Search Results: Titles starting with I from Ariel Books

U S A: Presidio Press, 2003. Marine Sergeant Major Charles Jackson captured at Corregidor in the spring of 1942 and interned for three devastating years by the Japanese. Describe the fierce yet impossible battle for Corregidor, the surrender of thousands of his comrades, the long forced marches, and the lethal reality of the POW camps. Sending a card to his wife he was allowed ten wordshe used three: "I AM ALIVE!" CONDITION 301 pages with b/w photo illus, bright and crisp copy with the mildest handling signs. . Edition Unstated. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Palmerston North, New Zealand: Dunmore Press, 1981. Alfred Nesbit Brown was as a Church Missionary Society missionary who served in New Zealand from 1829 to 1884, Northland and Tauranga. He was involved with St John's College in Auckland. Good New Zealand pioneering information. CONDITION 267 pages with maps, illus and photo plate section. Bright collectable condition in like DJ with only the faintest handling signs. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Calder & Boyars, 1965. 2nd impression. When published this book created scandal in the Netherlands because of its explicit sexual contents. CONDITION Grey bds with crisp gilt title (unworn) 335 pages, bright and crisp internally with foxed ends and edges. DJ has short tears at spine ends, not price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: Gore Publishing, 1945. A critical analysis of New Zealand conditions, with an account of a new Method of Forecasting and its application to world climatology. Green cloth (bright and unworn) 79 pages with 48 illus. Bright and crisp copy. DJ has small nick to spine heel and a tear bottom front with age toned edges.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hamilton, New Zealand: Outrigger, 1980. One of the Titirangi poets. Printed in a short run using a cyclo-style machine. Outrigger Special No 26. CONDITION 44 pages. Bright and crisp copy. Slight toning toned edges to covers. #New Zealand Literature#. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dunedin, New Zealand: Self Published, 2012. A collaboration with Fiona Connor art works hand printed 2010 in Canada with card booklet photo copied and distributed Dunedin 2012. Connor is a NZ Artist based in Los Angeles mostly noted for sculpture. Approx 40 pages unpaginated illus. Kate Newby attended the Elam School of Fine Arts, receiving her Masters 2007. Newby is a mixed media installation artist who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York doing an artist residence and has done another residence in Canada. She won the Walters Prize in 2014. CONDITION 144 pages with illus in full colour and b/w accompanied with poetry by the artist. Bright and crisp as new apart from slight crease bottom front cnr.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: John Murray, 1860. Purple cloth, gilt spine title and geyser decoration to front, pp x 335 with nice engravings and fold out map to rea. CONDITION Cloth worn to spine ends with splits at head, split to front hinge with old amateur repair using cloth, o'w copy motly bright, fold out map to rear foxed, large publishers cat bound in back.. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1933. compiled by Ethel M. Cameron in aid of the funds of the Plunket Society (Wellington Branch). Original was published 1929. Contains advertising some in full colour. Most recipe states who supplied it and their location. CONDITION 204 pages, foxing though pages mostly clean, marginalia to 3 recipes, handwritten recipe to one blank and another laid in. Front cover tatty around edges with notation, rear cover lost and most of last page to index at rear is torn away. . 2nd Edition. Soft Cover. Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. NZ Fiction. Humorous thriller set in remote Westland. Blue bds with bright Silver title (unworn) pp ix 260 crisp copy with paper browning due to paper type. DJ not worn. #New Zealand Literature#. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: G Bell & Sons , 1910. British zoologist, sports writer and traveller (1970-1918). Travels in Constantinople, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, the Caucasus & Turkey. CONDITION Blue bds, pp xvi 279 with 40 half tone photo plates with clean tissue guards captioned. Bright and very clean apart from coffee mark top rear and name stamped inside front. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Michael Joseph, 1974. Love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. It was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film of the same name in 2018. CONDITION Blue bds with gilt title (unworn with sharp cnrs) 230 pages. Copy is very bright and crisp. Top cnr of front end page is snipped. Original DJ is in archival cover, unworn.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Amsterdam, Netherlands: Maatschappij Enum, 1930. Not Dated. c1930's from interiors and fittings shown. Text in Dutch. Brown cloth with Red and Black title and decoration (very sl rubbed top front bd) pp 447 with b/w photo and figural illus throughout, 3 folding plans to rear (2 have mild silverfished edges). Nice bright copy with slight scuff to ffep due to erasure. Overweight. Gedateerde niet c1930's van binnenland en getoonde montage. Tekst in het Nederlands. Bruine doek met Rode en Zwarte titel en decoratie (zeer SL gewreven hoogste voorcBd) pp 447 met foto b/w en figural illus door, 3 die plannen vouwen aan achtergedeelte (2 hebben mild silverfished randen). Schaaft het heldere exemplaar van Nice met licht aan ffep toe te schrijven aan uitwissing. Te zwaar.. Edition Unstated. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Victor Gollancz, 1958. Noted NZ Authors first book. It provides a history of the European war from 1940 to 1946 through three conscripted artillerymen froom various walks of life. It is a war novel with almost no close-up violent action, where a death is cause for prolonged grief and recrimination, and where the men’s internal lives are dominated by personal preoccupations. CONDITION Red bds with gilt title (clean with sharp cnrs) Pp 272, Crisp copy with foxing at ends and edges, name to ffep. DJ has wear at spine ends and tips.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

U S A: Illustration Magazine , 2003. The work of illustrator Roy G. Krenkel; Female illus by Nell Brinkley; James Dwyer adventure Illustrator; Frank Frazetta: The Creative Moment; and the art animal of Albert Staehle particularly Smokey the Bear. CONDITION Card wraps, stapled, 80 pages. Produced on high gloss paper with colour illust. Very nice copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

U S A: Illustration Magazine , 2003. The work of the legendary and influential illustrator sixties Bob Peak. His sensitive line and use of color and his inventive compositions helped to make him the father of the modern movie poster.. CONDITION Card wraps, stapled, 80 pages. Produced on high gloss paper with colour illust. Very nice copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

U S A: Illustration Magazine , 2002. Covers work of Sam Savitt illustrator of Cowboy tales; and illustrator Stanley Meltzoff. CONDITION Card wraps, stapled, 48 pages. Produced on high gloss paper with colour illus and Sam Savitt checklist. Very nice copy apart from crease bottom cnr.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

U S A: Illustration Magazine , 2002. Covers Norman Saunders, known for Wacky Packs, Mars Attacks; the magazine illustration of Perry Peterson; the Canavaral Press drawings of Frank Frazetta. CONDITION Card wraps, stapled, 64 pages. Produced on high gloss paper with colour illus and Norman Saunders checklist. Very nice copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

U S A: Illustration Magazine , 2001. Covers Haddon Hubbard Sundblom, best known for his depictions of Santa Claus and his world-famous advertising art for Coca-Cola; illustrator James Avati; and science-fiction cover artist and Jack Faragasso. CONDITION Card wraps, stapled, 48 pages. Produced on high gloss paper with colour illus and James Avati covers checklist. Very nice copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1882. Originally released 1879, 5th thousand of 2nd edition. Short biographies of famous abstainers in the temperance movement. Includes Garnet Wolseley, Thomas Burt, President George Hayes, Sir Walter Trevelyan and many more. CONDITION Blue bds with elaborate decoration in Black with bright Gilt titles, pp xxiv 232 tight and very bright internally, light wear and odd mark to bds, 3cm separation to cloth at spine head front, faint faded inscription to verso of half title, very sl dampstains to edge of eps, faint dust near ends at top of pages. A very nice copy.. 2nd Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Paradise Productions , 1982. Polynesian life and culture in Auckand, plus the home islands of the Cooks, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau and Tonga. The book was launched in Paris with exhibition Polynesia Here and There by New Zealand Government. Jowitts work has been exhibited in many countries and is in many public collections. CONDITION 46 beautiful colour photographs with captions to opposing pages in English and French. Copy is bright and crisp with slight edge toning. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/N/A. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.