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1861ref. 794A31London: Hurst and Blackett 1861. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 9.5" by 6" . None . The first edition of this work concerning the hunting trips of an English sportsman. The first edition of this work concerning the sporting travels of Grantley Berkeley English sportsman. Recounting the author's hunting journey to the Western prairies sharing impressions experiences and recollections of his travels in the American West. Illustrated with seven full page plates and a vignette to the title page lacking one plate. With Draycot House bookplate on leather to the front pastedown medieval manor largely re-modelled by the Long family over the years and in 1864 after Lord Cowley's inheritance. It was demolished in 1952-4. From the library at Julian Park Hertfordshire belonging to Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie. Audrey was the youngest daughter of an Anglo-American lumber and steel millionaire sister to Edward James a key figure in the Surrealist movement and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was an English socialite known for her beauty and for charming various wealthy men she was included in The Book of Beauty by Cecil Beaton. A patron of the arts she assisted Viscount Carlow financially in the publication of limited editions of numerous works by leading literary figures such as T E Lawrence James Joyce Wyndham Lewis and others. A hedonistic pursuer she was recognised as one of the 'Bright Young Things'. In a half calf binding over marbled boards and edges with new marbled endpapers. Externally sound with minor shelf wear and a touch of edge wear minor chipping and some rubbing to the boards and spine. With Draycot House bookplate on leather to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. With a minor faint spotting to the first and last few leaves otherwise the pages are bright and clean throughout. Illustrated with seven full page plates and a vignette to the title page lacking one plate. The frontispiece is protected by tissue guard loose but present. Very Good Hurst and Blackett hardcover
1857ref. 803P13London: Longman Brown Green Longmans & Roberts 1857. First edition. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 8" by 5". John Leech. A Zaehnsdorf bound first edition hunting work by Grantley Berkeley complete with two hand coloured plates by John Leech. The first edition of this work.In a lovely half morocco binding by Zaehnsdorf.Illustrated with a hand coloured frontispiece and one hand-coloured plate by John Leech frontispiece titled 'The Meet'.A fascinating sporting account of a month spend within the forest regions of France. Following thrilling hunts vividly described by the author in a delightful manner.By Grantley Berkeley a politician and sportsman.Bookplate of Reuben Jay Flick to the front paste down. In a half morocco binding with cloth to the boards by Zaehnsdorf. Externally smart. A few light marks to the boards. Very light rubbing to the spine and extremities. Bookplate to the front paste down. Internally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with a few light spots. Very Good Indeed Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts hardcover
1937ref. 801P49London: The Amalgamated Press 1937. Magazine. Very Good Indeed. 11.5" by 9". various. Six lovely consecutive issues of the exciting 'Thriller Library' magazine containing the complete story 'The Great Knock-Over' by Dashiell Hammett all in the original wraps. Six consecutive issues of 'The Thriller Library' magazine.Each issue is present in the original colourful wraps with in-text illustrations throughout. This run includes the entirety of 'The Great Knock-Over' by Dashiell Hammett. It is very rare to find a complete Hammett story in the original parts.The Continental Op featured in 'The Great Knock-Over' also published as 'The Big Knockover' became the prototype for the tough-guy detectives of the generations to come.'The Thriller Library' was a weekly newspaper in circulation from February 1929 to May 1940 containing a variety of exciting stories of detectives solving simple murder cases and even gang warfare.No. 457 November 6th 1937. 'The Adventure of the Night Watchman' by Walter Macleod.No. 458 November 13th 1937. 'The Dictator' by Berkeley Gray.No. 459 November 20th 1937. 'The Rogue of Harley Street' by Anthony Skene.No. 460 November 27th 1937. 'Island of Fear' by George Rochester.No. 461 December 4th 1937. 'Odds on Murder!' by John Hudlestone.No. 462 December 11th 1937. 'The Man From Manhattan' by Leonard Gribble. In the original publisher's paper wraps. Externally smart with some light age-toning and spots to the wraps. Staples are a little rusted. Minor edge wear to the wraps and pages. Ring mark to the first wrap of No. 462. Internally generally firmly bound. Pages are age-toned and clean with some odd spots. Small mark to the last leaf of No. 458 and some heavier spots to the last leaf of No. 461. Very Good Indeed The Amalgamated Press unknown
ref. 6130598682Read Books UK . Papeback. New. pp. 328 Read Books (UK) unknown
ref. 0486245187.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1931ref. 764L13London: Mundanus Ltd Victor Gollancz 1931. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5". None. A very scarce first hardback issue of this important 'inverted detective story'. Written by Anthony Berkeley Cox under the pen name Francis Iles. The first edition of this scarce crime fiction novel written by Anthony Berkeley Cox. The murderer's identity is revealed in the first line of the novel which provides the reader with insights into the workings of the murderer's mind as his plans progress. Cox loosely based this novel on the real-life case of Herbert Armstrong and includes elements of Doctor Crippen. Issued under the Gollancz imprint of 'Mundanus' which they produced as a 3/- paperback series in an attempt to initiate a paperback revolution. This hardback edition was published simultaneously with the wrappers issue as was a library issue. Copies of the hardback edition are extremely scarce. An extremely scarce copy of this important novel. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally very smart. A few light marks to the boards. Bumping to the head and tail of spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright. Scattered spotting to the fore-edge and heavy spots to the first and last few pages. Otherwise occasional light spots. Very Good Indeed Mundanus Ltd, Victor Gollancz hardcover
ref. 0934143137.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1950ref. 041087New York: Scientific American Inc. 1950. First Edition 1st Printing. Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine. 64 Pp. Illustrated Wrappers. Near Fine Slight Rubbing. Scientific American, Inc. unknown
1970ref. 144148N.p.: N.p. 1970. Draft script for an unproduced film. With occasional manuscript annotations in blue ink throughout. Adapted for the screen from Alan Morris' 1970 novel "The Tale Of The Lazy Dog." A ragtag group consisting of an Irish journalist a French woman married to a man in the CIA a mercenary pilot and a shameless adventurer are amuck in the war torn region of Laos Cambodia and Vietnam attempting to extort one and a half billion dollars. Set in Laos Cambodia and Vietnam. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present noted as with credits for screenwriter Dursley Berkeley and novelist Alan Williams. 112 with last page of text numbered 114. Mechanical duplication. Pages Fine wrapper Fine bound with three gold brads. N.p. unknown
1869ref. 1183E123London: Smith Elder and Co 1869. 2nd Edition . Hardback. Printed pages: xi 224. Very Good Minus. 4.25 x 6.75 inches 11 x 17 cm. Purple cloth binding with darkening and slight wear to spine. Light marks to boards. Small self adhesive label to verso of front free endpaper which has stained through the pages to recto side. Notes in pencil to front free endpaper and some margin markings also in pencil. A little light foxing to text. A solid early printing. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £15.00; USA £15.00; Oceania £16.00; Rest of World £18.00. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 4.25 x 6.75 inches 11 x 17 cm. Smith, Elder and Co hardcover
1955ref. 140258Universal City CA: Universal Pictures 1955. Vintage still photograph from the set of the 1955 film "Revenge of the Creature." Featuring a comical image of the film being shot in the water at Marineland Florida while a dolphin show takes place in the background. Half of the gathered crowd watches the dolphin show while the other half has turned to watch the Gill-man attack a diver bathing suit-clad cameramen milling about to the side. The captive Gill-man Ricou Browning falls in love with the girlfriend Lori Nelson of animal psychologist Clete Ferguson John Agar. When it inevitably escapes and unsurprisingly takes Nelson hostage the police are forced to shoot it. The first 3-D sequel to a 3-D film its far more successful predecessor "The Creature from the Black Lagoon" and the only 3-D film released in 1955. Clint Eastwood makes a hilarious uncredited appearance as an incompetent lab technician who insists a lab rat has been eaten by a cat test subject only to find the rat in his lab coat pocket. Set in Florida and shot there on location. 8 x 10 inches. Just about Fine. Weaver and Brunas Universal Horrors. Mystery Science Theater 801. Universal Pictures unknown
1939ref. 137986Beverly Hills CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer MGM 1939. Vintage photograph from the 1939 film musical based on the 1937 Rogers and Hart Broadway musical play of the same name. With a printed snipe on the verso along with the stamp of Culver Pictures photo bureau a date stamp of "Dec 1939" and manuscript annotations regarding layout. Rooney and Garland sing "God's Country" from the finale of the musical in a scene spoofing Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the FDR's fireside chats. This scene was cut from the film after Roosevelt's death and believed lost until it was rediscovered and restored in 1990s. Rooney received a Best Actor nomination for his role in the film. 10 x 8 inches. Very Good. Pinholes to the corners with pinholes at the corners and light wear to the margins. Hirschhorn p. 167. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM] unknown
1923ref. 026964Harvard University Press: 1923. First published in 1922 these two volumes are the second printing from January 1923. Volume I has 276 pages illustrated. Volume II has 308 pages illustrated. "The lectures on which this book is based were delivered as part of a course on the Technique of Printing in the Graduate School of Businesss Administration of Harvard University during the years 1911- 1916 and since then I have recast the material into a form suitable for publication.The chapters on Spanish printing are new- not having been part of the series of lectures." 2 VERY GOOD HARDCOVERS black cloth covers show a little scuffing lettering is bright on both spines. Internally nice clean tight copies with a previous owner's name present. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jackets Present. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Harvard University Press: Hardcover
ref. 6104000101Papeback. New. pp. 460 unknown
ref. 6103843211Read Books UK . Hardback. New. pp. 332 Read Books (UK) hardcover
ref. 6102237189Cosimo Incorporated . Papeback. New. pp. 452 Cosimo, Incorporated unknown
ref. 697230267Longman Group . Papeback. New. pp. 304 Maps Index Longman Group unknown
2000ref. DADAX0521496810Cambridge University Press 2000-05-08. hardcover. New. 6.25x0.75x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Cambridge University Press hardcover
2001ref. DADAX0316126640Little Brown Books for Young Readers 2001-04-01. 1st Pbk. Ed. paperback. New. 11.75x0.25x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers paperback
2012ref. DADAX0521159156Cambridge University Press 2012-03-29. Reissue. paperback. New. 5.50x0.82x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Cambridge University Press paperback
ref. 61992559University Press of the Pacific . Papeback. New. pp. 120 University Press of the Pacific unknown
ref. 63848382MacMillan . Hardback. New. pp. xii 231 MacMillan hardcover
ref. 63836261Indiana University Press USA . Papeback. New. Indiana University Press (USA) unknown
ref. 6312002Taylor & Francis Group . Papeback. New. pp. 288 Taylor & Francis Group unknown
ref. 6606767Cambridge University Press CUP . Papeback. New. pp. 424 Cambridge University Press CUP unknown
