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Anon. Introduction by Geo. W. Cable
A Woman's Diary of the Siege of Vicksburg. Covering the period from Jan. 1863 to 23rd July. A rare original article from the Century Magazine 1885
Century Magazine Vol.30 1885 1885. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good Condition. Octavo. 9 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume not a reprint or copy. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Century Magazine; Inventory No: 078569. Century Magazine, Vol.30, 1885 unknown
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Anon. Introduction by Louis Ulbach
Les Caquets de L'accouchee
Paris - Librarie des Bibliophiles 1888 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. An edition of the French satire Les Caquets de L'accouchee introduced by influential Parisian literary figure Louis Ulbach. Roughly translated as 'The gossip of the new mother' the book satirises Fifteenth Century customs and attitudes towards motherhood and pregnancy where it would be seen as recuperative to listen to women giving birth. Condition: In decorative calf binding with gilt detailing. Externally smart there is some shelfwear to extremities and wear to backstrip. Internally the pages are firmly bound and are generally bright and clean aside from the odd instances of foxing throughout. Overall: VERY GOOD. Paris - Librarie des Bibliophiles hardcover
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Anon. J. Clegg
The Charter granted to the burgesses of Liverpool by William III with notes etc. also the Charter of George II to which is added a summary of the proceedings.from the reign of Elizabeth to the present time etc.
Liverpool: Egerton Smith & Co. Fair. 1810. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardback tightly bound in red quarter cloth over red patterned paper rubbed at corners no inscriptions. An untidy looking binding which appears to be fairly recent sometime in the last 50 years and not done by an expert. but the contents are complete and good and this is quite scarce as a 200 year old original document. 128 pages . Egerton, Smith & Co. hardcover
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Anon. James Beresford
COMIC MISERIES OF HUMAN LIFE An Old Friend In A New Dress
New York: Dewitt & Davenport 1856. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6� - 7�" tall. Some marking and occasional signatures in coloured pencil in text render this close to a reading copy though none the less interesting for that. Signed in pencil to fep by V Gilmer Nelson County Virginia. Gilt and blind embossed brown cloth boards very heavily worn. 12mo. 182pp publisher's ads. <br/> <br/> Dewitt & Davenport hardcover
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ANON. JNDarby. J. N.
Have We A Revelation From God Being A Review of Professor Smith's Article "Bible" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica Ninth Edition.
London: W.H.Broom and Rouse 1890. 0. 2nd edition. Reprinted from the "Bible Witness and Review". Pp.110 green floral endpapers foxed owners name to fep. Dark red blind-stamped cloth gilt title to front rubbing to top and tail of spine. G. . London: W.H.Broom and Rouse, 1890. 0 hardcover
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Anon. John Watkins publisher:
Introducing ''Keys'' to A.D. 1958
London: John Watkins 1957 First edition. HB. Cream boards with graphic images of keys in red and blue to front and back. 70pp. With small b&w photos in text. Religious Christian book of various texts 'keys' signifying ways to unlock spiritual meanings.Very Good condition. Light handling marks to covers London: John Watkins, 1957 hardcover
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Anon. John Pendleton Kennedy
Swallow Barn or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. II
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea 1832. Vol. II only. 315 pp. Neatly rebound in brown cloth. Foxing throughout numerous pages roughly opened at fore-edge. Size: 12mo. Hardcover. Collectible - Very Good/N/A. Carey & Lea Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 279163
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anon. Joseph Francois Tissot le jeune Creator
Les Ruses Des Filous Et Escrocs Dévoilées .: Les Aventures Auxquelles Leurs Friponneries Et Escroqueries Ont Donné Lieu . French Edition
Nabu Press 2012-02-02. Paperback. Good. Nabu Press paperback
Bookseller reference : SONG1274288878 ISBN : 1274288878 9781274288875
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ANON. KEAT. Miss. Attributed to
INFANTINE COMPLAINTS; or rather Complaints of Infants and hints to Mothers
Dickinson and Son. London. 1842. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Oblong 8vo. 8.8 x 5.6 inches. Title 2pp text 12 full page tinted litho satirical plates illustrating "complaints" of the behaviour of children or parents each with a leaf of humorous text opposite. The Plates with a little foxing but generally a very bright copy. Publishers brown cloth boards with gilt title to the front. Re-cased not recently with a replacement red cloth spine. Corners a bit bumped and rubbed but overall a very good copy of this scarce title. A search of Copac lists just four copies. The pre 1965 NUC gives the author as Miss Keats. Dickinson and Son. London. 1842 hardcover
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Anon. Keyhoe Donald E. Lindberg
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE VOL. LIII NO. 1 JANUARY 1928
Washington DC: National Geographic Society. G/No Dustjacket. 1928. . 1/2 Leather. "Seeing America with Lindbergh" The Record of a Tour of More than 20000 miles by airplane . . 8vo. 326pp. Leather rubbed and frayed . National Geographic Society hardcover
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Anon. Laura Sotelo & Michela Craveri editoras
Popol Vuh
M�xico D.F. : Universidad Nacional Aut�noma de M�xico 2018. 1st Edition. Soft cover. New/No Jacket. El Popol Vuh Libro de la comunidad narra el proceso de creaci�n del mundo de acuerdo con la cosmogon�a de los ind�genas k'iche'. Escrito originalmente en el siglo XVI el relato incorpora las haza�as de los dioses Junajpu e Xb'alanke que constituye el origen de las dinast�as gobernantes del pueblo k'iche'; se establece la genealog�a del mismo hasta culminar en el siglo XVI con se�ores como Donadiu y Juan Cort�s. Universidad Nacional Aut�noma de M�xico paperback
Bookseller reference : 019880 ISBN : 6070292855 9786070292859
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Anon. Leavitt and Allen
The Rose Bud 1860
Leather Bound. Good. Leavitt and Allen New York. No date circa 1860. Elaborate floral tooled green leather and bright gilt locket like oval title design both front and back covers. Very good though lacking spine strip. Binding holding neatly. Tight. All edges gilt. Significant rubbing and rounding at extrems. Christmas 1861 gift inscription else unmarked. Six engravings plus illus. vignettes tissue guards VG and intact. hardcover
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Anon. Lily L.
Uncle Philip's Conversations with the children about the habits and mechanical employments of inferior animals
Thomas Tegg & Son 1834. A new edition. Hard covers. Good/No Jacket. Owner's signature on ffep. Binding weak in places.Engraved title and facing frontispiece both foxed and with transference of ink. A charming example of early entomological juvenilia. Thomas Tegg & Son hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21700
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Anon. Linnean Society
The Journal of The Linnean Society. Botany Volume XXXII
Longmans Green and Co. and William and Norgate. Collectible - Good. Ships from the UK. Octavo. Cloth Hardback 1896 . . Previous owners name handwritten in dark pen to front free endpaper. vii 570 pp. 7 Plates and 2 in-text figures. Front hinge cracked. Rear hinge intact. Textblock sturdy. Pages mainly clean with odd pencil/pen mark to margins. Intact. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine edge. Usual bumps and rubs to extremities with sunned spine edge and minor dark marks. Red ink stains to fore textblock. While we seek perfection we are still human and occasionally make mistakes. 1.12 kg. Photographs available on request. Offered by the Rare & Collectable Books department of Better World Books UK 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase supports literacy charities Longmans, Green, and Co., and William and Norgate hardcover
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Anon. Linnean Society
The Journal of The Linnean Society. Botany Volume XXXI
Longmans Green and Co. and William and Norgate. Collectible - Good. Ships from the UK. Octavo. Cloth Hardback 1895 . . Publication date 1895-97. Previous owners name handwritten in dark pen to front free endpaper. v 609 pp. 22 Plates and numerous tables and in-text figures. Hinges cracked. Textblock started. Pages mainly clean with odd pencil/pen mark to margins and the odd handling smudge. Intact with minor foxing. Foxing to plates. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering to spine edge. Usual bumps and rubs to extremities with sunned spine edge and black ink stains. Black ink stains to top and bottom textblock edges. While we seek perfection we are still human and occasionally make mistakes. 1.16 kg. Photographs available on request. Offered by the Rare & Collectable Books department of Better World Books UK 100% Money Back Guarantee. Your purchase supports literacy charities Longmans, Green, and Co., and William and Norgate hardcover
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Anon. Lowndes William
A Report Containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins.
London: printed by Charles Bill and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb deceas'd; Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty 1695. First edition. 8vo. pp. 159 i. Woodcut initials. Slight dampstain along bottom margin occasionally affecting though not obscuring text title-page a little grubby but otherwise only occasional light spots and smudges. Modern tan half calf red morocco gilt title label to spine marbled boards endpapers renewed. A very good copy in a sound modern binding. The Essay is divided into five distinct points: 'First Concerning the Standard of the Gold and Silver Coins and the Establishment of a Just and Reasonable Foot for the Course of the same'; 'Second Concerning the Present State and Condition of the Gold and Silver Coins'; 'Third Whether it be or be not Absolutely necessary at this Time to Re-establish the same'; 'Fourth The Proposing of Means that must be Obtained and the Proper Methods to be used in and for the Amendment of the Silver Moneys'; 'Fifth To Consider what must Supply the Commerce Pay Taxes &c. Whilst the Clipt Money is under its New Fabrication.' pp.11-13 Lowndes 1652-1724 took office as secretary of the Treasury on 24th April 1695 in the midst of a worsening coinage crisis which the government was already making efforts to resolve. 'The practice of 'clipping' hammered silver coin had reached the point where it was seriously affecting the Treasury's ability to pay its way in the war with France and in late 1694 confidence in the silver coinage weakened dramatically. A complete reminting of the coinage was now imperative but the problem facing a House of Commons committee early in 1695 was whether there should be a temporary devaluation in order to stabilize the currency while the old money was reminted a primary concern being to offset the inevitable loss in the value of tax receipts.' ODNB As Lowndes and the philosopher John Locke published opposing views on the subject Lowndes in favour of devaluation and Locke against the episode came to be referred to by historians as 'the Locke-Lowndes controversy'. However more recent studies have suggested that the views published here under Lowndes name on behalf of the Treasury were not actually his own. 'In a written report to the Treasury board in January 1695 Lowndes actually ruled out any suggestion of devaluation. While modestly conceding a limited grasp of the complexities behind the issue he envisaged an immediate loss of some �150000 in revenue which would have to be met by a 'public tax' and a worrying increase in the cost of England's military payments abroad.' Ibid. The Treasury board asked Lowndes to produce a detailed recoinage scheme but 'since majority opinion on the board favoured devaluation it would appear that Lowndes was instructed to follow the scheme already proposed by the Commons. By mid-September his 'book' A Report Containing an Essay for the Amendment of the Silver Coins was in Treasury hands. It embodied the Commons committee's resolutions and was fleshed out with much historical detail but owing to the rapid increase in the market price of silver a devaluation rate of 20 per cent would now be necessary. William III and his ministers acknowledged Lowndes's ingenuity and scholarship but disagreeing with the Treasury board saw greater virtue in Locke's arguments for a recoinage at the old standard. Thus it was largely to assist the ministry's own scheme for recoinage in parliament that Lowndes's Report was subsequently published in November 1695 followed by Locke's Further Considerations Concerning Raising the Value of Money. While paying tribute to Lowndes's erudition Locke was quick to point out that some of his arguments tended in fact to condemn devaluation of any kind. Moreover the encouragement which Lowndes gave to Locke and other critics to publish their rebuttals of his Report would likewise suggest that Lowndes had never personally favoured devaluation. In January 1696 an act was passed for a recoinage at the existing standard.' Ibid. ESTC R39081; Wing 2nd ed. L3323 London: printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; Printers to the King's most Excellent Ma hardcover
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Anon. Lucinda Lee Orr
Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia 1782
John Murphy Co Baltimore MD 1871. 1st Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. Previous owner's signature in ink. Category: Virginia; 18th century; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 15071. . John Murphy Co hardcover
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Anon. Lukin James.
Turning For Amateurs : Being Descriptions Of The Lathe And Its Attachments And Tools With Practical Instructions For Their Effective Use On Wood Metal And Other Materials.
London.: The Bazaar Office. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall. Frontispiece plates and text illustrations throughout. Unknown edition Nd. c.1880's. Some very light foxing and marking in places else clean publishers burgundy gilt decorated cloth some very light rubbing else lovely clean bright copy near fine. <br/> <br/> The Bazaar Office. hardcover
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Anon. Mampel Johann Christian.
The Adventures of a Young Rifleman in the French and English Armies During the War in Spain and Portugal from 1806-1816. Written by Himself.
Carey and Lea Chestnut StreetPhiladelphia 1826. Early signature of previous owner on front paste-down and first page of Chapter One. Lacking front fly-leaf. Title page loose from binding but complete. Paper tanned some foxing. Contents clean and tight binding and spine edges show considerable wear with some loss to leather tips. A few interior pages are beginning to pull away from binding. No loss of text. . Three quarter black leather over marbled boards. 4 1/2" X 6 3/4." Gilt lettering bands and decoration on spine. Preface by the Editor followed by Introduction. 294 pages. Carey and Lea, Chestnut Street,Philadelphia hardcover
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Anon. Marshall Thomas William M.
Anglicans of the Day
London: Burns and Oates. 44pp disbound pamphlet first thus 'reprinted from the Dublin Review 'by the author of My Clerical Friends' . Good. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 1875. Burns and Oates paperback
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anon. Mary Annette Beauchamp Russell
The adventures of Elizabeth in Rügen
Macmillan 1904. 1st edition. Khaki cloth. V.g./No Jacket. Donor's inscription. No jacket. Folded map of Rügen island showing route is intact. Somewhat racy in places as was the author in later life. Macmillan hardcover
Bookseller reference : 21536
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Anon. Masefield John
John M. Synge: a few personal recollections with biographical notes
Letchworth: Garden City Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1916. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with paper title labels cloth has minor rubbing at corners spine label is a little worn at edges light tanning to endpapers no inscriptions. 32 pages ; . Garden City Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 46698
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Anon. Melvyn Bragg Foreword
Colour Library Book of Great Artists
Godalming Surrey: Colour Library Books 1994 Reference book which examines the lives and works of the most popular artists from the 15th to 19th centuries. 452pp with index illustrated profusely throughout mainly in colour. minimal bumping to edges otherwise near fine copy with no inscriptions. Unclipped DJ has 1/2" tear to corner surface wear and slight fading to spine otherwise very good. HEAVY BOOK extra postage will be requested. First Thus. Illustrated Boards. Near Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Colour Library Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 009683 ISBN : 1858330734 9781858330730
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anon. Meynell Wilfred
Aunt Sarah & the War. A Tale of Transformations
Burns and Oates London 1915 11th edition. 1915. Soft cover. paperback 94pp owner's name on endpaper edges browned scattered foxing text otherwise clean and sound covers heavily browned and edges rubbed Fair condition . Burns and Oates, London, 1915, 11th edition, paperback
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ANON. MILITARY.
Fresh Target.
Printing and Stationery Services. 1943. Early Edition. Paperback. Landscape 8vo. Illustrations to every page. 286pp. Covers are a little soiled lightly worn and an ownership signature to front cover. Grease mark to pages 1 and 2 o/w contents are clean and sound. 1943 paperback
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Anon. Miss Elizabeth Turner
THE COWSLIP or More Cautionary Stories in Verse.
London no date: Griffith Farran Okeden & Welsh Facsimile Reprint of Popular Children's Books of the Olden Time. Most stories by Elizabeth Turner but several by her brother according to introduction. Worn label on spine. Pieces missing spine tips. Boards bit worn. Contents clean and nice. C1885. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by With Thirty Engravings By S. Williams. 24mo - over 5" - 5�" tall. Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh Hardcover
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Anon. Multiple Authors
Treasury of Mother Goose Rhymes
Lincolnwood IL: Publications International Ltd. 1999 Book is listed as very good condition due to mending of the lower front portion of the spine which was reglued otherwise this book is in fine condition. Great compliation of vintage rhymes for children. First Thus. Pictorial Cover/Hardbound. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Multiple Illustrators. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Major Publisher. Publications International, Ltd. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1010189 ISBN : 0785317279 9780785317272
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Anon. Nicolas Schoffer
Chronos X 10
S. l.: S. e. En feuille. Tr�s bon. Photographie noir et blanc 240 x 180 mm. Sans date circa 1970. Inscription au dos "Chronos X 19 3/4" x 17 3/4" x 9 3/4" edition of 50 copies". S. e. unknown
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Anon. Nicolas Schoffer
Lux 12
S. l.: S. e. En feuille. Tr�s bon. Photographie noir et blanc 180 x 235 mm. Sans date circa 1970. Inscription au dos " Lux 12 20" x 20 7/8" x 16 1/4" Edition of 75 copies". S. e. unknown
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Anon. Nicolas Schoffer
Nicolas Sch�ffer sculptures
S. l.: S. e. En feuille. Tr�s bon. Photographie noir et blanc 165 x 245 mm. Sans date circa 1970. S. e. unknown
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Anon. Nicolas Schoffer
Nicolas Sch�ffer
S. l.: S. e. En feuille. Tr�s bon. Photographie noir et blanc 245 x 170 mm. Sans date circa 1970. S. e. unknown
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Anon. Nicolas Schoffer
Nicolas Sch�ffer sculptures
S. l.: S. e. En feuille. Tr�s bon. Photographie noir et blanc 245 x 165 mm. Sans date circa 1970. S. e. unknown
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Anon. Nicolas Schoffer
Nicolas Sch�ffer sculptures
S. l.: S. e. En feuille. Tr�s bon. Photographie noir et blanc 250 x 170 mm. Sans date circa 1970. S. e. unknown
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Anon. Nicolas Schoffer
Nicolas Sch�ffer sculptures
S. l.: S. e. En feuille. Tr�s bon. Photographie noir et blanc 245 x 170 mm. Sans date circa 1970. S. e. unknown
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Anon. Nicolas Schoffer
Relief seriel 22
S. l.: S. e. En feuille. Tr�s bon. Photographie noir et blanc 240 x 180 mm. Sans date circa 1970. Inscription au dos : "Relief seriel 22 14 3/4" x 20 1/2" edition of 12 copies". S. e. unknown
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Anon. Nicolas Schoffer
SCAM 1
Paris: S. e. 1971. En feuilles. Tr�s bon. Lot de 5 photographies noir et blanc formats vari�s l'une sign�e par Nicolas Sch�ffer autour du SCAM 1 "sculpture auto-mobile" 1. S. e. unknown
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Anon. Numerous famous authors
North American Hunting Adventures
North American Hunting Club MN Sixth Printing 1988 Reddish-brown leather library deluxe quality covers and the book is in mint condition. North American Hunting Club, MN, Sixth Printing, 1988 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 3521
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Anon. Paul Perret translated by A Member Of The Erotika Biblion Society; Drawings by Nicolaus Vadasz
Tableaux Vivants Fifteen Erotic Tales
New York U S A: Grove Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket 1969. Hardcover. Acidfree VG collectable 1stEd in Engl perf bound in full black cloth w/ bronze titles /spine 2 color blue illus unclipped shiny DJ has a coffee stain on R flap that's affected topedge & R endpaper only 16 pgs wildly enjoyable plates of the period painter Nicolaus Vadasz; no names not marked-in underscored clearance or discard. Mails from NYC usually within 12 hours. First published France 1870.; 5.5 x 8.25 in.; 116 pages . Grove Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19143 ISBN : 1563331217 9781563331213
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Anon. Pelley
The Pelley Publishers: Hidden Empire 1938 Leather Bound
2019. Leather Bound. New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine extra customization on request like complete leather Golden Screen printing in Front Color Leather Colored book etc. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - . EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. hardcover
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Anon. Pelley
The Pelley Publishers: Hidden Empire 1938 FULL LEATHER BOUND
2019. SUPER DELUXE EDITION. New. Antique look with Golden Leaf Printing and embossing with round Spine completely handmade bindingextra customization on request like Color Leather Colored book special gold leaf printing etc. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back. This book is printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure in old look so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED. Normal Hardbound Edition is also available on request. unknown
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Anon. Pelley
The Pelley Publishers: Hidden Empire 1938
2019. Paperback. New. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back . This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback
Bookseller reference : PB1111003543412
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Anon. Pelley
The Pelley Publishers: Hidden Empire 1938 Hardcover
2019. Hardcover. New. Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible with extra charges. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
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Anon. Penny Dreadful
DICK AND HIS FRIEND DUKE
London: Brett Limited 1890. 1st Edition. Soft cover. London: Brett Limited 1890. 1st Edition. Soft cover. DICK AND HIS FRIEND DUKE. A Tale Of Adventure In the Fiji Islands. London: Edwin J. Brett Limited. n.d. c.1890 4to. 138pp. Half dark blue cloth over plain beige boards. Illustrated throughout. Original Illustrated front cover carefully backed & bound-in some early sympathetic colour enhancement. Complete. In very good antiquarian condition. Brett published Jack Harkaway in America c. 1890 Penny Dreadful Dime Novels were the American version was a term applied to nineteenth century British fiction publications usually lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks each part costing a penny. The term however soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction such as story papers and booklet "libraries." The Penny Dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed primarily at teenage boys from the working class though there is some evidence that many girls read them as well. Penny Parts The penny part stories got underway in the 1830s originally as a cheaper alternative for the working class adults but by the 1850s the serial stories were aimed exclusively at teenagers. The stories themselves were reprints or sometimes rewrites of Gothic thrillers such as The Monk or The Castle of Otranto as well as new stories about famous criminals. Some of the most famous of these penny part stories were The String of Pearls which ostensibly introduced Sweeney Todd The Mysteries of London inspired by the French serial The Mysteries of Paris and Varney the Vampire. Highwaymen were popular heroes. Black Bess or the Knight of the Road outlining the largely imaginary exploits of real-life highwayman Dick Turpin continued for 254 episodes. Working class boys who could not afford a penny a week often formed clubs that would share the cost passing the flimsy booklets from reader to reader. Other enterprising youngsters would collect a number of consecutive parts then rent the volume out to friends. Penny Dreadfuls In 1866 Boys of England was introduced as a new type of publication an eight page magazine that featured serial stories as well as articles and shorts of interests. It was printed on the same cheap paper though sporting a larger format than the penny parts. Numerous competitors quickly followed with such titles as Boys Leisure Hour Boys Standard Young Men of Great Britain etc. As the price and quality of fiction was the same these storypapers also fell under the general definition of Penny Dreadfuls also known as Penny Bloods or Blood and Thunders in their early days. American dime novels were edited and rewritten for a British audience. These appeared in booklet form such as the Boys First Rate Pocket Library. Frank Reade Buffalo Bill and Deadwood Dick were all popular with the Penny Dreadful audience. Half-penny Dreadful In the mid-1890s a publisher Alfred Harmsworth decided to do something about what was widely perceived as the corrupting influence of the Penny Dreadfuls. He issued new story papers The Half-penny Marvel The Union Jack and Pluck all priced at one half-penny. At first the stories were high-minded moral tales reportedly based on true experiences but it was not long before these papers started using the same kind of material as the publications they competed against. A.A. Milne once said "Harmsworth killed the penny dreadful by the simple process of producing the hapenny dreadfuller." Legacy Two phenomenally popular characters to come out of the "Penny Dreadfuls" were Jack Harkaway introduced in the Boys of England in 1871 and Sexton Blake who began in the Half-penny Marvel in 1893. Blake soon took over the lead spot in Union Jack and appeared in roughly 4000 adventures right up into the 1970s a record only exceeded by Nick Carter and Dixon Hawke. Harkaway was also popular in America and had many imitators. Over time the Penny Dreadfuls morphed into the British comic magazines. Owing to their cheap pr. Brett Limited unknown
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Anon. possibly by J. H. Escott
Pen Patron and Public. A Critical Survey.
London: Greening 1907. First edition. Red cloth lettered in gilt. A few blemishes to cloth in general a bright very good copy. A survey of literary patronage much to do with 19th century British authors. An uncommon book. <br/><br/> London: Greening, 1907. First edition. hardcover
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Anon. Prince Napoleon 1822 1891
Humbles Remarques Soumises a S. A. I. Mgr Le Prince Napoeon Sur La Partie Historique Du Discours Qu'il a Prononce Au Senat Dans La Seance Du 1er Mars 1862
Bruxelles: Imprimerie De A. Labroue Et Mertens 1862. First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 98 pages; Decription: 98 p. Subject: Bonaparte Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Prince Napoleon 1822 -1891 . Bonaparte Napoleon 1769-821 -- Family. Bruxelles: Imprimerie De A. Labroue Et Mertens paperback
Bookseller reference : 135879
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ANON. RAILWAYS.
British Railway's Sectional Maps. Railway Map of England & Wales and Scotland. Reproduced by Permission of the Railway Clearing House.
Sam Allan Surrey 1948. Early Edition. Paperback. Slim 4to staple binding. Illustrated with colour maps. Covers are worn o/w contents clean and sound. 1948 paperback
Bookseller reference : 81109
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Anon. Reginald Francis hallward
Apotheosis: A Dramatic Poem in Four Acts
London: Elkin Mathews The Woodland Press 1906. A fine copy uncut printed title and device of the Woodland Press by Reginald Hallward on grey paper covered boards and title page cream cloth spine original fragile cream plain paper wrapper with minor wear to edges. printed at The Stanhope Press errata slip present 44pp. First Edition. Hardback. Fine/Good. Illus. by Hallward Reginald. 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall. Elkin Mathews, The Woodland Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 057401
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Anon. Rev. Edward Payson Tenney
Agatha and the Shadow
Boston: Roberts Brothers 1887 321 pages plus 2-page ad. 8vo. First Edition. Green Cloth. Very Good Plus. Roberts Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 004991
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Anon. Richard Allestree
The Whole Duty of Man. Part II. Teaching a Christian: I. How to Grow in Grace. II. How to Demean Himself in HisSickness. III. How to Prepare Himself for an Happy Death. Together with Advice how Visitants and Attendants should Carry it Towards the Sick Person; and some General Considerations that may Induce his Relations and Friends to Take his Death Patiently
London: Printed by Francis Clark for John Kidgell at the Golden Ball near Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn 1683. Hardcover. MDCLXXXIII 1683. Early printing of The Whole Duty of Man Part II. Octavo. Contemporaneous full leather with raised bands. 371 pp. Includes introduction "To the Reader" and Errata section at prelims Contents page and publisher's advert page at rear as published. Textblock clean and supple. Plain dark brown calf binding is sound smooth and firm with just a lightly age-crackled surface. VG <br/><br/> Printed by Francis Clark for John Kidgell (at the Golden Ball near Grays-Inn-Gate in Holborn hardcover
Bookseller reference : 14260
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anon. Robert Garner
Holiday excursions of a naturalist
London: Robert Hardwicke 1867. 1st edition. Publisher's red cloth. Good/No Jacket. Both extremities of the spine are heavily rubbed and bumped top part of spine having become partly detached now repaired. viii 245 2 pp. London: Robert Hardwicke hardcover
Bookseller reference : 15838
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