Chapple ljb (22 résultats)

Soft Cover. Etat : Good. Cream card covers with black lettering to spine and front. Covers are a bit grubby but otherwise in good order. Slight bumping to corners, some subsequent curling. Spine is a little creased with bumping to ends. Foxing to the page edges. Age discolouration to endpages. Frequent annotations to the textblock in pencil, 2 in ink. 47 pp. Previous owner's bookplate. Limited edition 119/500 signed by the author to the title page. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 209g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 030505:1-R6) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 209 G. Signed by Author. Book. …

Super octavo softcover (VG-); 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 costs.…

Super octavo softcover (VG); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.…

first edition numbered/limited [172/500] signed by author 47pp VERY GOOD- (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to half-title,contents sl.foxed,author's sign.to numbered colophon at prelims.).

Soft cover. Etat : Good - To Worn. Bulletin No. 3. 1938. The Alexander Museum, Wanganui, N.Z.

Stapled Card Covers. Etat : Good. None. First Edition. 21.5 cm, 40 pp, stapled card covers - staples a little rusty, minor light creasing and edge wear. Good servicebale copy. This is lighter in wieght than the average allowed for at the checkout and there will be a freight rebate made at the checkout.…

Super Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); 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 costs.…

octavo, blue cloth boards, red lettering, 221pp + article, VG+ in VG (light fading and marks).

Soft cover. Etat : Good. ex library with bookplate of H C Norris (Hamilton collector).

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Blue cloth has red titles on spine. Cloth has worn a bit in patches but still pretty tidy overall. Contents tight and clean. Previous owner's name on front e/p. 221pp with plates and a folding map. Dust jacket has faded spine and minor bumping to edges. Nice copy.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. VG+. NAVY BUCKRAM boards with gilt titling and armorial device to front board. Faux leather spine, black, with some faded gilt titles also, touch of chipping to right hand side of head of spine, minimal chipping also scattered throughout spine too. 312pp. All illustrations present and correct, contents clean and bright.…

Softcover. Etat : Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Covers rubbed at margins. Wear to corners of covers.; 47, [1] pages. Page dimensions: 247 x 154mm. An edition of 500 copies, this copy unnumbered.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Poor. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy with a contemporary ink name who was one of the subscribers. The jacket is poor and is laid into the book. Published to mark Wanganui's centennial, this history traces the development of the district from the arrival of European settlers in 1840 through to 1940. The book covers early Maori and European relations, settlement, commerce, river transport, local government, industry, education, churches and community life. Richly illustrated and based on contemporary records, it provides a comprehensive account of the people and events that shaped Wanganui during its first hundred years. The settlement was established in 1840 and grew into one of New Zealand's principal regional centres.…

Softcover. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 47, [1] pages. No. 6 of 500 copies. Signed by author. Additional author's presentation inscription to J. G. Hamilton.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good - Near Fine. First Edition. 119p Paper over boards VG - Near Fine The first decade of the Christian Church in the Whanganui area, especially through the life of the Rev Richard Taylor.

Hardcover. Etat : VG+. Etat de la jaquette : VG+. 1st. Sub-titled "The Land, the Lake and the People 1864-1964" this local history marks two important milestones --- the centennial of local government in the Ellesmere district and the amalgamation in 1963 of the council with adjacent local authorities. This well produced and well written book records the development of the district from its ancient Maori connection to the first European associations from the 1840s, leading to early settlers, including run and runholders, the development of agriculture and associated activities and the advent of community organisations, including the various boards from which the county council evolved in 1911. A chapter is devoted these boards in "Some Ad Hoc Bodies." Naturally, the importace to the area of its iconic of Lake Ellesmere, is given significent attention, as are community and civic facilities, education, recreation and cultural organisatiions that came with a stable population, commercial activity, consolidation and infrastructure provision. A fine example of excellence in the local history genre. First edition by the Elllesmere County Council in 1965, printed by Caxton Press of Christchurch, 221 pages incuding six appendices and index, 40+ b/w photographs, including one map and portraits, plus one fold-out map. Blue hard covers with red spine titles have light partial mottling at edges both boards with light spotting to spine area. Ink gift inscription top FFEP with two small tape marks below where news paper clipping (loosely enclosed) had been fixed, otherwise internally excellent. Unclipped colour tone DJ has aerial photo to front panel extending partially to rear panel and is VG+ with few chips spine top. Photos, Maps, tables, (illustrateur).…

Near fine first edition hardback in dustjacket. Illustrated, The jacket is browning and has some light wear, it is in a removable plastic sleeve. The binding is bright and tight and has no real wear. The endpaper is signed by the authors. The text is very clean and crisp throughout.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition. Blue cloth binding, illstd with b&w photos. Very tidy, just a small store stamp in front. Dust jacket has minor edge wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. An account of early days in Whanganui (1840-1850), of interest to readers of New Zealand local and regional history. By L. J. B. Chapple, B.A., B.Com., and Cranleigh Barton, LL.B. Cloth hardcover, 1930; no later printings stated - the verso of the title leaf (or similar prelim) prints only 'FIRST PUBLISHED 1930', with no later impression, reprint, or number-line statement. No dust jacket. Dedication on the front cover to the Bishop of Ao-tea-roa; acknowledgments page. Front board crushed and frayed at the top-left corner, with the board showing through; rear corners bumped and frayed. No inscriptions. Good.…

Hardcover. Etat : Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 1st Edition. Ellesmere County - The Land, The Lake & The People by G W Graham, & L J B Chapple. Publisher: Ellesmere County Council, Christchurch, 1965, first edition. Good hardback with jacket. Blue cloth boards have some marks, fading and mottling, rubbing and bumping to edges. Inscription to ffep. pages lightly tanned, fold out map very good. Jacket is rubbed, chipped and marked. 221 pages, illustrated.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. No signatures.; Title on front board: "Early Days in Whanganui (1840-1850)". 119 pages + portratit frontispiece. Grey papered boards, with title printed in black on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 189 x 109mm. New Zealand regional history, 19th century. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall C560 - "An outline of the work of the Revs. Matthews, Mason and Taylor with an introductory chapter on the Church Missionary Society beginnings in the Bay of Islands."]; 12mo.…

light grey octavo boards with black lettering 119pp VG+ in VG+ d/w SIGNED on title page by both authors A VERY NICE COPY.