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1861réf. 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
réf. B9783742898647Paperback / softback. New. paperback
1861réf. 11London: Hurst and Blackett Publishers 1861. First British Edition. Finely bound in three quarter leather gilt and marbled boards with six compartments and five raised bands to the spine. Marbled end pages and book block edges. Large 8vo. 431 pp. Contains 9 engraved illustrated plates. In very good condition. No ownership marks/writing within. Moderate edge wear to the covers including board exposure at the extremities. Darkened spine panel and board extremities. Scarce especially so when in presentable condition. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers hardcover
1861réf. OVB6649London: Hurst & Blackett. Fair with no dust jacket. 1861. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. No additional printings listed. Hard cover published by Hurst & Blackett in London in 1861. No dust jacket. Dark red embossed covers with gilt lettering and design of a buffalo on front and gilt lettering and designs on spine. Spine has darkened some and gilt lettering has dulled some. Upper end of spine is torn on both sides and spine has a tear in middle and fraying at bottom end. Corners are bumped and worn and covers have some edge wear. Inside front cover has smudging in upper corner and hinge inside the front cover is split. Hinge inside back cover is partially split. Pages have some tanning. 431 pages 2.7 lbs. Book is in acceptable condition.; 10.3 x 7 x 1.5 inches; 431 pages . Hurst & Blackett hardcover
1941réf. 86581London: Collins 1941. First edition. Hardcover. A very good copy in genuinely very good jacket. Very good. First edition first impression. 8vo. Original burgundy cloth. Dust-jacket. Edwy Searles Brooks was a UK novelist who wrote under a number of pseudonyms including Berkeley Gray and Victor Gunn. This is a rare work from his canon. Collins hardcover
1961réf. 011786London: Collins 1961 ex private lending library copy unclipped dust jacket has lower 30mm of spine missing and some closed tears and edge wear rubbing etc. minor stamps to pastedown half title title page and foot of last page of text 191pp 500 gram rate . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Ex-Library. Collins hardcover
1954réf. 000616London: Collins 1954 very tidy copy corners only ever so slightly bumped one page has a very short margin tear with crease where it folded along the very edge very minor fault.top edge a little dusty Scarce DUSTWRAPPER is not price clipped very minimal tiny chip to spine ends some very light rubbing to the edges and a little to the front cover spine a little sunned overall a VG DW showing age related wear. 192pp scarce with such a nice DW. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Collins hardcover
1951réf. 009084London: Collins 1951 price clipped DW rubbed to edge sand corners with some chipping loss or tears at spine ends and corners flaps partially taped down to paste downs lacks fep ex-lending library with stamps to endpapers and half title tidy cloth with silver titling uncommon in DW. First Edition. Cloth. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. Ex-Library. Collins hardcover
1954réf. RO40129118Yard. 1954. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Intérieur acceptable. 128 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 820-Littératures anglaise et anglo-saxonne
2026réf. LRB17000984Paris: Editions Recreasoft 2026 Language: English. Approximately 520 pages. English : Print-on-demand reprint. Original edition : 1862. A botanical compilation covering the lower Cryptogamia and the phanerogamous plants of the Pacific Coast of North America. The volume includes contributions on Musci Lichenes Algae Fungi and Phanerogamia with authorial sections by leading 19th-century botanists. Of particular interest for studies of North American flora cryptogamic botany and the scientific work associated with the United States exploring expeditions. Book images are non-contractual. Editions Recreasoft. Softcover. New. Editions Recreasoft paperback
réf. 71016London: Collins 1945. Thriller FIRST EDITION first impression. Octavo 20 x 13cm pp.192. Publisher's burgundy cloth with silver titles to spine colour-illustrated dust-jacket priced at 13/6. Contents clean no inscriptions edges gently toned jacket with a few small nicks and creased tears chipped to foot of spine. Shows well. A very good copy. Adventure caper featuring the crime fighter 'Norman Conquest a forerunner of Ian Fleming's James Bond who lived in a London penthouse and enjoyed fast cars and fancy gadgets. A total of 51 Conquest books were published from 1938-1969. London: Collins, 1945 unknown
1965réf. 12240London: Collins 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Purple boards with silver spine lettering. The board corners lightly bumped clean throughout in a tight and square binding. The dust jacket with lightly bumped and nicked corners crease to lower corner of front cover with light tape damage to the rear cover. Collins hardcover
1965réf. 023337London: Collins 1965 Tight and square light foxing in edges tape marks in endpapers residue of shop library sticker in front endpaper tidy pages. Dust jacket is fully intact and bright tape marks on flaps and rear panel. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Collins hardcover
1961réf. 5896London: Collins 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Purple boards with silver spine lettering. Very light bumping to the spine ends with a bookseller's ticket to the paste-down and a neat gift inscription to the top edge of the front endpaper else a clean and tight copy. Unpriced dust jacket in near fine condition. Collins hardcover
1946réf. 158116Toronto: Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1946. Softcover. Good. A Collins White Circle Pocket Edition 267. 192 p. 18 cm. Paperback. Small tears in spine ends. Slight wear to bottom of rear cover. Paper browned. A Damsel in Distress - A Haunted House. Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. paperback
1946réf. 10709-4Canada: Collins White Circle of Canada Pocket Edition. 1946. Book. Illus. by M. Paull - Painted Cover Art. Very Good . Soft cover. First Paperback Ed. & 1st Printing!. 192 Pages.CAVALIER CONQUEST. Collins White Circle #267 ; >> "Norman Conquest starts his latest adventure on a windswept moorland road where he meets a cycling damsel in distress. Having estricated her - what can Norman do but drive her home He finds that 'home' is an ancient castle and that his damsel Pattie is the daughter of the irascible Earl of Glaiswold Norman - who is drawn to trouble like a needle to a magnet - discovers there is something wrong in the castle. What has happened to the family fortune Why can on one enter the West Wing. In hell-for-leather style Berkeley Gray tells a story of villainy and suspense in his most amusing light-hearted vein." >>> Minor pen on front cover on ladies hair; Small crease to front cover; Minor shelf wear; Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall. Collins White Circle (of Canada) Pocket Edition. Paperback
réf. 68911677-20The Crowood Press. Used - Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. The Crowood Press unknown
1957réf. 48850London: Collins 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo. Pp. 192. Burgundy boards with silver lettering to the spine. A couple of very light scratches to the boards bookseller sticker and stamped date to endpapers with a hard erasure to corner of front endpaper else a fresh and bright copy with only some light nicks to the jacket edges and price clipped. Collins hardcover
réf. 22042London: Collins. 1954. First edition first printing. First edition first printing. Original purple cloth with gilt titles to the spine in dustwrapper. A near fine copy the binding square and cloth bright the board top corners ever so slightly bumped. The contents with a tiny numerical stamp to the rear pastedown are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the very good lightly rubbed and creased original dustwrapper that has a few tiny chips and short closed tears to the extremities. Not price clipped 9s. 6d. to the front flap. Number 26 in the 'Norman Conquest' series. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Collins. 1954 hardcover
1957réf. 019124London: Collins 1957 Burgundy cloth titled in silver on spine. Tight and square markings in endpapers light foxing. Dust jacket is price clipped bright slight corner wear. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Collins hardcover
1957réf. 012625London: Collins 1957 Scarce title. Burgundy cloth titled in silver on spine. Very tidy just light foxing in endpapers. The dust jacket is unclipped and bright rubbing/small tears to corners tiny edge gaps protected in a removable clear film sleeve. Collins hardcover
1958réf. 12238London: Collins 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. 8vo. Purple boards with silver spine lettering. Neat gift inscription to the front endpaper and light offsetting to the endpapers else a clean and tight copy in a very near fine dust jacket without the price printed on the flap for export. Collins hardcover
1958réf. 034653London: Collins 1958 Burgundy boards titled in silver on spine. A near fine copy of the first edition in a very good bright dust jacket with some wear to the spine in an archival cover. Collins hardcover
1962réf. 5908London: Collins 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Purple boards with silver spine lettering. The lightest bumps to the board corners otherwise a fine and clean copy in a lightly nicked dust jacket with light creases at the spine ends and light scuffing to the rear cover. A sharp copy. Collins hardcover
1962réf. 025660London: Collins 1962 Scarce title. Burgundy boards titled in silver on spine. Ex-shop library with moderate markings in endpapers only light foxing in edges. Dust jacket is unclipped wear to corners and spine ends a closed edge tear in a clear protective sleeve. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Collins hardcover
