Milne Rev (11 results)

Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Signed/Inscribed by author on half title page. (christian, christianity, sermon).

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. [1st edition, 1st printing] ; Stiff blue and black wrappers ; xiii, 405 pp. ; maps ; 24 cm. ; Among Marshallese the ri-bwebwenato (storyteller) is well known and respected, a living repository and transmitter of traditional history and culture. Here are ninety folktales and stories of historical events, collected and translated into English during the third quarter of the twentieth century. They include tales of origins, humanlike animals, ogres, and sprites, some malevolent, some playful. Man y are presented in the original language and are amplified by extensive commentary ; AS NEW. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 4 page leaflet in grey card covers; Octavo.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair condition, undated but early edition, inner hinges straining but contents tight, free front end page missing, age appropriate marks and discoloration throughout, black embossed boards, corners bumped, shelf wear.

Second edition, Revised. Hardcover. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Some light soiling and marks on the boards, with a one inch square piece of professional restoration at the head of the spine (with the loss of "The" in the gilt title), endpapers naturally embrowned and a little foxed, a couple ownership signatures on the prelims, otherwise very good in an added archival jacket for this copy. An important publication on the geology of Sydney and environs, with two maps (one a large fold-out at the back, with a small closed tear) and 83 b/w illustrations, diagrams and photographs. Uncommon in the original cloth binding, whose integrity has been saved by careful restoration (instead of more usual re-backing or rebinding in leather). …

Softcover. Condition: Good+ No dust jacket as issued. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Ex-library, but with only one library marking, a rubber stamp "DPL - FREE" on page 3 (Dunedin Public Library). Light vertical crease to covers and all leaves, where booklet has been folded in half.; This copy inscribed by the author on title page, and signed with his initials "With every good wish for Christmas / and the coming year! / 16 Morvern Rd. Epsom Auckland / 18-12-39 / JM". Second edition. The first edition was published in 1919 with a different title: "Problems of the day. Industry and the State. Liquor and the State. The Churches and the State".16 pages. Blue printed wrappers. The verse "League of Nations" is a shape poem, in the shape of a cross. [Reference: Bagnall M1744].…

hardback, 4to, xiv,804pp, frontispiece, title vignette, 4 double-page sidereal maps, numerous illustrations, edges slightly browned, text clean, binding and hinges sound, pebbled blue cloth gilt, slighlty rubbed, Very Good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1811-1823. Four titles bound together. First: The History of Buxton: and visitor's guide to the curiosities of The Peak. 1811. 222pp plus notes, index and errata. With eight plates. Second: The History of Chesterfield, and its Charities, &c. 1823. viii, 132, [11]pp. With frontispiece and three other plates. Third: Copy of the Statutes of Tideswell Grammar School. 1817. 16pp. Fourth: A Geological Account of A Descent into Eldon Hole, &c. 1813. 38pp. With frontispiece. Bound together in light tan quarter leather, papered boards, spine ruled with gilt titles. Square and firm. Sporadic marginal annotations by a former owner, with several additional printed ephemeral items and notes tipped in. Contents in good order. A 'Very Good' copy. Derbyshire historical and topographical interest. The Eldon Hole caving account is particularly rare, and helped debunk centuries of local myths about the chasm being a "bottomless pit" leading straight to Hell. Earlier writers including Hobbes and Defoe had claimed the chasm had no measurable floor. One copy in the BCL. An interesting Derbyshire/Peak District related collection. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. There are illustrations and photographs throughout in this book. Head and tail of spine rubbed. Some wear and fading around edges of spine and boards. Corners bumped. Blue boards are discoloured, especially at spine, also well worn with minor stains. Foxing and staining on page edges. Book is foxed throughout. Front pastedown endpaper contains inscription from previous owner. Page following front free endpaper contains a name in faded black ink. Front free endpaper is lightly discoloured and stained. Pages are thumbed. Few pages contain very minor tears. Hinge separation between front free endpaper and following page, and pages 50-51, 62-63, 80-81, 96-97, 146-147, 160-161, and rear free endpapers. Binding of rear cover to spine is somewhat loose. Else book is in good condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously but they usually present better than they sound.…

Calf. Condition: Very Good. Revised Second Edition. Gilt decorated spine in partitions, spine gilt title on maroon. Booksellers stamp, marbled endpapers and page edges, bookplate on front endpaper; 392 pages. illustrated, 2 maps 1 of which is col. and fold. Previous owner's name inscribed on half title.…

Paris, L. Hachette et Cie, 1858. Fort in-12, rel. de l'ép. demi-chagrin poli brun, dos à nerfs, fleuron doré entre les nerfs, titre doré, tr. mouchetées; VIII-548 pp., 2 pl. dépliantes comprenant 3 cartes : (Ningpo et ses faubourgs. Passage en rivière de Canton à Hong-Kong. Province de Kiang-Nan comprenant les provinces de Ngan-Hoeï et de Kiang-Sou), appendice. ".L'auteur s'embarqua pour ce pays dans l'été de 1839 ; et, sauf une absence de deux années, il y est demeuré jusqu'au commencement de 1854, sous les auspices de la Société des missions de Londres. Dans le cours de sa mission, il lui fut donné de visiter plusieurs villes curieuses de la Chine, telles que Macao, Hong-Kong, Canton, Tchousan, Ningpo, Changhaï, et de traverser dans ses voyages trois provinces de l'Empire : le Tchehkiang, le Kiangsi, et celle de Canton. Les pages suivantes donnent le résultat abrégé de ses observations pendant cette longue période. Elles ont pour but de faire connaître les Chinois tels qu'ils sont." (Préface) /S104-105 Dos lég. insolé, bel ex.…