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No signatures Fading cloth at spine and margins of boards Rusting staples Corners of boards rubbed Endpapers split at gutters Scarce New Zealand rugby title One of the titles in McLaren's list of "The Ten Rarest Books on Rugby in New Zealand" 3-80 pages frontispiece 7 plates In-text illustrations Ad...

Binding a little loose Spine leather worn and deteriorating 3" split leather at top of front joint 5" split leather at top of rear joint 1/2" chips leather at head of spine Hinges broken Two plates and two text leaves detached and loose Plates clean minor foxing Light 1/2" dampstain lower corner of ...

Stated "First Edition" with "KZ" on copyright page Nicely inscribed by the author in purple ink on the front fly leaf "Altadena Cal Dec 1925 Harry P Burton An Ohio boy who ought know how fish from Zane Grey" vii 3 216 pages frontispiece plates Green cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and front b...

Professionally rebacked by Barbara Schmelzer preserving original endpapers and with remnant of original leather spine laid down Moderate chips and scrapes leather boards with moderate losses of leather at corners of boards Corners of boards strengthened by conservator with Japanese tissue paper A 1"...

Moderate rubbing and flecking cloth boards and spine A 1/4" chip cloth in front joint Some foxing.; A shining star in the milky way of New Zealand literature This copy is signed by Mason on the front free endpaper "R A K Mason" 30 leaves Brown cloth boards with printed paper labels on spine and fron...

1/4" missing leather at head of spine 1/2" chip leather at tail of spine Leather split along 2/3 of rear joint Spine lettering piece rubbed and worn Headbands lacking Small 1/4" loss of leather at tips of corners of boards Some small abrasions leather on rear board Owner's signature scribbled out on...

This book has been used as a Robert Louis Stevenson "scrapbook" by New Zealand librarian and bibliographer W H Trimble 1860-1927 Newspaper clippings reviews and clippings from bookseller's catalogues relating Robert Louis Stevenson have been pasted blank areas throughout the book particularly the en...

Corrected galley proofs for Hone Tuwhare's fourth book of poetry "Something Nothing" This title was published in Dunedin by the Caveman Press in 1974 Loose long galley leaves dimensions 152 x 456 mm The leaves are printed on one side only The leaves are held loosely within cloth boards with ties and...