CARTER F.A. & CHARLES DICKENS

Haywire Dickens ( French's Monologue Series No. 59 )

London, Samuel French. 1953, First Edition. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Booklet, (200 gram rate) minor signs of age no faults, 28pp in wrappers, caricature of orator by Joyce Dennys to cover, short peices to recite giving the synopsis of various Dickens works. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 005633

Catalogue: Fiction Literature & Criticism

Keywords: Charles Dickens Scratch Notes Reciter Recitation Oration Haywire Condensed Ephemera

GASKIN J. C. A.

Hume's Philosophy of Religion

London, MacMillan. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0333235878) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. First edition, unclipped DW under removable plastic sleeve, 188 pages. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010838

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Philosophy, Theology, David Hume, British, Religion, Religious Studies 0333235878

LEE JOHN A

The Hunted

London, T. Werner Laurie. 1936, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. spine cloth sunned, shows some age but a tidy unmarked copy. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 009935

Catalogue: New Zealand Fiction

Keywords: New Zealand Fiction John a Lee Labor Socialist

HUNTER J A

Hunter, the Adventurous Life of One of the Last and Greatest of Africa's White Hunters

London, Hamilton. 1958, reprint. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. unclipped Dw with little signs of wear apart from mild surface dust soiling, a little offset tape rust to free endpapers from a plastic sleeve that was on the DW, some minor foxing to closed edges, 242pp + plates, eleventh impression in unusually tidy condition, 'great' African hunter who bagged over 600 rhino and 1000 elephants, much on early African colonial life and natural history. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012665

Catalogue: Hobbies Sport and Leisure

Keywords: Africa Big Game Hunting Shooting Safari Wildlife

DUFF. DR. A,

The Indian Rebellion, It's Causes and Results

London, Nisbet. First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. assumed first edition, lacks prelims, starts at 'Note by the publishers' pp iii, col. fldg map intact but with a taped tear ( over the sea on the map), book is red cloth handling and dust soiled, some minor foxing throughout, mainly to the margins, 393pp + 2pp adverts, letters sent from Calcutta about the Rebellion as it happened, first collected into a book form, as the book lacks the title we cannot date but around about 1860. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008089

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: British India Raj British Empire Hindu Indian Rebellion History

STERNFELD A

Interplanetary Travel

Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1957, First Edition. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (200 gram rate) sewn sheets in pictorial stiff paper wrapper with pictorial dustwrapper, stamp of British distributor at foot of title otherwise tidy unmarked copy, 60pp with errata slip at rear, dust jacket light handling soiling, Sputnik era publication on possibilities of space travel, issued by Soviet Government. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 006322

Catalogue: Science,Technology

Keywords: Sputnik Soviet Space Programme Astronomy Science Technology Space Exploration Space Travel Satellite

REES JEAN A

The Isle of Auchenreel

London, Pickering & Inglis. 1955, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) price clipped DW short tear to top of upper joint, some minor edgewear and light soiling, Sunday School prize plate to fep, fep top corner clipped, paper stock heavily browned, children's adventure mystery story, 90pp. Good/Good.

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Book number: 003785

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Childrens Mystery Adventure Story Juvenile Young Adult Sunshine Series

ROY JAMES A.

James Matthew Barrie, an Appreciation

London, Jarrolds. 1937, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. second impression, cloth a little tired, minor papr residue from rmoved issue slip to fep, from a lending library, small rubber stamp to title page, foxed closed edges, hinges loosened, 255pp + plates and 64pp adverts at rear. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007345

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: J.M. Barrie Memoir Biography British Scottish Literature Fiction Writer Peter Pan

ZWILLING ERNST A.

Jungle Fever Expedition Into Equatorial Africa

London, Souvenir. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. book lightly sunned to tips of spine, dust jacket missing central peice of rear panel and has chipping to some edges, 216pp + plates, big game hunting and tracking in the Cameroons and other parts of Equatorial Africa. Very Good/Poor.

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Book number: 006042

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Equatorial Africa Big Game Hunting Expedition Exploration

BAGNOLD RALPH A

Libyan Sands, Travel in a Dead World

London, Hodder. 1943, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) February 1943 reprint in Hodder Black Jacket edition, pencil name to fep, 288pp incl maps, scarce, small so cheaper shipping. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 010369

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: Libya Travel Exploration Petra Siwa Libyan Desert North Africa Arab Egypt Bagnold

MILNER CLYDE A

Major Problems in the history of the American West

Lexington, D C Heath. 1989, reprint. (ISBN: 0669151343) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. VG used copy, no inscriptions etc, cover shows a little wear 681pp, Documents and essays edited by Milner. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012586

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: American History United States Wild West American West Sources Textbook 0669151343

DEMPSEY HUGH A.

Men in Scarlet ( Cnadian Mountied Police )

Calgary, McClelland and Stewart. First Edition. (ISBN: 0771210036) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. assumed first edition, undated, inscription to fep dated (19) 82, collection of essays on the history of the R.C.M.P. 230pp + plates. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005416

Catalogue: History & Archaeology

Keywords: Canada Canadian History Police Constabulary Royal Canadian Mounted Police 0771210036

GORDON HENRY A.

A Miners Guide

Wellington, Government Printer. 1889, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. VG+ faint fade to spine, faint foxing mainly to half title and last page, clean and tidy copy, xi 276pp illustrated. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007934

Catalogue: Science,Technology

Keywords: Mining Mines New Zealand History Nineteenth Century 19th Century

HEINLEIN ROBERT A

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

London, Dobson. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Papered boards with minor bumping and rubbing to spine ends and corners, faint age browning to closed edges, DW under a plastic and paper sleeve, unclipped with rubbing to the ends, light age yellowing to the surface, small split lower part of the lower joint, no loss but some wear to DW, 383pp an excellent first British edition of one of Heinlein's classic works. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 001982

Catalogue: Science-Fiction Fantasy & Horror

Keywords: Science Fiction Twentieth Centruy Rare Collectable First British Edition Heinlein

HEINLEIN ROBERT A

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

London, Dobson. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, Papered boards with tape residue from where DW sleeve was held down, fep has library cancels stamps, binding showing between Books By Heinlein and title pages, copyright page has cancelled stamps and library acquisition numbers etc, the ghost of these show through onto the title, some internal marking to pages, the worst being two leaves with some light transparent blue spots, a few pages slightly damp rippled but no watermarking or staining, foot of final text page has library cancels, as does one other text page, book boards lightly rubbed to edges and with white shelf mark to spine, DW is price clipped with rubbing to the ends, some chipping with loss to the spine, head loses R of Robert and T of The from title, black shelf mark to the spine, a little water mark at the head of spine, 383pp a good first British edition of one of Heinlein's classic works offered as a binding copy or a cheaper one to fill out the collection, scarce. Good/Good.

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Book number: 013151

Catalogue: Science-Fiction Fantasy & Horror

Keywords: Science Fiction Twentieth Centruy Rare Collectable First British Edition Heinlein