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First Edition, folding engraved plate, 16pp., modern marbled wrappers, a nice copy. Blake, p.416.
Third Edition, 35, [1] pp., modern marbled wrappers. Kress, 4538; Goldsmith, 7763.
In 4 (28x22,5) hardcover telata titoli argento e sovracoperta illustrata; 128 pp, LINGUA INGLESE, illustrazioni e disegni EROTICI VM18, lievissimi segni del tempo su bordi della sovracopertina, libro in condizioni pari al nuovo, EDIZIONE NUMERATA 418/950 EROTIC PRINT SOCIETY LONDON, 1999
"Mr A.R. Hope Moncrieff, late Victorian man about town, takes the reader on a leisurely journey across central London. First published in 1910, his fascinating account gives a real insight to the lives and social habits of the time, which takes us right up to the advent of the first motor cars". Book
Mm 135x210 Collana "1984". Brossura editoriale di 333 pagine. Rare sottolineature a matita, per il resto copia molto buona. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
In 8°; (6), 236, (2) pp. e 24 c. di ta. fuori testo. Bella legatura coeva in mezza pelle rossa con titolo e ricchi fregi in oro al dorso. Piatti foderati con carta rossa coeva. Tagli magnificamente marmorizzati. Piatti foderati all'interno con carta marmorizzata. 24 bellissime tavole incise da alcuni dei più grandi illustratori dell'ottocento fra le quali 3 belle vedute di Venezia. Celebre raccolta di novelle di volume comprende novelle di J.Janin, M.Ancelot, J.de Saint Felix, E.Fouinet, Ourry, R.de Beauvoir, Nisard, A.Dumas, A.Pichot, S.Albin, Chateaubriand, Bawr, Lottin de Laval, R.Brucker, L.Colet, C.Delavinge, A.Segalas, M.Nodier Menessier, Mortemart, P.L.Jacob, P.de Koch, Dash, Walsh, S.de la Madeleine. Incisioni di Thompson, Robinson, Mitchell, Heath, Rolls, Portbury, Allen, Westwood, Wallis, Edwards, Freebairn, Willmore, Bacon, Higham su disegni di Parris, Uwins, Stephanoff, Sharpe, Smirke, Stanfield, Landseer, Wilkie, Prout, Chalon, De Verria, Liverseege, Turner, Bonnington, Howard. Buon esemplare in bella legatura coeva.
Raro: in condizioni perfette il numero della rivista Paralleli (anno I, n.3) sui Beatles ricco di foto e articoli. La rarità consiste nella presenza del poster dei Beatles intatto e della cartina di Liverpool con tutti i locali segnati !!! Brossura
32 pages. Features: The Killers' Struggle to Exist - all animals wage unending war for mere right to live; Legislating in Secret Session - Budget Officer Rules United States and is not Answerable to the People - New Method of Neutralizing Congressional Government; Why (Woodrow) Wilson Disliked Reporters (part 2) - distaste for publicity developed into aversion for newspapermen through their boorish blunders; The Fallacies of Philanthropy - There are some glaring inconsistencies in organized charity - Is there a remedy?; Galli-Curci Swayed by Swedish Music - Prima Donna gives a wonderful interpretation of the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg; Mr. (Henry) Ford's Page; Editorial criticizes lax enforcement of prohibition law and includes list of names of people recently indicted, including Benjamin Gleeman, Harry Gelman, Morris Roisner, Nathan Bader, Samuel, Harris, Abe Ginsberg, Benjamin Weiss, Leon Gleckman, Harry Bernstein, Benjamin Gersonstein, Albert Haimowitz, James Silberstein, and more; Rev. John Roach Straton is heckled during his sermon criticizing actresses; Satirical piece entitled "No - Don't Let Them See It (the Bible)"; M. Pietri of the Finance Commission of the French Chamber claims Great Britain is in debt to France after WWI; Criticism of Mussolini who has confiscated the home of a journalist critical of him - in New York; Will Palestine Ever Pay Its Board? - fascinating photo-illustrated article on this land which 'For thirty years before the War, Baron Rothschild had diligently sought to encourage Jewish immigration'; Washington Irving's London Has Gone - the glamour of his descriptions persist, though the landmarks have vanished; The Voyage of the Victoria - Light on the Dark Ages (first of a series); Where the Buffalo Survives - Ravalli, Montana; The Gorilla at Home - This Anthropoid, usually very peaceable, is much maligned; Uncle Sam Smashes Dishes to Study Them - testing proves American dishes and glassware to be the best; Hong Kong brings in very stiff penalties for importing firearms; Dinshah P. Ghadiali appeals his conviction related to his scheme for curing all ills through 'attuned color waves'; Manipulating the King's English - brevity and lucidity are our best word-soldiers when there is a dress parade; Kodiak legend of Shliam Shoa; Piano Sheet music and dance information for song "The Ripple". Average wear. Center page loose but present. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
1st edition. VG pbk. With verses by Shelagh Abbott. 21833. eng
222p. + Frontis and half title. Illustrated with small woodcuts. Age stained. Bookplate of the Library of the Boys' Home, Baltimore. 16mo. Original full blue cloth binding, embossed in blind. Gilt lettered spine. Hardbound. TRAVEL/3
384p. A narrative biography of the diarist. Hardcover Very good condition
in-8°, 341 pages, bibliogr., index, broché, couverture illustrée. Bel exemplaire [CA32-7]
Roy. 8vo., Second Impression], with 33 coloured plates on 16, 32 monochrome plates on 16, 3 full-page maps (2 double-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Splendid account enlivened by the author's infectious belief in the close relationship between past and present. Published a month after the first edition.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with 33 coloured plates on 16, 32 monochrome plates on 16, 3 full-page maps (2 double-page) in the text and pictorial endpapers; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Splendid account enlivened by the author's infectious belief in the close relationship between past and present. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Sm. 8vo., First and Sole Edition thus, some very light and occasional marginal age-stains; contemporary marbled boards, neatly rebacked in calf to style, leather label ruled and lettered in gilt, a very good, clean copy of a very scarce work. This copy was formerly in the possession of Charles Arrowsmith and bears his signed holograph inscription on front paste-down 'qualified as a Governor & Director of the Poor of the Parish of Saint Pancras. Dec. 4 1832.'The statute referred to is 59 Geo. III. Cap. xxxix. It is of unusual length (176pp inc. index) and complexity for an Act of this nature and includes a detailed and comprehensive index. Extremely scarce, especially in this condition.
First Edition, 4to, xxxiv,586pp., one of 1,000 number copies, frontis., 24 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. Lists more than 8,250 plates in 230 books and print sets published between 1604 and 1851.
First Edition, 4to, xxxiv,586pp., one of 1,000 number copies, frontis., 24 plates, orig. cloth, d.w. Lists more than 8,250 plates in 230 books and print sets published between 1604 and 1851.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's stamp inside. 80 pages. 8 1/2"w x 11 1/4"h. Full black cloth boards printed with Claes Oldenburg's "London Knees." 66 plates.
31 pages Features: Nova Scotia Furniture - Brief history of furniture making in Nova Scotia; Stoke-On-Trent: City of Living Tradition - History of the Staffordshire Potteries; Art in London - A short guide to the wealth of art and antiquities in London; Victoria and Albert Museum - Brief look at the history and collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum; Transfer Prints on Worcester: First period porcelain; Glamour of Old English Drinking Glasses; Once the Cork is Pulled - Bottled wines antique or "rare" treasure?; Pioneer Living; and Samplers - The craft of sampler stitching. Moderate wear along spine. Small mailing label top left back cover. Clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
389p., illus. Binding designed by Amy Sacker Hardcover Good condition in faded blue buckram w/ gilt decorations
389p., illus. (frontispiece in facsimle) Binding designed by Amy Sacker Hardcover Good condition in faded green buckram w/ gilt decorations, lacking original frontispiece
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with slight creasing to upper edge. 331pp. 'A work of dynamic history that depicts in fascinating detail the cataclysm that was the Great Fire of London in 1666 and the modern capital that rose from its ashes.'
426 pages. Gilt title on spine with picture in black of man with his hands spread up, wearing a loin cloth; gilt title and black decoration on front cover. Hinges of front and back pastedowns cracked. Inscription of previous owner dated 1873 on front free endpaper. Some foxing at top of title page, and elsewhere occasionally in the text. Originally 22 plates, now missing plate facing page 95, 'Blaize Purchasing the Infallible Antidotes', two other plates loose. Wear to cover extremities.
224 pages. Index. Twenty pages of black and white photographic plates. "This account of the Cyprus revolt analyses its causes, and documents many of the incidents during the four dangerous and violent years before the Zurich agreements were signed in London in February 1959. The author, a Cypriot, is able to reveal something of the daring and ingenious methods of the EOKA guerrillas; their hide-outs in the mountains and forests, or in a peasant's cellar; their secret organisation which penetrated the church, the administration, even the police." - from dust jacket. Average wear to price-clipped dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Foxing to endpapers and edges. Binding and hinges sound. Average wear to book which is unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Features: Major coverage of Canadian police; Det. Edmond Madsen of Calgary; Staff Sergeant John Hodgins of the R.C.M.P. Crime Detection Library; Constable Ken Sawyer of Saskatoon; Constable Jim Stunden of the O.P.P.; Lieut. Det. Jacques Cinq-Mars of the Montreal Night Patrol; Winnipeg Court Jailer Fred Neale; Constable Arthur Wyatt of Halifax; Det. Donald Banks of Toronto; Nice colour photo ad for Pontiac cars; Chief Finlay G. Carroll of London; Guide to police officer slang; Super two-page colour photo of the Toronto Police's arsenal of sophisticated gadgets and practical weapons; Photo of homicide kit; Four Brave Men - Constable George McPherson of Winnipeg, Constable Kenneth Kilpatrick of Vancouver, Constable Clifford Laye and Constable Ron Baranoski of the O.P.P.; Police family recipes; Photo and write-up of vice squad sergeant Delores Eitel; Police Training - fine for dealing with criminals, but not with people; The Cops Look at the Criminal, and the Criminal Looks Back. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine