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Lovely colour illustrations. Nice Morris Oxford colour full-page ad; The Ups and Downs of Woman's 'Crowning Glory'; nice colour Hillman full-page ad; Nice colour Lucas Electrical ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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
<p>20 cm, rilegatura in pelle morbida blu con titolo in oro al piatto e dorso, piccola illustrazione dorata al piatto con squadra e compasso, tagli in oro spruzzati di blu p. (4), (4), 956; 141, XIX, (4), 9. Bella edizione massonica che conserva le istruzioni editoriali per il corretto uso e la preservazione del volume. In fondo alla seconda opera con numerazione propria "..New Oxford masonic Bible concordance.." 19 tavole illustrate in nero e 9 carte geografiche a colori. I tagli sono in oro quando il volume è chiuso ma sono tinti di blu (come la copertina) quando il libro è aperto. Stampato su carta india sottile, ottimamente conservato. Le prime quattro pagine, non compilate, stampate su cartooncino con inchiostro blu e rosso riportano alcune righe con lo spazio in cui inserire i riferimenti della loggia di appartenenza ed i confratelli che hanno accettato il nuovo membro possessore del volume .Testo in inglese, su due colonne con note al centro. Rara edizione della massoneria oxfordiana.</p>
4to, 15pp., printed in double columns, original printed wrappers (detached), spine worn.
8vo., original printed wrappers, sewed as issued, back strengthened with adhesive tape but a very good, clean copy of an uncommon work. 'Oxfordshire Record Society', vol. XVII.
Inscribed by the author on the front end paper. No other marks or inscriptions. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased. 240pp. The coats of arms of Merton College, Oxford, in stained glass, stone, marble, brass and wood as well as on silver, in portraits, in manuscripts and on leather book bindings - displayed in colour with descriptions and origins.
95 pages. Black and white photographic plates. Features: The Oxford University Expedition to Sarawak, 1932; The Japanese South Polar Expedition of 1911-1912; The Administration of the Mandated Territory of New Guinea; A Roman Bridge in the Fens; Geodesy and Geophysics at Lisbon; The Empty Quarter of Arabia; Air Survey by Multiple Lens Cameras. University library bar code upon first page of advertisements, otherwise unmarked with average wear. One-inch chip hanging from backstrip. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 3 full-page illustrations in the text; original series binding of terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Includes select bibliography.
Sm. folio, First Edition, with 80 fine coloured and tinted plates; original oatmeal holland, upper board and backstrip lettered in brown, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the whole housed in publisher's board slip-case. EDITION LIMITED TO 400 COPIES
Wraps creased with some edgewear. ; Penguin Classics; 7.0 X 4.3 X 0.8 inches; 384 pages
The complete works of this early British learned economic journal which was published quarterly between 1881 and 1914 for the Oxford University Branch of The Christian Social Union. Includes writings by many names familiar to the modern historian of economic thought including: W.J. Ashley; W.H. Beveridge; J. Bonar; A.L. Bowley; Edwin Cannan; S.J. Chapman; A.W. Flux; L.L. Price; J.C. Stamp; R.H. Tawney; Sidney Webb; Beatrice Webb. Usual library markings. Most volumes bound in three-quarter leather with raised bands. Many later volumes bound in black buckram. Buckram volumes in good condition although all volumes bear varying degrees of external dustiness due to the partial disintegration of the leather on the leather-bound volumes which has produced considerable residue. Some leather backstrips partially loose. Gilt lettering upon all backstrips bears varying degrees of wear. Bindings generally sound. Leather volumes bear heavy external wear. Aside from the external soiling/dust, a worthy working compilation of this rare and interesting journal. Total weight approximately 90 pounds. Book
2 vols., roy. 8vo., with 2 coloured portrait frontispieces and 88 monochrome plates on 60; cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright set in the dustwrapper, the latter lightly frayed and creased at extremities. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
3 vols., [of 5], 8vo., Mixed Impressions, with frontispieces and plates; original black cloth, backstrips with printed paper labels, backstrips worn and split, labels worn (but just legible), uncut, a good, sound working collection of the first three volumes. Sold from an institution with its bookplate and press-marks on endpapers, and small blind stamp on titles. Woodforde's account includes Oxford and the Somerset Curacies 1758-1776 and thereafter his residence in the Norfolk village of Weston Longeville. The first three volumes comprise Vol. I: 1758-1781 (second impression, 1924); Vol. II: 1782-87 (first edition, 1926); Vol. III: 1788-92 (first edition, 1927). Beresford's definitive edition was first published in five volumes between 1924 and 1931. See Cordeaux & Merry 158; Darroch & Taylor 3369; Pargellis & Medley 671.
5 vols., 8vo., with 5 frontispieces, 22 plates and large folding map, tops lightly dust-doiled; black cloth, gilt backs, dustwrapper of first volume laminated to boards else a very good, bright, clean working set in unclipped dustwrapper. SOLD FROM AN INSTITUTION WITH ITS STAMP AND LABEL ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPERS. Woodforde's account includes Oxford and the Somerset Curacies 1758-1776 and thereafter his residence in the Norfolk village of Weston Longeville. The set comprises Vol. I: 1758-1781; Vol. II: 1782-87; Vol. III: 1788-92; Vol. IV: 1793-1796; Vol. V: 1797-1802. Beresford's definitive edition was first published in five volumes between 1924 and 1931. This is the first complete re-issue. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE. Cordeaux & Merry 158; Darroch & Taylor 3369; Pargellis & Medley 671.
5 vols., 8vo., with 5 frontispieces, 22 plates and a large folding map; navy cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Woodforde's account includes Oxford and the Somerset Curacies 1758-1776 and thereafter his residence in the Norfolk village of Weston Longeville. The set comprises Vol. I: 1758-1781; Vol. II: 1782-87; Vol. III: 1788-92; Vol. IV: 1793-1796; Vol. V: 1797-1802. Beresford's definitive edition was first published in five volumes between 1924 and 1931. Much-needed reissue of the first reprint of 1968. Cordeaux & Merry 158; Darroch & Taylor 3369; Pargellis & Medley 671.
Pages tanned. Spine sunned with creasing. Scholar's name to ffep (Robert Brown). ; Penguin Classics; 7.1 X 4.4 X 1.2 inches; 704 pages
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map, endpapers (only) lightly damp-marked; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON BLANK PRELIMINARY AND SIGNATURE ON TITLE. Published in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series. SIGNED AND PRESENTATION COPIES IN THIS SERIES ARE VERY SCARCE.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and large folding map; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Published in Hale's seminal 'County Books' series.
8vo., with a portrait frontispiece, small neat signature on front free endpaper; original blue cloth, upper board framed in blind enclosing floral spray in gilt, blue top, gilt back, a very good, clean copy in dustwrapper, the latter mildly rubbed and creased at extremities. Hutchinson's famous edition (first published in 1904) contains all Shelley's ascertained poems and fragments of verse that have hitherto appeared in print. VERY SCARCE IN THE DUSTWRAPPER.
8vo., with 11 coloured and monochrome plates on 8; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The revised and updated edition of this definitive guide. The present edition includes all 33 episodes of the TV series together with the 2006 sequel 'Lewis'.
Two volume set in slipcase. Includes Bausch & Lomb magnifying glass. Full blue cloth boards; gilt lettering on spine. The books themselves are in Very Good condition, with sharp edges and bright white pages. Slipcase shows some wear, spots,, bumps and small tears. Broken and missing plastic pull tabs inside case that are there to help pull the books out of slipcase. This extremely heavy set will require extra postage for priority or international shipping. This is the compact edition of the original 20 volume bound set of the Oxford English Dictionary, published by the Oxford University Press. The O.E.D. is the world's ultimate authority on English vocabulary, diction, usage, and etymology and includes about three-quarters of a million words.
8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece; original series binding of blue cloth gilt, gilt back, a fine copy. Oxford Medical Publications. Collects twelve essays by the eminent pioneer in neurosurgery.
8vo., with a frontispiece and very numerous illustrations in the text; original pictorial wrappers, a near fine copy.
Sm. 8vo., First Edition, with 121 plates on 80, and numerous plans (a number full-page), illustrations and 3 double-page maps in the text; black cloth gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. THE ORIGINAL EDITION IS SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Buildings of England, BE45. Cherry 45; HB4, HJ3.
VG pbk. 16231. eng
