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Navy blue octavo in a teal slipcase ; xiii, 268 p, 24 cm Eccentrics and eccentricities -- England -- Novel -- Humor
Light green-cloth octavo; xxii, 362 p ; 24 cm. Radicalism; Revolutionary War -- Great Britain -- History.
Roy. 4to., Third Impression, with frontispiece, numerous fine full-page photographs in the text and endpaper maps; green cloth, upper board lettered in darker green, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. First published in 1943.
Contents: Gorgeous colour illustrated ad for Luxite Hosiery inside front cover. Heintzman & Co. Grand Piano ad; Article on the techniques of Breast Feeding; Waltham Watch Ad; Ad for Cutex manicure products; Full-page text-filled ad for Jergen's skin products; The Wooing of Franchette, by Victor Rousseau; The Love Train From Loughborough, by Tom Gallon; When Dreams Come True, by Ernest A. Phillips; Hearts are Trumps, by Leslie Gordon Barnard; Through Canada with Edward, Prince of Wales - article with photos; How to Grow 18 vegetables to combat the high cost of living; Photos of Scenes from the Life of Christ, as sculpted by Mastreianni; Famous Paintings by the Great Masters - as posed by Pearl White, the noted "Movie" star; The Home Cooking Class - Lesson IV - Flour Mixtures and the Rules that Govern Them; What Shall We Have For Breakfast?; The Open-Faced Pie; Eggs are now more Plentiful; Doing Justice to the Left-Over Roast; The Family Laundry Up-to-Date; The Experiment Kitchen - new brooms; Ad for Ivory, 'the safe soap'; The Fashionable Silhouette and other helpful fashion hints; 8 New designs for the spring or summer suit; The First Frock of the Season; *Gorgeous* colour full-page ad for Lawrason's Snowflake Ammonia shows mother and daughter washing dishes and handing laundry; Backside of this ad is a lovely colour ad for Penmans sweater coats which shows a young couple picking posies; Dress designs for the Sports Season; Dresses for Morning and Afternoon; Street Dresses; New styles for youthful attire; The Home Dressmaking Class; Uncle Peter's Stories - The Whispering Lion; Gossard Corset ad with many photos; Sheet music for The Robin - a spring song, by John Holliday; Ganong Chocolate ad; Fresh air for the housewife - house design considerations; Pepsodent ad - prevents "Those Cloudy Teeth"; McLaughlin Light Six auto ad; Full-page ad for the 1920 Chevrolet Touring Car - featuring endorsement and photo of Mary Pickford; The Perils of Winter Diving - with photos; Flirting with death - photos of very dangerous professions; Nice colour full-page ad of a steaming breakfast sponsored by Swift's Premium Hams and Bacon; Backside of this ad is an equally attractive colour ad for Pompeian Day Cream which features a lovely staring into her mirror; Photos of little touches to add to youthful beauty; "Speldewerksters" or Belgian Lace-Makers; Two house plans; Interesting 11-in-1 aluminum pot set illustrated ad; Canadian Fairbanks Morse Co. Limited ad for their "F" Power and Light Plant; Illustrated Bias Corsets ad; Northern Electric Power and Light plant ad; Interesting print ad offers 160 free acres to returning servicemen in Northern Ontario ($0.50/acre for others 18 years or older); Skinner's Silks and Satins illustrated ad; Ad by B&B Formaldehyde Fumigators urges homeowners to fumigate every room in April to make their home safe; Cute photo ad for Cowan's Cocoa; Household tips on last page. Nice colour ad by Belding Paul Corticelli Limited inside back cover shows a large spool of thread; Lovely colour illustrated ad for Grape Nuts on back cover says this product will make baby faces "Grow Plump and Ruddy". Covers loose but present. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. Frequent soiling and moisture stains. A rare issue of this publication which ran from 1914 through 1922. Book
First Edition, presentation inscription on half-title "H.N. Pendlebury from the Author. 2 Decr 1901.", frontispiece, folding plan, 11 plates, viii, 101, [1]pp., an eighteenth century engraving of the priory pasted to the final blank leaf, original cloth, slightly rippled, gilt.
Signed by author on title page. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage and no bumping to corners. 96pp. Illustrated with over 100 photographs, this is the result of extensive investigations into wartime and other accidents in Snowdonia and the Lleyn Peninsula area of North Wales.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations in the text; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY HORROCKS ON TITLE. One of the most sought-after titles in Hamilton's notable Famous Regiments series, edited by Lt.-General Sir Brian Horrocks. SIGNED COPIES ARE EXTREMELY SCARCE. Sutcliffe, p.154.
First edition, 12mo (154 x 93 mm), 148pp., endpapers renewed, re-cased with new leather spine and corners, original printed boards, uncut, a very good copy. One of the great rarities of local natural history, printed on a home-made printing press at Llanrwst, Conway, Wales. John Jones (1786-1865), printer and inventor, "He kept a paper and bookshop, and printed much miscellaneous work for the locality. Sometime (? before 1817) he constructed three presses to the Ruthven design, so called after its inventor, Alexander Ruthven, which he then used for all his printing work. He also learnt to cast his own type and used many of his own letters and characters for the rest of his life."?(DWB). In 1936 the Science Museum acquired John Jones' press and equipment. Provenance: From the botanical library of Michael Walpole with his bookplate. Freeman, 4015.
No marks or inscriptions. Faint creasing to covers adjacent to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 44pp. Magazine of the Festiniog Railway Society.
50 pages. Features: Nice one-page ad for 'Won Ton Ton'; Photo-illustrated interview with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; 'Outlaw - Josey Wales' - photos; Photo-illustrated Julian Fox article about some aspects of the Horror-Fantasy film from 1930 to 1936; 'The Omen' - photos; Reviews - 'Taxi Driver', 'Bugsy Malone', 'The Sailor Who Fell From Grace with the Sea', 'Buffalo Bill and the Indians', 'Won Ton Ton, The Dog Who Saved Hollywood', 'The Last Hard Men', 'Wives', 'Lipstick', 'Let's Do It Again', 'The Fall of the House of Usher Lot in Sodom'; 'The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea' - photos; 'Stay Hungry' - photos; 'Per Le Antiche Scale' - photos; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece; original green cloth, a very good, clean copy. With trade advertisements at rear
First edition, 8vo, 54pp., disbound. Not listed on JISC.
14p. 12mo. Original full pictorial printed wraps. Very nice copy. WWI 13
Biography of George IV, with eight illustrations. 301 pages. Index. ex-libris label on front pastedown, two creases on front free endpaper, spine faded and browned, covers faded in parts, particularly on back cover, light foxing to page edges.
Hardback reprint in a protected dust jacket. Fine/Fine. ISBN 0047960523. 21440. eng
Fictional biography of Owen Glendower Book
Two Volumes. Foxed. XLib bookplate of York County Historical Society in both volumes. [Withdrawn]. Early manuscript ownership of Eli Lewis (York County, PA) on title page of volume I. 12mo. 200 mm. Original uniform cloth bindings, slightly worn. Spines decorated with a balloon and lettered in gold gilt. Volume I slight loss at head of spine, front board fragile. Volume II loss at head of spine. Hardbound. Good. Clark was a Protestant Episcopal minister born in Pittsfield, MA. He served as Rector in Providence, New York, and Philadelphia. In failing health, he made this trip to England and the Continent. The early owner of this book - Eli Lewis (1750-1807) was a Pennsylvania Quaker who strongly believed in the need to separate the Colonies from England. He traveled back and forth from York Co., PA, to Philadelphia for several years before the war. When it became time for war, Eli was given the rank of Major and lead the 1st Battalion of York Co. Militia. He was a printer and shopkeeper. He started the first newspaper in the area - "The Harrisburg Advertiser." He also was the founder of the town of Lewisberry in York Co., PA. SCARCE. S&S/AI 40-1468. PAIMP 23
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and minor bumping to lower corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn with light creasing to upper edge. 198pp.
No marks or inscriptions. Very minor creasing. A very clean very tight booklet with bright unmarked slightly rubbed boards and no bumping to corners. 31pp. Guide to Barmouth and its surroundings.
4to, 313-340pp., text in Welsh, from the library of Owen Morris, with a presentation inscription and T.L.s from Roberts, orig. printed wrappers.
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. 100pp. A study of the village of Govilon near Abergavenny on Wales, written to celebrate the Millennium and reprinted here. Ver scarce.
No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with bright lightly rubbed unmarked boards, bump to fore-edge of pages of first half of book and no bumping to corners. 64pp. With thirteen walks in the Gower Peninsulka in South Wales. Sketch maps.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. Light creasing to front cover. A clean tight copy with marked covers. 82pp. A celebration of 150 years of the Great Western Railway in words and pictures.
No marks or inscriptions. Light creasing to covers, none to spine. A clean tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. 95pp. Picture postcards and text covering some local history of Rhyl, Prestatyn, Conway, Bangor, Bala, Llangollen, Colwyn Bay, Mold, Holywell and Denbigh.
