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193747069Boston: Christopher Publishing House 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 320p octavo. A good copy in red cloth. Laid in are 4 printed ephemeral pieces of ads for the book. <br/><br/> Christopher Publishing House hardcover
1923845G0895USA: The Granite Monthly Company 1923. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 197-249. Black and white photos. Features: Nice full-page photo portrait of Major Charles S. Walker N.H. Department Commander American Legion; For God and Country - The American Legion - A New Hampshire Asset - major article with many great photos; The Legion - Maker of Americans - an interview with Maurice F. Devine; Behind the Lines; Behind the Lines - The American Legion Auxiliary at work; State Executive Board of the American Legion Auxiliary; A Portrait Gallery of Legionnaires - excellent photos with write-ups of selected individuals; New Hampshire's Labor Commissioner; Their Son; An Anthology of One Poem Poets; Over the Top with Ayrshires - The Sawyer Herd and Farrm Buildings - article with nice photos; In the Springtime; When Claremont was called Ashley III - Two English Maps of Revolutionary Times; Current opinion in New Hampshire; Old Home Week and the Tercentenary; Books of New Hampshire Interest; The Editor Stops to Talk; New Hampshire Necrology. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy of this particularly excellent issue. The Granite Monthly Company Paperback
1961135752London: Geoffrey Bles 1961. First Edition. First Edition. The eleventh Abercrombie Lewker mountain mystery set in Wales. Jacket design by Jenifer Armour. <br /> <br /> About Near Fine in a Very Good plus price-clipped dust jacket. Small neat owner name on the front flyleaf. Jacket is Near Fine but for a triangular chip at the crown corner titling not affected. An attractive copy. Geoffrey Bles unknown
1955014444London: Geoffrey Bles 1955 12mo. original blue boards attractive W.H.Smith Library bookplate & label to front pastedown else unmarked spine a little rubbed small droplet stains to a few leaves paperstock a little tanned but generally clean & bright; lacks dustwrapper; pp. ii 256 with an illustration. A very good copy of the elusive first edition. Neate X65. The sixth Abercrombie Lewker mountain murder mystery set in the Nepal Himalaya. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket. Geoffrey Bles hardcover
1994037501London: Robert Hale 1994 F/F-. 8vo. original black boards in dustwrapper priced £14.99 net a trifle rubbed & nicked label mark on lower panel; pp. 190 last blank. A near fine copy of an uncommon book. The seventh title in the Mr Fitton series of historical novels based on the adventures of the real life British naval officer Lieutenant Michael Fitton 1766-1852. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F-. Robert Hale hardcover
1944025341London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd 1944 nd. c. 1944. 12mo. original beige cloth inscrip to FFE occ. leaf edge spots cloth slightly rubbed & sunned but with some splitting along lower hinge; lacks dustwrapper; pp. 168. An otherwise very good copy of an uncommon thriller the first book written by this prolific author of mountain-related books and novels and the earliest appearance of Abercrombie Lewker. Neate X363. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/No Jacket. Selwyn & Blount, Ltd hardcover
1958004096London: Bles. A scarce crime novel. Ex-library copy with messy plate removal to front endpaper & 2 small stamps to title page. Dustwrapper has fold along lower edge where it has been in a protective cover which has done it's job. Light tape shadow to inner edges of dustwrapper flaps. Rear endpaper three quarters removed . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1958. Bles hardcover
1998355490711104London: Robert Hale 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's blue boards with silver lettering to the spine. One of a very few hardback copies that did not get consigned to the library. A very fine copy in like D/W. A super copy Robert Hale hardcover
1994355490711101London: Robert Hale 1994. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with silver lettering to the spine. One of a very few hardback copies that did not get consigned to the library. A very fine copy in like D/W. A super copy. Robert Hale hardcover
193724001Boston: Christopher Publishing House 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 320 pp bound in original red pebbled cloth. Corners bumped spine ends rubbed small label of The Langston Civic Club of America Philadelphia on the front pastedown. Binding sound text clean. No dust jacket. In the Preface the author explains that this book grew out of a "previous effort to give some data on the battle of the Negro at the bar of justice" in a speech before the National Bar Association. That data has here been augmented with "some celebrated cases which I consider milestones in the Negro's fight to secure his full constitutional rights as a citizen." "I do not hope to make a lawyer out the reader of this book" he continues "but I do believe you wll know more about your rights and be wiser thereby." The text includes chapters on the civil rights the rights of an accused defendant the right to counsel the NAACP the need for Black lawyers and more. Christopher Publishing House hardcover
1971MOUNTAIN015897Victor Gollancz London. 1971. First edition. Octavo. 142 pages. Juvenile fiction set on Carnedd Llewellyn.Presentation copy from the author inscribed by him on the front free endpaper: ''Dear John Thank you for the Calendar which I have put up on my study wall. It will be very useful. I don't know if you already have this story about Carneddan but anyhow here it is with love & best wishes for 1976 from Showell Styles.''Head of spine slightly faded. Tail of spine slightly pushed. Very good indeed in very good indeed dustwrapper with a wraparound design by Robert Hales a bit darkened at the spine. Victor Gollancz, London. unknown
1949012012London: The Institution of Post Office Electrical Engineers. Supplement included. Short tear along spine Very Good. Includes articles about the London-Birmingham television cable a speech spectrum analyser post office phototelegraph service to Europe British Telephone Technical Development Committee vacuum technique poisoning effects in oxide-cathode valves pneumatic tubes tungsten carbide tipped tools mechanical trunk fee accounting Part 1--principles of punched card accounting electronic regenerative repeater for 7 1/2-unit start-stop tlegraph signals and a miniature audio-frequency amplifier. Early computer and television articles. . Very Good. Stiff Wrappers Paperbound. First Edition. 1949. The Institution of Post Office Electrical Engineers unknown
198715596<p>New York: Harper and Row 1987. <i><b>Signed on the half-title page by composer Philip Glass.</b></i> First edition / First printing. White cloth. Fine in price-clipped fine dust jacket.</p> Harper and Row, hardcover
199300035Positive Energy Records 1993. AudioCD. Near Fine. Very Good Signed by Author Cover is in excellent condition and signed by Michael Schenker/CD case is personally signed by the artist excellent condition. Music CD Rock. <br/><br/> Positive Energy Records unknown
195321009New York: E. P. Dutton & Co 1953. First US Edition. Hardcover. Slant to spine previous owner's name and offsetting from a clipped newspaper article on the front free endpaper. A very good copy in good dustjacket with chipping to the edges front flap almost completely split at fold and a short closed tear to the rear panel. Uncommon. In Hubin 1994 p. 135. ; Octavo. E. P. Dutton & Co hardcover
1969181565New York: Coward McCann 1969. First US edition Raymond Briggs's copy with his posthumous book label. Briggs and Richard Hough Briggs's editor at Hamish Hamilton conceived the idea of "Briggs' Books" six non-fiction titles for children about great figures of the 20th century. The UK edition was published earlier the same year. Showell Styles was a mountaineer and novelist who led several expeditions in the Himalayas and the Arctic. He wrote over 160 books for both children and adults with this book focusing on Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's expedition to become the first people to climb Everest. Briggs 1934-2022 was an illustrator graphic novelist cartoonist and author. The winner of numerous awards including the Kate Greenaway Medal twice the Hans Christian Andersen Award the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Kurt Maschler Award Briggs noted that "the whole point of illustration is that it is literary. If it is not it remains a drawing only. Something must be 'going on' in the illustration" Horne p. 124. He is chiefly remembered for Father Christmas 1973 Fungus the Bogeyman 1978 When the Wind Blows 1982 and the perennial classic The Snowman 1978. Quarto. Illustrated throughout by Raymond Briggs. Original pictorial boards lettered in black and white. With dust jacket. Edges lightly rubbed a few marks to boards; jacket unclipped chips to spine ends extremities a little rubbed: a very good copy in like jacket. hardcover
1961004095London: Bles. A scarce crime novel. Fairly clean ex-library copy with light evidence of plate removal to front endpapers & one small stamp to verso of title page . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1961. Bles hardcover
196527757London: Geoffrey Bles. Very Good in Near Fine dj. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. minor shelfwear light foxing to top edge of text block one-time owner's initials plus date & place of acquisition written in ink along edge of rear pastedown concealed beneath rear jacket flap; the jacket shows extremely light wear along top and bottom edges faint age-toning to spine panel. Set in north Wales where the author lived this murder mystery features his recurring character Sir Abercrombie Lewker "the well-known actor-manager and amateur detective" and has to do with the mysterious death of an eccentric character who "purported to live by the Arts and to be above such things as conventional morality." A late entry in the Lewker series this like the others has a mountain-climbing angle reflecting the author's self-described lifelong recreation of mountaineering and rock-climbing. He also wrote numerous book on those topics usually under the name Showell Styles. . Geoffrey Bles hardcover
195827756London: Geoffrey Bles. Very Good in Very Good dj. c.1958. First Edition. Hardcover. price-clipped ex-rental library book W.H. Smith & Son; marked as such only by a bookplate on the front pastedown minor shelfwear faint foxing and very light soiling to edges of text block one-time owner's initials plus date & place of purchase in ink along edge of rear pastedown concealed beneath jacket flap; jacket has tiny bits of paper loss at several spine corners otherwise quite nice. A mountain-set murder mystery with a filmmaking angle. The plot involves a movie being shot against the background of Mont Blanc and features "Sir Abercrombie Lewker that well-known actor-manager and amateur detective." The was one of the author's seventeen Lewker adventures; most are set in mountainous regions reflecting the author's self-described lifelong recreation of mountaineering and rock-climbing. He also wrote numerous book on those topics usually under the name Showell Styles. . Geoffrey Bles hardcover
19860354191986. Original edition. Framed. Very Good. Broadside printed in black and white. Large photo of Hampton in tux posed over his vibraphone. Laid into a black plastic frame glazed. Image 22" x 17". Frame 25" x 18.5" Inscribed in blue ink upper left: "Good-Luck / To Andy Scotty / Lionel / Hampton. unknown
19965582<p>Hardcover in dust jacket. No names underlining notes or highlighting. Book will be well padded in bubble wrap and shipped in a sturdy box. A signature will be required for delivery.</p><p>z6</p> Victoria & Albert Museum hardcover
1924845G0903USA: The Granite Monthly Company 1924. Magazine. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Pages 1-58. Black and white photos. Features: National convention of American Legion; Immigration; Stage Coach and Tavern Days; Our Winter Carnivals; An Answer to Our Critics; An anthology of one poem poets; Senator Moses' Three favorite stories; New Hampshire state Grange; Should the Governor's Council be abolished; New Hampshire Private Schools - with photos of their principals; The Phillips Exeter Academy; Tilton School; New Hampton Literary Institution; Holderness School; Five Foremost Leaders in N.H.; Alcoholic Bi-Focalism; First Candidates for Governor's Council - with photos of Samuel A. Lovejoy and Jesse M. Barton; The Old Toll Bridge poem; New Hampshire Necrology; and more. Above-average wear to front cover which bears a bit of pencil writing to top edge otherwise a sound vintage copy. The Granite Monthly Company Paperback
1995355490711102London: Robert Hale 1995. First Edition. Hard Cover. Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. Publisher's black boards with silver lettering to the spine. One of a very few hardback copies that did not get consigned to the library. A very fine copy in like D/W. A super copy. Robert Hale hardcover
1961759H2241Wichita Kansas U.S.A.: Defenders of the Faith. Good. 1961. First Edition. Paperback. 128 pages. Features: Greatest Subversive Plot in History - documented evidence of a malignant UNESCO plot against the future of this country's children and their children; Ruinous Public Debt - cannot exist for long with perpetual debt; Opposition to Law and Order - the ACLU and the establishment of Police Review Boards; America Exploited in the Name of Humanity; The Challenge of World Conflict - a reappraisal of America's future and manifest destiny; The American Dream; Oh! What a Night - prevent tossing and turning at night; Music - soothing sedative and savage - Science confirms certain music can be dangerous and may contribute to juvenile delinquency ; Bumper Crop of Trees - after 20 years tree farming is winning public appreciation; A Key to Communist Semantics - the Canadian Intelligence Service explains how Communists have a double-talk vocabulary designed to mislead and confuse; Worse than Chain Letters - the same principle underlies Urban Renewal; American Textiles in Trouble - suffering from weird policies of foreign aid and trade; Educational Hierarchies - public schools have almost as many administrators as teachers; Had TV Trouble Lately - watch out for shifty TV repairmen; Sovit Oil - Fuel for the Fires of Communism; Economic Integrity - by Hon. Harry F. Byrd; Materialism - The Devil's Delusion; Theft by Confiscation - Communism is merely the takeover of government by a political oligarchy - as in Russia - or by a banking oligarchy; Your Voice Reveals Personality; Scientific Socialism - Bunk; and more. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy bearing the address label of noted Madison WI architect William Kaeser.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; American Mercury Magazine "To Bear Witness To The Truth" September Sept. 1961 Volume XCIII No. 451 - Greatest Subversive Plot in History / A Key to Communist Semantics documented evidence of a malignant UNESCO plot against the future of this country . Defenders of the Faith paperback
