Summers, R.H.; Major Charlton Anne; Jefferson, Robert L.; Wisbey, Charles; Maturin, Mrs. Fred; et alMareMagnum
1899Pages 114-224. Features: The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont - part X; My Baby Leopard - R.H. Summers describes raising the cubs of a large leopardess he shot - with photos; The Peril of Seaman Diver Young - he spent five hours upside-down underwater while attempting to retrieve a torpedo for the H.M.S. Hood; My Cycle Ride to Khiva - part 3 of 3 of this excellent photo-illustrated recollection by Robert L. Jefferson; Our Baboon Hunt - South African farmer Mr. Charles Wisbey describes how he battled a serious pest - with photos; A Night to Remember - Edith and Leila become lost in a remote tiger-infested Indian jungle; The Jumping Procession at Echternach, Luxemburg - photo-illustrated article; A Masai Massacre - Missionary Rev. James Houghton and his wife are murdered in Central Africa; Through Pygmy Land - part II of a photo-illustrated account of Albert B. Lloyd and his trip; Entombed in a "Drive" - Australian Louis Anson is trapped deep underground; Venomous Snakes and Their Ways - photo-illustrated article, including Lieut.-Colonel N. Montgomery, who was killed by a Mamba in Zululand; Where Women Never Speak - photo-illustrated article on the Abbe Cestac in southwesst France; A Fight with Wolves on the Altar - Galician Stanislaus Bruhs is attacked by three large wolves in a church!; Dramatic photo of Judge Lynch and black man about to be lynched at Texarkansas; Photo of Persian being treated for opium addiction with milk and a twist; Photo of the Rosary Fete in the city gaol, Manila, Philippines; Photo-illustrated announcement of upcoming article on Charles Neufeld, a prisoner for 12 years in Omdurman; and more. Above-average wear. Few pencil markings. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating issue. Book
1939ref. 0015438London: The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine Builder. Bound in clean green cloth with bright gilt titles to front board this hardcover 1939 Souvenir Number of the Shipbuilder and Marine Engine-Builder is VG. Size is 13" x 10". 64pp with full-page colour plate of the Mauretania Portrat of Lady Bates who launched the ship on 28th July 1938.16 Chapters as follows: The Owners of The Mauretania: The Builders Birkenhead Works of Cammell Laird: The New & Old Mauretania:The Design: Construction of Hull: Launch & Completion: Equipment: Emergency Arrangements: Navigation & Wireless Equipment: Main Propelling Machinery:Bolier Installation: Electrical Installation: Accommodaton: Services:Ventilation & Heating: Sea Trials & Maiden Atlantic Crossing.Six folding paltes of technical arrangements numerous large B/W photos of technical gear e.g Allen West Control Panel also lounges restaurants cabins state rooms furnishing and fittings e.g. Art & crafts Strohmenger piano in the first class lounge. Very many 100 firms in total of the suppliers took large illustrated adverts in this souvenir publication including the following: Marconi Cammell Laird Bakelite Ltd Thorneycroft Yarrow and Co Shell Guest Keen & Nettlefolds etc. Very slight rubbing to top/tail of spine and corners otherwise all VG . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1939. The Shipbuilder & Marine Engine Builder hardcover
194526 pages. Songs include: Angry; Christopher Columbus; Oh, Maria!; Prince Charming; Robin Hood; Rosetta; Sentimental Journey; Sing a Spell; What's the Matter, Marie?; William Tell. Above-average but not excessive wear. Binding tender but intact. Two music shop ink stamps to illustrated front cover, otherwise unmarked. A most wonderful vintage Louis Prima collectible! Book
1965ref. 154548N.p.: N.p. 1965. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1965 film. A short mostly improvised film shot on Fire Island by Andy Warhol and longtime collaborators Paul Morrissey and Chuck Wein over Labor Day weekend in 1965 about a young blond hustler and his humorous and strange interactions with his older clientele. A predecessor to "Midnight Cowboy" 1969. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1870ref. 1307021870. First Edition. HOOD Thomas. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood. London: Frederick Warne circa 1870. Octavo contemporary full tree calf gilt elaborately gilt-decorated spine green morocco spine label raised bands marbled endpapers all edges gilt. $450.First edition from the ""Chandos Poets"" series illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and eight engraved plates handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf.""There were two sides to Hood's poetical character either of which would have given him distinction; but his great and unique reputation rests upon the performances in which they appeared in combination. As a poet in the more conventional and restricted sense he was graceful delicate and tender"" while ""as a humorist he was exuberant and endowed with a perfectly exceptional faculty of playing upon words"" DNB. The publisher notes this is ""a complete reprint of all his Poems out of Copyright to the present time and contains considerably more than any other Non-copyright Edition yet published."" Inked owner name on front flyleaf; inked purchase note on rear flyleaf.Minor rubbing to binding. A handsome copy. hardcover books
1965ref. 154548N.p.: N.p. 1965. Two vintage reference photographs from the 1965 film. A short mostly improvised film shot on Fire Island by Andy Warhol and longtime collaborators Paul Morrissey and Chuck Wein over Labor Day weekend in 1965 about a young blond hustler and his humorous and strange interactions with his older clientele. A predecessor to "Midnight Cowboy" 1969. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. N.p. unknown
1862ref. 54736Botanical Print from 'Select Orchidaceous Plants' first edition pl. 28; original colour lithography. Reference: 'Tropica p.1048 Graf 3rd ed. 1981. Robert & Williams Warner & Benjamin Samuel, printed by Vincent Brooks.
1862ref. 54735Botanical print from 'Select Orchidaceous Plants' first edition pl. 18; original colour lithography. Reference: Tropica p. 1104 Graf 3rd ed. 1981. Robert & Williams. Warner & Benjamin Samuel, printed by Vincent Brooks.
1870ref. 1307021870. First Edition. HOOD Thomas. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood. London: Frederick Warne circa 1870. Octavo contemporary full tree calf gilt elaborately gilt-decorated spine green morocco spine label raised bands marbled endpapers all edges gilt. $450.First edition from the ""Chandos Poets"" series illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and eight engraved plates handsomely bound in contemporary tree calf.""There were two sides to Hood's poetical character either of which would have given him distinction; but his great and unique reputation rests upon the performances in which they appeared in combination. As a poet in the more conventional and restricted sense he was graceful delicate and tender"" while ""as a humorist he was exuberant and endowed with a perfectly exceptional faculty of playing upon words"" DNB. The publisher notes this is ""a complete reprint of all his Poems out of Copyright to the present time and contains considerably more than any other Non-copyright Edition yet published."" Inked owner name on front flyleaf; inked purchase note on rear flyleaf.Minor rubbing to binding. A handsome copy. hardcover
ref. 69626HOOD B. H. Mrs. and DOZIER W. S. Mrs. comp. Records and Reminiscences of Confederate Soldiers in Terrell County. Dawson GA: The News Printing Co. 1914. 1st ed. 1528 pp. Errata slip tipped onto front free endpaper. Orig. pictorial stiff wrappers. Staple rust on wrappers else near fine. Rare Worldcat locates six copies. Dornbusch III 446. Contains a roll of Dawson County volunteers in Co. E of the 5th Georgia and Co. H of the 13th Georgia. The Terrell County volunteers included Co. F of the 61st Georgia Co. G of the 2nd Georgia Cavalry and many other units. unknown
1846ref. 8769Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson 1846. Hardcover. Good. Leather spine with peach printed paper over card spine sometime covered in red cloth tape with plastic name label applied. Oblong 14 cm 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. Front fly page detached tear to title page repaired with pH neutral document repair tape. 192 pp. text complete. Stanislaw 108. A four-shape shape-note tunebook.With a signed provenance card from the collection of A. Merril Smoak Jr. DWS. Hogan & Thompson hardcover
1964ref. 29740Toronto: Ryerson 1964. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Author. Hood Hugh. WHITE FIGURE WHITE GROUND. Signed. Toronto: The Ryerson Press 1964.First Edition of Canadian author Hugh Hood's well-received second book Inscribed by him on the title-page. "This is an / author's copy / of the first Canadian / hard cover edition / of this book / Presented to / Carolyn Bennett / Christmas 1982. Hugh Hood" 8vo. 251 pp. A fine copy in 1/4 white cloth over white patterned paper covered boards black titles to the spine in an exceptionally nice pictorial dustwrapper. $450.00. Ryerson hardcover
1880ref. 008293New Orleans LA: Hood Orphan Memorial Fund 1880. First Edition . Three-Quarter Leather. Good. The cover is 3/4 Leather over marbled boards. The text is clean with no markings. The binding is sound. The cover shows some edgewear with scuffing. Hood Orphan Memorial Fund hardcover
2009ref. New-May2-2017--2469The Guilford Press 2009-07-15. Hardcover. New. 0x0x0. New US Edition Textbook Ships with Emailed Tracking from USA The Guilford Press hardcover
ref. 69689-nnew. unknown
ref. 6485540Clarendon Press . Hardback. New. pp. 284 Clarendon Press hardcover
2019ref. __1781798176Equinox 2019. Hardcover. New. 700 pages. 9.65x7.40 inches. Equinox hardcover
ref. Z1-L-030-01674Ecademy Press. Used - Like New. Used - Like New. Book is new and unread but may have minor shelf wear. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Ecademy Press unknown
1869ref. 833J1London: E. Moxon Son & Co 1869-72. Leather. Good. 7.5" by 5". Not Stated. Ten uniformly bound volumes of the short stories and poetry of Thomas Hood illustrated throughout. A collection of the poetry and works of Thomas Hood noted early nineteenth-century English poet and humourist who regularly wrote for The London Magazine Athenaeum and Punch. Hood's most well-known works include Hood's Own or Laughter from Year to Year first and second series Whims and Oddities Tylney Hall and poems 'The Bridge of Sighs' and 'The Song of the Shirt'. This set is complete in ten volumes. Volume I contains an illustrated frontispiece and all volumes are replete with numerous in-text illustrations.Edited with notes by his son Tom Hood and his daughter Frances Freeling Broderip.Containing the bookplate of noted London physician Herbert Watney as well as the bookplate of one Henry Fernie to the front pastedown of each volume. In half calf binding with marbled boards. Externally rubbing to the heads and tails of the spines joints and extremities resulting in some loss to the leather at the to the heads of the spines. Bumping to the extremities resulting in some loss to the paper on the boards. Some wear to the spine labels spine label to Volume V is lacking partial loss to spine labels on Volumes III VI IX and X. Previous owners' bookplates to the front pastedown of each volume. Internally hinges are lightly strained. Pages are bright and clean. Good E. Moxon, Son, & Co hardcover
ref. 022148n.d. Print. About Fine. Richard Thomas Hood. A 9" x 12-1/4" ORIGINAL ETCHING of Mencken image size 7-1/8" x 9" by Richard Thomas Hood SIGNED by the artist and by the combative journalist. Fine image of Mencken seated and staring warily ahead. From the Artists Series created by Richard Thomas Hood 1910-1993 Philadelphia artist and Director of the Pennsylvania Art Project WPA. Mencken's satirical reporting on the Scopes Trial which he dubbed the "Monkey Trial" gained him national attention. unknown books
1867ref. 002675London: George Routledge and Sons 1867. First Edition. Decorated and Blindstamped Cloth. Very Good. A quintessential work by the absurdist illustrator Ernest Griset and a copy heightened by hand-coloring. 4to. 6 151 5 pp. With 100 or so hand-colored illustrations including frontis. Note that most copies of this lack the coloring of the images. Clean and tight within with newer endpapers. Wear to spine tips and along the edges with cloth rubbed in corners. Spine tear repaired with trace of it still visible. Soil marks on the boards. The centerpiece of a gilt diaper and raised figures may have the faintest of fading but nonetheless remains bright and and eye pop. George Routledge and Sons unknown books
1900ref. 51431York Pa: Anstadt 1900. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. frontis xiv 192p. Original brown cloth. 20 cm. Some relatively minor scuffing and wear. Minimal rubbing at extremities. Some spine sloping. No jacket. An attractive copy. Hood an important AME Zion Methodist bishop and denominational historian discusses the plan of the Apocalypse as predicted in the Book of Revelations. Anstadt hardcover books
ref. 337342London: Moxon. hardcover. very good. Edited by William Michael Rossetti. Illustrated by Gustave Dore. 400 pages 8vo full red leather prize binding marbled endpapers all edges gilt. London: Moxon no date circa 1870. School prize label on pastedown dated Liverpool 1873. Fore-edge painting depicting a hunt. Moxon unknown books
1893ref. 126358London: Macmillan 1893. Limited. hardcover. near fine. Brock Charles E. Preface by Alfred Ainger. With 130 line illustrations by Charles E. Brock. 236pp. Short 4to rebound in 3/4 maroon morocco; gilt-decorated spine with raised bands t.e.g. London: Macmillan 1893. A near fine copy. One of 250 large paper copies. Macmillan unknown books
1948ref. 31586Hinsdale: Henry Regnery Company 1948. Hardcover. First Edition First Printing. 5.5 x 7.75in. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows very slight shelf rubbing of the bottom edge otherwise remains Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows loss from the head and foot of the spine spine lightly scuffed otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright colorful and distinct. As pictured. Henry Regnery Company hardcover
