Search Results: Titles starting with A from Renaissance Books

[New Zealand]: The South Island (N.Z.) Motor Union. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. [c1935]. Softcover. No signatures. Some rubbing and marks to covers.; No date [1930s?]. [8], 39], [5] pages. Brown card wrappers printed in red and green. Page dimensions: 217 x 143mm. Land area printed in pale yellow, water areas in blue, roads in black or brown, text in black or red. Includes double page maps of Christchurch and Dunedin, with the major streets only shown. .

London: Watts & Co.. Fair with no dust jacket. 1920. Softcover. Heavy rubbing and foxing to wrappers. Edges of wrappers rubbed and worn. Ink number on title page. ; (vi), 106 pages. Printed green paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 184 x 123mm. Selected contents: Life in the Primitive Ocean; The Brontosaur and its Cousins. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Dublin: James McGlashan. Fair in Very Good- dust jacket. 1848. First Edition. Hardcover. Binding poor. Front hinge broken with text block separated from front board. Lacking front free endpaper. Title leaf with 15 x 5mm chip to blank corner, and smaller chip to blank corner of following leaf. Some leaves and gatherings detached and loose. Corners of first 100 pages creased and rubbed. Foxing. Label on front endpaper "This Volume Belongs to the Library of John Smith, LL.D., Glasgow Examiner. [. . .] Dec. 1858." Another early owner's signature on title page "Thomas Matthewson".; Complete volume of "The Dublin University Magazine, A Literary and Political Journal. Vol. XXXI. January to June,1848. [iv], 792 pages.Quarter leather and marbled boards. Page dimensions: 215 x 137mm. Text in double columns. Containing an excellent ghost story attributed to Henry Ferris "A Night in a Haunted House", pages 553-70 . A group of neighbours are sitting around the… Read More

Wellington: Victoria University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1995). First Edition. Softcover. 0864732937 . No signatures. A couple of price stickers on rear cover. ; 151, [9 (blank)] pages. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. With a substantial Introduction by Mac Jackson (P. Macdonald Jackson) on pages 9-32. "This volume represents the full range and vitality of Fairburn's verse. Accompanying the well-known anthologyo pieces such as 'The Cave' and 'A Farewell' are ballads like 'Walking on My Feet' and 'The Rakehelly Man', as well as a generous selection of his early love lyrics." - from blurb on rear cover. .

Auckland: University of Auckland. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Small newspaper clipping obituary included loosely - "Poet and boatrocker. Poetry had a flowering in Auckland in the 1930s when the work of A. R. D. Fairburn, Allen Curnow and R. A. K. Mason (q.v.) among others appeared in the magazine Phoenix." Also a newspaper clipping of the poem "Evening" loosely included.; 117 pages + portrait frontispiece. Pinkish brown cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 139mm. The bibliography has 764 entries, including appearances in periodicals and newspapers. The first entry is for a prize-winning essay "Children's organ recital" in a competition for school children, published in the Star newspaper in 1918. ; Monograph Series No. 3; 8vo .

Bristol: Grey Editions. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1983). First Edition. Softcover. 0950870307 . Previous owner's inscription on first leaf: "Oxford, England 26-1-84 from Museum of Modern Art". Some rubbing to edges of covers. Some minor creasing to upper corners of leaves and covers. ; Softcover edition. Dimensions: oblong 280 x 210mm. British photobook.; .

Sydney: Ure Smith. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. 60mm tear at tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 49 pages (illustrated rear free endpaper is numbered "49" on recto). Red boards with black lettering and illustration on front board. Page dimensions: oblong 218 x 183mm. Numerous black and white photographic illustrations. .

London: Ward, Lock & Co.. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. (1951). Hardcover. Previous owner's rubber stamp and bookseller's blindstamp on front endpaper. Small tears and chips to corners of dust-jacket and ends of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1951 reprint. 256 pages. Red boads with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 185 x 120mm. Nautical novel. "Lady Betty Wenfield, a young society woman, feeling herself responsible for a motor accident in which her husband is killed, decides to take her motor yacht, the Uhussie, to the Far East on a self-imposed task of investigating the mystery of the disappearance of an old friend, seven years previously. With the assistance of a down-and-out beachcomber who ships as mate, an American reporter looking for copy and a Chinese crew, the Uhussie sails from Penang to find herself soon involved with both the British and U.S.A. authorities, and also with native hatred and intrigue." - from… Read More

Sydney: Horwitz Publications. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1963). First Edition. Softcover. Some creasing to spine. Small ink price on first page. Foxing to page edges. ; First printing. [4], (7)-160, [2 (advertisements)] pages. Page dimensions: 177 x 114mm. Fiction, World War Two, naval fiction. This title is No. 51 in the publisher's single author series for J. E. Macdonnell. This series ran to No. 147. "Pelican was the oldest and slowest destroyer in the flotilla. Rust-streaked and narrow-gutted, lacking modern equipment, she would be no loss to the Royal Australian Navy. Yet her tough, casual captain commanding an apparently ill-disciplined crew proudly scorned the order to Abandon and Destroy" - from blurb on rear cover. [Reference: Flanagan, "Australian Vintage Paperback Guide", pp. 81-84 - "Australia's most prolific writer of naval war novels".] .

Southampton: The Guide Printing & Publishing Company. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Ex-libris Bookplate, "Leonard William Harrington Hutchings," to front pastedown. Some foxing to folding map. Rubbing to ends of spine. 1/2" split to cloth at head of rear spine joint. 1/4" tear to cloth at head of front spine joint. 1/4" tear along front spine joint. 3/8" tear at tail of front spine joint. Some rubbing to corners of boards with up to 1/8 " loss of cloth.; 130 pages + folding map. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering. Page edges gilt. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 278mm x 215mm. "Profusely Illustrated With One Hundred And Twenty-Five Specially Prepared Photographic Process Views." ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

London: William Heinemann. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Gutters at hinges reinforced with cloth. Rear pastedown endpaper removed. Spine leather rubbed and worn with some abrasions. 1/8" chip to leather at head of spine.; xiii, [1], 315 pages. Half calf binding. Page dimensions: 170 x 120mm. Medieval French history. Contents: The Origins of the Universities - Abelard and the Forerunner of the Universitie - The General Causes of the Rise of Universities - The Rise of the Universities; The Organization of the Early Universities - Privileges of the Universities - Nations and Faculties - Government of Universities - System of Graduation; The Course of Study and the Methods of Teaching - The Faculties of Arts - The Faculties of Theology - The Faculties of Civil and Canon Law - The Faculties of Medicine; General Spirit and Influence of the Early Universities - Manners and Habits of Students and Teachers - External… Read More

[England]: [Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line]. Very Good- with no dust jacket. [1938]. Softcover. Some marginalia. Title letters coloured in with coloured pencils on both booklets. ; 20 pages. Card covers, colour illustration on front cover. Page dimensions: 216 x 140mm. World map on page 20. Loosely included is a[6] page "Passenger List S. S. "Largs Bay" Voy. No. 30. Sailed from Southhampton 11th January, 1939." .

Nelson: Able Tasman National Park Board. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1970). Softcover. Previous owner's signature. Small crease to corner of front wrapper.; 1970 reprint of the second edition, revised, of 1967. 104 pages + folding colour map at rear. Page dimensions: 220 x 137mm. Illustrated. Includes notes on the different tramping tracks, the different forest types and tree species, the human history of the area, bird life. ; 8vo .

Wellington: The Catspaw Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1973). First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Some fading to covers. Some minor indentations on rear cover. ; 35, [1] pages. Red printed wrappers over white card covers. Page dimensions: 182 x 116mm. Printed at the Nag's Head Press, Christchurch, October 1973. An edition of 300 copies. New Zealand poetry. Nine poems. Contents: To the Reader; A Window Frame; This Beach can be Dangerous; To Douglas Lilburn at Fifty; Tantalus; To an Unfortunate Young Lady; A Refusal to read Poems by James K. Baxter; What was that?; An Abominable Temper. .

Wellington: The Catspaw Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1973). First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Some fading to covers. A nice copy of this title.; 35, [1] pages. Red printed wrappers over white card covers. Page dimensions: 183 x 117mm. Printed at the Nag's Head Press, Christchurch, October 1973. An edition of 300 copies. New Zealand poetry. Nine poems. Contents: To the Reader; A Window Frame; This Beach can be Dangerous; To Douglas Lilburn at Fifty; Tantalus; To an Unfortunate Young Lady; A Refusal to read Poems by James K. Baxter; What was that?; An Abominable Temper. .

London: "The Children's Companion". Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Spotting to page edges. Some spotting throughout. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Rubbing and up to 1" loss of outer paper at corners of boards. ; Unpaginated. 98 pages + colour frontis + 3 colour plates. Illustrated card wrappers with cloth spine. Illustrated. No date [c. 1920's]. Page dimensions: 244mm x 179mm. Stories include: The Smile Of The Sea Princess; The Fairy Of Simple Joy; The Magic Knitting; The Little Mermaid; The Brave Tin Soldier. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

[Dunedin]: published by the author. Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued. [2000]. First Edition. Softcover. 047306717X . No signatures.; 80 pages. Page dimensions: 179 x 109mm. Reminiscenes of a taxi driver in Dunedin, New Zealand. "Dunedin was supposed to be the most conservative city in the world. True, it has a magic that I have never experienced in any other place, but it also has a lot of crazy things happening after dark. From my first night shift in the taxis, on to this day, I am continually being amazed, and shocked at what I am experiencing. This book is a few of these crazy, funny or unusual happenings around the cabs." - from the author's Introduction. .

Dunedin: The Maori Hill History Charitable Trust. Good+ with no dust jacket. (2006). First Edition. Softcover. 187713998X . Front cover very faded. Internally very good. ; 208 pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 245 x 172mm. New Zealand regional history, Dunedin suburb. ; .

Paris: Le Mercier [et al.]. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1759. Hardcover. Spine leather rubbed and faded. Joints rubbed with creasing to leather. Hinges feel a little sprung, as if the text block is a little too large for the binding. Maps in very good condition. Small 1/2" chip to blank corner of world map. ; Two volumes bound in one. iv, [2], 489, [1] pges + 2 folding maps; [2], 339, [3] pages. Contemporary full mottled calf. Spine with 5 raised badns and gilt panels with filt floral decoration. Red lettering piece. Spine title: "DICTIONN / DELA / MARTINI". All page edges dyed red. Paged dimensions: 167 x 105mm. Text in French throughout. An abridged versions of the author's larger geographical dictionary. The entries are place names, e.g. "BOZOLO, Bozolum, p. ville d'Italie dans le Mantouan, avec un château & titre de prince. entre Mantoue & Crémone. long. 28. latit. 45. 9." This kind of work is also known as a gazetteer. .

Rangoon, Burma: U Lay Maung, Buddha-Sasananuggaha Organization. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Softcover. Fading to covers.; First printing. [4], 44 pages. Orange printed covers. Page dimensions: 176 x 123mm. Text in English. Mahayana Buddhism. Published in the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma. Printed by U Tun Shein (0256-Perm 02138), Zwe Press 172, 33rd Street, Rangoon, Burma. .