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62 pages. Features: The Beaverhead Stage stop; Gold finding for the weekend; Good slabbin' means good cabbin' - suggestions for cutting gem rocks; Those Prolific Pops - bottle variety; The Modern Treasure Hunters; The Lost Ferry Boat Treasure - Lake Erie still holds 120 railway cars; History carved in rock - Louisiana rock formations; Are you a successful treasure hunter?; Dig yourself a whet stone; Boy scouts and treasure hunting - Fort Cureton relics; Learn your own soil conditions; Hawaii calls. Somewhat above average wear. Book
76 pages. Features include: Blewitt Pass; The ABC's of Coinshooting; Diamond Oddities; A Bottle Digger's Winter; Outlaws, Cattle Rustlers, or what?; How to Facet; Civil War sites along the North Carolina coast; Maine; San Saba County Indian relics; Venice, Florida - Graveyard for Sharks. Average wear. Book
Features: The lamentable loss of La Reine Des Mers - a lost load of wine; New Mexico's most ruthless murder - Martin Nelson; Granby Idol - found in the Colorado River; Death on the Desert - Skull Valley; Treasure Trove and the Law - knowing if you'll be able to keep your find; Montana was not for farmers; Tales of the Dirt Tramps - road and highway construction; Shirt-Tail Canyon, California; Interpreter for the Apaches - George Wratten; Cave-Inn-Rock on the Ohio - hunt for relics here; White Collar Versus Black Ball - steamers that were lost; Wild Old Days!; A Rockin' Good Time - Gold finding tools; Discovery of Lone Tree Pass - Major-General Grenville M. Dodge. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
66 pages. Features: Find gold ingots; a profile of Allan Darby; found! Ancient Inca relics; Tokens - underrated valuables; New evidence confirms lost site. Average wear. Book
66 pages. Features include: super treasure hunter Norman Scott; Pirate chest found?; Georgia Indian relics found!; Nelson Jecas - THing entrepreneur; Treasure shows up in the oddest places; Repros, Reps. and forgeries; Indian campgrounds yield unusual finds; Frank Mellish, International Treasure Finder; Glen Phillips tells his story; Florida's never-ending treasure. Average wear. Book
48 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Chinese Artifacts; Vancouver Island Bottle Show and Sale; Nanaimo Club Dig - with group photo; Sealed Bottles; Insulators; Relics; Auto Collectables; Old Guns; Vancouver Notes; International Wine Co.; Collecting Old Locks; Living Free; Old Phonographs; The Karbonated Korner; Furniture, Lamps, and Bric-a-Brac; French Ivory; Prairie News. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy early copy of this upbeat and quite informative vintage Vancouver Island periodical. Book
42 pages. Many black and white photos. Features: Old Guns; Early Vancouver Drug Store; Relics; Prairie News; Depression Glass; Sealed Bottles; Furniture; Pops; Insulators; License Plates; Locks; Vancouver Notes; Vancouver Mini Show; Patrick A. Milloy and his Montreal Soda Works. Light wear. Unmarked. A nice early copy of this upbeat and quite informative vintage Vancouver Island periodical. Book
Premiere issue. 30 pages. Features include: Second annual Victoria and Nanaimo Antique Bottle Show; Letters; We Dig Bottles, by "Bob & George"; Blowing Off Foam! - The Karbonated Korner, by Bob & Donna Skrill; What on Earth Is It?; George Coletti & Son of Nelson, B.C.; Jewels of Talking Wire - insulators; Cecil and Joan Harris of Vernon, B.C.; Books in Review; Relics, by Jim Heidt; License Plate Collecting by Allan Gadsen; Old Ads from Victoria Colonis, Christmas 1874; Photos of Free blown bottle; Pottery Jugs; Ads; Club News. Printed on glossy stock. Covers and first few pages wavy from moisture exposure, otherwise unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A worthy collectible copy of this interesting British Columbia bottle collecting periodical. Book
48 pages. Features: Letters; Chinese Artifacts, by Flo & Al Clemens; 3rd Annual Vancouver Island Bottle Show & Sale - photo-illustrated article; Nanaimo Dig Club; Sealed Bottles, by Dick & Barbara Hoyle; Insulators, by Larry & Wendy Lundgren; Relics, by Jim Heidt; Auto Collectibles, by Allan Gadsen; Old Guns, by Mike Hill; Vancouver Notes, by D. Harrison; Gold Seal Liquor Co., Vancouver, B.C.; International Wine Co., by G. Northcote; Collecting Old Locks; Documents & Other Paper Collectibles; More Jugs; Living Free - Patricia Armitage writes about Dieter and Tina Bonkowski of Yellow Point - with photos; Old Phonographs, by Coleman Kiss; Depression Glass; Fruit Jar Corner; Collectors of Note; The Karbonated Korner - The Comox Valley Mysteries, by Bill Patterson; The West Coast Mystery - "Stone Bear" found by Morris McNally of Nanaimo; Articles from the collection of Norm and Sandy Barker of Chase River, B.C.; Furniture, Lamps & Bric A Brac; French Ivory, by M. Skrill; Prairie News; Club Directory; Classified ads; and more. Printed on glossy stock. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this interesting British Columbia bottle collecting periodical. Book
376p., (24)[Publisher's catalogue] + Plus color folding frontis map, folding maps and full page plates. Text drawings and photographs of excavated artifacts. Damp stained. Bookplate. 8vo. Original full blue cloth binding, gold eagle vignette on front cover. Boards partially faded from damp staining. AFRICA/6
Pages 419- 460. Features: Excellent cover photo portrait of Mrs. Beryl Markham, the first woman to fly solo east to west across the Atlantic, who recently flew alone from Abingdon to Cape Breton Island; Photo of Mrs. Markham's plane passing over Swindon after the start from Abingdon; Three photos of typhoon damage in Hong Kong; Three photos of US aviators Dick Merrill and Harry Richman who flew from New York to England in 18 hours; Illustrated article discusses Foraminifera; One-page photo portrait of Princess Juliana, heiress to the throne of the Netherlands; Photo of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Webster, of Holderness, New Hampshire with the apparatus they use to take photos of hummingbirds, plus photo samples of their work; Six photos illustrate the agony of the "Eubee" - a 9645-ton French steamer's last half hour before it sank after colliding with the British steamer "Corinaldo"; Photo illustrated article on a new archaeological site in Mesopotamia, Tell Agrab - temples deserted 5000 years ago, and a wealth of art relics, including fresh proof of Indo-Sumerian cultural associations; Two pages of photos and colour illustrations demonstrate cultural links between Babylonia and India - new evidence revealed at Tell Agrab, with other discoveries; Two large photos show Spain's Civil War - Irun captured by rebel forces; Page of graphic photos illustrates dramatic incidents in the taking of Irun; Four photos of the plight of refugees from Irun; Dramatic centrefold photo shows Spanish refugees at Hendaye gazing at burning Irun; Photos of personalities of the week include Largo Caballero, M. Nikita Balieff, Oscar Specks (enroute from Germany to Australia by canoe!), Señora Irriburi, D. A. C. Page, Sir J. W. Wessels, the late Lord Moynihan, Photo of tragic wreck at the Belfast international tourist trophy race which killed eight; A. H. Findlay, and Sir Walter Citrine; Large photo of Kamal Ataturk welcoming Edward VIII to Istanbul; Photo of the king saying farewell to Gallipoli with Kilid Bahr in attendance; A Firmer Hand in Palestine - page of photos shows the work of British troops in preventing violence, with a photo of Lieut. Gen. J. G. Dill, supreme commander in Palestine; One page colour photo add declares Guinness and oysters are good for you; Nice one-page photo illustrated tourism ad for South Africa's Riviera; One-page illustrated ad for VAT 69; Nice one-page Schweppes ad shows football goalie lunging for ball; Nostalgic One-page photo illustrated Italian travel ad; Halfpage photo ad for Rolls-Royce cars; Halfpage illustrated ad for Hooper and Co.; Very nostalgic two-colour back cover ad for Britannia and Eve magazine. Unmarked with only moderate wear. A wonderful vintage copy. Magazine
38 pages. Features: Full-page photo of the Pope's Coronation; Photos of Representatives of Great Britain and other powers at the Papal Coronation; Full-page photo of the Pope's Open-Air Coronation on the Balcony of St. Peter's; Papal Coronation seen by a vaster crowd than ever before; The "Scapa Flow" of the Spanish Republican Fleet!; A Bronze Age Potter's Workshop - The First Found in Palestine - photos; Lachish - Traces of Nebuchadnezzar's Invasions - and Art Relics - photos; Two photos of the first white giraffe seen in Kenya - an adult "Albino" Bull; Among the "Red Men" of Ecuador - article with photos; How the Colorados Dye Themselves Scarlet and Trim their Hair - photos; Two dramatic photos of the sinking of the S.S. "Lillian" after a collission with the German freighter "Wiegand"; Royal Events and Activities of the Week - photos; Sultan of Perak Installed; The Japanese bomb Shumchun Market near Hong Kong - photo; Strange photo of gas mask for babies; Incredible colour photo of literally a "Red Indian" - a Colorado of Ecuador with skin and hair dyed scarlet from seeds of the blood tree and wearing a silver nose pin; Colour centerfold illustration of the only town established by the Romans in Wales - Venta Silurum; Photos of personalities of the week including Mahatma Gandhi, Field-Marshal Goering (in civilian clothes) and his wife, Colonel Rodriguez Lister, Dona Dolores Ibarruri; The Crisis in Slovakia - photos of leading personalities and turbulent scenes - Hlinka Guards; King of the late King George V. in St. George's Chapel; and more; Average wear. Centerfold and pages 411-416 loose but present. Pages 445-450 and any pages beyond page 452 missing. Magazine
Pages 849-894. Features: Cover photo of Gen. Franco; Photo of G. A. D. Ogilvie-Forbes, the British chargé d'affaires in Madrid; Photo of Don Francisco Largo Caballero, Prime Minister of Spain; Photo of Spanish boys drilling as "Arrows" (the equivalent of the Italian Balilla) at Burgos; Two pages of graphic photos entitled The Battle for Madrid - the capital of Spain as the converging point of the Civil War; Two pages of photos entitled In the Madrid Sector - Gen. Franco's redoubtable troops - Moors, Legionnaires, and other insurgent forces superior to their enemies in tactics; Book review of "Three Sea Journals of Stuart Times", by Dawtrey Cooper; One page illustration of the King George V national memorial; Photo illustrated article on pioneer work at Chanhu-Daro, an unexplained site in the Indus Valley - arts, industry, and sanitation of the Harappa period, with relics of another epoch hitherto unknown; Page of photos of ancient sanitation technology in India - drainage, wells, and baths; Page of photos of toys used in India 5000 years ago; Page of photos depicting the beginnings of Indian sculpture - figurines from Chanhu-Daro; Page of photos and text explain prehistoric Indian bead-making; Rediscovery of Rembrandt masterpiece "Juno"; Page of photos illustrating the assault on Madrid and its approaches - bomb and shell havoc, street defences, and some of Gen. Franco's Moroccan troops; Britain's formidable new "Harrow" bomber - three photos of its mass production; Five photos illustrate present Roosevelt's (FDR's) sweeping victory; Centrefold photo of the king laying wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall on the 18th anniversary of Armistice Day; Photos of funeral of Adm. of the Fleet Sir John Kelly; Two photos of Miss Jean Batten in New Zealand after her record-breaking flight from England; Photo of the first ruler of Mysore to leave India - H.H. the Maharajah, H.H. The Yuvaraja, and prince Jayachamarajendra are all shown riding an elephant; Photos of personalities of the week include G. Ridley, Gerald Hawken Knight, Gerard Mackworth young, air Vice Marshal C. L. Courtney, H. Clifford Smith, C. H. Sampson, Sir John Kelly, Arthur Evans, Polish Foreign Minister Col. Beck and Mme. Beck with Anthony Eden, Sir Arthur K. Yapp, the Rev. Pat McCormick, and the right Rev. C. E. Curzon; Article explains how freak goldfish are produced; 12 photos of mongoose "Rikki" - home pet and film star; Four photos of duel to the death between mongoose and cobra; Nine photos illustrate Libya under Italian occupation, including photo of air marshal Balbo; Classy one page ad for Austin Reed men's fashions; One-page Johnnie Walker ad shows him playing solitaire; Halfpage classy photo ad for Rolls-Royce; Halfpage illustrated ad for Cooper and Co. Outer advertising pages not included. Centrefold loose but present. All contents present. Unmarked with above-average wear. A worthy reference copy. Magazine
Pages 487-530. Features: Cover page photo of state funeral of Adm. of the Fleet Earl Beatty; Major coverage of the funeral of Lord Beatty; Photo illustrated article entitled Flightless Birds in Three Continents; Lovely one page photo portrait of Queen Mary with three of her grandchildren; Two-page pictorial map entitled "Germany re-occupies the demilitarized Rhineland - a breach of the Versailles and Locarno treaties; Photo illustrated article entitled "A Vast Prehistoric Pompeii" revisited - further discoveries in Moravia, at Vestoice and the Pekarna cave; Two pages of photos of products of the paleolithic bone industry - weapons recalling Samson's "jawbone of an ass" and a big spoon; Page of photos and text describe mammoth hunters' cosmetics - dye-making utensils and other relics; Two pages of colour illustrations of animal art of 30,000 years ago - the earliest known sculpture; Page of seven photos document a trail of arson through Spain - the destruction of churches and convents; Photo of crowds surging to see the liner "Queen Mary" before she leaves her birthplace; Aerial photo of London Film Productions studio at Denham aflame; Photo of whales defeating Ireland in rugby championship at Cardiff, with crowds surging onto field of play; Photo of Hitler taking the salute at torch lit procession of 200,000 Nazis on the Theresienweise at Munich; Centrefold photo of the League of Nations Council meeting in London - the most vital for the peace of Europe ever held; Photos of Italian bombing of lava in Abyssinia; Photos of personalities of the week include Gen. Sir David Campell, Lord Dartmouth, Canon Nairne, Lieut. Col. R. S. Rait Kerr, Registrar A.Stiebel; the late Prof. J. S. Haldane, Sir Thomas Inskip, Sir Donald Somervell, Guila Bustabo, Ali Irfan, and the late Sir Dillon Bell; Nice one-page colour ad for the Ford V-8 car; One page Harrods ad features sports woollies for men; Nice illustrated one-page ad for the Hillman "Hawk" "Sixteen" "80" with "Evenkeel" Suspension; Classy halfpage photo ad for Bentley cars; Nostalgic one-page illustrated ad for Castrol oil features famed aviator Tommy Rose; and more. Coverfold holding by one staple. Archival tape repairs along coverfold. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 881-921 plus advertising covers. Features: Cover illustration of new American idea using mirror to protect bank tellers from gun-toting robbers; Six captioned photos of the Nonni Front / Tsitsihar and the relics of the original cause of trouble between the Japanese and Chinese in Manchuria; Review of "The Coinage of England" by Charles Oman; Photos of horse racing; Photo of burning passenger steamer the L.M.S. "Duke of Lancaster"; Photos of sinking of the "Nautilus", the first submarine to attempt reaching the North Pole; Photo of Bert Hinkler, the first airman to fly solo from South America to West Africa; Photo of J.A. Mollison's Gipsy moth upside-down in an Egyptian maize field; Photos of Jammu - occupied by British troops after riots; Bronze-age discover in Cyprus - prehistoric snake-worship; Two excellent photos show New York City's skyline (overlooking Central Park) twenty-five years ago and now (dramatic difference); Two pages of photos (and captions) of New York skyscrapers; Five photos of Captain C.W.R. Knight and white-headed sea-eagle "Miss America" - trained to falconry; Two photos of the first anniversary of the Coronation of Haile Salassie; Photo of Miss Peggy Salaman feeding one of her lion cubs; Photos of the Indian Conference ending and the Burman Conference beginning; Photos of personalities of the week include E.G. Pretyman, Maj.-General Sir P. Hambro, Mr. S.R.C. Bosanquet, Lady Bruce, Maj.-Gen. Sir David Bruce, Dr. Sze of China, Yotaro Sugimura, Mr. Yoshizawa, Yehudi Menuhin performing at the Albert Hall, Mr. C.J. Longmore - the first man to loop-the-loop in a glider in England; Preparing the New Gorilla Group for the Natural History Museum; Four photos of mural discovered in Little Missenden's 12th century church; Five photos of scenes in new film "Tsar Lenin"; Photos of Christmas gift suggestions; plus many nostalgic ads. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy. Book
Pages 1077-1116. Features: Cover photo of the five-power conference to negotiate a new international treaty for the limitation of naval armaments; Illustration of the great Finnish composer M. Jean Sibelius on the occasion of his 70th birthday; Page of illustrations of naval cruisers of Britain, Japan, Germany and Italy - a reduction problem for the five-power naval conference; Page of reproductions of archival illustrations of historic precedents for Lord De Clifford's trial; Photos of air raids on Dessie - Italian bonds damaged the palace of the Crown Prince just after the Emperor of Abyssinia had left it to me: Article discusses "What is Electricity?"; Page of illustrations present electricity as a "new servant"of man; Oil - the diplomatic problem of the hour - three pages of photos of the modern oil industry; A unique complex of bronze age Irish ring-forts - new discoveries of unusual interest, at Cush, in the County Limerick; Page of photos of newly found relics of Celtic Ireland in the Bronze Age; a 12th-century Irish reliquary - the shrine of St. Manchan - text and photos; Page of photos of anteaters Map of the present Abyssinian Empire; Two-page illustration of the boiler furnaces of the "Queen Mary" being lit; Photo of rioting in Lahore; Photo of a large band of Sikhs overlooked by mounted police during a pause in their march to Lahore for Shahidi day; One page colour ad says Guinness is good for oysters - good for you; Colour centrefold illustration of the "Silver Jubilee Procession"; Nice colour one-page ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes with Christmas motif; Photos of personalities of the week include: the Oxford and Cambridge rugby teams, E. O. W. Hunt, George A Strasser, his Majesty Haile Selassie, Señor Manuel Quezon, the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord De Clifford, Thomas Marlowe, C. Hayden Coffin, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Ulster with their hostess, Lady Brooke; Photos of survivors of the "Silverhazel" being rescued near the US destroyer "Bulmer"; Photo of the new Commonwealth of the Philippines being inaugurated at the legislative building in Manila; Photo of Signor Mussolini reading a restrained speech in the Italian chamber on the sanctions situation; Photo of saluting Italian war widows and mothers at the unknown warrior's tomb; Photo of Miss Jean Batten's damaged airplane on Araruama Beach, Brazil; Photo of the Wiley Post and Will Rogers aviation beacon recently placed on the George Washington Bridge in New York; Photo of wrecked Belgian airliner in Kent which crashed killing 11; Photos of Sir John Carden and Capt. Jean Schoonbroodt; Photo of Mr. S. V. Appleby crossing the channel in a "Flying flea"; One-page South Africa travel ad features illustration of native Village scene; One-page illustrated ad for Booth's matured dry gin; One page ad for the Vauxhall big six saloon; Review of "Steel of Empire", by John Murray Gibbon; Halfpage illustrated Estorial (Portugal) travel ad; One-page ad promotes Austria as the 'ski paradise'; article discusses economic 'stabilization' and it's difficulties; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 705-744. Features: Great colour ad for Capstan cigarettes inside front cover; Photos of Funeral of Chief Waruhiu of Kenya on front cover; Thirteen photos of Kenya deal with Mau Mau terrorism, some arrests and a murdered chief; *GORGEOUS* one-page photo of Queen Elizabeth wearing black and white, with magnificent diamonds, arising at the Empire Theatre for the Royal Film performance; Photos of personalities of the week, including recently departed Mr. W.M. Hughes, Australia's elder statesman, and atomic scientist Dr. W.G. Penney, O.B.E.; Photos of the Duchess of Kent and her Royal Tour in Borneo; One-page photo of Britain's First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Rhoderick McGrigor being lowered from a helicopter to the deck of the cruiser 'Birmingham'; Important new discoveries put new light on the days before Agamenmon; Photos of 3,200 year-old wine merchant shop relics - Mycenaean pottery; Photos of treasures from an early Mycenaean oil merchant's store; Graphic proof that the Mycenaeans both rode and drove horses; Cyril Falls writes about American baseball, with photos; Five official photos of Britain's First Atomic Test, in the Monte Bello Islands off Australia; Full-page photo portraits of Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson; Three photos of the Queen opening the Claerwen Dam; Two-page series of illustrations shows how the sea is probed by television and other methods of marine research - an explanation of the equipment used during the Discovery II Expedition; Great photos of jousting and defence armour additions to the Tower collections; Two pages present ten photos of some aspects of the recent bitter fighting on the central front in Korea; Nice colour ad for Daks dinner suit by Simpson Piccadilly inside back cover; Colour Johnnie Walker ad on back cover features snooker theme; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
58 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: France on the Prairies; Potlatch in the Park - photo-illustrated article on potlatch held in new Kwakiutl house built in Victoria's Thunderbird Park; Journey for Frances - 2nd instalment of Mrs. George Simpson's canoe journey of 1930 through two of the Great Lakes and on to the post later named Fort Frances; Wings Across Greenland - between 1928 and 1931 Parker D. (Shorty) Cramer made three attempts to fly across the Atlantic by way of northern Quebec and Greenland - photo-illustrated article; Early Northern Surgeons - article concerning some of the earliest predecessors of Dr. John Rae in Rupert's Land; Dr. John Rae and his Franklin Relics - photo-illustrated article; Dr. John Rae of the Arctic - short biography of the great explorer; John Rae's Stone House - photo-illustrated article on the ruins of Rae's winter house of 1846-7 near Repluse Bay; Rae's Arctic Correspondence - a review of the new volume of the Hudson's bay Record Society; Rae on the Eskimos - his opinions on the Arctic natives among whom he lived and travelled between 1846 ande 1854; The Old Shipwreck - mystery ship has lay wrecked on the north shore of Bylot Island for 130 years; Cobalt and Porcupine - how the great silver and gold mines of Northern Ontario were discovered and developed; Early Days at York Fort; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point Blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
Mm 210x300 "Wignacourt museum" - Volume nella sua brossura originale, 48 pagine con immagine a colori lungo l'intero testo in lingua inglese - english text. Copia eccellente, spedizione in 24 ore dalla conferma dell'ordine.
viii,287 + 182pp., 25cm., text in Latin, contemporary hardcover (marbled boards, spine in green leather with gilt title and decorations), marbled endpapers, text printed in two columns, 2 stamps on title page, good condition, [Complete title of added Appendix: "Appendix seu altera collectio quamplurimorum summariorum indulgentiarum quae tam pro aliquibus ordinibus regularibus… a sacra congregatione Indulgentiis sacrisque reliquiis praeposita authentice recognita sunt ac probata ab anno 1668 ad annum 1861"], R108743
3 vols., sm. 8vo., Third Edition, on laid paper, with an engraved frontispiece, large engraved title-vignettes and large engraved armorials on dedications, some light offsetting and age-staining, tiny uniform signature on blank preliminary in each volume; handsomely bound in nineteenth century full oatmeal buckram, backstrips with five flat bands, second compartments with leather labels lettered, numbered and ruled in gilt, a most attractive set ideal as a gift of for presentation. THE SET WAS FORMERLY IN THE LIBRARY OF MICHAEL CHERNIAVSKY AND BEARS HIS SIGNATURE ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER OF FIRST VOLUME. Dedicated to Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland, Percy's 'Reliques' is one of the most important collections of poetry in English. First published in 1765, ii not only encouraged 'with lasting effect the revival of interest in our older poetry' (DNB) but became a fertile source of content and style for the burgeoning Romantic movement. Michael Theodore Cherniavsky (1920-1992) was a renowned and long-serving (1948-1966) master of history at Christ's Hospital School and subsequently Professor of History at the University of Waterloo, Ontario from 1967 to 1983. A lovely copy and scarce in this condition. See NCBEL II, 385, 386.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of green ribbed cloth, upper boards blocked in blind, backs gilt extra, dark tops, pictorial endpapers, a near fine set. With uniform bookplates on front paste-downs. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. EL 148, 149; Seymour 775.0, 776.0.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, title in red and black, 18 plates on 15, 12 illustrations in the text and facsimiles on endpapers; decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter worn at head of backstrip. Collects seventeen extended essays on Hertfordshire places and topics.
Paperback Like New. Pls. allow within 20 - 25 business days delivery time as this is a new relase book from publishers.
In-4°; cc. (4), 92, (6). Al frontespizio xilografia con ritratto dell'A., ripetuto a c. a1r, e a c. a1r. Nel testo altre 68 xilografie, di cui 24 ripetute, con raffigurazioni di vescovi e santi. Alle cc. f4v e g6v due raffigurazioni di santi con strumenti musicali in stile ferrarese. Capilettera decorati a motivi floreali. Marca tipografica all'ultima carta. Caratteri gotici. Legatura in piena pelle coeva con impressioni a secco ai piatti, restauri al dorso. PRIMA EDIZIONE, preparata per i tipi di Franciscus Picius e Paulus Morbius. Si tratta del PIU' IMPORTANTE LIBRO ILLUSTRATO STAMPATO A PAVIA; costituisce anche una prova dell'influenza dello stile ferrarese sugli artisti di Pavia. Excursus della storia della città di Pavia, patria del Gualla (morto nel 1505), descritta attraverso le biografie di vescovi, santi e sante. Contiene un resoconto delle chiese e delle reliquie traslate da Milano a Pavia nel 1499, quelle di Cristo e dei santi, tra cui quelle di Tobia, Sant’Agostino e il capezzolo di Maria Maddalena, descritto come “integra e valde”. Mortimer I 222. This is the "the most important of the Pavian books with woodcuts" (Kristeller), giving the history of Pavia and a description of its saints and relics. Described by Kristeller as "amongst the best work of the Italian wood engravers", the woodcuts by an unknown artist portray saints, male and female, officers of the Church, martyrs, Lombard princes, and other personages.