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Pages: 205-244. Features: Cadets from the ketch 'Moyana' parade through the streets; Wonderful one-page aerial photo of troops and equipment of the 16th Independent Parachute Brigade on board the aircraft carrier 'Theseus' leaving Portsmouth for the Mediterranean to deal with the seizure of the Suez Canal; The Suez Canal - scenes of the nationalisation decree being put into force; Mr Dulles in London to deal with the Suez crisis; Beautiful colour ad for Passing Clouds cigarettes features gloves and grey top hat; P & O photo ad features M.J. Murphy, Chief Radio Officer aboard the P & O ship 'Strathnaver'; Rebuilding the bridge Ponte Della Pietra, in Verona, Italy; Important Rubens sketch discovered in English country house of Mrs. Humphrey Brand; J.C. Laker's triumphant ten wickets; The Canadian Oilfields - a possible alternative to those of the Middle East in the future; Two page illustration of the distribution of the world's oil wells and refineries shown on a map; The Lebanon-Iraq Petroleum Co. Dispute - piping oil from Iraq to the Mediterranean - photos and text; Centerfold illustration of the rescue of the crew of the 'Moyana' by the steamer 'Clan MacLean'; Two-page graphic illustrates ever-growing transatlantic air traffic; Eleven photos of Eskimo soapstone carving; Photos of thirteen newsmaking personalities of the week including the Danish Royal Family, Mr. T. Bourdillon, Mr. R. Viney; Princess Christina of Hesse; General Valluy; Maiden flight of the Bristol Brittania 301 airliner; Photos of the Tower of London's Ravens; Earthquake damage in Burma; Protest in Seoul; Wedding of the Sultan of Kedah's son and the Sultan of Selangor's daughter; The R.S.P.C.A. hostel at London Airport; Nice colour ad for Senior Service cigarettes on back cover features sailors crossing the Equator for the first time; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Age-toned pages. Previous owner's name inside. 375 pages.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece and numerous photographs and illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy.
4to., First Edition, with portraits, plates (2 in colour) and illustrations; red cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. Includes the 3rd London and 32nd Searchlight Regiment RA (7th City of London). THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.460; White p.202.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 26 monochrome photographs and 14 maps, endpapers mildly browned; original grey regimental cloth, crest blocked in gilt on upper board, backstrip lettered in green, covers lightly age-soiled else a very good, clean copy. Includes a history of the Civil Service Rifle Volunteers; then 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions Civil Service Rifles during WWI. In 1921 the 1/15th was reconstituted as 15th Battalion London Regiment (POW Own Civil Service Rifles); in 1923 15th Battalion was amalgamated with 16th Battalion. Scarce in this condition. Sutcliffe, p. 454; White, p.204.
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a portrait frontispiece, 41 plates on 16 and 3 folding maps, some light soiling throughout; original regimental cloth, battalion badge in gilt on upper board, gilt back, covers moderately age-marked else a good, sound copy. Includes register of officers and personnel. This territorial battalion served in Malta, Alexandria, Mudros, Gallipoli (October 1915-January 1916) and Rouen. It was disbanded in June 1916 and replaced by 3/4th battalion which then took its name. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.62; White, p.201
368 pages including index, black and white illustrations and 26"x23" fold-out map entitled Map of the Northern Interior of British Columbia by author, dated 1907. Map in excellent condition. Reprint of 1906 publication by The Bodley Head in London. Contains two additional prefatory sections documenting the life of the author and some early historians of British Columbia. Represents an enlargement of a paper the author had prepared on Aboriginal History, embodying facts which, on account of the light they threw on the manners and customs of the natives in pre-European times, he thought it well to preserve for posterity. Gift inscription opposite copyright page, else unmarked. Contents lightly yellowed. Minor lean to spine. Very light wear to book. Attractively illustrated dust jacket shows light edge wear with half inch tears to top and bottom edges of front panel. An excellent copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, 5 plates (original captioned tissue guard present where called for), 4 folding maps on japon, 8 full-page maps and 5 smaller maps in the text, free endpapers lightly browned; original regimental green cloth, regimental crest blocked in silver on upper board, backstrip lettered in silver, uncut, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the errata slip mounted at Introduction. Covers 1 Bn (France, Flanders), 2 Bn (Home service, France, Flanders), and 3 Bn (Home service) during WWI. Includes roll of officers, awards & decorations, commissions from ranks. The separate map case is not present with this copy. SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.460; White, p.201.
pp. xxiii, 322. 8vo. 205mm. Original full cloth binding. Bound and printed by Plimpton Press. Limited to only three thousand copies. BIO BX 2
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with a portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present), 8 plates, 13 illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and a large folding map; original pictorial cloth gilt, upper board blocked and ruled in blind, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a few small marks on lower board else a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION, INCORPRATING A COUPLET FROM BYRON, ON HALF-TITLE. With the nineteenth-century engraved pictorial bookplate of Mary Alice Crawley on front paste-down. This scarce work in the first dedicated history of one of London's most fashionable squares.
2 vols., roy. 4to., First Edition, with frontispieces in photogravure (original tissue guards present) and 41 fine plates and facsimiles, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original red buckram, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, backstrips mildly sunned (but all gilt legible), coves very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. The standard reference; the author was honorary consulting surgeon to the institution. Scarce in this condition.
pp. 318. 8vo. 200 mm. Two stories in one volume. Original publishers pictorial cloth binding in red, pink black and gilt. Light fading on the spine. All plates present. Hardbound. Very good. NW65
Roy. 8vo., on laid paper, with a frontispiece and 19 plates; decorative cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a fine copy. This privately printed work remains the definitive history
FIRST EDITION OF THIS IMPORTANT, MONUMENTAL, AND BEAUTIFULLY-PRODUCED HISTORY OF LONDON. viii, [7], 800, [14] pp plus folding frontispiece engraved view of London and 24 additional full-page engravings and etchings (three folding). COMPLETE. Laid in is the rarely-encountered folio broadside "An Account of the Number of Persons Dying at the Several Ages Undermentioned for Ten Years Past", printed in 1738 or 1739 (from which we learn, for example, that of 1000 children born alive, only 495 survived to age 9). In addition to the beautiful full-page plates, this volume is illustrated with numerous smaller engravings (depicting the gates of London, including the infamous Newgate Prison), over 100 woodcuts of the arms of the various guilds, and assorted typographical ornaments. Includes a lengthy account of the history of London, a description of all of the Churches (with hundreds of epitaphs, of notable and unknown people, given in full); a description of the politics, the commerce, the schools, the inns, the courts, the hospitals, the arts, the ale-houses, the alms-houses.... A complete listing of the streets. An extensive description of Westminster and nearby areas of Middlesex. Fully indexed. PRINTED ON FINE LAID PAPER, WITH LARGE MARGINS. Large folio. BEAUTIFULLY BOUND in recent quarter vellum and marbled boards. A few short, closed tears to the folding plates (no pieces missing), and some spots of foxing, else FINE AND BRIGHT. An extremely good copy of a rare and important book.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, maps and plans in the text, and endpaper maps; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, an unusually bright, clean, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Second edition, 2 vols., folio (407 x 250 mm), [2], viii, [6, list of subscribers], 3-712; [6], 713-1392, *1387-*1391, [2], 1394-1410pp., 121 engraved maps, plates and plans (including 12 folding), occasional offsetting and some light spotting, new marbled endpapers, nicely bound in modern buckram, black leather spine label lettered in gilt. Originally published in 1739 as The history of London, from its foundation by the Romans - this second edition being greatly expanded by 600 pages. Adams, London illustrated, 38; RIBA, Early Printed Books, III: 2007.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with engraved portrait frontispiece and 3 engraved plates, some very light age-staining; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, wanting backstrip, joints weak but just sound, a very good, relatively clean binding copy. VERY SCARCE. Anderson, p.181; Upcott, XIV p.656.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with all 9 engraved plates BUT WANTING FOLDING MAP, some very light age-staining; contemporary half calf, marbled boards, wanting backstrip, joints weak but just sound, a very good, relatively clean binding copy. VERY SCARCE. Anderson, p. 181; Upcott, XIV, p.656.
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.
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.
2 vols. (468+, 589p.) engr. t.p. Hardcover Very good condition, recased in original leather binding, in slipcase
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 96 pages, filled with large, full color photos of lavish interiors of such places as the Athenaeum apartment, Mayfair, Basil St. hotel, Knightsbridge, 11 Cadogan Gardens, Chelsea, Ebury Court, Belgravia, Montcalm, Marble Arch, Ritz, Piccadilly, Stafford, St. James, etc.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 7 plates, 8 illustrations (one full-page) in the text and a folding map; original beige boards, upper board framed and lettered in gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, uncut, a near fine copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. A remarkable copy. Extremely scarce, especially in this condition.
64pp. 24 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
Light rubbing to boards and DJ and with one small open tear. DJ price clipped. Light foxing and browning to endpapers ; Pictures by E. W. Haslehust; 8vo
