Davidson Basil 1914 2010
Report on Southern Africa / Basil Davidson
London : Jonathan Cape 1952. First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 285 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Subject; South Africa — Race relations. London : Jonathan Cape hardcover
Bookseller reference : 250606
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Bulpin T. V. 1918 1999
Scenic wonders of southern Africa / T.V. Bulpin ; artwork and creative assistant Solveig Stibbe ; edited by Ellen Smith and Hilary Rennie
Muizenberg : Books of Africa 1985. First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 319p ; 32cm. Subjects; Geology — Africa Southern. Geomorphology — Africa Southern. Fossil hominids — Africa Southern. Africa Southern — History. Muizenberg : Books of Africa hardcover
Bookseller reference : 250336 ISBN : 0949956260 9780949956262
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Crockett S. R. 1859 1914
The red axe / by S.R. Crockett
London : Smith Elder 1898. First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Boards stained. Text remains clear and unblemished. Physical description; vi421 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. Subject; English literature — 19th century. London : Smith, Elder hardcover
Bookseller reference : 251750
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Ellmann Richard 1918 1987
Oscar Wilde / Richard Ellmann
London : Hamish Hamilton 1987. Reprint. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xiv 632 pages 32 pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Subject; Wilde Oscar 1854-1900. London : Hamish Hamilton hardcover
Bookseller reference : 251789 ISBN : 0241123925 9780241123928
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Werner E. 1838 1918
Um hohen Preis : Roman in zwei Bänden / von E. Werner: erster band
Leipzig : Verlag von Ernst Keil 1879. First Edition. Worn copy bound in half leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards along with some dust-toning. Remains well-preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 2 v. in 1 ; 18 cm. Subjects; E. Werner 1838-1918. German writings. Leipzig : Verlag von Ernst Keil hardcover
Bookseller reference : 250774
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Wilson Charles 1914 . Unilever Firm
The history of Unilever : a study in economic growth and social change / by Charles Wilson
London : Cassell 1954. First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-toned dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; vol. one only: 335 p. : ill. maps ports. diagrs. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Unilever Firm. Unilever N.V. Rotterdam. Unilever — Studies. Unilever Limited. Unilever Firm — History. Unilever Limited — Studies. Unilever Firm — Studies. Margarine — History. Margarine industry. Soap trade — Great Britain. Unilever ltd. Economics — Sociology. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. London : Cassell hardcover
Bookseller reference : 252606
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Herrlinger Robert 1914 1968
History of medical illustration from antiquity to 1600 / Robert Herrlinger ; translated from the German edition by Graham Fulton-Smith
New York N.Y. : Editions Medicina Rara 1970. First Edition. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Slip-cased. Physical description; 178 pages : illustrations facsimiles some color ; 30 cm. Subjects; Medical illustration — History. Anatomy Artistic — history. New York, N.Y. : Editions Medicina Rara hardcover
Bookseller reference : 253130
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Habershon Ada R. 1861 1918
The Bible and the British Museum / by Ada R. Habershon ; with a preface by Sir Robert Anderson
London : Morgan & Scott 1909. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xv 152 p. 8 leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Subjects; British Museum. Bible — History of contemporary events etc. Bible. — Evidences authority etc. London : Morgan & Scott hardcover
Bookseller reference : 252981
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Plekhanov Georgii Valentinovich 1856 1918
Selected philosophical works. Vol. 1 / G. Plekhanov ; translated from the Russian by Andrew Rothstein A. Fineberg and R. Dixon
Moscow ; London : Foreign Languages Publishing House : Lawrence & Wishart 1961. First Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-toned dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 898 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes index. Second title-page in Russian. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Translated from the Russian. Subjects; Socialism. Dialectical materialism. Moscow ; London : Foreign Languages Publishing House : Lawrence & Wishart hardcover
Bookseller reference : 252884
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Sternfeld Frederick William 1914 1994
Music in the modern age / edited by F. W. Sternfeld
New York ; Washington: Praeger Publishers 1973. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Series; Praeger History of Western Music: volume V. Physical description; 515 p. : music. ; 25 cm. Subjects; Music — 20th century — History and criticism. Music — History and criticism — 20th century. Music — 20th century. Music — History and criticism — Medieval. Music — History and criticism — Renaissance. Genre; Illustrated. New York ; Washington: Praeger Publishers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 247165
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Thomas Dylan 1914 1953
Quite early one Morning. Broadcasts etc. With a portrait
London : J. M. Dent & Sons 1957. Fourth Edition. Fine cloth copy in a very good slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. . Physical description; x 181 p. ; 8º. Subject; English literature — Welsh authors — 20th century. London : J. M. Dent & Sons hardcover
Bookseller reference : 248340
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Walker Richard 1918 1985
Dick Walker's Angling : theories and practice past present and to come / with a foreword by Peter Maskell
Newton Abbot ; North Pomfret Vt. : Angling Times in association with David & Charles 1979. First Edition. Good cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 191 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject; Fishing. Newton Abbot ; North Pomfret, Vt. : Angling Times in association with David & Charles hardcover
Bookseller reference : 249663 ISBN : 0715378147 9780715378144
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James Edward T. James Janet Wilson 1918 1987. Boyer Paul S. Radcliffe College
Notable American Women 1607-1950 : a biographical dictionary / Edward T. James editor Janet Wilson James associate editor. Paul S. Boyer assistant editor: volume II: G-O
Cambridge Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University press 1971. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Physical description; volume II only: 659 pages. Notes; Prepared under the auspices of Radcliffe College. Summary; This superb biographical dictionary covers the lives of exceptional women throughout three and a half centuries of American history. Here are artists lawyers reformers educators entrepreneurs physicists writers pioneers presidents' ladies film stars. Here are those known for their deeds and those famed for their looks--the genteel and the disreputable the highborn and slave-born. Here are the famous in all areas of endeavor--names like Ruth Benedict Jane Addams Willa Cather Isadora Duncan Carole Lombard Sojourner Truth Pocahontas Texas Guinan the Everleigh sisters Carrie Nation Amelia Earhart. Here also are many names rescued from obscurity volume II : G-O only. Subjects; 17th-20th centuries. Women — United States — Biography — Dictionaries. Biography — dictionaries. Women — North America — biography. Women — South America — biography. Women American — Biography. Women — biography. Women — United States — Biography. Dictionaries. Biographical: United States. United States. Wives. American women 1607-1950 — Biographical dictionaries. American history ; Women's studies ; Dictionaries of biography Who's Who. USA ; c 1600 to c 1700 ; c 1700 to c 1800 ; c 1800 to c 1900 ; 20th century. Biography & Autobiography / Women. History / General. Social Science / Gender Studies. Women - United States. Genres; Biographies. Quick Ref. Collection. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 247167 ISBN : 0674627318 9780674627314
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Walker Richard 1918 1985
Dick Walker's trout fishing : on rivers and stillwaters
Shrewsbury : Swan Hill Press 1997. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 151p. 16p. of plates : ill. ports. ; 23 cm. Subjects: Trout fishing. Fishing angling ; Essays journals letters & other prose works. Genre: Illustrated text. Shrewsbury : Swan Hill Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 249473 ISBN : 1853108367 9781853108365
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MacInnes Colin 1914 1976
City of spades / Colin MacInnes
London: Macgibbon & Kee 1958. Second Edition. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-toned dust-wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. . Physical description; 255 pages. Subjects; Colin MacInnes 1914-1976. Fiction in English — 1945 — Texts. Genre; Fiction. London: Macgibbon & Kee hardcover
Bookseller reference : 248078
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Klimt Gustav 1862 1918
Gustav Klimt : drawings / edited by Serge Sabarsky
London : Moyer Bell Ltd 1984. First Edition. Very good paperback copy. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 125 pages. Notes: Includes bibliography. Subjects: Klimt Gustav 1862-1918. — Catalogs. Austrian drawings. Genre: Illustrated catalog. London : Moyer Bell Ltd paperback
Bookseller reference : 248750 ISBN : 0091825202 9780091825201
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Chamberlain Joseph 1836 1914. Boyd Charles Walter 1869 . Chamberlain Austen Sir 1863 1937
Mr. Chamberlain's speeches / edited by Charles W. Boyd ; with an introduction by Austen Chamberlain: volume II
London : Constable 1914. First Edition. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Provenance; from the library of William Crowninshield Endicott the younger with his bookplate. Physical description; volume II only: 393 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index in v. 2. Contents; v. 2. The Unionist alliance speeches . continued ; Speeches in South Africa ; Imperial union and tariff reform. Subjects; Chamberlain Joseph 1836-1914. Tariff — Great Britain. Great Britain — Politics and government — 1837-1901. Great Britain — Politics and government — 1901-1910. Great Britain — Commercial policy. Great Britain — Commercial treaties. Great Britain — Politics and government — 19th century. London : Constable hardcover
Bookseller reference : 247942
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Percy Thomas 1729 1811. Hales John Wesley 1836 1914. Furnivall Frederick James 1825 1910
Bishop Percy's folio manuscript : ballads and romances / edited by John W Hales and Frederick James Furnivall: volumes I & III only
London : N. Trübner & Co. 1867. First Edition. Good copy bound in half decorated leather over marble boards with gilt-blocked title to the spine edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Provenance; from Forbes Library Northampton Mass. with its discarded bookplate. Physical description; volumes I & III only. Subjects; Bishop Thomas Percy 1729-1811. Folio Manuscripts. Ballads. Romance. 18th - 19th century. London : N. Trübner & Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 248399
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Metzger Bruce Manning 1914 2007
Index to Periodical Literature on the Apostle Paul. Compiled under the direction of B. M. Metzger
Leiden : E. J. Brill 1960. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Series; New Testament Tools and Studies. vol. 1. Physical description; xv 183 pages. Subjects; Apostle Paul. Index. Periodical literature. Biblical studies. Religious studies. Leiden : E. J. Brill hardcover
Bookseller reference : 247696
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Colquhoun Archibald R. 1848 1914
The mastery of the Pacific / by Archibald R. Colquhoun . With special maps frontispiece and more than one hundred illustrations
New York London : The Macmillan Company ; Macmillan & Co 1902. First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked decorated cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight bright clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. Physical description; xvi 440 p. : front. illus. plates 3 double maps. ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes index. Subjects; Colonization. Eastern question Far East. Eastern Question East Asia Pacific Ocean. New York London : The Macmillan Company ; Macmillan & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 249750
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Grant Michael 1914 2004
The twelve Caesars / Michael Grant
London : Phoenix Giants 1997. Second Edition. Very good paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xii 282 p. 16p. of plates : 42 ill. geneal. tables maps plan ports ; 24 cm. Notes; Originally published: London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1975. Bibliography: p. 267-269. Includes index. Subjects; Emperors — Rome — Biography. Rome — History — Empire 30 B.C.-284 A.D. European history ie other than Britain & Ireland ; World history: BCE to c 500 CE ; Biography & autobiography: historical political & military. London : Phoenix Giants paperback
Bookseller reference : 247363 ISBN : 1857999746 9781857999747
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Walker Richard 1918 1985
Dick Walker's Trout fishing / Richard Walker
Newton Abbot ; North Pomfret Vt. : David & Charles 1982. First Edition. Good cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 180 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Subject; Trout fishing — Great Britain. Newton Abbot ; North Pomfret, Vt. : David & Charles hardcover
Bookseller reference : 249664 ISBN : 0715382551 9780715382554
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Rostand Edmond 1868 1918
Cyrano de Bergerac / Edward Rostand ; translated and adapted for the modern stage by Anthony Burgess
London : Hutchinson 1985. First Edition. Very good paperback copy. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: xv175p ; 22 cm. Subject Drama in French — 1848-1900 — English texts. Genre: Theatre. London : Hutchinson paperback
Bookseller reference : 249427 ISBN : 0091560616 9780091560614
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White Andrew Dickson 1832 1918
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White. With portraits: volume II
New York : Century Co. 1907. Third Edition. Good copy bound in half buckram over boards with gilt-blocked title to the spine edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Physical description; volume II only: 606 pages. Subjects; Andrew Dickson White 1832-1918. Autobiography. New York : Century Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 248406
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White Andrew Dickson 1832 1918
Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White. With portraits: volume II
New York : Century Co. 1905. Second Edition. Good copy bound in half buckram over boards with gilt-blocked title to the spine edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Physical description; volume II only: 606 pages. Subjects; Andrew Dickson White 1832-1918. Autobiography. New York : Century Co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 248407
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Wedekind Frank 1864 1918
Frühlings Erwachen eine Jugendtragodie - Der Marquis von Keith eine Komodie
München : W. Goldmann 1968. 1st Edition. Very good paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description 158 pages. ; 18 cm. Notes: Unabridged edition. Includes two plays. Includes foreword. Includes inscriptions from previous owner. Subjects: German theatre. Comedy. Tragedy. Genre: Drama. München : W. Goldmann paperback
Bookseller reference : 246403
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Morgenstern Christian 1871 1914
Auf vielen Wegen
Munchen: R. Piper 1923. 4th Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 166p ; 20cm : port. Genre: Poetry. Munchen: R. Piper hardcover
Bookseller reference : 245992
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Wedekind Frank 1864 1918
Erdgeist - Die Buchse der Pandora
Munich: W. Goldmann 1968. 1st Edition. Very good paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 157 pages. Notes: Unabridged edition. Includes two plays. Includes inscriptions from previous owner. Subjects: German theatre. Tragedy. Frank Wedekind. Genre: Drama. Tragedy. Munich: W. Goldmann paperback
Bookseller reference : 246407
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Garstin Denis Norman 1890 1918. Wells Herbert George 1866 1946
Friendly Russia / by Denis Garstin ; with an introduction by H.G. Wells
London : T. Fisher Unwin 1915. Second Edition. Worn copy bound in blind-bordered cloth with gilt-blocked label to the spine. Some minor wear and tear to the spine and boards along with some dust-toning. Remains preserved overall; bright clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library fo Geo Cope with his bookplate. Physical description; 248 p. ; 19 cm. Notes; ""Many of these sketches have already appeared in . the Morning post the Westminster gazette Nash's magazine and the Daily news .""--1 leaf following p. 248. Contents; Partial contents The Russians in peace.--The Russians in war. Subjects; Soviet Union — Social life and customs. Russia — Description and travel. Russia — Social life and customs — 1533-1917. London : T. Fisher Unwin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 246616
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Miller Wayne 1918 . Daiter Stephen
Wayne F. Miller : photographs 1942-1958 / edited by Stephen Daiter ; essay by Kerry Tremain ; introduction by Fred Ritchin ; afterword by Paul Berlanga ; additional commentary by Gordon Parks and Amy Dru Stanley
Brooklyn N.Y. : PowerHouse Books 2008. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 255 p. : ill. ports. facsims. ; 30 cm. Subjects; Miller Wayne 1918-2013. Portrait photography — United States — History — 20th century. Photographers — United States. Photography Artistic Documentary photography. Black-and-white photography. Genre; Illustrated. Brooklyn, N.Y. : PowerHouse Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 245333
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Metzger Bruce Manning 1914 2007
Index to periodical literature on Christ and the Gospels. Compiled under the direction of B. M. Metzger
Leiden : E. J. Brill 1966. First Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. . Series; New Testament tools and studies. vol. 6. Physical description; xxiii 602 p. ; 8º. Subjects; Jesus Christ. Indexes. Periodical Literature. The Gospels. Leiden : E. J. Brill hardcover
Bookseller reference : 245259
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Polhmann Robert von 1852 1914
Geschichte der sozialen Frage und des Sozialismus in der antiken Welt / 2. aufl durchgesehen und um einen Anhang vermhert von Friederich Oertel
München : C.H. Beck 1925. Second Edition. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges with some sun-toning to the boards. Remains preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. . Physical description; 487 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Communism — History. Socialism — History. Rome — Social conditions. München : C.H. Beck hardcover
Bookseller reference : 245411
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Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr Isaevich 1918 2008
Izbrannoe. / A. Solzhenitsyn
Chicago : Russian Language Specialties 1965. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Series; Russian study series ; no. 54. Physical description; 122 pages. Contents; Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha - Sluchai na stantsii Kretchetovka - Matrenin dvor. Subjects; izbrannoe. A. Aolzhenitsyn. Chicago : Russian Language Specialties unknown
Bookseller reference : 244763
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Mitchell S. Weir Silas Weir 1829 1914
The Early history of instrumental precision in medicine : an address before the second Congress of American Physicians and Surgeons 1891
New York: Lenox Hill Burt Franklin 1971. 2nd edition. Fine facsimile reprint. Provenance: Personal library of Denis Gibbs with accompanying bookplate. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 42pp : Diagrams ; 22cms. Notes; Bibliog. and appdenices. Subjects; Laboratory Diagnosis. Medical Technology. New York: Lenox Hill (Burt Franklin) hardcover
Bookseller reference : 237992
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Saundby Robert 1849 1918. Bristol Medico Chirurgical Society. Library provenance
Lectures on renal & urinary diseases / by Robert Saundby
Bristol : John Wright & co. 1896. Second Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-boardered bevelled boards cloth edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Provenance; from the library of The Birmingham Medical Institute with its bookplate and minor library marks; includes a presentation bookplate from the Birmingham Medical Institute being presented by The Publishers. Edition; 2nd ed. Physical description; xii 434 p. 4 leaves of plates : ill. Notes; Publisher's presentation copy. Forms 2nd ed. of Lectures on Bright's disease and Lectures on diabetes. Subjects; Kidney Diseases. Urologic Diseases. Diseases - Urinary system. Genre; Illustrated. Bristol : John Wright & co. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 237997
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Shahid Hamid S. Wilson Frank Avray 1914
So they rode and fought / by Major-General S. Shahid Hamid ; illustrated by Frank Wilson
Tunbridge Wells : Midas Books 1983. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; 189 p. : ill. ports. plates appendices ; 24 cm. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Cavalry - History. India Army Cavalry - History. Cavalry - Great Britain - History. Cavalry - History. Great Britain - Armed Forces - India - History. India - Army - Cavalry regiments - 1800-1939. military unit histories. armed forces in general. armies. India. General 1900 to the present day. armies mounted troops cavalry. Genre; Illustrated. Tunbridge Wells : Midas Books hardcover
Bookseller reference : 236589 ISBN : 0859362280 9780859362283
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Jost Francois 1918 . Schweizerische Verkehrszentrale. Fondation Pro Helvetia Zurich
Rousseau et la Suisse / par François Jost
Neuchâtel : Éds du Griffon 1962. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. . Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin University of Manchester. Series; Trésors de mon pays ; 100. Physical description; 52 32 p ; 25 cm. Notes; 'Cette publication a été réalisé en collaboration avec l'Office national Suisse du tourisme et la Fondation Pro Helvetia' - t.p. verso. Subjects; Rousseau Jean-Jacques 1712-1778 - Homes and haunts - Switzerland. Switzerland - In literature. Neuchâtel : Éds du Griffon unknown
Bookseller reference : 236618
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Grimm Jacob 1785 1863 and Grimm Wilhelm 1786 1859 authors; Segal Lore Groszmann and Jarrell Randall 1914 1965 translators;
The Juniper tree: and other tales from Grimm / selected by Lore Segal and Maurice Sendak; translated by Lore Segal with four tales translated by Randall Jarrell; pictures by Maurice Sendak
New York: Farrar Straus Giroux 2003. 2nd revised edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 333 p.: ill.; 19 cm. Notes; First published: 1973. Subjects; Fairy tales - Germany. Fairy tales. Folklore - Germany. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux hardcover
Bookseller reference : 237167
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Saundby Robert 1849 1918
Old Age: its care and treatment in health and disease
London : Edward Arnold 1913. 1st edition. Provenance: Birmingham medical Institute with accompanying bookplate and stamp. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; vii 312 p.; 8º. Includes 6 appendices bibliography and index. London : Edward Arnold hardcover
Bookseller reference : 237838
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Davidson Hugh McCullough 1918
Audience words and art : studies in seventeenth-century French rhetoric / by Hugh M. Davidson
Columbus : Ohio State University Press 1965. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin University of Manchester. Physical description; x 189 p. ; 24 cm. Notes; SIGNED and inscribed by the author to Professor Lloyd Austin. Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects; French literature - 17th century - History and criticism. French language - Rhetoric. Rhetoric - France - History - 17th century. French literature. 17th Century. French language. Rhetoric. Rhetoric - France - 17th century - History. Rhetoric - 1500-1800. Rhetoric - France - 1500-1800. Genre; Bibliography. Columbus : Ohio State University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 236587
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Weber Hermann 1823 1918. Weber Frederick Parkes 1863 1962. Bristol Medico Chirurgical Society. Library
Climatotherapy and balneotherapy : the climates and mineral water health resorts spas of Europe and North Africa including the general principles of climatotherapy and balneotherapy and hints as to the employment of various physical and dieteic methods being a third edition of 'The mineral waters and health resorts of Europe' much enlarged in respect to medical climatology / by Sir Hermann Weber and F. Parkes Weber ; edited by F. Parkes Weber
London : Smith Elder 1907. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. . Physical description; 833 pages ; 25 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 745-774. Subjects; Health Resorts. Mineral Waters. Climate. Baths. Health resorts. Human beings - Effect of environment on. Mineral waters. Health Resorts. Mineral Waters. Europe. Africa North. Africa. Baths. Genre; Bibliography. London : Smith, Elder hardcover
Bookseller reference : 237821
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Chenevix Trench Charles 1914 2003
The frontier scouts / Charles Chenevix Trench
Oxford : Oxford University Press 1986. First Edition. Fine copy in the original color-printed stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxii 298 p. : ill. map ; 20 cm. Notes; Originally published: London : Cape 1985. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; The intriguing and colourful story of the Frontier Scouts Pathan tribesmen led by young officers of the Indian Army and experienced officers of their own tribes told mostly in the words of those British and Pathan officers themselves. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Indian Army. Frontier Corps - History. North-West Frontier Province Pakistan - History Military. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan - History Military. Pakistan - North-West Frontier - Army operations by Great Britain - Army - Indian Army - Frontier Corps to 1947. Land forces & warfare ; War & defence operations. Pakistan. History / Military / General. Technology & Engineering / Military Science. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Oxford : Oxford University Press unknown
Bookseller reference : 236502 ISBN : 0192851640 9780192851642
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Anders France 1914
Jacques Copeau et le Cartel des quatre
Paris : A.G. Nizet 1959. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin University of Manchester. Physical description; 340 p. : facsim ; 22 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 251-305. Subjects; Copeau Jacques 1879-1949. Copeau Jacques - Studies. Theater - France - History. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. Paris : A.G. Nizet unknown
Bookseller reference : 236296
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Mandela Nelson 1918 2013
Mandela: an illustrated autobiography / Nelson Mandela
Boston: Little Brown 1996. 1st edition. Fine colour printed board copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 208 p.: ill. some col. 1 map ports.; 28 cm. Notes; ""This is an illustrated and abridged edition of Long walk to freedom: the autobiography of Nelson Mandela ."" -- T.p. verso. Includes index. Contents; A country childhood -- Johannesburg -- Birth of a freedom fighter -- The struggle is my life -- Treason -- The Black pimpernel -- Rivonia -- Robben Island: the dark years -- Robben Island: beginning to hope -- Talking with the enemy -- Freedom. Subjects; Mandela Nelson 1918-2013. South Africa - Politics and government - 1948-1994. South Africa - Politics and government - 1994-. South Africa - History - 20th century. Boston: Little, Brown unknown
Bookseller reference : 237536
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Saundby Robert 1849 1918
The common forms of dyspepsia in women / by Robert Saundby
Birmingham : Cornish Brothers 1894. 1st edition. Author's presentation copy. Provenance: Birmingham Medical Institute with accompanying bookplate and stamp. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 4 33 1 p. Decorated endpapers. Series; Ingleby Lectures. Subject; Dyspepsia. Birmingham : Cornish Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 237847
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Ramsey Warren 1914
Jules Laforgue and the ironic inheritance
New York : Oxford University Press 1953. First Edition. Near fine copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked cloth edges very slightly toned. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Provenance; from the personal library of Professor Lloyd Austin University of Manchester. Physical description; viii 302 p. : ill. port. ; 23 cm. Notes; Index: p. 293-302. Bibliography: p. 263-291. Subjects; Laforgue Jules 1860-1887 - Criticism and interpretation. Laforgue Jules 1860-1887 - Aesthetics. Laforgue Jules - Studies. Genres; Bibliography. Illustrated. New York : Oxford University Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 237119
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Pavlov Ivan Petrovich 1849 1936 author; Thompson William Henry Sir 1860 1918 translator
The work of the digestive glands / lectures by Professor I.P. Pavlov ; translated by W.H. Thompson
London : Charles Griffin & Company 1910. 2nd English edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Physical description; xiv 266 p.: ill.; 23 cm. Other titles; Lektsii o rabote glavnykh pishchevaritel'nykh zhelez. At head of title: Sole authorised English translation. Bibliography: p.257-260 and index. Subjects; Digestion. Digestive organs - Secretions. Glands. Secretion. Digestive system. Digestive Physiology. London : Charles Griffin & Company hardcover
Bookseller reference : 237633
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Spillane Mickey 1918 2006
From the files of. Mike Hammer : the complete dailies and Sundays / Mickey Spillane and Ed Robbins ; edited foreword and introduction by Max Allan Collins.
New Castle Pennsylvania: Hermes Press 2013. 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 159 pages: chiefly illustrations black and white and colour; 29 cm. Notes; ""This volume reprints the daily strip From the Files of. Mike Hammer in its entirety from May 13 1953 to March 20 1954 and the Sunday strip in its entirety from April 26 1953 to March 14 1954""--Title page verso. Summary; America's most well-known hardboiled detective Mike Hammer returns with Hermes Press' complete archival reprint of the entire continuity ""From the Files of.Mike Hammer""! Reprinting all of the dailies and Sunday strips in digitally reconstructed color this book will be the final word on this pop culture icon. The strip which was distributed to newspapers by the Phoenix Features Syndicate ran for only one year 1953-1954 - but what a year it was! The strip is pure Mickey Spillane and was crafted under his watchful eye with art by Ed Robbins. The feature has everything fans of Mike Hammer would expect: Mike Zelda good girls bad girls gun-play and lots of action! Accompanying the strips are two in-depth essays by noted mystery writer and ""Mickey Spillane"" expert Max Collins ""Road to Perdition"". Subjects; Hammer Mike Fictitious character - Fiction. Private investigators - New York State - New York - Comic books strips etc. - Fiction. Graphic novels. Comic strip fiction / graphic novels. COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General. New Castle, Pennsylvania: Hermes Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 236990
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Saundby Robert 1849 1918
The common forms of dyspepsia in women / by Robert Saundby
Birmingham : Cornish Brothers 1894. 1st edition. Author's own copy with his bookplate. Provenance: Birmingham Medical Institute with accompanying bookplate and stamp. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 4 33 1 p. Decorated endpapers. Series; Ingleby Lectures. Subject; Dyspepsia. Birmingham : Cornish Brothers hardcover
Bookseller reference : 237849
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Saundby Robert 1849 1918
Lectures on Renal and Urinary Diseases . With numerous illustrations. Second edition
Bristol : J. Wright & Co 1896. 2nd edition. Provenance: Birmingham medical Institute with accompanying bookplate and stamp. Also includes bookplate and stamp for The London Hospital Medical College. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth over beveled boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; xii 434 p. ; 8º. Includes in-text illustrations coloured plates and index. Bristol : J. Wright & Co hardcover
Bookseller reference : 237833
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