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8vo., First Edition thus, with plates, small neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published by John Murray in 1977. Turan 199 (recording the first edition).
8vo., First Edition, with plates and maps; black cloth, gilt back, yellow endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper.
A historian's view of the relationship between American history and the American film industry, this book is a witty and perceptive account of Hollywood and its films in the years from the outbreak of the Second World War in Europe to the end of the war in Korea. 152 pages.
Interior pages are clean and unmarked, but several have tears. Wear to cover. Part of front endpaper has been torn off. Black and white and color illustrations by Warner Carr. 64 pages. 6 1/8"w x 7 3/4"h.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Includes a bibliography. SCARCE.
Sm. 8vo. First Edition with line illustrations as frontispiece and 16 coloured plates; original series binding of pictorial boards a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 60.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. PC L84.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and endpaper maps in red; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter frayed and creased with minor loss at edges. The Far Eastern Correspondent of the Daily Telegraph newspaper relates a decade of covering south-east Asia immediately after WWII. SCARCE.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Unpaginated. 7 5/8"w x 10"h. Exhibition catalog.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, a double-page coloured plate and 16 monochrome plates on 10; pictorial boards lettered in black, backstrip lettered in black, black top, a fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF TIN PLATE WORKERS ALIAS WIRE WORKERS WITH ITS COLOURED ARMORIAL BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY FREDERICK ERNEST CLEARY, MASTER OF THE COMPANY. Published to commemorate the tercentenary of the Company.
8vo., First Edition, with 36 plates on 16 and a full-page map in the text; green cloth, gilt back, covers lightly sunned else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with 21 plates on 16; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Lambe (1900-1960) began his career as a midshipman in 1917 and rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord. His WWII service included command of Dunedin, several staff appointments (lastly as Director of Planning) and finally a year is command of Illustrious, principally in the Pacific. Law, 0709; see Heathcote, pp.149-150.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous plates and maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Enser, p.74.
Fourth printing. Slight wear to cover. Signed on front free endpaper. 149 pages. From back cover: "This is the story of Edith Warner, who lived for more than twenty years as a neighbor to the Indians of San Ildefonso Pueblo, near Los Alamos, New Mexico. She was a remarkable woman, a friend to everyone who knew her, from her Indian companion Tilano, who was an elder of San Ildefonso, to Niels Bohr, Robert Oppenheimer, and the other atomic scientists who worked at Los Alamos during World War II. "
8vo., First Edition with 41 photographs, 9 maps and endpaper maps; cloth, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (not affecting lettering) at backstrip and with medium closed tear on (predominantly white) rear panel. Very scarce in anything like this condition.
8vo., First Edition thus; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. Updated version of the original edition of 1973.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 30 plates on 22 and numerous plans (a number full-page) in the text; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's notable British Battles series.
4to., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and very numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, green endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published to accompany the major exhibition mounted severally by Kimbell Art Museum, Walters Art Museum and the National Gallery.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 31 plates (one double-page) on 22, 4 illustrations (one full-page) and full-page plan; original series binding of blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published in Batsford's notable 'British Battles' series. NMM V, 1919.
8vo., First Edition; red ochre cloth, gilt back,a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, very lightly browned dustwrapper.
6 pages. From the Warner Bros. picture "Blues in the Night". Nice cover photo of Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, et al. Above-average wear. Pages detached but all present. A worthy vintage copy. Sheet music
64 pages. Great black and white photos and illustrations. Nice vintage ads on covers. Features: One Hail of a Story, by John Moore; Westmoreland's Mustards - The Westmoreland Specialty Company of Grapeville, PA; Jack La Baume tours the oldest Dr. Pepper Bottling Company in the world in Dublin, TX - great article and photos; Two Hard-to-Find Warners - Richard A. Cannon collects bottles from Hulbert Harrington Warner of Rochester, New York; Jar Talk - Jack La Baume has moved to Texas and shares his experiences; Extra Special Deliveries; Bottle Network News; British Bottle Bits - Nailsea Glass; Auction Directory; The Label Space - O.C. stands for the Oneida Community - a Smalley, Kivlan & Onthank's Double Safety Jar - An Atlas E-Z Seal packed by Harbauer; ; Up-Dates; Bottle Colors - article by Ben and Miriam Glassman. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
136 pages. Features: Warner Sportster; How to Buy Your Own Airplane; Transatlantic Robin; Installing Your Engine; Ultralights in Oregon; You Can Fly Anything. Light wear. Nice copy. Book
160 pages. Many black and white photos. "The radio stories of Jack Payne, Henry Hall, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch, Robb Wilton, Tommy Handley, Syd Walker, Jack Train, Vera Lynn, Vic Oliver, Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Charlie Chester, Kenneth Horne, Jack Warner, Wilfred Pickles, Ted Ray, Noel Johnson, Donald Peers, Peter Brough, Frankie Howerd, Max Bygraves, Dick Bentley, Jimmy Edwards, Harry Secombe, Petter Sellers, Tony Hancock and many more." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with average wear. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket. Book