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The Life and Correspondence of Thomas Arnold (Fifth Edition) (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, brown full leather boards, gilt lettering to spines, black rule & decoration to spines & boards, gilt initials in gothic script to front boards of both vols, all page edges stained red, marbled eps, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xxiii + 440pp, vol 2- xvi + 448pp, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to spines & board edges, minor chafing & rubbing/surface loss to boards, light soiling to page edges, numerous gift & ownership inscriptions in ink to prelims, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional ink markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: B Fellowes, Ludgate Street 1845
KEYWORDS: Thomas Arnold biography biographies memoir autobiographies history letters correspondence historical
The Danube With Pen and Pencil
LACKS FEP, imperial octavo, blue/grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & coloured lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 191pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems- some minor loss to illus on front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps, sm rust stains to front eps, ffep missing, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Company / Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1911
KEYWORDS: travel literature art drawings rivers Dunube history historical
Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the Bauhaus
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xi + 547pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2019
KEYWORDS: art design history Walter Gropius biography biographies memoir
The Poet and the Publisher: The Case of Alexander Pope, Esq., of Twickenham Versus Edmund Curll, Bookseller in Grub Street
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 470pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2021
KEYWORDS: literary history Alexander Pope Edmund Curll literature feuds conflict
Merrythought Bears
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl rubbing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Remember When 2009
KEYWORDS: toys collectables collectibles merrythought teddy bears British manufacturers history
Robert Graves: From Great War Poet to Good-Bye to All That (1895-1929)
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 461pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Continuum 2018
KEYWORDS: literary biography biographies memoir Robert Graves literature history
An Encyclopedia of Rural Sports, or, Complete Account (Historical, Practical, and Descriptive) of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, Racing &c &c
LACKS FEP, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black & gilt illus to front board, illus title page, xii + 1246pp + 24pp to rear, G+ (heavy rubbing & chipping to spine, moderate cracking to hinges, heavy cracking to gutters- binding loose, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, ffep & some prelims missing, binder's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate soiling & foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer 1870
KEYWORDS: history historical hobbies hunting rural sports shooting fishing
The Fifteenth-Century Printing Practices of Johann Zainer, Ulm, 1473-1478
LACKS D/W, octavo, green heavy boards, green lettering to cream buckram spine, xv + 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford Bibliographical Society / Printing Historical Society 2016
KEYWORDS: history printing printers historical Johann Zainer 15th fifteenth century crafts
With the 6th Airborne Division in Normandy
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 160pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional soiling & foxing to pages- v sporadic) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & v heavy closed tearing to edges with some minor loss, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1948
KEYWORDS: 6th airborne division military history aviation aerial combat warfare Normandy Lieutenant General R N Gale
A History of English Advertising
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 231pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & peeling to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Business Publications / B T Batsford 1962
KEYWORDS: history advertising England English journalism art design composition
Uniformes do Exercito Brasileiro 1730-1889
4to, folded sheet enclosing 30 loose plates; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER:
KEYWORDS: Jose Wasth military uniforms army history historical illustration illustrated 18th 19th century Brazil Brasil
Abu Dhabi: An Arabian Album
Fol. pp. 199; black buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus. eps & prelims, photos; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Motivate Publishing 2011
KEYWORDS: Abu Dhabi 20th century Arab Arabia Arabian Middle East pictorial history photos photograph photography
Sir John Tenniel: Aspects of His Work
4to, pp. 187; black cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to front pastedown); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Sir John Tenniel 19th century illustrator illustration history
Zane Grey: A Photographic Odyssey
FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, pp. [10] + 211; grey cl bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; lg open tear to front flap at head).
PUBLISHER: Taylor Publishing Company 1985
KEYWORDS: Zane Grey fish fishing angling angler adventure travel sport game life lives pictorial history
Wilhelm von Gloeden: Sehnsucht nach Arkadiien
Imp. 8vo, pp. 159 + [1 (advt)]; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (moderate scuffing, tanning & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light to moderate tanning throughout).
PUBLISHER: Nishen 1987
KEYWORDS: photos photograhy 19th century pictorial history social photographer
The Ercoupe
First edition, second impression. 8vo, pp. xvii + 124 + [2 (advts)]; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht; for sale advt stapled to ht verso; heavy highlighting throughout).
PUBLISHER: TAB Books 1991
KEYWORDS: areoplane classic airplane aircraft air craft Ercoupe 20th century history
Classic British Two-Stoke Trials Bikes
First edition. 8vo, pp. 192; green heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1987
KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles English British two stroke two-stroke cycles history motors vehicle
Classic British Scramblers: All post-war two-stroke and four-stroke scrambles motorcycles: AJS to Wasp
First edition. 8vo, pp. 192; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in black; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; adhesion from peeled sticker to front pastedown); in d/w, VG (ligh to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap at tail).
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1986
KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles English British two stroke two-stroke four stroke four-stroke cycles history motors vehicle
We Shall Fight on the Beaches: Defying Napoleon & Hitler, 1805 and 1940
Ex-library. Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Conway 2009
KEYWORDS: Brian Lavery Napoleon Hitler 19th 20th century military history war warfare England British
Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production Volume I
This vol only. LACKS D/W, Super 8vo hardcover (VG-, with homemade d/w) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Foreign Language Publishing House 1959
KEYWORDS: Karx Marx communism communist capitalism capitalist production economics social history economy political