Davidson Rodney (56 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. With dust jacket. It's a preowned item in good condition and includes all the pages. It may have some general signs of wear and tear, such as markings, highlighting, slight damage to the cover, minimal wear to the binding, etc., but they will not affect the overall reading experience.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Condition: Good. 1954. First Edition. 127 pages. Beige pictorial dust jacket over beige cloth. Pages are clean and bright, and appear almost good as new. With minimal tanning throughout. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Tiny hint of foxing else fine. Jacket has a small amount of rubbing. Chip to the lower front panel of jacket.

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

HARDCOVER. 1976. First edition. An ex-library copy in very good condition. The d/w is fine.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: G. B/w Photos, Maps (illustrator). 1st. Hard Cover. VG. 1st. 25.5 cm deep by 19.5cm. A largely pictorial study of NZ's mountain ranges in 26 chapters moving from north to south. Also chapter on Alpine flowers. A selection of 136 excellent b/w photographs complemented by informative text. Internally the book is excellent, with slight tape marks on e/papers. Small inked name, date on FFEP, dealer stamp lower front pastedown. Small tape repair to spine top on otherwise excellent covers. Pict DJ is plastic protected, with chips small tears and edgewear, few trape repairs and small section missing spine top, Two photos with text material pasted in at rea, news and magazine clippings, illustrations loosely inserted, plus three small mountain photographs.

Imperial octavo hardcover (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 cost.

Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Cassell Australia Ltd., 1970. First edition; contains 16 black and white plates; gilt lettering on spine; dustjacket wrapped in transparent plastic book cover; dustjacket faintly rubbed/bumped/sunned, very faintly soiled, spine lightly sunned, price-clipped at the bottom corner of the front leaf; cover very faintly rubbed/bumped/soiled, corners/spine ends faintly rubbed/bumped; edges very faintly rubbed/bumped/soiled, lightly sunned; interior very lightly age- toned throughout, pastedowns/endpapers very faintly soiled; binding tight; dustjacket, cover, edges and interior intact and clean, except where noted; due to the size/weight of this item, additional shipping charges may apply for International or Expedited orders. First Edition. hardcover. Good/Good.

Imperial 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.

Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 138pp, 16pp b/w plates, bibliography, index. Cloth boards, gilt spine titles, in dust-jacket which is a little faded at and by the spine. A general introduction and guide to the early published works. Size: Large 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1954 FIRST PRINTING of First Edition. Original tan textured boards with black lettering spine. The book has clean covers, small dimple mark upper front cover, no previous owner marks or writing on any pages, no foxing, solid binding. The original dust jacket has loss up to 4cm deep lower front otherwise complete and clean, price-clipped front flap corner. The book measures 256mm tall x 190mm, and has 128 pages, 136 b/w photos, 2 maps. Written by climbers, this is a solid description of the peaks & history of ascents, both N & S islands. Nearly all the photos are of mountains. This is one of few books that gives a robust treatment of the N Island peaks. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Tidy ex-library, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin.

cloth. 8vo. cloth. (x), 138 pages. The First Settlement and the Early Costal Exploration of the Continent. First trade edition. Exlibrary copy with markings. Rubbing to extremities. Chapters include a general background to collecting Australiana; Terra Australis Incognita pre-Cook voyages: Factual and Fictitious; Captain James Cook and the recorded European discovery of the east coast; the first fleet and settlement of Australia; early French voyages to Australia; and early coastal voyages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Graham Hawley. (illustrator). 1st Edition. 64pp. (last blank). 21.5cm. 36 black and white line illustrations, some vignettes, some full page. End paper street map and illustrations. hard cover in dust jacket. Spine of jacket faded. A good clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hawley, Graham (illustrator). 1st Edition. Minor toning to dj verso. Prev owner's sticker inside front cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Book in good condition. A few very small tanning marks on half title and title page. Dust jacket has bumping wear at edges. This book describes twenty nine houses and other features and tells the interesting stories of the problems faced and overcome by the Trust in order to preserve and restore them B&W sketch illustrations throughout by Graham Hawley.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Graham Hawley. (illustrator). First Edition. A firm straight unmarked book, just out of long-term storage, appears unread. Dust jacket bright, complete.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 138pp; detailed index. No name or writing. CLEAN!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Graham Hawley. (illustrator). First Edition. 64 pages. B/w illustrations. Just a very nice tight straight clean 1st edition, in a bright complete dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 127 pages. dj worn.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. d/j edge wear & chipped & rubbed.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 1 vol., unpaged, ill. ; 27cm. Subjects: Davidson, Rodney (1933-) -- Library -- Catalogues. Rare books Australia -- Bibliography -- Catalogues. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. pp.(xx)+288. 31cm. Photographic illustrations throughout, some in colour, some full page, and of exteriors and interiors. Decorated end papers. Hard cover in dust jacket. A good clean copy ISBN. 0-7269-0000-1. Weighs c. 1.8kg so additional postage will be required. Australian Council of National Trusts. All States are represented. (Rt).

[x]+138pp. Small 4to. Original cloth in dustwrapper, sunned on backstrip. Inscription on ffe. Black and white plates. A very good copy. First edition Erudite and elegant essays by one of the great collectors of Australiana.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 138 pp. Dust-jacket flap tipped in to rear end-paper, inscription & business card on ffep. A valuable compilation of information culled from a wide variety of sources by one of the renowned collectors of Australiana.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 127p (1p) D-J (chips extremities, in protective wrapper) Paper over boards With drawings, maps and illustrations, a north-to-south survey of New Zealand mountains, both individually and in ranges.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 138 pages, select bibliography, index, illustrated. The jacket is protected and the body of the book is clean, unmarked and solid copy. As per title, A book collector's notes on items relating to the discovery of Australia, the first settlement and the early coastal exploration of the continent.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. pp.(x)+138. 23.5cm. 26 black and white illustrations. Select bibliography. Index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Slight foxing to top edge of pages. Fading to spine of jacket. Good clean copy.

Hardback. Rodney Davidson, Cassell Australia. Author: Rodney DavidsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Cassell Australia, 1970Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some rips to top of DJ, foxing to perimeter of same and discolouration to spine. Some denting to board. Slight tanning to block. Pages internally in good condition, binding sturdy.Rodney Davidson's A Book Collector's Notes: On Items Relating To The Discovery Of Australia The First Settlement And The Early Coastal Exploration Of The Continent presents a meticulous bibliographic account of significant printed materials. This authoritative work chronicles the foundational period of Australia, detailing rare books, maps, and documents connected to its initial discovery, the establishment of the First Settlement, and subsequent coastal surveys. It illustrates the profound historical value and scarcity of these artifacts, offering insights crucial for both historians and serious collectors. The narrative uncovers the stories behind these pivotal items, providing an invaluable resource for understanding early Australian history through its preserved records. Hardback.