Fin de siècle

The Silent Landscape: In the Wake of HMS Challenger 1872-1876

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 285pp. The story of the expedition by HMS Challenger in 1872 on perhaps the greatest oceanographic mission of all time to gather evidence to support Darwin's new theory of evolution. It was a resounding success as it dredged up thousands of samples from the sea bed and mapped the areas at the same time.

The Shrigley Abduction

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and very minor bump to upper front corner. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 258pp. A true tale of anguish, deceit and violation of the domestic hearth. An account of the notorious abduction of Ellen Turner, a fifteen-year-old heiress to the Shrigley Estates in Cheshire by British diplomat Edward Gibbon Wakefield in 1826. Illustrated.

The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces Nineteen Ten to Nineteen Eighty-One

240 pages including index. A complete pictorial history of Canadian warships. Provides pictures and descriptions of 495 of the ships that have served in Canada's naval forces. Text and photographs, most of which have not been previously published, combine to create a book of lasting appeal for all who have served in the naval forces and a reference work of importance to Canadian history. Usual library markings. Binding open at title page and page 239. Book

The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910-1985: A Complete Pictorial History of Canadian Warships

240 pages. Index. Bibliography. "Pictures and describes 495 of the ships that have served in Canada's naval forces. Text and photographs combine to create a book of lasting appeal for all who have served in the naval forces and a reference work of importance to Canadian history. Appendix includes operational status charts, ship's particulars, commanding officers, RN ships under Canadian control, convoys and 'special assignments". - from dust jacket. Unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this exceptional reference. Book

The Shipcarvers' Art: Figureheads and Cigar-Store Indians in Nineteenth-Century America

This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Very clean inside and out. Text page top edges just starting to yellow a bit. Illustrated with 90 color plates + 32 black & white. Carvers' biographies. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 240 pages. Publisher's promotional brochure laid in. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.

The Shaping of Modern America, 1877-1920 (American History Ser.)

331 pages including index. Improved and expanded with new material. Moderate quantity of high-lighting. Very light wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Solid copy. Book

The Seven Ages of Frank Lloyd Wright: The Creative Process

Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. The author shows how problems and disasters in Wright's personal life were followed by periods of astonishing creativity in which he reinvented his art... 200 drawings and photos, 188 pages.

THE SERVANTS' HALL - A Domestic History of Erddig FIRST SIGNED BY AUTHOR

Vg/Vg (clean price-clipped dj with light edgewear upper edge, clean brown cloth with gilt titles on spine, a very good clean firm copy with no marks or inscriptions) quarto 240pp. A picture of life in a squire's household from the early 18th century until the present day, drawn from the vivid and human records of the Yorkes of Erddig, near Wrexham in North Wales, who commissioned more portraits of their servants than they did of their own family. 137 b/w illustrations, bibliography and notes.

The Secret History

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. In Very Good slipcase with slight wear and scuffing. 152 pages. 6 1/4"w x 9"h. Illustrations.

The Second Maiden's Tragedy (1611)

No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, tanned end papers, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Uncut upper page edges. Front and lower page edges untrimmed. The play over 78pp. Reprint of the play from the 17th century, prepared by WW Greg. Facsimiles of six pages of original folio. Introduction, notes and grammar over thirteen pages.

THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK. Decorated by John Lockwood Kipling.

324 p. Illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling. Penciled ownership of John Pfautz on first fly leaf. Top edge gilt. Sm. 8vo. 195mm. Original full green cloth binding, embossed and lettered in gold. Front board decorated in black with an elephant and rear board decorated with a leopard. Extremities bumped and rubbed. Hardbound. Good. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist who is now chiefly remembered for: his celebration of British imperialism; tales and poems of British soldiers in India; and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! KIP BX 1 x2

THE SECOND JUNGLE BOOK. Decorated by John Lockwood Kipling.

324 p. Illustrated by John Lockwood Kipling. Front hinge cracked. Sm. 8vo. 195mm. Original full green cloth binding, embossed and lettered in gold. Front board decorated in black with an elephant and rear board decorated with a leopard. Spine rubbed. Hardbound. Good. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English poet, short-story writer, and novelist who is now chiefly remembered for: his celebration of British imperialism; tales and poems of British soldiers in India; and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. KIP BX 1 x2

THE SCOTTISH SALE. THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS. 26/10/2000. (756 grams)

THE SCOTTISH SALE, THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS, EDINBURGH. 01/11/2001. (978 grams)

ESTIMATIONS

The School Promoters (Canadian Social History Ser.)

192 pages with index. Highlighting throughout. Smal sticker patch on front cover. Education and social class in mid-nineteenth century Upper Canada. Examines the attitudes that shaped the Ontario public school system during its formative years, when Upper Canadians first explored and the provincial government finally adopted the principle of compulsory mass schooling under the auspices and control of the state. Book

THE SCANDAL AND CREDULITIES OF JOHN AUBREY. [Excerpts from Aubrey's

pp. li, 206. 12mo. 20 cm. Illustrated with small engravings by Helen Kapp. Original publisher's cloth binding, slightly soiled. This is one of the most entertaining early books we've ever read. Anyone with an antiquarian bent will enjoy it. It would make a very nice gift. W144R

The Satanism Scare (Social Institutions and Social Change Ser.)

320 pages including index. A selection of papers from a wide variety of disciplines, broadly covering contemporary aspects of satanism from the vantage point of studies in folklore, cults, religion, deviance, rock music, rumor and the mass media. "A wise and compelling book." - Kai Erikson, Yale University. Average quantity of markings to contents. Moderate wear. Solid working copy. Book

The Saga of Grettir the Strong

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dusty dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with a little rubbing to top of slightly sunned spine. 258pp. Translated from the Icelandic saga setting out the exploits of Grettir in the 9th century. Scarce with dust jacket in this edition.

The Saga of Gisli

No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, foxing to page fore-edgesand a few pages and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with sunned spine and irregular sunning/staining to front cover spine edge. 146pp. The Saga of Gisli, written in the 13th century about a man and family who came to Iceland from Norway. He killed his brother-in-law and lived in hiding until he too was killed after thirteen or more years.

The Royal Sisters : Daughters of George III

Date on ffep. No other inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or torn or creased with traces of handling. 196pp. The story of the private lives of the six princesses, daughters of George III. Most people have heard of George's seven sons whose sins have reverberated down the years but little was known about their sisters until this book. They were according to Gainsborough a constellation of youthful beauty, but who left not a single legitimate descendant.

THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. SPECIAL NUMBER. (854 grams)

IN 4. BR [MOY]. ENV 150 PP. 40 PPL EN COULEURS. [BE]

The Rotary Club of Whitby 1933-1983: A Half Century of Service

235 pages. The story of the life and times of the Whitby Rotary Club. "The Rotary Club of Whitby and its members, justly deserve to be recognized, and this solitary record of fifty long years of service may make the citizens of Whitby aware of how much Rotary has done to make life richer and more satisfying for everyone, in this wonderful community we call home." - from epilogue. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book

THE ROMANCE OF AN HONEST WOMAN.

368p. Printed bookplate label of W.L.G. Thomas. Printed bookseller's label. 12mo. Original full cloth binding, lettered in gold. Spine and front board decorated in black. Extremities rubbed and worn. Hardbound. First edition in English. LITERATURE BOX 1

THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS : A VISION FOR ARTISTS IN THE 19TH CENTURY. (2094 grams)

IN 4 OBLONG. CART AVEC JAQ [MOY]. 417 PP. 129 PPL EN NOIR ET EN COULEURS. [BE]