MICHENER JAMES A & DAY A GROVE

Rascals in Paradise true tales of high adventure in the South Pacific

London, Secker. 1957, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. map end papers, 384pp scattered foxing to closed edges, DW under protection has minor rubbing to spine ends and the folds, small chip from foot of spine at the upper fold, VG. contents; The GLOBE mutineers / Charles I / Coxinga / Gibson / Bligh / Dona~ Isabel / Bully Hayes the blackbirder / Louis Becke / Will Mariner boy chief of Tonga / Leeteg. biblio + index. The true life stories of nine men and one woman who in the last four centuries sought fame and fortune, and pursued their dreams, in the most romantic of all the world's oceans. Rascals all, they operated on so bizarre a scale that their lives assumed epic proportions, and their stories amaze us as much as they thrill or horrify us. A book for anyone who loves excitement, romance and the pleasure of good stories well told. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000758

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: South Pacific Michener Polynesia Travel History Anthropology

CARR G. A.

Reading for Meaning Book Four

London, University of London Press. 1956, reprint. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library, (500 gram rate) 80pp sewn in pictorial wraps, HOME SCHOOL in ball pen to front wrapper, library stamp to inside wrapper, has been resewn, illustrated, a British school reader from the fifties, reprints 1949 original. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007017

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British Education School Reader Text Book Vintage 1950s Fifties Historical Record Education Schooling

CARR G. A.

Reading for Meaning Book One

London, University of London Press. 1959, reprint. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. 64pp sewn in pictorial wraps, slightly soiled but tidy copy, small water mark to spine of wrapper and to tail of the spine at first few pages, illustrated, a British school reader from the fifties, reprints 1948 original. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 007409

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British Education School Reader Text Book Vintage 1950s Fifties Historical Record Education Schooling

CARR G. A.

Reading for Meaning Book Two

London, University of London Press. 1953, reprint. Original Wraps, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. 80pp sewn in pictorial wraps, SURREY PARK 3543 stamped to first and last pages, wrapper split along the joint ends and rubbed to corners, worn but tidy copy, illustrated, a British school reader from the fifties, reprints 1948 original. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006452

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: British Education School Reader Text Book Vintage 1950s Fifties Historical Record Education Schooling

MICHENER JAMES A

Return to Paradise

London, Secker. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. sewn binding, lightly rubbed edges, front hinge cracked but tight, nice bright blue cloth, scarce dustwrapper is rubbed and worn to edges and joints with short splits at joint ends, scan on request, 437pp, a tidy copy in the scarce wrapper, Michener's second work. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 006178

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: American Fiction Travel Writing Scarce First Edition Modern Fiorst Michener Scarce Dust Wrapper Pacific Australia New Zealand South Pacific

MICHENER JAMES A

Return to Paradise

London, Secker. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. sewn binding, lightly rubbed spine and spine edge of lower board, blue cloth, 437pp, a tidy copy, Michener's second work. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 006192

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: American Fiction Travel Writing Scarce First Edition Modern Fiorst Michener Scarce Dust Wrapper Pacific Australia New Zealand South Pacific

MICHENER JAMES A

Return to Paradise

London, Secker. 1951, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. sewn binding, rubbed joints, discoloured ( faded) spotting to fore edges of boards, ink name to fep, joint ends frayed, internally clean, 437pp, Michener's second work. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008976

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: American Fiction Travel Writing Scarce First Edition Modern Fiorst Michener Scarce Dust Wrapper Pacific Australia New Zealand South Pacific

MICHENER JAMES A

Return to Paradise (signed by author)

New York, Random House. 1951, reprint. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. cloth rubbed at spine ends and starting to fray, inscribed to fep 'Honolulu -1956- James A Michener', stated ELEVENTH PRINTING of Michener's second work, dust jacket has sunned spine with loss to both ends of spine, rubbed fore edges, head of front fold in flap has been trimmed, chipping etc, book is tidy, 437pp. Very Good/Poor. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 012941

Catalogue: Travel & Exploration

Keywords: American Fiction Travel Writing Scarce Michener Pacific Australia New Zealand South Pacific

LEE JOHN A

Roughnecks, Rolling Stones & Rouseabouts , with an Anthology of Early Swagger Literature

Christchurch, Whitcoulls. 1977, First Edition. (ISBN: 0723305242) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. excellent copy, 150pp illustrated. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 007774

Catalogue: New Zealand Non-Fiction

Keywords: New Zealand Colonial Nineteenth Century Twentieth Century Unemployment Swag Man Swagman Swagger Itinerants Tramps Hobos Ballads Literature Vernacular Music 0723305242

BREND WILLIAM A.

Sacrifice to Attis, a Study of Sex and Civilisation

London, Heinemann. 1936, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. navy cloth, fep and half title clipped to top corner, price clipped dust jacket tidy but lightly handling soiled with a few short edge splits, includes SCARCE wrap around advertising band, this states as 'first cheap edition' but the book seems to be the original first edition with no mention of it being a cheap edition, 350pp + frontis, minor spotting / foxing mainly to closed edges or page margins, survey of sexuality in the past and present including Judaeo-Christian thought from St Paul and St Augustine onwards, sociological and psychological. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005587

Catalogue: Erotica & Sexology

Keywords: Sex Seuality Sexology Sociology Anthropology Religion Sacred Sexuality Judaeo-Christian Sexuality Theology Saint Paul Misogyny Saint Augustine Feminism Feminist

BALLINGER W A & REID D

The Second Sexton Blake Omnibus

London, Howard Baker. 1967, First Thus. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. pale blue papered boards, small size pages age browned, DW complete but rubbed to corners and spine folds, some fading to the red title on the spine. Howard Baker Library Edition. contains Murderer at Large by W A Ballinger, This Man Blake, a short history of Sexton Blake and Let My People Be by Desmond Reid, 96pp, small surface scuff to end paper where price erased. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 000320

Catalogue: Crime & Thriller Fiction

Keywords: Sexton Blake Detective Thriller Private Eye Crime

HAYES-MCCOY G.A.

Sixteenth Century Irish Swords in the National Museum of Ireland

Dublin, National Museum of Ireland. 1959, First Edition. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. (200 gram rate) folded sheets sewn in paper wrapper, small amount of water damage and loss to top corner of frontis page facing title, no loss to the image, light handling wear to wrappers, 60pp. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008617

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Swords Weaponry Medieval Arms Armoury History Ireland Irish Eire Celtic Re-Enactment

MANDER LINDEN A

Some dependent peoples of the south Pacific

New York, MacMillan. 1954, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. DW some sun fading, short tears to corner folds book VG 535pp combines anthropology history and colonial administration, describes pre and post european society among the mentioned peoples of the south pacific. New Zealand maori, samoa ,australian aborigine, papua new guinea ,solomon islands, tonga, fiji, new hebrides , issued under auspices of the institute of pacific relations. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 000609

Catalogue: Anthropology Mythology, Sociology

Keywords: New Zealand Maori, Samoa ,Australian Aborigine, Papua New Guinea ,Solomon Islands, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides Anthropology Sociology Institute of Pacific Relations

FAIR A A ( ERLE STANLEY GARDNER )

Some Slips Don't Show + Cats Prowl at Night ( British Paperback Firsts )

London, Corgi. 1960, First Thus. Mass Market Paperback, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) to titles shipped together, Some Slips Don't Show =1960 first Corgi edition of 156pp+ adverts, Cats Prowl at Night =1961 first Corgi edition of 221pp+ adverts, some light wear with reading crease to spines and light corner crease, both are Bertha Cool - Donald Lam thrillers. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008593

Catalogue: Crime & Thriller Fiction

Keywords: Crime Thriller Murder Mystery Detective Fiction Bertha Cool, Donald Lam Paperback Collectable

HENTY G A

Tales of Daring and Danger

London, Blackie. reprint. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. blue cloth with green and orange foliage and fruit design to cover and spine, light edge rubbing, prize plate to free end paper awarded to William Pearce from Washdyke school (NZ) dated 1927, bookseller stamp at foot of fep, old transfer decals or the remains of erased ones to the fep, verso of fep facing half-title, verso of frontis, and title page, and rear fep, 160pp + frontis and two plates, one plate detached, collection of stories; Bears and Dacoits / The Paternosters/ A Pipe of Mystery / White-Faced Dick / A Brush with the Chinese. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012661

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Boys Adventure Stories Victorian Nineteenth Century Henty Bears and Dacoits Paternosters Pipe of Mystery White-Faced Dick Brush with the Chinese