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Folding engraved map printed on fine ivory linen, size: 21 x 28 ins (approx. 53.0 x 71.0 cms) folding in 36 panels to 6 x 3 ins (approx. 15.o x 7.5 cms), printed surface very lightly browned (rather more heavily so along central fold), a few locations marked with red ink ; original green cloth slip-case framed in blind and lettered in black 'Flexible Map of London' with deckled thumb-hole, a very good, bright copy. Covers the area from Islington (north) to Oval (south); Notting Hill (west) to Stepney (east). IN THIS CONDITION A RARE SURVIVAL. Hyde, 'Printed Maps of Victorian London', no. 201.
Cover portrait of Captain Humphrey Wykeham Bowring - has acted most ably as Chief of Staff to Vice-Admiral Bacon, commanding the Dover patrol. Feature: Neutral Commerce and the Naval Blockade. Franco-British Conquest of German Cameroon (conclusion). Photos from Cameroon. Isolating the enemy - how the central empires were blockaded. Photos of the German submarine mine-layer UC5 - London's unique trophy. 7 photos of the results of a German naval raid at Lowestoft. Covers almost loose. Above-average but not excessive wear. Book
Mm 300x350 Nuovo - new - neuf. Volume in copertina rigida con custodia, 503 pagine profusamente illustrate a colori lungo l'intero testo redatto in lingua francese - french text. Copia in condizioni di nuovo, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
In -8°, pp. (8), XIV, (2), 333, (3); cartonato.
In-8, demi-basane bleue nuit de l'époque, dos lisse orné d'un décor de filets d'encadrement et fleurons dorés, plats estampés d'une grande plaque à froid, tranches dorées (accrocs aux coiffes, un mors fendu), xv, 416 p.
Paris, Edition Fourbis, 21 juin 1989. In-8, broché, couverture rose à rabat, auteur et titre en noir dans une vignette contrecollée blanche, non coupé, 59 pp. Edition originale. Un des 30 exemplaires du tirage de tête numérotés sur Vélin d'Arches, n° 13. Bel exemplaire.
166 pages. Features: Nice colour ad for Naturalizer shoes; What Happened to Eleven? - the balance between childhood and adolescence; Nice two-colour full-page ad for Craven "A" cigarettes; Fantastic two-page colour photo ad for Jell-O; Who Says Large Families are More Work? - Dorothy-Jane Goulding writes about her family of five children - with photos; Are We Burying Our Old Folks Alive? - article by Mollie Gillen with photos; The Victory, by Sheila MacKay; Chatelaine drops in on Daphne du Maurier; Canadian women belong in politics, by Charlotte Whitton; Claws of the Cat, by Florence Ford; The Fabulous Dunsmuirs - Part II; 100 Recipes to prepare in minutes; Gilt-Edged Bargains - wonderful photo-illustrated fashion article by Vivian Wilcox; I Want to Colour My Hair, But..., by Eveleen Dollery - with colour photos; What's Happening to Our Children?, by Violet Munns; Nice colour full-page photo-ad by Bell encourages readers to purchase extension phones; Artsy ad for Weldrest nylons; A Kitchen planned to the Nth Degree - Joan and Woodrow London; Super colour photo full-page ad for Sealtest Banana Nut Fudge Split ice cream; Nostalgic Pure-Pak ad encourages readers to shun bottled milk for disposable containers - we've come full circle!; Great two-panel colour ad for Swift's bacon; Many other large colourful food ads; Cute Viyella children's clothing ad; Full-page colour ad by CIBC encourages readers to borrow money to put braces on the teeth of their children; Are You Neglecting Your Child's Teeth?; Charming colour ad for Ladybird children's wear; Lovely colour ad for Angel Face cosmetics inside back cover. Upper corner of page 47 missing - text unaffected. Unmarked. Moderate wear. Hours of great reading in this sound vintage copy. Magazine
52 pages. Features: Lovely full page black and white photographic portrait of Miss Fiona Myddelton; Birds of a Desert Island - Desnoeufs Island in the colony of the Seychelles; From scythe to mowing machine; Dogs that Cannot Bark - Basenjis of the "Of Syngefield" Strain; Some problems of tree growth - interesting photos; The Father of Shooting - Colonel Peter Hawker (1786-1853), one of the greatest wild-fowlers of all time; Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire; Admiral Keppel's Column; Problems of Wintering Sheep; Britain's Painted Cave - the Gower Cliffs in South Wales, where Bacon Hole is situated; Many interesting real estate advertisements. Somewhat above-average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Book
22 pages. Features: Nostalgic illustrated ad for Johnson outboards inside front cover; A Creed for Philosophy in Conservation; Editorial - "Comes the Revolution"; Mailbag; Illustrated ad for the B.S.A. Bantam motorcycle; Western Fishing Line Co. ad features photo of Wayne Quayle and his massive world record 148-lb California Giant Black Sea Bass; Of Nature, Deer, and Man - article by James G. Teer - article by the Texas Game and Fish Commissioner, James G. Teer; Bull Session - Weyerhauser and its CHEC (Co-operative Hunter Experimental Control) Program; Personal message from Minister of Recreation and Conservation Earle C. Westwood (former Mayor of Nanaimo), including his photo; Fish and Game Convention, Penticton, May 15-18, with photo of Chairman Frank Butler; Photo of Dr. Dave B. Turner - well-known as a famous Canadian soccer player - recently appointed acting Deputy for the Dept. of Recreation and Conservation; Report on the new Department of Recreation and Conservation; Photos of conservation workers Jim Bacon, Bob Armstrong, G.F. Abear, Mort Paige, Jim Murray, John Weldon and Bruno Reimer; Clay Chips - shooting article with photo of Cy Borne; Boat article; Many additional nostalgic ads. Unmarked with average wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
2 vols., roy. 8vo., Second Impression, on laid paper, with frontispieces, 33 plates on 32, a facsimile in red and black, and 3 maps on japon (2 folding, 2 coloured in outline); cloth, boards lightly age-marked else a very good, clean set in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed, creased and neatly repaired at edges. Published in the same year as the first edition. The standard life; any edition is scarce in the dustwrappers. Albion p.275; Enser p.213; NMM II/1 560 (both recording the first edition).
cm. 17 x 24,5, viii-664 pp. Universit? di Padova - Pubblicazioni della Facolt? di lettere e filosofia 1277 gr. viii-664 p.
First Edition, 2 vols., 4to, frontis., facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut, a nice copy. 680 items with extensive descriptions.
37 p. Title and chapter initials highlighted (rubricated) in red. Very slim square 24mo. 4 x 5" Original full polished calf binding by Riviere; raised bands; gilt lettered. Some scuffing, but still nice. Top edge gold gilt. Bookplate of . Squire; with the motto: Foy pour Devoir. Ink gift inscription across front flyleaf (1919). This little gift book was prepared by the famed Riviere firm to demonstrate their typographic and binding specialities. Very rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W131
37 p. Title and chapter initials highlighted (rubricated) in red. Very slim square 24mo. 4 x 5" Original full polished calf binding by Riviere; raised bands; gilt lettered. Some scuffing, but still nice. Top edge gold gilt. Bookplate of A. Squire, showing a knight on horseback, and with the motto: Foy pour Devoir. Ink gift inscription across front flyleaf (1919). This little gift book was prepared by the famed Riviere firm to demonstrate their typographic and binding specialities. Very rare. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PLANTS W131
Dedicated to Lieut. Joseph Foley, U.S.A. 4 pages. Fantastic color cover art depicts (presumably) U.S. soldier with bayonet approaching terrified kaiser-like character. Average wear. A quality vintage copy. Sheet music
124 pages. Short Stories: Hero with a Past; Surprise on the Desert; Night Ferry; The Lady and the Brute. Articles: Why Auto Insurance Costs So Much; The Doctors Who Make Children Grow - pediatric endocrinologists; Act of Compassion - F. de Sales Meyers, a WWII submariner,destroyed Japanese merchant shipping; Golden Isles of the Aegean - lovely Greek isle color photos; A Visit With boss of the Chicago White Sox, Bill Veeck; The Untold Story of Little Rock (part 3) - Faubus makes his move - photo-illustrated article on the first day of school when the National Guard ringed Central High and kept Negroes out; He Knows Where Your Money Goes - Secretary of the Treasury, Robert Anderson; Photo of Conductor Jacob Avshalomov at work. Serials: Island of Hate (part 1 of 5); The Case of the Mythical Monkeys (part 6 of 8). Ads: Movie "Say One For Me"; Graceful Chrysler Imperial ad features a maroon Le Baron 4-door Silvercrest Landau; GE Air Conditioners; Dutch Boy House Paint; Huge two-page Marlboro ad promotes their flip-top box; Dial Soap; Kraft Cracker Barrel Cheese; Campbell's Bean with Bacon Soup; AC Oil Filter ad featuring color photo of Victor Borge at the piano; Pall Mall cigarette ad; De Soto ad featuring its push-button transmision and a Firedome 4-door Sportsman; General Telephone; Band-Aid; Palmolive; Great two-page color photo 7up ad shows boy in backyard recliner; Kodak cameras; Swimquip pool equipment; Mopar parts; Vauxhall; L&M cigarette ad features James Arness in his 'Gunsmoke' attire offering a light to Miss Kitty(?); Nice two-page color photo Chevrolet ad features a silver Kingswood station wagon - with young boy hanging out back window as his mother drives!; Whitman's chocolates; Florida tourism; Mazola; Bulova; Johnson Outboards; Schlitz Beer; Smith-Corona Typewriters; Caterpillar ad features color photo of Al C. Church, Florida State Highway Engineer at Miami Beach; Norelco shavers; Nice color ad for McGregor sportswear; Nice color Coke ad on back covers features icy class and small image of soda fountain below. and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
cm. 17 x 24, 2 voll. di lii-544 pp. e lvi-520 pp. Lessico intellettuale europeo Lessico int. europeo vol. 23 e 24. 1923 gr. cviii-1064 p.
24 pages. W.E. Woodward's "A New American History" is reviewed by Arthur M. Schlesinger. Noel Coward's "Tonight at Eight-Thirty" is reviewed by Frances Woodward. Frederic C. Howe's "Denmark - The Cooperative Way" is reviewed by Agnes Rothery; F.L. Lucas's "The Decline and Fall of the Romantic Ideal" is reviewed by Leonard Bacon. "The Story of Jack and Jill" (as it might be told by William Faulkner, P.G. Wodehouse, and Alexander Woollcott). Jane Whitney's "Elizabeth Fry" is reviewed by Henry Seidel Canby. The Bowling Green, by Christopher Morley. "The New Caravan" is reviewed by Gorham Munson. Unmarked. Average wear. Small white sticker on back cover. Book
80 pages. Features: Photo of Frank Ifield with female admirers; Alice in Bachelor Land (fiction); Holiday Separates -#2 in fashion series, with nice colour photo; The Sultan's Daughter (serial); Careers - Choosing the Job That's Right for You; Photos of Cliff Richard, Rupert (Maigret) Davies and Brian (Z-Cars) Blessed; One-page colour-photo ad for Danish bacon features Nottingham Canteen Manager Arthur Cox; Monica Dickens with a strange story from the Riviera; SOS Radio Doctors - real life casebooks of London's emergency medical service; 4-page baby week special; Edge of Darkness (fiction); Diana Day and the search for teenage beauty; One-page colour ad for Crosse & Blackwell baked beans features sexy lady in swimsuit; Many lovely ads; and more. Somewhat above-average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Features: An Early Hessn Musket and the Prussian Model 1740 Infantry Gewehr; Davis Museum Opening; Civil War Repeating Cannon; The Bacon Pepperbox. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Solid copy. Book
First edition, 4to, xviii, 369pp., frontis., facsimiles throughout, orig. cloth-backed boards, uncut. 680 items with extensive descriptions.
xii + 372pp., 24cm., in the series "Kantstudien. Ergänzungshefte" vol.156, cloth, very good condition, F74947
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and plates; free endpapers and half-title lightly browned; original red cloth, sides framed in blind, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. 'Captain Bacon may be described as a typical Territorial officer, but it must be added that he is a lucky one. He went to India at the beginning of the War, and to Palestine in early 1917 where he took part in the Third Battle of Gaza and the operations leading to the capture of Jerusalem. Then to France in 1918 for the victorious offensive' (Falls). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Enser, p.258; Falls, p.178.
82 pages. Features: Ben Williams - Quaker Marshal; Searchlight was a Live Wire; Cabin Bushwhack; Senor Jack Rabbit; Bose Ikard - Top Hand; Wild Bill Hickok - the Man and the Legend; Mom Saved the Bacon; Hank Monk - King of the Stage Drivers; The Lost Gold of the Emigdianos; The Cattle Empire of Peter French; Ordeal by Blizzard; Strange Case of "Happy Tom"; Trappers of the West. Magazine
This is a fine as new softcover copy still in the original shrinkwrap, unopened. This is a sale catalog, not for an auction, but for something Sotheby's calls a 'selling exhibition', this one organized by the curator Lisa Dennison around the theme of artworks illustrating Dante's Divine Comedy. The show, on view from Sept. 30 through Oct. 19, 2010 included about 75 works dating from the first century to the present and culled from collectors, artists, dealers and foundations. Artists include: Richard Prince, Francis Bacon, Sante d'Orazio, Maurizio Cattelan, George Condo, Damien Hirst, among many others. 12" high X 11" wide. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.