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1914rif. 59995London: Whitaker and Sons. 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. 1054pp Red cloth spine green boards gilt lettering spine missing piece from top and looks to have been under laid ; Octavo . Whitaker and Sons hardcover
1875rif. 107180T. Nelson & Sons. 1875. T. Nelson & Sons. London. 1875. First edition. Slim small 8vo. Maroon cloth black decorative leaf border with mounted coloured rondel to upper board. Slightly worn to extremities. Coloured frontis. showing Robert the Bruce and his spider. Spider web illustration to title and other very attractive b/w engravings to text. Endpapers browned with prize inscription to front free endpaper. A lovely volume. hardcover
1935rif. 053620Worcester: Ebenezer Baylis. Very Good with no dust jacket. Hardcover. Limited editon of which this is number 150 240pp page sl browned bound in white spine/blue covers with gilt device on front cover sl rubbed on corners; Octavo . 1935. Ebenezer Baylis hardcover
1933rif. 052419Hereford: Wilson and Phillips. Very Good with no dust jacket. Limited/Numbered Edition. Hardcover. Limited edition numbered 318 144pp bound in white buckram spine /blue covers; Large 8vo . 1933. Wilson and Phillips hardcover
1935rif. 900194Ebenezer Baylis 1935. Hardback no dust-wrapper as issued. 251pp. 26cm x 16cm. White linen spine now discoloured. Gilt crest to front board. No. 307 of a limited edition. Boards rather grubby and marked. Some slight mainly marginal spotting. A decent copy. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Ebenezer Baylis Hardcover
1948rif. 035108London: The Wall PaperManufacturers Limited 1948 Blue calf on boards with gilt title on upper cover and crown motif on spine. Spine has raised bands. Outers are rubbed around margins and spine. Label residue on decorated endpapers and small inscription on half-title page otherwise very clean contents. The Wall PaperManufacturers Limited hardcover
2000rif. P17THN11KChina: Tianjin City Xiquing District Wenshengge Tourism Production Co. Ltd. 2000. Booklet. 4 illustrations on glassine paper in plastic folders. 18.5cm x 26cm. nd. circa2000. Slightest wear to covers. A scarce copy. p17. Soft Cover. Very Good. Tianjin City Xiquing District Wenshengge Tourism Production Co. Ltd. Paperback
1835rif. 71649x 11-320 pages illustrated frontispiece and title page the contents lists letters by genre with a large miscellaneous section and includes includes letters from Byron Walpole Cowper and may others… Published by Leavitt & Allen hardcover
1937rif. IYC132338London: William Heinemann 1937. new leather-bound. hardback. Very good half-bound calf front board slight bend inwards with marbled covers pastedowns; ribbed spine with gilt decoration and gilt/black titling bright; text block firm pages unmarked crisp and clean top edge gilt. 12mo 190 x 130 / 7_"" x 5"". Elizabeth von Arnim 1866Ã1941 an English novelist born Mary Annette Beauchamp in Australia married a German aristocrat and her earliest works are set in Germany. Her first marriage made her Countess von Arnim-Schlagenthin and her second Elizabeth Russell Countess Russell. After her first husband's death she had a three-year affair with the writer H. G. Wells then later married Frank Russell elder brother of the Nobel prize-winner and philosopher Bertrand Russell. She was a cousin of the New Zealand-born writer Katherine Mansfield. Though known in early life as May her first book introduced her to readers as Elizabeth which she eventually became to friends and finally to family. Her writings are ascribed to Elizabeth von Arnim.1 She used the pseudonym Alice Cholmondeley only for a novel Christine published in 1917. William Heinemann hardcover
1895rif. 233274H.S. Nichols & Co London 1895. 1895. Hardcover. hardback 8vo 2 vols xxiv324;xx281pp 2 fronispieces foxing on guards and title pages edges browning text clean and binding sound no inscriptions gilt-decorated cloth board corners bumped Very Good condition . H.S. Nichols & Co, London, 1895, hardcover
1862rif. 472931Parker Son and Bourn London 1862 sixteenth edition. 1862. Hardcover. hardback 12mo 1062pp 15 woodcut illustrations owner's name on endpaper text clean and binding sound blue pebbled cloth gilt titles spine rubbed Good condition . Parker, Son and Bourn, London, 1862, sixteenth edition, hardcover
1826rif. C64171Beccles: Jarman 1826. First Ed Thus. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Ed Thus. Hardback. 8vo. pp 82. Half leather pale green paper covered boards slight splitting at spine but sound vg. Jarman, hardcover
1860rif. 33592155 pages including contents at rear with 32 engraved plates text in German Published by Bibliographischen Instituts hardcover
1859rif. 33590170 pages contents page at rear with 40 engraved plates text in German black letter Published by Bibliographischen Instituts hardcover
rif. ZB0099Musees et monuments departementaux de la Seine-Maritime 1991 118pp 423 coin illutstrations card VGC unknown
rif. ZB0284Cahn Frankfurt/Main 1909 302pp plus 10 full-page b/w pls at the rear half leather marbled boards VGC hardcover
1911rif. C64758Woodbridge: Privately Published Martlesham Church 1911. First Edition. Hardback. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp 12. Original purple wrappers. Recently rebound with several endpapers in quarter cloth with leather spine label. Illustration. Bookplate of David Sargeant a serious and discerning collector of books on Suffolk. His large collection was mostly in excellent condition or attractively bound or rebound. Original wrappers near very good with some soiling and creasing otherwise fine. Privately Published (Martlesham Church), hardcover
rif. rja27507UK12mo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. VG/VG-. No owner inscrptn but inkgift Christmas presentation inscrptn to ffe and price-clip to dw/dj. Colour pictorial illustrated dw/dj spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Head of spine/backstrip minimally creasedrubbed with some minor chipping and tearsbut with miniscule loss.Top edges slightly creased and rubbedsome chipping with minimal lossand some closed tears to same.Topfore-edges aged/ toned - due in part to quality of paper used - but generally clean; contents bright with page-edge toningtight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners.Brightclean unblemishedblack ink blockedred paper-covered card boards with lightly aged/toned endpapers.UKthick 12mo HBdw/dj illustrated1st edn6-253pp paginated title pagedouble-page Contents list/table5 b/w comic strip picture stories5 b/w illustrated written stories13 Special Features quizzesrelated aeronautical info. Robert Hereward Brittonbetter known as 'Battler Britton' made his debut in 'Battler BrittonWar Ace' Thriller Comics Library No.160 in 1958.Within a yearhis adventures were appearing in Thriller Picture Library as it became known from issue number 163 onwardsand also found in the weekly Almagamated Press story-paperthe 'Lion'.Many of the early picture-strip stories were reprinted in Fleetway's Air Ace Picture Library in the 1960'sas were several new adventuresand they were reprinted yet again in a series of annual Battler Britton 'holiday specials' between 1978-82with a further issue appearing in 1988. 'Battler Britton' rarely restricted his daring exploits to the air alone.In his time he had also served as a senior officer in the Peruvian Navy and a cavalry commander in the French Foreign Legionand such was his reputation that following the outbreak of WWIIhe was withdrawn from regular flying duties in order to undertake special tasks requiring "skill and courage beyond the call of duty".Such was the character's popularity that Fleetway issued 2 collectable annuals between 1960-61 each one containing a mixture of picture strip and text stories; plus an assortment of 'Special Features' on aviation.A second collection of some of the war-time exploits of Wing-Commander Robert Hereward Britton D.S.O. D.F.C and Bar Croix de Guerre.These annuals are uncommon and difficult to find with easeparticularly complete with dw/dj. Please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight/ value of this itemfor correctinsured shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.FLEETWAY PUBLICATIONS LTD.,1961. hardcover
rif. rja27517UK12mo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn. VG/VG-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Colour pictorial illustrated dw/djspine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners.Headfoot of spine/backstrip minimally creased rubbed with some minor chipping and tearsbut with miniscule loss.Top edges slightly creased and rubbedsome chipping with minimal loss and some closed tears to same.Topfore-edges aged/toned - due in part to quality of paper used - but generally clean; contents bright with page-edge toningtight and clean - no dog-ear reading creases to any page's corners. Brightcleanunblemished black ink blockedred paper-covered card boards with lightly aged/toned endpapers.UKthick 12mo HBdw/djillustrated1st edn6-253pp paginated title page double-page Contents list/table5 b/w comic strip picture stories5 b/w illustrated written stories13 Special Features quizzesrelated aeronautical info. Robert Hereward Brittonbetter known as 'Battler Britton' made his debut in 'Battler BrittonWar Ace' Thriller Comics Library No.160 in 1958.Within a yearhis adventures were appearing in Thriller Picture Library as it became known from issue number 163 onwardsand also found in the weekly Almagamated Press story-paperthe 'Lion'.Many of the early picture-strip stories were reprinted in Fleetway's Air Ace Picture Library in the 1960'sas were several new adventures and they were reprinted yet again in a series of annual Battler Britton 'holiday specials' between 1978-82with a further issue appearing in 1988. 'Battler Britton' rarely restricted his daring exploits to the air alone.In his time he had also served as a senior officer in the Peruvian Navy and a cavalry commander in the French Foreign Legionand such was his reputation thatfollowing the outbreak of WWIIhe was withdrawn from regular flying duties in order to undertake special tasks requiring "skill and courage beyond the call of duty".Such was the character's popularity that Fleetway issued 2 collectable annuals between 1960-61each one containing a mixture of picture strip and text storiesplus an assortment of 'Special Features' on aviation. A second collection of some of the war-time exploits of Wing-Commander Robert Hereward Britton D.S.O.D.F.C and Bar Croix de Guerre.These annuals are uncommon and difficult to find with easeparticularly complete with dw/dj. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the weight/value of this itemfor correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please notestocks' shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the orderespecially if the item is offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can nowin some casescost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.FLEETWAY PUBLICATIONS LTD.,1961. hardcover
rif. 31630Edinburgh: Mansfield no date. Sales brochure the estate of about 2900 acres including the farms of Inchroe Mortvich Invershiel with Cluanie and Achnagart with Stra-anloan. 4 sheets with page map of 1868 when the property was owned by Keith William Srewart Mackenzie of Seaforth. In good condition with some closed tears to folds of paper. A fascinating document of Highland history. Edinburgh: Mansfield (no date). unknown
rif. 44578Clough Co. Down: Mr . Stephen Fitzpatrick / Dublin : Messrs.Browne & Nolan And all booksellers for the Eirish Society no date -c. 1952 . Original printed brown paper covers. Title to front cover and adverts to the rear. Edges rubbed and creased. 7.25" x 5.0". pp.28 . Clear English and Irish text throughout on toned paper Clough, Co. Down: Mr . Stephen Fitzpatrick / (Dublin) : Messrs.Browne & Nolan And all booksellers (for the Eirish Society), [no unknown
rif. 17289London: Religious Tract Socity 1833. Numerous woodcut illustrations in the text unusually many with tissue guards. 8vo 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches pages: xii:492 contemporary half burgundy calf spine gilt all edges gilt. Crack to paper at inner gutter beteen pages xii & 1 but very firm on cords. An excellent and attractive copy. Charming contemporary gift inscription from a father to his daughter on front fly. London: Religious Tract Socity, 1833. unknown
rif. 20119Servico Meteorologico De Angola Luanda 1955 1st edition . 4to 36x20 cms 53513 large coloured folding maps tables Portuguese text throughout sketch map errata slip : general survey of Angola's climate with region by region statistics; thin card covers vg : loosely inserted is a 2 page hand-written letter from Prof. Robert Steel of Oxford University. N.B. Portuguese text maraf Servico Meteorologico De Angola, Luanda 1955 1st edition unknown
rif. 31988Oxford: Malone Society 1964. Hardback in fine condition without dust wrapper. Oxford: Malone Society (1964). hardcover
rif. 3128Middlesborough 1929 pp. 32 tipped in illustrations. Soft leather binding. Good condition. The story of the invention of a major improvement in the process of steel making. Middlesborough, 1929, hardcover