1818Best.-Nr. 349880Paris : Volland le jeune 1818. PublishedParis : Volland le jeune 1818. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked boards. Spine and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; volume 3 ; 21 cm. Subjects; France Court and courtiers. French history. French history. French literature; history. Paris : Volland le jeune, 1818. PublishedParis : Volland le jeune hardcover
1937Best.-Nr. 333398London: Chapman and Hall 1937. 11th Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; viii 271 p. : il. ; 24 cm. Subjects; Photography. Editing. Optical illusions. Photgraphers. London: Chapman and Hall hardcover
1904Best.-Nr. 336569London : Thomas Nelson and Sons London Edinburgh and New York 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Front end papers detached but loosely inserted. Remains well-preserved overall; bright clean and strong. Provenance; from the library of Luke Gadd with the owner's prize bookplate. Physical description; 229 3 p. 2 plates ; 18.1 cm. Subjects; English fiction 20th century. Children's literature English 20th century. Ireland History Rebellion of 1798 Fiction. Genres; English fiction - 20th century. Juvenile literature - English - 20th century. London : Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, Edinburgh and New York hardcover
1976Best.-Nr. 339759Cork 86 South Main St. Cork : Tower Books 1976. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good copy in original gilt-blocked cloth with some wear and tear as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; bright and clean. Physical description; 10 240 p. 23leaves of plates 3 fold : ill. 1 map 2 plans ; 23 cm. Notes; Facsimile reprint of: 1st ed. Eire : s.n. 1916. Subjects; Kinsale Cork County History. Kinsale Ireland History. Cork County Kinsale to ca. 1915. Genre; Illustrated. Cork ([86 South Main St., Cork]) : Tower Books hardcover
1898Best.-Nr. 318852London : Bedford Press 1898. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by the author. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: viii 238p. plates ; 24cm. Subjects: St. Mary's Church Hurley Berkshire England. Church history -- Great Britain. London : Bedford Press hardcover
1955Best.-Nr. 307357Dublin : Stationery Office 1955. First Edition reprinted. Hardcover. Good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and blind-bordered cloth edges very slightly toned. Some wear and tear as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. Includes previous owner's inscription. Series; Mediaeval and modern Irish series ; vol. 12. Physical description; 4 p. l. v-li 363 p ; 19 cm. Subjects; Catholic Church Controversial literature Catholic authors. Catholic Church Doctrinal and controversial works Catholic authors. Catholic Church ; Controversial literature Catholic authors. Catholic Church Doctrines Catholic authors. Catholic Church ; Doctrinal and controversial works Irish. Catholic Church Doctrines Catholic authors Early works to 1800. Catholic Church Doctrines ; Early works to 1800. Catholic Church Doctrines. Devotional literature Irish. Religious literature Irish. Irish literature. Irish prose literature. Dublin : Stationery Office hardcover
Best.-Nr. G0870217542I3N01Naval Institute Press 1964. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Naval Institute Press hardcover
1992Best.-Nr. 256736London : Library Association London and Home Counties Branch 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 386p ; 31 cm. Subject; Map libraries and archives. — Catalogues. London : Library Association, London and Home Counties Branch hardcover
1881Best.-Nr. 245945Dublin: James Duffy 1881. New Edition. Softcover. Poor copy with wear tear and dust-dulling as with age. Text remains clear and without blemish. Physical description; 256 p. ; 14 cm. Subjects; Denis Florence MacCathy 1817-1882. Irish Ballads. Collected ballads. Dublin: James Duffy paperback
1916Best.-Nr. 249635Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company The Riverside Press Cambridge 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description; 247 pages. Notes; SIGNED and inscribed by the author with a picuture of the author. Inscription is dated May 9 1921. Subjects; Poems. Florence Earle Coates 1850-1927. 19th - 20th century poetry. Collected poetry. Boston and New York : Houghton Mifflin Company The Riverside Press Cambridge hardcover
1987Best.-Nr. 242089Manchester : Manchester University Press 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original color-printed stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Provenance; from the library of the Birmingham Medical Institute with it presentation bookplate being presented by the Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund. Series; Nightingale Florence 1820-1910. Selected letters of Florence Nightingale. Physical description326 p. : ill. ports . map ; 24 cm. Notes; Collection of letters concerning nursing during the Crimean War. Includes bibliographical references p. 305-306 and index. Author: Florence Nightingale. Contents; Selected letters of Florence Nightingale. Summary; This volume contains a collection of letters written by Florence Nightingale during the period that brought her lasting fame - the Crimean War. Writing amid scenes of horror and chaos she gives vent to her indignation in letters to officials family and friends. She analyzes the causes of the disaster expounds on the recruitment of nurses enlarges on her revolutionary measures for the welfare of troops and gives free rein to her hopes doubts and frustrations about the nursing service. Subjects; Nightingale Florence 1820-1910 — Correspondence. Great Britain. Army — Nurses — 19th century — Biography. Great Britain. Army — Nurses — Biography. 19th century. Nursing — Administration — 19th century — Biography. Crimean War 1853-1856 — Personal narratives British. Crimean War 1853-1856 — Medical care. Military Nursing. Medical care. Crimean War 1853-1856 — Personal narratives English. Crimean War 1853-1856 — Medical care — Great Britain. Crimean War 1853-1856 — Personal narratives. Autobiography. History of nursing. War. Crimean War. British medical services — 1854-1858 - Correspondence diaries etc. Biography & autobiography ; European history ie other than Britain & Ireland ; World history: c 1750 to c 1900 ; Social & cultural history ; Nursing. Turkey ; c 1800 to c 1900. Biography & Autobiography / General. History / Middle East / Turkey & Ottoman Empire. History / Modern / General. History / Social History. Medical / Nursing / General. Nightingale Florence. Genres; Autobiography. Bibliography. Illustrated. Letters. Manchester : Manchester University Press paperback
1911Best.-Nr. 232965Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf & Hartel 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine copy in the original title-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. Physical description: 362 pp. ; mit 10 abbildungen und 2 faksimiles. Subject; Johannes Brahms Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Breitkopf & Hartel hardcover
1874Best.-Nr. 225611London : Richard Bentley 1874. New Edition. Hardback. Good copy bound in contemporary gilt-blocked leather-backed marbled boards. Some wear evident around the spine ends. Panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed. Bumped corners. Scattered foxing and marginal dust-toning mainly to prelims. Previous owner's signature to title page. Remain quite well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 408 pages; 408p. 21cm. Genre: 19th century fiction -- Novel. London : Richard Bentley hardcover
1900Best.-Nr. 219926no publisher undated ca. 1900 1900. First Edition. Paperback. The letters are in a very good condition with some dulling and dust-toning as with age. One of the letters is slightly stained on the first page. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 2 pages; Two typed letters SIGNED by Florence Fenwick Miller. Undated presumed late 19th / early 20th century. Florence Fenwick Miller was a British woman who became a prominent leader in the trans-century struggle for womens suffrage and the general emancipation of women through her roles as a medical pioneer lecturer journalist editor and activist in both England and the United States. Subjects: Letters and correspondence -- Suffragettes -- Signatures -- Signed letters. no publisher, undated, ca. 1900? paperback
1897Best.-Nr. 188047London : H. S. Nichols 1897. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copies all in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Limited edition; 1 of only 500 copies. Illustrated with 3 tissue-guarded portrait frontis'. Subjects; Literature - France - 18th century. Rouseau. Diderot. London : H. S. Nichols hardcover
1924Best.-Nr. 159066New York: H. Holt and Company 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and dust-toned as with age. Minor library marks remain internally. Remains quite well-preserved overall: tight bright clean and strong; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 426 pages; Description: 426 p. Illus. 22 cm. ""Select list of sources"": p. 15-16. Subjects: Fatigue. Industrial efficiency. Working class --Statistics New York: H. Holt and Company hardcover
1778Best.-Nr. 144722A Leide : Chez Jacques Murray Libraire 1778. First Edition. Hardback. Publisher's engraved device to the title. Finely bound both in modern fine-ribbed cloth with contrasting gilt-blocked red calf labels. Minor shadow stain to the front panel of the initial volume. Scans and additional detail on request. ; 0 pages; Physical desc. : 4 v ; 21 cm ; 8vo. Subject: Netherlands - History. Includes: L'histoire de la Hollande et des Provinces-Unies. Uninked impressed stamp to the title. Notes: Paged continuously; v.1: 2p. L. xxi 3 308p. ; v.2: 2p. L. 307-698p. ; v.3: 2p. L. 701-1062p. ; v.4: 2p. L. 1063-13835p. A Leide : Chez Jacques Murray, Libraire hardcover
1906Best.-Nr. 117163Chicago : Indo-American Book Co 1906. 8th edition 1906. First published 1903. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 405 pages; Description: 405 p. ; 20 cm. Subjects: Hypnotism. Spiritualism. Series: Harmonic series ; vol. 2. Chicago : Indo-American Book Co hardcover
1931Best.-Nr. 122908London : E. J. Burrow 1931 1931. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn with some loss and dust-toned dw now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong; 194 pages; Description: xv 194 p. 29 p. Of plates : ill. ; 27 cm. Includes index. Subjects: Beale Dorothea 1831-1906 --Cheltenham Ladies' College --History --Teachers --England --Biography London : E. J. Burrow [1931?] hardcover
1939Best.-Nr. 45938New York Printed By Order Of The Trustees 1939. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight bright and clean impression. ; 417 pages; Description: xliii 417 p. Front. illus. plates. 23 cm. Map on lining-papers. ""References"": p. 400-405. Subjects: Lace and lace making--Spain. Series: Hispanic notes & monographs; essays studies and brief biographies. Peninsular series. New York, Printed By Order Of The Trustees hardcover
1986Best.-Nr. 86420London : H. Hamilton 1986. First Edition. Hardback. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 150 pages; Description: 150 p. 8 p. Of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Chelsea Hotel --History. London : H. Hamilton hardcover
1994Best.-Nr. 76183New York : Wiley 1994. Fourth Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near fine very slightly edge-nicked dw now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight bright clean and sharp-cornered. ; 725 pages; Description: p. 947 - 1676 ; 25 cm. Subjects: Industrial hygiene. Industrial toxicology. Notes: Rev. Ed. Of: Industrial hygiene and toxicology / F. A. Patty. Includes bibliographical references and index. New York : Wiley hardcover
1929Best.-Nr. 55784London K. Paul Trench Trubner & Co. Ltd. ; New York Harcourt Brace & Company 1929. First Edition. Hardback. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 521 pages; Physical desc.: 521 p. Subjects: Statistics. Economics. Political science. Series: International library of psychology philosophy and scientific method. London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. , Ltd. ; New York, Harcourt, Brace & Company hardcover
1896Best.-Nr. 27901New York : R. Bonner's Sons 1896. First Edition. Hardback. Finely rebound in modern aniline quarter calf over marble boards. Raised bands with gilt-tooling to the compartments; red morocco gilt-blocked title labels. An exceptional example of a now scarce edition. ; 333 pages; Description: 333 p. : plates ; 20 cm. Series: Choice series no. 130. Series: Choice series no. 130. New York : R. Bonner's Sons hardcover
1948Best.-Nr. 11787London Society For The Propagation Of The Gospel 1948. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a very good if somewhat edge-worn and dust-dulled dw now mylar sleeved. Remains particularly well preserved; tight bright clean and strong. Uncommon. ; 52 pages; Portrait frontis. With excellent illustrations by Monica Hope. Description: 52 p. Illus. group port. 19 cm. Subjects: Dhladhia Radcliffe Bhekinskosi. London, Society For The Propagation Of The Gospel hardcover
