Quennell, Peter & Hodge, Alan (editors)MareMagnum
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No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slightly dusty rear and no bumping to corners. 71pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, the Hours of the Georgian Day, Galdos - Novelist as Historian, British Press and the American Colonies, Lord Rochester and Charles II, Octavia Hill and Dickens, and William of London - the First Royal Coachman plus book reviews and letters.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on At the portrait's painter -18th century, Turgot and Condorcet, Manuel Chrysoloras, the Malayan Raj, the rise of Wessex from 5th to 11th centuries, Sir Frederick Trench and London improvements, Blockade running from Nassau - 1861-5, plus book reviews and letters.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slight tanning to pages and no bumping to corners. 67pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on Gordon and the Slave Trade, Roger Williams of Rhode Island and the English Civil War, George III and Life at Windsor - 18th century, Paulinus of Pella and the disintegration of Rome, Anatole France as a Politician, The Steelyard of London from medieval times to 1852 and Game and Poaching in Shakespeare's England plus book reviews and letters.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on 'The War Must be Ended' 1918 pt one, William Bartram in America's Eden, Cyrano de Bergerac, Supplying the Elizabethan Court, London life in the 1790s, British travellers to Rome in Tudor and Stuart times, the poisoning of William Cotesworth 1725, Notes on battlefields IV the Battle of Corunna plus book reviews and letters.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 69pp. Periodical magazine with feature articles on Bento de Goes search for Cathay 1602-5, Franklin and Whitefield in America, Castiglione and 'the Courtier' - the Reanassance in Urbino, Kings in the Tower of London - from the Norman Conqueror to James I, Helena, Marchioness of Northampton - a Swedish Lady at the Court of Elizabeth I, The Matabele War 1893 in Rhodesia part two, the end of the Natchez Indians in Louisiana plus book reviews and letters.
Sm. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous photographs throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a very good, bright, clean copy. Valuable selection of well-chosen 'before and after' photographs of buildings destroyed or badly damaged in the German air attacks of 1940-1944.
4to., First Edition, on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece, 17 fine plates and folding pedigree; navy cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in gilt, uncut, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With a T.L.s from the curator of the bank's museum loosely inserted. Summary history of the oldest bank in the UK and the fourth oldest in the world. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 208 pages. 8 5/8"w x 10 3/4"h. Many b&w illustrations.
8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
Twelve issues Jan-Dec 2000
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 304 pages. Edge wear to cover and small tears at top of spine. Printed on heavy cream-colored paper. Woodcuts by artist Lynd Ward (known for his wordless novels, the precursor to graphic novels). Contents: At Sea; Tahiti; La Martinique; Gone Native; Siam; Ceylon; The Englishman in the Tropics; The New Hebrides; The Black Republic; Homewards; London; Author's Note; Index. Pasted down illustrations on front and back covers.
Signed by MP Tom Normanton below his photograph on The Terrace on page 10. No other marks or inscriptions. A few faint creases. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. 26pp. A history and description of both of the British Houses of Parliament by the Clerk of Committee Records. With thirty-six colour photographs. A list of the photographs is provided inside the front cover in both French and German.
London, Curwen Press, August 1926, in-8, br. editoriale, pp. 15, [1]. Con illustrazioni fotografiche n.t. "Facts Concerning London's Underground", n. 7.
3rd edition. VG paperback. 10238 eng
4to., First Edition, with coloured and monochrome facsimiles throughout; olive cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LTS Publication No. 137.
32 pages. Great photo of RAF pilot getting into his cockpit in the dark; Getting ready with their rifles and revolvers - preparing to defend the home front - 5 photos including a nice half-page photo of members and clerks of the London stock exchange learning how to fire Bren guns!; An RAF Sunderland spots 20 shipwrecked merchantmen 150 miles from shore; The Nazi Challenge - Text of broadcast by Anthony Eden, Secretary of State for War; The RAF keep up their bombing attacks; Photos of a British cruiser in port for a refit; Russia demand Rumanian territory - Bessarabia and Bukovina; Four great photos of daylight bombing run over Abbevillle; Series of centerfold illustrations entitled 'Countering the threat of Nazi Aerial Invasion'; Photos of Canadian coastal defences; Aerial photo of an RAF attack on an Italian aerodrome in East Africa which resulted in damage to several Caproni tri-motor planes; Photos of the British Empire in arms; 4 illustrations which demonstrate how enemy bombers choose the right nights for their missions; Illustrated article entitled 'Italy's War Machine'; Nice full-page photo of young sailors of a Canadian destroyer coming ashore at a British port; Speedboats serve as lifeboats for downed aircrews; A Commentary on the War for this week; Two photos of scuttled Italian vessels; On duty in the Egyptian desert; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. 59 black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Super full-page photo of an enemy tanker ablaze in the English Channel while an RAF plane flies by; Great photo of British battleship gunner blinded by Italian navy smokescreen; 2 photos of Italy's naval flight of fancy - and reality; Illustrated text of broadcast by Winston Churchill entitled "War of the Unknown Warriors"; Photos of French national holiday celebrated in London; 4 Excellent photos of downed Nazi raiders in England; 9 head-shot photos of men honoured by the King for bravery - D.H. Grice, S.F. Coutts-Wood; J.L. Fletcher, G. Stanning, H.F.H. Layman, J.H. Mugridge, R.H.A. Lee, G.A. Craig, J.L. Allen; Excellent full-page photo of fruitless air attack on a British convoy in the English Channel; interesting photos of assorted barriers to hold back the enemy in England; Centerfold illustration of a fierce German attack on a British convoy in the 14 July as broadcast by Mr. Charles Gardner, the B.B.C. news observer; Photos of the navy's ceaseless patrol; Photo of the King being piped aboard a vessel of the "Mosquito Navy"; Photos of sons of the motherland rallying; Illustrated article entitled 'Our Colonial Air Armada'; Full-page aerial photo of Rotterdam after it was levelled by the Germans on May 14th, 1940; Photos of aluminum pots donated for aircraft construction; A commentary on the war this week; Photos of Britain's preparations for the defence of Hong Kong; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Illustration of loading a twin-barrelled 4.7 on a British destroyer; Super photo of the proofing of a huge naval gun; Photo of a British vessel with 15" guns blazing; The King and Queen visit the Ministry of Information; A General Review of the War - House of Commons statement by Winston Churchill; Excellent full-page photo of kitchen pots being placed into smelting furnace; Map of Chad territory; S. Drigin illustration of R.A.F. planes attacking German guns bombarding Dover from France; Excellent aerial photos above the FIAT works at Turin and the Krupp works at Essen; Great photo of bombing action by 5 Wellesley bombers on the Asmara aerodrome in northern Africa; S. Drigin centerfold illustration of R.A.F. bombers hitting secret war bases in the Black Forest; Dramatic photos of London war damage plus photos of the King and Winston Churchill inspecting damage; Downed German planes in England; Very dramatic full-page photo of London's inferno of fire behind London Bridge; Amazing photo of contrails left by British fighters attacking Nazi raiders over London, September 6th; Photo-illustrated Article - The First Year for the British Army; A commentary on the war this week; Photos of British Cavalry in Palestine; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: N. Clarke illustration of a Hudson attacking a Heinkel; Survivors of the Benares taken aboard; Photo of smiling British kids who survived 8 days adrift; The men who saved St. Paul's - defusing large unexploded German bombs; German guns to fight Germans; Text of a speech broadcasted by J. Maynard Keynes entitled "British Finances Today"; Photos of the destruction of night bombing in London; Photo of Londoners in underground stations after nightfall; Numerous photos of downed German aircraft in England; Photos of H.M. Submarine Sturgeon plus her Captain and crew - responsible for sinking a German transport which carried 3 to 4 thousand troops; centerfold illustration by S. Drigin shows German troop ship sinking after being torpedoed by H.M. Submarine Sturgeon; Photos of Dutch and Frenchmen supporting the British cause; South Africa shares its war effort; Aerial photos of Dunkirk as she appeared after the British Army left, and then after the R.A.F. left it - smashed; Photos of damage to Berlin and Calais; Illustrated article on the Balkan Melting Pot - Struggle for the control of strategic centres; full-page map of Rumania under the axe; Superb full-page photo portrait of W.A. (Billy) Bishop - Canada's Greatest Air Fighter; Photos of Rumania signing away her territory to Hungary; Captured Italian Savoia bomber; Commentary on the war this week; photos of Arabs who have rallied to the cause of freedom; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Aerial photo of Fleet Air Arm hitting a German supply ship in harbour at Haugesund, Norway; Photo of Sgt. John Hannah, the war's youngest V.C. beside his D.F.C. pilot C.A.H. Connor; Illustration by S. Drigin of how Sgt. Hannah won the Victoria Cross; First American destroyer flotilla arrives; Article on the problems facing Hitler in the countries he has overrun; Photos of the King and Queen with their people; A convoy of troop ships reaches Egypty; Photos of Winston Churchill in Dockland; Royal Scots Fusiliers in training; Bren guns to combat air attack; wonderful centerfold illustration by S. Drigin shows Sunderland flying boat and a U-Boat it has just attacked; Photo of the contrails of 100 German planes which have just passed on their way to London; Photo of smashed Messerschmitt on truck passing Westminster - one of 133 raiders destroyed 27 September 1940; Photos of damage London; Londoners lining up to take shelter for the niight; Official statement on Air Attacks on Germany; full-page map of Germany catalogues British air attacks; Great photos of a twin-engined Whitley bomber which is used to attack Italy; Enemy sea bases bombed by the R.A.F.; A commentary on the war this week; Nice photo of Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, the British Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, taken with the fleet at sea; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
32 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Dozens of quality black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Progress of the War - statement in Parliament by Winston Churchill; British bomb damage to the aerodrome at Addis Adaba; Several photos of German planes downed in England; Scenes of damage in London; Photo of German prisoners; Full-page clear photo of the blasted Houses of Parliament with statue of King Richard the Lion Heart in foreground; Photo of Londoners sleeping in the underground; Excellent graphic of Gibraltar and area; Centerfold illustration by Montague B. Black depicts an Italian destroyer of the "Curtatone" class being sunk by H.M. Submarine Osiris; The Army awaits the call - photos; Photos of the navy maintaining its vigil; Canadian Navy on contraband control, with photo of the Prince Robert which captured the German motor cargo boat Weser off the Mexican coast; Dr. E.N. Van Kleffens writes on the "War-Effort of the Netherlands" - with photos of Dutch officials and military hardware; Illustration by N. Clarke depicts a Heinkel bomber which is dropping into the channel; Photo of Britain's new air chief, Sir Charles Portal; Photo of Goering and his Generals studying a map; Commentary on the war this week; Photos of Germans plotting air raids on Britain, plus photos of German aircraft on their way to their targets; Summary of chief events in the war this week. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
