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Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present), plates (a number in photogravure), folding panorama on japon and 2 large folding coloured maps (one in relief) at end, a little negligible foxing here and there; original red diced cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, uncut, an unusually well-preserved bright, clean, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Neate *273.
8vo. First English Edition with an engraved frontispiece (original tissue guard present) engraved title-vignette and numerous engraved illustrations (a number full-page) in the text guard and title lightly spotted; original cloth upper board elaborately b Bright copy of a scarce and important work.
Pages 761-808. Features: Nice colour ad for six models of Kodak camera inside front cover; One-page ad for the Daimler Conquest auto; Excellent half-page photo ad for Aston Martin entitled "From le Mans to Runnymede'; Dramatic photos of the result of the crash which slice off the bow of the British Railways ship 'Duke of York'; Royal photos; Phillip gets his wings; Jordan Revisited - article with photos of Jordan, King Hussein, Palestinian refugee camp; House-trained otter of Mrs. Puggaard in Denmark; Training horses for Coronation Day; Extensive rehearsals for Coronation Day; Photos of personalities of the week, including Brig.-General E.N. Tandy, Crown Prince Akihito; Edward Shanks, Monsieur C. Kastally of Tunis, and some members of the 1953 Everest Expedition to be led by Colonel John Hunt; Pablo Picasso with his 'Goat and Bottle' sculpture; The 280-mm artillery guns which willl be used to fire the world's first atomic shell in Nevada; Two pages of photos and information on Laos - its King and Capital, and the fortified plain of Jars; Centerfold photo of Everest from the 20,000 foot level on Pumori; Photos of mountain climbing training and practice with oxygen equipment prior to the English assault on Everest; Photos of Navy helicopters in Malaya; Photo of the Canberra bomber which set a new world altitude record, and her pilot, Wing Commander W.F. Gibb; Photo of wrecked B.O.A.C. Comet which crashed after takeoff from Calcutta on May2nd; M. Jean Rousseau's pocke submarine in action; Wow - photo of a very early drone - an Australian-designed Jindivik Mark I pilotless jet is tested at Woomera; Photo of the Short SB5 adjustable wing research aircraft in flight; Photos of the Queen's Faberge Beasts - lent for a London exhibition; Recent Royal photos; Photos of the latest British fighting vehicles - the Field Mouse, universal tracked carrier and Saracen infantry carrier; Photos of the Queen at the Old Vic to watch 'King Henry VIII"; Jumping Frogs; Colour-illustrated Good Year ad inside back cover features the coat-of-arms of James Andrew Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie; Nice colour-illustrated Dry Sack ad on back cover shows the Seville Cathedral; and more. Four-inch opening at top of coverfold. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Features: Hooliganism in Belgium; The New Significance of Laos; Lady Lytton's Court Diary; 7th International Boat Show; The New Millbank Skyscraper (2 page pictorial); Peruvian Mountain Climbing; Congo disputes; Baluba refugees; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
Pages 629-668 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Nice one-page colour photo ad for Holland-America line; One-page ad for the Daimler 2 1/2 Litre V8 Saloon; Great one-page colour photo ad for the MG Midget, Mk II sports convertible (red); Cover photo portrait of the Queen Mother presenting badminton trophy to Capt. J. R. Templer; Photo of the international conference on the problem of sanctions against South Africa at Friends' House, London; Photo of commissioning ceremony of the new tribal class frigate 'Zulu'; Photo of the first of three new car ferries for the Western Isles, 'Hebrides", passing Oban war memorial on her way to Tarbert; Photo of "St. George of England", new ocean racing yacht being lowered into the water on April 17; Photo of famous actors attending Southwark Cathedral in commemoration of the Quatercentenary of Shakespeare's birth; Photo of Peter Garbutt, Capt. of Crook Town, holding the Amateur Cup as he leads his victorious team on a lap of honour around Wembley; Photo of Mrs. John Logie Baird presenting award to TV announcer Miss Sylvia Peters; Photo of Jack Brabham winning the Aintree International "200" race on April 18; Article on the perplexing developments in Cyprus; Photo of Syrian Maj. Gen. Amin Hafiz speaking in Damascus after armed revolt in Hama; Photo of Brezhnev presenting Khrushchev with medal on the premier's 70th birthday; Photo of Shaikh Abdullah speaking to crowd during his tour of the Kashmir Valley for independence; Photo of Danny Nowell in San Francisco hospital after terrifying fall from balloon; Photo of floating powerstation in ice-free dock at the Thule Air Force Base, Greenland; Photo of presentation of colours at Beersheba, Israel, during 16th Independence Day celebration; Photo of Italy's smiling president Antonio Segni in Milan motorcade; Photo of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands climbing ruins at the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico; photo of Pres. Nyerere of Tanganyika inspecting guard of honour of the third Battalion of the Nigerian Army; Photo of delegation of the People's Republic of Poland visiting Khrushchev on April 13; Photo of Israeli Pres. Shazar and president Grunitzky of Togo signing friendship pact in Jerusalem; Photo of Pres. Nasser and Field Marshal Hakim Amer observing naval manoeuvres off Alexandria; Photo of the Sultan of Muscat visiting the tribal class frigate 'Nubian'with rear admiral J. E. Scotland; Book review of "A Start In Freedom" by Sir Hugh Foot; Photo illustrated article on Soviet archaeology - the search for lost Dioscuria in the Eastern Black Sea; Photos and text describe finds in the Sukhumi Bay waters; Celebrations of Shakespeare; Centrefold illustration of Stratford-upon-Avon; Impressive photos and text describe the Aswan High Dam; Page of photos of the Duchess of Gloucester and Queen Mother visiting Scotland; Photos of personalities of the week include Sergei Khrushchev, Miss Rachel Carson, Col. Stewart Blacker, Harold Scott, Harold Shearman, Ian Smith (new Prime Minister for Southern Rhodesia), Winston Field, Justice Edmund Davies, Michael Foot, Mrs. M. P. Kendrick, Pres. DeGaulle, Mrs. Geraldine Mock (greeted by her husband at Oakland after completing her solo flight around the world), and Prince Souvanna Phouma; Impressive two-page illustration of the new face of the Royal Navy - carriers, frigates, submarines and auxiliaries of today's fleet; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 161-196 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Cover photo of the Eiger, where Barry Brewster lost his life, plus text and more photos; Russian dock collides with the South Goodwin lightship; Photo of Simon Paterson coming ashore after swimming the English Channel underwater in just under 14 hours; Photo of Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the pro--fascist union movement, being knocked to the ground by demonstrators in Manchester on July 29; Four photos of the Queen at Plymouth and Dartmouth; Indian forces attack Chinese post in Ladakh - article with photo; Photo of Egyptian tank and Conquerer rocket; Major Michael Banks, Lieut. Hugh Wiltshire, and John Hinde successfully climb Mount McKinley; Major E. J. E. Mills and Capt. M. R. Jones are killed 5000 feet from the summit of Khingyang Chish in the Himalayas; Photo of new French bathyscaphe, L'Archimede, which successfully plunged to a depth of 31,350 feet on July 15; Photo of First Lady Mrs. Kennedy and Col. John Glenn waterskiing near Hyannis Port Massachusetts, Photo of Russian high jumper Valeriy Brumel setting world record of 7'5" at Stanford on July 22; America's Cup sailing photos, Aerial photo of devastation caused by exploding propane truck at Berlin, New York; Honolulu crash scene photo where 27 people died when a Britannia airliner crashed while landing; Photo of triple-hulled airship under construction at Trenton, New Jersey; Two photos of NASA's "Project Apollo"; Review of "Red Plush and Black Velvet", by Joseph Wechsberg - Dame Nellie Melba was Australia's queen of song; Two pages of illustrations show how the USA proposes to land two men on the moon in a few years; Two pages of photos of the new Chelsea barracks; Fantastic centrefold aerial photo of a packed Los Angeles Dodgers baseball stadium surrounded by many acres of cars; Four illustrations of the threatened monuments of Nubia; Photos of historic English buildings to be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere; Photos of personalities of the week include Richard Aldington, Sir Burke Trend, Sir Laurence Hellsby, W. Armstrong, the Very Rev. M. M. Gibbs, Mr. C. Dearrsley, Aelred Watkin, Lord Freyberg, V. C., Major E. J. E. Mills, Capt. M. R. Jones, Mr. J. Mannings, Mr. J. T. Molony, the Duke of Norfork, The Right Honourable T. Rinfret, P. C.; Page of photos of horses and riders at the Royal International Horse Show; One-page photo of Miss Pat's Smythe riding Flanagan at the White City; Three photos of Bubbles, the 14 foot black pilot whale at Marineland, California, performing her tricks; Beautiful one-page aerial photo of the Colossus of Chiba, Kwannon, the Japanese goddess of mercy, standing 170 feet tall; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Pages 341-384. Features: nice ad for the Sporting and Dramatic News inside front cover; Cover photo of Canada's loftiest peak, the unconquered summit of Mount Waddington, plu two pages of text and photos showing a climbing party on the treacherous mountain; Photo of bizarre sea creature washed up at Querqueville, near Cherbourg - probably the remains of a basking shark; Two pages of detailed illustrations explaining drought and its dangers in rural England, plus schemes for alleviating water famine; Photo-illustrated book review of "Secrets of the Red Sea", by Henry de Manfreid; Photos and text describe jewelry of a Byzantine-Nubian Queen - more treasures from a mysterious Egyptian cemetery; Photo-illustrated article on an expedition to Cocos Island in search of long-buried pirate treasure with gold and silver indicating instruments; 12 photos illustrate life in the Saar, a district to choose by plebiscite government by Germany, France or the League; Two full-page photos of vast flocks of ducks at the unique Open Lake Sanctuary in Arkansas, plus photos of Mr. George S. Wilcox who protects the ducks; Photos of personalities of the week include the commission of government inaugurated in Newfoundland, Sir James Jeans, Sir H. G. Lyons, Madame Stavisky, the archduke Otto and ex-Empress Zita; the Queen of Siam and H. W. Austin in the Monte Carlo lawn tennis handicap; Acquitted Reichstag fire trial prisoners released and welcomed in Moscow include Mr. Popoff, Dimitroff and Taneff, Norman O'Neill, John Dillinger, Prof. S. F. Oldenburg, and Princess Irina Youssoupoff, who was awarded damages in the "Rasputin" film libel action; Centrefold photos of Prince George's 4000 mile tour in South Africa; Photo of the outdoor construction of Imperial Airways liner "Scylla" (too large for a hangar); Photo of stowaways John Pitzer and Arthur Martin afloat in the Gulf of Mexico; Photo of huge crowd in Trafalgar Square gathered to hear speeches about the unemployment bill; Photos of low British reservoirs; Photo of zeppelin "LZ 129" under construction; Photos of destroyed buildings in Kalgoorlie, Australia after anti-foreigner riots; Article and three photos describe sinking of the "Cheliuskin" near Wrangell Island; Photos of archaic Chinese jade in perfection - finds in the Lo-Yang tombs; Two pages of text and photos describe discoveries which "surpass anything yet known of archaic Chinese jade"; One-page ad for the new Ford Fourteen car; Half-page ad for the Crossley two-litre car; Half-page ad for the Armstrong Siddeley Twenty car; Half-page Rover car ad; Nice half-page Bentley car ad; Back cover ad for Douglas Stuart; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., Second Impression, with a frontispiece and 30 plates; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Published in the same year as the first edition. Izzard covered the 1953 Everest expedition for the Daily Mail newspaper. This work was first published in the US in 1954. The UK edition is uncommon in the dustwrapper. Neate 405.
006654The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District 1907-present. 8vo. original printed paper wraps some rubbing creasing & spotting spine ends may be chipped; pp. varies. Priced per issue good condition or better. Please enquire for more detail regarding individual issues. Issues available at this price: No. 7. Vol. 3 No. 1 1913; No. 8. Vol. 3 No. 3 1915; No. 9. Vol. 3 No. 3 1915; No. 11. Vol. 4 No. 2 1917-8; No. 12. Vol. 4 No. 3 1918; No. 13. Vol. 5 No. 1 1919. Neate j52. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG. The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District paperback
009521The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District 1907-present. 8vo. original printed paper wraps some rubbing creasing & spotting spine ends may be chipped; pp. varies. Priced per issue good condition or better. Please enquire for more detail regarding individual issues. Issues available at this price: No. 6. Vol. 2 No. 3 1912. Neate j52. First Edition. Soft Cover. G. The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District paperback
1912009351The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District 1912 8vo. original red pictorial cloth gilt with decoration of Nape's Needle on upper panel recased with original backstrip laid down lacks FFE a little rubbed with a touch of wear to extremities several pressed and dried leaves loosely inserted occasionally leaving small stains else internally clean; pp.x last blank 418 with numerous illustrations. A good copy in the original FRCC binding Neate j52. First Edition. Hard Cover. G. The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District hardcover
1937007744Manchester: The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District 1937 VG/VG-. 8vo. original printed paper wraps some leaf edge spotting spine a little canted in dustwrapper flaps tipped down as usual some closed tears & marks esp. along spine and upper foldover but complete; pp. viii 240 22 advts. with illustrations. A very good copy in the scarce dustwrapper. Neate j52. First Edition. Soft Cover. VG/VG-. The Fell and Rock Climbing Club of the English Lake District paperback
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates, neat signature on front free endpaper; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with small loss at rear panel and two short closed tears. The story of the ill-fated 1957 expedition on Haramosh in the Karakorum. SCARCE. Neate 58.
4to., First English Edition, with coloured frontispiece and plates, and numerous illustrations and maps in the text; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Lavishly illustrated with route maps and descriptions. Neate 645.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates (a number double-page) throughout; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped, lightly frayed dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps in the text, small neat signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chipped and frayed at edges.
8vo., Sole Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 28 monochrome plates on 24, 2 folding plates, 17 illustrations and diagrams (a number full-page) in the text, 3 folding maps on japon (2 coloured in outline and one coloured), appendices including 6 tables (4 folding), 5 folding sketch-maps in red and black and 1 folding meteorological table, some light foxing throughout; cloth, blocked in blind, gilt back, uncut, covers a little faded else a sound, clean copy of a very scarce work. The definitive general study and notoriously hard to find. Neate 142
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bump to lower rear corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with small crease to lower rear corner. 151pp. The history of climbing in the Pyrenees and the routes.
8vo., First Edition, with plates toned in blue, some light marginal spotting; green cloth, gilt back, dark top, uncut, backstrip mildly sunned else a very good, bright, clean copy. The author failed to complete his degree, but founded the Oxford University Mountaineering Club, and the Alpine Ski Club. Neate 471.
8vo., Second Edition, with 13 woodcuts in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso; handsomely bound in early twentieth century half calf BY MUDIE, marbled boards, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, third compartment with author's name in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with a floral spray, all edges marbled, marbled endpapers, backstrip faded (but all gilt just legible) else a most attractive copy of a scarce work. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. The publisher's catalogue sometimes found at end has not been bound with this copy. The first printing of the first edition was in Vol. IX of the Journal of the Linnean Society of London (dated 1867 but issued in 1865). The present edition, the first in book form, is greatly revised and enlarged; Freeman notes that 1500 copies were printed. The woodcut illustrations are by George Darwin, the author's son. SCARCE. Freeman (Darwin), 220; Freeman (BNHB), 909.
8vo., Second Edition, Third Thousand, with 13 woodcuts in the text, small inoffensive label scars to front free endpaper; original green arches-style cloth, gilt back, chocolate endpapers, uncut, small skilful repair to bottom of backstrip, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue (dated January 1882) bound in at end. The woodcut illustrations are by George Darwin, the author's son. The first printing of the first edition was in Vol. IX of the Journal of the Linnean Society of London (dated 1867 but issued in 1865). The second edition, the first in book form (greatly revised and enlarged) was published in 1875 with a second 'Thousand' (actually only 500 copies) in the following year. The present edition is the first to carry the author's appendix to the Preface, and a five-line list of errata on last leaf of Contents. Since these refer to author's errors rather than to literals and remain uncorrected through subsequent reprintings from stereos, this represents the final text of the work. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Freeman (Darwin), 222; Freeman (BNHB), 909.
19822090202118105565Shogakukan Ladybug Comics 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Shogakukan Ladybug Comics paperback
64 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of moose towering over hunter and his dog; Colour ad for Masonite Presdwood inside front cover; Vintage one-page ad for the Gainaday 200 washing machine made by Northern Electric; One-page Waterman's pen ad features fall maple leaves; Wonderful one-page two-colour (black and blue) recruiting ad for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) entitled "Advance with the Navy" shows sailors climbing onto deck; Very nice colour ad for Monarch-Knit sweaters features pipe-smoking man in yellow sweater raking leaves; One-page Weston's / George Weston Limited ad features the Canadian farmer; Canada Under C.C.F. - Socialism? - article with photos of Pat Conroy, C.H. Millard, Percy Benough, Professor George Grube, Professor Frank Scott and Premier Tommy Douglas; The Torch (short story); Leader of the C.C. F., M.J. Coldwell - photo-illustrated article; Whoa, Pete! (short story); Forum on religious faiths; What it Takes (short story); Nice one-page Chevrolet ad features green 1948 Fleetline; One-page text ad by The House of Seagram entitled "What Price Democracy"; Dot and I Meet Flaming Youth - two adolescent femmes fatales meet the life of the party; D.P. (Displaced Persons) Success Story - article explains how Poles Joe Korol and Leo Polenz have fled their homeland for Canada and are succeeding as independent farmers near Ottawa - with eighteen great photos, including some of their friends Annajean and Rose; Women's section includes photos of Mrs. N.C. Stephens, Mrs. Egmont Frankel, Miss Margaret Hyndman, Mrs. F.C. Brunke and Miss Orian Warwick; One-page colour ad for Heinz soup; Marboleum one-page colour ad shows nostalgic home colour scheme; Half-page colour ad for McClary ranges; Half-page colour ad for Westinghouse fridges; Fashion article with photos; Carling's ad inside back cover features colour reproduction of Rocky Mountain Sheep painting by Beverley Herbert; Wonderful colour Coke ad on back cover features young couple proudly holding six-pack while grocer looks over their shoulders; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome photographs (many full-page) and maps in the text; brown cloth, gilt back, red endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., with photographs and full-page map in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. First published in 1947.
