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4to., First Edition,, with a coloured frontispiece, title in blue and black, and 29 fine coloured plates, some light spotting as often; pictorial cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, boards mildly age-marked else a very good, firm copy.
8vo., with a frontispiece; blue cloth, upper board lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, clean copy. VERY SCARCE.
Sm. 8vo., Facsimile reissue, original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 500 COPIES.
8vo., First Edition, with pedigree on endpapers; black cloth, gilt back, green endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Seventh novel in the Poldark sequence.
8vo., Second Edition, with very numerous woodcut illustrations (by the author) in the text, title very lightly spotted; cloth, boards with multiple frame border in blind enclosing title lettered in gilt, gilt back, uncut, black endpapers, a very good, clean copy. First published in 1865, collecting a series of essays written for the Gentleman's Magazine between 1862 and 1864.
8vo., First Edition, tiny signature on front free endpaper, some very faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; ivory cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in blue and blind, a near fine copy in unclipped, lightly sunned dustwrapper. Lovely copy of Foster's psychological novel set in Cornwall. EXCEEDINGLY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, with a portrait frontispiece, title-vignette, 12 plates, 3 pedigrees on 2 folders and a double-page map in the text; original blue cloth gilt, backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Already scarce, especially in this condition
Features: The LNER B1 4-6-0s in Retrospect; Beyer-Garratt Locomotives in South Africa; Past, Present and Future at Yieldingtree; Two Miles a Minute - by steam - LNWR 2-2-2 No. 3020 Cornwall; Light Railway Timetables 1968; Around Britain's Light Railways; End of Steam to Buxton; End of BR's Observation Cars; and more. Moderate wear. Writing on front cover and throughout contents. Sound copy. Magazine
8vo., on laid paper, with portrait frontispiece in photogravure, decorative title in red and black, and 18 plates, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some light and occasional browning as often; original chocolate cloth elaborately embossed in blind, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, backstrip lightly chafed at extreme head and tail else very good, bright copy of an uncommon work. Hawker's most famous work comprises this collection of prose sketches, written originally for a variety of periodicals. First published in book form in 1870, they were re-issued in 1893 together with two previously unpublished essays 'Humphrey Vivian' and 'Old Trevarten' as 'The Prose Works of Rev. R.S. Hawker'. Hawker's close friend J.G. Godwin who added the bibliographical footnotes edited the reissue. The present edition enhances the work still further through the editorship of Byles, the charming illustrations by Pethybridge and plates and portraits from a variety of other sources (including Baring-Gould).
182 pages. Stunning colour photography throughout. Features: Portrait of a Lady - Downton's Michelle Dockery; Odes to Joy - H.B.'s favourite designers, photographers, models and authors divulge the small pleasures guaranteed to raise a smile; An inspiring children's storytelling charity headed by the Duchess of Cornwall; The season's most covetable looks; Catwalk Report; Can Botox Make You Happy?; Bold Nail Colour; Hannah Rothschild meets an unusual monarch in Bhutan; Leith Clark on the joys of shopping in Bangkok; The Olivier Awards; and much more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. A sound copy of the beautiful issue. Magazine
64 pages. Featuers: Woman's Weekly Whispers; New Ways to Beauty; Trevallion (opening chapters); The Little Girl of Two-To-Four; Knit it in an Evening - hat; Simple Wrap-Around Dress; With a High Collarless Neck; Every Minute of the Day; They are All So Becoming; The Young Gloucesters - photo article of the young sons of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester; Give Me One Friend (story); On a See-Saw; Children's Ailments; Cardigans in Three Sizes; Shoes for the Doll; Tempting Cheese Dishes; A Cotton Jersey in Two Sizes; The First Year (story); Touring Cornwall; An Added Yoke in Check; Mrs. Marryat Advises; Nice vintage ads. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition; oatmeal coarse-grain cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly dust-spoiled and with tiny chip at head of backstrip.. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., 42pp, on laid paper, with a fine copper-engraved plate of Forde Abbey, Devon; newly bound in blue cloth, uncut and partly unopened, original blue printed wrappers preserved, a remarkably clean, crisp copy. This early part-work was issued in regular parts, each enhanced by a well-executed engraving. The pagination of this part runs from p.201-p.240. Pp.201-207 complete Devon, covering Okehampton, Crediton, Tiverton, Barnstaple, Bideford, Northam, Hartland, Clovelly, Ilfracombe, Combe Martin, Appledore and Lundy Island. Pp. 202-240 begin Cornwall, beginning with a general introduction and covering St. German's, Fowey, Tregony, Lostwithiel, Liskard, Grampound, Truro, Penryn, Falmouth, Pendennis, St. Maud, Heston, Market-Jew, Penzance, St. Buryan, Godolphin Hills, Isles of Scilly, Launceston, Camelford, Boscastle, Tintagel, Wadebridge, Padstow, St. Michaels, Kellington, St. Neots, Bodmin and Saltash. Original parts of this compilation are extremely rare, especially in this condition.
First edition, [124]pp., unpaginated, from the library of John Davies Enys with his bookplate to front paste-down, cont. sheep, rubbed, covers holding by cords, library number to foot of spine. "... for the use of my own Sunday School, as a profitable change of employment in the course of Sunday instruction. But as two hundred may be printed with almost as much ease as ten, and at a trifling increase of expense, I allowed the above number to be taken off; and they are now offered to the Teachers of Schools at the price of printing."
8vo., First Edition, with engraved frontispiece (original tissue guard present), engraved title vignette, 10 engraved plates and very numerous woodcut illustrations in the text; original green cloth, boards elaborately framed and blocked in blind, very neatly rebacked with old backstrip gilt laid down, brown endpapers, uncut, a most attractive, bright, clean copy. With 32pp publisher's catalogue bound in at rear. Scarce, especially in this condition.
56 pages. Features: Canadian Scenes on 19th Century English Earthenware - Collard ROM Lecture; Confiscated Tiffany Collection sets new price records at Sotheby's in New York; Bernard Palissy - Creator of Rustic Pottery; Antique Beads - interview with Carol Wallingford; Refinishing and Restoring Wood Furniture - part 1 - stripping and basic repairs; Cornwall, Ontario - A Bicentennial History; Grand Opening of Tea Olive Company and Toys for Big Boys; Wick Support Lighting - informative photo-illustrated article; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
x, 474 pages. Index. 235 Black and white reproductions of archival photos. "The story of the many branches of Presbyterianism, as well as some Baptist and Congregational Churches, in the Eastern Ontario region over a period of nearly two centuries. Covers John Bethune, Daniel Gordon, Hugh Urquhart, and a host of other ministers. Authentic, complete and readable." - from dust jacket. Front free endpaper neatly removed, otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy. Book
50 pages. Features/Articles: Ben Hur's chariot set the wheel base gauge for today's railroads; Canadian National Exhibits and Displays; Alberta's Hot Spot - The New Oil Fields near Edmonton, Leduc, Woodbend and Redwater; Canadian Nationial Telegraphs Blaze New Northern Trail - modern service makes the whole world neighbors of Red and Pickle Lake areas; The Cornerstone of a Community - The C.N.R. in Cornwall; An Approach to the Problem of Industrial Plant Location; Knowledge Pays Traffic Dividends; A.J. Lomas Named Vice-President Central Region; G.T.W. "Crop" Train set for mercy trip; New Railway Quarters in Victoria; Staff Changes; Around the Departments; Traffic; Young Railroaders' Club; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. Address label on back cover. A sound copy. Book
58 pages. Features: Narrow-Gauge Summer - nice photos; Railroading on Chesapeake Bay - Pennsylvania Railroad's saltwater fleet serves Norfolk and provides an alternate north-south route along the Atlantic Seaboard - article with photos; Third Morning Delivery - U.S. and Canadian Roads cooperate in hauling perishable and manifest freight the long way 'round from Chicago to the East - long article with map and photos; Photo Section; Nice centerfold photo of the Cornwall Railroad of 1895 - the American Standard locomotive Penryn is standing at the Lebanon, Pa. station; $7.50 to L.A. - That's the price Southern Pacific charges to ride the 470 miles from San Francisco - long article with photos; Last Train from Carson City - Virginia & Truckee closes its books - Photos and article; Great vintage ads; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
PARIS, W. Coquebert - Non daté (vers 1850) - In-8 - Reliure 1/2 chagrin - Dos à nerfs, à caissons ornés (1mors cassé) - rousseurs - Gravures NB en frontispice et HT - Illustré de nombreuses gravures NB en texte - 238 pages.
8vo., First Edition, with numerous maps (a number full-page); green regimental cloth, upper board blocked with crest in silver and red, backstrip lettered in silver, small tear in backstrip else a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Neat 'File Copy' stamp on front free endpaper. Includes ROH, awards and decorations, glossary. Sutcliffe, p.200.
First edition, 8vo, lxxxviii, 570pp., large folding map, 6 portraits, orig. green publishers cloth.
78 pages. Features: Patterns of Power - The symbols of Great Lakes Indian Art; Mason's Ironstone - 'improvements in the manufacture of English porcelain'; Bermuda's Government House; Seeing Double - The 19th century's Stereoscope; South China Sea Find - Ming-filled wreck provides earlier dating documentation; Wilno Furniture - Made in the first Polish settlement in Canada; Nineteenth Century Pottery and Porcelain for Canadian Collectors; Cornwall Pewter Plate Mystery. Moderate wear. Sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with a fine autotype portrait frontispiece (original tissue guard present) and a large folding map, fore-edges very lightly spotted, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and black, gilt back, uncut, backstrip chipped at head and tail else a very good, clean copy. The first dedicated avifauna of the county, edited by Harting after the author's death. Rodd's splendid collection passed to his nephew F R Rodd of Trebartha Hall, Launceston. Scarce in any condition. Mullens & Swann, p.495; Tate, p.217.
