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Roy. 8vo., on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 31 plates; original buckram gilt, gilt back, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its bookplate, neat stamp on obverse of frontispiece and title, and neat stamp on margins only of some plates.
Roy. 8vo. on laid paper with a frontispiece and 31 plates; original green buckram upper board lettered in black gilt back a near fine copy. Nice copy of a standard reference
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 minor creasing to upper and lower edges and general traces of storage. 153pp. Well-captioned photographs from the London street scene over the first thirty years of the 20th century showing tram transport and with a series of maps.
Cartolina lettera postale viaggiata, timbro postale con data 1933 - Con sei vedute in tonalit? seppia. Postmark dated 1933, letter card with 6 photo in sepia color. In good condition, 152 x 100 mm - Worldwide delivery.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Edge wear and small tears to dust jacket. 10"w x 12 1/4"h. 192 pages. A selection of 200 black and white photos from the archive of Country Life, mainly taken between 1918 and 1939.
124 pages. Features: Cover painting of barber shop in Kemano, B.C.; Nice Christmas ad for Parker Pens inside front cover; Editorial - If Nationalism's okay, it's okay for everybody; Women are not a race apart - opinion piece by Anne Francis; Nice one-page colour-photo ad features inset photo of Dorothy Moreau, Miss Canada 1956; How London Dimmed Liberace's Smile; Nostalgic one-page Christmas-motif ad for Ganong's Delector Chocolates; Electrohome TV ad shows dad babysitting; Two-page colour ad for Schick electric shavers for ladies; From Ottawa - Can politics compete with Howdy Doody?; Panel Discussion about Women - with contributions by Nathan Steinberg, Madame Renee Vautelet, Miss Anne Hamilton, Mrs. L.M. Baldwin, Dr. Marion Hilliard, Dr. Reva Gerstein, Miss E.W. Loosley and Dr. Ashley Montagu; The Lady is a Labor (Labour) Leader - Huguette Plamondon; How Serious is the Threat of Radiation? - we are constant targets of radioactivity - what is it doing to us - and future generations? - some disturbing facts; Johnny Lombardi's Kingdom of Music and Macaroni - this war vet opened an Italian grocery, broadcast Italian music, and imported Italian movies; The Tragic Case of the Man Who Played Jesus - Peter and Mina Sala were key figures in the 1941 Belcher Islands murders - Peter posed as God, Ouyerack as Christ, and Mina went mad, leading naked women and children on the ice where six died; Comic Paul Kligman - master of the Jewish joke - photo-illustrated article; The Story of Olga - novel; One-page colour-photo ad for McBrine luggage; Two-page colour-photo ad for Kodak cameras; Great Caterpillar one-page photo ad features D8 Cats pulling large loads across the vast wastes of Antarctica as part of Operation Deepfreeze; Two-page ad for Philishave for ladies features figure skaters; Hammond Chord Organ ad features home Christmas scene; *Sensational* two-page colour-photo ad for the 1957 Pontiac (red Laurentian 4-Door Sport Sedan with white roof and stripe); Classy one-page diamond ad for Birks Jewellers features attractive lady and tropical fish; Canadian Club one-page colour-photo ad features Fred Klaus and Tom Morison who are hit by an avalanche while skiing in the Austrian Alps; Nostalgic Red Cap Ale / Black Label Beer colour-photo ad features "Mabel" and mand in red cap putting the finishing pieces on a beautiful Christmas tree; Classy one-page colour ad for Electrohome celebrating their 50th anniversary in 1957; Schick mens' shavers centrefold ad; Nice colour ad for Pyrex decorator casserole dishes; Colourful Moirs Chocolates ad features Santa; Nice colour ad for Maxwell House coffee; Colour photo of elegant couple in Wiser's whisky ad; Remington shaver ad features great colour photo of hatless Santa getting ready to shave; 3/4-page colour ad for B.C. Apples features illustrations of little boy and girl; Robert W. Service recounts his most memorable meal - after being lost at forty below; Interesting colour ad for Cummins portable electric tools; Great archival colour ad for Crown Zellerback Canada features nice illustration of Christmas package being delivered, with written details of their kraft paper production at Elk Falls, their Richmond, B.C. box plant, and their pioneer Ocean Falls mill; Attractive large colour-photo ad for Lawson & Jomes Limited features the labels they print for O'Keefe ale, beer and double stout; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. Page 57 taped into place with archival tape, otherwise a sound and pleasing vintage copy. Magazine
260 pages including index and black and white plates. The death in London by hanging of one of Italy's leading bankers, Roberto Calvi, focused the world's attention upon the affairs of the Banco Ambrosiano, a bank closely involved in Vatican finance. After intensive research, including interviews with leading figures in the Italian financial world, with Calvi's family and associates in the United States and with bankers in the capitals of Europe, author has been able to unravel the complex story of Roberto Calvi and his world, and to piece together this amazing chronicle of financial malpractice in high places. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
Numerous black and white photographs. "...Framed with the object of producing an account of the great contest now in progress, which shall be at once popular and authoritative... An account written by men of great experience in political, military, and naval matters... Will contain a great deal of first-hand material which will be really valuable to historians of the future." - From Preface. Contents: Chapter CXXIV - British Administration in War-Time. Fading to periphery of front and back covers. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. Sound copy. Magazine
Pages 389-428. Includes the chapter "Sea Power and Neutrality". Photos and illustrations include the transport 'Southlands' which was torpedoed, great photo of a British cruiser being manually loaded with coal, photo of seaman shovelling coal into the boiler of a British battleship, great photo of a bale of cotton being x-rayed for contraband, photo of German officers arriving at London law courts, H.M.S. 'Lark' escorting a channel steamer, Survivors of the 'Indian City' and 'Headlands' being returned to St. Mary's, 15 March 1915, Lord Devonport, Photo of the torpedoed Norwegian ship 'Belridge', four photos related to the torpedoing of the 'Falaba', Admiral R.D.S. De Chair, Lord Beresford, Lord Sydenham, photos related to the capture of the British liner 'Appam' by the Germans, Sir Henry Crofton Lowther, Sir Esme W. Howard, and Lord Robert Cecil. Above-average external wear. Three-hole punched. Covers free of staples but present. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 161-200. Cover illustration of a rifle grenade. Considerable text is supported by the following photos and illustrations: exploding German howitzer shell, blowing up barbed-wire entanglements, Private Morrow of the 1st Royal Fusiliers - an Irish V.C., great photo of a British heavy gun ready for action, British heavy howitzer on a railway mounting, snipers on the western front, one-page photo of Lieutenant Jean Navarre in flight, German airmen Immelmann and Boelcke, Lieut. McCubbin, Shell-makers at Woolwich lined up for dinner at YMCA, Lloyd George, Sir George Williams, J.J. Virgo, Lord Kinnaird, A.K. Yapp, photos of the YMCA entertaining troops at home and abroad, Lady Askwith, 'cabbage patch' in London, and more. Moderate external wear. Ink stamp atop front cover, otherwise unmarked. A quality vintage copy. Magazine
456 pages. Bibliography. Family tree diagram. Frontis illustration of Baron Lionel de Rothschild. "... Carries on the history of the House of Rothschild as revealed by the relevant documents up to the Peace that concluded the Franco-Prussian War in 1871.... My aim has been to portray without prejudice or partiality the tremendous part which the House played in the events of the nineteenth century." - from Foreward. Prior owner's name upon decorated front free endpaper. Narrow two-inch opening between top of back board and backstrip else average wear. Book
3 vols., roy. 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with frontispieces and numerous fine full-page photographs throughout, contemporary inscription and tape-marks on front free endpaper of second volume; cloth (olive/brown/blue respectively), upper boards and backstrips lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped, lightly age-soiled dustwrapper The set comprises: First Book. Introduction by John Codrington (second impression 1951); Second Book. Introduction by Raymond Birt. Photographs by G.F. Allen (first edition 1953); Third Book. Photographs by G.F. Allen (first edition 1956). COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with unmarked black cloth boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked with small tear/crease to to of spine. 119pp. A study of the fascinating development of the London railways and underground lines from the late nineteenth century.
8vo., SOLE EDITION; original cloth, blocked in blind, gilt back, backstrip faded, hinges very weak but just sound else a sound, clean copy of a very scarce work.
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, very minor sunning to extreme upper edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked, torn with light creasing to upper edge. 166pp. Weaving together extracts from letters, diaries and memoirs of the 1920s, with many first-hand accounts by many who recall the time, the author provides a graphic and amusing evocation of Society then and of the quality of life in its rather loose top drawer.
in-8, 299 pages, illustrations, broche Bon état. [HA-5]
Songs, lyrics and plays by Coward. Not dated. Circa 1943 from inscription of that date on half-title page. 44th thousand. Dust jacket worn around edges, generally soiled, stained on back and with small loses on top/tail of spine; not price clipped. Book has very light foxing on half-title page, pastedowns and page edges.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs and drawings in the text, small neat signature on title; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12284.
No inscriptions or marks. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped with small nick and creasing to top of spine. 128pp. This book contains a concise history of the Club plus full details of the first five years in the Premiership. Well illustrated in colour. A very scarce book.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy. An important and impressive bibliography.
No marks or inscriptions. Small crease to lower front corner. A very clean very tight copy with bright very slightly foxed front board and no bumping to corners. 147pp. This issue includes Alfred Tennyson, Everyman's Library, Chas Addams, Addams Family, Richard Laymon, Leo Walmsley, Yorkshire, Elmore Leonard, Jack London.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 163pp. This issue includes Richmal Crompton's William in magazines, John D Macdonald, Tauchnitz Editions, Brian Moore, books about London, Edith Wharton, the Marx brothers.
No marks or inscriptions . No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked front board, slightly storage-wrinkled rear, centre-folds down two pages and no bumping to corners. 163p. This issue includes collecting Dashiell Hammett, London Book Fairs, artist Michael Ayrton, George Mackay Brown - Orkney writer, Grey Owl, Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth David cookery writer, D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, index and letters and classified..
No marks or inscriptions . No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 163p. This issue includes Oscar Wilde life and works, London Book Fairs, PD James crime novelist, James Boswell, RH Barham and 'The Ingoldsby Legends', classic pulp hero ' The Shadow', Wayside and Woodland series, index and letters and classified..
No marks or inscriptions . No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 163p. This issue includes Billy Bunter annuals and paperbacks, John Creasey's pseudonymous works, Franz Kafka, Bette Davis, Sir Charles Oman historian, London Book Fairs, Erskine Childers, index and letters and classified..
