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London, United Kingdom: Grafton & Co, 1947. Written for the New Zealand Library Association to aid in training. Blue bds with light shelf wear, sl soiled, pp 166. Clean copy. #Kiwiana#. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton, 1905. Green car wraps with Black titles (fresh with sl chipped spine) pp 287 tight and clean with light foxing to end pages, not inscribed. An excellent copy in paperback.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: The Beltane Book Bureau , 1948. Edition of 500 copies printed at the Griffen Press. Yellow stapled card wraps, 9 pages with illus. Nice copy with name inside cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

United Kingdom: David & Charles, 1971. Charles Mudie originally opened his circulating library to give the public greater access to nonfiction works in 1842, he began to lend books charging subscribers. Eventually publishing many works and becoming the most important distributer until the 1930s. Especially of interest to collectors of the Victorian triple decker novels. CONDITION Red bds (clean and unworn) pp xii 272 with some illus. Very bright and crisp, lightly toned to eps, tidy name inside front. DJ has light wear to spine ends, spine faded.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: New Zealand Library Assoc , 1955. Books entered in the International Book Design Exhibition, London 1953. Printed for tha Auckland Festival 1955. Categorised under publishers, contains 50 entries and includes no of pages and illus. CONDITION Grey card wraps, 8 pages. Bright and clean copy with slight toning to spine edge. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Phoenix House, 1953. Black bds with bright Gilt title (fresh and unworn, cnrs sl. bruised) pp 159 tight and clean copy, very sl foxing to eps. Original DJ is fresh with tiny tear top front and faint rubbing to spine ends.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Andrew Melrose, 1906. With introduction and biography by Cranstoun Metcalfe. Green bds leather patterned with incised Celtic borders bright Gilt titles and gilt rose decoration (fresh and unworn) bright Gilt top edges, Green silk ribbon marker, decorative title page has clean tissue guard, pp xxvii 252. (pages mostly uncut, bright and clean with some foxing mainly to edges, not inscribed) Original DJ is fresh with sl age toning to spine which also has small chip to head.. First Thus. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Seeley, Service & Co, 1914. "An Account Of The Birth And Development Of Journalism Up To The Present Day, With The History Of All The Leading Newspapers: Daily, Weekly , Or Monthly, Secular And Religious, Past And Present; Also The Story Of Their Production From Wood-Pulp To The Printed Sheet." CONDITION Red bds with crisp Black titles and decoration (fresh with faded spine, small ding to front fore edge, cnrs not bumped) pp xii 327 plus catalogue to rear, 26 illus plates (tight and clean, not inscribed, odd faint but expected fox spot). First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: George Allen, 1902. Red bds with Gilt title (fresh with faintest of shelf wear, spine faded) pp 256 not inscribed, scattered foxing.. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Max Parrish, 1951. Has presentation slip on Reuters monogrammed paper signed by "Chrisopher Chancellor" the head of Reuters. From personal Library of Michael Horton publisher of Wilson & Horton. CONDITION Blue bds with Gilt title (spine is faded, small water mark to bottom edge, cnrs lightly canted) 276 pages with 8 photo gravures, plus illus through text.. Signed by Head of Reuters. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Macmillan, 1972. "StanleyMorison,1889-1967, English typographer and journalist. Morison was typographical consultant to Cambridge University Press and editor of the Fleuron from 1926 to 1930. He was typographical adviser (1929-44) to the London Times and designer of a new format and a new typeface called Times Roman. In 1945, Morison became editor of The Times Literary Supplement." CONDITION Red bds with crisp Gilt title (fresh and unworn) pp 566 with 30 b/w illus and photo plates (tight and veryy clean copy, not inscribed) Original DJ is fresh with 2 tears and a small piece missing bottom rear, price clipped. Overweight.. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: George G Harrap, 1929. Grey bd with mild shelf wear, canted cnrs, pp 205 with bright text block, not inscribed, underlined to one page and marginalia to one page.. Reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Robert Hale, 1946. Thomas James Wise (1859 - 1937) was a bibliophile who collected the Ashley Library, now housed by the British Library, and later became known for the literary forgeries and stolen documents that were resold or authenticated by him. First British edition is much updated from the previous US edition "Forging Ahead" in establishing Wise's guilt over his forged editions, pirated copies etc. CONDITION Red waxed cloth with bright gilt titles (very clean and unorn) 372 pages with photo plate illus, erata slip. Very bright and crisp copy with light fore edge spotting. DJ has two tiny tears on front edge, slightly worn spine and very light spotting. Review laid in.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: Dept. of English, Massey University, 1990. A good bibliographic reference covering publications from or on New Zealand. CONDITION Stapled wraps, unpaginated (approx. 60 pages). Covers faded, odd finger mark interally, mildly handled, . First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

New Zealand: National Library Gallery, 1993. Produced in association with the exhibition Working titles : books that shaped New Zealand, National Library Gallery, 13 November 1993 to 19 March 1994, Jim Barr and Mary Barr, curators. A good bibliographic reference covering New Zealand publications. CONDITION Unpaginated (33 pages) with many photo illus. Unread.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Wellington, New Zealand: Government Printer, 1959. Looks at the writings of Lady Barker and Samuel Butler. Not Dated. 1959 from name inside front. Stapled wraps, 32 pages. Copy is very nice with little spotting to covers.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.