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1945Best.-Nr. 5-95Eschwege Germany 1945.: Rossbach 1945. 1st ed. NAP. 142p. ETO. Grey wraps. Fine copy. 1st. Paperback. Fine. Book. Rossbach paperback
1926Best.-Nr. 045604Mexico: Herrero Heranos 1926. Later Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. The tenth edition cover heavily worn and rubbed modest browning wear chipping and a number of tears in the index and one loose page but no significant loss. inner joint splitting and weak. Still about good and a functional copy of one of the great Mexican cookbooks. 428pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 045604. Herrero Heranos hardcover
1856Best.-Nr. CAT000819London: David Boque 1856. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition. Original publisher's cloth worn chipped at spine ends but sound. Modest age toning to pages tiny worm trail on one page edge. Old ownership embossed stamp to endpaper. 191pp with a David Bogue catalog at rear. Written in the wake of Accum's works on food adulterations sections on water milk sugar tea beer tobacco chocolate flour etc. Just two copies of the first edition in OCLC and a dozen of the 1859. Size: 12mo . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000819. David Boque hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 5-447Nurnberg: Privately Printed/Sebaldus Verlag 1945 1945. Copy 4 of 15 copies. 137p. Illustrations. White leather Gilt lines on front and spine. Top of spine torn. In vinyl sleeve. Good Copy. Limited/Numbered. Hardcover. Good. Privately Printed/Sebaldus Verlag, 1945 Hardcover
Best.-Nr. 001768A Japanese woodblock-printed miniature book in orihon leporello format depicting the story of Momotaro the Peach Boy in five multicoloured panels. The story of Momotaro a defeater of demons is one of the most beloved folk tales of Japan. Originating in the 16th century it was related orally until the Edo period at which point it was portrayed in paintings and illustrated books as it has been from then until the 20th century. During WWII the character was employed as wartime propaganda in which the 'demons' became American soldiers. In the present miniature the five panels illustrate the story as follows right to left: 1. A childless elderly couple find a peach by the river. 2. Back at home a boy emerges from the peach the boy is subsequently raised by the couple. 3. Momotaro having matured into a heroic young man departs with his dog to fight a band of demons who have been terrorizing the land. 4. Momotaro meets a monkey and a pheasant who with his dog become allies in the battle. 5. Momotaro and his friends having defeated the demons return home with the demon chief as captive. The book is composed of a heavy fibrous paper; the front cover of which has a woodblock printed panel bearing the title and an image of the Peach Boy among pink flowers. The rear cover is decorated with a white and green floral pattern on red ground. Japan is the only Asian culture with a significant interest in miniature books - as it is with miniatures of many other objects eg. netsuke bonsai etc. Such miniature books are referred to as mamehon or 'bean books'. While popular in Japan to the present day few are found in Western collections. A charming example of the genre. Mid twentieth century fine condition; size 3.8 x 3.0 cm. 3.8 x 3.0 cm. unknown
Best.-Nr. 355490723039First Edition. Singapore: Sing Wah & Co. nd circa 1960. First Edition. A softback. Limp coloured wraps. Numerous coloured plates & illustrations .with extensive captions and coloured maps of Singapore & City and Sabah North Borneo. Colour guide to Singapore & the Federation of Malaya. A fine copy. Photographs/scans available upon request. paperback
1952Best.-Nr. 5-369Tokyo: Toppan Printing 1952 1952. 1st ed. 284p. Photos. Essex class CV 37. Operations off Korea. Beige cloth. Oversize. Near Fine copy. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. Toppan Printing, 1952 hardcover
1951Best.-Nr. 5-378Tokyo: Toppan Printing 1951 1951. NAP. About 150p. Photos. Illustrations. Operations off the coast of Korea. Third Korean Cruise. Embossed red cloth. Oversize. SIGNED by the CO Oscar Pederson& XO C. Blenman below their photos. Near Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine. Book. Toppan Printing, 1951 hardcover
1919Best.-Nr. 5-267Park and Antrim C.1919. 1919. 1st ed. About 80p. Mostly Photos. Large cream Wraps. String binding. Rubber stamp of Ray Antrim on the publisher's page. Copy of Eugene Anderson who made pencil annotations under many of the photos. He was there. Very Good Copy. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Book. Park and Antrim C.1919. paperback
1919Best.-Nr. 85-589CPark and Antrim C.1919. 1919. 1st ed. About 80p. Mostly Photos. Large cream Wraps. String binding. Inscribed "Presented to Hagel by Glenn Nov. 10 1919" Foxing on first and last pages. Very Good Copy. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. Book. Park and Antrim C.1919. Paperback
1926Best.-Nr. 5-107Gardiner & Aviation Publishing Corp 1926-1928. 1926. Seven issues. about 50p. each. Photos. Issued weekly. 2/15/1928 8/15/1927 8/1/1927 4/18/27 1/3/1927 4/26/1926 4/19/1926. Very Large. Fair to Very Good. copy. Paperback. Very Good. Book. Gardiner & Aviation Publishing Corp, 1926-1928. Paperback
1860Best.-Nr. 12978Philadelphia: Weik & Weik 1860. A beautiful and rare print of two birds sitting on a tree branch with a twining vine. From the album consisting of 25 hand-coloured lithographed plates. The bird species are arranged by continent. There are five plates of Australian birds. The National Library of Australia holds a copy but there are no other recorded holdings in Australia. 10 x 14" vg condition. Weik & Weik unknown
1857Best.-Nr. 8799New York: Virtue 1857. Ephemera. Very good condition. Carefully drawn steel engraving at Washington's headquarters at New Windsor Cantonment . The house figures prominently with a grouping of 4 soldiers looking out to the river or guarding the house. B&w image 7x6" with margins. Virtue unknown
1775Best.-Nr. 32202558vo. pp. 19 1 blank; with engraved headpiece vignette and initial; stitched as issued uncut. First edition of this rare moralistic essay on the subject of humour both good and bad. The author states that he has no intention of being stuffy or professorial in his analysis of humour and its subspecies 'mauvaise humeur'. He notes that in the age of 'good company the need to be fashionable had almost entirely ruled out any place for humour and offers the reader a more optimistic view of existence more frivolous and worldly in which humour might have a role'. [n.p., n.d., c.
1745Best.-Nr. BS5ABRN3423Printed for E. Cave and sold J. Robinson 1745. Hardback original calf. 13 x 8.5cm. nd. circa 1745. Engraved title. 7 leaves of letterpress. 28 engraved plates of which 27 are hand-coloured. Light browning and a few spots. Binding worn but secure. Hard Cover. Good. Printed for E. Cave and sold J. Robinson Hardcover
1833Best.-Nr. R45GLTBRN1105London: Charles Knight 1833. Hardbacks later spines. Marbled end-papers. Edges gilt. 7 volume set. Pp. 198; 192; 192; 211; 196; 184; 203. With 24 portraits in each volume - 168 in all. Bindings slightly rubbed and worn. A rather splendid set. A very heavy set weighing 8.3kg before being packed extra postage will be required for orders outside the UK. r45. Hard Cover. Good . Charles Knight Hardcover
1794Best.-Nr. BS138GTBLUBLondon: Alex Hogg 1794. Hardback recently rebound in blue cloth. New end-papers. Volume 2 only. 480pp. With 19 plates some of which are folding. nd. circa1794. Wraps to No. 15 16 18 21 22 23 & 24 bound in. Library stamp on verso of title page no other library markings. Some occasional foxing to contents. A rather pleasing copy. bs138. Hard Cover. Very Good. Alex Hogg Hardcover
1794Best.-Nr. BS138GTBL10BLondon: Alex Hogg 1794. Hardback recently rebound in blue cloth. New end-papers. Volume 3 only. 480pp. WIth 10 plates some of which are folding - The plate 'Colossus of Rhodes' looks as though it was engraved by William Blake. nd. circa1794. Library stamp on verso of title page no other library markings. Small soil marks to fore edges between pages 337-348. Water mark to inner corner of first 3 plates. A rather pleasing copy. bs138. Hard Cover. Very Good. Alex Hogg Hardcover
1884Best.-Nr. 519396London: Ward Lock and Co. 1884. Hardcover without dust jacket; profusely illustrated with wood engravings and coloured plates. 890pp. Hinge break at facing preface page slight tear to frontispiece page creases on pages 9-16 pages 387-398 are a little loose but still attached. Tanning of endpapers and some light foxing. Boards in very good condition text is clean and clear throughout. AD. Hardcover. Very Good. Used. Ward, Lock and Co. Hardcover
1795Best.-Nr. P18BROWN11LLondon: J. Johnson 1795. Hardbacks half-calf. Marbled paper covered boards. 2 volume set complete. xx 218pp; viii 200pp 124pp. Illustrated with engravings. Some losses to spines cracking to outer joints - front board of part 2 is loose but still attached. Foxing to last 4 leaves in vol. 1 otherwise contents generally clean. Previous owners' details/bookplate to front pastedowns. Private ownership. A heavy set additional postage may be required for orders outside the UK. p18. Hard Cover. Fair. J. Johnson Hardcover
1730Best.-Nr. 56003A General Collection of Voyages and Travels From the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century 28 Volumes Printed by E. and R. Nutt, and R. Gosling, for John Hooke hardcover
1889Best.-Nr. 93315William Clowes and Sons 1889. Vol 1 pp. 194 Vol 2 pp.160 177-190 lacking pp161-176 plus over 100 pages of adverts covers of individual parts etc bound in after end of vol 2. Bound in contemporary cloth with gilt lettering to spine and top edge gilt. Binding rubbed and rather soiled. A well used copy. 15.0 x 18.0 Cm. 1st Ed. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. William Clowes and Sons Hardcover
1945Best.-Nr. 4-710Milano:: Pizzi e Pizio 1945. 1945. 1st ed. About 82p. Photos. Maps. Oversize. Probably issued as Wraps Recently bound in light brown cloth with gilt lettering. Fine Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Pizzi e Pizio, 1945. hardcover
1946Best.-Nr. 4-735Newsfoto 1946. 1946. 1st ed. 136p. North Africa Italy Normandy Holland Rhineland. Padded bown faux leather. Very Good Copy. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good. Newsfoto, 1946. hardcover
1947Best.-Nr. 4-708Indianapolis: Hollenbeck Press 1946 1947. 1st. ed. First Edition. 203p. photos. Roster. Blue cloth. Oversize. Fine copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. Book. Hollenbeck Press, 1946 hardcover
