Search Results: Titles starting with N from Sky Duthie Rare Books

Melbourne: Heritage Publications., [1975]. Facsimile edition. Quarto. Publisher's original red cloth with titles in gilt to the spine, in dustwrapper. Illustrated with a large folding frontispiece, one colour plate, four black and white plates, and a folding colour map. A very good copy, the binding square and firm. The contents with some spotting to the edges of the textblock, toning to the pastedowns, minor wear to the paper covering the front hinge, and a minor 1cm tear to the blank inner margin of the folding frontispiece are otherwise in very good order. The unclipped dustwrapper with some fading to the spine, light spotting verso and a little shelf-wear to the extremities is likewise very good. A facsimile of the 1803 London edition of Grant's account of his exploration of New South Wales.

Alnwick: W. Davison., [c.1815].. 12mo. (13.8 x 8.8cm). Publisher's original illustrated paper wrappers with wood-engraved vignette of a butterfly to the upper cover and a large wood-engraving of a girl selling flowers to the lower. Illustrated with 35 wood-engravings by Thomas Bewick. 36pp. Loosely contained within a contemporary full black calf folder, the booklet held in place with a black ribbon. The folder with the boards ruled in gilt, four raised bands to the spine, gilt ruling to compartments, and gilt morocco title label. A very good copy; the covers with a little toning; the contents with pp.17-20 loose but held securely in place by the black ribbon, an old clipping from a bookseller's catalogue pasted to the verso of the upper cover, and some old pencil notes to the front free endpaper verso, are otherwise in very good order. The calf folder with some damp-marking to the upper board and a little rubbing to the extremities is otherwise good. An appealing little chapbook-style booklet… Read More

Milano: Sonzogno e Comp., 1816. First edition. Volume 5 only. Octavo. Contemporary half roan over speckled paper-covered boards, the spine ruled in gilt. Illustrated with four engraved plates, with tissue-guards, beautifully hand-coloured by Lazaretti. 394pp. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with some loss to the spine label, rubbing to the spine and joints, and wear to the corners. The contents with an old water mark to the top margin of the first 60 pages or so, a few small stains to the edges of pp.261-268, and some light scattered foxing are otherwise in very good order. The plates themselves are clean and bright, the colours remaining vivid. The fifth volume from this wonderfully illustrated Italian edition of Cook's voyages published between 1816 and 1817, which ultimately comprised seven volumes. The title translates as "Cook's Navigations on the Great Ocean and Around the Globe, to serve as an introduction to the collection of the most interesting voyages undertaken after that… Read More

Tokyo: Kaiseikan., [c.1915-1920].. First edition [?]. Octavo. Publisher's original quarter cloth over decorative paper-covered boards. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and numerous black and white in-text illustrations. 123pp. Contemporary ownership inscription in pencil to the front pastedown: "W M Emery / 4205 Yaguchidai / Yokohama", and the odd contemporary pencil annotation elsewhere. A very good copy, the binding square and firm with a little toning to the extremities. The contents with a little toning, some faint scattered foxing to the preliminary pages, and a few pages with minor corner creases are otherwise in very good order throughout. An uncommon and rather charming illustrated reader, designed to teach English to Japanese children, comprising 41 "lessons" concerning typically English or American situations, scenarios and occupations. Judging by the inscription, the present copy was quite possibly owned by an English teacher working in Yokohama during the period.WorldCat records… Read More

Alnwick: Printed by W. Davison., 1811. First edition. 12mo. Publisher's original printed paper wrappers. Woodcut frontispiece portrait of Robert Burns and title-page vignette. 48pp. A very good copy, the binding firm with a little chipping to the spine ends. The contents with a faded contemporary ink inscription to the front cover verso are otherwise in very good order throughout. The first part (complete in itself) of this collection of folk songs from Northumberland and Southern Scotland, including a number by Robert Burns ('Banks of Doon', 'Caledonia', 'The Land O' The Leal', 'From Thee, Eliza, I Must Go', 'The Peck O' Maut', 'My Nanie, O'', 'A Man's A Man, For A' That', 'Farewell to Ayrshire', and 'John Anderson, My Joe'), as well as contributions from Thomas Campbell and Allan Ramsay. The work also contains three anti-slavery ballads, including 'The Negro Boy', 'The Galley Slave', and 'The Negro's Complaint'.Fairly scarce, with Library Hub recording only three copies (Newcastle, Leeds, Oxford;… Read More

London: Grant Richards., 1901.. Third edition, but first thus "newly revised", with two new prefaces published here for the first time. Signed and inscribed by the author. Octavo. Publisher's original red cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Top edge gilt. A very good copy, the binding square and secure with a little cracking to the paper covering the front hinge and between pp.80-81, a 1cm nick to the head of the spine, dulling to the spine, and a little marking to the boards. The contents with a few spots of toning to the endpapers are otherwise in very good order and clean throughout. Signed and inscribed by George Bernard Shaw in black ink on the half-title page: "To Lily Thicknesse / from G. B. S. / 4th March 1902". For this edition, Shaw has revised the text and added two new prefaces: "The Admirable Bashville", a dramatisation of the novel, and the essay "Note on Modern Prizefighting".The recipient of the present copy, Lily Thicknesse (1864-1952), was a poet and novelist who contributed to… Read More