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An Ancient History
from the earliest records to the fall of the western empire;vols.1/2 only
[first edition] vols.1/2 only [of 3] VG- (brown embossed cloth,rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned,chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of both spines,splits to both hinges of vol.1,brown eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to head of title on both vols.,some sl.foxing to contents,spines cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: james walton london 1868
KEYWORDS: history geography literature antiquity philip smith
Stanley Morison
first edition inscribed by author [from the dennis mceldowney collection] 566pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled extrems.,inscr.by author to mceldowney and his wife on ffep,te red,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1972
KEYWORDS: history biography literature stanley morison nicolas barker dennis mceldowney
The Blind Man
first edition [from the dennis mceldowney collection] 119pp VG+ (black cloth,paste action to eps,mceldowney's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,sl.bowed) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled and foxed,minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: andre deutsch london 1954
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature walter jens
Imperial Governor
proof copy 400pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.ink scribble to front cover,sl.foxed/browned,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1967
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies george shipway
Modo Nuovamente Ideato
per acevolare la cognizione, e l'uso della lingua toscana
rebound in vellum 365pp [text in italian] VG+ (modern rebind in vellum w.black titling to spine,sl.soiled,new eps,contemporary [?] drawings by owner to front and rear prelims.,contents printed on attractive handmade paper,untrimmed edges sl.foxed/soiled o/w contents clean,tight)
PUBLISHER: pasquali venezia 1800
KEYWORDS: history italy literature modo nuovamente ideato
Biggles - Charter Pilot
first australian edition 157pp ills.[b/w by mendoza] VG- (beige cloth,stained and mod.rubbed,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to both pastedowns w.school stamp to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed,contents browned,spine cracked and sl.shaky) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: oxford univ.press melbourne 1947
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biggles w.e.johns
Big Money
second printing 314pp+ads. VG+ (orange cloth,sl.soiled w.spine v.sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse jeeves
Service With a Smile
first edition 192pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled extrems.,owner's sign.and blind stamp to ffep,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.sunned spine,sl.chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1962
KEYWORDS: modern first edition p.g.wodehouse literature jeeves
Uncle Dynamite
first edition 249pp+ads. VG+ (orange cloth,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and dealer's stamp to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.sunned spine,chipping to extrems.w.4cm loss to head of spine and sl.loss to foot,some minor closed tears,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse jeeves
Sunset at Blandings
first edition 213pp VG+ (blue cloth,minor bumps to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,minor foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1977
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature p.g.wodehouse
ALL ABOUT POLAND
FACTS, FIGURES, DOCUMENTS
ex lib, minimal markings, 292pp, maps in pocket at rear, VG- (sl cocked, v sl bruised corners, sunned & soiled, v sl rubbed, v sl edge wear, v sl internal separation at front hinge, sl foxing to eps and edges)
PUBLISHER: Minerva Publishing Co, London, 1941
KEYWORDS: history poland politics geography demography jews literature music
The Waverly Novels
Peveril of the Peak-II
359pp, ills (b/w) VG+ (half leather and marbelled boards, wear and scuffing to extrems, marbelled eps and foredges, spine beginning to spilt at ffep gutter, minor paste action to tp, v sl soils to some contents.)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black, edinburgh, 1867
KEYWORDS: sir walter scott, waverly novels, literature
The Animals' Rebellion
unpaginated, ills(col) G+ (stiff decorative paper wrappers, bumps and wear to extrems, some minor surface losses to extrems, binding beginning to separate at lower front hinge, minor surface scratches and soils, browned extrems to front paste down, ffep has insrciption and small pencil drawings, binding barely attached at ffep gutter, small closed tear to lower tp and following page, contents sl browned, creased and foxed with some small pencil markings, some sections loose/beginning to loosen, plates all present and clean, binding shaky.)
PUBLISHER: ernest nister, london, [1890]
KEYWORDS: clifton bingham c h thompson childrens literature
The Illuminated Book
its history and production
524pp, ills (col) VG (blue cloth minor bumps and wear to extrems, some light fading, paste action to ffep and rear fep, v sl soiling to foredges.)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber, london, 1958
KEYWORDS: david diringer books history arts literature
THE AUDIENCE FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS
A SYMPOSIUM SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR THE BOOK AND THE CHIDREN'S LITERATURE CENTER HELD AT THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MARCH 12-13 1979
ex lib, minimal markings, 1st ed limited to 3000, orange wrappers, 42pp, illustrated, VG+ (v sl creased corners, v sl wear to extrems, v sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: Library of Congress, Washington, 1980
KEYWORDS: childrens literature elaine moss barbara rollock
Some Nineteenth Century Scotsmen
first edition 456pp VG (burgundy cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: oliphant,anderson edinburgh 1903
KEYWORDS: history literature scotland biography william knig
Sure Methods of Attaining a Long and Healthful Lif
fifty-fourth edition 146pp [frontis.] VG (red cloth w.gilt-on-black title label to spine,rubbed and soiled and mod.sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,lacks ffep,prelims.browned w.sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: george arthur williams cheltenham [nd]
KEYWORDS: sociology literature lewis cornaro health
Eutychus
the future of the pulpit
first edition 142pp+ads. VG+ (burgundy paper boards w.cream title labels to spine and front cover,sl.soiled wminor bumps to extrems.,content edges v.sl.soiled,tight) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.6cm split to foot of upper hinge)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul london 1928
KEYWORDS: history eutychus theology sociology literature to-
Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo
first edition 318pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,teg) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.loss to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: stanley paul london 1915
KEYWORDS: history biography literature victor hugo juliette
Imperial City
first edition 672pp VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,sl.sunned spine,prelims.and edges sl.foxed,sl.shaky spine) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1937
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature elmer rice