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1863ref. 1027N20London: Lovell Reeve & Co. 1863. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 6". Walter Hood Fitch. The first edition of a comprehensive handbook from a leading parson-naturalist and illustrated with colour lithographs by Walter Hood Fitch. The first edition of Handbook of British Mosses; Comprising all that are Known to be Natives of the British Isles written by parson-naturalist and a founder of plant pathology Miles Joseph Berkeley. In the publisher's original turquoise cloth bound by Westleys and Co. Contains all twenty-four plates to the rear drawn by Scottish botanical illustrator Walter Hood Fitch including colour lithographs. Collated complete. Contains publisher's original advertisements to the rear. An comprehensive study of the numerous different species of mosses found across rivers lakes and shores of Britain with each carefully reviewed under the microscope by Berkeley. A prolific fellow of the Linnean Society Berkeley was presented with the Royal Medal the same year that this handbook was published. Fitch was among the greatest botanical illustrators of his generation with him producing up to 200 lithographs a year for various commissions. In the publisher's original turquoise cloth. Externally mostly smart with a couple of faint marks to boards. Slight bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. A small mark near tail of spine. Slight spotting to free end papers. Minor strain to rear end paper hinge. Bookseller's sticker to front pastedown with binding stamp to rear pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and mostly clean with faint spots to first couple and final leaves. Very Good Lovell Reeve & Co. hardcover
ref. 477474Edward Arnold London. Hardcover. Good. Hardback. Edward Arnold London hardcover
1987ref. DADAX3787307168Felix Meiner 1987-01-01. paperback. New. 6.00x0.69x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Felix Meiner paperback
ref. DADAX0526289406Wentworth Press 2019-02-28. hardcover. New. 6.14x0.94x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wentworth Press hardcover
2007ref. DADAX0548339473Kessinger Publishing 2007-06-25. hardcover. New. 6.00x1.19x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing hardcover
ref. DADAX0526197129Wentworth Press 2019-02-27. hardcover. New. 6.14x0.88x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Wentworth Press hardcover
2010ref. DADAX1165696657Kessinger Publishing 2010-09-10. paperback. New. 7.50x0.94x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Kessinger Publishing paperback
1905ref. 962Y7New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company 1905. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8" by 5". F. Berkeley Smith; F. Hopkinson Smith et al. A charming descriptive volume on the daily outdoors life of Parisians at the turn of the century with illustrations. First edition. In the publisher's original cloth binding.With a coloured watercolour frontispiece and many monochrome plates and vignettes illustrated by the author and other artists. This book vividly depicts the various outdoor activities and sights one can find Parisians doing at the turn of the century told largely through the author's own anecdotes and observations. With four leaves of publisher's advertisements to the rear. F. Berkeley Smith often explored Parisians and French culture in the early 20th century particularly Bohemian Paris with his other works including 'How Paris Amuses Itself' and 'The Real Latin Quarter'. In the original cloth binding with tipped-in illustration to the front board. Externally very smart with mild rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Slight fading to the spine cloth. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with a small tide mark affecting the top corner of the first few leaves. Contemporary ink inscription and a few light spots to the front endpapers. Very Good Funk and Wagnalls Company hardcover
1951ref. 970T103Massachusetts: Harvard University Press 1951. Cloth. Very Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A smart two volume set of the second edition of Updike's illustrated study of printing types. Complete in two volumes. Second edition second printing. Illustrated with three hundred and sixty-seven images including one folding plate to each volume. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive history of typography based on a series of lectures delivered as part of a course on the Technique of Printing in the Graduate School of Business Administration of Harvard University between 1911 and 1916. With commentary on the invention of printing the Latin alphabet and its development types of different countries during the fifteenth century the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries and much more. Written by Daniel Berkeley Updike an American printer and historian of typography. Previously held in the library of Gerald E. Cinamon an American book designer who was Penguin Books" main designer of arts and architecture titles becoming its chief designer in the mid-1970s. He was considered one of the most skilled designers of his generation. With a letter from Michael Denton of Denton Antiques London thanking Cinamon for the lending of this set. In the original full cloth binding. Externally smart with minor rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spines with the odd mark to the boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are very bright with minor age toning to the extremities. A contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Harvard University Press hardcover
1923ref. 924Y14London: W. Collins Sons and Co 1923. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 9" by 7". Bohun Lynch . A very scarce series of caricatures alongside humorous poems and prose from science-fiction writer and artist Bohun Lynch and playwright Reginald Berkeley. The first edition of this very scarce work. In the original grey cloth boards with a decorative stamp to the rear board. 'Decorations and Absurdities' comprises a series of humorous depictions and satires of an array of figures such as Harry Tate Augustus John and Edmund Blunden. Profusely illustrated throughout with full-page black and white caricatures by Bohun Lynch a writer and artist who also holds authorship for science-fiction novels such as 'Menace from the Moon' 1925 and 'A Muster of Ghosts' 1924. With additional poems and prose from Reginald Berkeley a writer of stage plays and Hollywood screenwriter. In the original grey cloth binding. Externally very smart with light rubbing and bumping concentrated to the spine head and tail. Light marks to the spine and boards. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with offsetting to the front free endpaper only. Very Good W. Collins Sons and Co hardcover
1863ref. 932Q8London: Lovell Reeve & Co. 1863 . First edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". Not Stated. A brightly illustrated first edition of M. J. Berkeley's handbook of British mosses complete with twenty-four plates. The first edition. Bound in the publisher's cloth. A comprehensive handbook of British mosses comprising all native mosses found in the British Isles. Written by Miles Joseph Berkeley an English clergyman and botanist known for his important contribution to the field of botany with his surname abbreviation 'Berk' often cited in botanical works to this day. Illustrated with twenty-four brightly coloured plates. Collated complete.Previous owner's inscription of M. P. Forsters dated Jan 8th 1881. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Externally very smart with light rubbing to the extremities causing a small area of loss to the cloth. Light bumping to the spine with the odd mark to cloth. Internally binding is strained in places particularly after page 305 with a few leaves starting. Pages are bright and generally clean with just the occasional mark. Inscription to half title. Very Good Lovell Reeve & Co. hardcover
ref. A9781032863450Hardback. New. Originally published in 1968 the theme of this book is the decline of the influence of the House of Commons in general and the rise in particular in the power of the Prime Minister. The author looks behind the myths of how our constitution operates to describe what was actually happening in practice in the late 20th Century. hardcover
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2012ref. DADAX0807872989The University of North Carolina Press 2012-09-01. 1. paperback. New. 6.00x0.56x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. The University of North Carolina Press paperback
ref. DADAX0807878170University of North Carolina Press 1964-12-31. paperback. New. 5.50x1.00x9.00. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. University of North Carolina Press paperback
ref. 3752589159.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. 3752589140.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1949ref. 857N6London: Collins 1949-1952. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7" by 4.5". None. Four volumes from Berkeley Gray's Norman Conquest series. Found in the unclipped dustwrapper. Four works from Berkeley Gray's crime fiction series featuring Norman Conquest including a first edition of Duel Murder. Found in the unclipped dustwrapper. Edwy Searles Brooks was a popular crime writer in the early twentieth century writing under the pen-names Berkeley Gray Victor Gunn Rex Madison and Carlton Ross. The series was published between 1938 and 1969 and follow the 'breakneck sleuthing' of Norman Conquest. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding found in the unclipped dust wrapper. Externally generally smart with just some light rubbing and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Duel Murder is more worn than the other volumes with some moderate bumping and light rubbing to the boards a little loss of wrap to the head and tail of the spine and a two-inch closed tear to the wrap at the rear board. The wraps to the remaining volumes are lightly rubbed with some handling marks. The front hinge of The Conquest Touch is starting but firm. Internally firmly bound. The pages of Duel Murder are rather age-toned but otherwise pages are generally bright and clean across the collection. Very Good Collins hardcover
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ref. 3787313079.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1910ref. 859T84London: George Bell and Sons 1910. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4.5". None. An illustrated copy of this guide to the games of dominoes and solitaire. The Club Series. Illustrated throughout. A guide to the games of dominoes and solitaire with descriptions of the games tactics additional games to play variations and much more. Written by "Berkeley." In the original green cloth binding. Externally smart with rubbing to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with light age toning to the extremities. Good George Bell and Sons hardcover
1974ref. 842W77London: Collins 1974 . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 7.5" by 5". None. The uncommon second edition of this action novel by Berkeley Gray in the original dust wrapper. Second edition of Conquest in the Underworld by Berkeley Gray in the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. An action novel written by British author Edwy Searles Brookes using his pseudonym.Brookes wrote many serialised novels such as the Norman Conquest novels which includes 'Conquest in the Underworld'. In the original publisher's cloth binding and unclipped dust wrapper. Externally smart. There is some wear to the extremities of the dust wrapper. There are some very small tears to the extremities some light creasing and scratches to the boards. To the binding there is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with some age toning. Very Good Collins hardcover
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