ADMIRALTY
A Seaman's Pocket-Book. June 1943. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. SOLE WARTIME EDITION WITH SUPPLEMENT: NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with 5 coloured plates and very numerous monochrome illustrations (many full-page) in the text; original boards printed in black, blue cloth back, a remarkably well-preserved, near fine copy. Publication code BR 827. With 2 pages of trade advertisements at front and BR 827a Supplement loosly inserted. Sole wartime edition of a deceptively detailed and compact guide aimed primarily at HO ratings that by now were forming an increasing proportion of ships' companies. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION
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ADMIRALTY
A Seaman's Pocket-Book. June 1943. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Introduced by Brian Lavery. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE FACSIMILE EDITION
8vo., with coloured plates and very numerous monochrome illustrations (many full-page) in the text; white cloth, blue cloth back lettered in white, a near fine copy. High-quality facsimile of the original edition of 1943. Original Publication Code BR 827. This deceptively detailed and compact guide was aimed primarily at HO ratings that by now were forming an increasing proportion of ships' companies.
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ADMIRALTY
A Seaman's Pocket-Book. June 1943. By Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. SOLE WARTIME EDITION: NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS
8vo., First and Sole Edition, with 5 coloured plates and very numerous monochrome illustrations (many full-page) in the text; original boards printed in black, blue cloth back, covers lightly age-soiled else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, clean copy. Publication code BR 827. With 2 pages of trade advertisements at front. Sole wartime edition of a deceptively detailed and compact guide aimed primarily at HO ratings that by now were forming an increasing proportion of ships' companies. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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BACQUE Raphaëlle
Richie
2015, Editions Grasset. In-8, broché, 284 pages.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : LITT6022C99
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Bates, Marsha
Decisive Years
Small piece of lower spine missing. Age-toned pages. 156 pages. "Hurriedly I lay beside him, pressing my nakedness against him, using only enough space to avoid falling to the floor. He stirred tiredly and his arms reached for me, gatheringme as closely to him as I wanted to get..."
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Brandon, Ralph
One Violent Year
Small piece of lower spine missing. Age-toned pages. Fragile glued binding. 147 pages, plus advertisements. "When I took her in the final act of love, there was no acting on my part nor on hers. It was the most exciting thing in my life or hers, and we both could know it without having to say it. I knew that in a strict physical sense she was a virgin as she had said. I also knew that to love such as this I had also been a virgin..."
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CONTRACTOR'S POCKET-BOOK -
The Engineer's, Architect's and Contractor's Pocket-Book for the Year 1861, being the first after leap year.
London, Lockwood & Co., 1861. Small 8vo. Orig. full calf with flap. All edges gilt. Stamps on title-page. 428 pp. + Advertisements., 7 plates, textillustrations, tables.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 53203
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FANTE JOHN
VIN DE LA JEUNESSE
2008, EDITIONS 10/18. In-12 broché. 331pp.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : LITT5964C99
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NATHALIE DES VALLIERES
SAINT-EXUPÉRY : L'ARCHANGE ET L'ÉCRIVAIN
1998, Gallimard. In-12, broché, 125 pp.
Referentie van de boekhandelaar : LITT6024C99
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