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Very Minor shelfwear. ; Oxford World's Classics; 7.5 X 5.0 X 0.9 inches; 432 pages
Some creasing to wraps. Light pencilling. Small tear to base of spine. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). Else VG. ; Oxford World's Classics; 7.5 X 5.0 X 0.9 inches; 432 pages
Creasing and edgewear to wraps. Some pencilling. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; The World's Classics; 7.3 X 4.6 X 0.6 inches; 320 pages
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates and illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; brown cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
208 pages. Colour plates. Describes nearly 800 British insects. Usual library markings. Average wear. Usual library markings. Sound working copy. Book
3 vols., 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with 3 portrait frontispieces; original series binding of navy cloth, upper boards blocked in blind, gilt backs, a near fine set in price-clipped, very lightly age-marked dustwrapper. Oxford English Texts. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
Pages 113-140. Features: Cover photo of smiling Churchill leaving Downing St. for Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation; Four photos of France's Marshall Petain in court, and two photos of the crowded courtroom; One page Karsh photo portrait of Mr. Attlee; Photos of Ernest Bevin, Herbert Morrison, Sir Stafford Cripps, and Hugh Dalton; Nice page of head-shot photos of 23 women members of the new Parliament; One-page descriptive map of the general election shows results at a glance; One-page illustration depicts the rise of the Labour Party in Parliament during 45 years; Photo of rear admiral E. J. B. Brind hoisted between ships by a breaches buoy; Six photos of new prime minister Attlee at the palace and in Potsdam; Mitchell bomber strikes Empire State Building - photo of smoke pouring from the building plus excellent photo of gaping hole in the 78th and 79th floors; Amazing aerial photo of many dozens of Flying Fortresses on airfield near Munich; Two-page monotone reproduction of long-lost painting,"A night at the old Vauxhall Gardens in 1784" by Thomas Rowlandson - found in village shop and sold for 2600 guineas; Photos of personalities of the week include Arthur Greenwood, Alfred Dobbs, Lady Oxford and Asquith, Mr. A. E. Hemming, Sir William Jowitt, and Yugoslavia's King Peter with his newborn son; Excellent two-page aerial photo entitled "The first permitted aerial view of the City of London's immense devastated areas - St. Paul's Cathedral largely isolated by huge ruined sectors on three sides"; Photo of Gen. DeGaulle addressing crowds at the French port of Brittany; Photo of E. J. S. Woolley, commanding officer of the lonely island of Tristan Da Kunha in the South Atlantic, commissioning a small craft; Photo of living room scene inside massive flying boat "Hawaii Mars"; Unusual photo of Japanese prisoners lined up for roll-call on Okinawa (unusual in that Japanese soldiers rarely surrendered); Photo of German POWs observing atrocities of German torture camps at film showing in a New York hospital; Too large photos of US battleships on their way to bombard Japanese installations; Three photos of Field Marshal Montgomery being honoured; Three photos of the Guards Armoured Division, the liberators of Brussels, being honoured by the city; Amazing one-page photo of the liner "Queen Elizabeth" stuffed with thousands of servicemen being repatriated to North America; Colour back cover add for Kia-Ora drink; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 617- 644. Features: Page of six photos document Japan's Emperor Hirohito informing his ancestors that World War II has ended; Two pages of photos and illustrations explain the complicated machinery used to transform coal into household gas and valuable byproducts; Eight interesting photos present the vessel "Empire Victory" which, along with nine whale catching ships, will spend seven months catching and processing whales near Antarctica; Two-page illustration shows German U-boats making their last voyage and tow, and the demolition of U-2321 at sea; Two pages of photos present a pictorial survey of British troops' thankless task in the Netherlands East Indies - Surabaya and Batavia; Illustrations from Nuremberg show court proceedings and prison life of the war criminals; Centrefold illustration of Nuremberg's central courtroom during the hearing of evidence by general Lahousen, with Goering and a German counsel interrupting the witness; Article entitled "Record of the Sixth Airborne Division" includes photos of Maj. Gen. R. N. Gale and Maj. Gen. E. Bols, plus a photo of their men clearing the streets of Tel Aviv after riots during which they were stoned; Photos of the Nuremberg trial include general Lahousen, Hess, Ribbentrop, and Goering; the British prosecuting body, and a rare moment of levity with the Nazi accused, surrounded by their guards, all laughing; Photos of personalities of the week include John Amery, John Pearce, Eric Boal, the captains of the Oxford and Cambridge football teams, Mr. and Mrs. Churchill with their grandson, the deposed ruler of Yugoslavia, King Peter II and his queen, formerly Princess Alexandra of Greece, Justice Bucknill, Domingo De Las Barcenis, William Grimes, Dwight Filley Davis, Sir Robert Robinson, Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley, and Lieut. Gen. Sir Archibald E. Nye; Photo of troops of the British sixth Airborne Division clearing a Tel Aviv St. during the recent revival of Jewish-Arab unrest and rioting; Photo of the headquarters of the controller of light industries in Tel Aviv, badly damaged by rioters; Nice photo of the HMS "Indomitable" arriving to a waving crowd at Portsmouth, after a Far East mission; Photo of the King of Thailand speaking with Prof. SiriBhada before leaving Switzerland in a British military aircraft; Photo of Swedes demonstrating against their government's decision to deport Baltic refugees; Photo of Benedictine monks and reconstruction work amongst the ruins of Monte Cassino; Photo of the new French cabinet; Photo of farewell ceremony as Russian troops leave Prague; Photo of large crowd of Dutch re-burying 17-year-old Hanni Schaft, whose body was discovered in sand dunes near Harlem after she was killed by the Nazis; Interesting photo of competing political posters in Vienna; Photo of American soldiers viewing the ruined and dismantled Nazi Hall of Fame at Munich; Photo of the blazing ruins of British airliner "Hermes" which crashed on it trial flight; Interesting photo of large granite bust of Hitler, sold for 500 pounds at German Embassy sale. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 477-504. Features: nice colour ad or Guinness inside front cover; Cover photo of Southampton celebrating two 500th anniversaries with old-time pageantry at the historic Bargate on May Day; Five photos illustrate how the Italians protected Trajan's Column against modern war; Two pages of photos illustrate Denmark mourning the loss of its late King, Christian X; Book review of "John Wildman, Plotter and Postmaster"; Five photos from Crete show British war graves, a German troop memorial, and other scenes; Page of photos and illustrations show how electric power will be generated at new Scottish projects; Five photos of oilfields in an English countryside - Eakkring's 150 ton-per-day wells in Nottinghamshire; Article on the Moscow Conference; Five photos of Viceroy and Lady Mountbatten in Peshawar; Photo of Norwegian scientists setting sail in a balsa raft, to prove a point about ancient Peruvian migration; One page photo of May Morning at Magdalen Tower, Oxford; Six centrefold illustrations of the services club for British officers in Paris run by N. A. A. F. I. in the Rothschild mansion in the Rue Du Faubourg-St.-Honore; Four photos document Beatification of Maria Goretti; Photos of personalities of the week include Gerald Micklem, Squadron-Leader H. B. Martin, Lewis Douglas, Margaret Lockwood, Lady Rothermere, Mrs. N. Bolton, Sir Almroth Wright, Mr. E. W. Sturgess, M. Thorez, and M. Paul Ramadier; Three photos of "Chicago" style scenes in London streets after a motorcyclist was shot for trying to prevent the escape of three men who attempted a daylight raid on a jeweler's shop; One-page photo of Eighth Army badges made into a tapestry - an unusual gift for "Monty"; Nice colour back cover ad for the deHavilland Dove, an aircraft for executive and private travel. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 389-440. Features: River Shannon air disaster - photo of the plane and survivors after a Super Constellation airliner, Triton, of K.L.M. crashed into the estuary killing 28; Two pages of photos of the star aircraft flown at Farnborough; Photos of personalities in the news include Commodore Adriaan Viruly - captain of the crashed KLM airliner, Dr. Alfred Cox, the Italian team which climed K-2, and Lady MacRobert; Photos of St. Clement Danes which is to be restored; Two pages of wonderful photos of life in the remote regions of New Guinea, including a precious photo of a white infant smiling up at a native adorned in full local dress; Two pages of photos of the disastrous hurricane which struck the U.S. Atlantic coast - scenes during and after, including the falling steeple of Boston's Old North Church; Nice centerfold cutaway illustration of the H.M.S. Daring and her sister-ships; 17th century illustrations of Goa by an early traveller; Royal engagements in Scotland and Ontario - the opening of Sir Adam Beck Niagara Generating Station No. 2 at Niagara Falls; The British Association - photos of leading figures and guests; Last voyage of the Canadian Pacific liner 'Empress of Canada' which burned and sunk on January 25th; Tire fire on an Elizabethan Air-liner upon touchdown in London; Photo of U-505 which is to be transported to Chicago; Italian statue called "The Christ of the Deep"; Nice colour one-page ad for Sanderson wallpapers and fabrics features saxophone; Nice colour ad for Double Diamond on back cover; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound vintage copy. Book
4to., First Edition, on laid paper; original printed wrappers, yapped edges, uncut and largely unopened, covers a little dust-soiled else a near fine copy. Oxford Bibliographical Society, Proceedings & Papers, Vol. V Part I.
CAMBRIDGE, Cambridge University Press - 1988 - In-4 - Reliure pleine toile éditeur sous jaquette illustrée - Gardes illustrées - Nombreuses illustrations NB dans le texte et HT, certaines PP - Texte en anglais - Bibliographie, index - XXV & 367 - Bel exemplaire
8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a large folding plan coloured in outline, wanting front free endpaper, rear free endpaper browned; original series binding of purple cloth, sides with multiple frame border in blind enclosing Society emblem in gilt, gilt back, gilt top, uncut, a bright, firm copy. Oxford Historical Society, vol. IV. Sold from an institution with its release plate on front paste-down, cancellation stamp on title verso and neat stamp on lower edge. Cordeaux & Merry, 7743.
Mm 250x301 Edizione fuori commercio per la "RAS - Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà" - Volume rilegato in tela con sovraccoperta, custodia protettiva muta, 279 pagine con molte illustrazioni in nero e a colori. Libro in ottimo stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
In-4 (cm. 31.70), tela editoriale, sovracoperta editoriale illustrata, custodia in cartoncino, pp. 277, (3), con numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero e a colori nel testo. Contributi di Maria Luisa Accorsi, Girolamo Arnaldi, Carmela Baffioni, etc. Introduzione di Jacques Le Goff. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
Mm 250x301 Edizione fuori commercio per la "RAS - Riunione Adriatica di Sicurtà" - Volume rilegato in tela con sovraccoperta, custodia protettiva muta, 276 pagine con molte illustrazioni in nero e a colori. Libro in ottimo stato. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
L'autrice divenuta scrittice e giornalista ripercore gli anni della prima guerra mondale. Una Narrativa basata su fatti veri.
Biography and study of Hurrell Froude (1803-1836), an early leader of the Oxford Movement. xix,235 pages. Includes Index. Dedication on front free endpaper from the author to John Fowles and includes a letter from Piers Brendon to John Fowles whose bookplate is on the front pastedown. Slight fading to spine of dust jacket which also has small brown area, probably by heat on back cover. Light foxing and dust to top page edges and a little foxing on fore-edges.
8vo., Second Impression, on laid paper; original dove-blue laid paper wrappers printed in blue, sewed as issued, yapped edges, wrappers lightly browned at backstrip and with small loss at head of backstrip else a remarkably well-preserved, crisp, clean copy. Published in same month as the first edition. Bradley's inaugural lecture as Professor of Poetry at Oxford, which post he held until 1906. EXTREMELY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
pp. ix, 133 + Plus Frontis and numerous full page drawings by Muirhead Bone. Text illustrations. Bookseller's label. Endpapers foxed. Text clean. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Gilt lettered spine. Original dust jacket, worn. Hardbound. Second printing. TRAVEL/7
8vo., with 2 plates; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, covers lightly browned at margins else a very good, bright, clean copy. The catalogue lists 191 items.
2 vols., roy. 4to., First Edition; original blue buckram, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Sold from an institution with its bookplate on front paste-downs and neat accession data on title versos. The institutional marks notwithstanding, a lovely set in dustwrappers.
8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece and 52 fine plates in monochrome; original blue cloth, a very good, clean copy.
2 vols., in 5, 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, six leaves poorly opened in vol. II, part 1; original series binding of purple cloth, upper boards blocked in gilt, gilt backs, gilt tops, UNCUT AND PARTIALLY UNOPENED, small pull at headband of first volume, a near fine set of a scarce work. With a bookplate. Oxfordshire Historical Society, vols., I, X, XI, XII and XIV. Cordeaux & Merry, 1582; Read 2629.
8vo., First and Sole Edition, on laid paper, with a fine portrait frontispiece of Smith by Bone, small neat contemporary signature on front paste-down; original blue buckram, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. EDITION LIMITED TO 1250 COPIES. Smith was Merton Professor of English Literature in the University of Oxford. This wonderful encomium includes a bibliography of his works. Collects nineteen extended essays by many of Smith's most eminent literary contemporaries. 'Addison' (C.S. Lewis), 'The Conciseness of Swift' (Herbert Davis), 'Deane Swift, Hawkesworth, and the Journal to Stella' (Harold Williams). 'Pope at Work' (George Sherburn), 'The Inspiration of Pope's Poetry' (John Butt), 'Where Once Stood their Plain Homely Dwelling' (Collins Baker), ''Some Aspects of Eighteenth Century Prose' (James Sutherland), 'Note on the Composition of Gray's Elegy' (H.W. Garrod), 'John Langhorne' (Hugh MacDonald), 'Notes on some Lesser Poets of the Eighteenth Century' (W.L. Renwick), 'The Formal Parts of Johnson's Letters' (R.W. Chapman), 'Mrs. Piozzi's Letters' (James L Clifford), 'The Power of Memory in Boswell and Scott' (F.A. Pottle), 'Robert Burns' (R. Dewar), 'Fanny Burney's Novels' (Lord David Cecil), 'Elegant Extracts' (Edmund Blunden), ''The Old Cumberland Beggar and the Wordworth Unities' (H V D Dyson), 'Matthew Arnold and Eighteenth-Century Poetry' (Geoffrey Tillotson), 'A List of the Writings of David Nichol Smith 1896-1945' (F P Wilson), 'Index' (Arthur Tillotson).
