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Twenty volumes in one. pp. [ii], ii, 39, iv, 68, vi, 24, 15, 24, 18, 32, ii, 42, iv, 65, 26, 19, 18, vi, 30, ii, 45, 14, 8, 7, 28, iv, 24, 22. With facsimile reproductions of the original title pages, and printer's devices. 8vo. 225 mm. Disbound. A collection of twenty rare works by John Taylor (1578-1653), who referred to himself as 'the water poet' because his primary occupation was as a waterman on the Thames; and his earlier naval wanderings. There are some old pencil manuscript notes in this example, including some about Taylor having met Ben Johnson. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! POETRY 3
Eight Volumes. Over 5000 pages. 8vo. 220 mm. Text clean and tight. Nineteenth century full leather bindings, with the gilt arms of a English bishop on each board. Spines nicely decorated in gilt. Gilt lettered black morocco labels. All edges marbled. Some dings, wear, and weakness to the bindings, but still quite attractive. Armorial book plate of Henry James William Stillingfleet (1826-1887), Rector of Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire. The impressive coat of arms on the boards of the bindings are possibly those of his ancestor, Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), Bishop of Worcester. Henry Hallam (1777-1859) was an famed English historian. His works as presented here "took a place in English literature which was not seriously challenged until the 20th century." - Wiki. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W107
15 vols Hardcover Good condition in blue cloth Contents: - v.1. Posthumous papers of the Pickwick club. - v.2. David Copperfield. - v.3. Old curiosity shop. Reprinted pieces. - v.4. Great expectations. Mystery of Edwin Drood. Mugby Junction. Master Humphrey's clock. - v.5. Our mutual friend. - v.6. Tale of two cities. Lazy tour of two idel apprentices. Uncommercial traveller. No thoroughfare.--v.7. Oliver Twist. Sketches by Boz.--v.8. Little Dorrit.--v.9. Dombey and son.--v.10. A child's history of England. American notes. Pictures from Italy. Miscellanies.--v.11. Martin Chuzzlewit.--v.12. Barnaby Rudge. Hard times.--v.13. Bleak house.--v.14. Nicholas Nickleby.--v.15. Christmas books. Christmas stories.
255p. Hardcover Good condition
406 pages. Intended to encourage students to be critical and active readers and to 'talk back' to the texts both verbally and in writing. Minor quantity of markings. Moderate wear. Solid copy. Book
New York, Doubleday & Comp., 1974. Photographs by Jill Krementz. 368p. 4º mayor. Tela editorial con sobrecubierta ilustrada. Bordes rozados. Buen ejemplar. Libro en inglés. Book in English. 1a edición. Primera edición. 1st edition. First edition.
1st edition. VG hbk bound in pink boards. 19643. eng
160 pages. Features: L. Francis Herreshoff - Part II; The Huckins Yacht Corporation, Part I; A plywood Lapstrake classic - a lovely Whitehall-type by English designer Iain Oughtred; WARRIOR's Figurehead - two artisans continue a craft that has almost disappeared; Tracing EGRET, a seakeeping Munroe sharpie; CHRISTINE - a winning wooden maxi racer; Restoration of 12 1/2 footers - a total rebuild at the Ballantine yard; The Gloucester fisherman's races; Stopwaters - hidden performers that keep water out; Wooden Boat Immigrants - Haiti's wooden boat lifts provide clues to the last of their working fleet. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 160 pages. Small chip on top edge of black cloth boards; barely noticeable. Clean and tight with sharp corners. Slight edge wear and fading to dust jacket. A photographic reproduction of the first edition, printed by offset lithography. Selected with an introduction by Reynolds Stone; postscript and additional selection by Simon Brett. . "Gwen Raverat (1855-1957) was one of the most distinguished printmakers of the century, an artist in whose hands the medium of wood engraving became uniquely transparent to personal vision. Her world, richly populated with the symbols of her own experience set in one of the most classic traditions of Western art, is universally accessible and capable of inspiring passionate affection in those who are drawn to it, responding to her own intense reaction to the subjects she chose." [Publisher's blurb]
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous half-tone plates from photographs in the text; original buckram, backstrip faded else a very good, clean copy of an uncommon work. A standard reference . Read 2699.
28.5x22.5 cm. 223 pages. hardcover. Ex library copy with usual marks. Cover very rubbed and its color is fading. 4 pages detached from binding. pages slightly yellowing. Else in good condition.
Hardcover with orig. dustjacket, 420pp., 24x16.5cm., good condition. ISBN 1852422386.
A Novel . 16mo. pp. 382. . Molto buono (Very Good). Manca la sovracoperta (No DJ). Prima edizione (First Edition). .
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small format: 4 7/8"w x 7 1/4"h. Attractive Modern Library edition with red cloth cover. Small faded spots on cover. Ink mark on spine. Endpapers designed by Rockwell Kent.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Small format: 4 7/8"w x 7 1/4"h. Attractive Modern Library edition with maroon cloth cover. Endpapers designed by Rockwell Kent. Dust jacket shows original $1.95 price. Edge wear and small tears on sightly scuffed dust jacket. Modern Library #68.
23.5X15.5 cm. XXII+216 pages. Hardcover. Spine edges slightly bumped. Sticker on inner cover. Writing in pencil on some pages. Else in good condition.
First Edition, advertisement leaf before title, ownership inscription of "Sophia Wilson 15/27 May 1833.", 4pp. of advertisements at end, 2 quires sprung, [2], [5]-198, [4] pp., original boards, uncut, part of back-strip missing, original printed label on spine, with the armorial bookplate of John William Willis Bund, a good copy.
London, The George H. Wales Pub., s/f. 60p. 2h. 8º. Rústica editorial. Puntos de óxido. Buen ejemplar. Libro en inglés. Book in English. 1ª edición. Primera edición. 1st edition. First edition.
742 pages. A dictionary of English international investment/economics/business words with German translations. Unmarked. Book
152pp. 23cm Hardcover Very good condition good
Small 8vo; 231 pages. Very Good Condition. (holo2-53-2)
Revised edition, 1 vol. in-4 cartonnage éditeur, Time-Life Books, New-York, 1975, 208 pp. Very interesting copy signed by Sam Aaron to the Bordeaux Wine broker "Hugues Lawton, who knows more about french wine than this editor. Fondly, Sam Aaron". Famous wine merchant, Sam Aaron (1911-1996) was honoured in 1984 by the vignerons of Bordeaux. VG Anglais
pp. 403. Illustrated. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket. The most complete and comprehensive reference on wine books in the world. It contains information on virtually every wine book ever published in English (there are over 3,200 entries), biographical sketches of prominent wine writers and hundreds of wine facts that span thousands of years." Hardbound. Very Good. First Edition. WHISKEY 4
xii, 157 p. illus. 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good Signed by the author for Charlie Stone
First edition, viii, 276pp., orig. cloth, joints at head of spine slightly frayed. Part I: Wiltshire as a whole. Part II: Individual parishes arranged alphabetically.