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1970107381Subervie Subervie 1970, In-12 broché de 80 pages. Avec illustrations. Bon état.
1944ZB644696Mexico 1944-1946. Second Period. Volume 1 Number 8 January-July 1944 20 pp. Second Period. Volume 1 Number 9 Mexico-United States Good-Will-Edition 1945 48 pp. Second Period. Volume 1 Number 10 Financial Edition 1946 52 pp.; all narrow folio ex library and bound together in later quarter cloth with paper sides for the last two issues retained interiors have general age toning and soft vertical fold marks paper not fragile and sound overall good copies. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Mexico hardcover
1959003792Washington DC: Lester Douglas 1959. Paperback. Near Fine. 13 p.: illustrations; 25 cm. Terracotta red wrapper stitched with label printed in red and black. Text is printed in red and black. "This Book of Two Poems by Henry Vaughan designed and directed by Lester Douglas with drawings by Lyle Justis and engravings by Walter Von Egidy and Richard Stulz has been printed by Ken Hammel and Lynn Moore at their private printery in Old Georgetown U.S.A. at Christmastide 1959." -- colophon. Contents: Christ's Nativity -- The World. First edition thus. Inscribed by Lester Douglas to Martin Speckter on the colophon "For M.S. with the regard of LD". In Near Fine Condition: head of spine slightly creased; front wrapper label lightly soiled; otherwise clean and bright. Lester Douglas paperback
21 p. 4°. Some pen-annotations title page and verso.
007382Paris Alcide Picard et Kaan 0 In-12 Toile Bon 1ère Édition
R160141403ALCIDE PICARD ET KAAN. NON DATE. In-12. Cartonné. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 292 pages. Quelques tampons en marges de quelques pages, dont un sur la page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 840-Littératures des langues romanes. Littérature française
41553910like new. unknown
Features/Photos: Full-page colour advert for the Austin Seven; Pet West African Otter; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Quality copy. Magazine
Features/Photos: 73,000 cross into East Berlin for Christmas; The Lakonia Disaster; End of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; Rock art of the Australian Aborigines in Northern New South Wales; Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Today I, II, III and IV; Mikhail Andreevich Suslov; Photo of elephant hindquarters; Crossing the Mekong Delta upon a Water Buffalo's back; Jim Clark-World Champion - Esso Oil Ad.; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
42 pages. Features include: The new Wolverhampton; Women in Parliament; Guide to Christmas Gifts; Glory of Gothic; Australia's Secret Voter; Israel's Ascendant Hawks; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. Magazine
Many lovely colour illustrations and advertisements. Above-average wear. Some pages loose but present. Book
46 pages. Features include: Reagan's bid for presidency; Speed-up in Space; Christmas Gifts; King Nicocreon's Cenotaph; Islands that inspired Darwin; Toyota Corona Pickup; Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
46 pages. Features: Prince Charles Comes of Age; Christmas Presents; Pirate Radios - first moves to silence them; 300 Years of Fine Art - Spink and Son; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Magazine
130 pages. Features: No Arms or Legs, by the Reverend Graham Dowell; Renaissance Festivals; Pictures from the Past; A Pass from the King - laisser-passers were used long before passports - wonderful photos; Capital Letters - signs; Christmas Numbers; Shropshire's Political Ceramics; Louis Wain's Cat Portraits; Fen's Creator - Bruce Montgomery; Christmas in Norway; The Artists of Palekh - beautiful colour photos; Rich Men's Castles; The Christmas Story; Something Nasty in the Bedroom; Jubilee at Bekonscot; A Royal Governess - Lady Lyttelton; Ellen Terry and Sarah Bernhardt; Stamp of Ricard; Mary Celeste - The Truth; Jonathan Jeeves is Mean; The Felt Makers - making felt from wool in Turkey; Crafts of India; Christmas Quiz. 1" openings to fore-edge of back cover and back two pages. Average wear. Crossword completed, otherwise unmarked. A sound copy. Book
Cover: New York's First White Christmas in Fifteen Years. Features include: Our Notebook; Book Review: "Burford, Past and Present" by Mary Sturge Gretton; Aftermath of War: Record of the First Canadian Division; "Of Old Sat Freedom"; Books of the Day; and The World of Science: Poisoning the Parasite. Pictorial Journals include: Guards Chapel Services Resumed on the Tragic Site; The Railroad of Death: Drawings by Charles Thrale, one of the 7000 P.O.W.s; Life in a Java Refugee Camp: Internees "At Home" in Semarang; Ersatz Foods for Hungry Germany: British Products in Berlin; Preparing Food Substitutes at the British Laboratory in Berlin; The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Viewed From the East: A Unique Building Designed by John Nash for the Prince Regent (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); The Centre of Regency Life in Brighton: The Royal Pavilion (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Regency Magnificence as a Present-Day Municipal Asset (Illus. by Capt. Bryan de Grineau); Roosevelt's Hyde Park Home to Be a Public Museum; The Passing of a Great U.S. Soldier: General (George S.) Patton's Funeral in Heidelberg; Germany - Past and Present: Memories and Legacies of the Third Reich; War and Peace: The Past and the Future; Recent Acquisitions by the Victoria and Albert Museum; and The Lost Monastery of Alahan: Christian Remains in Roman Cilicia. Binding sound. Contents clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Book
Extensive coverage of the Transvaal (Boer) War. Photos include: The Late Duke of Teck, The "A.M.R." Festival at the Royal Albert Hall, Several Photos with Lord Methuen's Force, General Gatacre's Base Camp at Queenstown, The Company of the Bloomsbury Rifles, Farewell Dinner for the C.I.V., Passing of John Ruskin, The Cheshire Regiment. Illustrations include: General Lord Methuen Directing the Battle of Magersfontein, A Boer Trench at Magersfontein, Spearman's Farm, Christening "Joe Chamberlain" (a 4.7" gun), the British Retirement on Molteno, General White congratulates the Natal Volunteers, Night-Signalling from an armoured train outside Ladysmith, The Siege of Ladysmith, Melton Prior's Sketch of the Bombardment of Ladysmith(Centerfold). Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Binding intact. Book
28 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Great Sphinx - with a 'bib and tucker' to protect it from possible air raid damage during the war; Last Pictures of Admiral Darlan - the lying in state at Algiers; The Campaign in Tunisia - British troops in action in Tebourba; Scenes in War Areas - Our Captured Paratroops and Axis Prisoners; General Giraud succeeds Darlan; New Pictures and Personalities; The Trail of Axis Defeat in Libya - General Montgomery's Spartan Meal - photo of Monty with his luncheon of Bully Beef and Tinned Potatoes, with a cup of tea from a thermos flask; Rommel's Trail of Defeat - Abandoned Equipment Litters the Desert - including many pieces in perfect order; Points of View in Libya; Apollonia Abandoned; Prisoners "Caged" - amazing photo of hundreds of Axis prisoners being marched into their Libyan "cages"; Achievements of the British Soldier - article by Cyril Falls; The "Knock-Out Blow" that was no "K.-O." - Dramatic Pearl Harbour photos; "Remember Pearl Harbour!" - The Act of Treachery That Will Surely Prove to Be Japan's Death Warrant - 12 great photos; Fantastic centerfold skeleton-view of a Lancaster Bomber - the bomber with more than 50,000 parts; Photos of Personalities and Events of the week; Cumulo-Numbus - These majestic clouds are a danger-signal to aircraft - multiple illustrations; A Mad Orgy of Upside-Down Levitation - The Curious Adventures of the crew of a Sunderland Flying Boat - illustrations of what happened over the Bay of Biscay; Milne's Seismograph - with photos of quake damage in Japan and India; "Hitler in a Raving Mood" - Violent Gestures during the Munich Speech - Six great photos; The Great Russian Offensive - Photos from Various Sectors Hinting at the Magnitude of the Russian Victory - captured equipment, German prisoners, and more; Photos of Christmas with our fighting men at land and sea - including a shot of R.A.F. armoured cars passing under the Libyan Marble Arch. Unmarked. Average wear. Centerfold loose but present. Book
Scenes of fighting in Natal. The seige of Ladysmith. Scenes at the front. Scenes near Estcourt, Natal. New South Wales Contingent departs for action aboard the 'Aberdeen' (photo). The "Medic" departs Fort Melbourne Pier for the Cape with Victorian and Tasmanian Contingents (photo). Bringing Boer Prisoners into Ladysmith (illustration). 16 Photos of Casualties at the front. Photo of the Canadian contingent passing up Adderly St., Cape Town. Photo of the Bluejackets of H.M.S. "Terrible" with 4.7" gun. Centerfold illustration entitled "The Transvaal War: The Loss of Our Guns at the Tugela River". The Khalifa's last stand at Umdebereikat, in Kordofan. The Battle of Abu Aada. Full-page Monkey Brand Soap advertisement. Photo of four officers of the Dublin Fusiliers. A jubilee group of colonials - photo. Quaker Oats ad upon back cover. Moisture exposure at edges has resulted in light staining and waviness. Average wear. Book
(Two volumes in one)pp. 0-208, (9-210). +Plus Frontis Portrait, 6 pages of music, 12 plates of engravings, and 4 hand colored floral plates. 16mo. 230mm. Original publisher's full blue textured cloth binding decorated in gilt. Spine decorated and lettered in gilt. Boards rubbed and soiled with darkening and wear around the edges of the boards. Spine soiled darkened and rubbed with wear to head and base. Corners bumped. Contents mildly foxed. Hardbound. Front Hinge cracked. Very Good. An uncommon publication, illustrated with engravings. Ex-lib with withdrawn stamp from the Lebanon County historical society. Inscription on pastedown 'From Miss Mary - Caldwell.' NW51
pp. 372 pages in various pagings +Plus Frontis Portrait, music, and plates of illustrations. 16mo. 230mm. Original publisher's full green cloth binding decorated in blind and yellow. Spine decorated and lettered in white. Boards soiled with wear around the edges. Binding colors gone. Spine soiled with wear to head and base. Corners bumped. Contents clean. Hardbound. A loose binding. Good. Inscription on inside flyleaf reads' Presented to Miss Ellen Peck by her cousins M.L. and S. E. Peck. North Manlins March 8th 1861.' NW51
1942999N36London: Puffin 1942-1954. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. 7.5" by 9". Various. Eight first editions within the Puffin Picture Book series including scarce works written during a period when the world was undergoing great change. Eight first editions within the charming Puffin Picture Book series edited by book designer and the founder of Puffin Noel Carrington. Published by Puffin within Allen Lane between 1942-1954.In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps with Extinct Animals in the publisher's original pictorial paper boards.Carrington persuaded Allen Lane to publish colourful books that would engage children with the world around them. These eight volumes are particularly interesting for offering readers insight into how Britain viewed the histories of countries such as America and China as well as mining during periods when these were about to undergo great change.- USA: The Story of America written by James Holland and illustrated by Hazel H. Hallinan. Teaching children about the history of the USA into the twentieth century. Contains fourteen full pages with colour illustrations. 1942.- Marvellous Models and Models to Make written by W.J. Basssett-Lowke and illustrated by Paul B. Mann. Teaching children about models within industry. Contains fourteen full pages with colour illustrations. 1945.- The Story of China told by Tsui Chi and illustrated by Carolin Jackson. Teaching children the history of China including its discovery by Europe and features such as The Great Wall. Contains fourteen full pages colour illustrations. 1945.- The Magic of Coal written and illustrated by Peggy M. Hart. Teaching children coal mining and the occupation of coal miners. Contains fourteen full pages with colour illustrations. Scarce. 1945.- Fireworks and Fetes written by Alan St. H. Brock and illustrated by Webster Murray. Teaching children about different firework celebrations in Britain. Contains fourteen full pages with colour illustrations. 1946.- Extinct Animals written and illustrated by Hillary Stebbing. Teaching children the various different extinct creatures that graced our planet. Contains publisher's original advertisements to the front and rear of the book and twelve full pages with colour illustrations. No. 55. 1946.- Our Cattle written and illustrated by Lionel Edwards. Teaching children about the different species of cattle that roam Britain and the Americas. Contains eleven full full pages with colour illustrations. 1948.- The Book of Armour written and illustrated by Patrick Nicolle. Teaching children knights and armour from both Ancient and Medieval Europe. Contains fourteen full pages with colour illustrations. 1954. In the publisher's original pictorial paper wraps with Extinct Animals in the publisher's original pictorial paper boards. Externally very smart with minimal marks to wraps. Slight fading to wraps and minor edgewear. A little heavier to Extinct with slight rubbing and small chips to head and tail of spine and heavier to USA with spine held together by two tape marks and creasing to the extremities. End papers are bright and clean with slight age toning to USA. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with slight age toning to USA. Very Good Puffin paperback
Features: Dead Man's Double - the strange story of a landsman who, anxious to get home to Australia, shipped aboard a foreign tramp to work his passage; Baptism of Fire - the story of a young Forest Ranger employed by the British Columbia Forest Service in 1927, and how a fire trapped over 100 people in a logging camp; A Case of Contraband - An amusing story of how, between revolutions, men had ways of their own of getting around difficulties; The Golden Ingot - the diverting story of an ingenious Gold Coast version of the time-honoured "confidence trick"; Down Mexico Way - The exciting adventure of two young seafarers who light-heartedly set out to explore the Mexican countryside; The Fire-Walker; Pioneer Pilot - Mr. Peter Strong flew over the Drakensberg Mountains between Basutoland and Natal; One Thing After Another - Recalls the narator's fall and subsequent rise in the depression days of Australia; The Burma Road - will recall poignant memories to many ex-Servicemen; South Sea Burial Customs - Visiting the outlying islands of the remote Cook Group, in the South-East Pacific, the authoress came upon many curious death-customs; Olsen's Secret - A grim story from the American coalfields; Front cover was attached with tape but is now detached. Back cover missing. Contents unmarked and in decent condition. Magazine
2011500329888Enfance & Musique 2011 21 4x1x21 4cm. 2011. Broché. Ce livre-disque rassemble douze des plus belles chansons enfantines de Noël issues des albums du label Enfance et Musique. Il s'agit d'un support musical destiné aux enfants pour célébrer la période de Noël
1978R260179700ESCRITS DAL MIEU PAIS. 1978. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos plié, Intérieur frais. 336 Pages - nombreuses planches en noir et blanc. . . . Classification Dewey : 904-Recueils de récits d'événements
1978RO20201083ESCRITS DAL MIEU PAIS. 1978. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 336 pages - nombreuses photos et fac-similés en noir et blanc dans et hors texte + 1 coupure de presse concernant Jules Vedrines.. . . . Classification Dewey : 904-Recueils de récits d'événements
