Search Results: Authors starting with A from Ariel Books

London, United Kingdom: J M Dent & Co, 1914. Fine copy of this new edition, with character sketches of Edward VII, Shaw, The Kaiser, Florence Nightingale, Winston Churchill, Kipling and Chesterton, many others. Brown bds with gilt spine title and embossed pub device to front, Nouveau eps with fairy design, name inked to ffep, coloured portrait frontis of Shaw, 4 colour tp, pp 341 with 12 portait plates. CONDITION is almost as new sl. spine wear and yellowed eps, otherwise tight and not foxed.. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Mills & Boon, 1922. Blue regency striped bds with Navy titles (fresh and unworn, sl. bruised top cnrs) pp 158 with bright text block (light foxing to end pages, not inscribed) Original DJ is unworn with tanned spine.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: George, Allen & Unwin, 1964. Early missionary work in NZ and the Pacific and includes translation of Maori letters by Heta Tarawhiti to the ministers involved in the war, 1868. History of Waimate, Bay of Islands, Melanesian Mission, early Auckland etc. pp 298 with maps and historic photo plate illus. Additional typescript (9 sheets) on Selwyn laid in. Copy Very Good with gift inscription dated 1964 to front, and foxed to edges and end pages, else bright and crisp. DJ has minor wear and foxed white areas. #New Zealand Biography#. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: T Nelson & Sons , 1873. Story of strange cultural practices and drug taking are allegories with a clear moral code, but written in a natural realistic way. CONDITION Half bound with brown leather spine and cnrs, partial split to leather at spine head, purple cloth bds gilt stamped to front 'Public Library Otago New Zealand with library name in coper plate script to front pastedown else not other ownership details, 215 pages with some mild atmospheric spotting at ends and edges, mostlu bright and crisp.. Re-Issue. Hard Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: T Nelson & Sons , 1884. Stories are allegories with a clear moral, but written in a natural realistic way. CONDITION Brown embossed cloth with atistic borders of leaves in Blck with bright gilt spine title, nature scene of bird in a meadow to rear bds, eps are paste browned, with prize inscription to verso of ffep, 120 pages with nice engraved illus. Bright, crisp and clean copy.. Re-Issue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: The Lutterworth Press, 1934. 2nd Impression in year of publication. With preface by Isaac Foote MP. CONDITION Stiff card wrap with DJ bound at spine (fresh with faintest edge wear) pp 119 is tight and bright with faintest discolouration to eps.. 2nd Impression. Soft Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Wanganui, New Zealand: A D Willis , 1920. 9th Ed. Maori phrase book. Not Dated [1920 NZNB K460] Grey card wraps, 43 pages. Clean copy with split to bottom quarter . Re-Issue. Card Covers. Good/N/A. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Wanganui, New Zealand: A D Willis , 1915. 8th Ed. Maori phrase book. Not Dated [1915 NZNB K459] Grey card wraps, Grey card wraps, 40 pages. Toned with some finger marks, chipped to spine ends, crisp copy. . Re-Issue. Card Covers. Good/N/A. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.

Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1910. Not Dated [1910 NZNB P437] edition of 1,000 copies. Heavy paper wraps, with Green title and decoration, whip stitched, 8 pages. Internally bright and crisp cover foxed due to blotter style paper wraps.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1895. Humorous observations of sportmanship in France. Not Dated [1895 BL] Author was a newspaper editor and close friend of Kiplings. CONDITION Green bds are clean, 318 pages with nice engraved illus through out. Copy is very bright and crisp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by G Michelet. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Sir Isacc Pitman & Sons, 1948. White stiff card wraps with Red cloth spine (fresh with one small damp stain to front) pp 128 wel illustrated (named to ffep, some light foxing mainly to end papers) A very good copy.. 4th Edition. Quarto Cloth. Very Good/N/A. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Frances Pinter, 1983. United Nations University (UK) research into the Arab future as predicted in global models, examines future as reflected in Arab stratedgy documents and future studies. Black bds with crisp gilt spine titles, pp 242, in clean undamaged jacket.. First English. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1943. Orange cloth bds with Black title (fresh and unworn, sl cant top cnrs) Map eps, small name to title page, pp 183 bright and clean. Original DJ is fresh with wear to spine head and top tips, small name to front.. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, U.S.A.: Grove, 1988. Jewish thikers series. Biography of Chaim Bialik, one of the most influential Hebrew poets of the 20th Century. CONDITION Burgundy bds with Black cloth spine and crisp gilt title, not bumped or worn, name inked to ffep, pp 143 with map, in unread state. Potrait wrapper is unworn.. First Edition. Quarto Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

UK: G P Abraham, 1914. Grey light card wraps tied with brown cord photo pasted to front (nice and fresh) pp 55 plus 29 Monogravure illustrations, with smoke browning to newsprint pages, illustrated pages very fresh (tight not inscribed). 3rd Edition. Card Covers. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Chatto & Windus, 1975. Ruth Augusta Adam (1907 - 1977) was an English writer and feminist. This book is both human and humane, wise and cynical, polemical and witty. It concludes, wearily: 'A woman born at the turn of the century could have lived through two periods when it was her moral duty to devote herself, obsessively, to her children; three when it was her duty to society to neglect them; two when it was right to be seductively ''feminine''; and three when it was a pressing social obligation to be the reverse.' CONDITION 224 pages with photo plates and comic sketch illus, bright and crisp copy. DJ has been scrunched up at bottom front causing a large tear either side repaired with archival tape o/w mild wear to spine head.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Collins, 1966. 1st UK. "Frank Shade wasnt much of a gun slinger, certainly too slow to be a railroad detective, but there he was, trying to track down a murderous gun toting road agent known only as Brown. Brown had already cost the Grabhorn Express Company endless, grief not to mention a heap of money and the life of an employee, and they were willing to pay plenty for him dead or alive. Shade soon met others interested in the Grabhorn bounty. The first was Pleasant Potter, an old squaw man who was once Custers best scout. There was Horseblanket Mary, a broken down hag who made a living cheating Indians at cards, a deputy named Hicks, whose courage had a price tag, and Bess Durrell, a squatters daughter with a face like an angel and a mind like something else. But if Brown and his scatter gun had his way the bounty was going uncollected." CONDITION 158 pages,crisp copy with new eps, age toned due to paper type, DJ has been covered at some stage causing slight gum… Read More

London: Pan Books, 1984. 4th book in the Hitch Hiker series. First Edition with hologram DJ cover. DJ in protective cover, 191 pages slight spotting at ends a little rubbed at spine head.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Thomas Nelson & Son, 1894. Blue cloth with deorative bds (slight wear at spine and tips) pp iv 384 with 100 nice engraved illus and maps. Very bright and crisp copy with a prize plate inside front.. Re-Issue. Hard Cover. Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: J M Dent & Co, 1929. First published 1912, first in this formatte. Blue waxed cloth bds with bright Gilt titles, pp xiv 264 with 59 illus. Tight and very clean copy, small name to ffep else pristine.. First Edition Thus. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by Adck, Frederick. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.