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194521798London: Novello 1945. 4to 4pp. Illustrated cover of men standing in an air field. This ballad written by a Soviet Sailor had its first performance at a concert given at a Soviet northern port at which Red Navy men entertained the crew of the ship which carried UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden on his visit to the U.S.S.R. Novello unknown books
194421826NY: Leeds Music Corp 1944. 4to pp. 6pp. Printed self wraps lacking corner piece in lower right A very good copy. A work encouraging the French partisans. Leeds Music Corp unknown books
19342221932<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. Dust jacket unclipped; few small nicks designed by J.E. Atkinson. Small book seller label of The Holliday Bookshop New York City. Very good. 336 pages. No signatures or bookplates.</p><p>Tipped in at end is publisher's 1 page flyer for Young's collected works.</p><p>Printed at The Alden Press.</p> Jonathan Cape books
19711320367New York: Doubleday & Co. Inc 1971. Hardcover. 10mo; pp 328; G/G; green pictorial spine with beige text; dust jacket has shows modest wear to exterior light soiling to rear; minor chips to edges; price clipped front flap; cloth shows mild wear to exterior; strong boards; text block has slight shelf wear to exterior edges; missing ffep as is; signed by author;. 1320367. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday & Co., Inc hardcover books
1971115039Garden City New York: Doubleday & Co. Inc 1971. Signed limited edition of this anthology of the Russian poet's essays with English adaptations by James Dickey Geoffrey Dutton Lawrence Ferlinghetti Anthony Kahn and John Updike among others. Octavo original cloth. One of 250 numbered copies signed by Yevtushenko this is number 113. Near fine in the original slip case. Soviet and Russian poet director and actor Yevgeny Yevtushenko published over one hundred novels screenplays and collections of poems throughout his prolific career. Judith Colp of The Washington Times has described Yevtushenko as "his country's most controversial modern poet a man whose reputation is poised between courageous behind-the-scenes reformer and failed dissident." Doubleday & Co., Inc hardcover books
19711339857Garden City: Doubleday & Co 1971. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo; G/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine grey with white print; DJ has small tears at spine ends and flap corners corner-clipped front flap edgewear rubbing/shelfwear; Boards quarter bound with black cloth to spine and green cloth to boards mild wear to spine caps and corners some fading to both spine and board cloth else clean and strong; Text block has spotting to top edge else clean and tight; xxii 328 pages illustrated b&w drawings. 1339857. FP New Rockville Stock. Doubleday & Co hardcover books
18912165Madras: Higginbotham and Co. 1891. Sixth Edition. Hardcover. Plain cream boards gray linen spine. Good. 608 pages. 20 x 13 cm. 'Wyvern' wrote about gastronomy for for the Madras Athenaeum and Daily News during his time in Madras as a Colonel in the India Army. With social changes stirring in India the Colonel's directives furnished to local staff to create the Victorian haute cuisine desired by the Anglo-Indian elite illustrate the transformations occurring throughout the British empire. Chapters cover every aspect of the kitchen the storeroom model menus and of course curries. This edition the sixth contains all preceding prefaces illustrating the changes in taste and style during the mid to later 1800's in Anglo-Indian culture. Hinges cracked but holding. Covers rubbed closed tears to cloth spine. Interior clean. <br/><br/> Higginbotham and Co. hardcover books
15987Bill 186-SEX DISQUALIFICATION REMOVAL BILL A Bill initialed an Act to amend the Law with respect to Disqualifications to public function civil or judicial position profession or vocation &c On Account of Sex. 4 pages. With: Bill as Amended in Committee &c. 6 pages folio modern blue card wrappers with paper label a very good copy London. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed HMSO 1919. unknown books
19822221590<p>Proof copy of a proposed second edition. 6" x 4 1/2". Illustrated by Blanc. Original stiff purple wrappers white ribbon tie. Fine. 36 pages unpaginated. Uncommon.</p><p>Laid in loose is a TLS from Blanc dated June 20 1987 and her business card.</p><p>We can not certain that the project was over completed.</p><p>A charming booklet by a Wodehouse admirer.</p> Pauline Blanc paperback books
200324058NY: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0198607024 . First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
197686657Bangkok: Munnithi Maeban `Asa 1976. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. illustrations some color 136p. Blue boards. dj. 28cm. Jacket shows some wear.Corner bumped. Thai title and text on pages 3-44; illustrations captioned in Thai and English on pages 45-100; and an English title-page and text at pages 101-133. <br/><br/> Munnithi Maeban `Asa hardcover books
1973305688<p>First edition so stated. Octavo. Dust jacket designed by Michael Harvey unclipped; a few tears; creases. Very good. 424 pages. From the library of noted "Gone With The Wind" Hollywood director George Cukor with his Paul Landacre bookplate on the front pastedown.</p> Bodley Head hardcover books
19391401089Harper & Brothers Publishers 1939. 5th or later Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Very good in a good dust jacket. Later edition. Price clipped. Jacket is chipped at the corners and spine ends; a couple of pieces missing from spine. Jacket edges have some creasing and minor closed tears. Some moisture damage to both front flap of jacket and front free end paper. Previous owner's bookplate affixed to the front paste-down. Harper & Brothers Publishers hardcover books
18042221995<p>1804-1805. First edition. Octavo. 2 volumes in 1. Second title page reads: "Fables Containing Cambuscan an Heroic Poem in Six Books." Bound on old green linen red leather label on spine corners rubbed joints cracked but holding all edges gilt with a foredge of Salisbury Cathedral in the distance and an angler fishing on the river in the foreground. Bookplate of antiquarian Thomas Bell 1785-1860 who is known to have had an extensive library see DNB Vol. 4 page 174. Very good.</p> T. Bensley for Payne and Mackinlay hardcover books
41508n. p.: Columbia Pictures a Gene Autry Production n. d. Ca. 1950. Very delicate light pink printed paper. Wear to edges sunning/age-toning. Withal an About VG example. Single sheet printed recto only. Black and white photographic half-tone images. 13" x 9-3/8" <br/><br/> Columbia Pictures, a Gene Autry Production unknown books
192620168Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. black cloth. Fine in nicked dust wrapper. Rogers Bruce. 115 pages. 21.5 x 16 cm. Printed in red and black with typography by Bruce Rogers. A vivid glimpse of life in the ninth century; a hitherto scarcely known piece of mediaeval literature. ROGERS 285. Harvard Univ. Press hardcover books
198941636Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0521360714 . First edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Cambridge University Press, hardcover books
1902304678<p>First edition. Octavo. Original red cloth stamped in gilt spine slightly darkened; light rubbing. Very good. 318 pages. No dust jacket. Enclosed in a 1/2 red morocco slipcase. No signatures or bookplates.</p> Chapman & Hall, Ltd. hardcover books
604916<p>not signed on a 3/4 length portrait of H.G. Wells seated with his hands folded in front of him. Photograph is by Walter Stoneman of J. Russell & Sons with their rubberstamp on the verso of the mount; photo is on heavy weight stock; matte finish; 6 1/8" x 8"; on the original photographer's mount 7 1/2" x 10". Fine light silvering around the edge.</p> unknown books
2222172<p>"Evelyn Waugh" in black fountain pen ink Islington n.d. on his personal 17A Canonbury Square Islington N.1 North 5788 letterhead paper watermarked "Warriston Vellum" November 4 n.y. but ca. 1928 4 1/2" x 7" 1 page with integral leaf. Very good minor signs of handling.</p><p>To Henry Williamson</p><p>Letter thanking Williamson for his compliments on his recent novel.</p><p>In part: ".how surprising to get back the book.I enjoyed writing it which I gather is an unusual experience.we leave at the end of this week for a month or two in Constantinople."</p><p>See "diaries" page 301. Sunday November 11 1928 where Waugh discusses a visit with Henry Williamson and loan of a copy of "Decline and Fall."</p><p>In part: ".He is quite elderly - though I find him coupled with me in reviews as promising young writers - and wholly without culture."</p> unknown books
604394<p>third person on engraved Piers Court Stinchcombe Gloucestershire letterhead December 14 n.y. ca. 1949 or earlier. 4 1/2" x 7" 1 page with integral leaf. "Mr. Evelyn Waugh deeply regrets that his absence from London makes him unable to accept the kind invitation of the Editor of the Strand Magazine for 23rd Dec." The Strand Magazine ceased publication in March of 1950. It is interesting to note that Waugh at one time had gifted a bound set of the Strand Magazine to his daughter Harriet. No Binding. Fine/No Jacket.</p> unknown books
19981337133Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 1998. First Revised English-Language Edition. Softcover. Thick Octavo; VG-/paperback; 2 volumes; black spines with white text; first printing; covers show slight shelf wear to exteriors; minor wear to edges; text block exterior edges show mild shelf wear; interiors clean; illustrated; additional shipping may be necessary due to size/weight restrictions for international/expedited orders. 1337133. FP New Rockville Stock. University of Pennsylvania Press unknown books
30466English Mid-19th century. 1 vols. Image 3-1/2 x 5 inches attractively matted and framed to 8-1/4 x 10-1/2 inches overall. Fine. 1 vols. Image 3-1/2 x 5 inches attractively matted and framed to 8-1/4 x 10-1/2 inches overall. 19th Century English Sporting Scene. A small painting of great charm showing a sleeping dog gun game bag and several dispatched pheasants in a woodland setting. unknown books
30467English Mid-19th century. 1 vols. Image 3-1/2 x 5 inches attractively matted and framed to 8-1/4 x 10-1/2 inches overall. Fine. 1 vols. Image 3-1/2 x 5 inches attractively matted and framed to 8-1/4 x 10-1/2 inches overall. 19th Century English Sporting scene. A charming small study of two spaniels chasing a snipe or woodcock in a woodland setting. unknown books
19682222018<p>First edition. Tall octavo. 7 plates in color and 1 b/w illustrations by Rigby Graham. Original gilt stamped stiff blue/green patterned wrappers matching endpapers. No dust jacket. Fine. 20 pages.</p><p>One of 325 unnumbered copies twenty five copies were numbered and signed.</p><p>Printed by Peter Bonser.</p><p>Binding and gold stamping by Trevor Hickman.</p> Brewhouse Press paperback books
