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A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Age-toned pages. Previous owner's name inside. 375 pages.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 64 plates in monocghrome and illustrations in the text, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpaper; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly sunned at backstrip. King Penguin 62.
8vo., Second Impression thus; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean, crisp copy. First published in Penguin Classics in 1956. The cover roundel is by George Buday. Penguin Classics, L49.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original orange printed wrappers, covers very faintly browned else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1068.
8vo. First Edition thus neat contemporary signature on half-title; original orange printed wrappers backstrip very lightly age-soiled else a very good bright clean copy. Penguin 1068
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
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.
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
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 16 coloured plates and 8 plates in monochrome, free endpapers lightly spotted; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped with tiny loss at head and tail of backstrip. King Penguin 69
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.
pp. xxvii, 548. Top edge lightly foxed. Softcover. Penguin Classics paperback. Very good. W1
pp. xxviii, 352. Top edge lightly foxed. Softcover. Penguin Classics paperback. Very good. W1
pp. xxxi, 472. Top edge lightly foxed. Softcover. Penguin Classics paperback. Very good. W1
pp. xxii, 460. Top edge lightly foxed. Softcover. Penguin Classics paperback. Very good. W1
pp. xxvi, 386. Top edge lightly foxed. Softcover. Penguin Classics paperback. Very good. W1
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 40 pages of plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 76.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 40 pages of plates and illustrations in the text; original series binding of pictorial boards, a very good, bright copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 76.
No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked, slightly scratched boards and no bumping to corners. 147p. This issue includes HG Wells and 'The Time Machine', The Penguin story, Cicely Mary Barker and the 'Flower Fairy' books, Bodley Head'd Classic Giftbooks, Douglas Reeman/Alexander Kent, the search for the real King Arthur, Kingsley Amis, index and letters and classified..
8vo., First Edition thus, page edges very lightly tanning; original printed wrappers, a near fine copy. Penguin Classics, L97.
8vo., First Edition thus, pages tanning slightly as usual; original printed wrappers, backstrip lightly browned else a very good, bright copy. Pelican A155.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Light wear to cover and small tear at top of spine. Penguin Classics edition. Age-toned pages. 560 pages.
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; pictorial wrappers, backstrip very slightly browned else a very good, firm, clean copy. Penguin 1724.
Oblong 4to., with coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; original pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Puffin Picture Book No. 43.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 270 pages. Very slight wear to cover.