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With Index. Top edge gilt in good condition. Spine appears repaired at lower part. Some foxing on title page and free endpapers. General wear to cover surface and extremities. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries
2 vols., 8vo., with 2 frontispieces ad 14 plates; original blue cloth, gilt backs, blue tops, a near fine set . With 6pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end of second volume. A lovely set, and scarce in this condition.
Appears unread. No marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 343pp. A remarkable insight into the lives of Londoners in the 18th century, for all of whom the demands of charity and begging were part of their everyday world. Illustrated.
Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome photographs in the text, and 2 large folding coloured plans in pocket at end; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LTS Publication No. 153.
66 pages. Features: At Ringside; California Grapevine; Sound Off; Joe Bugner to fight Muhammad Ali; New Bantamweight Champ Romeo Anaya defeats Enrique Pinder; Worldwide Ratings; Carmen Basilio; Where Does New Heavyweight Champ George Foreman Go From Here? (six-page article with great photos); Q & A with Angelo Dundee; Ali's Evaluation of Joe Frazier's Performance vs. Foreman; Dick Sadler is George Foreman's Manager; Foreman's Secret Weapon - Archie Moore (The 'Ol Mongoose); Jack Kent Cooke takes financial bath after Frazier is destroyed; Where Does Joe Frazier Go From Here?; George Foreman's Career in Words and Pictures (9 grea pages); George Foreman vs. Jimmy Ellis; George Foreman vs. Jerry Quarry; George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali; George Foreman vs. Ron Lyle; International Wrapup; Hilarious one-page photo ad for inflatable Love Doll from Londons Sales - "for conversation, for companionship, for fun, for excitement!"; and more. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
6 vols., roy. 8vo., with frontispieces (original tissue guards present) and many hundreds of woodcut illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, preliminaries and titles lightly spotted as often, fore-edges faintly spotted; original brown cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt and black, gilt backs, gilt tops, black endpapers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. The set comprises: Vol. I: General (Thornbury); Vol. II: General (Thornbury); Vol. III: Westminster and the Western Suburbs (Walford); Vol. IV: Westminster and the Western Suburbs (Walford); Vol. V: The Western and Northern Suburbs (Walford); Vol. VI: The Southern Suburbs (Walford). A HANDSOME SET IN PUBLISHER'S ORIGINAL BINDING.
60 pages including glossary. The story of a family who lived in London in the time of King Edward IV, almost 500 years ago. Intended for younger readers. Usual school markings. Average wear. Good working copy. Book
Spine a bit sunned. Slight browning to endpapers; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 347 pages
8vo., First Edition thus, with engraved and printed titles, and very numerous wood-engraved illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in green full crushed morocco BY HOLLOWAY OF LONDON, sides with multiple frame border enclosing floral fillet stopped at corners with sprays, back with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second compartment framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt with urns and flowers, gilt edges, gilt doublures, marbled endpapers, expertly recased, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The binding is signed on front free endpaper verso. With the oval bookplate of Archer Ryland on front paste-down, and neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper verso. The illustrations are by Bell, Cope, Creswick, Horsley, Knight, Redgrave, Stone, Stonhouse, Tayler, Townsend and Webster.
Head and tail of spine is bumped, page block is lightly tanned. Ex-library with usual stamps and labels; some pen on the FEP. Ex-Library
256 pages including 123 pages of marvelous nostalgic ads, many illustrated and quite uncommon, representing long-forgotten firms and products. Some stories include black and white photos/illustrations. 9.75" x 6.85". Articles of "Special Canadian Interest" include: The National Political Situation - armaments and taxes as involved in the problem of Canada's attitutde on naval defense; Warders of the Silence - life among Canadian Forest Rangers; The Frog in Canadian Diet - the frog now holds an honored place on popular menu cards; The Community Court Idea - groups of bungalows erected in open courts present attractive features (photo-illustrated); Canada as a Land of Opportunities - investors may make safe and profitable use of capital in many lines in this country during its period of expansion; Before Dollars Came - how Directors of Bank of Upper Canada frustrated a plot to wreck it by rebels who made run on it in 1837; Breaking Irrigation Records - large system under construction in Southern Alberta; Dr. Marden's Inspirational Talks - What the World Owes Dreamers; Louis Riel's Religion of Rebellion - did the North-west agitator believe in the justice of his cause and have faith in the purpose of his mission? [not listed in Arora]. Fiction: Beautiful Sebastiana; The Movable Feast; The Gold That Glittered; Wooing Dorothea; The Mistake of Creation, by Jack London (first published in the Feb. 1912 issue of Cosmopolitan), An Odd Case. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding tight. A sound and complete copy of this marvelous vintage issue. Book
pp. 356 + Plus frontis and full page plates. XLib. 8vo. Original full black cloth binding, spine torn. Very worn and XLib copy. MED 2
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, minor creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with dusty unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 240pp. A story of the author's affection for London with other excursions to Gorleston near Yarmouth and to Paris.
8vo., Third Edition, title and text framed in red, with engraved title-vignette, numerous engraved illustrations and 2 full-page plans in the text, and patterned endpapers; original beige pictorial cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in black, boards unevenly faded else a remarkably bright, clean, crisp copy. With the armorial bookplate of Bristows of Sussex [Leslie Beaconsfield Bristow] on front paste-down. Nice copy of this well-illustrated, comprehensive account of this magnificent church, perhaps the finest mediaeval building in London after the Abbey.
4to., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs in the text, small neat contemporary signature on half-title; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt and blocked in black, gilt back, gilt edges, black endpapers, a near fine copy. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. The eminent missionary's account of his voyage in the South Seas. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., with illustrations; pictorial wrappers, yapped edges, a very good, bright, clean copy.
8vo., with a title-vignette and very numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; pictorial cloth, covers and back a little age-marked, wanting half-title and rear free endpaper else a good, sound copy. A well-illustrated, comprehensive account and one of the best guides to this magnificent church, perhaps the finest mediaeval building in London after the Abbey.
First edition, 8vo, [5], 6-40pp., cropped presentation inscription from Thomas Thompson on title, disbound. A defence of the Rev. George Charles Smith, who had published an attack on the Port of London Society: the Society's Appeal attempted to refute this. Not listed on JISC.
An unusual copy being signed on the front end papers by thirty-nine class members and by the Headmistress in 1949 against her photograph opposite page 121. Name and address of the previous owner (one of the class members) on the rear end paper. Very clean tight pages in clean boards with browning to end papers, rubbing/bumping to some corners and rubbing to slightly soiled spine strip. 131pp. This is a fascinating copy of this book, which would be excellent material for an in-depth study of the 'Class of 49'.
8vo., with numerous photographs and double-page map; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, clean copy.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs in the text, and several folding plans and charts on japon, free endpapers lightly browned; original yellow cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly age-soiled and chipped at edges. An outstanding copy of one of the most important studies of London's Underground prior to WWII. Written by the Operating Manager of London's Undergound, it presents a comprehensive and highly detailed account, with valuable illustrations of early equipment, procedures and scenes. All contents and charts are in near fine state. RARE IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley 1026.
Broadsheet, 4pp, with fine 'Threepence Halfpenny' newspaper tax stamp in red on front page corner; a little dusty and age-faded else a remarkably well-preserved copy. Contains details of forthcoming production at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, the Lottery winners, numerous legal judgements, trade advertisements, naval news, editorial, 'dreadful accident', sporting intelligence, stock prices, police news, births, marriages and deaths, etc. Ideal for framing either as a single leaf or a double-page spread.
8vo., First Edition, original printed wrappers, covers a little shelf-worn else a near fine copy. The volume also includes reviews by Macneice, Causley, Fuller and Kermode
8vo., original printed wrappers, neat signature on front cover else a very good, clean copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE.
8vo., original printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy.
