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cassell and company. blindstamped and gold embossed red octavo boards withj glassine wrap (ex libris but very tidy); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

Lothian Publishing Co Auckland 1985. first edition thus, burgundy cloth with gilt illus front, 301pp illus, NF with v sl sunning & v sl soiled fore edge

Auckland: Lothian, 1985. 1st edition. Fine. large octavo. orig. dec. cloth 301pp., frontis., b/w ils., index,

London, Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1895. Dark turquoise cloth on boards with gilt and blindstamped titles and illustrations. Light dusting of age soiling and few only marks. Spine: head & foot with thin wear, small splits. Extremeties with mild wear, top boards edge with some heavier wear. Bevelled edges. Edges: gilt; light rubbings and scratches. Fep with red signature and '95. Missing ffep. 1.5 cm split to front hinge foot. Age shadowing to refp. From Cassell Publication page to rep a thin short insect damage. Frontis: etching of Martin's Bay Track with tissue guard. Just the odd page with a small light spot or small smudge, otherwise quite clean. Illustrated. Binding is VG. 301p. First Edition. Hb. VG/None.

Very Good condition, with just minimal edge / corner wear, and presentation bookplate / inkstamp to front pastedown. Front hinge a little weakened with small tear to join of final page of publisher's advertising catalogue to rear. In most pleasing condition.
Attractive pictorial and text record of late 19th Century New Zealand. Illustrated throughout with woodcuts. Includes: A Trip to Mount Cook, Wellington and it's Surroundings, Wellington to Napier by Coach, Lake Wakatipu, A Vanished Wonderland, From Napier to Auckland by Coach, Auckland, The Maori Wars, Some New Zealand Ports, Dunedin, Dunedin to Christchurch, Christchurch, Sir George Grey, Springfield to the West Coast, West Coast Sounds, Maori Legends, Captain Cook in New Zealand.

Cassell and Company 1895. FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 301pp + unpaginated publisher's catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate chipping to spine extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep possibly missing, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing throughout)

Cassell & Co 1895. First edition (Bagnall P586), super octavo, brown textured cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt illustration to spine & front board, blind-stamped motif to rear board, aeg, frontispiece with tissueguard, xvi + 301pp + xiv pp publication list, illus, VG+ (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, bookseller's label to front pastedown, owner's name & date in ink to fep, some tanning & foxing)

Cassell, 1895 gilt dec. cloth, superb binding, well illustrated throughout, but good amount of descriptive text as well, minor wear to joints, superficial mark to fore edge gilt, hinges tender but not yet fully cracked, top rear corner slight bump with crease to paste down but not cracked, tail of spine bumped, bottom 2cm of upper joint split, fore edge of upper board slightly bumped, this was a mint copy, but was involved in the Christchurch 2011 earthquake and was recovered from my demolished shop, it was sealed in a bag so the damage was minimal! (Bagnall P586). First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.