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By: N/A
Price: £65.00
Publisher: London, 1729
Seller ID: 000122
Condition: Poor
Small 8vo, pp (2),204, some staining, front endpaper nearly detached, hinge at title page cracked, full contemporary calf, very worn, calf on upper cover peeling from board. (Title page continues: "Complete Lists of the Lords and Gentlemen of His Majesty's most honourable Privy Council; of their Majesties Households; of the Households of the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family;and of the Great Officers of the State etc. Together with an Account of the Government of the Cities of London and Westminster, with the names of the principal officers etc.") VERY SCARCE. View more info
By: N/A
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Saunders & Otley: 1832
Seller ID: 000159
Condition: Fair
Hand coloured frontispiece depicting crowns and coronets (offset onto title page), pp xx,598, uncut, rather weak internally, hinges weak, frontispiece detached, original polished cloth, rubbed, spine poor, joints breaking. View more info
By: N/A
Price: £50.00
Publisher: London, The Religious Tract Society: 1841
Seller ID: 007485
Condition: Good
Illustrated with a few engravings throughout, 12mo, pp xii, 436, all edges gilt, very slightly worn internally, a late-Victorian signature and date on the front endpaper, in an ornate black leather binding, a little worn, corners rather rubbed, joints rubbed, spine head a little pulled, upper joint splitting a little at the top. VERY SCARCE. View more info
By: N/A
Price: £95.00
Publisher: London, Printed for J. Murray, number 32, Fleet Street and G & T Wilkie, number 71 St Paul's Church Yard:
Seller ID: 007492
Condition: Good
[Not dated - c.1788 ?]. Small 12mo (binding measures 80mm x 140mm), pp viii, 352, a little age-toned throughout and slightly worn, title page a little browned and with neat contemporary initiials in the upper corner, hinge at title page a little cracked and sprung, in an interesting dull green contemporary lozenge calf, outer dentelles gilt, spine gilt decorated, a little rubbed overall, and with two cracks to the spine. VERY SCARCE. {The title continues ".relative to academies in Europe, accidents & incidents, battles and seafights, conquests, discoveries of countries, discoveries and inv... View more info
By: N/A
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Kaye & Ward Ltd: 1971
Seller ID: 009616
Condition: Good
Limited edition of 650 copies. Small illustrations within the text + period advertisements, 16mo, (measures 138mm x 108mm), pp (4), 63 (+ 17), paperback with cloth spine, slightly worn. {Originally published in 1901 for visitors to London for the Coronation of King Edward VII, and extremely scarce. This reprint is scarcely any commoner. With presentation slip loosely inserted, signed by directors of the company. [From the library of the naturalist and conservationist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the front endpaper.] View more info
By: N/A
Price: £8.50
Publisher: Beijing, China Travel and Tourism Press:
Seller ID: 009620
Condition: Very Good
Very well illustrated with superb photographs, 121 pages, quarto, paperback, covers very slightly worn. Chapters include The Grand Ceremony, Imperial Wedding, Birthday celebrations, Routine affairs, Meals, Royal Wardrobe, Bedchambers, Cultural accomplishments, Theatrical performances in the Palace, and Sacrificial rites and religious services. [The captions are in Chinese. However a translation booklet of 12 pages is inserted which gives, in English, all the captions and chapter introductions. View more info
By: N/A
Price: £20.00
Publisher: London, The Amalgamated Press:
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 012979
Condition: Good
Published 1937 - 1938 by The Amalgamated Press, Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London. An attractive period work, complete in 44 original parts, and difficult to find in this format and in such good condition. Extremely thoroughly illustrated throughout, paperback as issued, with overall only slight signs of wear, creasing or ageing, (though part 1 is slightly more worn). {A heavy set - extra postage will be necessary} View more info
By: N/A
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Paris, Editions d'Histoire Sociale: 1970
Seller ID: 013758
Condition: Very Good
[Originally published 1745). Facsimile reprint, slim 12mo, pp 108, marbled endpapers, extremely clean internally, full calf with gilt decorated spine, corners very slightly bumped, otherwise a very good copy. [Number 84 of a limited edition of 250 copies.] View more info
By: Abbott, Patrick
Price: £3.95
Publisher: Studley, Brewin Books: 1994
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014481
ISBN: 185858020x
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 101, paperback, a very good copy. [Tells the story of the R34 and the first East-West crossing of the Atlantic by air in July 1919. The author has taken the opportunity to update and extend the original text in the light of further information which has become available since the first edition appeared 18 years before.] View more info
By: Aitken, Sir Max
Price: £12.00
Publisher: London, Toronto & New York, Hodder & Stoughton: 1916
Seller ID: 015494
Condition: Very Good
Seventh edition. Illustrated, small thick octavo, pp xx, 243, (4), very slightly age-toned, fore-edge slightly marked, red blind-stamped cloth slightly marked and worn , the spine a little faded, still a good sound copy. ("The official story of the Canadian Expeditionary Force"). View more info
By: Allen, D.E.
Price: £39.00
Publisher: Hutchinson of London: 1969
Seller ID: 004208
ISBN: 0090998707
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, small octavo, decorated cloth, pp xii, 85, a very good copy in a better than average dustwrapper which is slightly worn and marked, and faded on the spine. [From the library of the conservationist and naturalist Richard Fitter, with his stamp on the half-title). View more info
By: Archer, Ian W.
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Chichester, Phillimore & Co Ltd: 2004
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011527
ISBN: 1860773184
Condition: New
Well illustrated, large 8vo, pp xiv, 178, a very good new copy in dustwrapper. View more info
By: Ashe, Geoffrey
Price: £3.00
Publisher: London, Collins: 1962
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014616
Condition: Good
Illustrated, octavo, pp 352, fore-edge foxed, red cloth, spine very slightly worn, a sound copy in a dustwrapper which is rather marked and worn. [A newspaper cutting shows the launch of a replica leather boat - this has been taped to the reverse of the title page, and the tape marks show through slightly.] View more info
By: Balbian Verster, J.F.L. De
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands Historical Shipping Museum: 1924
Seller ID: 004647
Quarto, pp 14, with two plates and a vignette portrait title page, original cloth backed boards, rather rubbed and marked. Hinge at title page cracked. Signed by author in pencil on the front endpaper. very scarce. [Presented to the Congress of Americanists on their trip through the port of Amsterdam, to Zandaam and its environs, at the invitation of the Royal Dutch Geographical Society, Friday 15th August, 1924.] View more info
By: Barker, Graeme
Price: £12.50
Publisher: Cambridge University Press: 1985
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 011018
ISBN: 0521269695
Condition: Very Good
Illustrated, large 8vo, pp xviii, 327, extremely clean and sound internally, paperback, the slightest signs of use to the covers, but really a very good copy, almost as new. View more info
By: Beaux, Nathalie
Price: £70.00
Publisher: Leuven, Belgium, Peeters Press: 1990
Seller ID: 008248
ISBN: 9068312685
Condition: Very Good
Well illustrated, small quarto, pp x, 349, a very good copy in slightly scuffed dustwrapper. View more info
By: Benfield, Eric
Price: £3.00
Publisher: London, Robert Hale Ltd: 1947
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014157
Condition: Good
Illustrated, octavo, pp 70, fore-edge slightly bruised, the upper corner of two pages and one plate creased, a neat inscription on the front endpaper, otherwise very clean internally, red cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is not price-clipped but just a little worn and slightly age-toned. View more info
By: Beurdeley, Michel; Schipper. Kristofer; Fu-Jui, Chang & Pimpaneau, Jacques
Price: £27.50
Publisher: Fribourg & London, Office du Livre, and Hammand, Hammond & Company: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 013230
Condition: Very Good
Very well illustrated, including many mounted colour plates, folio, pp xiv, 209, a very good copy in a dustwrapper showing very slight signs of age-toning. In the original plain card slipcase. [A heavy book - extra postage may be required]. View more info
By: Bidwell, Robin
Price: £4.50
Publisher: London, Hamlyn: 1976
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 014322
ISBN: 0600329003
Condition: Good
Illustrated, large octavo, pp 224, a neat inscription on the half-title, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth, binding leaning slightly, a good copy in a slightly worn dustwrapper. View more info
By: Bienvenu, Richard (editor)
Price: £15.00
Publisher: New York & London, Oxford University Press: 1968
Seller ID: 014074
Condition: Good
Small octavo, pp x, 355, rather age-toned and slightly used, paperback, covers age-toned and slightly worn. SCARCE. View more info
