Calvino ItaloMareMagnum
1979 resultados
1990Libri come nuovo; Copertina morbida; Pagine lievemente ingiallite; tracce di leggera usura
1992Libri come nuovo; Copertina morbida; Pagine lievemente ingiallite
1981In-16° picc. pp. VIII-1300, bross. edit. Ottimo stato.
19138vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 103 plates on 83, a 4pp facsimile, 10 illustrations (one full-page) in the text and 3 2pp tables coloured in outline, neat contemporary signature on front paste-down and verso of frontispiece, title spotted, endpapers a little age-marked; pictorial cloth gilt extra, gilt back, upper hinge weak but quite sound, covers a little age-marked else generally a sound, clean copy
19378vo., First Edition, with 8 plates (including 2 charts) and 2 maps on one folder at end; original green buckram, gilt back, backstrip lightly sunned (but all gilt entirely legible), fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR (TO PETER STORRS FOX) WITH HIS SIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With the (illustrated) rear panel of the dustwrapper loosely inserted. Elusive and important standard reference. Signed copies of any of Northcote Parkinson's works are exceedingly scarce. Albion, p.185; Gulbenkian/Minchinton 3591.
18864to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and very numerous wood-engraved illustrations (a number full-page), wanting front free endpaper and map; original pictorial brown cloth, upper board and backstrip elaborately blocked and lettered in gilt and yellow, all edges gilt, patterned endpapers, hinges cracked (but binding wholly sound), case a little shaken else a bright, clean working copy. With 2pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. Very scarce.
19528vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 41 plates (one double-page) on 32, 7 large folding scaled plans and numerous drawings and plans in the text; maroon cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly rubbed at edges and with small loss (not affecting lettering) at head and tail of backstrip. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. This standard reference is arguably MacGregor's finest work, with an architect's eye for detail and service profiles of individual vessels. SCARCE THUS. Albion, p.33.
19828vo., First Edition, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper, one or two spots on fore-edge; green cloth, a very good, bright, clean copy in the dustwrapper. Vividly-written autobiography by the author of 'An Incredible Voyage'. Striking wrap-around dustwrapper artwork by Brian Withams.
19358vo., First Edition, on laid paper, with a folding map on japon; handsomely bound in burgundy full morocco, back gilt with five raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled and ruled in gilt, uncut, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. With 4pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. VERY SCARCE.
19308vo., First Edition Trade, on laid paper, small contemporary signature on front free endpaper, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; original terracotta cloth, gilt back, terracotta top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip and rear panel, and spotted at fold-ins. Contains all the material of the limited edition published earlier in the same year with the exception of the introduction by H.M. Tomlinson.
19634to., First Edition, with a frontispiece and numerous tables in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Sold from an institution with its neat numbers on front free endpaper only. SCARCE.
19558vo., First Edition, with 2 plates, a full-page in the text and a folding map; blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy.
19478vo., First Edition, page-edges browning as usual; original series binding of red boards lettered in black, a good, clean copy.
1775Sm. 8vo., First Edition, on laid paper, WANTING TITLE, first leaf browned; attractively bound in twentieth century half calf, marbled boards, back with five flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label lettered in gilt, a very good, bright, crisp copy. This copy comprises 66pp. RARE. Not recorded by Anderson.
19838vo. First Edition with 17 plates on 8 and endpaper maps; black cloth gilt back a near fine copy in dustwrapper. The story of Germany's most successful commerce raider of WWI.
19348vo., Second Impression, with diagrams in the text; original printed wrappers, covers lightly dust-soiled a very good, bright, clean copy. First published in 1932. Sold from an institution with its stamp on front wrapper, and press-mark and pocket on title. SCARCE.
19213 vols., 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and large folding map; red cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean extended set. EXTENDED SETS WITH THE SCARCE SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUME ARE RARE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19738vo., First Edition, with plates; green faux-calf, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in dustwrapper.
19624to, First Edition, with numerous photographs throughout; blue cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in dustwrapper.
19278vo., First Edition thus; pale blue buckram, gilt back, gilt top, uncut AND LARGELY UNOPENED, backstrip lightly sunned else a clean, crisp copy. EDITION LIMITED TO 750 COPIES. VERY SCARCE.
19678vo., First Edition, with plates and facsimiles in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first detailed account of the Emergency Services Organisation, of which the author was Head, and the work involved in maintaining supply throughout WWII. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
19768vo., First Edition, with map; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
20118vo., First Edition, with plates, full-page maps in the text and endpaper maps in sepia; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Well-illustrated, detailed and often harrowing account of the West Indies under slavery. The original edition is already scarce in this condition.
19678vo., brown cloth, backstrip lettered in black, a near fine copy. Reprints of Economic Classics.
19698vo., neat signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. First published in 1941, Power's classic series of lectures was first delivered in the University of Oxford in Hilary Term 1939. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
