Palmer, W. T.MareMagnum
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No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with foxing to boards, dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. 88pp. Guide to England's Lake District -, covering walking, history, angling, mountaineering, local authorities, places to visit etc. Photographs throughout and cover illustration by W Heaton Cooper. Undated but talks about 1935 in the past. 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.
320 pages. Presents decoys in the most sensible and comprehensive way: by region, with each region discussed by a recognized expert in that area. Thus the entire range of decoys is covered, from Canada down the Atlantic Coast and inland along streams and rivers to Louisiana and up the Mississippi to the Great Lakes and across to California and Oregon. Also included are chapters on European decoys, the history of decoys, how decoys were made, and how to go about collecting decoys. A list of public collections of decoys, a bibliography, a record of top auction prices, maps of waterfowl flyways, and an index complete the package. Beautifully illustrated with colour photography throughout. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket bears tape-repaired tear to central portion of front panel and large chunk missing from base of back flap. A small part of this chunk is from bottom corner of back panel. Other than this, dust jacket is bright and attractive with moderate wear. Overall, a nice copy of this most substantial work. Book
Pages 197-249. Black and white photos. Features: Nice full-page photo portrait of Major Charles S. Walker, N.H. Department Commander American Legion; For God and Country - The American Legion - A New Hampshire Asset - major article with many great photos; The Legion - Maker of Americans - an interview with Maurice F. Devine; Behind the Lines; Behind the Lines - The American Legion Auxiliary at work; State Executive Board of the American Legion Auxiliary; A Portrait Gallery of Legionnaires - excellent photos with write-ups of selected individuals; New Hampshire's Labor Commissioner; Their Son; An Anthology of One Poem Poets; Over the Top with Ayrshires - The Sawyer Herd and Farrm Buildings - article with nice photos; In the Springtime; When Claremont was called Ashley III - Two English Maps of Revolutionary Times; Current opinion in New Hampshire; Old Home Week and the Tercentenary; Books of New Hampshire Interest; The Editor Stops to Talk; New Hampshire Necrology. Average wear and soiling. A sound vintage copy of this particularly excellent issue. Magazine
Book appears in mint unread condition. 575pp. Architect Harry Seidler spent more than 50 years traveling the globe, extensively photographing the peak achievements in architecture from 3000 B.C. to the present day. This book represents his achievement.
No inscriptions or marks. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean crisp tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very slight traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 64pp. A brief history of Dublin, a guide and map to the city.
220p. + Plus six folding maps and numerous full page photographs. 8vo. Original full pictorial wraps, very slightly worn. First American edition. Nice copy. WWI 7
(New York, 1885). 4to. In later half cloth with gilt lettering and stamp to front board. In ""Science"", Vol. 5, No. 108, Feb. 27. Paper label pasted on to front board. The two titles underlined in blue pencil. Stamp to verso of map and almost parted in two, long tear in foldings, otherwise internally fine and clean. Pp. iii-iv, 163-185 + large folded map: ""North America polar regions : Baffin Bay to Lincoln Sea, showing the most recent discoveries including those of U.S.S. Polaris Expedition in 1871-2, under Captain C.F. Hall, British Arctic Expedition in 1875-6, under Captain G.S. Nares, R.N., The Lady Franklin Bay Expedition in 1881-4, under Lieutenant A.W. Greely, U.S.A""
Two volumes. pp. xvii, 510; 511-956 + Plus 12 colored folding maps + Five steel engraved plates + Engraved illustrated title page. Numerous woodcut illustrations in the text. 8vo. Worn original full leather bindings. A thorough delight for the Victorian arm chair traveller. This American edition is rather scarce. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W156
Outside dimensions 14.5" x 10.5". Circa 1902. Centerfold. Light wear. Please see our photo for details. Book
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very minor traces of storage. 172pp. With nearly 150 illustrations, many in colour, this account describes China's Forbidden City which only became accessible to all Chinese citizens after the 1911 revolution.
Booklet is 'as new' condition. 48pp. The history of the prehistoric cave paintings at the Font-de-Gaume cave near Les Eyzies in Perigord, France.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and bumping to upper front corner and spine ends. 32pp. Captioned colour photographs of the Flinders mountain range near Adelaide, South Australia.
16 pages. Features: A German Friend of America to the Americans, by Ludwig Fulda; Sohmer Piano ad inside front cover; The German Sailor has "Arrived"; English Barbarism, by Hans F. Kammeyer - an account of how Germans living in England have been degraded and how terribly they are still being persecuted (2-page article); The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army has declared that Emperor Francis Joseph has ceased to be the ruler of Austria-Hungary and is now the King of the Jews; Alsace-Lorraine and Ireland, by James K. McGuire; Help the Germans in Canada - Aliens in their own land - Arthur v. Briesen Shows How; The Iron Cross - a poem by Frederick H. Martens; Belgium's Breach of Neutrality - article with reproductions of maps offering proof of the Anglo-Belgian military convention; "The Leopard's Spots" - a chapter of facts about England's Method of Making War, by Frederick F. Schrader; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Two-inch opening to top of cover fold. Binding intact. A sound copy. Magazine
297 pages including bibliography and index. "...into the heart of the vast Pacific the tale shall lead us, where men and ships are dwarfed to veriest specks which crawl laboriously a little space and then are lost to view." - from Introduction. Subjects include: the Straits of Anian; How the Russians crossed Siberia; Vitus Bering; James Cook; John Meares; George Vancouver; Quadra; and more. With 12 illustrations and 7 maps. Binding intact. Soiled but not overly so. Moderate lean to spine. Decorated biege boards. Gift greetings upon front endpaper else unmarked. Remains a decent copy. Book
From an excellent set of craft books. Abunantly illustrated. Topics in this volume include: Lamps and Shades; Lapidiary; Leaded Glass; Leather Working; Lighted Indoor Gardens; Linoleum and Woodcuts; Machine Stitchery; Macrame; Magic Maps and Pathfinding. Clean, bright and unmarked but for minor remnant of address label atop front endpaper. Very light wear. Excellent copy. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean tight copy with bright boards, traces of handling and no bumping to corners. 32pp. Coloured photographs and descriptions of the English Lake District.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked slightly sunned orange cloth boards, rubbing to a small number of page edges and bumping to lower front corner. 242pp. Historical and touring account of the county of Northumberland. Illustrated. Undated ca 1950.
Three Volumes. Illustrated with 82 maps and about 1100 other wood engravings. Also a color folding map of the United States in Volume III. Early manuscript ownership of Martin Buckhart and A. B. Burkhart, 1895 in all three volumes. 4to. 260 mm. Original full leather bindings. Original leather spine labels. Spine of volume III worn with loss at tail. Hardbound. Very good. Title continues: 'Physical, Statistical, Civil, And Political; Exhibiting Its Relation To The Heavenly Bodies, Its Physical Structure, The Natural History Of Each Country, And The Industry, Commerce, Political Institutions, And Civil And Social State Of All Nations.' S&S/AI 40-4803. Handsome set. PALIB 4
A massive Japanese commercial reference from the early 1900s. Approximately 2,000 pages. Text primarily in Japanese, other than the 18-page bilingual (Japanese/English) index and an intriguing bilingual fold-out sample of various contemporary export documents. Two items laid inside front board include a double-sided bilingual glossary of commonly used trade terms and a wonderful 22" wide by 16" high colour map of the world with trade routes to/from Japan indicated in red. Most text on the map is Japanese with some place names in both English and Japanese. Please note that library name is stamped through the blank upper right corner of the map. Elaborately gilt-decorated backstrip with title in Japanese and English bears considerable wear but is still handsome and, dare we say, mysterious. Per a handwritten inscription inside back board, this copy was presented to representatives of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce in Tokyo on 24 October, 1908 by Mr. Shonojo Moriyama, Proprietor of the Dobun_____. Edges adorned with partially-faded marbling. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A marvelously unique item. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright boards and no bumping to corners. Slight browing to page edges. No dust jacket. 131pp. With twenty four black and white photographs. A character sketch of the old East Riding covering the land East of York, Malton and Selby, north of the Humber and reaching up to Filey on the coast.
pp. 573 + Publisher's ads (2p.) + 23 color maps. Illustrated with 230 text maps and drawings. 8vo. 24 cm. Worn original publisher's green cloth binding. LOC?
Published the year 'branded petrol' was allowed again after the war. 770 pages.
130 pages. Index. Bibliography. Frontispiece. Ten plates at back. Sixteen informative pages of advertisements. Text in English, translated from the German. Seeks, in part, to to address errors of Carl Christian Rafn in his 1837 work "Antiquitates Americanae". Forest green cloth exterior adorned with attractive gilt lettering and decorations. Top edge gilt. Usual library markings. Binding intact. Average wear. A sound copy of this informative work. Book
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and the tiniest of bumps to upper corner. 96pp.
Signed by author on front end paper. Also small neat sticker from previous owner on front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Price clipped dust jacket not marked or torn or creased with traces of storage. 199pp.
