Slightly Chipped - Footnotes in Booklore by Nancy Goldstone; Lawrence Goldstone
$10.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: good
Out of the Flames : The Remarkable Story of a Fearless Scholar, a Fatal Heresy, and One of The Rarest Books in the World by Lawrence Goldstone; Nancy Goldstone
$10.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: good
Michael Servetus is one of those hidden figureheads of history who is remembered not for his name, but for the revolutionary deeds that stand in his place. Both a scientist and a freethinking theologian, Servetus is credited with the discovery of pulmonary circulation in the human body as well as the au ...Show more
Penguin Special: The Life and Times of Allen Lane by Jeremy Lewis
$18.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
A stocky, dapper Bristolian who left school at the age of sixteen to work for his uncle at The Bodley Head and went on to found Penguin Books, Allen Lane was the greatest publisher of the twentieth century, and a major influence on the cultural and political life of post-war Britain. He did not invent t ...Show more
Another Twenty-seven - Listed Publications from the Nag's Head Press Nos. 93 to 119 by R. S. Gormack
$30.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: near fine
Reed Books: An Annual Catalogue of Current and Forthcoming Publications of A H & A W Reed December 1956 - Books About New Zealand
$12.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: good
Young Emigrants: New Zealand Juvenile Fiction 1833-1919 by J B Ringer
$15.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand Literature | Reading Level: very good
The Maori and his First Printed Books and Other Stories by A W Reed
$45.00 NZD
Category: Maori | Series: Raupo series | Reading Level: very good
Includes First New Zealand Christmases and The Last of the Ngati Mamoe, published about 1937
The Artist & The Book 1860-1960 in Western Europe and the United States by Philip Hofer; Eleanor M Garvey
$25.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library by Chris Jones
$25.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
The University of Canterbury is the guardian of a rich and varied inheritance, which is reflected in the diverse material held by its libraries. These collections enable us to discover not only the history of Christchurch, the South Island of New Zealand's largest city, but also into the history of an e ...Show more
The Torchlight List - Around the World in 200 Books by Jim Flynn
$10.00 NZD
Category: Books About Books | Reading Level: very good
This witty, clever, mind-expanding and original book is destined to become a classic. A professor for over 40 years, Jim Flynn found fewer and fewer of his students were in love with reading. However, they were willing to try if he gave them lists. This inspired him to create the definitive list: books ...Show more