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ref. 43873New York: Dick and Fitzgerald n.d. A handsome instructional manual in gilt and blindtamped cover. Front inner hinge starting minor cover wear very good conditio . New York: Dick and Fitzgerald n.d. A handsome instructional manual in gilt and blindtamped cover. Front inner hinge starting minor cover wear very good condition. 19 cm. 139 pp. 19 pp advertisement for instructional manuals. b/w drawings and diagrams. Dick and Fitzgerald unknown books
1890ref. 27012London: Brett Limited 1890. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. DICK AND HIS FRIEND DUKE. A Tale Of Adventure In the Fiji Islands. London: Edwin J. Brett Limited. n.d. c.1890 4to. 138pp. Half dark blue cloth over plain beige boards. Illustrated throughout. Original Illustrated front cover carefully backed & bound-in some early sympathetic colour enhancement. Complete. In very good antiquarian condition. Brett published Jack Harkaway in America c. 1890 Penny Dreadful Dime Novels were the American version was a term applied to nineteenth century British fiction publications usually lurid serial stories appearing in parts over a number of weeks each part costing a penny. The term however soon came to encompass a variety of publications that featured cheap sensational fiction such as story papers and booklet "libraries." The Penny Dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed primarily at teenage boys from the working class though there is some evidence that many girls read them as well. Penny Parts The penny part stories got underway in the 1830s originally as a cheaper alternative for the working class adults but by the 1850s the serial stories were aimed exclusively at teenagers. The stories themselves were reprints or sometimes rewrites of Gothic thrillers such as The Monk or The Castle of Otranto as well as new stories about famous criminals. Some of the most famous of these penny part stories were The String of Pearls which ostensibly introduced Sweeney Todd The Mysteries of London inspired by the French serial The Mysteries of Paris and Varney the Vampire. Highwaymen were popular heroes. Black Bess or the Knight of the Road outlining the largely imaginary exploits of real-life highwayman Dick Turpin continued for 254 episodes. Working class boys who could not afford a penny a week often formed clubs that would share the cost passing the flimsy booklets from reader to reader. Other enterprising youngsters would collect a number of consecutive parts then rent the volume out to friends. Penny Dreadfuls In 1866 Boys of England was introduced as a new type of publication an eight page magazine that featured serial stories as well as articles and shorts of interests. It was printed on the same cheap paper though sporting a larger format than the penny parts. Numerous competitors quickly followed with such titles as Boys Leisure Hour Boys Standard Young Men of Great Britain etc. As the price and quality of fiction was the same these storypapers also fell under the general definition of Penny Dreadfuls also known as Penny Bloods or Blood and Thunders in their early days. American dime novels were edited and rewritten for a British audience. These appeared in booklet form such as the Boys First Rate Pocket Library. Frank Reade Buffalo Bill and Deadwood Dick were all popular with the Penny Dreadful audience. Half-penny Dreadful In the mid-1890s a publisher Alfred Harmsworth decided to do something about what was widely perceived as the corrupting influence of the Penny Dreadfuls. He issued new story papers The Half-penny Marvel The Union Jack and Pluck all priced at one half-penny. At first the stories were high-minded moral tales reportedly based on true experiences but it was not long before these papers started using the same kind of material as the publications they competed against. A.A. Milne once said "Harmsworth killed the penny dreadful by the simple process of producing the hapenny dreadfuller." Legacy Two phenomenally popular characters to come out of the "Penny Dreadfuls" were Jack Harkaway introduced in the Boys of England in 1871 and Sexton Blake who began in the Half-penny Marvel in 1893. Blake soon took over the lead spot in Union Jack and appeared in roughly 4000 adventures right up into the 1970s a record only exceeded by Nick Carter and Dixon Hawke. Harkaway was also popular in America and had many imitators. Over time the Penny Dreadfuls morphed into the British comic magazines. Brett Limited unknown
ref. 8424112105.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
ref. 1847341837.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
ref. B9781847341839Hardback. New. hardcover
2006ref. DADAX1847341837Naval & Military Press 2006-06-20. hardcover. New. 5.50x0.38x8.50. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Naval & Military Press hardcover
1918ref. 198486London : ""Daily News"" Book Dept. 1918. 1st Edition thought to be 1918. Paperback. Near fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges very slightly dust-dulled and toned. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 8 pages; Description: 8 p. : map ; 14 cm. Subjects: World War 1914-1918. Notes: From cover: ""Reprinted from the 'Daily News'"". London : ""Daily News"" Book Dept. paperback
ref. 4814831-nnew. unknown
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1929ref. A87238Pau 1929. Hardcover Hardcover. Very Good. 4to. Hand written diary in ruled A4 exercise book of upper middle class expat life of Brits in Pau. Social life cooking gardening shopping in markets servants children etc. Nicely written and informative on British expat life 90 years ago -- by a youngish English woman about 200 pages 30000 words. Very good. hardcover
ref. 15919Printed by Permission of the Admiralty for private circulation to Officers and Men 1919. Plates. 8vo 8 x 5 inches 50-pages. Original blue cloth; good. Inscribed on front pastedown " Charles D. Morris AB HMS Queen Elizabeth 23rd Dec. 1914". Gallipoli Dardanelles. Rare. Printed by Permission of the Admiralty, for private circulation to Officers and Men, 1919. hardcover
ref. 5-780N.p. C. 1946 1946. 1st ed. 217p. Photos. Blue cloth. Fine copy. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. N.p. C. 1946 Hardcover
2005ref. Q-0752868756Orion Pub Co 2005-06-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Orion Pub Co hardcover
ref. 74291N.p. London: Elstree Studios 1960. Literary and cinematic critique Elstree Studios' unfavourable report of Ian Fleming's For Your Eyes Only written five days prior to publication from page proofs submitted by Fleming's agents Pearn Pollinger & Higham. 8pp. typed report on rectos only reader's delivery stamp to first page dated 15 December 1955. Perforations down left edge from office binding. Well preserved. The fourth James Bond novel Diamonds Are Forever was published on 26 March 1956. Elstree's reader report notes that Fleming's literary agents Pearn Pollinger and Higham Ltd. submitted page proofs of the novel to the studio on 15 December 1955. The Summary begins favourably 'Another fast-moving exciting thriller starring Ian Fleming's hero James Bond.' but goes on to comment that the book 'contains a less arresting plot than Moonraker or Casino Royale'. The outline of the plot in the Story section runs to six and a half pages - after which the reader's Comment is less than positive: 'Ian Fleming has been aptly described as "Peter Cheyney for the carriage trade" and it would be difficult to find a better summing up. He writes better than the majority of thriller-writers but his smooth style occasionally trips up with the over-unusual simile designed to arrest and startle the reader. Also in order to tickle jaded palates he goes all out for the unusual locale and in this book jumps from the Saratoga race-track to a frontier ghost town just outside Las Vegas laying on too much local colour altogether. One cannot overlook him for he is rapidly becoming one of the most popular thriller writers of his day. But this book while it could make a film does not immediately suggest itself for screen adaptation. There is nothing sufficiently startling or unusual in the story to lift it above the 'B' class. Not recommended.' According to its first page this report was specifically compiled for Warner Bros. who had acquired a controlling interest in Elstree in the 1940s. N.p. [London: Elstree Studios], 1960 unknown
1819ref. 355490721534London 1819. First Edition. Hard Cover. London: R. Hunter 1819. First UK Edition. pp. xii 408. Frontispiece and 24 finely engraved hand-coloured plates occasional text figure. All 25 engravings are present and un-coloured and in black and white as issued. Some minor foxing to the early/late pages of the book. Recently rebound in a stunning half-leather binding with marbled boards in contemporary sympathetic style with a green leather label to the spine lettered in gilt. The binding here certainly does justice to the contents. The text includes Arachnida and Crustacea. The book is dedicated to "Miss Edgeworth" herself the uncertain author according to Freeman of "Dialogues on Botany for the Use of Young Persons" 1819 also published by R Hunter. A lovely copy. Quite uncommon. Photographs/scans available upon request. hardcover
ref. 4643Photogravure 1914. 245mm by 145mm platemark 300mm by 235mm sheet size. Plate number above top right corner of the image. From a folio of photogravures of the marbles and bronzes in the British Museum. CONDITION : Tiny spot in left hand margin. unknown
2000ref. 150034D.F.I.D. 2000. Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback. Measures 11½" x 8" 1.4 kg; Contains: DFID-Funded Tsetse Research in Zimbabwe 1980-1997: A Case Study S.J. Torr J.W. Hargrove and T.N.C. Mangwiro 1998; DFID-Funded Tsetse and Trypanosome Research in Kenya 1980-1997: A Case Study P. Stevenson 1998; DFID-Funded Research on Tsetse and Trypanosomosis at the International Trypanotolerance Centre in The Gambia 1985-1996: A Review W.F. Snow and B.N. Touray 1998; Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems: Work related to Tsetse Trypanosomosis and Land Use 1980-1997 D. J. Rogers 1998; Tsetse-Transmitted Trypanosomosis Research in Sub-Saharan Africa 1980-1997: Research in UK Laboratories and at ILRI M. Murray 1998. The book is on the shelf and ready to post from Bath by a real bookseller packed properly despatched promptly and personally guaranteed in addition to your normal rights. My Book #150034 D.F.I.D. paperback
1835ref. J48646London printed by C.Whittingham/Chiswick Press: Religious Tract Soc 6th edition circa 1835 approx. Hardcover. Very Good. Miniature 50x32mm wine-red roan gilt rule frame to each cover and 4 double ruled lines to spine tips sl rubbed. All Edges Gilt minor signs of use. A nice early printing of this title which gives daily readings from the Bible in miniature. On title page verso: "Chiswick Press: Charles Whttingham" see BONDY 127 "earlier editions finely printed by Whittingham at Chiswick Press". Religious Tract Soc 6th edition circa( hardcover
1910ref. 21044Berlin, R. v. Deckers Verlag, 1910. Lex8vo.(Neudruck 1917). Orig. boards. Tear in first hinge. XXXVIII,680 pp.
1910ref. 21044Berlin R. v. Deckers Verlag 1910. Lex8vo.Neudruck 1917. Orig. boards. Tear in first hinge. XXXVIII680 pp. hardcover
1938ref. 58768Buchergilde Gutenberg 1938. hardback. very good condition with a bit of wear. Buchergilde Gutenberg hardcover
1984ref. E20920Bangkok : White Lotus Press 1984. Paperback. Good. 1.00. Anon. Deutsch als Freundsprache I. A. Neubearbeitung Glossar Deutsch-Thai White Lotus Press paperback
1845ref. 016520London: Charles Evans 1845. Book measures 27.5x22.cm. 438pp 16 full page plates page 38 with a near full page illustration. Bound in later red cloth. Cloth rubbed worn. Internally endpaper joints split but content holding minor spot marking. Pages and illustrations in good clean condition. A good copy. F. First Edition. Cloth. Good Plus. Quarto. Charles Evans Hardcover
ref. 1446519473.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1880ref. 5600Paris: Monrocq C1880. First edition. A nice copy of this design book. 20 un-numbered leaves printed on the recto only in black and white. Mostly partial figures in two states for students to copy or complete these have not been added to so in their original printed state. A few completed more complex pictures to the end of the book. In soft paper covers with red and blue design and text to the front cover. No separate title pages. Covers are in good mainly clean condition with just a touch of handling. Internally clean if fractionally darkened. 14.5cm x 23.5cm. We have been unable to trace a copy of this on WorldCat although somewhat similar design and art books by Monrocq are produced in this period. No copies for sale at the time of cataloguing. . Première édition. Un bel exemplaire de ce livre de dessin. 20 feuillets non numérotés imprimés uniquement au recto en noir et blanc. Il s'agit principalement de figures incomplètes présentées en deux versions destinées à être copiées ou complétées par les élèves celles-ci n'ont pas été complétées et sont donc dans leur état d'impression d'origine. Quelques illustrations plus complexes et complétées figurent à la fin du livre. Reliure en papier souple avec un motif rouge et bleu et du texte sur la couverture. Pas de pages de titre séparées. Les couvertures sont en bon état globalement propres avec juste quelques traces d'usure. L'intérieur est propre bien qu'un peu jauni. 145 cm x 235 cm. Nous n'avons pas réussi à trouver d'exemplaire de cet ouvrage sur WorldCat bien que des livres de dessin et d'art assez similaires de Monrocq aient été publiés à cette époque. Aucun exemplaire en vente au moment du catalogage. Monrocq unknown
