Wolfe, TomMareMagnum
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Wear to cover and light stain to last few pages. Age-toned paper. Previous owner's name inside. 244 pages.
8vo., with several photographs (the majority full-page) in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners with minor traces of storage. 128pp. Well-captioned photographs of Victorian and Edwardian London town life.
Two volumes 'A Cockney Camera' and 'A Country Camera 1844-1914'. No marks or inscriptions. Slight creasing to upper front corners, none to rear or to spines. Two very clean very tight copies with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Slipcase in very good condition with small bump to upper front edge. Total of 248pp. London's Social History Recorded in Photographs and Countryside scenes from 1844-1914 in photographs. Detailed captions throughout. .
Front cover portrait of Temp. Surgeon-General Humphry Davy Rolleston, Consultant physician to the Royal Navy and Senior Physician of St. George's Hospital, London. British agriculture on a war footing (conclusion). Life of the "Lower Deck" - How it was affected by War Service. Covers secured by tape. Book
Front cover illustration of General Gallieni, the Military Governor of Paris. The march of events from Austria's debacle at Lemberg to the turn of the tide in the west. Photos and illustrations include: The Belgian Mission in London; Eager young recruits for Lord Kitchener's new army; The Defences of Paris; Glimpses of Paris under the threat of another siege by the Prussians; Entry of the Huns into Picardy; centerfold illustration of French infantry hurrying forward to meet the hereditary foe on the battleground of Northern France; The horse in the war; Canada's aid in the war - superb rally of 108,000 men for active service; infantry of the First Canadian Contingent passing Stonehenge on their way from Salisbury Plain to London; Italian demonstration at the Queen's Hall, London; The Battle of the Marne; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Front cover portrait of Lieutenant-General Edwin Alfred Hervey Alderson, C.B. The Russian Stand on the Five Rivers and the Battle of the Carpathians; Photos and illlustrations include: Germany's Christmas Day Air Raid on London; Bird's-eye view of Cuxhaven Harbour, at the mouth of the River Elbe; Full-page photographic portrait of Lieut.-General W.P. Pulteney, K.C.B., D.S.O., Commanding Third Army Corps; Austrian General Steger Steiner and staff in Galicia; 28-ton Austrian seige gun which fires a thousand pound projectile; and more. Covers secured by tape. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Book
28 pages. Many excellent black and white photos. Front cover portrait of Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. Contents: Chapter 2 - The Gathering of the (British) Fleet; Chapter 3 - London on the Eve of War; Chapter 4 - The Untangled Skein; Chapter 5 (first part) - How Germany Strove to Gain Command of the Sea. Covers detached (as one) but present. Centerfold holding loosely by one staple. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
1st edition. Near VG hbk in faded blue cloth, silver. 16842. eng
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the St. Helena; Large photo of the Rangitiki inside front cover; Full-page photo of the Devonshire; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Where to see the Cruise Ships; Under Sail; Freighter Travel - Part 1 - a review of opportunities for voyages in passenger-carrying cargo ships - European services; 'Algerine' Class Minesweepers - Part 1; The Magnificent Magdelena - Harry Sprong describes the short-lived career of the Royal Mail Liner completed in 1949 and lost on her return maiden voyage 35 years ago this month; London's Docks - a last look - a report on plans for the redevelopment of London's Dockland.; Nice photo of the HMS Queen Elizabeth inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of London's Royal Albert Dock in 1959; Large photo of the Liberte inside front cover; Full-page photo of the HMS Invincible arriving at Freemantle; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Where to see the Cruise Ships; Cruising in Sea Princess - report on a reader cruise to Scandinavia; Still in Steam - Aucklander is the last working steam tug in Australasia; Naval Tenders - a review of the principal classes; Under Sail; A Short History of the rise and delcine of London's Docks, and the shipping they handled - Part 2; Where They Are Now; Aberystwyth Harbour Trade - a short history; Ship Sales; Nice photo of the HMS Wakeful in 1950 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the Norwegian motor vessel Hamen; Great photo of the turbine steamer Awatea inside front cover; Nice photo of a Birkinhead dockland scene; On the Waterfront; Where to See the Cruise Ships; Under Sail; Ships Pictorial; European Ferry Commentary; Shipping of the Humber Ports - a review of current activity; Australasian Steamers of the North Pacific - part 2 of a review of trans-Pacific liner services 1920-1967; Busier Days at Birkinhead; The Pirate Radio Ships; King George V Class Battleships - a history of the class - part 1; For Want of Work; European Ferry Commentary; Ship Sales; Letters; Nice photo of the HMS King George V in 1946 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A worthy reference copy. Book
48 pages. Features: Cover photo of the HMS Hermes; Large photo of the Orsova inside front cover; Full-page photo of the Iberia at Tilbury; On the Waterfront; Ships Pictorial; Where to see the Cruise Ships; European ferry Commentary; The Chatham Dockyard Story - the 400 years history of the Medway's Royal Dockyard which closes down this month; Naval Review; London's Docks - Part 3 of a short history of their rise and decline and of the shipping they handled; The 'Empire Windrush' - complete in 1931, the German passenger liner 'Monte Rosa' became the British troopship 'Empire Windrush' after WWII and 30 years ago she was lost by fire; The Time Ball Tower at Deal; Nice photo of the HMS Adamant in 1957 inside back cover; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition; cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Final volume of the author's remarkable autobiographical trilogy, following 'Growing up in a London Village' and 'A Green Girl'. Already scarce, especially in this condition.
90 pages. Features: Christmas Fact and Fantasy; London's Christmas Choirs; Christmas on Duty; Arthur Conan Doyle's Lost World; Two Words (short story); The Electric Pen - a hundred years ago a primitive version of the mimeograph provided an unlikely link between Thomas Edison and Lewis Carroll; ; The Tyranny of Things; Seasonal Greetings - tracing the history of Victorian era Christmas Cards - article with lovely colour illustrations; The Model World (fashion model article); Nice colour-photo one-page ad for the Triumph TR7; Camels in America (USA); A True Christmas Story; The Constancy of Coade stone; The Boy Who Stole the Sun (children's story); Toys for Adults; The Carthusian Liqueur; and more. Average wear. A sound vintage copy of this charming issue. Book
271p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition chipped d.j. fair
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked laminated boards, very minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 191pp. The story of London's Millennium Dome at Greenwich, constructed to celebrate the year 2000. This well illustrated study covers its architecture, design, engineering and construction.
pp. ii, 34. 16mo. Original full blue cloth binding, gold lettered. Slight loss at tail of spine. Hardbound. Very Good copy. We believe that Wiley was a printer and publisher. This is a charming account of Victorian era travel to: London; Rotterdam; Brussels; Germany; Italy; France; etc. EXTREMELY SCARCE. We can find no copies of this at libraries in the U.S. or abroad. nor is it being offered for sale by other booksellers at any price anywhere. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! TRAVEL/3
ca. 20 x 14 cm. XIV, 421 Seiten, mit 12 Bildtafeln, davon 1 als Frontispiz. Original blaues Ganzleinen mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel. Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren, Widmung auf fliegendem Vorsatz, geprägtes Ex Libris auf Titelseite, Seiten papierbedingt gegilbt. Insgesamt guter Zustand. - Original blue cloth with gilt title on spine. Cover with slight traces of use, dedication on front flyleaf paper, embossed book plate on title page, pages due to paper quality yellowed. All in all good condition. Der Band enthält 350 Biographien von erwähnenswerten und würdigen Londonern vom Mittelalter bis in die Neuzeit. - Mit einer handschriftlichen Widmung von John Burns, datiert 23. Februar 1940. John Elliot Burns (1858-1943), dessen Foto das Frontispiz ziert, war ein renommierter britischer Gewerkschafter und Politiker, seine Biographie ist auf den Seiten 58-63. - The book contains the biographies of 350 remarkable and worthy Londoners from the Middle Ages to modern times. - With a handwritten dedication, dated February 23 1943, by renowned British trade unionist and politician John Elliot Burns (1858-1943), whose photography is on the frontispiece and biography on pages 58-63.
8vo,327 pages, not illustrated. Page edges browned. eng
8vo., First Edition, with plates; black boards, gilt back, red endpapers, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
192pp. (part col.), map (on lining) Hardcover Very good condition good
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and plates; blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy.
Book in mint condition. 56pp.
Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 231 pages, heavily illustrated with color and b&w photos, drawings, maps, cross sections, architectural drawings. Contents include: Regents canal, Park Village east, Cumberland Basin, London, Girmingham, Railway, Robert B. Dockray, the Roundhouse, North London Railway, Great Wall of Camden, Ice wells, Gilbey's Wine and Spirits, Booth Poverty, survey, maps, Purfleet wharf, Harlow, Pirates club, Jubilee Waterside Centre, Stables Market, Suffolk wharf, Albert street, etc.
