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PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Undated edition, early 20th century. School prize label inside the front cover. Firmly bound, pink cloth boards. Fading on the spine with a little wear at the top edge. No jacket. with about two hundred illustratiions (illustratore).

Condizione: Very good. - A partial sheet of the author's letterhead, approximately 3-1/2 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide with his address printed in raised lettering at the top, is signed in black ink "Warwick Deeping". The letterhead is slightly unevenly cut with remnants of tape on he verso where it has been removed from an album. Very good. Warwick Deeping [1877-1950] was an English novelist and short-story writer whose best-known novel was "Sorrell and Son" [1925]. After serving in the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War I, Deeping gave up his job as a doctor to become a full-time writer. His early work was dominated by historical romances. His later novels more often dealt with modern life and were critical of many tendencies of twentieth century civilization. His attitude was generally one of passionate individualism, distrustful of both ruling elites and the lower classes who were often presented as a threat to his embattled middle-class protagonists. He was one of the best-selling authors of the 1920s and 1930s.…

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condizione: New.

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Good. First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Good. First Edition. Americana. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. spine faded bumped,boards soiled slightly , illustrations, poems, stories, etc, 222 pgs.

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. J. Greville Wilmot (illustratore).

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Spine is sunned. ; Book is in excellent condition - exception noted. Tight binding and clean, unmarked text and illustrations. Scarce copy. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 224 pages.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. Boston: D. Lothrop & Co., 1880. Undated, ca. 1880. Short stories for children with a full page engraving on each right-hand page throughout, plus frontis engraving. Worn copy, pictorial hardcover with red cloth spine, 9.25" tall, unpaginated, about three quarters of an inch thick. Covers worn and scuffed with most of cover design intact, front hinge badly internally cracked but secure, binding loosened but with no detached pages, pages clean, no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black Boards with gilt titles to spine, 245 x 190 mm approx. 258 pp. illustrated with b/w photos and with scale plans and technical information.First published in 1977 the copy offered is of the 2nd impression 1980 and being the first Volume of the Quarterly Journal published by Conway under the same name with contributions from noted maritime historians and writers covering the development, design & history of the naval vessels. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ VG (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - a little rubbed to extremities, no nicks or tears and supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black Boards with gilt titles to spine, 245 x 190 mm approx. 288 pp. illustrated with b/w photos and with scale plans and technical information.First published in 1978 the copy offered is of the 2nd impression 1980 and being issues 5 to 8 of the Quarterly Journal published by Conway under the same name with contributions from noted maritime historians and writers covering the development, design & history of the naval vessels. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ VG (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - a little rubbed to extremities, 1 cm tear and associated crease to top front panel. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good +. includes stories by mary e. wilkins, gen charles king, irving bacheller, opie read, albert bigelow paine, george ade, mrs. wade hampton, jr. and others. J. Greville Wilmot (illustratore).

Decorative Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. First. Blue decorated cloth. Gold title on front cover. Chromo frontispiece. Inscription on front endpaper: To Charlie, A merry Christmas, Lele, 1900". The paper has browned in some signatures not in most. The rapid increase of the evils that result from the reading of dime novels has suggested the composition and publication of this book. The Best Artists (illustratore).…

Condizione: Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black cloth covers, scarlet lettering to spine. 8vo 7½" x 5¼" 250, 1 [pages]. Age darkened page edges, light rubbing to spine tips and corners and in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. DETECTIVE | CRIME FICTION.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This book is bound in brown boards with bright gilt letters on the front cover and spine. There is very light wear on the spine tips and cover corners. The hinges, front & back, are cracked. The binding is strong & tight. The contents are unmarked. There is a previous owner's ink signature and date on the front end paper . Pages 137, 138, 139 & 140 are detached but still present.…

Original Wrappers. Condizione: Very Good. Early Edition. Folded, sewn, but never opened. 24 pages. Price One Penny.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book follows the life of George Washington, acclaimed as a shining example of democratic leadership and courage amidst a backdrop of a young nation finding its identity. The author interweaves accounts of Washington's personal life and aspirations with the tumultuous events of the American Revolution, presenting a compelling narrative of a man shaped by both circumstance and character. The book explores the profound impact of Washington's upbringing, education, and military service on his leadership style, highlighting the tensions between his inherited values and the revolutionary principles he came to embody. Through the author's insightful analysis, readers gain a deeper understanding of the motivations and complexities that drove Washington's actions, revealing the human side of a figure often portrayed as an idealized hero. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hardcover. Rubbing; edgewear; cornerwear & bumps; discoloration, duststaining/foxing, & few stains; scuffs; starting to pull from spine; yellowing; previous owner's name/date; otherwise overall clean. 223 pages.

Original Wraps. Condizione: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Pp. 133-192. Original pink card wrappers. "Sept 1903" written on spine in pen. Contents: "The Aitutaki Version of the Song of Iro" translated by J. T. Large; "Notes on the Art of War, as conducted by the Maori of New Zealand. Part VII" by Elsdon Best; "The Whence of the Maori. Part IV" by Lieut. -Col. Gudgeon; "Mysterious Relics; The Making and Un-making of Man" by E. Tregear; "Who Discovered Tahiti?" by George Collinridge; "A New Maori Dictionary"; Notes and Queries; Proceedings.; 8vo. …

Original Wraps. Condizione: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Pp. 127-194. Original pink card wrappers. 1/2" tear in lower edge of front cover and first three leaves. "Sept 1902" written on spine in pen. Minor foxing. Contents: "Notes on the Art of War, as conducted by the Maori of New Zealand. Part III" by Elsdon Best; "Niue Island and its People" by S. Percy Smith; "The Whence of the Maori. Part I" by Lieut. -Col. Gudgeon; Obituary; Notes and Queries; Proceedings.; 8vo. …

Condizione: New. Print on Demand.

Condizione: Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original half burgundy and black and grey cloth covers, gilt stamped title lettering to the spine and to the front cover. 8vo. 12'' x 9¼''. Contains 215 pp of Spanish text with 107 full-page colour photographs throughout. From the estate of the late Fleur Cowles, renowned journalist, artist, philanthropist with her colour bookplate inside the front cover and SIGNED Fleur Cowles. In November 1955, she married her fourth and last husband, Tom Montague Meyer (CBE), a timber executive, the Meyers lived for a number of years in London and Sussex, as well as Spain. SIGNED by her to the title page 'Fleur Cowles Meyer - Las tours de Bejattos ? Espagne.' In Fine condition, supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. SPAIN & SPANISH HISTORY.…

Second edition hard back binding in original full brown diced leather covers, gilt title lettering to the spine, all page edges gilt, lemon end papers. 8vo. 8'' x 5''. Contains [x] 40 printed pages of text. Foxing to the paper throughout, neatly hand written and perfectly legible two page appreciation of 'The Fort' to the front paste down and end paper, note opposite the title page by Arthur Mackie?, name to the title page Ambrose Brackett, the title page is starting to pull away from the text block, 30 mm piece of leather missing to the top of the spine. Member of the P.B.F.A. KENT [Margate].…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. The Arts of Logick and Rhetorick, Illustrated by Examples taken out of the best Authors, Antient and Modern, In all the Polite Languages. Interpreted and Explain'd By that Learned and Judicious Critick.To which are added Parallel Quotations Out of the Most Eminent English Authors in Verse and Prose: Wherein the like Observations are made on their Beauties and Blemishes in all the various Kinds of Thought and Expression. Printed for John Clark [et alia], 1728. First Edition, of the second English translation. xxxii, 232, 225-418, [16, index], [2, ads] pp., contemp. calf (rubbed, upr. joint splitting). Later ex-libris bookplate of Richardson of Pitfour, Bart. This ¿translation¿ is by John Oldmixon, who made notably free with it, added relevant references to English writers, etc., leading some to regard it, in effect, as a ¿new¿ work. Illustrated by Examples taken out of the best Authors, Antient and Modern, In all the Polite Languages. (illustratore).…

Condizione: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.