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1915pp. 56, 7 + Over 60 plates. Original Printed Wraps. Limited Edition. Volume XXIII. Includes: Sachse. QUAINT OLD GERMANTOWN IN PENNSYLVANIA **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PGS Box 4
hors-texte, although the List of Illustrations calls for only 8 colour plates. 45 black and white illustrations and several small drawings at head and tail of chapters. Publisher's black cloth gilt. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Usual bumps to extremities. Interior VG+ No marks. [P-34]
2003No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, minor traces of storage to front cover and no bumping to corners. 704pp. The state of play with pubs which were open in 2004.
1994156 pages. A fascinating work which reveals, for example, that when cleaned the inn sign 'Andrew Mack' revealed its older name, 'The Andromache' - a forgotten warship of the fleet. Part detective work and part social history. First published in 1926. Prior owner has affixed (attractive) colour beer mug sticker to half title page. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Attractive illustrated covers. Book
1915Cover portrait of Major-General Sir C.F. Nevil Macready, Adjutant-General, British Expeditionary Force. The British Offensive and the second battle of Ypres. Centerfold shows (top half) Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood, V.C. inspecting the Inns of Court Officers' Training Corps. Canadian heroics (page 18). Photos and illustrations: the awful effect of a French mine explosion under a German trench; German shell burts near British transport wagon; Map of Ypres; Full-page portrait of Admiral Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson, K.C.B.; and much more. Please note: does not include photogravure of Belgium's Queen. Covers secured by tape. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
1972Features: Fort Langley - restocking a fur trading post; Canadian Art - a growing awareness in the U.S.; T. Mower Martin - Grand Old Man of Canadian Art; Irish glass; Decorating with antiques; Mourning Rings; Glass paperweights; Down under vintage cars; Hester Bateman Silver; Cotswold Inns; Old Tin; Vaudreuil Glass Industry. Average wear. Unmarked. No tears. Address label upon front cover. Sound copy. Magazine
1952Features: Land of Nightmare - savage war between French troops and Viet Minh rebels in the "Green Hell" jungles of Indo-China; Churinga - investigating a mysterious aboriginal 'grave' creates problems for an Australian bushman; Roles Reversed - a female climber saves the life of her male guide in New Zealand, by Elsie Morton, with photos; To the Forbidden City - Mecca, with many photos; The "Devil-Leopart"; Jumbies - an interesting experience in Trinidad; Japanese Inns - a foreigner gets a few surprises; The Radio Record - one of the most fantastic cases in the history of the Boston police; Shore Gang; A couple of Fools - a story showing how easy it is to become 'bushed' in Western Australia; What happened at Makene - a curious story from West Africa; and more. Above-average wear. Covers detached but present. Book
1952Features: Land of Nightmare - grim events in the conflict between French Troops and the Viet Minh rebels in the jungles of Indo-China; Churinga - investigating a mysterious aboriginal 'grave'; Roles Reversed - a female climber aids her male guide to safety from a 9,000 foot peak; To the Forbidden City - Mecca, with photos; The "Devil-Leopard"; Jumbies - a tale from Trinidad; Japanese Inns - a westerner has his eyes opened; The Radio Record - one of the most fantastic cases involving the Boston police; Shore Gang - nerve-trying experiences for the author; A couple of Fools - demonstrates how easy it is to become bushed in Western Australia; What Happened at Makene - a very curious story from West Africa; and more. Above-average wear. Book
197146 pages. Features: Ceramics from France - the middle ages to the revolution; William Morris and Art Nouveau; Douglas M. Duncan, 1902-1968 - Uncommon Collector; How Much is my Antique Worth?; A Brief History of English Furniture; A Sailor's Chest; A Dutch Bird's Eye of the Fine Arts; The Penetanguishene Glass Factory; Early Books are Canadian Too; Irish Follies; England's Monastic Inns; Button Collecting; Unmarked with average wear. Address label clipped from front cover. A sound copy. Magazine
1992141 pages including bibliography and index. "The magnificent Bigwin Inn once stood as North America's largest and most luxurious summer resort. With an unprecedented collection of historical documents, vintage photographs and vivid colour plates, this book takes you back in time to the fabulous Gatsby-like era of the resort's heyday, a golden age when sleek mahogany launches plied sparkling lake waters, glittering masquerade balls were held in the Pavillion, chamber trios played to Hollywood stars in the Tea House, and royalty lounged beside crackling fires in the Rotunda. Discover the magical secrets of this summer place. Its unforgettable story is a colourful chapter in Canadian history and an important part of our Canadian heritage." - from dust jacket. Light overall wear. Tight and square. Two short scratches to mid-fore-edge of front panel of dust jacket - please see our photo. Half-inch opening to dust jacket back panel near top of spine. Faint erasure atop maroon front free endpaper where prior owner's details removed. A quality copy of this treasured work. Book
200482 pages. Features: Hells Angel - James Douglas and the Weardale Campaign; The Otterburn Campaign and Battle of Saint Oswin's Eve; Edinburth's Royal Mile; The Orford Castle Merman; Naval War Between Genoa and Venice in the Thirteenth Century; Ale, Inns, Taverns and Alehouses in Merrie England; El Cid - Spanish Hero of Legend?; and more. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1978Name to front and small name sticker inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions to contents. Minor creasing to front cover. A very clean very tight copy with mark down rear spine edge and no bumping to corners. 24pp. The first book in the Salford pubs series. Illustrated.
1996No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 59pp. With details of the pubs in the Lees, Springhead and Alt districts of Oldham still open in 1996 and of those which had closed already. An even more nostalgic record after the last few years of closures.
1926365p., illus. Hardcover Good condition; hinges starting
1984No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers. Very clean very tight pages bright unmarked covers and no bumping to corners. 35pp. Concise histories of 125 pubs which are know to have existed in the town of Hyde and district, situated east of Manchester and now in Tameside MBC. Some are still functioning pubs including the earliest recorded alehouse (from the later 17th century) which is the Hare and Hounds on Werneth Low. Scarce.
2006No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 128pp. History and photographs of inns and pubs and their customs around mid-Cheshire. Includes a suggested pub crawl around the area.
1980No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to sharp corners. Thirteen double page maps plus 413pp. A companion covering Great Britain and Ireland giving details of a huge range of the literary associations of places and districts with authors from Bede to Tolkien, Sir Walter Scott to Zennor, DH Lawrence and Pepys.
1993No marks or inscriptions and no creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 59pp. In the 1850s there were around 150 licensed houses in Middleton between Manchester and Rochdale. By the date of this book, the number had dropped to less than sixty. This study tells the story of some of these. Illustrated. Scarce.
2000No marks or inscriptions to contents. No creasing to covers, creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy not price clipped or marked or torn with slight rubbing to corners. 578pp. Campaign for Real Ale guide for 2001.
1718Un foglio (42 x 32) con tre insegne incise sotto la testata (l’arma papale di Clemente XI, quella del Camerlengo - cioè Spinola, primo firmatario dell’editto - e una terza vescovile): editto di proibizione ai “bettolanti” di Roma, di spacciare vini non provenienti da “Roma e suoi Suburbij” A prohibition to innkeepers: they couldn’t sell wines from outside Rome and its hinterland.
1718Un foglio (39 x 27) con tre insegne incise sotto la testata (l’arma papale di Clemente XI, quella del Camerlengo - cioè Spinola, primo firmatario dell’editto - e una terza vescovile): bando contro i vini “colati” (ovvero all’incirca non fermentati). A leaf against “colati” wines (i.e. not fermented wines, less or more).
