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Best.-Nr. BAY_00_SH_071044Pomegranate. Used - Like New. Pristine/brand new. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010. Pomegranate unknown
1971Best.-Nr. 3777413Madrid.: Sociedad de Bibliófilos Españoles. 1971. Paperback. Cubierta deslucida. intonso . Good. 24 cm. 432 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Sociedad de Biblófilos Españoles. Tercera época' numero coleccion8. Con una traducción por Joaquín del Val. Cocina. S. XVII. Recetas . Cubierta deslucida. intonso . Arte culinario 641.5083.1 Sociedad de Bibliófilos Españoles. paperback
2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 39 plates on 22, 24 full-page maps (the majority coloured in outline), 16 folding maps coloured in outline, and several maps in the text; decorative cloth gilt, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set. Vol. I: Forbes (P). The Campaigns in North-West Europe. Vol. II: Nicolson (N). The Mediterranean Campaigns. The standard history of the regiment's service in WWII. Enser p.81; Sutcliffe p.2; White, p.42
Best.-Nr. 5056680-nnew. unknown
Best.-Nr. 198533Paris, Ollendorff, 1895 in-8, X-356 pp., 33 ill. in et h.-t. noir et couleurs d'après les originaux de Pils, demi-chagrin rouge à grain long, dos à nerfs, premier plat de couv. (remonté) cons. (reliure moderne). Bon exemplaire.
Best.-Nr. 209272Paris, Ollendorff, 1895 in-8, X-356 pp., 33 ill. in et h.-t. noir et couleurs d'après les originaux de Pils, demi-chagrin bordeaux, dos à nerfs, couv. cons. (reliure moderne). Dos légèrement passé. Bon exemplaire.
Best.-Nr. 109781Paris, Mame et Delaunay-Vallée, Libraires, N° 25, rue Guénégaud, 1830, 2 volumes in-8 de 210x135 mm environ, Tome 1 : 1f.blanc, faux-titre, titre, 386 pages, 1f. (table des chapitres), 1f.blanc, - Tome 2 : 1f.blanc, manque la page de faux-titre, titre, 406 pages, 1f. (table des chapitre), 1f.blanc, demi-basane rouge et cartonnage marbré, dos lisse portant titres et tomaisons dorés, ornés de fleurons et filets horizontaux dorés. Rousseurs et mouillures fortes par endroits sur les 2 volumes, frottements, petits trous de ver et accrocs sur le cuir, des feuillets avec bordures brunies et fendillées avec des manques de papier dans la table des deux volumes avec léger manque de texte dans l'Erratum du tome 2.
1895Best.-Nr. 15157Ollendorff Paris 1895 1 vol. In-8 de 2 ff.n.ch. X 356 pp.; demi-veau contemporain, dos à nerfs orné.
Best.-Nr. 104821941-3. 115pp. 8vo original red boards hinge strain damp-affected and signs of silverfish damage sl. shake contents good. Stamp and bookplate of the 2nd Company Training Battalion Grenadier Guards. Each page is columnised with the following printed headings: Names Date Offences Witnesses By whom ordered Punishment . Every page contains manuscript entries several hands giving this information. Offences include "Wrong order for the Fatigues Parade" dirty grenade failing to have two baths dirty rifle laughing on parade late having long hair etc etc. Punishments range from "Admonished" to Drill to "1 Ex PSO " and other abbreviations. See Image 1941-3 hardcover
Pages 659-702. Features: Cover photo of the Victor of Ashangi, Marshall Badoglio, commander-in-chief of the Italian forces in Abyssinia; Photo of Gen. Smuts appealing for peace in Europe; Photo of the Kadir Cup "pig sticking"event in India, with photo of winner, Capt. P. H. J. Tuck with his horse Manifest; Two-page pictorial map of the Franco-German and Belgo-German frontiers - of world interest since the Rhineland was reoccupied; Two pages of photo of massive Burmese Leogriff (Cinthe) under construction as the funeral pyre for the cremation of a dead priest; Photo illustrated article on Brazil nuts - a minor mystery; Six photos from filming of "Kliou", the first Technicolor film to be photographed entirely in the jungle; Two pages of photos of the "Alps" of South Africa; Page of fascinating photos illustrating the world's greatest telescopic "eye", this great 200 inch telescope disc is twice the diameter of the disc in the Hooker telescope at the Mount Wilson Observatory, the biggest at present in use; Page of photos of medieval ship carvings in a Devonshire church - sculpted 16th-century three-masters; Page of photos illustrate the coldest Easter of the century; Page of photos of the king personally bestowing the Royal Maundy to aged men and women; Magnificent centrefold aerial photo of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia - before construction of the Lion's Gate Bridge - as she celebrates her Golden Jubilee; Two pages of text and photos present a mysterious 12th Dynasty hoard - Treasures of Asiatic origin found at Toud, near Luxor; Photos of personalities of the week include Herr Leopold von Hoesch, Señor Alcala Zamora, Dr. Constantine Demerjis, Señor Martinez Barrio, and the king inspecting the Grenadier guards; Photo illustrated article on Galapagos wildlife; One-page photo illustrated Harrods ad presents pocket watches; One-page Johnnie Walker ad shows him inspecting barrels by flashlight; Interesting photo shows crowd gathered around an Imperial Airways airmail service plane at Kai Tak aerodrome, Hong Kong, after it arrived from Penang for the first time; Photos of Lt. Col. F. J. Popham, and Mr. Francis A. L. Would; Nice one-page illustrated ad for the Humber Twelve car; Back cover two-colour ad promotes The Sphere, The Tatler, The Sketch, Sporting and Dramatic News, and the Illustrated London News. Please note: pages 685-686 missing. Several interior pages loose but present. Faint store ink stamp to front cover, otherwise unmarked with moderate wear. A worthy vintage issue. Magazine
Best.-Nr. 6527814Elsevier . Hardback. New. pp. 272 Elsevier hardcover
1889Best.-Nr. 86-277Chapman & Hall 1889. 1889. 3d ed. 320p. Map. Gordon Relief Expedition 1884-1885. Khaki cloth. Gilt camel with soldier attempting to mount on front. Heavy. Mylar sleeve. Fine Copy. Hardcover. Fine. Book. Chapman & Hall, 1889. Hardcover
Features: Title page illustration of a tank stuck in Palestine; Wonderful two-page photo spread illustrates "Men's Work and Women's Work - In England, Ireland, France, and Palestine; The Reappearance of the Zeppelin (article); The Power of the Press - A Complete Journalist (article); Occupied by the Germans - The Aaland Islands (article); Page of six photos regarding Hong King's new Tai Tam Tuk dam and reservoir; Article by G.K. Chesterton includes photos of Sir George Alexander, John Dillon, and Canon Scott Holland; Five photos of the wrecked stained glass of Rheims Cathedral, and related salvage work; Six photos entitle 'Underground on the British Front' illustrate activites in subterranean tunnels and rooms; The New Air Force and Its Future - article; Before and after aerial photos of Merckem in Flanders which was destroyed by shells; Fantastic page of illustrations and text presents some ingenius food substitutes used by 'our ill-fed foes'; Centrefold illustration of British mine-sweeper protecting a neutral cargo ship from a drifting surface mine; Four wonderful half-page photos of the terrain of the Palestine Campaign - a land of wadis, sands and foliage; Fabulous one-page photo of the Mayor of Jerusalem coming out to surrender the city to General Allenby - meeting the first British outposts; Wonderful one-page ad for Beecham's Pills features lady fortune-teller with big hair, crystal ball and playing cards; Nice two-colour back cover ad for Greys cigarettes features illustration of two mounted soldiers circa 1742 in Mitre or Grenadier cap; and more. 36 pages including several pages of marvelous vintage ads, most of which are illustrated. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent WWI-era issue. Magazine
1876Best.-Nr. 19014London: John Murray 1876. 1876. First British printing. 8vo. Frontispiece engraving with tissue guard. x 252 pp. 32 pp. ads. Illustrated with five plates by Whymper including frontispiece. Original decorated gilt stamped maroon cloth binding. From the library of the Imperial Ethiopian Consulate to the Netherland The Hague so stamped second front endpaper. Shallow chipping at spinal extremities small surface cloth tear top of front spinal gutter wear at the tips. Front hinge cracked but holding bookplates front pastedown. A good copy of a scarce title. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Good. London: John Murray, 1876. hardcover
1876Best.-Nr. 022539London: John Murray 1876. First . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo. Quite worn with spine cloth 1/2 missing the resr loose. Library plates on the front cover Mudie's Select Library Museum Street London verso Thorold Mechanics' Institute Library & emboss stamp on title page rear end paper and verso of cover due date slip and pocket both clean/no ink writing. 5 illustration plates by Whymper and 252 text pages includes the 32 page publishers catalog in the rear dated: January 1876. A good candidate of this highly scarce first printing for rebinding. NOTE: Friends this is NOT a common reprint. John Murray hardcover
2007Best.-Nr. BN535881Pomegranate Communications IncUS 2007. 2007. American Impressionism Book of Postcards American Impressionism Book of Postcards Pomegranate Communications Inc. Pomegranate Communications Inc,US unknown
Best.-Nr. 5635SLND 1 feuille in-folio manuscrite à l'encre brune recto-verso (335 X 220 mm.) signée Henry, La Fayette et Carle. (traces de plis). Chemise de paier d'époque.
Best.-Nr. AQ19472s.i.: s.n. 1722-5 Manuscript on paper. 48 leaves. Original marbled paper wrappers. Heavily worn detached with loss and dog-earring. Soiled. An early eighteenth-century manuscript roll and day book of the 'First Regiment' that is the Grenadier Guards the most senior infantry regiment of the British Army for the period of 24th November 1722 and 18th October 1725 a time of relative peace. The manuscript completed in numerous hands commences with a list of senior regimental officers of the 'ten company' 'that march’d into the Tower' that is the Tower of London and instruction as to the daily roll call: 'The Role of each Company to be called every night and morning and a Return maid to the Commanding officer of the Companyyt. The sergts. Bring in Account of what Beding the have received and to Give a Receipt for the same'. The remainder of the extensive manuscript is comprised of a daily register of those officers on guard at each garrison across England. The First Regiment raised in 1656 spent the War of the Spanish Succession 1702-1713 serving with the Duke of Marlborough's army in on the Continent including notably action at Blenheim 1704. The regiment returned to Europe during the War of the Austrian Succession 1740-48 and later the Seven Years' War thus marking the period of 1722-25 as a comparatively peaceful time in its illustrious history. . Folio. [s.n., 1722-5] unknown
Xilografia originale acquarellata a mano tratta dalla nota opera di botanica "Histoire generale des plantes" del botanico medico e naturalista francese Jacques Dalechamps (1513-1588) in elegante passe-partout INCISIONE: xilografia originale AUTORE: Jacques Dalechamps DIMENSIONI PASSEPARTOUT: cm 25x17,5 DIMENSIONI INCISIONE: cm 13,5x6,5 COLORE: acquarellato a mano EPOCA: 1630 circa CONDIZIONI: buone condizioni Dalechamps nella sua "Historia generalis plantarum" pubblicata per la prima volta nel 1586-87 raccolse tutta la conoscenza botanica disponibile sino a quella data. La prima edizione francese venne pubblicata nel 1615. Superb original woodcut painted in acquerello by hand taken from the famous work "Histoire generale des plantes" by the botanical physician Jacques Dalechamps (1513-1588) in an elegant passe-partout. GRENADIER ENGRAVING: original woodcu AUTHOR: Jacques Dalechamps PASSE-PARTOUT DIMENSION: cm 25x17,5 ENGRAVING DIMENSION: cm 13,5x6,5 COLOUR: painted by hand with acquerello DATE: 1630 circa CONDITIONS: good conditions Dalechamps in his "Historia generalis plantarum" published for the first time in 1586-87 collected all the botanical knowledge avalaible until that date. The first french edition was published in 1615.