Freedom to Read - A Centennial History of Dunedin Public Library by Mary Ronnie

$50.00 NZD

Category: Regional

DoP 2008, Dunedin 185x245mm / 412pp Softcover with flaps A history of the Dunedin Public Library. "In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Dunedin seemed to have it all: a sizeable and growing population, commercial pre-eminence, enviable architecture and New Zealand's first uni versity. Strangely however, it was the only major city in the country without a public library." With humour and affection former city Librarian Mary Ronnie takes us through the buildings, the personalities, the collection, the controversies and the dedication that, from its earliest days, have made Dunedin Public Library one of New Zealand's most comprehensive and respected. ...Show more

Library - An Unquiet History by Matthew Battles

$12.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

The Hours of Simon de Varie by James H Marrow (Editor); Francois Avril

$85.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

Illustrated by three different painters, the Hours of Simon de Varie was long thought to be irrevocably dismembered. During the 17th century, it was split into three sections, two went to the Royal Library at The Hague, and one was believed lost until it surfaced in a private collection in 1984, and was then acquired by the J. Paul Getty Museum. A special collaboration between these two institutions has reassembled the lost manuscript, enabling the reader to view the book as it was created. ...Show more

The Hours of Catherine of Cleves by John Plummer (Introduction & Commentary)

$30.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

Ornament in Medieval Manuscripts - A Glossary by Lucia N Valentine

$20.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: good-very good

The Books of William Morris Described with some account of his doings in literature and in the allied crafts by H Buxton Forman

$25.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst

$25.00 NZD

Category: Graphic Design | Reading Level: very good

The Nietzsche Canon - A Publication History and Bibliography by William H. Schaberg

$75.00 NZD

Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good

Although the past several years have witnessed an outpouring of scholarship on nearly every aspect of Nietzsche's thought, a portrait of Nietzsche as author has been conspicuously lacking. Here, William H. Schaberg presents a detailed publication history and biography of Nietzsche as author and an equal ly comprehensive annotated bibliography of his work. Schaberg describes how and why Nietzsche's books were written, when and by whom they were published, and how many copies were printed and sold, a story set against the background of publishing practice in nineteenth-century Germany. Schaberg establishes a genealogy of Nietzsche's works and clarifies the relationships between those works, an understanding of which is essential to any informed opinion of his philosophy. Included for the first time in any language is an extensive account of Nietzsche's finances and his relationships with his publishers. Schaberg reveals a man who was obsessed with money, fought bitterly with his publishers, complained about his readers, and all the while continued to produce more and more books that went unread. He also reveals the influential role of Nietzsche's sister Elizabeth, who provoked disputes between Nietzsche and his publisher during her brother's lifetime and deliberately falsified information after his death. ...Show more

Scotland and the Americas 1600-1800 by David Armitage et al.

$30.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good

J S Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D by J S Bach; Gordon Jacob (ed.)

$10.00 NZD

Category: Music | Series: Penguin Scores 29 | Reading Level: good-very good

Mozart Symphony No 41 in C - Jupiter by Mozart; F Bonavia; Gordon Jacob

$10.00 NZD

Category: Music | Series: Penguin Scores 10 | Reading Level: good-very good

Printing of Books by Holbrook Jackson

$12.00 NZD

Category: Books About Books | Series: Essay Index Reprint Ser. | Reading Level: very good