Rev Stuart Ross (11 results)

TITLE PAGE MISSING, octavo hardcover (scruffy); 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.

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 199pp + 2pp index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minimal library markings, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sm inscriptions/notations in ink & pencil to full title page, moderate creasing at gutters, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, occasional light foxing to pages throughout).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. (frontis) xvi (portrait) 311p Cloth binding, gilt titles Fading spine Internal hinges repaired With illustrations, the biography of this early leader of Knox Church in Dunedin.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (frontis) 449p (1p) Red cloth binding, fading spine Bumping top, bottom spine Light foxing FEs Initials FEP With illustrations, the foundation of Dunedin and Otago, and the development of the religious institutions.

449pp. 8vo. Original red boards, gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Inscription by previous owner on title page. Foxing to edges. A very good copy. First edition.

Hardcover/Hardback. Condition: Fair. No Description.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Rear hinge completely broken with text block separated from rear board. Previous owner's signature in pencil on front endpaper. Some light fading to spine cloth. A few minor marks to boards. ; X, 449 pages + frontis + 1 page advertisements. Illustrated. Red cloth covers with black lettering and rule on front board and gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Inscribed by the author to "The Rev. James McKee," on the title page. Bagnall 4925. "To myself it has been a plesant and congenial task to look back across the years that have passed over us since the first adventurours bands of pioneers set foot on Otago, and to watch the social convulsions which supervened upon the discovery of gold; to mark the organization and rapid growth of the churches, which are now so mavellously multiplied in the land; and to note the more important public events which have awakened a general interest, and affected, more or less remotely, the social and religious life of the people. " - from the author's preface. Otago regional history. ; 12mo.

EX-LIBRARY, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 255pp, VG (minimal library stamps/markings, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to some gutters, occasional light pencil markings & underlining to text).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Life and Times of D M Stuart DD by Rev C Stuart Ross. Publisher: J Wilkie & Co, New Zealand, 1894. Very good hardback, green cloth boards with gilt titles, binding firm, some minor rubbing, bumping and marks, paper split at internal hinges, inscriptions to reverse of frontispiece, light foxing and a little chipping to some edges otherwise pages very good, minor marks. Portrait and 3 illustrations in very good condition. pages, illustrated. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. X, 449 pages + frontis + 1 page advertisements. Illustrated. Blue cloth covers with black lettering and rule on front board and gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Signature on front endpaper. 2" splitting to front gutter. Some rubbing and staining to cloth covers. Bagnall 4925. "To myself it has been a plesant and congenial task to look back across the years that have passed over us since the first adventurous bands of pioneers set foot on Otago, and to watch the social convulsions which supervened upon the discovery of gold; to mark the organization and rapid growth of the churches, which are now so mavellously multiplied in the land; and to note the more important public events which have awakened a general interest, and affected, more or less remotely, the social and religious life of the people. " - from the author's preface.; 12mo.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Rubbing to ends of spine. A couple of 1/8" tears to cloth at ends of spine. Some rubbing and knocking to corners of boards. Some spotting to page edges. Some spotting to preliminary and final leaves. Rear hinge starting. ; X, 449 pages + frontis + 1 page advertisements. Illustrated. Red cloth covers with black lettering and rule on front board and gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Inscribed by the author to "The Rev. James McKee," on the title page. Bagnall 4925. "To myself it has been a plesant and congenial task to look back across the years that have passed over us since the first adventurours bands of pioneers set foot on Otago, and to watch the social convulsions which supervened upon the discovery of gold; to mark the organization and rapid growth of the churches, which are now so mavellously multiplied in the land; and to note the more important public events which have awakened a general interest, and affected, more or less remotely, the social and religious life of the people. " - from the author's preface.