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199224533London: Quartet Books. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 0704327481 . very nice copy just the slight bit of abrasion here and there to edges of text block; minor wrinkling to jacket along top edge. "Published for the first time in English these letters provide an invaluable insight into the literary and psychological development of a major writer who was also an innovative and influential film-maker." Includes are long extracts from his early diaries and some of his first poems. . Quartet Books hardcover books
196236632Washington D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1962. Softcover. USGS 1962. Wrappers very good condition rubber stamp on cover. Two volumes text and plates. Complete with all maps and plates. . GPO paperback books
196336566Washington D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1963. Softcover. USGS 1963. Wrappers good condition rubber stamp on cover. Complete with all maps and plates. . GPO paperback books
196336567Washington D.C.: GPO. Very Good. 1963. Softcover. USGS 1963. Wrappers good condition rubber stamp on cover. Complete with all maps and plates. . GPO paperback books
19668501966 - agrafé - Editions Didier - Collection Tales from England, 3rd degree, N° 2 - 1966 - In-12 (18,5 x 13,5 cm) agrafes au dos - 80 pages - Illustrations en noir et blanc - Abridged and simplified by Ronald WINDROSS - Illustrated by G. W. IRWIN
1947918T84London: The Grey Walls Press 1947-1953. Hardback. Very Good Indeed/Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. Six smart volumes of collections of poetry from the Crown Classics series. Six volumes. Crown Classics. First thus. This set contains: Selected Poems of William Wordsworth 1947. With an introduction by Montgomery Belgion a French-born British author and scholar. A Selection of Poems by Coventry Patmore 1948. Edited and introduced by Derek Patmore a British writer and war correspondent who was the great grandson of Coventry Patmore. A Selection of Poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1948. Edited and introduced by Henry Treece a British poet and writer who also worked as a teacher and editor. Thomas Hood Selected Poems 1948. Selected and introduced by Clifford Dyment a British poet literary critic editor and journalist. Robert Burns Poems 1949. Selected and introduced by Christopher Murray Grieve under his pen name Hugh MacDiarmid a Scottish poet journalist essayist and political figure. Selected Poems of Thomas Gray 1953. Selected and introduced by John Rodgers a British writer and journalist. In the original pictorial paper covered boards. Externally smart with light bumping and minor chipping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spines with the odd small mark to the boards. Original unclipped dust wrappers to William Wordsworth and Robert Burns with light wear to the extremities and sunning to the spines. The odd small mark to the panels with small closed tears to the head of the spine of William Wordsworth. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning and the odd spot to the extremities. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed The Grey Walls Press hardcover
1999Q-1851493255Antique Collectors Club Dist 1999-01-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Antique Collectors Club Dist hardcover
1999SONG1851493255Antique Collectors Club Dist 1999-01-01. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 8.64x1.27x10.85. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Antique Collectors Club Dist hardcover
1984RO20259648SCARABEE & COMPAGNIE. 1984. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. 383 PAGES - exemplaire de bibliotheque avec divers tampons/annotations/etiquettes sans conséquence sur la lecture + recouvert d'un film plastique adhésif + range fichette. . . . Classification Dewey : 810-Littérature américaine
19782236180602008TAB Books Inc.U.S 1978-02-01. Paperback. Very Good. Nice looking book has minor edge wear. TAB Books Inc.,U.S paperback
1982008554W W Norton & Co Inc. DJ in archival cover. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1982. W W Norton & Co Inc hardcover
1987mon0000215371ROBERT HALE LTD 1987-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. in x in x in. Ex library book usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear and small amounts of staining but still very useable. ROBERT HALE LTD hardcover
19981305899PN. New. 1998. Soft Cover. Date is original print. This is a reprint edition . PN paperback
1984SONG0830615075Wiley 1984-12-10. paperback. Used: Good. 0.00x0.00x0.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wiley paperback
1975037982The Wayside Prress 1975. Soft cover. Very Good. 1st printing one of 500 copies. Minimal wear to paperback. No marks or names inside. <br/> <br/> The Wayside Prress paperback
19631340782PN. New. 1963. Soft Cover. md . PN paperback
1978g006329London: Macmillan 1978. Reprint. Hardback. Very Good/No Cover. 8vo. Macmillan hardcover
1990Q-0876051174Howell Book House 1990-09-01. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Howell Book House hardcover
198212343Frankfurt am Main: Büchergilde Gutenberg 1982. Gr. -- 8°, 158 [1] S. mit lllustrationen von Heinrich Vogeler und typographischer Einrichtung von Juergen Seuss, Olwd. mit Rotschnitt und ill. Umschlag.
198212343Frankfurt am Main: Büchergilde Gutenberg 1982. Gr. -- 8°, 158 [1] S. mit lllustrationen von Heinrich Vogeler und typographischer Einrichtung von Juergen Seuss, Olwd. mit Rotschnitt und ill. Umschlag.
1962119471962 broché (paperback) in-octavo, dos et couverture (insolés) bleus clairs imprimés (fading spine and cover printed), tranches lisses (smooth edges), illustrations in et hors-texte (in text and full page engraving), 306 pages, 1962 à Paris Librairie Plon,
190430England: Edward Arnold 1904. Limited Edition. Hardcover. fine. Octavo. 94 pages. Blue cloth over tan textured boards. Paper title label to front cover and spine. Limited to 200 copies of which this is copy #57. Printed with three drawings by Reginald Savage under the care of C. R. Ashbee at the Essex House Press. This copy has an original drawing by Reginald Savage which is reproduced on page 24 depicting Miss Kilmansegg being thrown from her horse. Unique. Edward Arnold, hardcover
1931009726U.S.S. Pittsburgh at Hawaii Guam Philippines China Hong Kong Japan Borneo Siam Singapore Java Ceylon etc. 1931. Album. Very good. This archive consists of an 8" x 14" 300-page scrapbook filled with articles clippings photographs cartoons newsletters assorted ephemera. Hood used 86 pages in the rear of the album to keep a daily journal. The archive also includes more than 100 loose photographs and another 20 loose documents letters certificates and membership cards as well as five 90-minute cassette tapes in which Hood provides an oral history of his naval service. Everything is in nice shape. The scrapbook includes a promotion to "Student Petty Officer First Class" an Independence Day dinner menu a machinist's mate's test a duty roster pages of printed and manuscript naval related poems and photographs of facilities and ships at Hampton Roads and the railroad trip that took him to California and eventual service on the U.S.S. Pittsburgh. The remainder of the album includes mementos of his service on the ship including an invitation to a reception Governor of the Philippines Dwight F. Davis and a program published by the ship describing his retirement cruise naval related clippings and cartoons about life in Asia business cards cafes bars tea houses advertisements dance hall cabaret eating houses a label for Asahi Beer an advertising handbill for a ship's party an initiation ‘subpoena' from Neptunus Rex a Singapore hotel brochure and theater ticket a colorful multipage timetable for the Royal Dutch Indian Airways and much more.<br/>Hood's well-written three-year diary begins with his departure from Norfolk on a five-day train trip to California where he and 5000 other sailors boarded an old transport ship for duty in the Pacific. In addition to commentary about daily ship-board life and duty as machinist's mate it includes many other lively observations events and happenings during his time on-board. Some excerpts include: "Battle manouvers . . . chasing torpedoes. . . Speed speed speed all the time. . . Thirty one knots and no smoke. Dropped a depth bomb and then . . . picked up dead fish . . . for dinner. . . Had target practice . . . fired the torpedoes and raised Hell. . . We put out 14 shells on the #4 gun 82 on #3 all star shells and 32 small star shells on #5 anti aircraft gun. Fired a torpedo also. Pretty sight. Star shells breaking over the target and four ships all firing at once. . . And oh! What a surprise I was appointed to mess cooking . . . three months of washing dishes and peeling spuds." Subsequently for days Hood "peeled spuds . . . spuds and onions . . . more spuds . . . and more onions. . . Lost a man overboard . . . never found. Sharks got him I guess." On another " In February Hood "Got a ‘shot' . . . Every body is getting them some kind of preparation for the Southern cruise. . . Going to the fights tonight. . A typhoon is just ahead of us. . . Got woke up about 3:30 this morning drenched to the hide. The hatch was open and we shipped about 50 gallons of ocean not so hot. . . Kobe all kinds of Japanese merchants aboard selling souvenirs. . . Walked around all day. . . I like it very much. The people are polite and clean and they will do anything for an American gob. . . Proceeded up the Yangtze River . . . very pretty scenery coming up the river and there are English Japanese and Chinese men-o-war here in Yanking. . . . Well I can say I've been ashore in Shanghai and Tsing-Tao. . . Made the rounds of the cabarets and did some dancing. Also drank a few. . . Went to the ‘Marine's Café'. . . Lots of Russians here. . . Made the cabarets again. Very pretty. The girls all in native costume. . . The Exec says no more liberty until further notice as a couple of fellows made an ass of themselves in Chefoo . . . Underway at daylight for . . . Hainan just off the French-Indo-China coast to protect the American interests and missionaries. During the 1920s-1930s Hainan was a hotbed of early Communist Chinese activity. This place is held by the rebel army now and the Nationalist are trying to take it over. Some excitement perhaps. . . The battle of Haihow was fought today and the town was taken over by the Nationalists. Very few killed. Not a shot fired in the town." There over 100 loose photos showing shipmates casual and posed images in various uniforms; including a Filipino mess steward and laundryman recreation soccer team and race-boat equator ceremony with Davy Jones Neptunus Rex etc. the bridge running torpedoes an officer's gig and bum boats. About 45 show sailors on liberty in the Bali Borneo Ceylon China French Indo-China Java Philippines Singapore Sumatra Thailand Villafranca Naples and Pompeii. Documents within the archive include Hood's Birth Certificate his 1927 Discharge a Statement of Service from 1938 a post-WWII certificate recognizing his service in the Office of Scientific Research and Development a post-WWII discharge certificate as a Sergeant in the Massachusetts National Guard and a 1992 Certification of Military Service. The ephemera includes membership cards in the Ancient Order of the Deep and Domain of Neptunus Rex a coupon for the Osaka Bazar a drink/dance ticket for the Japanese Bar Tokyo advertisements for a tailor in Shanghai and a silk and curio dealer in Colombo an invitation for a dance aboard the U.S.S. Macleish a Luncheon menu for the Adelphi Hotel in Shanghai and a U.S.S. Pittsburg "Happy Hour" program in honor of Governor Davis. One of the best between-the-wars U.S. Navy scrapbooks we have handled with a desirable accompanying oral history. unknown books
1980x-0313224862Greenwood Press 1980. Hardcover. New. 9.50x6.50x2.00 inches. Greenwood Press hardcover
1906LTH30-D-7London: Henry Frowde 1906. Leather. Near Fine. 7" by 5". Unamed. A charming copy of Thomas Hood's poetical works with additional material by Walter Jerrold. Oxford edition. Edited and with notes by Walter Jerrold. Bound in an attractive morocco binding gilt detailing to the front board. With an engraved frontispiece. Thomas Hood 23 May 1799 3 May 1845 was a British humorist and poet. His son Tom Hood became a well known playwright and editor. In a padded red morocco binding with gilt title and design detailing to the front board and spine and a gilt fore-edge. Externally excellent with just minor shelfwear. Very light bumping to the extremities and very slight fading to the spine. Internally generally firmly bound although slightly strained in places. The pages are bright and clean. Near Fine Henry Frowde hardcover
