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70803New York NY: The Frank A. Munsey Comany 17th September to 22nd October 1938. Naval Adventure US SERIALISATION. Complete in six weekly issues. Octavo 25 x 18cm each issue pp.128 in colour-illustrated paper covers priced at 10c. Extremely heavily toned throughout to low quality paper otherwise bright barely handled copies. Near fine. The first Hornblower novel originally published in the UK as 'The Happy Return' in 1937. A young Hornblower is captain of the 36-gun frigate Lydia; he sets his course for Spain and Nicaragua in his ongoing quest to cut Napoleon's lines wherever he crosses them. New York, NY: The Frank A. Munsey Comany, 17th September to 22nd October 1938 unknown
193528320Paris: Mame 1935. Hardcover. Good. Boards edgeworn corners rubbed. Hinge weak. Owner's gift inscription. 4-inch tear in 1 page. Unpaginated. 4to. In French. Illustrated children's tales by Grimm Hoffmann others. Mame hardcover
1830850W15London: R. Ackermann 1830 . First edition. Paperback. Good. 6" by 4". Various. The first edition of the 1830 issue of Forget Me Not a literary annual with illustrations. First edition of Forget Me Not; A Christmas New Years and Birthday Present for 1830 edited by Frederic Shoberl.In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Illustrated with a frontispiece a vignette title page and twelve monochrome plates throughout the text. Also includes an embossed leaf tipped in to the front. Collated complete. Frederic Shoberl was the editor of Forget Me Not the first literary annual in English. This years annual includes contributions from Lord Byron Richard Thomson and more. In the original publisher's paper covered boards. Externally sound. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. There is some loss to the tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Good R. Ackermann paperback
196447664New York: McFadden-Bartell Corp 1964. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. Periodical. Magazine. 4to. Pp. 92. First US Periodical appearance of James Bond. With numerous illustrations and photographs. Housed in a cloth chemise portfolio with title in gilt to the spine. Lightly toned throughout with light edge-wear and light chipping with creasing to the spine. Very good condition overall. A condensed version of the novel Goldfinger a 'Saga Book Special' which appears on pages 23-7 and 56-69. The text is abridged with illustrations by Barye Phillips including one full-page colour plate. This is the first American periodical appearance and the first US illustrated edition. McFadden-Bartell Corp unknown
1930909Y43London: William Glaisher Ltd 1930. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 9" by 5.5". None . An uncommon collection of papers that were read at an exhibition for The Folk-Lore Society illustrated with plates. In the publisher's original cloth.Illustrated with five plates.Contains the twenty-one papers that were read at the Society of Antiquaries in Burlington House Piccadilly for an exhibition on folklore. With a list of the members and subscribers of The Folk-Lore Society. To the beginning of the work is a programme with an overview of the dates that each lecture took place as well as the excursions that the Society carried out. Topics of the papers include 'Some Traditions of Stone-Carrying Women' and 'Traditional Games of Turks'. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart with bumping to the head and tail of spine. A couple light marks to the boards. Bookplate of one J. D. Dutton to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Heavier scattered spots to the first and last few leaves. Very Good Indeed William Glaisher, Ltd hardcover
1984BoxedG260116076yBaptist Sunday School Board 1984. hardcover. Very Good. 10x8x8. Complete 24 vol set. New never used. DJ's have minor wear from storage. Your Satisfaction Guaranteed. We ship daily. Baptist Sunday School Board hardcover
1938979H16London: The Royal Horticultural Society 1938 . First edition. Leather. Near Fine. 10" by 6.5". Various. A handsomely bound scarce first edition of the RHS"s 1938 conference proceedings richly illustrated and featuring expert lectures and discussions on ornamental flowering trees and shrubs. Bound in a blue half calf binding with marbled paper boards.First edition. Illustrated with 80 figures across double sided monochrome plates. Collated complete.This volume provides a collection of lectures discussions papers and exhibits presented at the RHS conference at the Greycoat Street Hall April 26-29 1938 with a focus on flowering trees and shrubs. With discussions on "Cherries Crabs and their Allies" "The Broom and Cistus Families" Viburnums" Philadelphus" and "Magnolia and Camellias" to name a few. Bound in a half calf binding with marbled paper boards. Externally very smart. Slight rubbing to boards. One or two minor handling marks more so to rear board. Bookplate of R. A. Philips to front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with scattered spotting to the first and last few leaves. Near Fine The Royal Horticultural Society hardcover
2000179935Ottawa ON: Ottawa Citizen 2000. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Wide 4to. Hundreds of b/w photographs and a series of essays on 20th Century Ottawa by columnist and author Charles Gordon. The dust jacket is a little flared along the top edge but now protected in a clear Mylar wrap; this is otherwise a very nice copy. Due to the size/weight of this book an extra shipping charge will apply. <br/> <br/> Ottawa Citizen hardcover
1999Q-0140565019Puffin Books 1999-01-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Puffin Books paperback
Q-0140025006Penguin Books 1966-11-30. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback
1981000013763London: National Maritime Museum 1981. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. 12 1-212 pp. Blue glossy wrappers printed in black on the front and spine. With two double-sided plates of color photographs of graphic medical imagery. Also illustrated with in-text black and white images. The proceedings of an international symposium held at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich in the year 1980. Light wear to the wraps with the glue very slightly exposed in the gutters. National Maritime Museum paperback
1995Q-014024705XPenguin Books 1995-08-01. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback
1983Q-0140444378Penguin Classics 1983-07-28. Mass Market Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Classics paperback
19341013W23Indianapolis: B. B. Kirkbride Bible Co. 1934. Leather. Very Good. 9" by 6.5". None. A very smart half morocco chain-reference Bible with colour maps. A very smart title Bible with extensive notes. Bound in quarter green morocco and marbled boards and printed on India paper. With gilt and red tinted page edges. Includes The Marginal Chain-Reference New Testament and the New Comprehensive Bible Helps Containing a Complete System of Biblical Studies. Featuring twelve pages of colour maps towards the rear of the work and further monochrome vignette maps. Collated from a copy held by the King's College London Libraries & Collections complete. Bound in quarter morocco. Externally very smart. Mild rubbing to extremities. The odd very minor mark to leather. Rear hinge very slightly starting between rear free endpaper and text block. Internally firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with the odd spot. Mild cockling to text block. Small loss to p.1. tape mending to title page and concordance p. 50. Small ink inscription to 2nd p.4. Moderate rubbing to gilt and tinted text block edges. Very Good B. B. Kirkbride Bible Co. hardcover
1997Q-0140261885Penguin Books 1997-03-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Penguin Books paperback
1985Q-0451519485Signet Classics 1985-10-01. Mass Market Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Signet Classics paperback
68385London: Folio Society 2006. Spy Anthology FIRST EDITION THUS first printing. Octavo 20 x 15cm pp.261; 1 blank; 1 order form; 1 blank. With illustrations by Nick Hardcastle. Publisher's decorated blue cloth tan endpapers in original tan slipcase. Fine throughout. An intriguing mix of factual and fictional pieces including contributions from Baden-Powell Le Queux T.E. Lawrence Bruce Lockhart Ian and Peter Fleming Kipling Somerset Maugham John Buchan Fenimore Cooper Dennis Wheatley Joseph Conrad Eric Ambler Thomas Hardy and E. Phillips Oppenheim. This is the first edition to feature the introduction by Dame Stella Rimington thriller writer and first female Director General of the British Security Service MI5. Gilbert p.45 115 186 545 643-4. London: Folio Society, 2006 unknown
65252London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1957. FIRST EDITION. 8VO. 19 x 13 cm pp.22562. With occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver to spine at least three colours were used illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Inscription to first free endpaper. Contents clean and fresh jacket with small clip to corner of flap spine gently sunned minor edge wear. An intriguing mix of factual and fictional pieces including contributions from Baden-Powell Le Queux T.E. Lawrence Bruce Lockhart Ian and Peter Fleming Kipling Somerset Maugham John Buchan Fenimore Cooper Dennis Wheatley Joseph Conrad Eric Ambler Thomas Hardy and E. Phillips Oppenheim London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957. hardcover
74429London: Rupert Hart-Davis 1957. Spy Anthology FIRST EDITION. Octavo 19 x 13cm pp.2 256 2. With occasional in-text illustrations. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver to spine at least three colours were used without priority illustrated dust-wrapper priced at 15s. Exemplary as new condition. No inscriptions contents clean. Jacket has none of the usual fading to the red spine and is simply a bright fresh example. Not a rare book but exceptionally scarce in this condition- we have handled dozens of these over the years and all have suffered from sunning to a greater or lesser degree. An intriguing mix of factual and fictional pieces including contributions from Baden-Powell Le Queux T.E. Lawrence Bruce Lockhart Ian and Peter Fleming Kipling Somerset Maugham John Buchan Fenimore Cooper Dennis Wheatley Joseph Conrad Eric Ambler Thomas Hardy and E. Phillips Oppenheim. Gilbert p.45 115 186 545 643-4. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1957 unknown
74871London: Folio Society 2006. Spy Anthology FIRST EDITION THUS first printing. Octavo 20 x 15cm pp.261; 1 blank; 1 order form; 1 blank. With illustrations by Nick Hardcastle. Publisher's decorated blue cloth tan endpapers in original tan slipcase. Book is clean and fresh. A few tiny marks to slipcase. An intriguing mix of factual and fictional pieces including contributions from Baden-Powell Le Queux T.E. Lawrence Bruce Lockhart Ian and Peter Fleming Kipling Somerset Maugham John Buchan Fenimore Cooper Dennis Wheatley Joseph Conrad Eric Ambler Thomas Hardy and E. Phillips Oppenheim. This is the first edition to feature the introduction by Dame Stella Rimington thriller writer and first female Director General of the British Security Service MI5. Gilbert p.45 115 186 545 643-4. London: Folio Society, 2006 unknown
1977Q-0634003496Fred Bock Music Company 1977-12-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Fred Bock Music Company paperback
1908952Y41London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd 1908-1919. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7" by 4.5". None. A pleasing set of seven volumes from Ernest Rhys' 'Everyman's Library' series of classics. Comprising seven volumes from the 'Everyman's Library' series edited by Welsh-English writer Ernest Rhys. All in the publisher's original cloth bindings.Offering the following works:Theology and Philosophy The Confessions of St. Augustine Translated by E. B. Pusey 1907 dated from a copy held at the British LibraryHistory 2vol The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle 1908 third impressionEssays and Belles LettresSesame and Lilies The Two Paths & The King of the Golden River by John Ruskin 1913 fourth impressionThe Crown of Wild Olive & The Cestus of Aglaia by John Ruskin 1919 fourth impressionBiographyThe Life of Charlotte Bronte by E. C. Gaskell 1913 third impression EssaysThe Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb 1915 eighth impression In the original cloth bindings. Externally very smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. With a few minor marks to the boards most notable to 'Life of Charlotte Bronte' and 'Crown of Wild Olive'. Internally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with offsetting to the endpapers. Very Good Indeed J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd hardcover
1913994H24London: Baillière Tindall and Cox 1913-1915 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 7". None. A very scarce two-volume first edition reference work on veterinary medicine edited by E. Wallis Hoare reflecting the state of veterinary science in the pre-antibiotic era. In the publisher's original cloth binding rebacked with green cloth. First editions. Complete in two volumes. A substantial reference work on veterinary science edited by E. Wallis Hoare and contributed to by multiple specialist authors. Both volumes provide valuable insight into contemporary advances in bacteriology and comparative medicine in the pre-antibiotic era.Volume I is devoted to Microbial Diseases with chapters addressing infectious and contagious conditions affecting horses cattle sheep pigs dogs cats poultry and other domestic animals including discussions of tuberculosis anthrax septicaemia distemper and related bacterial and protozoal diseases.Volume II covers General Diseases extending beyond infection to systemic and constitutional disorders and includes a substantial section on parasites alongside diseases of the respiratory digestive urinary and nervous systems making the work a comprehensive early-twentieth-century reference for veterinary practice. In the publisher's original cloth binding rebacked with green cloth. Externally generally smart. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight rubbing to boards. The odd handling mark and spot to boards. Slight glue residue to upper perimeters of boards of volume II. Previous owner's contemporary ink inscription to half-title of volume II. The rebacking has rendered the boards somewhat stiff. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with scattered spotting to first and last few leaves and the odd spot to fore edge. One or two minor handling marks heavier to fore edges. Previous owner's pencil chart to verso of title page of volume I. Very Good Baillière, Tindall and Cox hardcover
1960996H52London: Printerhall 1960-1964. Cloth. Very Good. 11.5 by 9.5. None Stated . A substantial two-volume run of Traffic Engineering & Control illustrating the emergence of modern traffic engineering and transport planning in Britain during the rapid expansion of road networks and motorways. Uniformly bound in red cloth.Both volumes are profusely illustrated with many full page illustrations monochrome photographs and the odd colour illustration. A two-volume run of Traffic Engineering & Control the leading monthly British professional journal devoted exclusively to traffic engineering transport planning and road safety. First issued in 1959 the journal became a central publication for engineers planners and policy-makers. The journal documents the development of modern traffic control systems motorway design traffic signalisation urban planning and road-user safety and regularly includes technical papers survey data conference reports and international case studies.Compromising: Vol. 2 containing issues No. 1 May 1960 through to No. 12 April 1961 and Vol. 5 May 1963-April 1964. Volume two contains the original paper wrap cover bound in. Contributors include engineers from local authorities central government universities and industry professionals. Uniformly bound in red cloth. Library Stamping to front free endpaper and title page of volume two. Library book bookplate to front free endpaper to volume II alongside previous owner's small ink inscription. Damp staining to boards of volume V heavier to lower perimeters. Slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight fading to extremities and spines. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with one or two very minor handling marks. Very Good Printerhall hardcover
1893000017129New York: Goupil & Co 1893. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. 6 1-287 3 pp. Brown publisher's cloth over beveled-edge boards silver and gold decorations and gold lettering on the front board gold lettering and silver decorations and rules on the spine; all edges gilt. Blue white and gold floral endpapers and pastedowns. With the colorful front wrapper bound in. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with numerous black and white full-page and in-text illustrations throughout many of which are photographs. With articles from Julia Ward Howe Candace Wheeler and others. A lovely history of some of women's contributions to the World's Fair. The corners and ends of the spine rubbed some of the lettering on the front board and spine rubbed away both hinges cracked but the binding is serviceable. Goupil & Co hardcover
