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1910ref. C847951910 . Very Good. Dimensions 222mm x 300mm. pp.58. 32 pages of photographs; 26 pages unused. Original half leather binding in black with textured navy blue sides and slightly faded gilt borders. Hand drawn 'title page' with evocative sketches of the Sphinx and pyramid at sunset charming sketch of a camel and HMS Cornwall at anchor. One hundred and sixteen original b&w photographs giving remarkably clear detail of the ship her crew ports of call leisure and working life at sea. Handwritten notes bring the photographs to life 'The Golf Links St John's Newfoundland' 'HMS Cornwall Crossing The Atlantic' 'Hotel Chateau Frontenac Qubec' 'On the detached mole Gibraltar' 'Coaling Gibraltar' 'Coaling Halifax' and 'Cadets Rugby Team Malta.' The ship's itinerary included: St. JohnsNewfoundland; Charlottestown and Sydney; Qubec; Halifax; Gibraltar; Tangier; Alexandria; Cairo; Platea; and Malta. Malta photographs include HMS Exmouth HMS Duncan and HMS Swiftsure. Photographs of the crew touring the pyramids Monmoreney Falls in Canada fishing huts and scenic landscapes at St. Johns. On-board working life: the officers 'taking sights' and the effort involved in 'coaling.' A personal viewpoint of the enjoyment of travelling the world. Named crew members: Lieutenant Evans 'asleep' Staff Surgeon Divesy 'Asleep' Commander TalbotÃPonsonby Lieutenants Evans and Jermane 'coaling' and Lieutenant Goulden. / Loosely inserted collection of 9 small original b&w photographs 4 with handwritten notes verso: HMS Antrim and HMS Liverpool 1913.// HMS Cornwall was one of 10 Monmouth-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy. On completion in 1903 she was assigned to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of the Channel Fleet and refitted in 1907 for service as a training ship for cadets with the 4th Cruiser Squadron on the North America and West Indies Station from 1908. /Commander Frederick William Talbot-Ponsonby 1879-1930 gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy and was awarded the Chevalier Legion of Honour./HMS Antrim was a Devonshire-class armoured Royal Navy cruiser assigned to the 1st Cruiser Squadron of the Channel Fleet upon completion in 1905 and transferred to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron of the Atlantic Fleet in 1907 the reserve Third Fleet in 1909 then became flagship of the 3rd Cruiser Squadron of the reserve Second Fleet in 1913./HMS Liverpool was a 4800 ton Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy commissioned in 1909. She served continuously in home waters subordinated to the Home Fleet from 1909 through the initial stages of the First World War./ HMS Bristol Royal Navy was completed on 17 December 1910. From 18 February 1913 she was assigned to the 5th Battle Squadron of the reserve Second Fleet at Devonport Very good indeed. Covers very slightly used. hardcover
2006ref. DADAX0415366615Routledge 2006-04-06. 1. hardcover. New. 6.15x0.75x9.21. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge hardcover
ref. 697039536Bodleian Library . Hardback. New. pp. 600 Bodleian Library hardcover
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2025ref. Adhya-9781032589374T&F/ROUTLEDGE 2025. PB. New. T&F/ROUTLEDGE paperback
2025ref. Adhya-9781032589374T&F/ROUTLEDGE 2025. PB. New. T&F/ROUTLEDGE paperback
1943ref. 003496Jersey, Feldkommandantur, 1943. 80 S. Orig.-Broschur. Ein gut erhaltenes Exemplar der seltenen Schrift aus der deutschen Besatzungszeit der Inseln mit nur leichten Gebrauchsspuren.
1984ref. ZB1351668Elsevier Science Ltd 1984. 802 pp. hardcover very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. Elsevier Science Ltd hardcover
18792 vols., 8vo., Second Edition, with engraved title-vignettes and numerous engraved illustrations and plans in the text, neat uniform signature on front free endpapers, neat contemporary signature on titles; original brown cloth, bevelled boards, upper boards framed in black and blocked in gilt (repeating title-vignettes), primrose endpapers, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrips laid down, a very good, bright, clean, crisp copy. Bray's classic account was first published as three volumes in 1836. Urged by Southey to report 'everything about a parish that can be made interesting; all of its history, traditions and manners that can be saved from oblivion', she produced a classic and important work combining natural history, topography and folklore in a series of delightful letters. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Brockett, 6260.
2010ref. DADAX1845536681Routledge 2010-11-30. 1. hardcover. New. 6.25x1.00x9.25. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy. Routledge hardcover
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2013ref. __1851242546The Bodleian Library 2013. Hardcover. New. 600 pages. 9.29x6.30x1.65 inches. The Bodleian Library hardcover
2007ref. 2-1600215769Nova Science Pub Inc 2007. Hardcover. New. illustrated edition. 283 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.00 inches. Nova Science Pub Inc hardcover
1786ref. 15668London: various. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1786-c1890. First Edition. Softcover. Collection of steel and copper engravings of Cornwall including many of St. Michael's Mount. Dating from 1786 through to the late 19th century. Various sizes from 85 x 62mm to 268 x 163mm. Assembled by Hardwicke Knight. All engravings are loose in clear plastic pockets in a clearfile stationary folder. Includes the following prints with contemporary hand colouring: 1 "Bodinnoc Ferry Fowey Cornwall" T. Allom / B. R. Davies published London: Peter Jackson no date c. 1850; 2 "Penzance. Cornwall" T. Allom S. Fisher cropped close to the printed area; 3 "The Well and Launceston Castle" engraved by J. Greig for the Antiquarian & Topographical Cabinet from a drawing by S. Prout; Published for the Proprietors by W. Clarke. Also 2 hand-coloured maps of Cornwall. The larger map measures 257 x 199mm and has a hand-coloured vignette landscape illustration in the lower right corner and 4 hand-coloured coats of arms - Duchy of Cornwall; Seal of Saltash; Earl of Mounot-Edgecumb; Tywardreth. The smaller map measures 175 x 116mm published London: Pigot & Co. no date c1850. The smaller map has a 3/4" corner missing encroaching a little inside the coloured border into the map proper. The engravings include "View of St. Michael's Mount in Cornwall" engraved for The Modern Universal British Traveller; "St. Michael's Mount" John Murray; "St. Michael's Mount Cassell Petter & Galpin; "St. Michael's Mount" Christian Miscellany; "St. Michael's Mount" How & Parsons; "St. Michael's Mount" Published for the Proprietor by Simpkin & Marshall; "Mounts Bay Cornwall" Engraved by J. Newton published by S. Hooper 1786; "St. Michael's Mount" Engraved by J. Newton published by S. Hooper 1786; "St. Michael's Mount" from a painting by J. Opie engraved by W. Birch published by Wm. Birch 1788; "St. Michael's Mount" drawn and engraved by Dugdales; "St. Michael's Mount" Smith Elder & Co.; "St. Michael's Mount" Vernor & Hood; "Chapel of St. Michaels Mount" S. Hooper 1788; "St. Michael's Mount" S. Allom / W. Le Petit; "Launceston" G. Townsend Published by H. Besley; "Dance-Maine A Druidical Circle Cornwall" W. & G. Cooke from a drawing by J. Britton published by Vernor & Hood; "St. Erme Cornwall" Gent. Mag. July 1808; "Roach Rocks & Chapel" Vernor & Hood; "Cheese-Wring Cornwall" Vernor & Hood; "Probus Tower Cornwall" Vernor & Hood. Seller ref: Knightcol . various paperback
1860ref. 249210London: 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place 1860. 1 page. 16mo. About fine. 1 page. 16mo. 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place unknown
1860ref. 249210London: 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place 1860. 1 page. 16mo. About fine. 1 page. 16mo. 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place unknown books
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ref. 22704Both items dated May 1965. Tiller's entry in the Oxford DNB explains the background to this poem. In 1939 he 'went to Cairo to teach English literature and history at Fuad I University. During the Second World War he became closely associated with the group surrounding Personal Landscape a review in the Middle East that had been founded and was edited by Lawrence Durrell Robin Fedden and Bernard Spencer'. Two items both in good condition lightly aged. ONE: Autograph Draft of the poem in pencil with numerous deletions emendations and rubbings-out. 1p folio. With its energy and seeming-confusion it could serve as an example of the creative process. At the foot of the page Tiller has written in ink: 'Work-sheet of Camels. Terence Rogers Tiller With compliments May 1965.' TWO: Typescript of 'Camels'. 1p 4to. Poem of sixteen lines arranged in four four-line stanzas. Neatly typed without corrections or emendations and displaying no differences from the published version. Signed at foot: 'Terence Rogers Tiller May 1965'. The poem first appeared in 1947 in Horizon Magazine before republication in the same year in Tiller's collection 'Unarm Eros'. Both items dated May 1965. unknown
ref. 0985560517-11-1Essential for Living. Very Good. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Essential for Living unknown
1839ref. 71346London: John Murray 1839. First and only edition 12mo pp. xii 132; original drab paper-covered boards paper label on upper cover boards loose but present. With an early ownership inscription on the title page of George H. Piper of Ledbury; and a second ownership inscription on the front pastedown of W. Leyson May 1899. Leyson has added information about Piper noting "F.G.S. Registrar C. C. of Ledbury." Tipped-in newspaper clipping on the verso of the half-title on "The Language of the Countryside" and about 30 or so annotations amplifications and/or corrections to the text in both pencil and ink in two different hands likely Piper and Leyson. "Mr George Henry Piper a well-known Herefordshire solicitor died at his residence Court House Ledbury after a short illness the cause of death being Bright's disease. The deceased who was 78 years of age has practiced in Ledbury over half a century and for the last 30 years was Registrar of the Ledbury County Court. He was a prominent Freemason a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a well-known archaeologist. He had held the office of president to the Malvern Field Club and the Woolhope Field Club and local hon. secretary to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. Deceased was unmarried" ledburyhistory.ukdotcom. John Murray unknown
1839ref. 71346London: John Murray 1839. First and only edition 12mo pp. xii 132; original drab paper-covered boards paper label on upper cover boards loose but present. With an early ownership inscription on the title page of George H. Piper of Ledbury; and a second ownership inscription on the front pastedown of W. Leyson May 1899. Leyson has added information about Piper noting "F.G.S. Registrar C. C. of Ledbury." Tipped-in newspaper clipping on the verso of the half-title on "The Language of the Countryside" and about 30 or so annotations amplifications and/or corrections to the text in both pencil and ink in two different hands likely Piper and Leyson. "Mr George Henry Piper a well-known Herefordshire solicitor died at his residence Court House Ledbury after a short illness the cause of death being Bright's disease. The deceased who was 78 years of age has practiced in Ledbury over half a century and for the last 30 years was Registrar of the Ledbury County Court. He was a prominent Freemason a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a well-known archaeologist. He had held the office of president to the Malvern Field Club and the Woolhope Field Club and local hon. secretary to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. Deceased was unmarried" ledburyhistory.ukdotcom. John Murray unknown books
1846ref. 157997London: William S. Orr 1846. Nice copy. large octavo. cloth binding xxxii 602 568 488 132pp. engravings text ills. glossary With hundreds of engravings & text illustrations. Some light foxing mainly to prelims o/w a very nice set which has been very nicely rebound with new end papers in green buckram with raised bands at spine & red title-labels. All edges marbled. Quite a handsome set William S. Orr hardcover
1952290 pages. "This plan has two principal objects as follows: i) to act as a general and flexible guide to all concerned as to the manner in which planning control within the area of the plan will be discharged, and particularly as to the kind of development for which planning permission is likely to be granted by the Local Planning Authority. ii) to designate land as subject to compulsory acquisiton by any Minister, Local Authority or Statutory Undertaker." - from Foreword. Topics treated in this volume include: Regional Setting and Characteristics; Development of Settlement Pattern and Main Land Use Features; Communications and Transport; Employment, Industry and Population; Agriculture, Derelict and Marginal Land, and Forestry; Economic Geology and Mineral Resources; Housing; Public Utility, Educational, Library, Health, Recreational and Social Services; Landscape and Development in Rural Areas; Camping and Caravanning; Archaeology, Ancient Monuments and Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest; Development by Government Departments; Programming; Summary of Analysis. Former reference library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1952301 pages. "This plan has two principal objects as follows: i) to act as a general and flexible guide to all concerned as to the manner in which planning control within the area of the plan will be discharged, and particularly as to the kind of development for which planning permission is likely to be granted by the Local Planning Authority. ii) to designate land as subject to compulsory acquisiton by any Minister, Local Authority or Statutory Undertaker." - from Foreword to Part I. This part considers the following towns: Bodmin, Bude-Stratton; Falmouth; Fowey; Launceston; Lostwitheil, Newquay, Padstow, Saltash, St. Austell, Torpoint, Truro. For each of these towns the text is divided into the following sections and includes diagrams relating to Population and the Location and Growth of each town: introduction and brief description; Historical Summary and Population Trends since 1801; Regional Communications; Mineral Resources; Population Structure in relation to Employment; Topography and Existing Land Use; Housing; Public Utilities; Social Services; Analysis of Urban Survey; Other Primary Land Uses; Programming. Former reference library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
