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Best.-Nr. 11412mo 2pp on mourning stationary. Mummyfield Merton May 11 1897. Noted Pre-Raphaelite painter Shields writes to a friend and minor author Robert Falkner: "Dear Mr. Falkner For 'auld lang Syne' I know you will see my nephew- who is lacking employment. He will explain his capacities and you will judge whether he would be profitable to you as to any friend of yours- I know so well what such a condition as his is that I feel much for him. I see your articles in "Vanishing Deansgate" and have been much interested therein. Believe me Sincerely Yours Frederic Shields." Very good. unknown
Best.-Nr. 11412mo 2pp on mourning stationary. Mummyfield Merton May 11 1897. Noted Pre-Raphaelite painter Shields writes to a friend and minor author Robert Falkner: "Dear Mr. Falkner For 'auld lang Syne' I know you will see my nephew- who is lacking employment. He will explain his capacities and you will judge whether he would be profitable to you as to any friend of yours- I know so well what such a condition as his is that I feel much for him. I see your articles in "Vanishing Deansgate" and have been much interested therein. Believe me Sincerely Yours Frederic Shields." Very good. unknown books
1889Best.-Nr. 57169Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company 1889. First edition. 8vo. 120 4 ads pp. Frontispiece and six plates portraits. Howes S-412. Graff 3759. Smith 9420. Eberstadt 114 693: "Contains in addition accounts of the atrocities perpetrated by Chief Joseph and his followers." While Howes and other bibliographies call for eight plates frontispiece plus 7 Graff and the OCLC description call for 7 frontispiece plus 6; we have handled several copies all with a total of seven plates as here. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Lacking front endpaper light marginal tideline through first 11 pages otherwise very good. Rand, McNally & Company unknown
1889Best.-Nr. 57169Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Company 1889. First edition. 8vo. 120 4 ads pp. Frontispiece and six plates portraits. Howes S-412. Graff 3759. Smith 9420. Eberstadt 114 693: "Contains in addition accounts of the atrocities perpetrated by Chief Joseph and his followers." While Howes and other bibliographies call for eight plates frontispiece plus 7 Graff and the OCLC description call for 7 frontispiece plus 6; we have handled several copies all with a total of seven plates as here. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth. Lacking front endpaper light marginal tideline through first 11 pages otherwise very good. Rand, McNally & Company unknown books
1918Best.-Nr. 11756Nome AK: The Keenok Club. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1918. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Privately printed for the Keenok club in Nome. There is a stain in the lower left corner of the cover which does not continue on the pages. Owner's name on the fep very neatly in white ink and caligraphy. The covers are darkened on the edges. The contents are "fine. " ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 47 pages . The Keenok Club hardcover
1918Best.-Nr. 36511Nome Alaska: The Keenok Club. Inscribed to "Good old Ted" Theodore Reinke by the author with a note about returning from the Lorraine on title page.Ted was the author's cousin. Inside the front cover is a longer note from Ted's son Rev. Samual P. Reinke about how he came to have the book and a little about his family. Otherwise unmarked interior. Faded grean cloth with 2 faded green dots on the front and what looks to be a 1-2" water stain near the spine does not appear inside the cover. Moderate soiling/tanning to edges of covers. Lightly bumped corners and a few tea stain drops inside book. Binding is tight No jacket. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1918. The Keenok Club hardcover
Best.-Nr. 25681403-nnew. unknown
2006Best.-Nr. 81544Birmingham AL: Palladium Press 2006. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine Leather Bound Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. Pristine.; The Firearms Classics Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Palladium Press hardcover
2022Best.-Nr. x-0367458349Routledge 2022. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 280 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.90 inches. Routledge hardcover
2002Best.-Nr. Discovery-9780521732277CAMBRIDGE 2002. Paperback. New. CAMBRIDGE paperback
2002Best.-Nr. Discovery-9780521732277CAMBRIDGE 2002. Paperback. New. CAMBRIDGE paperback
2009Best.-Nr. 160916001APrestel 2009. Hardcover. New. 12x10x1. BRAND NEW. Still Sealed in Publishers Shrinkwrap. Prestel hardcover
2023Best.-Nr. SKU1716328Thames & Hudson 2023-07-01. loose_leaf. New. 8x1x11. New Book Ships with Tracking Thames & Hudson unknown
2023Best.-Nr. SKU0618768Thames & Hudson 2023-07-01. loose_leaf. New. 8x1x11. New Textbook Ships with Tracking Thames & Hudson unknown
194356 pages. Cover photo portrait of Britain's WWII strategy-maker, Gen. Sir Alan Francis Brooke. Features: Pie in the Sky - Bruce Hutchison discusses claims of postwar prosperity made by politicians; Dishpan Daddies - men and dishwashing; Man With a Handshake - P.C. House Leader Gordon Graydon travels a lot and presses a lot of flesh; Destroyer Passage - tale of a bad storm during an Atlantic crossing; Milk - photo-illustrated article on this complex industry which is of vital importance to the nation's health and pocket book; Britain's Strategy-Maker - Alan Brooke; Gospel by Word of Hand - the Evangelical Church of the Deaf in Toronto and its Rev. Alexander MacGowan; Fighter Sweep - Gripping account of a spitfire pilot as told to Flying Officer John Clare; Blitz on Moths in the home. Fiction: Pip, Squeak and Wilfred; An Eye on Beulah. Interesting colour American Airlines ad inside front cover shows Uncle Sam locked arms with a Canadian and a Mexican above a map of their North American routes. Editorial - Food May Win the Peace. One-page Ganong chocolates ad with naval motif. Hilarious Kreml hair product ad includes photos of Wild Hair Walter, Slick Sylvester and Billiard Ball Bill. Caterpillar ad shows crawler and troops plodding through Asian jungle beneath caption "What the Little Jap General Forgot". Great wartime black and white ad says "Watch the '43 Fords Go By" and shows Ford military vehicles parading by. Two-page Victory (War) Bonds ad with illustrations of seven Canadians from various walks of life. Nicely illustrated Canadian Pacific (CP) Air Lines ad inside back cover shows man and dog watching passing plane. Back cover Good Year colour-illustrated ad shows desert war scene eerily prescient of recent Middle-East wars. Unmarked with average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this vintage wartime issue. Book
1980Almost two inches thick. Some of the many topics include: Blood feud between Iraq and Iran; Uniforms for white collar industries; Shelly Duvall; Helmut Schmidt; Pierre Trudeau and Canada's Arctic Oil; Lindsay Wagner; Urban Cowboy; Strike by PSAC; Anne Murray; Politically incorrect lawn jockeys; Burt Reynolds; William Pollock and Drake International; France's Nuclear Gamble; Rita Moreno; Vietnamese Boat People; CDC - Canada Development Company is now majority-owned by private shareholders; El Asnam Earthquake; Brian Peckford - Confederation's Bad Boy; Carter vs. Reagan campaign; Tennessee Williams; Monique Leyrac; Big Government Squeezes Big Oil; Trudeau's National Energy Policy (NEP); Sterling Lyon; Michaele Jordana; Reza Pahlavi assumes the mantle of Shah in exile; Reagan Beats Carter; Single parent poverty; Problems with the Dall Sheep in the Kluane Lake area of the Yukon; Lockeport Nova Scotia has lost three fish plants but the people remain strong; Melody Anderson; The Global Struggle for Human Rights; Discovering Saturn; Susan Jacks; Lynn Johnston; Roy McMurtry and RCMP wrongdoing; The West Goes Wild over federal energy policy; Douglas Christie and the Western Canadian Concept; Sharon Timmins; Nick Taylor; John Fraser views China; The Pain Threshold; Mood Drugs - cure or curse; Cherie Lunghi; Farewell to Jules Leger; Devastating earthquake in southern Italy; Search for an industrial strategy for Canada; Viktor Beleko lands his Soviet Union Foxbat aircraft in Japan; Two Hungarians defect to Canada; Soviet tanks roll into Poland; Joni Mitchell dons black face to play a pimp; John Lennon killed - cover photo; Brooke Shields; Poles in search of food; The Kent Commission looks at the concentration of Newspaper ownership; Light wear. Firmly bound. Few library markings. Book
1950Pages 465-504. Features: Artistic color ad for the De Havilland Comet features painting of evening scene by Cuneo (?); Numerous photos of lovely new Princess Anne; Photos with the British Troops in Korea - operations in the central sector; Photos of the United Nations counter-stroke in the Korean War and some asppects of the struggle on other fronts - a pictorial record; The "Briggs Plan" - Scenes in Negri Sembilan; Malaya in Arms - R.A.F. Regiment Recruits; London home of the Primate - Lambeth Palace; Once page photo of Dr. Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury; Wonderful samples of photography from the R.P.S. Annual Exhibition; Centrefold cutaway illustration of a composite tank which incorporates the best features of American and Russian designs; amazing photo of window washers on the U.N. building; One-page photo of Parliament's Victoria Tower entirely enclosed in scaffolding; Seen for the first time in 1,000 years - Hellenistic frescoes of Castelseprio; Interesting photos of auto testing and quality control; Photos and personalities of the week include newlyweds Viscountess Anson, the Queen's Niece, and Prince Georg of Denmark; Photos of South Africans paying last respects to General Smuts in Johannesburg and Pretoria; Tenth anniversary of the Battle of Britain; Prize horses at Harringay Arena - Brandy of White Cloud, Pretty Polly, Mighty Atom, Nutmeg, Sheila, Liberty Light and Foxhunter; Photos of the quadruplets born to Mrs. Mary Coles in Westminster Hospital Sept. 12-13; and more. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy. Magazine
Best.-Nr. 66461J.-P. Migne éditeur 1852 livre encyclopédie 28*18 1139 (pagination sur 4 colonnes) pages
1691In -4°, 52 pp., due incisioni in rame nel testo. Manca legatura.
Best.-Nr. 58896Mame Tours 1848 In-8 ( 215 X 135 mm ) de 396 pages, cartonnage romantique de percaline bleu-nuit, dos lisse orné d'un grand fer romantique doré, premier plat orné du blason de la ville de Tours doré et second plat d'un grand décor doré, tranches dorées. Planche de 12 blasons en couleurs sous serpente légendée en frontispice, nombreuses illustrations d'écus et de couronnes en noir dans le texte. Quelques rousseurs dans le texte, cartonnage dans un état de fraîcheur exceptionnel. MAGNIFIQUE SPECIMEN DE CARTONNAGE ROMANTIQUE.Table ( non exhaustive ) : Antiquité des symboles - Origine du blason au Moyen-Age - Des différentes espèces d'armoiries - Composition des armoiries - Des couleurs ou émaux - Des fourrures - Des figures, pièces et meubles ( charges ) - Des figures - Figures artificielles - Figures chimériques - Des ornements extérieurs de l'écu - Roi et hérauts d'armes - Insignes des roturiers - Souverainetés, dignités et emplois - Ordres français de chevalerie - Bibliographie de l'art héraldique - Dictionnaire héraldique.
1910Best.-Nr. WOC-2021Établie sur les Pièces Authentiques, Actes de Souverains, Actes de l'État et Actes Notariés, avec Nombreuses Notes Généalogiques, Notices et Documents Justificatifs. Accompagnés de gravures hors-texte, par le Vicomte Ch. De Gosson, Vicomte et Baron de Barlin (Membre de la Société Historique et Archéologique Parisienne «La Cité». Deuxième édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée. Avec de nombreuses gravures hors-texte, 5 planches dépliantes de Blasons en fin de volume. Compiègne, E. Levéziel, Imprimeure-Éditeur, 1910. Petit in-4 (28,6x18,5cm) relié demi chagrin rouge à larges coins, dos lisse richement orné et doré, couverture conservée, tête dorée. 130pp. 1Ff de Table des Gravures Hors-texte.
1681Best.-Nr. 3459Christophe Journel, 1681. In-12 (16,9 x 10 cm), 204 pp., reliure d'époque veau brun, dos orné à quatre nerfs pièce de titre papier. Epitre de l'auteur au Roy Louis XIV, agrémentée d'un bandeau et d'une lettre ornée. Achevé d'imprimer en 1673. Ex-libris de Madame la Comtesse des Courtils, lithographié par N. Boudin à Gisors. (coins émoussés - dorure du dos en partie effacée).
1970#350 of 700 facsimile copies of the 1746 first edition specially reprinted in 1970. [10], 118, 15 [plates] pages. "Being the first part of Le Blond's Elements of War - written in French by that eminent mathematician, for the use of Lewis Charles of Lorraine, Count de Brionne, and published for the introduction of the young gentlemen in the armies of France." - subtitle. "Was a standard reference on the continent. Covers much the same field as Muller and Rudyerd in the period just prior to the French and Indian Wars." - dust jacket. Armorial bookplate upon front free endpaper, otherwise book clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. Book
2012Best.-Nr. Adhya-9780521197144CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2012. HB. New. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover
2012Best.-Nr. Adhya-9780521197144CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS 2012. HB. New. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS hardcover