Alfred Eccles Reed (11 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. AH & AW Reed Dunedin 1949 First Edition VG (red cloth w title in black on spine, sl worn, head and foot of spine v sl bumped, edges and prelims sl foxed) in VG DW (sl worn, spine sl discoloured.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 111p D-J (chips, piece repaired base front) Cloth binding, browning base With illustrations, the first biography of one of the real powers behind the early settlement of Otago, including his merchant life in Dunedin.

Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate denting to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & moderate chipping to spine & edges, moderate tanning & foxing, minor tape repairs to spine extrems).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 111 pages, frontispiece, b/w plates.

First Edition, octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, plates, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & upper board edges, bookseller stamp to paste down, note inscibed on paper and glued to fep - has caused glue wrinkles to reverse of page, slight foxing throughout, writing in pencil to pg15) in d/w, VG+ ( moderate foxing & soiling, moderate creasing and cracking to spine extrems and wrapper edges).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A firm straight book, 111 pages, b/w picture section, includes Index. (Inscribed & signed by Walter J. Jones, grandson of the author.).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition. An ex-library copy, with library stamps and markings including card pocket at rear. "Seacliff Hospital Library". Small 1/4" loss of cloth at tips of corners of boards. 1/4" chips and fraying to cloth at ends of spine. Dust-jacket rubbed and worn with tears, and extensive brown paper reinforcement on reverse side. Dust-jacket spine heavily chipped and with heavy rubbing and abrasions. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; [2], (7)-111 pages + frontispiece + 19 illustrations on 5 plate leaves. Red cloth boards. Page dimensions: 212 x 134mm. New Zealand regional history, Otago, 19th Century. "The full story of how he came to settle in Waikouaiti, to acquire large areas of land thereabouts, and to engage in agriculture, is told in this book. One of his earliest steps was to establish a mission station to look after the spiritual welfare of the whalers and the Maoris" - page 8. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Early Years; Whaling Days; Native Land Purchases and Claims; The Agricultural Settlement; Other Rural Land Interests; Mission Station and Church; Merchant, Shipowner and Other Matters; John Jones, the Man; Appendix; Index. ; 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. John Jones of Otago: Whaler - Coloniser - Shipowner - Merchant. By Alfred Eccles and A H Reed Publisher: A. H. and A. W. Reed (1949), Wellington. FIRST EDITION. Very good hardback with no jacket, binding firm, some minor rubbing, bumping, fading and marks, slight lean to spine, no inscriptions, light foxing to end-papers, pages tanned, minor marks. 111 pages, illustrated. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. John Jones of Otago: Whaler - Coloniser - Shipowner - Merchant. By Alfred Eccles and A H Reed Publisher: A. H. and A. W. Reed (1949), Wellington. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS & dated 1949. Inscription to previous owner. Good hardback with jacket. Some rubbing to edges. There are some newspaper cuttings adhered inside the front and back of the book, and to title page and end papers. Rear end paper has been removed but is still present and has correction information pasted to it. Photo plate of Jones has been pasted inside front cover. Pages tanned. Jacket is not price clipped, but is foxed, rubbed, chipped and marked with some closed tears, spine is dulled down. 111 pages with photos. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. No signatures. Small ink price on front endpaper. Minor foxing. No tears to dustjacket. Moderate foxing to dustjacket. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; [2], (7)-111 pages + frontispiece + 19 illustrations on 5 plate leaves. Red cloth boards. Page dimensions: 212 x 134mm. New Zealand regional history, Otago, 19th Century. "The full story of how he came to settle in Waikouaiti, to acquire large areas of land thereabouts, and to engage in agriculture, is told in this book. One of his earliest steps was to establish a mission station to look after the spiritual welfare of the whalers and the Maoris" - page 8. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Early Years; Whaling Days; Native Land Purchases and Claims; The Agricultural Settlement; Other Rural Land Interests; Mission Station and Church; Merchant, Shipowner and Other Matters; John Jones, the Man; Appendix; Index. ; 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. Dust-jacket with foxing, small tears and chips to margins. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. Newspaper clipping on Johnnie Jones from the Otago Daily Times, 1948 loosely included. ; This copy signed by both authors on front endpaper. Inscribed to E. C. Huie, Esq. Signature of A. H. Reed dated 4 Nov 1949. [2], (7)-111 pages + frontispiece + 19 illustrations on 5 plate leaves. Red cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 212 x 135mm. New Zealand regional history, Otago, 19th Century. "The full story of how he came to settle in Waikouaiti, to acquire large areas of land thereabouts, and to engage in agriculture, is told in this book. One of his earliest steps was to establish a mission station to look after the spiritual welfare of the whalers and the Maoris" - page 8. John Jones, popularly known as Johnny Jones, was the grandfather of Alfred Eccles. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Early Years; Whaling Days; Native Land Purchases and Claims; The Agricultural Settlement; Other Rural Land Interests; Mission Station and Church; Merchant, Shipowner and Other Matters; John Jones, the Man; Appendix; Index.