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[22] p. 18 cm. Paperback Very good conditon
An eclectic collection of articles from the magazine "This Engand" It is an anthology of quirky articles, quaint places. nostalgic notes and verses about the English illustrated with gorgeous photographs and delightful artwork by Clive Carr.Perfect for expatriates and a delightful gift for Anglophiles. 144p. Decorative endpapers. Book
pp. xxiv, 221, (19) [Notes to the Seasons of Thomson], 223-227 [Index and Glossary] + Engraved Portrait Frontis + Engraved Title Page. Apparently lacks the printed title. Each poem has an engraved headpiece and tailpiece. Four full page engravings. One engraving of a nude has a childish outlining. Foxed. Booklabel of James W. Paul, Jr. on front paste down. Early inked manuscript ownership of Thos. Rodman on fly leaf. Includes an interesting Subscribers List. 245mm. Original full worn leather binding. Front board detached. Spine very worn with loss. The center of each board is sprinkle decorated in such a way as to show a memorial urn. Binding is worn but quite unusual. James W. Paul Jr. was a wealthy bankermarried to socialite Fanny Drexel (1855-1892). Their estate (Woodcrest) had a Horace Trumbauer designed 51-room, half-timbered mansion for banker. It took just two years to build, but the mix of medieval and Georgian styles was intended to make it look like it had evolved over generations. It is now on the grounds of Cabrini College. POETRY BX 3
London: Trubner and Co. , 1882. Cloth. 8vo. 48 pages. SUBJECT (S) : Talmud. OCLC lists 18 copies worldwide. Binding shaken. Water damage throughout. Ex-library with minimal markings. No text damage. Gilt lettering on cover. Overall in good condition. (BR-8-1) .
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 181 pages. Wood engravings by Barry Moser. Small tear and edge wear to dust jacket. Remainder mark.
pp. li, 206. 12mo. 20 cm. Illustrated with small engravings by Helen Kapp. Original publisher's cloth binding, slightly soiled. This is one of the most entertaining early books we've ever read. Anyone with an antiquarian bent will enjoy it. It would make a very nice gift. W144R
13 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with full-page maps, pedigrees and glossary of place names in the text, and printed endpapers; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in dustwrapper. An elegant set. The sequence comprises: The Last Kingdom (2004); The Pale Horseman (2005); The Lords of the North (2006); Sword Song (2007); The Burning Land (2009); Death of Kings (2011); The Pagan Lord (2013); The Empty Throne (2014); Warriors of the Storm (2015); The Flame Bearer (2016); War of the Wolf (2018); Sword of Kings (2019); War Lord (2020). COMPLETE SETS ARE VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Features: Speaking Out - in defense of the cocktail party; Newmarket (England) - Horsiest Town in the World; People on the Way Up - John Hause, Pat Hutar, Colonel Wesley Posvar, Patty Duke; What is Life Made Of? - Sir Lawrence Bragg; Battling Bishop - James A. Pike; 3-page colour centerfold for the 1962 Ford Mercurys; Nice colour Pepsi ad; My Own Story - Casey Stengel (part 1 of 2); General of Outer Space - Bernard Adolf Schriever bucked conservative superiors and risked his career to help close the missile gap; HiJack - Robbery and Murder on the Alaska Highway (Part 2 of 2); What Parents Should Know about Childhood Cancer; William F. Dawson - a one man Peace Corps. Above-average wear. Long opening along coverfold. Unmarked. Book
23x17. 288p. Ed. L. Russell. Fotogr. Ilstr. L. Scarfe. Enc. tela ed.
Book with dust jacket, in box. In green cloth, one corner of back cover very lightly bumped, price marked in pencil on title page with price code, otherwise book is As New, with no blemishes of any kind. Dust jacket has been price clipped at lower corner and is wrinkled a bit at edges but is clean with no tears and very little edgewear. Box is VG with one torn corner, light edgewear, another corner with about 1/4" of pictorial exterior peeling away. The subject of The Saturday Book #29 is Love.
8vo., black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. High quality facsimile re-issue of the scarce original edition of 1891.
pp. xvi, 309; pp. xxiv, 262 + Engraved Portrait Frontis. Title pages printed in red and black with an elaborate border. Title page of the 1852 edition repaired at top margin and old tape repair of page 305 and 306. Some age staining. All edges gilt. Though there are no markings, this copy probably came from the library of the great actor Edwin Forrest. Though the manuscript presentation does not seem to be his: "To Lizzie from her husband Dec. 8th, 1855" on first fly leaf. 170mm. Original full leather binding, edges rubbed. Spine lettered in gold gilt with raised bands. Very slight loss at tail of spine. Hardbound. Very good. Edwin Forrest (1806-1872) was the most famous American actor of his era. RELIGION BX 12
VG pbk.20348. eng
42 + 10pp.+ 40 plates out-of-text in colour, 30cm., nice hardback (marbled plates, red leather spine with engilded title, original wrappers bound in), text in english & french, VG
8vo., First Edition, with 10 genealogical tables in the text; original decorative ribbed dark green cloth BY BONE & SON, boards elaborately tooled at corners to an arabesque design in blind, backstrip lettered in gilt, all edges gilt, primrose endpapers, very neatly recased, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, and particularly clean copy. A FAMILY PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR TO HIS COUSIN THE REV. GEORGE CHILTON WITH THE FORMER'S UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. The author's second genealogical work, following his study of Victoria and Albert (1841) and preceding his notable 'Shakepeareana Genealogica' in 1869. George Robert Comyn Chilton, b.1825, was educated at Christ Church Oxford where he gained his BA in 1848 and MA in 1852. A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the Bar in 1850. In 1861 he was appointed Vicar of Wanborough (Surrey) where he served until at least 1876. THIS WORK IS EXTREMELY SCARCE; PRESENTATION COPIES ARE THE MORE SO
Kl. 8°. 271 S. + 1 Bl.
Kl. 8°. 125 S.
VG pbk. 16077. eng
95pp.+ 16 plates out-of-text (photographs in bl/w), 27cm., hardcover (editor's black cloth), good condition, M83522
1st edition. Fine pamphlet. Photographs by Chris Andrews.8257. eng
390p., illus. Stories about old houses of New England Hardcover Very good condition
Two Volumes. Inked ownerships of Paxton Parkin, 1884, on both title pages. P.W.P, 1884, on front paste downs. Slight age staining. 8vo. Original full red buckram bindings. Volume II lacks half spine. Hardbound. A comprehensive history of dueling throughout the world. SCARCE. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! . GAMES BOX 1
VG/VG (dj a little faded and priceclipped, isolated neat underlining) Octavo 224pp illustrated. Many maps
40 p. Profusely illustrated with color photographs of Bath, ENGLAND. 240mm. Original color pictorial wraps. Softbound. CLASSICS BX 1
An Elizabethan theatre mystery featuring Nicholas Bracewell Book
