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Four Volumes. Individual pagination for each character studied. Numerous full page illustrations. Text foxed. Printed booklabel of J. Wheeler on all front paste downs. 175mm. Original full leather bindings, very worn with some boards detached. First edition. A great resource for tales of remarkable individuals, including: dwarves; misers; transvestites; con-artists; circus curiosities; actors; &c. VERIA BX 2
Observations on the post-war situation in England (chapters 1 & 8) Italy (chapters 2-7,9,10 & 15) and Greece (chapters 11-14) Notably anti- British attitude.Reprinted together with later travel essays about Paris, Rome and Budapest. 467p. Book
473 pages including bibliography, index and black and white illustrations. Details the parallel lives of a foreign-born aesthete-prince and a down-to-earth country squire. The passions they aroused and the conflict they unleashed would forever change the face of a nation. Book virtually as new. Lightest wear to dust jacket. Gift quality. Book
6 p.l., 292, [8] p. front. (port.) Hardcover Very good condition, in panelled calf, front cover detached Leather bookplate of William Twopenny on front paste-down
18x11. 198p. Núm. 357. Trad. J. Ferrer Vidal Turull.
250 pages, cover illustration by Jean-Paul Tibbles. eng
P., Ars Mundi, 1987. In-4 relié toile avec jaquette, 97 pages avec des illustrations pleine page.
in-8°, 382 pages, broche. Edition originale en langue française (pas de beau papier). Qq men. def. [JU-5]
259pp.waarvan 148pp.kleurenills. (reproductie van het tapijt in kleur) en met zw/w-ills.in tekst, 34cm., linnen band met goudopdruk, geïll.stofwikkel (rug wat verbleekt), in zwart gecart.etui, mooie staat
Broché. 490 pages. Dos passé.
in-4° XXII-264 pages, bl./wh. illustr., index, bind. in boards, plast. dustjacket. VG+/VG [PL-EN]
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of HMS Hecate; Great photo of Canadian Pacific`s Empress of England berthed at Liverpool inside front cover; Nice photo of Bugsier`s tug Simson towing drilling rig through Dover Strait; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Naval Review; Shipping of the North East Coast Ports - A review of current activity from Blyth to Seaham Harbour; Part 1; Still in Steam on the Clyde - Lennox II and Hopper No 25; Falklands Fleet`s Royal Finale - photo feature; The Lovely Ketch ``Irene``; Ships of the `Cardiff` Class - a review of the development of the standard design bulk carrier which has gained a reputation for reliability and economy; Guardians of the Dover Strait - a report on the work of the HM Coastguard Station at Langdon Battery, Dover; Letters, European Ferry Commentary; Fleet List 1982 - pennant numbers of warships of the Royal Navy and Vessels of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service - part 2 - K to Y; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS Oribi in 1946 inside back cover; and more. Ad clipped from last page. Covers detached but present, otherwise average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
ISBN : 287686150X. BOURIN.. 1993.. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 265 pages. 1ère de couverture illustrée en couleurs.
PAYOT. 1929. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Tâchée. Manque en coiffe de pied. Intérieur frais. 293 pages - taches et 1 annotations sur le 1er plat.
xii + 156 [iii] pp.+ 40 plates out-of-text in bl/w, 1st edition, hardcover (editor's blue cloth), upper edges gilt, 22cm., few foxing (mainly on edges), good condition, S83317
364p. Printed bookseller's label for H.C. Holmes, 1149 Markat St., San Francisco, Cal. Stamped ownership of Peter O'Connor and Visitation Convent, St. Paul, MN. Early inked ownership of J. E. Campbell. 12mo. Original full publisher's cloth binding, embossed and decorated in blind, with a center cypher and "New Orleans". Spine decorated with gold flowers. Hardbound. Very good. A wonderful account of travels in New England and New York. Included are (sometimes extensive) observations on: life; manners; etiquette; scenery; Daniel Webster; Ralph Waldo Emerson; Thomas Hart Benton; Edgar Allan Poe; Grace Geenwood; Cape Cod; the Delaware River; Lake Mahopac; railroads; steamships; hotels; etc. Much on girls, women and society. Nathaniel Parker Willis(1806-1867), was an American author, poet and editor who worked with several notable American writers including Edgar Allan Poe and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. He became the highest paid magazine writer of his day. For a time, he was the employer of former slave and future writer Harriet Jacobs. His brother was the composer Richard Storrs Willis and his sister was a popular writer, under the name Fanny Fern. NEW ENGLAND BOX 1
Complete in 3 volumes: cxxxiv,630 + xiii,776 + xi,722 pp., with b/w ills., reprint of the original 1886-edition, 25cm., softcovers, good condition, weight: 5.2kg., S108130
Folio 50 plates Hardcover Very good condition; beveled boards worn at edges
Binding a bit slanted. DJ with small chips; A complete history of The English Channel, from its formation in prehistoric times, to the postwar era. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 381 pages
Wear & chipping to DJ with small closed tears; The Channel was and remains instrumental in the cultural and economic development of England. this is its story; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 381 pages
Slight wear to extremities. ; A complete history of The English Channel, from its formation in prehistoric times, to the postwar era. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 381 pages
118 p., illus. w/ woodcuts. Essay on the legend of the annual flowering at Christmas in Glastonbury, England Hardcover Very good condition good
Small tear to top spine. Moderate shelfwear. ; Ex-Lib; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 369 pages
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper; with 21 maps in the text; original terracotta buckram, gilt back, an unusually bright, crisp, clean copy.
Gutes Ex.; der farb. illustr. Einband stw. berieben; Seiten minimal nachgedunkelt. - Englisch. - INHALT : Plates ---- Maps and Tables ---- Acknowledgements to Illustrations ---- Abbreviations ---- Note on Spelling ---- INTRODUCTION ---- The Face of Britain ---- The Evidence ---- 1547-1603: An Overview ---- THE RULE OF PROTECTOR SOMERSET ---- The Henrician Inheritance ---- Somerset and Government ---- Scotland ---- Religion ---- Social and Agrarian Policy ---- 1549: Riot and Revolt ---- The Fall of Somerset ---- THE RULE OF NORTHUMBERLAND ---- The Achievement of Power ---- Government and Policy under Northumberland ---- Religious Change ---- Ireland ---- The Succession Crisis ---- THE REIGN OF MARY TUDOR ---- The Installation of the Regime ---- Wyatt's Rebellion and its Aftermath ---- The Spanish Marriage and the Return to Rome ---- Persecution and War, 1555-1558 ---- Marian Ireland ---- Marian Religion ---- Marian Politics ---- THE STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT ---- The Royal Court ---- The Privy Council ---- Parliament ---- The Executive Machine ---- Financial Institutions ---- The Lawcourts ---- Local Government ---- The Royal Servants ---- ENGLISH SOCIETY ---- Prices ---- London ---- Provincial Towns ---- Rural Society ---- Domestic Houses and Palaces ---- Difficulties in Governing Town and Country ---- THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ELIZABETHAN RULE, ---- 1558-1572 ---- Accession and Settlement, 1558-1563- ---- The Years of Peace, 1564-1568 ---- The Crisis Years, 1568-1572 ---- Ireland, 1558-1572 ---- THE ROAD TO WAR, 1573-1588 ---- France and the Netherlands, 1573-1578 ---- The Anjou Match and the Netherlands, 1578-1582 ---- Ireland, 1573-1588: Colonization and Rebellion ---- Assassination Plots and the Spanish Threat, 1583-1585 ---- War and the Armada, 1585-1588 - (u.v.v.a.) ISBN 0192880446
