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0646328336.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1997ADNstSYD56Sydney: 1997. 1997. 4to. pp. 144. 139 illus. some colour. biblio. index. wrs. Exhib. Cat. [Sydney: 1997]. unknown
Photographs and notes on areas of Australia. Not dated. Covers are somewhat creased and worn around the edges.
10581'Tredegar Sunday' 1850s. 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. 57 lines. Text clear and complete. Fair on aged and lightly-creased paper. Weekes is by far the most likely of the four Royal Academicians whose initials correspond to those of the recipient of this letter the others being Henry Tamworth Wells 1828-1903; Henry Woods 1846-1921; Hubert Worthington 1886-1963. Well-written and entertaining letter addressed to 'Dearest old Boy'. Begins with a discussions of the merits of 'Scilly as a sketching ground'. He praises 'the elements of grandeur in the Scilly Isles and which I suppose necessary to an academy picture is in the immense extent of view you get of horizon sky and waves the miles of outlying rocks and breakers'. Reference to 'Mr Philp' and 'Jno Moyle'. Finds that 'the picturesque' in Tredegar 'is to be found in the <> costume of the girls naked feet hair unconfined & uncombed and if you are pure in heart you may peep in a cottage door or window and see a graceful figure changing herself under the magic influence of soap and water from a black Venus to one of Canovas whitest Carrara while the others of the family take their tea useful pleasing and instructive sight. Honi soit qui mal y pense.' Continues with description of his activities together with a simple and pleasing ink 'sketch of our valley looking towards Newport' 9 x 3 cm. 'Tredegar Sunday' [1850s?]. unknown
903424 November 1899; on letterhead of 25 Finchley Road London N.W. 4to 2 pp. Text clear and complete. On aged and lightly-creased paper. 'The nature of my business is a desire to become a tenant of the Prince of Wales Theatre for a long or short time and entirely subject to existing arrangements in order to produce a play which good judges as well as myself regard as one if not the play of the present generation'. The name of the play is not given. Barnes states that 'if Mr Harvey is your permanent tenant it would quite suit me to do the play at any time <> another provincial Town'. He offers 'a short or long lease . with unimpeachable security'. Barnes's offer does not appear to have been taken up. Barnes is the author of 'Forty Years on the Stage. Others - Principally - And Myself' London 1914. 24 November 1899; on letterhead of 25 Finchley Road, London, N.W. unknown
1313284 Victoria Street Potts Point Sydney New South Wales Australia. 27 November 1919. 3pp. 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition on aged paper with small rust hole to second leaf affecting two words of text. He begins in the hope that she is 'quite well & Plenty of Business'. He reports the death of his mother the previous may: 'she only lasted 5 Months after I left her'. He complains that 'The Australian Military Authorities only gave me 3 days Notice to sail for Home Sydney they luged sic me out of a Real Sweet job At the Ministry Headquarters in the Strand London We saild out from Tilbury Dock on December 23 - 18 on the Barambah & we got to good old Sydney Town of Febuary sic 25th. 19.' The voyage was 'Beautifull' with 'Plenty of good Food'. He is 'fairly well' having been discharged from the Garrison Military Hospital and has 'got a position in the New South Wales Government Railway' He reports that 'things are very flat here the Country is in a frightfull state with a Drought as soon as the Rains come things will get right its now getting Hot here it now mid Summer'. The 'corst sic of living' is 'geting sic very high out here we carnt get Mutton Chops & Steaks at 2 1/2 a Pound now its 1/3 & 8d there a great number of English Brides arriving here I suppose you have still got some Aussies in Sidcup is the hospital still open'. He wonders whether 'young Jack' is still a Prisoner of War': 'I hope he as sic Returned home safe & sound & n<one> the worse for we got some terrible sights Returning here'. He asks how things are 'in the old Country now all the Munition Places have Closed down is the corst of living falling'. He concludes in the hope that they are 'all O.K. & you have a Real dinkum time this Xmas I am spending my Xmas out at Kilda Beach Melbourne Victoria it will be a Real Wealther'. Cryptic postscript: 'This Name is No more on the London market have you Paid a Visit to Peckham since a left Beat as never said &c'. 84 Victoria Street, Potts Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 27 November 1919. unknown
7605'Au Mai Jouy Près Versailles 23 Juin 1834'. 12mo 4 pp. Bifolium. Good on lightly aged paper. Addressed to 'Monsieur et Confrère'. He replied to de Monglave's last letters a couple of days previously and he has addded 'deux ou trois propositions que je vous <fais> de traduire en bon François et de lire à notre comité au Conseil'. He wants to get to know 'quelques uns de mes voisins dans ce village où j'ai l'intention de passer six mois' and asks for letters of introduction. Lists four families he wishes to get to know and names some individuals with whom he is a little acquainted. In 1833 Bannister published in Paris an anonymous pamphlet entitled 'Appel en faveur d’Alger et de l’Afrique du Nord par un Anglais'. 'Au Mai, Jouy, Près Versailles, 23 Juin 1834'. unknown
102314770X.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
0526704659.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1330209605.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1528563204.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
2001Q-1865083216Allen & Unwin Pty. Limited Australia 2001. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Allen & Unwin Pty., Limited (Australia) paperback
0523421915.Gmass_market. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. unknown
676767677536<p>Tight binding clean pages no writing. Cover shows some light wear. Published in 2000. Volume II Second Edition. 442 Pages. Softcover with Metal Spiral Binding. Out of print and hard to find.</p> paperback
80 pages. Features: Motive Power Progress on the Chicago and North Western - very lengthy article with dozens of wonderful photos; Arthur Latham Church - obituary with photo portrait; Testing Railway Motor Cars - detailed article with many photos; The First Steam Railroad in the State of New Jersey - The Camden & Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company; The Manufacturer's Railway Company of St. Louis; The Railways of New South Wales - long article with many excellent photos; A Roundhouse Pit Crane; Extending the Electric Truck Range - Jaw-dropping article on the state of electric delivery trucks way back in 1931... including the following comment "The electric street truck has been with us for such a long time that many truck users feel they know it and know all about it."... (so why don't we have them now???); Baldwin Locomotives of Historic Interest; The Redwood Empire Special - the greatest single rail shipment of lumber in the history of the west - 117 cars with more than 3,000,000 feet of lumber - with photos; Fourteen pages of excellent photo ads. Average wear. Binding intact. Prior owner's small namestamp atop table of contents. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
0950816620.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
VG pbk. 20117. eng
1921036754Sydney: Bank of New South Wales 1921. 418pp 350 bw portrait photographs frontis erratum slip. Or purple cloth with white spine and corners. Light toning to endpapers 1cm split to white cloth on spine 2 small holes at top of front free endpaper. Of 1880 staff at least 793 officers enlisted from the Bank of New South Wales Head Office and almost every branch in Australia New Zealand Fiji Papua and London. 355 bw portrait photographs accompanied by brief biographies and details of service. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Bank of New South Wales Hardcover
2000mon0003989929Affirm Press 4/9/2025 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Very Good. 0.9449 9.1339 6.0630. Affirm Press paperback
0369356667.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
193074905London: Edward Stanford c. 1930. 16mo.Map. 37 maps making up the complete set of Bartholomew's Map of England and Wales. Beautifully detailed and coloured maps printed onto sections on folding cream cloth and blue printed paper covers. Occasionally some light foxing to covers or sides when closed but maps unaffected overall nice clean condition. A great set. . Very Good. Paper Covers. 1930. Edward Stanford [c. 1930] unknown
8vo., First Edition, with 34 plates on 16, and 2 illustrations and 4 maps in the text; cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper. As always with Middlebrook, a striking narrative (mainly of the actual sinkings) based on eyewitness accounts. Enser, p.23; Law, 0403.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 48pp. History and description of Beaumaris Castle on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. Illustrated. We do not use stock photos, the picture displayed is of the actual book for sale. Every one of our books is in stock in the UK ready for immediate delivery.
1900C210864Oswestry: Woodall Minshall and Co. 1900. Paperback . Very Good. Small oblong quarto. Original illustrated paperback. Cover detached somewhat faded with edge wear and chipping but contents clean very good. With 24 photographic views. No date c.1900. Woodall, Minshall, and Co., paperback
2003mon0000159693Audit Commission 2003-01-01. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Clean copy sound binding. Audit Commission paperback
