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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Not Stated (illustratore). First Thus. 18 short stories with 16 additional named authors (not listed also as editors.) Four color plates and 80 black and white pictures in text; early struggles and joys of youth, opening of literary vistas, fun out of school and more. vi + 313pp. + 3 plates bound in. Short Story titles include: - Leaving School by William M. Thackeray, - Doctor Garde's Little Girl at School by Mary H. Catherwood, - John Ridd's School Days by R. D. Blackmore, - A Russian Boy's Tutor by Count L. N. Tolstoi, - Spelling for the Prize by John T. Trowbridge, - Paul's Education by Charles Dickens, - School Days in New England by James Freeman Clarke, - Maisie by Rudyard Kipling, plus 10 other stories of School and College Days. Cover indicates this volume part of a series titled "Young Folks Library." Hardcover with tan cloth boards, green and yellow decorations on front & spine, but no dust jacket. This copy retired from a public grade school library. Shelving info in permanent ink on spine, check-out envelope pasted on front paste-down. Front gutter repaired. Head of spine torn & corners bumped from handling. However, interior is tight, clean and otherwise unmarked. Above average interior - likely seldom read. Copyrights 1938, 1910, 1902, 1901. Likely different stories had different copyright years. Printed in U.S.A. Title page is dated 1951, likely the year this copy was printed. Some indication the stories included in a print year might vary. No ISBN, LCCN, nor MSR. Ex-Library (Public).

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. Illustrated Throughout (illustratore). Edition Not Stated. Text in French; near fine hardcover ; this Bible is written in French; it is very large and International orders will require additional postage; red vinyl-like cover; many full page color illustrations; SATISFACTION GUARANTEED; Size: 9 x 11".

paperback. Condizione: Good.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Published in Sept. 1903, Seventh Impression. Brown board cover with lettering pressed into spine. A name on 1st page and a couple of ink marks in margins. Otherwise, clean text and cover in very good condition. 75 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOUND IN BLUE CLOTH HARDCOVERS, THIS 12mo 1933 FIRST EDITION IS VG. 339pp WITH INTRODUCTION BY COMMODORE R.H. LANE-POOLE, PREFACE AND 9 CHAPTERS, WITHSEVERAL PHOTOS OF THE SHIP, AND ONE OF THE ENTIRE CREW ARRANGED ON THE SHIP, SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH AMERICA. LOTS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS, AND ONE CHAPTER ON THE GRAF ZEPPELIN AIR SHIP, LATELY ASSIGNED TO TRAVEL BETWEEN GERMANY AND BRAZIL. SLIGHT WEAR TO TOP/TAL OF SPINE AND CORNERS, OTHERWISE ALL VG.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8pp. A4.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12pp. A4.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 2pp-52pp.One has ink notes on cover.,

Pamphlet. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. No.1: 8pp, 1955; No.2: 62pp, 1956. Reference no. on cover.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large format. No.2 - Nigeria, 4pp, May 1957. No.3 - Sierra Leone & Gambia, 6pp, April 1958. No.4 - Tanganyika, Zanzibar & Pemba, 6pp. April 1958.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. 14pp. Large format. Cover yellowed at edges.

hardcover. Condizione: Good. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear . This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Pamphlet. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Most have no date, but are from the 1980's, 'Rural Housing' has date of 1983. The Socialist Countryside Group was affiliated to the Labour Party. Rare.

First editions. Variously paged, with several ills. throughout (chiefly ads). Owner's large bookplate (John A. Seaverns, whose remarkable equestrian collection is now mostly at Tufts Veterinary School). A few results penciled in. Programs for shows from the Dedham Country and Polo Club (2), Horse'n Buggy Club (Sherborn, 2), Barre Riding and Driving Club, Ipswich Horse Show, Hatherly Country Club (North Scituate), Brockton Fair (2), Eastern States Exposition (West Springfield, 2), New England Chapter Professional Horsemen's Association of America (Medfield), Brush Hill (Milton), Groton Horse Show, Lexington Kiwanis Club, and Bolton 4-H. Hunter-jumper, gaited, driving, breed classes, etc. The Dedham and Eastern States programs are the longest; the others range in size and detail. Lots of Massachusetts equestrian history and memories here! Overall very good (two covers scraped) Soft cover, within sturdy amateur hardcover binding.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition. In official Orbis binders. All magazines bound in have had their covers removed . Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Item Type: Book. Clean and bright pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No inscriptions. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; Aviation. Please contact H4o Books if you require images or further information. Inventory No: 034549.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Good. All probably 1969/1970. All except 'Y-Front' are by the Schools Action Union. All large format. 'The Klivver' No.10, tabloid, 4pp. 4 x 'Rebel' Vol.1 Nos.1, 2, 4 , 12pp (No.4, faint crease where folded). One copy lacks volume, issue number, or date. Possibly an early edition 12pp. 2 x 'Vanguard'. 'Y-Front' No.4 16pp.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). First edition. A smart first edition of this illustrated collection of writings on the English countryside. First edition. Illustrated throughout. A charming collection of travel writings on the English countryside, from extracts of the authors' diaries, detailed in months and split into seasons: The Turn of the Year - covering January, February, and March. Spring - covering April, May, and June. Summer - covering July, August, and September. The Fall of the Year - covering October, November, and December. In the original green cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and rubbing to the extremities. The odd mark to the board. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Bookseller's label to the front pastedown. Very Good. book.

No Binding. Condizione: Very Good. A4. Loose sheets, 2/4 pages each, held in plastic spine bar. Address was c/o Housmans Bookshop. This was a newsletter, published from March to October,1986 during the Wapping dispute. Usually weekly, sometimes fortnightly, sometimes more often especiailly later on. It is a virulent leftist/anarchist publication, highly critical of union leaderships and the TUC - everyone was a traitor except the small select band. There is much detail on the picketing; some poems - one begins 'Push shitty Hammond up Murdoch's arse.'.It was notorious for printing the names, addresses and phone numbers, if known, of scabs. Of course they made mistakes and regularly issued corrections - so that made it ok, presumably.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). First edition. A festive first edition Anthology of Christmas Prose and Verse, compiled by D. L. Kelleher, with illustrations. The first edition of the work.In the publisher's original striped cloth.With a frontispiece and vignettes throughout, including a woodcut by Celia Fiennes. Collated, complete.This anthology contains many poems, ballads, carols and works of prose, all with the theme of Christmas, several of which are illustrated. Titles include "Christmas at Dingley Dell" by Charles Dickens, "Robin Hood" by john Keats, "Ceremonies for Christmas" by Robert Herrick, "Hymn on the Nativity" by John Milton. Poems include "Christmas Violets" by Andrew Lang, "the Lamb" by "W. Blake" and "Signs of Christmas" by Edwin Lees. This edition also includes several carols with sheet music from The Oxford Book of Carols, by permission from the Oxford University Press. This edition contains a poem 'The New Year's Feast* on His Coming of Age' by Charles Lamb, copies of which are extremely rare, here it is reprinted for the first time since its original publication in 1824. Publisher's original cloth binding. Externally generally smart, with marks and scattered spotting to boards. Slight fading to spine. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with just the odd spot, heavier to the fore edge and endpapers. Very Good. book.

Magazine. Condizione: Very Good. Not Stated (illustratore). An interesting set of three illustrated journals on archaeology and philosophy, illustrated with black and white plates and further in-text illustrations. Three illustrated journals on archaeology and philosophy, including:The American Journal of Archaeology: October - December 1939, Volume XLIII, No. 4.Transactions of the American Philosophical Society: Cape Gelidonya: A Bronze Age Shipwreck by George F. Bass, December 1967 (Volume Fifty-Seven, Part Eight).???????????? ???????? (Archaeological Journal of Athens) 1979.All volumes illustrated with black and white plates and further in-text illustrations.???????????? ???????? (Archaeological Journal of Athens) is written in Greek. With a fold-out plate to the front of the work. In the publisher's original paperback bindings. Externally, smart with marks to the boards. Pink stamp mark to front board of American Journal. Sunning to margins and spine of Philosophical Society. Creasing and slight loss of paper to head and tail of spine of American Journal and small closed tear to spine tail of Philosophical. Small areas of paper loss to spine and upper rear board of ???????????? Internally, firmly bound. Tape repair remnants to hinges of Philosophical. Pages otherwise clean and bright. Very Good. book.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. pp. 61. Oblong 12mo., measuring 8.5" x 5.5". Lovely pictorial boards. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. Charming Icelandic guide on how to ferment one's own wine and beer, accompanied with a selection of cocktail recipes. Includes practical tips on winemaking, the process of fermentation, tools required, and much else. Unrecorded in commerce, and OCLC at time of cataloguing. Not in Guelph, McGill, UWO, UofTexas, et al. We locate this title only amongst the holdings of the Icelandic National Library [Gegnir]. Rare indeed.

Pamphlet. Condizione: Good. Each 20pp-26pp. All are uncommon. Nos 74, 79-81, 91,101, 104, 106, 110, 114, 118-129, 125, 126, 129, 131, 136, 138, 139, 142-144, 147, 148, 151-154, 156, 162, 164, 165, 168, 170, 172, 177 Some have a small Colonial Office Library stamp to front cover and no other library traces apart from a pencil reference on some - a nice association for these pamphlets which deal almost entirely with the colonies and Commonwealth countries. Condition is at least Good: one has some ink writing on cover; many are Very Good.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustratore). A delightful selection of illustrated rare bird studies, from notable authorities on the subject including Oliver G. Pike and Charles Dixon. In the publisher's original cloth.This set contains:Our Rarer Birds (1888)Farther Afield in Birdland (1911)Bird Facts and Fallacies (c.1920)Days with Rarer Birds (c.1930)Our Rarer Birds with a monochrome frontispiece and many in-text illustrations throughout.Farther Afield in Birdland with a tipped-in frontispiece, eleven further tipped-in plates, and thirty-six normal plates. Two leaves of advertisements to the rear.Days with Rarer Birdswith numerous black and white photographic illustrations.Bird Facts and Fallacies and Days with Rarer Birds are both undated; dated from copies held at the British Library.With a presentation bookplate to the front free end paper of Farther Afield in Birdland. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the extremities. Slight bumping to spine head and tails. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright with some light scattered spotting to first and last few leaves. Contemporary ink inscriptions to front free end papers of Our Rarer Birds and Bird Facts and Fallacies. With a presentation bookplate to the front free end paper of Farther Afield in Birdland. Very Good Indeed. book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dustjacket. Second Edition. Bound in pink cloth with red textile backstrip, clear black titles to front board, and system of three metal bolts wich hold 883 loose-leaf pages together: condition is VG. Dated 1950 this Second Edition is Restricted, and Coded BR 1600A, Code No. 1563 and A.P. 1093E(2). 854pp with Foreword, B/W Photos of Shipborne, Army Mobile, RAF Airborne and RAF Ground Mobile Radar Equipment. Also, PPI Displays on Radar Screens, showing Radar Plan Position Indicator Displays. Introduction lists Contents as follows,: General Ideas, Radio Direction Finding, Range Finding, Radar, Radar targets, Pulse radar Systems, Table of Typical Radar Equipment Parameters, Radar Roles and Propagation. Main text shows equations, line darwings, electrical circuits, oscilliscope screen images,tranmsmission lines,electronic devices, graphs, analog block construction, noise, reception of radio frequency pulses, range measurement, power supplies etc. In total 20 separate illustrated chapters. Massive volume in VG condition. Weight is 3Kg.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Malak of Ottawa (photos); Cognac, Marcel (illustratore). First Edition. 24 pages. Features: Lovely colour cover photo of Canada's Lucile Wheeler who set a World Ski record; Photos of National Research Council (NRC) testing at controlled burning of structures in the path of the St. Lawrence seaway; Yvon Durelle - New Brunswick's Fighting Fisherman - article with ten photos; Nice one-page color ad for Campbell's soup features "Budge Beaters" called the Souper Casserole and Souper Scramble; Nice one-page colour-photo ad by the Tea Council of Canada shows young curlers wearing their tams; 15 photos of world news, including 103-year-old ex-slave Satisfied Donethegotaway in Texas; Great weekly pin-up is a one-page colour photo of Ricky Nelson in red jacket holding guitar; Two pages of members of the Ozzie and Harriet Nelson family; Fantastic colour centerfold for Savage Shoes for children; Photos of Montreal's Art Colony, including sculptor Armand Vaillancourt, painter Camille Leduc, ceramicist Guy Ouvrard, enamel specialist Michele Droin and silk screen printer Jean Pierre Baudin; One-page colour-photo ad for Canada Packers 'Domestic' brand shortening features photo insert of 'Canada's Best Cook' Mrs. Marjorie Barton; Article and four photos on Lucile Wheeler, the first Canadian to ever bring home a world ski title; Back page features nice colour photos and brief bios of Toronto Maple Leaf players George Armstrong and Brian Cullen; Photos inside back cover include Darlene Smith of Toronto, "Miss Canadian Trapshooting', Champion baton twirler Barbara Feist of Hamilton, Winnipeg hunter Ken Hawkins; Canada's first Indian Senator James Gladstone and his wife of Alberta's Blackfoot tribe; Back cover features nostalgic colour ad for Johnson Sea Horse outboard motors and shows family on the water; Fantastic one-page colour ad for GWG work clothing features engineer holding on to train. Somewhat above-average external wear. Moderate soiling. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this particularly pleasing vintage issue.

Paperback. Condizione: Fair. Paginton, George (cover painting); Vickers, Ron; Barkley, Hal; Sharvanian (illustratore). First Edition. 24 pages. Features: . Toronto's Great Battle of the Subway - write-up about the proposed north-south spur on University Ave., with twelve photos including Fred Gardiner and Allan A. Lamport; One-page colour-photo ad for Campbell's Chicken Gumbo soup; Page of five photos of hat designs by Toronto's Rosaleen Reid; One-page ad for Singer's $125,000 Sewing Contest, featuring photo of the 1957 winners including Mrs. C. Bishop, Mrs. M. Rasmussen and Mrs. H. Chooljian; Photo of U.S. gymnast Muriel Davis; Wedding photo of Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay; Photo of Robert Wagner carrying Natalie Wood from New York train; Colour-photo ad for Robin Hood "Deep Pudding" mixes; Feature article on Cowichan sweaters made by the Cowichan tribe near Duncan on Vancouver Island - article with seven photos, two in colour; Colour photos from B.C. as she enters her hundredth anniversary year; Mrs. Al Balding follows the sun with Canada's great golf shot-maker - article with eight photos; Nice colour ad for Sifto Salt features bear cub and bird; Wow!, large colour photos of Jacques Plante and Jean Beliveau of the Montreal Canadiens; Hard Luck Town Springhill, Nova Scotia Fights Back from devastating mine blast - text with eight photos; Photo of Mrs. Pansy Mae Stuttard, 84, of White Rock, B.C. and her pistol; Fantastic one-page colour-photo pin-up photo of Jimmy Dean and Jan Crockett; Two photos of Jimmy Dean and his young family; Nice back page colour ad for Crown Brand Corn Syrup on pancakes. Somewhat above-average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A worthy copy of this wonderful vintage issue.

Paperback. Condizione: Good. Holcomb, Hal; Leblanc, Don (illustratore). First Edition. 24 pages. Features: Lester (Mike) Pearson wins Liberal Leadership - brief article with twelve photos, including one-page photo of Paul Martin Sr. celebrating with Pearson; Nice one-page colour ad for Neilson's "Nutty" chocolate bar; Fantastic brief article on nineteen-year-old Bobby Hull, the youngest player in the NHL, illlustrated with eight photos, including his new wife, Judie; Photo and brief write-up on U.S.-born entertainer Josephine Baker who has been made a Knight of the Legion of Honour in France - photo shows her with her nine adopted children; Wedding photo of Eydie Gorme and Steve Lawrence; Alberta boy Jerry Leiske crowned "King of Wheat" for third consecutiv year at Chicago's great exposition - brief article with six photos, including a large colour shot; Two pages of nice fashion photography entitled "The Chemise Makes a Comeback; Photo-illustrated brief article on young Sal Mineo; Nice one-page colour-photo ad for Robin Hood cake mixes; Canadian photo album includes members of the National Ballet of Canada who are performing "The Nutcracker", Ernest Kay of Victoria; Singer Vanda King of Oshawa who already has a contract for records and a film, and wedding photo of Stuart Cruickshands and Lorna Haren; Classy one-page colour Pepsi ad shows people on spiral staircase; Photos of Vancouver's annual "Polar Bear" dip, won by Amy Brown; Fantastic one-page colour-photo pin-up of Bing Crosby's new 24-year-old wife, Kathy Grant; Fantastic one-page colour team photo of the Detroit Red Wings, 1957-8. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy.