeichnis der Kataloge des Antiquariats und der Auktionen. - Einband leicht lichtspurig
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NZ$21.89
350 Jahre Buchdrucker in Glückstadt.
by (Nissen, Karl) (Bearb.)
(Glückstadt, gedr. bei J. J. Augustin, 1982). . Am 21. November 1632 bestellte der Gründer der Stadt, Christian IV., Andreas Koch zum königlichen Buchdrucker u. wies ihm Wohnung u. Arbeitsplatz an der Stelle an, an der die Druckerei J. J. Augustin noch heute [1982]arbeitet (Grußwort). - Im Anhang: Alphabetisches Verzeichnis der vorhandenen Fremdsprachen, Schriftbilder, ausgewählte Werksatzproben, Verlagsverzeichnis, die "Glückstädter Fortuna" in ausgewählten Beispielen seit 1796. - Gutes,...
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LITERATURE OF COLLECTING & OTHER ESSAYS.|THE
by Wendorf, Richard
New Castle, Delaware and Boston, Massachusetts: Oak Knoll Press and the Boston Athenæum, 2008. Hardcover, dust jacket. 6 x 9 inches. Hardcover, dust jacket. 376 pages. First edition. In this new collection of essays, many published here for the first time, the author of the warmly reviewed Scholar-Librarian leads a series of further explorations into the world of books, libraries and the visual arts. In his extended title essay, Richard Wendorf provides a groundbreaking investigation of the...
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Influx of Chinese Restriction Act
by [PARLIAMENT OF NEW SOUTH WALES] BURNS, J.F., POWELL, James and others
Sydney: Charles Potter, Government Printer, 21 June, 1888. Fine.. Foolscap, 4 pp. [Subtitle reads] Remission of portion of fine imposed upon masters of the ship "Chelydra" and refund to agents of poll-tax on ten Chinese. .
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NZ$166.89
The Complete Angler. Or the Contemplative Man's Recreation. Being a Discourse of River Fish-Ponds, Fish and Fishing... and Instructions How to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream by Charles Cotton. With original memoirs and notes by Sir Harris Nicolas
by WALTON, Izaak & Charles COTTON
London: Nattali and Bond, 1860. Minor foxing but a very good copy.. Two volumes, large and heavy octavo, 14 fine engraved plates, with many additional textual engravings; in a beautiful contemporary binding of half brown morocco over marbled boards, top edges gilt, cloth slipcase. This very handsome edition of the angling classic is the second Nicolas edition, reprinted from Harris Nicolas's Pickering edition of 1836, which is considered one of the most beautiful and thorough fishing books ever...
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NZ$3,170.91
TRUTH ABOUT CINCINNATI'S FIRST LIBRARY."|"THE
by Martin, Dorothy V
Columbus: The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, 1944. stiff wrappers. 8vo. stiff wrappers. (ii), 191-302 pages. In Vol. LIII, No. 3, The Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly (July-September 1944). Effort to correct misconceptions about the founding of the first library in Cincinnati. Wrappers chipped around edges.
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Civan, Roi de Bungo, Histoire Japonnaise, ou Tableau de l'Education d'un Prince
by BEAUMONT, Madame Marie-Jeanne Leprince de
Londres: Jean Nourse, 1758. Slight rubbing.. Two volumes, small octavo; a neat set in contemporary calf, flat spines gilt in compartments. A rare utopia set in Japan, depicting a land of serenity and good government in the fictional but well-contrived kingdom of "Bungo": the novel is considered an early example of the use of exotic Eastern settings in European literature. The work was ostensibly published as a roman d'éducation for the teenaged Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, scion of the House of...
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NZ$1,780.16
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE BRITISH LIBRARY.|THE
by Wilson, Colin St. John
(London): The British Library, 1998. stiff paper wrappers. British Library. square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 95+(1) pages. Describes planning, construction and architecture of the new British Library building. Preface by Dr. John Ashworth, Chair of the British Library Board. Introduction, acknowledgements and appendix. Color and black and white illustrations throughout.
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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA COLLOQUIUM III.|THE
Toronto: National Library of Canada, 1979. stiff paper wrappers. Bibliographical Society of Canada. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 160 pages. Text in English and French. Held at the National Library in Ottawa, October 20-21, 1978. Focuses on then-recent developments in Canadian bibliographies. Foreword. List of contributors and essays with endnotes. Black and white illustrations.
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NZ$52.77
Speech of Mr Samuel Smith, M.P. on Moving His Resolution Relative to the Opium Trade with China. Friday, May 3, 1889
by SMITH, Samuel
Melbourne: Robert Barr, 1890. Covers worn and thumbed, chipped at corners.. Slim octavo pamphlet, 16 pages. Condemnation of British opium policy with China: 'I therefore ask the house to register a protest against England's greatest national sin'. House of Commons, Session 1889. Extracted from 'Hansard's Parliamentary Debates'. .
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NZ$751.00
Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of Parliament
by Library of Parliament
Ottawa: G. E. Desbarats, 1867. Three-Quarter Leather. Good +. 496 p. 26 cm. Half green leather with pebbled cloth. Reads 1868 on spine. Chipped spine ends, cracked upper front hinge, corners worn. Owner's signature on front free endpaper. Title continues: "Being an Index to Classified Catalogues Printed in 1857, 1858, 1864 and to the Books and Pamphlets Since Added to the Library, Up to 1st October, 1867."
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NZ$170.22
The Future of the Past
by Stille, Alexander
New York: Farrar Straus and Giroux. 2002. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. .Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy xxi, 339 pages. The author tours the past as it exists today and weighs its prospects for tomorrow, from China to Somalia to Washington D.C. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$27.82
Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt zuliebe. Festschrift zu seinem 60. Geburtstag am 12. März 1968.
by Unseld, Siegfried (Hrsg.)
(Reinbek, Rowohlt), 1968. . Ob. Kap. bestoßen, Rücken gebräunt. - Bisher unveröffentlichte Original-Beiträge, tls. in Englisch u. Französisch, von James Baldwin, Peter O. Chotjewitz, John Dos Passos, Gisela Elsner, Claude Gallimard, Rolf Hochhuth, Hans Mayer, Klaus Piper, Gregor von Rezzori, Peter Rühmkorf, Martin Walser u.a.
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NZ$47.42
Hiob. Die Bibliothek der verbotenen Bücher
by Roth, Joseph
Axel Springer AG Verlagsgruppe Bild. Hardcover/gebunden.
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NZ$5.47
The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages. Vol. I: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771; Vol. II: The Voyage of Resolution & Endeavour 1772-1775; Vol. III (text) & Vol. III (catalogue): The Voyage of Resolution & Discovery 1776-1780
by JOPPIEN, Rüdiger and Bernard SMITH
Oxford and Melbourne: Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1987. Four volumes, folio, heavily illustrated throughout; a fine set in the original cloth, dustwrappers. Complete set, in first editions, of the splendid and authoritative analysis of the graphic record of Cook's three voyages, by the two great experts in the field, Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith. The work quickly sold out and it was re-published in 1988. On each of his three voyages of...
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Bibliothek der Unterhaltung und des Wissens - Jahrgang 1909, erster Band 1
Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1909. Leinen. 182x118 mm.
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NZ$3.65
Carte Générale de l'Archipel des îles Mariannes..
by [MARIANAS] DUPERREY, Louis-Isidore
[Paris]: [Chez Pillet Ainé], 1826. Large engraved chart on laid paper, 1030 x 710 mm., watermarked "Depot de la Marine", annotations in pencil and red ink (see note); a few creases, rather frayed and worn to the large margins, but a very good copy, unfolded as issued. An important map from the personal archive of Louis de Freycinet, with distinctive annotations in his familiar style. Freycinet has gridded-up around most of the major landfalls on the map, a technique he used for added accuracy in the...
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Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland. BAND 14 und 15: Berlin. 2 Bde (komplett).
Hildesheim / Zürich / New York, Georg Olms, 1995. . Behandelt u.a. die Staatsbibliothek zur Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, die Universtiätsbibliotheken der Humboldt-Universität, der Freien Universität und der Technischen Universität, die Bibliotheken des Bundesverwaltungsgerichtes und des Diakonischen Werkes der EKD, die Senatsbibliothek u.v.m. Das Handbuch enthält zusammenfassend Bestandsgeschichte und Bestandsbeschreibung der einzelnen Bibliotheken, Kataloge, Quellen und Darstellungen zur...
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Return... for a Copy of the Record of Conviction of Joseph Sudds and Patrick Thompson, Privates of the 57th Regiment..
by DARLING, Governor Ralph
London: House of Commons, 14 July, 1828. A fine copy.. Tall quarto, 10 pp. and docket title sheet; unfolded. Fascinating collection of published correspondence from Governor Darling to British Parliament concerning the dramatic punishment of troops dodging their service in the New South Wales 57th Regiment. Darling established his authoritarian reputation through disciplinary measures such as these 'in order that soldiers who wantonly sacrifice their character may not deceive themselves by a groundless...
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Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland. BAND 8: Baden-Württemberg und Saarland I - S.
Hildesheim / Zürich / New York, Georg Olms, 1994. . U.a. über die Bibliotheken des Bundesgerichtshofes und des Oberrheinischen Dichtermuseums in Karlsruhe, die Württembergische Landesbiblibliothek, die Design-Bücherei und die Universitätsbibliothek Hohenheim (alle Stuttgart) u.a.m. Das Handbuch enthält zusammenfassend Bestandgeschichte und Bestandsbeschreibung der einzelnen Bibliotheken, Kataloge, Quellen und Darstellungen zur Geschichte der jeweiligen Bibliothek sowie ggf. Veröffentlichungen zu...
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Album Polynésien de M. C. Noury, Capitaine de Vaisseau
by NOURY, Charles-Gaëtan
Nantes: Olivier Merson, 1861. A few spots, plate 13 slightly browned, but overall in markedly clean and fine condition.. Folio (390 x 260 mm), 17 leaves in all, untrimmed and unbound as issued, with lithographed title-page and single sheet of description, and 15 lithographed plates, seven of which are coloured and eight in black on a tinted background, on paper watermarked either "Rives" or "D & C Blauw"; in a modern full morocco fitted case. Exceptionally uncommon and most beautiful work on...
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Wirken und bewahren. Beiträge zur regionalen Kulturgeschichte und zur Geschichte der Eutiner Landesbibliothek. Festschrift für Ingrid Bernin-Israel.
by Baudach, Frank / Walterm Axel E. (Hrsg.)
Eutin, Eutiner Landesbibliothek, 2003. . Mit Beiträgen über J.H. Voß, die Brüder Stolberg, Frauen um Stolberg, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué und G. A. von Halem, den Eutiner dichterkreis 1936-1939, Lothar II. und die Befriedung Wagriens, schwarze Sklaven in Schleswig-Holstein, A. J. von Krusenstern und die erste russische Weltumsegelung 1803 bis 1806, das Eutiner Kavalierhaus, Plöner Drucke in der Eutiner Landesbibliothek, J.H.W. Tischbein u.a.m. - Hinterdeckel m. rotem Tintenfleck, sonst gutes...
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Goethe und die Weimarer Bibliothek.
by Lerche, Otto
Nendeln/Liechtenstein, Kraus Reprint Ltd. und Wiesbaden, O. Harrassowitz, 1968. . Nicht nur ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Bibliothek, sondern auch zur Geschichte der Beamtentätigkeit Goethes. Unter den Beilagen: ungedruckte Goethebriefe (S. 66-91) und: Aus Vulpius' Briefen an Geohte (S. 91-106). - Gutes Exemplar
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Enquiries touching the Diversity of Languages, and Religions through the cheife Parts of the World..
by BREREWOOD, Edward
London: Printed for John Bill, 1614. A few stains and slight scorch-mark to the spine, loose at front hinge as illustrated, but in excellent original condition.. Small quarto, bound with another work in contemporary limp vellum; boxed. First edition: Brerewood, professor of astronomy and scholar in many fields, discusses the tongues in which the liturgy is celebrated, and identifies the parts of the world where Christians live, and the other parts where 'idolaters' flourish. There are digressions on...
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