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1937ref. 016442Moscow: Co-Operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R. Moscow 1937. Lacking 1 map Moscow-Volga Canal. Book measures 19.5x11.5.cm. 279pp 5 folding maps. Bound in original publishers cream cloth with image and lettering. Cloth rubbed dust marked. Binding in good firm condition. Internally pages and maps clean. A good solid copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Near Very Good. Small 8vo. Co-Operative Publishing Society of Foreign Workers in the U.S.S.R., Moscow Hardcover
1929ref. 794R55London: 'The Collector' 1929. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 11.5" by 9.5". Anon. An excellent limited edition catalogue of the collection at Lansdowne House London illustrated with colour plates and from the library of a British socialite. Located to the south of Berkeley Square Lansdown House is what remains of a mansion once occupied by three British Prime Ministers - William Pitt the Younger John Stuart and William Petty - William Waldorf Astor and Harry Gordon Selfridge before its partial demolition. One of the drawing rooms was removed and reinstalled at the Philadeplhia Museum of Art and the Dining Room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.A limited edition with seven hundred and fifty copies produced only of which this is No. 105. Illustrated with one hundred and two plates including a handful in colour. Collated complete.Acquired from the library of Audrey Pleydell-Bouverie an English socialite and the illegitimate granddaughter of King Edward VII. She was featured by Cecil Beaton in 'The Book of Beauty'. Amongst her circle were Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon Coco Chanel Salvador Dali Winston and Clementine Churchill and Nancy Mitford.A smart limited edition relating to the collection of an important mansion let to prominent figures in British society. In a full cloth binding. Externally very smart with just slight wear to the head and tail of the spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages are uncut and with just the odd instance of spotting. Very Good Indeed 'The Collector' hardcover
1953ref. 3554907114791953. First Edition. A French softcover. A VG copy with the Porsche distributors label removed from the top right hand corner of the front cover. Superb front-cover artwork by Geo Ham. The winning car was a Jaguar XK120C driven by Tony Rolt and Duncan Hamilton. Scarce paperback
1937ref. 8794London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1937. 1st Edition. Magazine. Good/Na. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Single volume edition from 1937 pages 824-864. Articles include the International Co-operation in Social and Economic Problems Organic Chemistry of Nitrogen African Pleistocene Mammals Synthesis of Large Molecules Solar Eclipse of June 16 1936. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear and creasing to corners edges and spine. Rusting to staples. Light spotting to spine edges. Lightly toned unmarked pages. DJ Condition: Na Pages 64. Size: 8vo 26cm by 19cm. Macmillan & Co Ltd unknown
1936ref. 8792London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1936. 1st Edition. Magazine. Good/Na. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Single volume edition from 1936 pages 563-600. Articles include the Early Cultures of China The Parsons Steam Turbine Natural Selection and Evolutionary Progress Newton's Prism. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear and creasing to corners edges and spine. Rusting to staples. Outer covers detached from text block. DJ Condition: Na Pages 56. Size: 8vo 26cm by 19cm. Macmillan & Co Ltd unknown
1939ref. 8795London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1939. 1st Edition. Magazine. Good/Na. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Single volume edition from 1939 pages 392-446. Articles include Unity of Knowledge Documentary Photography and Research Josiah Wedgewood Supplement containing Air Raid Precautions Standardization of Colours Flora of South Africa Silica Minerals Applications in Ultrasonics Radioactivity New and Old Vectors Modes of Thought. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear and creasing to corners edges and spine. Rusting to staples. Light spotting to spine edges. Lightly toned unmarked pages. DJ Condition: Na Pages c80. Size: 8vo 26cm by 19cm. Macmillan & Co Ltd unknown
1937ref. 8793London: Macmillan & Co Ltd 1937. 1st Edition. Magazine. Good/Na. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Single volume edition from 1937 pages 824-864. Articles include the land Drainage in England and Wales British Polar Year Expedition to Fort Rae Indirect Rule In Nigeria Catalytic Reactions measurement of Radiant Energy Nutrition and dietetics Chemotherapy of Amoebicides A New Conception of Supraconductivity. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear and creasing to corners edges and spine. Rusting to staples. Light spotting to spine edges. Lightly toned unmarked pages. DJ Condition: Na Pages 56. Size: 8vo 26cm by 19cm. Macmillan & Co Ltd unknown
1941ref. 011903Great Britain 1941. Book measures 53.5x43.cm. From Friday January 3rd to Wednesday December 24th 1941. Issued weekly circa 10 pages per issue. Bound in modern cloth. Some staining. Binding in good firm condition. Internally light tanning throughout many pages has short tears on margins a few pages with minor repairs. Pages in good clean condition. . Cloth. Near Very Good. Folio. Hardcover
1879ref. 769R10Not Stated: Alfred Mame et Fils 1879. Leather. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. A lovely and scarce pocket-sized two volume collection detailing all journeys around the world until 1832 starting with Ferdinand Magellan in French. Contains descriptions of the voyages of Sir Francis Drake Fernandez de Quiros Samuel Wallis James Cook Marion Dufresne George Vancouver James Wilson Frederic William Beechey and Theodore Laplace as well as many others.Each volume is illustrated with a full plate frontispiece.From the library of Eric Kenneth Prentice Back. Kenn Back was a British meteorologist with the British Antarctic survey for many years. He spent eight winters in the Antarctic and is a descendent of Captain George Back. In addition he served as base commander at Halley Faraday and Rothera stations. His library collection was built over decades and highlights his love of polar exploration.A handy and scarce little set providing a brief synopsis of all voyages made around the world between 1519 and 1832. In a quarter crushed morocco binding. Externally generally smart with some slight wear to the cloth-covered boards and bumping to the extremities resulting in a touch of loss to the cloth. Ownership bookplate to the front pastedown. Internally firmly bound. Pages have the odd instance of spotting but are otherwise bright and clean. Very Good Indeed Alfred Mame et Fils hardcover
ref. 11204London n.d. Softcover. Good/No DJ. DESCRIPTION: A twenty eight page illustrated provincial city catalogue of original caricatures after the style of Vanity Fair exhibited in 1890. Bound in red leather with gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to corners edges and spine ends. Lightly rubbed cloth with minor marks. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and strong hinges. Lightly toned unmarked pages. Inscription to reverse of ffep dated 1917 DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 29. Size: 24cm by 17.5cm. AUTHOR: Liborio Prosperi Lib a.k.a. Liberio Prosperi 1854 - 1928 was a Papal States-born artist who belonged to a group of international artists producing caricatures for the British Vanity Fair magazine. He contributed 55 caricatures between 1885 and 1903 signed Lib and concentrating mainly on the racing set. His 1886 multi-portrait caricature The Lobby of the House of Commons is on view in the Victorian Gallery of the National Portrait Gallery in London. The figures depicted by the artists of Vanity Fair included royalty statesmen scientists authors actors soldiers scholars and sporting men. The last issue of Vanity Fair appeared in 1914. In its forty-five year run it provided readers a variety of memorable caricatures of Victorian and Edwardian personalities. paperback
1883ref. WW9130Gruel Engelmann 1883. Full black morocco elaborately decorated in gilt in 17th-century panelled design. All edges gilt. Endpapers uncracked at gutters. Gilt frames to inside boards watered silk endpapers original ribbon. Pictorial frontis to text. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request. Used books are exempt from USA tariffs. Binding sound text unmarked . Near Fine/No dustwrapper. 632pp. many illus. 16.5 x 11.5 cm . Gruel Engelmann Hardcover
1902ref. 012708Rangoon: Office of the Superintendent Government Printing Burma 1902. Book measures 33x20.5.cm. Collation ix104pp. Bound in original publishers printed boards with cloth spine. Boards lightly rubbed library label and sold stamp on top cover. Binding in good condition. Internally occasional library stamp cancellation stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto. Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma Hardcover
1905ref. 012714Rangoon: Office of the Superintendent Government Printing Burma 1905. Book measures 33x20.5.cm. Collationixxv 71pp. Bound in original publishers printed boards with cloth spine. Boards heavily bumped library label and sold stamp on top cover. Binding in good condition. Internally occasional library stamp cancellation stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto. Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma Hardcover
1901ref. 012705Rangoon: printed by the Superintendent Government Printing Burma 1901. Book measures 34x22.cm. Collation ii1798ccxcviiipp. Bound in original publishers printed boards cloth backed. Boards rubbed on edges some abrasion wear hinge joints split but boards holding library label and sold stamp on top board. Binding in good condition. Internally occasional library stamp cancellation stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto. printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, Burma Hardcover
1903ref. 012713Rangoon: Office of the Superintendent Government Printing Burma 1903. Book measures 33x20.5.cm. Collation vii 67pp. Bound in original publishers printed boards with cloth spine. Boards lightly rubbed light crack line on boards library label and sold stamp on top cover. Binding in good condition. Internally occasional library stamp cancellation stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto. Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma Hardcover
1905ref. 012706Rangoon: Office of the Superintendent Government Printing Burma 1905. Book measures 33x20.5.cm. Collation vii 43pp. Bound in original publishers printed boards with cloth spine. Boards lightly rubbed library label and sold stamp on top cover. Binding in good condition. Internally occasional library stamp cancellation stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto. Office of the Superintendent, Government Printing, Burma Hardcover
1902ref. 012704Rangoon: printed by the Superintendent Government Printing Burma 1902. Book measures 34x22.cm. Collation 359pp. Bound in original publishers printed boards cloth backed. Boards rubbed on edges some abrasion wear library label and sold stamp on top board. Binding in good condition. Internally occasional library stamp cancellation stamp. Pages in good clean condition. A good clean copy. . Hardcover. Good Plus. Quarto. printed by the Superintendent Government Printing, Burma Hardcover
ref. 9457Agra: C.B Lewis Baptist Mission Press: Secundra Orphan Press. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Poor/No DJ. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Red cloth. Collection of papers relating to the government of the North Western Provinces with numerous colour lithographic fold out maps and diagrams. Includes Report Upon The Project for the Railwway in Rohilkund Report on the Boureeah Gang of Robbers Report on the Burw'ai Suspension Bridge Paper Making Descrepancies in the Kumaon Census Report on the Nimar Roads Suicide in Bundelcund. Language: English. Book Condition: Poor: Wear to corners edges and spine ends. Discolouration to cloth. Bookworm holes to boards. Firmly bound with gutter beginning to open to last page. Toned pages with loss of some page fore edges. Other sections of pages margins remain very fragile and may crumble. Tears to many of the fold out maps and diagrams. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 456 12 24. Size: 8vo 24cm by 16cm. C.B Lewis Baptist Mission Press: Secundra Orphan Press hardcover
1827ref. 9128London: S. Collingwood & Co 1827. Hardcover. Very Good/No DJ. DESCRIPTION: Miniature black leather binding with blind stamped borders and gilt corner decoration. Three ridged spine with gilt titles and gilt decorated panels. Gilt all edges. Printed at the Clarendon Press By S. Collingwood And Co printers to the University. Sold by E. Gardner Paternoster Road London 1827. Language: English. Book Condition: Very Good: Light wear to corners edges and spine ends. Very minor rubbing to boards. Tightly bound with lightly toned and dust soiled endpapers. Strong hinges. Lightly toned unmarked pages. DJ Condition: No DJ Size: 48mo 9cm by 5cm. S. Collingwood & Co hardcover
1913ref. 132310Dublin: For The Society 1913. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. original decorated cloth hardcover illustrated throughout 129 pages limited edition this being number 86 of 600 copies a little internal foxing private bookplate names to flyleaf cloth lightly marked otherwise very good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. For The Society hardcover
1870ref. 10839London: George Routledge & Sons c1870. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. DESCRIPTION: Full calf leather prize binding with school coat of arms to front Weybridge School. Five ridged spine with ruled ridges and decorated panels. Black leather title plate. Marbled endpapers and text block edges. Eight coloured plates. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Wear to corners edges and spine ends. Rubbed cloth. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and strong hinges. Clean unmarked pages. Minor annotation to upper edge of page 49. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages viii 565. Size: 18.5cm by 12.5cm. George Routledge & Sons hardcover
1879ref. 8703London: George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode c1879. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No DJ. First Edition. DESCRIPTION: Small black leather binding with brass clasp and boards edges. Gilt titles to front and spine. Gilt text block edges. Illustrated with 12 colour plates by William and Edward Finden J Brain et al. Text in double columns with references to margins. Language: English. Book Condition: Fair: Tarnished brass edges. Wear to upper and lower spine ends. Crack to upper front spine edge with wear to remaining edges. Rubbed boards. Two c1.5cm cracked to front endpaper. Bookseller blind stamp to ffep. Inscription to fly page date 1879 along with prev owners sticker. Spotting and stains to margins of plates. Toned pages with occasional marks spots or stains to some pages. DJ Condition: No DJ Pages 922. Size: 18mo 14.5cm by 10cm. George E Eyre and William Spottiswoode hardcover
1823ref. 011704London: printed for William March. Longman & Co 1823. Book measures 18x11.5.cm. x-10-404pp. Bound in full crushed leather with gilt lettering gilt lines inner gilt lines. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally pages clean. A nice clean copy in an attractive binding. . Leather. Very Good Plus. Small 8 Vo. printed for William March. Longman & Co
ref. 66562Sherwood Gilbert and Piper. London. 1827. 8vo. pp. xvi 400 iv Advertisements description of Frontispiece 'To Correspondents'. Engraved frontispiece of Highbury College. Period half calf newly rebacked title in red and black the red now faded frontispiece and title foxed joints firm and text clean. Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper. London. 1827. 8vo. unknown
ref. 7194Printed for F. Style. London.1739. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. 8vo. Front wrapper ii28pp. Lacking the half title but with the rare printed front wrapper showing the price of Six Pence laid down and bound in. Text complete. Top edge of pages have been cut and gilded the others are untrimmed. Pages a bit marked and rubbed but overall a very good example. The original front wrapper has some small areas of loss to the edges and corners and has been professionally laid down. Bound in modern half red crushed morocco by C. Walters. Spine with raised bands ruled in blind. Compartments lettered in gilt. Boards with dark red cloth. Burgundy endpapers. Previous owners bookplate Douglas Peter Crossman Earl Stonham on front pastedown endpaper. Overall a very good copy of this uncommon political satire mocking the supporters of George II and Prince James Stuart the Old pretender. Not in Halkett & Laing.: Printed for F. Style. London.,1739 hardcover