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3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignettes and illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full crushed morocco (burgundy/blue/green respectively), backs with raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt tops, hand-made endpapers, ribbon markers, a most attractive set ideal as a gift or for presentation. The illustrations were drawn by Lamb in the Oxfordshire village around which the trilogy is written.
417 pages. Index. Appendices. Footnotes. List of sixty black and white illustrations. A rare surviving copy of this important reference, made all the more engaging by today's environment of competing fiat currency devaluations. "Hitherto Numismatists when stydying the Origines of Coinage had confined themselves to the materials presented to them in the earliest money of Lydia, Greece and Italy, and on the other hand the Metrologists had almost completely limited their range of observation to the systems of Babylon, Egypt, Greece and Rome. As the Comparative Method has yielded such excellent results in the study of other human institutions, I have endeavoured by its aid to get some new principles which may throw some fresh light on the first beginnings of monetary and weight systems." - from Preface. Attractive gilt decoration upon green front board. Legible gilt lettering upon backstrip. Average external soiling and wear. Several chips from and lengthy openings along backstrip which has become brittle with age. Narrow opening along most of front hinge. Back hinge open. Bookplate discretely removed inside front board. Unmarked. A tender but worthy copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of a Folio classic.
2 vols., 8vo., Eighth and Seventh Edition respectively, with frontispieces (original tissue guards present), titles in blue and black, and very numerous illustrations (16 and 14 full-page respectively) and head- and tail-pieces in the text; handsomely bound in navy half Chieftan morocco BY MORRELL, sides in blue cloth ruled in gilt, backs with five raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in gilt, gilt tops, pale blue laid endpapers, navy silk markers, uncut, a most attractive set ideal as gift or for presentation. The bindings are signed on front free endpaper versos. Brock's inimitable and much-loved 'Elia' illustrations to both works were first published in 1899. A FRESH, ELEGANT SET WITH CHARMING ILLUSTRATIONS IN A NOTABLE SIGNED BINDING. Skilton, p.160.
80 pages. Undated. Circa early 1900s? Colour illustration upon front board shows two young girls and a boy making daisy chains. Colour plate frontis (by D.C.S.?) shows girl on park bench reading to three youngsters and a dog seated around her, with the caption "There sits fair-haired Effie." Stories include: Playing Horses; The Concert at the Zoo; The Holiday Coach; The Bravest Deed; Going to See the Queen; A Visit to the Country; Elsie's Team; Eric's Holiday; Mrs. Lion's Infant School; A visit to the West Indies; Five Peas in a Pod; Proud Mr. Drake; The Whistling Pig; The Stray Lamb; The Boy and the Monkey; A Merry Game; How do you Do?; Mrs. Otter and Her Young Ones; Morning Song; The Wonderful Doll's House; Tired of Waiting; Poor Mrs. Duck!; The Grand Duchess; The Clever Cat; Eddy's Accident; My Portrait; Father's Birthday Present; Will's Wondrous Story; Katie's Present; and Topsy and the Gypsies. Contemporary pencil gift greetings atop front free endpaper. Erased pencil writing inside front board nearly invisible. Hinges intact. Binding sound. Original maroon cloth backstrip intact. Average wear and soiling to boards. Moderate yellowing to contents. A sound copy of this charming work. Book
First and only edition of this rare study of wool-bearing animals, especially the charmoise sheep, a breed developed by the author. 79 pp plus four full-page lithographed plates, three of which are CHARMING DEPICTIONS OF SHEEP, ORIGINAL LITHOGRAPHS BY SOULANGE-TESSIER AFTER ROSA BONHEUR, the most celebrated female painter of the 19th century. 4to. Attractively bound in 19th-century quarter morocco and decorated boards. Some spotting of text pages caused by impurities in paper. The lithographs, on far superior paper, are fine and bright. Rare.
60 pages. Features: Editorial - Liberty is a Necessity; *Gorgeous* two-page colour photo ad for General Motors features the 1956 Checrolet Bel Air 4-door sports sedan, Star Chief 4-door Catalina, Oldsmobile ninety-eight deluxe holiday sedan, Buick Roadmaster 4-door Riviera and Cadillac Sedan de Ville; The super-bomb stalemate between NATO and the Soviets; The Bennett Brothers - Archie, David and Jacob - are Canada's Biggest Landlords - photos and feature article by Peter C. Newman; Nice one-page colour photo ad for the 1956 Plymouth V-8 with push-button transmission; Industrial Quebec - Part V of Bruce Hutchison's "The Unknown Country"; The Battle over Report Cards - in the new-style reports a child competes with himself - not against others - with photos and comments from L.B. Bissell, Dorothy Millichamp, Harold Whitley, A.E. O'Neill, Mary Mahon and N.V. Scarfe; The Man with the Acres of Lambs - William Hayward's 7500 sheep in B.C. - article with great photos; Who Would Marry a Riverman? (short story); The Rise and Fall of Canadian runner Tom Longboat - The Bronze Mercury (a Maclean's flashback to 1906); How to Survive a Children's Birthday Party; Truly magnificent 1956 Plymouth/Dodge/De Soto/Chrysler/Imperial colour-photo centrefold ad features huge photo of tail fin with fashionable lady and large plane in background; Nice colour one-page ad for the Ford Monarch; Attractive full-page colour ad for the De Soto Fireflite V-8, 4-door sedan, with push-button transmission; Nostalgic ad for Labatt's IPA features photo of farmer Howard Ella of RR#3 Weston, Ontario; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text, title very faintly spotted; handsomely bound in full drak green crushed morocco, back with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, gilt top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The illustrations were drawn by Lamb in the Oxfordshire village around which the trilogy is written.
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text, title very faintly spotted; handsomely bound in full burgundy crushed morocco, back with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, gilt top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The illustrations were drawn by Lamb in the Oxfordshire village around which the trilogy is written.
8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations in the text; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, back with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, hand-made endpapers, gilt top, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. The illustrations were drawn by Lamb in the Oxfordshire village around which the trilogy is written.
308 pages. Index. Black and white photos. "This is the first book by a hunter-naturalist to be devoted exclusively to North America's most coveted trophies. It thoroughly covers all aspects of the game and hunting methods in every kind of sheep country, from the parched Mexican deserts to the mountain pastures of the Yukon." - from dust jacket. Dust jacket preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Prior owner's neat ink stamp and blind stamp upon front free endpaper else unmarked. Clean with light wear. A quality copy. Book
Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Tragic Pearl - First found off the coast of North-West Australia, a special pearl quickly changes from person-to-person, leaving death in its wake - a famous Australian crime story; The Tiger-Killer - Major Jim Corbett specializes in single-handedly shooting troublesome tigers in the hills of Kumaun, India; Blundering Through the Balkans - Part I - John Gibbons takes his amusing act on the road again; The "White Indians" of North Carolina - A photo-illustrated article about the Croatan Indians, said to be the lineal descendants of Raleigh's ill-fated "Lost Colonists," with whom, in 1587, the friendly Red men abandoned the settlement of Roanoke and went out into the wilds to start life afresh; Left in Charge - A 19-year-old, just six weeks from home, finds himself in charge of a lonely South African sheep farm, only to have alarming things begin to happen, including a skirmish with sheep stealers; The Money-Finder - An amusing story involving a peppery West African Commissioner, a wily native chief who tried to avoid paying his taxes, and a young officer who was a bit of a conjurer; The Boy Who Sought Adventures - Part III - B. Wicksteed continues his amazing young adventures; The Opium-Smugglers - In the ancient walled city of Manila the author met a friend who told him this strange story; My Mystery Job - A queer story told by a builder's foreman concerning a remarkable job he had been called upon to undertake; Whose Hippo? - A nasty legal battle ensues after a Hippo is shot; The Land of Mystery - Part III of III - Col. E. Alexander Powell and his cousin Colonel Gallowhur continue their travels through unexplored Nepal - with many lovely photos; The Djimat - The figurehead of an old sailing ship goes missing during alterations and the superstitious natives of Java are sure trouble is sure to follow; and more. 84 pages plus 28 pages. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
48 pages. This glamorous publication brought New York women the information they needed: news of the choicest fashion, entertainment, current happenings, where to go, what to see, and how much to pay. Features: Nice color cover photo of lady and her moving man; Fantastic promo inside front cover features photo of "strip tease" artist Gypsy Rose Lee and enticing information about the article on her which will appear in the next issue; Franklin Simon & Co. full-page ad for the new short sleeved "Scotch-and-Soda" Dresses; Full-page ad for Schaefer Beer - "now in cans"; Letters; Very nice one-page Macy's Little Shop photo ad featuring a Schiaparelli coat with beaver collar and muff; Nice half-page photo ad by Best & Co. features the Norman Hartnell Gardenia Gown; Opinions of the New York Woman; Photos of Frog Jumping championship at Ben Riley's Arrowhead Inn; Who'll Buy My Pictures? - photos of street sellers of art and poetry around Washington Square; Hold That Husband; Art for your own home - prints by the American Artists Group - with eight examples; Mary - the tale of a maid; Polly Pettit Deals in Ideas - she's been asked to serve as display director for Madison Avenue's 100th birthday celebration; What Dolly Madison Will Miss - the Madison Avenue Centennial call up memories of the plump, flouncing lady who was a prize shopper in her day; Great one-page color-photo ad for Macy's featuring model in long red coat with a black Persian lamb collar; Pull Your Punches - Artie McGovern's gym shapes the middles of Wall Street financiers - article with photo; The Fashion Editor's Diary; Autumn makeup; Great photos of the fashion $100 will buy in New York; Fantastic 'October' centerfold features color illustrations and black and white photos of seasonal fashions, their prices, and where they may be purchased; So Much To Buy; Photos of winter coat fashions; The Life and Times of a Silk Stocking - article with microphotos; How to be a Brand New Parent - article; Two-page color-illustrated feature on space-saving double-use furniture; Model rooms; Short cuts to good dinners; Five photos of Tallulah Bankhead; "Top Man" on Broadway - Theresa Helburn; Photos of the making of "Dodsworth", showing Mary Astor and Walter Huston; Dorothy Arzner - the only woman to ever become a motion picture director; Fantastic one-page color ad for the new "French Bootery" at 22 E. 57th St.; Madison Avenue - Rue de la Paix... a la New York; Tables About Town - details about meals offered by area restaurants, with prices; Manhattan Date Book; Those Itsy-Bitsy Gals! - Kitty Sharp writes about how men can't resist those 'little girls' too weak to pick up their own words; Nice color ad for Marchand's Golden Hair Wash inside back cover features blonde holding dog; and more. Unmarked with modest wear. A quality copy of this great vintage depression-era item. Magazine
8vo., with engraved portrait frontispiece; handsomely bound in full light tan calf BY ZAEHNSDORF, boards with double frame border stopped at corners with rosettes all in gilt, upper board with Uppingham crest blocked in gilt, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second and fourth compartments with green and red leather labels ruled and lettered in gilt, all other compartments richly tooled in gilt to an art nouveau floral design, gilt dentelles, gilt doublures, gilt edges, marbled endpapers, silk headbands, a splendid example of a notable prize binding. The frontispiece is by Finden after Wageman.
8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and numerous plates; handsomely bound in full dark green crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with rasied bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. VERY SCARCE.
Third enlarged edition, 8vo (225 x 145 mm), [8], 256 + 36pp., of publisher's catalogue "Harding's New Catalogue of Books on Agriculture", engraved frontis., and 8 engraved plates (of which 3 are folding), orig. boards, rubbed, spine defective, uncut. Provenance: Ownership signature of W. B. Thomas, April 18, 1810, Goldsmiths'-Kress, 19812; Perkins, 1640.
88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue. Book
32 pages. Features: A Preacher Tells The Inside Story of Sinclair Lewis and His Preacher Book; A $20,000,000 Bond Issue That Will Cost the Taxpayers $49,500,000 (second in a series presenting some of the hidden features of modern finance underlying public bond issues); Gibson Girls, Gibson Men and the Chicago World's Fair; Japan Looks to America to Prevent Wars - Freedom from Extra Taxation for Armaments What They Most Want - article with wonderful photos; Every Person Has At Least One Book in Him; Henry Ford's Page - Finance Must Get Into Step; Editorials - Professor E.W. Kemmerer and Polish debt, Conspiracy, Fraud, the Elk Hills Oil Reserve, and Messrs. Doheny and Fall, attempt to impeach Judge Frank Cooper for upholding the country's prohibition law; People of the British Isles - The English; A Doctor Looks at Doctors - and sees them as they cannot see themselves; The True Story of Mary's Little Lamb - article with illustration of Mary Elizabeth Sawyer (Mrs. Columbus Tyler) and teacher Miss Polly Kimball; One-page ad (with photo) for Edison - Columbia - Victor recordings of the Old American Dances, as played by the Henry Ford Dance Orchestra; What is a Dollar Worth? (short piece); Chats with Office Callers - Smedley Butler cleans liquor from the San Diego Marine Barracks; Q & A; I Read in the Papers - Controversial play entitled "The Captive" and Otto H. Kahn of Famous Players, Ripon College student Lynn Wells operates a bookstore but carries no inventory, with nearly all his orders going to foreign countries; News Bits; photos of large sailboats inside back cover. Somewhat above-average wear with nibbling along coverfold. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy. Book
8 volumes - Paris, Impr. Nationale - In-4 - Broché - planches H.T. représentant les animaux primés (avec légende) - bon exemplaire - envoi rapide et soigné
2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous fine wood-engravings by Horace Bray in the text; original boards, buckram backs, backstrips lightly sunned, a very good, bright, clean set. EDITION LIMITED TO 285 COPIES. Printed by Robert Ashwin Maynard. Franklin, p.215.
Pages 303-396 plus 28 pages of ads, many wonderfully illustrated. Numerous black and white illustrations and photos in text. Features: Saved by Two Inches - How a big-horn sheep brought a veteran hunter to the verge of destruction in Montana; Gun-Running with Mexican Outlaw Emiliano Zapata - article with great photos; A Terrible Trip - Gold Searching in German New Guinea; Twenty Years in Newfoundland (Part II) - article with nice photos; Fishermen's Luck - a story from New Zealand involving T. Colthart, H. Hewlett and D.G. FitzGibbon; Across the Andes and Down the Amazon - the story of an adventurous journey (part II); The Well of Skulls - a story from Hyderabad; The Lake of Life - the Idiong secret society in Africa; The King Who Met His Match - a story from Sierra Leone; Trapped in a Tank (cover illustration); Captured by the Monkey-Men - an explorer's tale from the Orinoco River; The Smugglers of Gibraltar; Pete the Pup - an adventurous dog in New Mexico. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. Minor chipping to back strip. Three inch opening between front cover and base of spine. Overall a pleasing copy of this wonderful vintage issue. Book
Pages 266-352 pages plus 16 pages of great vintage ads. Features: The Crowsnest Holdup - a spectacular hold-up on the Canadian Pacific Railway and the tragic manhunt that followed; The Fire-Walkers of Fiji - a mystery that has never been solved - great photo-illustrated article; Roaming the Wild South Seas (part I) - Jack McLaren relates some of his strange and exciting experiences there; Hunting Bighorn Sheep in Mexico - a most exciting shooting trip in the wild Cocopah Mountains of Mexico - fantastic photo-illustrated article; Alone Across the Atlantic - Mr. Alain J. Gerbault sailed alone from Gibraltar to New York in 142 days; The Road to Timbuctoo (part III) - readers who enjoyed 'Three Asses in the Pyrenees" will find this narrative even more amusing; How "Mac" Won His Wife - a New Zealander abducts and marries a beautiful girl - with revengeful natives in pursuit; In Search of Sea-Monsters (part V) - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges set out in 1921 on an expedition to the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and caught multiple world-record-sized fish - article with photos; Zulliver's Travels - an ill-fated auto trip to California; Snapshots in China - great photos; Unknown Peru (part IV) - travel and adventure in the Andes - article with photos; Anstruther Gets a Job - an unemployed engineer in South Africa meets the promoter of a mine; The Two Strangers - an interesting sequel to "A Bunch of Keys" which appeared in the December 1923 issue; Great one-page illustrated General Electric locomotive ad speaks of the Mexican Railway between Orizaba and Esperanza where 10 electric locomotives will replace 25 steam locomotives; and more. Covers loose as one but present. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy copy of this great vintage issue. Book
88 pages. Songs include: Squonk; The Carpet Crawl; Robbery Assault and Battery; Afterglow; Firth of Fifth; I Know What I Like; The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway; The Musical Box; Supper's Ready; Cinema Show. Above-average wear and soiling. Binding intact. A worthy vintage copy of this timeless Genesis compilation. Book
Contains Acts relating to: Appeals; A. Astrico; Alexandra Company; Coroners; Supreme Courts; County Courts; Elections; Insurance; Intestacy; Land; Legal Professions; Licences; Liquors; Loan; Magistrates; Coal Mines; Minerals; Minors; Mortgages; Municipalities; Sheep; Schools; Supply; Statutes; Taxes; Trespass; Thistles. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Ex-Library
72 pages. Features: Nice cover illustration of boy celebrating summer vacation; Sisman's Scampers shoe ad inside front cover; Editorials deal with these topics - Partial Relief, A Doctor, Not a Nurse, Maintaining the Tradition, The Cooperatives, Farewell Toscanini, and Not Conquest but Murder; Trollop (short story); This Peace (short story); A Modern Odyssey - photo-illustrated article by Edgar N. Brown describes sea travel; Rough 'Un (short story); The Black Ace (short story); The Smooth Silence (short story); The Dilemma of Debt; Scotland Yard Versus Crime - photo-illustrated article on the system employed by this world famous organization to track down criminals, law breakers and lesser offenders; Golf Duds & Meteors - photo-illustrated golf article with photos of Charles A. Whitcome, Albert "Scotty" Campbell, Lex Robson, Tony Manero, Willie Lamb, and Tommy Armour; It's In the Bag - interesting article on the history of purses; Half-page Canadian Pacific ad features Banff; Palmolive ad features photo of Montreal stylist and designer Doris Preston; Nostalgic half-page ad for McClary Stoves; Vintage half-page photo ad for Eddy's Sterilized White Swan toilet paper shows fellow in bathing suit at the beach; Movie news with photos of Clark Gable, Francis Lederer, Ida Lupino, William Powell, Jean Chadburn, Alison Skipworth, Warren William, Conrad Veidt, Renee Ray, and more; Lux soap ad features photo of Joan Bennett; Photo of Dick Powell in Quaker Puffed Wheat ad; Pond's ad features photos of Miss Barbara Hebbard and Lady Daphne Straight; Unusual half-page ad for Blue-Jay Corn Plaster, by Bauer & Black Scientific; Nice half-page Canadian Pacific photo-ad features the Empress of Britain; Business News includes mention of the recent Alberta default; Cooking article; Lovely one-page colour Kraft ad features their cheese products; Nice one-page Heinz ad features their vinegar and Olive Oil; Vintage half-page Rice Krispies ad; Beauty article; Why Baby Cries; One-page Carnation Milk ad features five large photos of each of the individual Dionne Quints; World Sayings; Colour ads inside back cover for Lifebuoy and Rinso; Rare colour back cover ad for Red Indian oil and Marathon Blue gasoline features illustration of native elders in feathered headgear, painted by Winold Reiss; and more. Covers loose but present. Average wear and soiling. A worthy copy of this nice vintage issue. Book
