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pp. viii, 248. 12mo. 190mm. Original full cloth binding lettered in black and gold. Extremities rubbed. Victorian Era Series. ENGLAND BX 5
Moderate edgewear to boards. Spine a bit slanted and sunned. Front hinge gapping (but holding together). ; Going back to the earliest relics of man in London ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 255 pages
8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece and engraved map, frontispiece lightly offset to title, map lightly offset to facing page, some light dust-soiling; original boards, faux-vellum back, uncut, expertly recased, boards mildly worn at extremities, covers and fore-edges dust-soiled else a bright, crisp copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR, WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON HALF-TITLE. With the half-title, and errata leaf bound in at end. The frontispiece, engraved by Chesham, depicts 'Hampstead near the new Medicinal Springs'. The map, engraved by Neele, shows 'Hampstead with some of the Adjacent Villages, and surrounding Rides'. According the author's Address, publication of this work was delayed by some six months because Goodwin wished his experiments to be confirmed by George Pearson. The work is dedicated to Thomas Keate, Surgeon to the Queen and Prince of Wales. EXTREMELY SCARCE. Not in Anderson or Upcott, though Anderson records two earlier works on the medicinal waters, namely those of Soame (1734) and Bliss (1802).
334p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition
Spine ends lightly fraying. Gilt spine lettering faded. Front hinge weak, back hinge started. Light waterstaining and foxing to first few pages. Former owner's name on front free endpaper ; Dark blue boards with gilt lettering and design of shield ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 334 pages
Minor edgewear to covers. Tipped-in newspaper articles ; Dark blue boards with gilt lettering and design of shield ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 334 pages
in-8°, 255 pages, broché, couverture illustrée. Bel exemplaire. [AZ-14]
114 pages. Features: Vogue's guidelines to the best new looks for fall - and what to wear with them; Ready-to-wear collections from Paris, London, Italy; How to put shoes, stockings and boots together; Vogue Patterns - black velvet for day; The new Underdressing; Vogue's own Boutique; Guidelines for Hair and Makeup; The Life and Loves of the American Beach Bum - by Patrick Skene Catling, Gardens are a Demanding Joy, by May Sarton, Ways to Save this "Fair and Sweet" land; H.R.H. The Princess Anne; Theatre in Paris 1789; Quilt art at the Whitney Museum; Vital Sex Questions People Don't Ask but Should - an interview with Dr. William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson; Baden-Baden - Soaking Therapy in Germany's Elegant Spa; Suffering Summering Houseguests; Vogues Decorating Ideas and Finds; Art Under Glass - Philip Johnson's new Sculpture Gallery; The Seven Most Wanted Shapes in Silver; "Death in Venice" benefit in Los Angeles; and more. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Clear tape along spine. A worthy reference copy. Book
Ink date to titlepage. Some scattered foxing. ; A Roman Catholic look at Westminster Abbey, with the "Daily Prayer" to convert England printed on the rear inside cover. ; 101 pages
395 pages. Public Acts dealing with: agricultural societies; Mischievous Animals, Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Bush Fires, Cattle Ranges, Incorporation of Companies, Constitution, County Courts, Assignment for benefit of creditors, Registration of Voters, Firearms, Game Protection, Homestead, Juvenile Reformatory, Crown Lands, Land Grants for Charitable and other purposes, Land Registry, Legal Professions, Licenses, Mechanics Lien, Magistrates, Medicine and Surgery, Minerals (other than coal), Mines (coal prospecting), Mines (coal regulation), Municipalities, New Westminster Incorporation, persons dying intestate, Provincial Royal Jubilee Hospital, Quieting titles to real estate, Railways, Railways - Columbia and Kootenay land grant, Railways - Shuswap and Okanagan land grant, Rivers and Streams - clearing of, Royal Columbian Hospital, Sheriffs, Supply, Timber - marking, University of British Columbia. Private Acts relate to: Ashcroft and Cariboo Railway Co, British Columbia Electric Company, British Columbia Jockey Club, British Columbia Mills, Timber and Trading Company, Columbia and Carbonate Mountain Railway Company, Columbia and Kootenay Railway and Navigation Company, Coquitlam Water Works, Crow's Nest and Kootenay Lake Railway, Hill's Bar Gold Mining Company, London and Canadian Fire Insurance Company, Nanaimo Telephone Company, National Electric Tramway and Lighting Company, News-Advertiser Company, New Westminster Electric Light Company, Okanagan and Kootenay Railway Company, Pacific Coast Fire Insurance Company, Westmister Street Railway Company, Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company, Vancouver Incorporation, Vancouver Street Railways Company, Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company. Binding intact. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
82 pages. Features: Timothy Raison, Minister for Overseas Development; Opera Singer Rosalind Plowright; Ronald Allen, outgoing secretary of the British Dental Association; Interview of Alastair Burnet; John Winton examine's the country's airline industry; Photos of the Queen's tour in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands; The historical connection between Britain and American which is celebrated in New York this month; Bel Mooney writes about Somerset; The life and work of American artist John Singer Sargent; and more. Couple of minor markings. Bottom of spine bumped with short tears, otherwise a sound vintage copy with average wear.. Book
8vo., with frontispiece, and numerous photographs in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published as 'London Transport carried on' in 1947.
93pp., 25cm., text in English, bound in modern hardcover (marbled boards, gilt title on spine), Doctoral Dissertation (A Disertation submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature in Candidate for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago), stamp at verso of title page, text is clean and bright, [Bound with: 1) COFFMANN, A New Theory concerning the Origin of the Miracle Play, Doctoral Dissertation (idem), 1914, 84pp. & 2) DE VOCHT, Introduction to The Wizard a play by Simon Baylie - edited for the first time from the Durham and London Manuscripts with introduction and notes, 118pp. (containing only the introduction by De Vocht), Louvain, Librairie Universitaire, 1930], T109406
30x30 cm, rilegatura editoriale, sovracop. illustrata, p. 328, numerose tavole, illustrazioni, piante della città e tabelle
157 p., illus. Hardcover Good condition
19 pages, plan. eng
144 pages. Colour illustrations throughout. "The posters in this book are a representative selection from over three thousand originals held in the London Transport Museum's archives. They span more than eighty years and reveal a very wide range of artistic styles, constituting a cross-section of British graphic design in this century. The posters also document the remarkable way in which one organization successfully developed this particular publicity medium as a corporate image for its entire operation." - from Introduction. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A thrilling compilation. Book
First and only edition, [2], 24pp., disbound. Formerly in the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, photographs and diagrams in the text, and endpaper maps; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome plates and maps; black cloth gilt, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. ALREADY VERY SCARCE
8vo., First Edition, text in English and French, with coloured facsimiles and monochrome illustrations; blue cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LTS Publication No. 175.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight rubbing to lower edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with very minor indentations and creasing to upper edge. 154pp. An intimate and fascinating series of over seventy black & white photographs of naked men, women and groups, all based around London.
451 pages. Index. List of sources. "Making use of the wealth of private and official correspondence that has become available to the historian during the last ten years, Dr. Grenville here offers a general account of the diplomatic history of the years of Lord Salisbury's last administration, 1895-1902, and examines afresh the causes and nature of the significant change which occurred in the direction of British foreign policy." - from dust jacket. Contemporary book review laid-in. Prior owner's signature upon front free endpaper, otherwise contents clean and unmarked. Modest lean to spine. Average overall wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy. Book
Sm. 4to., with photographs and a pedigree in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Reprinted from 'Maltese Cross', the staff magazine of Lloyd's Register of Shipping. A brief illustrated history of this fine late medieval church, the burial place of Samuel Pepys. It escaped the Great Fire only to suffer severe damage during the Blitz and was carefully restored during the 1950s and 60s.
pp. xii, 305. Map upon front endpaper. Numerous black and white photographic plates. " A masterly account of the first solo flight made from Great Britain to Canada via Greenland. Recounts author's mishaps, his crash at Iceland, his second attempt, his Greenland adventures, and his ultimate success. Also includes much that is extremely interesting about Mr. Grierson's record flight from India to Great Britain and his experiences of winter aviation in Europe. Tells of an intrepid piece of pioneering courageously carried out, but which history has, perhaps, been made." - from dust jacket. Prior owner's name and date atop half-title page else unmarked. Average wear. Binding sound. Some spotting and soiling to edges. Small chips, tears and yellowing to dust jacket. Nice copy overall. Book