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pp. xxviii, 352. Top edge lightly foxed. Softcover. Penguin Classics paperback. Very good. W1
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, backstrip faintly browned else a near fine copy. Penguin Classics, L74. The cover roundel is based upon a medieval figure of Christ. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original orange printed wrappers, small label scar on front wrapper else a good, firm copy. Penguin 1131
pp. xviii, 248 + Plus frontis and full page photographs. Map. Pictorial endpapers. Tall 8vo. Original full green cloth binding, gold stamped. Second printing. "The author and his wife spent months on this southern Atlantic island, alone with five millions penguins. A readable and interesting account by this well known naturalist and pioneer nature photographer." POLAR 1 **
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
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, page-edges browning slightly; original orange printed wrappers, a very good, firm copy. Penguin 1137. Collects thirteen short stories.
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Age-toned pages. Previous owner's name inside. 375 pages.
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, backstrip very lightly browned else a near fine copy. Penguin Classics, L47. The cover roundel is by Ray Morgan.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1473.
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, backstrip a little browned else a very good, bright, crisp copy.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, page edges tanning slightly; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 782.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1262.
pp. xxvii, 548. Top edge lightly foxed. Softcover. Penguin Classics paperback. Very good. W1
8vo., First Edition thus; printed wrappers, backstrip very faintly tanned else a near fine copy. Pelican A451. First published in 1955, this is the work's first appeance in Penguin and second British edition overall. SCARCE THUS. Higginson A75c.
Sm. 8vo. First Edition with line illustrations as frontispiece and 16 coloured plates; original series binding of pictorial boards a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. King Penguin 60.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, half-title lightly spotted; original orange pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 2326
8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges toning slightly; original series binding of printed wrappers, covers very lightly age-soiled else a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin Classics L33. The cover roundel (a stylised periwinkle) is by Elizabeth Friedlander. 'The periwinkle was for Rousseau, I believe, the flower of memory, and memory is the keynote of his book'.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, small mark on half-title; original pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. First appearance in Rieu's renowned 'Penguin Classics' series, with cover roundel by Diana Bloomfield. Penguin Classics, L108.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition thus, small neat contemporary signature on half-title; original series binding of pictorial wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. The cover roundel is by Diana Bloomfield. Penguin Classics, L61.
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, a very good, bright, clean copy. Penguin 1211.
8vo., First Edition thus, page-edges browning very slightly; original printed wrappers, covers very faintly spotted else a very good, bright, clean copy. The cover roundel, designed by Berthold Wolpe, is based on the illustration of Agave with the head of Pentheus from the Sandys edition of The Bacchae. Penguin Classics, L44.
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.
480p. A Pelican Book. Nice copy. Pelican Books A291. SHAKESPEARE BOX 4
8vo., First Edition thus; original printed wrappers, a very good, clean copy. Penguin Classics L5. The first appearance of the work in Rieu's acclaimed Penguin Classics. The cover roundel is by William Grimmond.
