1903 1980 (185 risultati)

First Edition. Library copy - library marks remain. Very good copy in the original illustrated gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 280 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index.Contents: 1. Southern heyday -- 2. Whales, dolphins and porpoises -- 3. Produce of whales -- 4. History of whaling -- 5. At the whaling statrion -- 6. The rorqual -- 7. The chase -- 8. Size and age of rorquals -- 9. On board a factory ship -- 10. Krill -- 11. The sperm whale -- 12. Humpback and sei whales -- 13. High and dry -- 14. How many whales? -- Appendix: Scientific names.Subjects: Whales. Whaling.Offshore whaling. Whales.Baleines. Baleines Chasse. Offshore whaling.Whales. 3 Kg.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condizione: FINE. First US printing. A mystery featuring Carolus Deene, a senior history master and amateur detective, set in a small town where he has gone to recover from jaundice, only to become involved in the murders of two wealthy older women the same day - apparently unrelated - but both found with Easter lilies in their hands, Originally published in the UK in 1960. Small format. 189 pp. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

Condizione: FINE. First printing. Contains 28 stories, written between 1950-1956, and first published in the London Evening Standard. Only 2 have been previously collected. Ten feature Sergeant Beef and eight feature Sergeant Grebe. Compiled and with an introduction by B. A. Pike. Each story is prefaced by an illustration by Barbara Spann. 262 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Condizione: FINE. First US printing. Carolus Deene, a senior history master, ex-commando and amateur detective, "becomes involved in his latest adventure when a famous restaurateur is threatened by a protection racketeer and a well-known writer of cookbooks is murdered under extraordinary circumstances." 176 pp. Very near fine in very good dust jacket (two short closed tears, original price of $4.50 still present).

Condizione: FINE. First US printing. Carolus Deene, a senior history master, ex-commando and amateur detective, "becomes involved in his latest adventure when a famous restaurateur is threatened by a protection racketeer and a well-known writer of cookbooks is murdered under extraordinary circumstances." 176 pp. Fine in very good dust jacket (price-clipped).

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 171 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 171). Translation from the Italian. Subjects; Sutherland, Graham Vivian 1903-1980. World War, 1939-1945 ; Art and the war. Drawing 1940-1944 ; Illustrations. Artists ; Drawings. 3 Kg.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). 1946 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 218mm). Pp176. B/w plates by the Master of Elphinstone. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Lean to spine, bowed and creased boards, spotting to end-papers and edges. Working copy, lacks dust-wrapper. Game-bird and wildfowl shooting around the world, with a bit on pig and panther shooting and two chapters on fishing - one on salmon fishing in Ireland and two on sea fishing in Ireland and Scotland. Like his Rough Shoot, this book was written whilst the author was a prisoner in various prison camps in Germany, along with the illustrator, John Elphinstone. .

First Edition. Library copy - library marks remain. Very good copy in the original illustrated gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 280 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-271) and index.Contents: 1. Southern heyday -- 2. Whales, dolphins and porpoises -- 3. Produce of whales -- 4. History of whaling -- 5. At the whaling statrion -- 6. The rorqual -- 7. The chase -- 8. Size and age of rorquals -- 9. On board a factory ship -- 10. Krill -- 11. The sperm whale -- 12. Humpback and sei whales -- 13. High and dry -- 14. How many whales? -- Appendix: Scientific names.Subjects: Whales. Whaling.Offshore whaling. Whales.Baleines. Baleines Chasse. Offshore whaling.Whales. 1 Kg.

Condizione: GOOD. First US printing. When two coats get switched at New York's Grand Central Station, this tale of bizarre happenings takes off. Good only in red boards with white lettering on the spine (synopsis from front flap pasted on front pastedown, rather severe toning to the pages and foxing to the endpapers but still a decent copy of a hard to find vintage mystery.).

Paperback or Softback. Condizione: New. Murder Can't Stop. Book.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1960). 1960 1st edition. 8vo (149 x 223mm). Pp188. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations by A.M Hughes, pictorial end-papers. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Staining to cloth, some foxing and browning, good only. Lacks dust-wrapper. "This is an essential book for all young shooting men. Out of his accumulated wisdom Major Lynn-Allen has drawn together all the things a beginner usually has to learn piece-meal from his elders, or absorb from experience." Chapters include: Our gamebirds and how they live; Other British birds of the chase; The keeper and vermin; Gunds; Dogs; Equipment; The small day (game); Geese and duck; Woodcock, snipe and 'various'; How a shoot is maintained; The principles of driving game; Planning the day; Picking up; Shooting usage; The end of the day. .

1st edition. 221 - 289, [1] pp. 4 b/w reproduction plates, 'Nature Morte,' 'Femme au Corsage Bleu,' 'Femme Assie,' and 'Nature Morte a la Guitare' by Picasso. 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Includes "Letters from France" by Wyatt; "Raffles and Miss Blandish" by Orwell; "A Letter to a Painter" by Gathorne-Hardy; "Poets in Exile" by Manning; and reviews by Spender and Bowra. VG+ (subtle edgewear and suntanning, corners beginning to curve). Yellow paper wrappers with black lettering to covers and spine.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1947). (1946) 1947 reprint. 8vo (140 x 218mm). Pp176. B/w illustration plates by the Master of Elphinstone. Green cloth, gilt titles within ruled border to spine. Slight use and browning, split to end-paper gutter, good copy. Lacks dust-wrapper. Game-bird and wildfowl shooting around the world, with a bit on pig and panther shooting and two chapters on fishing - one on salmon fishing in Ireland and two on sea fishing in Ireland and Scotland. Like his Rough Shoot, this book was written whilst the author was a prisoner in various prison camps in Germany, along with the illustrator, John Elphinstone. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1942). (1942) later reprint. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp160. B/w frontispiece with four ducks, b/w illustrations by the Master of Elphinstone, pictorial end-papers. Green cloth, gilt titles in ruled borders to spine. Slightly bumped and used, inscription, browning. Good, lacks dust-wrapper. The object of this book "is to help those who have leisure, but strictly limited finances, to obtain a further measure of enjoyment from their relatively small shooting acreage. .A collection of facts and suggestions which may be helpful to those of us who must run their own shoots without professional aid." Useful and readable with some good pencil sketches. Remarkably, this book was written and illustrated in a Bavarian prisoner of war camp (Offlag VIIC, at Laufen) during 1941, and published in Britain only a year later. There were two issues of the first edition, one limited to 500 copies and this unlimited issue. The limited issue has a colour frontispiece of three ducks, the unlimited issue a b/w frontispiece of four ducks. The colour frontispiece is titled "October Evening", the title of the b/w frontispiece is "Mallard - Daylight Alarm". Both issues have the War Economy Standard logo and statement on the title-page verso. The reprints all followed the pattern of the unlimited issue. .

Condizione: New.

Hardback or Cased Book. Condizione: New. Murder Can't Stop. Book.

Third Edition. 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. Physical description; xxxiii, [1], 294, [2] p., frontis. plate, [30] plates ; 23 cm. Notes; Price-clipped. Subjects; Australia - Description and travel. Australia - Pictorial works. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 171 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (page 171). Translation from the Italian. Subjects; Sutherland, Graham Vivian 1903-1980. World War, 1939-1945 ; Art and the war. Drawing 1940-1944 ; Illustrations. Artists ; Drawings. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Octavo, Volume 15 only: xxxix, 677 pages. In Good minus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Spine is cream with brown and black print. Dust jacket has edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, short tear to front top edge, toning to spine, peripheral toning. Price unclipped: "$10.00". Boards in grey cloth. Slight wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has brown tinted top edge. Has name in ink on front flyleaf, spine break at page 648. Illustrated: b&w plates. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column C. 1375819. FP New Rockville Stock.

Condizione: New.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1946). 1946 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 218mm). Pp176. B/w illustrated plates by the Master of Elphinstone. Green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Minor faults, foxing to end-papers, preliminaries and edges. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. Game-bird and wildfowl shooting around the world, with a bit on pig and panther shooting and two chapters on fishing - one on salmon fishing in Ireland and two on sea fishing in Ireland and Scotland. Like his Rough Shoot, this book was written whilst the author was a prisoner in various prison camps in Germany, along with the illustrator, John Elphinstone. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1942). (1942) 1948 reprint. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Pp160. B/w frontispiece with four ducks, b/w illustrations by the Master of Elphinstone, pictorial end-papers. Green cloth, gilt titles within ruled borders to spine. Slight use, browning to end-papers and edges. Good-plus in poor dust-wrapper. The object of this book "is to help those who have leisure, but strictly limited finances, to obtain a further measure of enjoyment from their relatively small shooting acreage. .A collection of facts and suggestions which may be helpful to those of us who must run their own shoots without professional aid." Useful and readable with some good pencil sketches. Remarkably, this book was written and illustrated in a Bavarian prisoner of war camp (Offlag VIIC, at Laufen) during 1941, and published in Britain only a year later. There were two issues of the first edition, one limited to 500 copies and this unlimited issue. The limited issue has a colour frontispiece of three ducks, the unlimited issue a b/w frontispiece of four ducks. The colour frontispiece is titled "October Evening", the title of the b/w frontispiece is "Mallard - Daylight Alarm". Both issues have the War Economy Standard logo and statement on the title-page verso. The reprints all followed the pattern of the unlimited issue. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1960). 1960 1st edition. 8vo (149 x 223mm). Pp188. B/w photograph plates, b/w illustrations by A.M Hughes, pictorial end-papers. Brown boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight browning to end-papers and edges, sporadic pencil annotations else good copy in like dust-wrapper. "This is an essential book for all young shooting men. Out of his accumulated wisdom Major Lynn-Allen has drawn together all the things a beginner usually has to learn piece-meal from his elders, or absorb from experience." Chapters include: Our gamebirds and how they live; Other British birds of the chase; The keeper and vermin; Guns; Dogs; Equipment; The small day (game); Geese and duck; Woodcock, snipe and 'various'; How a shoot is maintained; The principles of driving game; Planning the day; Picking up; Shooting usage; The end of the day. .

First Edition. Two near fine paperback volumes in a very good, slightly edgeworn and dust-dulled portfolio. Remains well-preserved overall; internally tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 2 volumes : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm. Contents; 1. A catalogue of the collection at the Graham Sutherland 2. The Sunderland gift to the nation. Published for the Picton Castle Trust and the National Museum of Wales. Subjects; Sutherland, Graham Vivian (1903-1980) -- Catalogs. Graham Sutherland Gallery -- Catalogs. Painting, British -- 20th century -- Catalogs. Painters -- Wales -- Catalogs. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; edges somewhat creased and dust-dulled as with age. Remains well-preserved overall. Publication year suggested. Series; The Gallery books ; no. 17. Physical description; 24 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. Notes; Translated from the Dutch. Subjects; Vincent van Gogh 1853-1890. Potato eaters (Painting). Painting, Dutch 19th century. Peasantry in art. J. G. van Gelder 1903-1980. 1 Kg.

Condizione: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.