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8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Cover illustration by William Grimmond. Very scarce in this condition. Penguin Classics, L8.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 54 plates toned in sepia, free endpapers lightly spotted; original series binding of pictorial boards, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly chafed at upper edge of rear panel. King Penguin 54.
8vo., First Edition thus; original series binding of printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The cover roundel showing a coin is by Berthold Wolpe who also provided the title illustrations. FIRST PUBLICATION OF GRAVES'S TRANSLATION, AND SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Penguin Classics, L72. Higginson A80.
2 vols., 8vo., Mixed Impressions, small label scars on cover of second volume; original printed wrappers, a bright, clean set. Penguin Classics, L12, L93 respectively. The set comprises Vol. I (first impression, 1949); Vol. II (second impression, 1962). The cover roundel of the first volume is by Dorrit C. Wayne, the translator's wife.; that of the second volume by Diana Bloomfield.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 67. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Features: Williamsburg roombox; The Blades of Henry Loos; Sprocket and Gizmo-inspired miniatures; Nancy Quinby creates the ultimate family portrait in realistic detail; Antique toys and miniatures; Walk-and-roll Penguin; Dave Crandall's special toys shop; Nifty, thrifty tools for measuring, marking and holding miniatures; Terrie Lyn Nutter and needlework; Bunka Baby Doll; Block Party on Wheels; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Features: Emperors of North America - Superbly adapted to the coldest, most desolate place on Earth, the Emperor penguin reveals its startling secrets to scientists; A Daybreak Diary - Learning Life, learning love - Seven days in Canadian Jean Vanier's federation of miracles; Romantic Revival - A team of Canadian horticulturalists hopes to restore one of the botanical wonders of the world; Courting Commerce - The brainchild of marketing geniuses, shopping malls have radically altered Canadians' lives, but they are more machines than traditional retail districts. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
Features: Ice Scooters of Bellport Bay; A surfeit of turtles; Life in the high marsh; Ice Station CESAR - the Alpha Ridge enigma; Plight of the Jackass Penguin; Law of the Sea Treaty - What does it mean to nonsigners (like the US)?; Mysterious Mola mola. Sound copy. Book
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. King Penguin 66. One of the scarcer 'Kings', especially in this condition.
8vo., First Edition thus, page edges tanning faintly; original printed wrappers, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Penguin Classics L54. The cover roundel by John Diebel shows Myshkin comforting Rogozhin as they stand before the dead Filippovna (the third of three scenes suggested by Magarshack). VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy with only the slightest hints of browning. Penguin Double Volume 668. First appearance in Penguin of the work widely regarded as Lawrence's finest novel. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates, and line illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, clean copy. King Penguin 23. One of the scarcest King Penguins. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
Features: Retrieving U of T's Tower - Toronto Reservists recover submerged item; Exercise Rapid Gunner - Gagetown's old-timers prove fitness; The Army Goes Under - Soldiers and Hard-hat Diving; SSEP '73 - A Nation-wide look at summer students; Saint John Students - an East Coast Success; Meet Percy - Penguin and Gentlemen Mascot; 23 Days Before the Mast - Naval Reservists sail Mackenzie; Kingston Tercentenary - Military City's 300th Anniversary. Moderate wear. Quality copy. Book
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and 16 tinted illustrations in the text; original patterned boards, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. King Penguin 55. SCARCE IN ANYTHING LIKE THIS CONDITION
2 vols., 8vo., Second Impression thus; original printed wrappers, the wrappers lightly dust-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin Classics L62-63. First published in PC in 1957. The text is the Edmonds translation which remains for many scholars the standard English text. The cover roundel is by Elizabeth Friedlander. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE.
Features: More Mustangs - the classic fighter, with many rare photos; The Riverside Penguin - the trainer that flew too well!; Winged Can Opener - the Henschel 129 (long article, well-illustrated); B-10 - Baltimore's Best - the bomber that took Martin and the Air Corps out of the stone age - rare photos and great 2-page colour illustration; The Boeing 307 Skyliner. Moderate wear. Tight, clean and unmarked. A quality copy of this extraordinary issue. Book
Oblong 8vo., First Edition, with numerous coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Puffin Picture Book PP47. This first edition was never reissued; the subsequent version, with new illustrated endpapers, paste-downs and title, and new illustrations on pp. 2 and 32, was published in both cloth and wrappers in 1947. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. See PCS, p.23.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and 16 tinted illustrations in the text; original patterned boards, a very good, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed at extremities. King Penguin 55. Particularly scarce in the dustwrapper.
4to., First Edition, with 8 coloured plates and numerous line illustrations in the text; cloth, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Grigson's classic collection is very scarce in this condition.
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, page edges very slightly tanned else a near fine set. Penguins 692, 1485 respectively. The Brangwen duology comprises The Rainbow (1915) and Women in Love (1921). VERY SCARCE INDEED AS A SET IN THIS CONDITION.
8vo., First Edition, small personal name-stamp on inside wrapper; original pictorial wrappers, a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Puffin Original 196. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
63 pages. Features: How courts price your injuries; The mystery flight of Rudolph Hess (first of 3 parts); Penguin thinks he's people; Carmelites - rare glimpse of a silent world; 10-page life insurance advertising supplement; Policewoman Sally Krowchynski of the Edmonton Flying Police Club; Fantastic full-page colour Jantzen ad featuring a very handsome Jean Beliveau; Educated Dice - the rolling reader contains seven dice with different words on each face - it makes learning to read into a game; Water Beetle - Ray Pastuck converted his Volkswagen into a boat!; Canada's biggest unconfined explosion at Suffield, Alberta - 3 great colour photos - smoke ring; Collector of Militaria - Eduard Kohler of Neuberg, Germany; He Killed in his sleep - Willis Boshears killed Jean Constable; "We flew into Hurricane Carla" - the crew of plane 5 spent five days tracking the worst tropical storm in 60 years, and their reports enabled half a million persons to flee; NHL President Clarence Campbell's 15 years in office; Nipper by Doug Wright. Great colour ads. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 fine coloured plates and 16 tinted illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, upper board with gilt frame border, gilt back, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. King Penguin 55. A splendid copy of a scarce work in unusual and elegant binding.
Features: Title page illustration of General Sir Henry H. Wilson, K.C.B., D.S.O.; How To Use Your Meat Card (article); Raid Psychology - Dolls Versus Gothas; Strafing a Fritz (article); One-page illustration of the Prince of Wales taking his seat in the House of Lords; Nice photo of a French motor-patrol Vedette U-boat hunting; Excellent half-page photo of Mr. and Mrs. Charles a-Court Repington and fur-bedecked supporters leaving Bow Street Police Court; Photo of a downed German Gotha airplane on display in Dunkirk; Fascinating half-page photo of three Brits preparing a bomb load beneath a bombing-plane; Two pages of intriguing photos of Observation and kite-balloons used for observing the enemy; Article by G.K. Chesterton includes illustration of Major-General E.B. Ashmore, C.M.G., M.V.O.; One-page illustration of sad funeral scene for a Parisian child killed by a German air raid; Fascinating two pages of text and illustrations explain the meat [ration] card plus other rationed and unrationed forms of food; Article discusses the use of oils attained from sea-leopards, seals, and penguins (!); Two illustrations of the sinking of the "Aragon" in the Mediterranean; Two-page illustration of the British destroyers 'Pellew' and 'Partridge' fighting in the North Sea; Centrefold illustration of machine gun duel in the sky between a French 'Voisin' and a German 'Aviatik'; Photo-illustrated article on the difficulty of catching air-raiders; Two fascinating half-page photos of giant British rail-mounted guns in France; Two-page photo of British troops attacking an enemy trench-line on the Western Front; One-page illustration of 'German Sacrilege' whereby a German observation post is built upon a crucifix; and more. 36 pages including eight pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Lovely quarter-page photo ad for Wolseley Motors, Ltd. Fantastic two-colour back cover ad for "Cavander's Army Club" cigarettes features illustration and interview with"The Stunt Pilot (R.F.C.)". Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
19 vols., oblong 4to., First Edition, with very numerous coloured and monochrome plates, and illustrations in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers mildly dust- and age-soiled as usual else a very good, clean set. Complete set of the famous series edited by Sir Kenneth Clark. The artists featured are: Edward Bawden, Georges Braque, Edward Burra, Duncan Grant, Ivon Hitchens, Frances Hodgkins, Edward Hopper, David Jones, Paul Klee, Henry Moore, Paul Nash, Ben Nicholson, William Nicholson, Victor Pasmore, John Piper, Ben Shahn, Matthew Smith, Stanley Spencer and Graham Sutherland. COMPLETE SETS ARE SELDOM OFFERED FOR SALE
