Strang, Herbert (editor)MareMagnum
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Worn cover; loose front hinge. Interior pages clean and unmarked. 7 1/2"w x 9 1/4"h. No date shown; circa 1920's. Printed on thick, heavy paper.
8° tela edit. pp. XXI-216, con 26 ill. ft. Alcune fiorit.
Endpapers browned. Former owner's name in ink to Inner cover. Some pencil notes to rear endpaper. A few ink notes. Copyright page shows 1898 but advertisements at end dated 1905 ; English translation only. ; 111 pages
8vo., Third Edition thus [later impression], with a frontispiece, plates and full-page type-facsimiles, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Initially published in 1923 as Vol. V of Chapman's five-volume edition of The Novels. The 'illustrations from contemporary sources' are a new feature, augmented here by type-facsimiles of all three volumes of the first edition of 1813. Each of Chapman's five volumes is complete in itself, with introductory note and considerable bibliographical and literary apparatus. Gilson E150 (recording the five-volume collection).
6 vols., 8vo., with frontispieces; black cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. An elegant set. The set comprises Vol. I: Sense and Sensibility; Vol. II: Pride and Prejudice; Vol. III: Mansfield Park; Vol. IV: Emma; Vol. V: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion; Vol. VI: Minor Works. Chapman's third edition of the novels (five volumes) was first published in 1933; the sixrh volume was added in 1954. Chapman 18 (recording the first edition); Keynes 40, 41 (recording the first and second editions); Gilson E150, F15.
120 pages. Features: Robert McNamara Cover Photo; Many gorgeous color-photo fashion ads; One-page ad for soundtrack to movie "I Do! I Do!", starring Mary Martin and Robert Preston; Great ad for Sony Superscope tape recorders in children's birthday party scene; The Myths That Divide India and Us; The Prevalence of Hobbits - thirty years after they were invented by a bored Oxford don, the hobbits - "a benevolent, furry-footed people" - have taken a new generation by storm - illustrated article with photo of Tolkien; Are We On the Brink of Another Arms Race? - photo-illustrated article; The Two Extremes of Avant-Garde Music - Milton Babbitt and John Cage; Sauvage of Seventh Avenue - Jacques Tiffeau Understands Today - photo-illustrated article; Judge Botein - a Judge with 'Disciplined Indignation'; Lovely color-photo centerfold of Springmaid's Miss January, Martha Branch; Great nostalgic one-page color-photo ad for General Motors features photos of eight of their station wagons; A High School Principal Reports "The young... are going for uglification and unlovableness faster and faster"; Uncommone one-page color-photo ad for Mott's Figure Control Meals which are a 'wicked way to lose weight'; and more. Above-average external wear. Faint library stamp on first page. Covers almost loose. A worthy vintage copy. Book
In 16°, br. muta del tempo (dorso ricostruito), pp.VII-159. Bella guida databile attorno ai primi decenni dell'800, preziosa per le raffinate incisioni in rame di cui è adorna: 1 pianta topografica dell'Università e della città di Oxford più volte ripieg. + 4 tavv. f.t. raffiguranti alcuni particolari edifici dell'Università. La seconda parte della guida è dedicata ai dintorni della città: Blenheim Castle, Ditchley, Heythrop, Nuneham, Stow, sedi e tenute di Conti e Marchesi. Fiorit. e alcune carte uniformemente brunite, ivi comprese le tavole. Sul retro della pianta timbro di biblioteca estinta seguito da quello di annullamento. Buon es.
239 pages. Index. "A revised and updated of the 1969 first edition. Has added plants from all around the world that have come into common use since then. The text has been rewritten to reflect current knowledge, especially regarding nutrition. The original full-colour illustrations are reprinted in full, together with new paintings specially commissioned for this book." - from dust jacket. Average wear. Usual library markings. A sound working copy. Book
Second edition, with large additions and corrections: To which is prefix'd a short Account of the Author, &c. folio (313 x 195 mm), [12], 366, [10]pp., folding engraved map of the county, engraved by Michael Burghers (with neatly repaired closed tear), 16 engraved plates, publisher's adverts to verso of final leaf, marbled endpapers, nineteenth-century calf by Francis Bedford, rebacked preserving original gilt-decorated spine and title label (chipped), all edges gilt. A very clean copy of this posthumously revised and enlarged second edition adorned with a life of Plot by his stepson John Burman. Provenance: Presentation inscription to front endpaper 'G. H. & E. A. Morrell from Mother, Christmas, 1884.' Upcott, p.1069-1070; Cordeaux & Merry, 4.
8vo., with numerous illustrations and tables in the text; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, radial corners, covers mildly age-soiled as usual else very good, bright, clean copy.
Spine sunned. Light tanning to pages. Faint foxing to endpapers. ; English translation. ; 152 pages
Minor Shelfwear. Small closed tear to ffep. ; Penguin Classics; 7.8 X 5.0 X 0.9 inches; 368 pages
Mm 140x225 Two volumes in one, with portrait. Volume cartonato, legatura editoriale in tela blu, titoli in oro al dorso, 573 pagine. Testo in inglese - english text. Copia molto buona. SPEDIZIONE IN 24 ORE DALLA CONFERMA DELL'ORDINE.
Notes in pen to 1 free front endpaper. Minor creasing to wraps. Minor Shelfwear; Penguin Classics; 7.7 X 5.1 X 1.0 inches; 320 pages
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, very minor traces of foxing to page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or creased with one cm enclosed tear to spine and rubbing to top of spine. 240pp. This book takes the reader through the geographical area of Thomas Hardy's novels region by region, pointing out the association of each place in its geographical order.
8vo., with full-page illustration in the text; original series binding of red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. First published in OEN in 1968. Includes select bibliography.
Book shows very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have lightly bumped corners, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind except for previous owner's inscription on front end paper. Dust jacket shows light wear no tears, price clipped. Published in Colaboration with the Gibert White Museum. This is the redesigned and illustrated edition with additional material of the first publication in 1789. 256 pages with large color prints throughout.
Features: Colonel Grivas meets the Greek Prime Minister; The 105th University Boat Race - Oxford and Cambridge; Comets; The Centenary of District Nursing; London as the Romans saw it; Making Bearkskins - a generous Canadian offer; Hazor and the Idolatrous Israelites - Highlights of the last season, Part II - the Mound; The Sumptuous Gold Regalia of a Burmese King; Snow Geese by the thousand; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
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 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 993-1036. Features: cover photo of Dr. Wilhelm Furtwangler, conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, forced into retirement by Nazi influences; Photo of the League of Nations meeting in Geneva to discuss an international military force to police the Saar; Page of illustrations of the "Emperor" of conductors, Toscanini; Page of photos describe the plight of Hungarian refugees expelled from Yugoslavia; One page photo shows the "Orion" being launched at Barrow electronically by the Duke of Gloucester in Brisbane, 12,000 miles away; Fascinating photo-illustrated article by disillusioned young Oxford Socialist John Brown, author of "I Was a Tramp", describes his trip to Soviet Russia; Two large photos commemorate the first regular airmail from England to Australia via Imperial Airways; Photo illustrated article on blind fish in the Caverns of Brazil - first photos of live specimens; Two pages of illustrations of the Mayo composite aircraft, under construction for Imperial Airways, which launches heavily loaded mail planes upon its back; Page of photos and text present prehistoric pottery found in Persia - "entirely unexpected" types from Syalck; Two pages of fabulous photos illustrate how a Japanese hotel combines domestic tradition with incongruous borrowings from the West; Majestic colour one-page ad for Dunlop boasts of their 90th anniversary; Amazing photo of Canadian "Monster" - sea cow, basking shark, or "cadborosaurus" - recently discovered on the shores of Henry Island, British Columbia; Centrefold photos of the Duke of Gloucester at functions in Australia; Photo of Sir Wilfred Grenfell giving medical attention in Newfoundland and Labrador; Photos of the Prince of Wales in distressed Durham; Photos of attempts to save Charles O'Leary who died after three days trapped in an Irish well; Photos of the Soviet funeral for murdered Sergei Kiroff; Photo of new airplane for the Viceroy of India, the "Star of India"; Photo of famous archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans sitting for his portrait bust by David Evans; Photo of the Salvation Army welcoming its new general, Miss Evangeline Booth; Photos of personalities of the week include General Temperley, G. G. Knox, M. Titulescu; Anthony Eden, M. Laval; Baron Aloisi, Ruchdi Bey, Julian Wylie, Sir Horace Lamb, King Prajadhipok, Sir James O'Grady, Sir Edwin Lutyens, C. H. Bressey, Col. Lindbergh's second son, little John, being taken to school by his mother, the late Lord Riddell, C. T. P. Ulm, George Littlejohn, J. L. Skilling, and the late Viscount Buckmaster; Nice colour one page Dewar's ad features Santa hefting cases of whisky; Colour photos of Christmas eve celebrations in Hungary; Article and photos of 6 million year old insect fossils; Page of photos of the filming of "Lorna Doone";One-page South Africa tourism ad One-page Schweppes ad; and more. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
Pages 1077-1116. Features: Cover photo of the five-power conference to negotiate a new international treaty for the limitation of naval armaments; Illustration of the great Finnish composer M. Jean Sibelius on the occasion of his 70th birthday; Page of illustrations of naval cruisers of Britain, Japan, Germany and Italy - a reduction problem for the five-power naval conference; Page of reproductions of archival illustrations of historic precedents for Lord De Clifford's trial; Photos of air raids on Dessie - Italian bonds damaged the palace of the Crown Prince just after the Emperor of Abyssinia had left it to me: Article discusses "What is Electricity?"; Page of illustrations present electricity as a "new servant"of man; Oil - the diplomatic problem of the hour - three pages of photos of the modern oil industry; A unique complex of bronze age Irish ring-forts - new discoveries of unusual interest, at Cush, in the County Limerick; Page of photos of newly found relics of Celtic Ireland in the Bronze Age; a 12th-century Irish reliquary - the shrine of St. Manchan - text and photos; Page of photos of anteaters Map of the present Abyssinian Empire; Two-page illustration of the boiler furnaces of the "Queen Mary" being lit; Photo of rioting in Lahore; Photo of a large band of Sikhs overlooked by mounted police during a pause in their march to Lahore for Shahidi day; One page colour ad says Guinness is good for oysters - good for you; Colour centrefold illustration of the "Silver Jubilee Procession"; Nice colour one-page ad for Craven 'A' cigarettes with Christmas motif; Photos of personalities of the week include: the Oxford and Cambridge rugby teams, E. O. W. Hunt, George A Strasser, his Majesty Haile Selassie, Señor Manuel Quezon, the Bishop of Salisbury, Lord De Clifford, Thomas Marlowe, C. Hayden Coffin, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester in Ulster with their hostess, Lady Brooke; Photos of survivors of the "Silverhazel" being rescued near the US destroyer "Bulmer"; Photo of the new Commonwealth of the Philippines being inaugurated at the legislative building in Manila; Photo of Signor Mussolini reading a restrained speech in the Italian chamber on the sanctions situation; Photo of saluting Italian war widows and mothers at the unknown warrior's tomb; Photo of Miss Jean Batten's damaged airplane on Araruama Beach, Brazil; Photo of the Wiley Post and Will Rogers aviation beacon recently placed on the George Washington Bridge in New York; Photo of wrecked Belgian airliner in Kent which crashed killing 11; Photos of Sir John Carden and Capt. Jean Schoonbroodt; Photo of Mr. S. V. Appleby crossing the channel in a "Flying flea"; One-page South Africa travel ad features illustration of native Village scene; One-page illustrated ad for Booth's matured dry gin; One page ad for the Vauxhall big six saloon; Review of "Steel of Empire", by John Murray Gibbon; Halfpage illustrated Estorial (Portugal) travel ad; One-page ad promotes Austria as the 'ski paradise'; article discusses economic 'stabilization' and it's difficulties; and more. Centrefold loose but present. Outer advertising pages not included. Unmarked with average wear. A worthy vintage copy. Magazine
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
Features/Photos: Royalty at Entebbe Airport, Uganda; Commander Walter Schirra; Yemen - after the army seized power and dethroned the ruler; Tragedy of Mississippi University - James Meredith; The first Etruscan town to be excavated - Marzabotto; The Great London Livery Companies - VI - Merchant Taylor's Hall; What happens when an airliner is ditched; Annual Labour Party Conference; and more. Moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Quality copy. Magazine
Features: Oxford restored; Anglo-American Relations; Art, Craft and religion from Nabataean Eboda; The Trou Au Natron, one of the most dramatic sights of Tibesti; Harrogate College; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Sound copy. Book
