Londres

The Blue. Vol. XIV, no. 5

Very good condition in stapled covers.50452. eng

The Blue Vol XII, no. 11

Stapled covers, reading copy only. 50450 eng

The Blitz. The Photography of George Rodger. With an Introduction by Tom Hopkinson. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Oblong 4to., First Edition, with numerous full-page photographs throughout; laminated pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Rodger was London photographer for Life magazine. Many of his images are already classics of war photography; a number appear here for the first time.

The Blitz Then and Now. [Complete set.]. FINE SET OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE

3 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with many thousands of photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout, and pictorial endpapers; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's cloth slip-case. The definitive history of its kind, based on the 'before and after' photographic technique for which this publisher is renowned. The credits are numerous, those for volume one are: the photographs: Andrew Hyde; the aircraft losses: Peter Cornwell, Simon Parry; the eyewitnesses: Cyril Demarne, Robert Goetz, Professor R V Jones, George Rice; additional contributors: Denis Bateman, Peter Chamberlain, Derek Johnson, Eric Munday, Andy Saunders, David Smith; the researchers: Michel Ockenden, Colonel Roy M Stanley II, Jean Paul Pallud; assistant editor: Gordon Ramsey. Not recorded by Enser.

The Birds of Croydon and Its Countryside : Part 2 : The Urban Core : Vol 1

No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright boards, tiny nick and trace of label removal to upper front edge and no bumping to corners. 60pp. Very scarce.

The Beaver, Magazine of the North, September 1949, Outfit 280 - Thelewey-aza-yeth / Nipigon Fisherwoman Elizabeth Taylor

50 pages. Many reproductions of black and white photos. Printed upon glossy stock. Features: Centenary of Diocese - the Anglican Diocese of Rupert's Land was created in 1849; Thelewey-Aza-Yeth - Guy H. Blanchet searches the headwaters of the Thelon River; Committee's Punch Bowl - the little lake at the top of Athabaska Pass, which Simpson named after the Company's London Board, 125 years ago; Frail American Elizabeth Taylor braves the rigours of wilderness travel 60 years ago, just to see how she can take it; Woodland table manners; New York to Nome and Back - in 1920, eight fliers of the United States Air Service flew from New York to Nome and return - photo-illustrated article; Mistassinia Calendar - a year in the life of a Mistassini Indian - photo-illustrated article; HBC and Vancouver's Island - behind the establishment of Vancouver Island as a Crown Colony lay a tense international drama, and a great story of loyalty; Letters Outward 1679-94 - a review of the 11th volume of the Hudson's Bay Record Society; Expeditions to the Arctic - 3rd of 3 instalments listing the various expeditions to the Canadian Arctic from the year 1004 A.D., this part covering the years 1860-1918; Nice colour ad for Hudson's Bay Point blankets on back cover. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book

The Battle of South London. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE SURVIVAL

8vo., 20pp leaflet, First Edition, with photographs throughout; wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Surprisingly detailed account of the V1 and V2 attacks on South London, with many captioned photographs of damage taken mainly by local press photographers. AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE SURVIVAL. Not recorded by Enser.

The Authentic Map of London : With Index of Streets and Place of Interest

Undated, with a special underground railway map on the back cover. eng

The Atlantic Magazine, September 1956 *THE CRISIS IN TEACHING*

96 pages. Features: Reports from Washington, London and on Science and Industry; The Crisis in Teaching, by Oscar Handlin; Italian Communism, 1956 - by Paolo Pavolini; The Communist Approach to Burma, by David L. Cohn; Bella! Bella! - by Constance Tomkinson; The Word of Willow (poem), by Leah Bodine Drake; The Meanest Man in Washington County, by Dillon Anderson; How the Brain Works, by George R. Harrison; A Pair of Hands (poem) by May Sartun; The Dollmaker - story by Niccolo Tucci; The Musician - poem by R.P. Lister; The Illusion of Owning a Business, by Frederick W. Copeland; A Word for Farewell (poem), by Richard Church; Apley, Wickford Point, and Pulham - My Early Struggles, by John P. Marquand; Max Beerbohm, by Evelyn Waugh; Mitchell Goodman on Mexico (part II). Nice colour ad for the Tennessee Gass Transmission Company inside front cover. Attractive colour ad for Martell Cognac inside back cover features a Versailles theme. Nice colour ad for Old Charter Straight Bourbon Whisky on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book

The Atlantic Magazine, March 1956 *Katherine Anne Porter - Cover Photo*

100 pages. Features: Reports from Washington and London; Report on Science and Industry; Ship of Fools (an episode), by Katherine Anne Porter; Catholic Temper in Poland, by Graham Greene; Hunter-Killers in the Atlantic, by Samuel Eliot Morison; Why do we Teach Poetry?, by Archibald MacLeish; After Four Years - a poem, by May Sarton; Uprooting the Indians, by Ruth Mulvey Harmer; How Mr. Hogan Robbed a Bank - story by John Steinbeck; A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing, by Anna Mary Wells; Management in Search of Men, by David A. Shepard; John Gunther's Africa, by Richard E. Danielson; Messenger - a poem by Hortense Flexner; Nice colour ad for I.W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book

The Athenaeum Drawing Room

The Art of the National Gallery. A Critical Survey of the Schools and Painters . . . in the British Collection The Art Galleries of Europe series.

389p., illus. Binding designed by Amy Sacker Hardcover Good condition in faded blue buckram w/ gilt decorations

The Art of the National Gallery. A Critical Survey of the Schools and Painters . . . in the British Collection The Art Galleries of Europe series.

389p., illus. (frontispiece in facsimle) Binding designed by Amy Sacker Hardcover Good condition in faded green buckram w/ gilt decorations, lacking original frontispiece

The Art and Architecture of London: An Illustrated Guide

A comprehensive guide with anecdotes and historical details. Index. A small group of numbers written in ink on top corner of title page. This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries

THE ARCHITECTURAL DIRECTOR: BEING A GUIDE TO BUILDERS, DRAUGHTSMEN, STUDENTS, WORKMEN, IN THE STUDY, DESIGN, AND EXECUTION OF ARCHITECTURE.

pp. viii, 344, iii + 105 Plates, diagrams, plans, tables, etc. 8vo. 22 cm. Some old age stain and foxing. Attractive later half leather over marbled boards. Billington sets forth the knowledge an architect must have: history, the antique orders, directions for drawing the orders, the principles of composition, etc. With an extensive glossary, plates, and tables of proportions, etc. The greatly expanded Second Edition. Highly desirable and eagerly sought after. A wonderful gift for any architect. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W144

The Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide (Magazine), Vol. 23, No. 1, August (Aug.) 1968

106 pages. Features: Scottish Standing Mazers; Some Second Thoughts on Caughley Porcelain; Rembrandts for Non-Millionaires; English 18th Century Commodes; From Master to Promising Newcomer - this month's London exhibitions; Collecting for Lovers of Ships and the Sea; Masterpieces of Glass; The Beauty of Belleek; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound reference copy. Magazine

The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1969 / July 1969

Features: The Genius of Leonardo da Vinci - drawings at The Queen's Gallery; Glynde Place - The Sussex Home of Mrs. Humphrey Brand; A Remarkable Group of English Cabinets - Mid-18th Century Pieces with distinctive Writing Fitments and Fretwork; Georgian Women Silversmiths; Illustrated supplement to the Antique Dealers' Fair, Grosvenor House, 1968; Treasures of Flanders in the 15th century - Part II; With Quill, Ink and Sand box - some refinements found in early writing-desks; London City Company Arms on English Delftware - Part V; The "Crosby and Oliver 1771" Punch-bowl; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book

The Antique Collector Magazine, December 1971/Janaury 1972 - Christmas Number

Features: Insuring the Uninsurable; The Oriental Club, Stratford House, Stratford Place; The Shrine of the Magi by Nicholas de Verdun in Cologne Cathedral; The Trial of the Pyx - The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths of the City of London - checking gold and silver content since 1238; Ancient Furniture in Modern Homes; Some Basic Notes on Ancient Glass; The London Sale-Room in December; That is 'T Clock'? - a notable Timekeeping Exhibition at Garrards; and more. Moderate external wear. Unmarked. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine

The Antique Collector Magazine, December 1969 / Janaury 1970 - Christmas Number

Features: Collecting myths and misnomers; First Exhibition of Irish Portraits; Dyrham Park - the Gloucestershire Home of the Blathwayt Family; Some Early Furniture of the 16th and 17th centuries - previously unrecorded examples; Picture Collecting in 1969; A Galaxy of Teapots - the Shand Kydd Collection, Part 1; The Golden Age of Claude Lorrain - first exhibition of his art comes to London from Newcastle; The London Sale-room in December; the Crowned Ladies of Innsbruck - 16th century masterpieces in Bronze that guard an Emperor's Memorial; Capodimonte Porcelain in demand; and more. Moderate external wear. Minimal markings. Binding sound. A quality copy. Magazine

The Antique Collector Magazine, December 1968 / January 1969

Features: The Royal Academy celebrates 200 years; Cannon Hall, Cawthorne, near Barnsley, Yorks - the home of the Spencer and Stanhope families and now a country museum; Japanese Art in England - some early collectors who admired the swordguards of Jo-i; The Swiss Art and Antiques Fair; London City Company Arms on English Delftware, Part IV; The development of the 17th century X-Chair; A Monumental Clock of Charles V.; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine

The Antique Collector Magazine, August 1970 / September 1970

Features: Unit Trust Art Buying; Audley End, Essex - the Historic Seat of the Earls of Suffolk and the Lords Braybrooke; Cameo Cutting - an age-old craft; York Silver - after the re-opening of the Assay Office (Part II); Famous Swiss Art Collection; Clues to the age of long-case Clocks; Restored and unrestored pieces of Early Oak furniture; The 4th Annual Gleneagles Hotel Sale; A Grinling Gibbons Front Cover (City of London Treasures Exhibition); The Achievement of Plymouth-Bristol Wares; and more. Minimal markings. Average wear. A sound copy. Book

The Antique Collector Magazine, April 1972 / May 1972

Features: The interest in antiquities; The Jockey Club, Newmarket, Suffolk; A London Chinaman - Messrs Goodes; Late 17th Century Clocks in an English Collection; Some Payments by an 18th Century Collector; The English Champagne and Ale Flute Glasses, 1685-1832; The Treasures of Tutenkhaamun; The Handley-Read Collection - Victorian Art, Style and Syntax; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Magazine

The Antique Automobile Magazine, October 1958 - General Motors' 50th Anniversary

Features: Lake Forest National Spring Meet - an outstanding success; Steam Meet - Lake Forest, Illinois; Down Memory Lane - Automobile Skits at Lake Forest; Royal Motorist King Edward VII - article with photos; Second Annual London to Brighton Tour; Annual Shore Run, Ocean City, NJ; In Duster & Veil; Rallye Lyon, France; 50th Anniversary of General Motors -article with photos; America's famous automobile society and its beginning - early members Henry M. Leland and Charles F. Kettering; 10th Granville Rally in Ohio; Ford Facts; Grand Canyon Tour; Early 1900 Mitchell; 1903 De Dion Bouton Type D; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine

The Antique Automobile Magazine, February 1959 - Special Truck Issue

Features: AACA First National Prize Winning Truck - 1920 Model T Ford Truck; I Collect Trucks - great photos of vintage trucks with article; Why we should collect trucks now; Trucks of AACA members; Hershey Region's Hospitality Trucks!; Historians Neglected the Motor Truck; United Parcel Service (UPS) Preserves replica of its first truck; Roll Call of 1801 Makes of Trucks sold in the United States during the past 55 Years or more - 7 pages!; Curt Blake represents AACA at Brussels; London to Brighton 1958; Teuf-Teuf Club de Paris - Famous WWI Taxi Cab restored to perfection; Understanding Brass Plating - Part II - Nickel and Chromium plating of antique and classic car parts; Antique Automobile Index for Vol. 21, No. 4 to Vol. 22, No. 5; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine