First Editions
First Editions
A Book of India. An Anthology of Prose and Poetry from the Indian Sub-Continent, edited by B. N. Pandey. 1965. First Edition.
Published by William Collins Sons and Company Limited. Dimensions : 186mm x 114mm x 30mm. Weight : 0.500kg net. Condition : Good. DJ : Good.
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A Book of India. An Anthology of Prose and Poetry from the Indian Sub-Continent, edited by B.N. Pandey. Published by William Collins and Sons and Company Limited. Printed in Great Britain by Collins Clear-Type Press, 1965. First Edition. General Editor J.B. Foreman, M.A..
12mo, 384 medium duty numbered pages and 55 black and white reproductions of photographs.
Contents : History. Places. Pastoral. People Great and Small. Humour and Sentiment. Manners and Customs. Amusements and Festivals. Poems, Songs and Tales. Religions and Beliefs. The Evolution of Hinduism. Jainism. Buddhism. Islam. Sikhism. Epilogue. Dates in Indian History. First Lines of Poems. List of Authors. List of Translators. Place Names.
Condition/Notes : Good. The pages are clean and undamaged and the photos are all in good clean condition. The front DJ is in quite good condition with light wear to edges. The back DJ has wear to edges and a 10mm tear bottom rh corner and small 5mm tear top rh corner. Spine is sunned with wear top and tail. The brown linen boards are in good condition with light wear to edges. Unfortunately, the edges of the DJ folds have been lightly taped with cellotape to the boards which has left light marking. Binding tight and fully intact. Overall, a very interesting volume for the student of India or general collector.
A Book of Old-World Gardens, Edited by Alfred H. Hyatt, 1st Ed. Reprint 1920.
Published by T.N. Foulis, London & Edinburgh. Dimensions : 171mm x 115mm x 14mm. Weight : 0.180kg net. Condition : Good.
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A Book of Old-World Gardens, The Foulis Books Series, Edited and Arranged by Alfred H. Hyatt.
Published by T.N. Foulis, London and Edinburgh. 1st Edition, Reprinted 1920.
Printed by T and A Constable, Printers to His Majesty, Edinburgh.
16mo, 113 heavy duty numbered pages and 8 tipped-in colour prints from watercolour drawings by Miss Beatrice Parsons.
Condition/Notes : Good. No DJ. Front board, embossed dark olive garden illustration, light wear edges, curls to corners, light marking face. Back board blank light olive card, browning to edges, toning, bumps to corners. Spine light wear top and tail, browning/ sunning, faded title. Front p/d with pencil owner's name upper. e/p with foxing. pp with title, The Foulis Books, with foxing. rough cut lower edge. Frontispiece follows with tipped-in colour print "A Wild Garden". Title page facing; copyright verso. The List of Contents follows. List of Illustrations follows - 8 tipped-in colour prints. Commences with Part I An Essex Garden by R. Southey p1 and through to the end p113 The Garden of Cyrus. Advertising follows Friendship Books, Songs & Poems of Burns verso. Back e/p, toning to edges. Blank p/g. Pages good, toning to edges, some foxing in places, rough cut lower edge in many cases but some with clean cuts. Binding quite tight, except light strain p64/65. Dusting/browning to edges.
A pleasing volume in The Foulis Books Series.
Raymond's History of England. A New, Universal and Impartial History of England from the Earliest Authentic Records, and most Genuine Historical Evidence, to Winter of Year 1784.
Raymond's History of England. Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear's Head, No. 17, Pater-noster Row, 1785. Dimensions : 368mm x 233mm x 60mm. Weight : 3.650kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Raymond's History of England. A New, Universal and Impartial History of England, from the Earliest Authentic Records, and most Genuine Historical Evidence, to the Winter of the Year, 1784. By George Frederick Raymond Esq.. Printed for J. Cooke, at Shakespear's Head, No. 17, Pater-noster Row, London, 1785. First Edition. 608 numbered pages and 98 engraved plates.
George Frederick Raymond. 1785. First Edition.
folio, 608 quality heavy duty numbered pages. Index follows and Directions to the Binder.
Condition/Notes : The volume is in quite good condition. The dark burgundy morocco front board has wear to edges, wear and bumps to corners, wear and rubbing to the face. The board has gilt decorated outer and blind stamped inner decoration. Back board is similar condition. The spine has wear top and tail, wear to edges with surface split rh edge to front board and lh edge wear but fully intact to back board. Front board slightly loose but not detached with paste-down/front e/p fully intact. Gilt decorated ribs and gilt lettering. Front paste-down and e/p marbled. Split between e/p and pp but intact. pp has handwritten ink presentation script to an old workman in his father's employ dated Oct 27th 1882. Original sales invoice dated July 30th 1977 from Richard Lally Ltd., Putney, for amount £17-00. Frontispiece follows with full plate engraving of Brittania. Title page follows (see image below) with full details; verso blank with creasing and some foxing. Dedication follows to Prince of Wales from G.F. Raymond with similar creasing and some light foxing. Book I commences on p5. According to the Instructions to the Binder, a Map of Great Britain should be facing p5 but this is missing and there is no sign of it having been detached so it could be this was omitted by the Binder. The pages are generally good and clean with light usage marks but there are a few pages with small tears and some tape repair. The engraved plates are good. There is light foxing throughout the volume. Toning and dusting to the page borders. The binding is quite tight. Similar (to front board) internal surface split between back e/p and preceding pp but fully intact and not loose. Mottled edges. Overall, a fascinating and rare First Edition of this historical work.
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A Saga of British Industry, The Story of The British Plaster Board Group, 1959. First Edition.
Published by The British Plaster Board (Holdings) Ltd., London. 1959. Dimensions : 254mm x 184mm x 24mm. Weight : 0.930kg net. Condition : Good.
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A Saga of British Industry. The Story of The British Plaster Board Group, compiled by John Routley. Text revised by Harold Mattingley. Published for private circulation by The British Plaster Board (Holdings) Limited, London. 1959. Printed in GB by Latimer, Trend & Co., Ltd., Plymouth. First Edition.
8vo, (pp, vii-xvi), 172 medium duty light gloss numbered pages. 30 black and white photographic illustration plates.
Condition/Notes : Good. No DJ (as issued?). Front dark blue linen board has light wear with light bumps to corners and light marks to face. Back board similar. Spine light wear top and tail, gilt lettering and light marking. Front p/d and e/p combined map of The British Plaster Board Group subsidiary companies in the British Isles. Top rh corner in pencil 1959 £15.-. pp's, followed by 5 frontispiece plates of Chairmen and Directors. Title page follows; copyright verso. Foreword, Acknowledgements, Contents, Illustrations, Introduction. Commences One, The Parent Company, p1. Pages good with light usage, light toning to edges. Good black and white double sided photographic plates with light toning top border edge. Small mark fore-edge p122-p128 and crease to lower edge plate facing p128 with mis-cut corner. Binding quite tight. Back e/p and p/d with combined map of Subsidiary and Associated Companies Overseas. Dusting to edges. An interesting historical volume for persons interested in this industry.
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A Vampire Handbook Bite by Kevin Jackson, Portobello Books, 2009. First Edition.
Published by Portobello Books Ltd., Holland Park, London, 2009. First Edition. Dimensions : 204mm x 132mm x 20mm. Weight : 0.320kg net. Condition : Very good.
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A Vampire Handbook, Bite, by Kevin Jackson. Published by Portobello Books Ltd., 12, Addison Ave., Holland Park, London. 2009. Printed and bound in the UK by CPI Mackays, Chatham. First Edition.
ISBN 978 1 84627 211 0.
8vo, 199 numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Very good. Like new. DJ has light wear top edge. Back DJ has crease lower rh edge near spine. DJ spine good. Black linen front board good. Back similar. Spine good with red lettering. DJ front fold with summary and price marked £9.99. Dark red front paste-down and e/p. pp followed by title page with details; verso publication/printing details. Dedication follows. Contents : List of Maps, Introduction, Chapters 1 - 5, The shape of fangs to come, Acknowledgements, Index. Pages good and clean. Binding tight and fully intact.
Adventures with the Bible in Brazil by F.C. Glass, c1923. First Edition.
Published by Pickering & Inglis, London. Dimensions : 186mm x 125mm x 25mm. Weight : 0.320kg net. Condition : Good.
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Adventures with the Bible in Brazil by Frederick C. Glass. Missionary Wonder Books series. With a Foreword by Dr. Stuart Holden. Published by Pickering & Inglis, 14, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.4. Printed in GB.
12mo, 220 medium duty numbered pages with 4 black and white photographic plates.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. DJ : Quite good. DJ front 15mm x 20mm loss top rh corner and wear to edges with some small tears. Marking to colour illustrated face. Back DJ with wear to edges and some small tears; list of Missionary Wonder Books by Pickering & Inglis. DJ spine with wear top and tail, illustrated with figure against sunrise. Front DJ fold with summary (see image below) and PM clipped lower rh corner. Back DJ fold blank with with dusting to edges. Dark Green linen front board light wear edges, light bumps to corners, light marking face. Back board similar. Spine with medium wear top and tail, black ink title and indigenous figure. Previous owner's name dated 1939 in pencil top rh corner front e/p. Frontispiece "A scene on the Amazon" black and white photo plate. Title page facing; verso pub/printing details. Introduction follows by F.C.G. Contents follows, Chapters I to XXXIII; verso List of Illustrations. Foreword follows. Chapter I commences p9 through to p220. 4 pages of advertising follows. Pages good with light usage; light marking top rh/lh corners p178/179. Plates good. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges. Slight cocking to volume. An interesting and quite rare First Edition publication.
Aircraft and the Air, compiled and edited by Eric Sargent. Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1937. First Edition.
Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.. Printed by Purnell and Sons Ltd., 1937. Dimensions : 108mm x 135mm x 38mm. Weight : 0.460kg net. Condition : Good.
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Aircraft and the Air, compiled and edited by Eric Sargent. Published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., London. Printed in Great Britain by Purnell and Sons Ltd., Paulton and London. 1937. First Edition.
32mo, pp's xxii, 682 medium/light gloss numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Good. No DJ (as issued). The black lined front board has light wear to edges, light bumps to corners, marking to face and slight vertical convex bow. Back board similar but no bow. Spine light wear top and tail, gilt lettering. Blank off-white front paste-down and blank facing e/p with pencil hand script top edge J.H. Frisly. pp follows with title. Title page follows with full details and illustration of biplane; verso printing details. Contents follows : Chapters I to LXIV and Index. Follows contents p1 to p682 with very detailed descriptions and technical data and a facing hand-sketch in black and white. Includes many fold-out illustrations and diagrams. Very detailed survey of the world's aircraft upto 1936. Toning to the edges. Good condition throughout. Some foxing in places. Binding quite tight. No strains on the binding. Fully intact. A rare volume.
Ardizzone's Hans Andersen Fourteen Classic Tales, Andre Deutsch, 1978, 1st Edition.
Published by Andre Deutsch Ltd., London, 1978. Dimensions : 242mm x 170mm x 25mm. Weight : 0.750kg net. Condition : Good.
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Ardizzone's Hans Andersen Fourteen Classic Tales. Seleceted and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone. Translated by Stephen Corrin. Published by Andre Deutsch Limited, 105, Great Russell St., London, W.C.1. Printed by Sackville Press Billericay Ltd., 1978. First Edition.
ISBN 0-233-96996-9
8vo, 191 medium/heavy gloss numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Gloss colour illustrated. 15mm tear lower edge front. Toning to edges. Back DJ good with toning to edges. DJ spine with wear top and tail. Front fold price marked £4.95, toning to top edge. Back fold similar. Front burgundy board good with gilt lettering and stamp illustration. Back board good. Spine with wear top and tail and gilt lettering. Front e/p and paste-down illustrated in pale red as is back. Title page with details ; verso publication/printing details. Contents follows; verso List of Colour Illustrations (16) full page plates by Edward Ardizzone, all good. Pages clean with light usage in most, light toning to border edges. Top edge in pink ink. Fore-edge plain with dusting as is lower edge. Binding tight and fully intact. Overall a good volume of this collectable work.
Articles of Faith by Russell Brand. First Edition.
HB with DJ. Published by Harper Collins 2008. First Edition. Dimensions : 217mm x 161mm x 24mm. Weight : 0.680kg net. Condition : Like new.
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First Edition, 2008. ISBN 978-0-00-729881-5. DJ : Very good. 223 gloss pages. Many illustrations and photos. PM £15.99. Binding tight. Fully intact. Clean and undamaged - like new.
Artificial Radioactivity by P.B. Moon, Cambridge U.P., 1949. 1st Edition.
Published by The University Press at Cambridge, 1949. Cambridge Monographs on Physics. Dimensions : 221mm x 143mm x 11mm. Weight : 0.270kg net. Condition : Good.
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Artificial Radioactivity, Cambridge Monographs on Physics, by P.B. Moon, F.R.S., Professor of Physics in the University of Birmingham. Published by The Syndics of The University Press at Cambridge, 1949. First Edition. Printed by Blackie & Son Ltd., Glasgow.
8vo, 102 light gloss numbered pages. With DJ.
Condition/Notes : Good. The DJ is quite good. DJ front has wear to top edge with some small tears, dusting to rh edge, small tear lower rh corner, marking to face. Back DJ similar with usage marking to face. DJ spine good with loss top edge and sunning, title in black. DJ front fold with summary, wear to top edge, dusting to lh edge, price marked 12s.6d. net lower rh corner. Back DJ fold blank off-white with wear top edge, dusting edges. Front red linen board is good with light wear and toning top edge. Embossed with blind stamp crest centre. Back board similar with toning top and tail edges. Spine good with light wear top and tail, sunning top and tail to near white, gilt lettering. Front paste-down and e/p blank with small tear top rh corner e/p. Verso blank. pp blank. pp with sub-title and editorial details. Title page follows with details and CUP crest; 1949. Verso pub/print details. General Preface follows dated May 1948. Contents follows . Author's Preface follows dated December 1948; verso List of Periodicals. Chapter I commences. Pages good and clean with toning to border edges. Many diagrams. Index. Blank e/p. Binding quite tight and fully intact. Dusting to edges. Overall, a very good copy of this First Edition publication; unusual with such a good DJ.
Austrian Cooking, Gretel Beer, Andre Deutsch, 1954. 1st Edition.
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited. Dimensions : 190mm x 125mm x 20mm. Weight : 0.240kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Austrian Cooking by Gretel Beer.
Published by Andre Deutsch Limited, 12, Thayer St., London. W.1.
Printed by Ebenezer Baylis and Son Ltd., Worcester and London. 1954. 1st Edition.
12mo, 220 medium/light duty numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. The yellow linen front board has light wear edges, bumps to corners, light marking face. Back board similar. Spine light wear top and tail, sunned, faded dark green lettering. Front p/d blank with biro notes top rh corner, owner's address label Edinburgh rh edge. Lindsey Foggett 1989 coloured swan illustration on card with handscript notes Ch. Liver Pate verso. e/p facing with attached tipped-in Anne Phillips Young Ex Libris illustration. pp with title; verso list of Andre Deutsch Cookery Books. Title facing; verso copyright. Dedication. Acknowledgements. Contents. Introduction. Commences p13 I'd Like to Explain and so through to p208. Index p209-220. No illustrations. Pages quite good with light usage, light toning to edges, light foxing in places. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.
Beyond the Mexique Bay by Aldous Huxley, First Edition, 1934.
Published by Chatto & Windus London 1934. Dimensions : 226mm x 140mm x 39mm. Weight : 0.700kg net. Condition : Good.
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Beyond the Mexique Bay by Aldous Huxley, published by Chatto & Windus London, printed by T. & A. Constable Ltd., at the University Press Edinburgh, 1934. First Edition.
8vo, 319 medium/heavy numbered pages (uncut bottom edge).
Condition/Notes : No DJ. Good. Front brown linen board is plain with wear to edges and bumps to corners. Some marking to face and small splash of paint top lh edge. Back board is similar with wear through to board bottom lh corner and light stains to face. Spine has wear to top and tail with cream print and creasing. Front paste-down and e/p have map of Mexico. £9.50 written in pencil handscript top rh corner. pp with title and browning; verso list of works by Aldous Huxley. Frontispiece follows with sepia photo of Copan Stela; foxing to border photo not affected. Title follows with details; verso printing details with foxing spots. Contents follow pv - pvi. Then Illustrations pvii - pviii listing total of 30 illustrations (sepia photos) facing page nrs. Page 1. follows. The pages are good with some usage marks and toning to edges. Photos all good. Index p316-p319. Same black and white map on back e/p's with Stanford, London, lower rh corner. Top edge inked dark brown, fore-edge dusted and browned, bottom edge uncut. Binding quite tight with exception of p16/p17 (section B) where there is strain and 2mm gap, but fully intact. Overall, a very interesting volume with excellent photos.
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Birds of the Sheffield Area, edited by Jon Hornbuckle & David Herringshaw. Sheffield Bird Study Group, 1985. 1st Limited Edition 448/500.
Published by Sheffield Bird Study Group/Sheffield City Libraries. Dimensions : 217mm x 152mm x 25mm. Weight : 0.620kg net. Condition : Good.
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Birds of the Sheffield Area including the north-east Peak District.
Edited by Jon Hornbuckle and David Herringshaw, illustrated.
Published by the Sheffield Bird Study Group & Sheffield City Libraries, Surrey St., Sheffield S1 1XZ. 1985. 1st Edition. Limited Edition 448/500.
Printed by Higham Press Ltd., Shirland, Derbyshire.
ISBN 0 907575 05 6
8vo, 312 gloss numbered pages. Many black and white illustrations. Includes perspex South Yorks Derbys Urban areas waters and rivers, Geology and Altitude template for use on the diagrams.
Condition/Notes : Good. No DJ. Dark blue linen boards, light wear edges, light bumps corners, light marking in places; spine light wear, gilt lettering. Slight cocking. Dark blue p/d e/p. Title page with facing illustration by P.Leonard A pair of Black-necked Grebes in 1982-84; copyright verso. Commences p10 through to p312 (includes hand-written ink "This is copy number 448" out of 500 numbered copies).
Toning to page borders, light usage. Quite tight binding. Light dusting to edges.
Casualty Work for Advanced First-Aid students by A.W. MacQuarrie, 1944. 1st Edition.
Published by E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., Edinburgh. Dimensions : 126mm x 90mm x 15mm. Weight : 0.160kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Casualty Work for Advanced First-Aid Students by A.W. MacQuarrie M.B., Ch. B. (Edin). Published by E. & S. Livingstone Ltd., 16-17, Teviot place, Edinburgh. 1944. Printed by J. & J. Gray.
18mo, 231 medium duty numbered pages plus advertising.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. The tan linen front board is in good condition with light wear to edges and bumps to corners. Back board similar. Spine has light wear top and tail; no lettering. DJ : Front has wear to edges with small tears and small losses front rh corners. Creasing to face with wear and fading to illustration. See images below. Back DJ similar with Extract from Introduction. Spine has losses top and tail and sunning to face with faded print. DJ front fold has light wear edges and toning. Advertising for 3rd edition of Illustrations of Bandaging and First Aid. Back DJ fold similar with ads for other medical volumes by Livingstone. Front paste-down and e/p are blank with foxing spots. Pencil handscript top rh corner 4/10/4 4/6.pp follows with tile; verso illustration of The Main Arteriesof the Body with pressure points. Title page follows with details; verso publishing/printing details. Acknowledgments then Contents, followed by Illustrations (Frontispiece plus 1-40). Introduction follows pxv - pxx. Chapter I commences p1 through to p231. Illustrated. Pages good with light usage; light foxing. Index follows. End-paper with advertising and foxing. Binding quite tight. Dusting and light foxing to edges. An interesting historical manual handbook designed for use in the war-time situation. Quite rare.
Celebration Song by James Berry, Illustrated by Louise Brierley, Hamish Hamilton, 1994. First British Edition.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, London, 1994. First printing. Dimensions : 300mm x 220mm x 9mm. Weight : 0.490kg net. Condition : Good.
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Celebration Song, written by James Berry, illustrated by Louise Brierley. Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd., the Penguin Group, London. Printed by Proost International Book Production, Belgium, 1994. First British Edition, first printing.
ISBN 0-241-00209-5
4to, 25 quality medium/heavy duty gloss colour illustrated unnumbered pages.
Condition/Notes : DJ : Good. DJ protected by plastic cover is in good condition with good colour. Library label attached spine. Printed gloss boards good with good colour but 10mm long abrasion lower lh edge of back board. DJ front fold with summary and PM CAN $18.99 and £9.99. Blue patterned front paste-down and e/p with Cumbia County Library date pocket attached e/p, first stamp 26 Jan 1996, last stamp 17 Apr 2003, stamped Withdrawn. Verso publishing/printing details and dedication to Gianna and Lydia : JB and to my father : LB. Illustrated title page facing with details, colour illustration and library stamp. Commences with full double page colour illustration and so to the end. Unnumbered pages (25). Pages very good with good strong colours. Binding quite tight and fully intact. Library stamp date pocket attached back e/p. Light general usage.
Compensation and Other Essays (Heroism) by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published by Dodge Publishing Co., New York, c1900. First Edition.
Suede leather binding. Dimensions : 155mm x 120mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.100kg net. Condition : Fair.
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Compensation and Other Essays (Heroism) by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Published in New York by Dodge Publishing Company at 220 East Twenty-Third Street. c1900. No details of Printer. First Edition.
16mo, 70 coarse heavy duty rough cut numbered pages. Gilt to top edge, rough cut fore-edge and lower edge.
Condition/Notes : The front suede leather cover is in fair condition with wear to edges. Along the spine is peeling. Title in gilt decorated panel with "Compensation". The suede is very delicate. The back suede cover is similar with a curling lh edge and wear to the spine edge. The spine is bare, the suede worn away to the base. The front gilt paste-down is peeling away from the suede in places. Facing gilt e/p is blank gilt with a reflective pattern. Verso blank off-white. Facing pp blank off-white with red ink handscript L. Stanway. Title page follows with red decoration and details. No publishing date and no printing details. c1900. Verso, Compensation commences p3 to p45. Heroism follows (Paradise is under the shadow of swords - Mahomet) p47 to p70. Blank pp and e/p follow with gilt backing to e/p and gilt paste-down which is attached to suede back. The pages are clean and undamaged with light toning to edges. Binding tight. An interesting collectible volume.
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Doctor in Love by Richard Gordon. Published by Michael Joseph Ltd., 1957. 1st Edition.
Published by Michael Joseph Ltd., 26, Bloomsbury St., London. W.C.1., 1957. Dimensions : 250mm x 135mm x 20mm. Weight : 0.360kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Doctor in Love by Richard Gordon. Published by Michael Joseph Ltd., 26, Bloomsbury Street, London, W.C.1. Printed by Hazell Watson & Vinery Ltd., Aylesbury and London, 1957. 1st Edition
8vo, 188 medium duty numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. DJ : Quite good. DJ has wear to edges with small tears front top lh corner. Marking to face. DJ back similar. DJ spine wear top and tail. DJ front fold with crease top lh corner, price marked 12s 6d net. DJ back fold with advertsing for other Richard Gordon novels in the series. Front black linen board with light wear edges. Back board similar. Spine light wear top and tail, white ink illustrations and gilt lettering. Front e/p with pencil script top rh corner. pp with title; verso list of other novels by same author with illustrations. Title page facing; verso copyright page. Dedication follows. Commences p7 through to p188. Pages good with light usage, light toning to edges. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges. Very slight cocking to vol.
Dream Catcher, A Memoir, by Margaret A. Salinger. First Edition, 2000.
Published by Washington Square Press, USA. Dimensions : 238mm x 160mm x 36mm. Weight : 0.820kg net. Condition : Good.
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Dream Catcher, A Memoir, by Margaret A. Salinger.
Published by Washington Square Press of Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York. NY 10020.
Printed in the USA. 2000. First Edition.
ISBN 0-671-04281-5
8vo, (i-xii) 436 medium duty numbered pages with black and white photographic plates.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Good. DJ with light wear edges, some light marking. DJ back similar. DJ front fold with PM £20.00 U.K. and summary continued to back fold. Cream front board with light wear, burgundy spine with silver lettering. Speckled grey front and back p/d and e/p. Pages good with light usage. Plates good. Binding quite tight. Light dusting to edges; rough cut fore-edge.
Education since 1800, Unwin Education Books 1, Ivor Morrish, 1970 1st Edition.
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd., London. Dimensions : 222mm x 140mm x 25mm. Weight : 0.520kg net. Condition : Good.
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Education Since 1800, Unwin Education Books 1, Ivor Morrish B.D., B.A., 1970 1st Edition.
Published by George Allen and Un win Ltd., London. 1970.
Printed by Western Printing Services Ltd., Bristol.
SBN 04 370029
Ex Library Book, Nottingham. (370 MOR).
8vo, i-ix, 244 medium numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ with Adapator Roll protective cover, good. No damage. DJ front fold summary and brief author's bio; fold to lower rh corner. DJ back fold blank with SBN number lower rh corner. Library ref label lower. Blue linen front board good, protected by cover. Front e/p stamped Withdrawn April 2012, remants of label top edge, library pocket attached lower centre, college library barcode next to pocket. pp with title; verso other books by Ivor Morrish. Title page facing; verso copyright page with Notts Education Committee, ACC. No. 10709, Class no. 370 stamp. pp with dedication. Contents follows vii-ix. Author's Preface. Part One commences, Chapter I English Elementary Education p3 and through to p234. Conclusion. Name Index p237/238. Subject Index p239/244. pp blank. Pages good with medium/light usage, folded corners in places, light toning border edges. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.
Elizabeth Crowned Queen, The Pictorial Record of the Coronation, 1953. 1st Edition.
Published by Odhams Press Limited. Dimensions : 252mm x 187mm x 11mm. Weight : 0.500kg net. Condition : Good.
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Elizabeth Crowned Queen, The Pictorial Record of the Coronation.
Contributors include John Arlott, John Snagge, Sir Gerald W. Wollaston, with 8 pages of plates in full colour.
Published by Odhams Press Limited, Long Acre, London.
Printed by Odhams(Watford) Ltd., Watford, Herts. S653. VSC.
4to, 128 fine gloss numbered pages with 8 full colour plates and many black and white photographic plates with descriptive text.
Condition/Notes : Good. Front grey linen board is in good condition with light wear edges, light marking face, small dint to rh side, gilt embossed Crown Elizabeth R 1953 to upper centre. Back board similar but plain face. Spine gilt lettering on maroon base. Front p/d and e/p double spread colour illustration of Royal Carriage against Buckingham Palace. pp with title. Frontispiece black and white plate HM Queen Elizabeth II and HRH The Dule of Edinburgh 2 June 1953. Title page facing; verso black and white plate The Queen after her Coronation, photographed by Cecil Beaton. Contents facing. Commences p6 These Glowing Splendours and through to p127 with many black and white photographic plates and 8 full colour plates. Index p128. Back e/p and p/d as front. Pages good with light usage. Plates good. Binding quite tight. Light maroon edges. Slight cocking to the volume. Souvenir volume issued following the Coronation.
Every Boy's Book, H.L. Gee, University of London Press 1938. 1st Edn.
Published by University of London Press Ltd., London, 1938. Dimensions : 215mm x 142mm x 44mm. Weight : 0.650kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Every Boy's Book. An Epitome of Information Covering all the Interests and Activities of the Modern Boy, by H.L. Gee.
700 Topics-20,000 Facts and Figures.
Published by University of London Press Ltd., 10 and 11 Warwick Lane, London E.C.4. October 1938. 1st Edition.
Printed by Hazell, Watson and Viney Ltd., London and Aylesbury.
8vo, i-ix, 1-274 medium/heavy duty numbered pages with 17 black & white plates.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ.
Faded orange linen boards with marking and sunning to edges. Black ink print. Spine faded with light wear top and tail.
Previous owner's name and address in pencil on e/p.
Gap between e/p and pp but intact.
Title page with details; verso copyright page.
Acknowledgments follows by HLG dated September 1938.
Contents follows vii-viii.
List of Plates with facing page number.
Commences p1 The Boy and through to p261. Index p263-274.
Red pencil numbers on back e/p.
Medium usage with some marking and foxing in places. Toning to borders. Plate II facing p28 is detached with folds and creasing to outer border edge and lower edge. Binding quite tight but strains to p18/19, p52/53 and p180/181. Dusting and foxing to edges.
An interesting vintage pre-war reference book with many unusual facts.
Film Review by F. Maurice Speed, MacDonald & Co., 1945. Photogravure
Film Review by F. Maurice Speed, MacDonald & Co., 1945. Photogravure.
Published by MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. London. Dimensions : 253mm x 184mm x 11mm. Weight : 0.480kg net. Condition : Quite Good.
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Film Review by Maurice Speed, of the year 1945, illustrated.
Published by MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 19, Ludgate Hill, E.C.4.
Printed in Great Britain by L.T.A. Robinson Limited, Printers in Photogravure, London, S.W.9.
Annual series. First Edition.
8vo, Photogravure. 128 medium duty light gloss numbered pages with numerous black and white photos and colour plates.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. The front dark red linen board has wear edges/corners/face and marking to face. Faded gilt title/letters. Back board similar. Spine wear top/tail, faded letters. Blank p/d and e/p with faded pencil script, address 1945. Title page with colour and printer's detail. Colour plates and photos good with toning to borders. Medium usage with some light marking in places. Binding quite tight/loose with strains in places p24/25, p80/81 but fully intact. Dusting to edges.
Interesting historical record.
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Film Review by F. Maurice Speed. The Year in Cinema 1947. MacDonald & Co. Ltd. 1947.
Film Review by F. Maurice Speed. The Year in Cinema 1947. MacDonald & Co. Ltd. 1947.
Published by MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London. Dimensions : 253mm x 185mm x 14mm. Weight : 0.650kg net. Condition : Quite good/Good.
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Film Review by F. Maurice Speed. The Year in the Cinema 1947.
Published by MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 19, Ludgate Hill, E.C.4.
Printed in Photogravure by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd., London, S.W.9.
8vo, 160 medium duty, light gloss, numbered pages with numerous black and white photos and colour plates.
Post-War Screen Humour by Bob Hope.
Condition/Notes : Quite good/Good. The front dark red linen board has light wear edges, bumps corners, marking to face, faded gilt title and lettering. Back board blank but similar with scuffs and marks. Spine wear top and tail, faded title and lettering. Blank p/d and e/p's with foxing to e/p. Title, Contents, Introduction and facing colour plate Dennis Price and Margaret Lockwood in Hungry Hill. Commences p6 and through to end. Pages good with light usage, light toning edges. Photos good. Binding quite tight, no strains.
Interesting and entertaining historical volume.
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Film Review by F. Maurice Speed, of the year 1949. Illustrated.
Film Review by F. Maurice Speed, of the year 1949. Illustrated.
Published by MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London. Dimensions : 253mm x 188mm x 16mm. Weight : 0.720kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Film Review by F. Maurice Speed (A Review of the Year 1949).
Published by MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., London. 1949.
Printed in Great Britain by L.T.A. Robinson Ltd., London, S.W.9.
Annual series. First Edition.
8vo, 160 medium duty, gloss, numbered pages with numerous photographic illustrations in black and white and colour.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. The front linen dark red board has wear to edges, bumps to corners, marking/rubbing/wear to face, faded gilt title lettering. Back board similar with blank face, wear/rubbing. Spine with wear/rubbing, faded gilt lettering. Blank white p/d's and e/p's with dusting to edging and some marking. Title, Contents, Introduction. Commencing with The Year in the Cinema p6 and through to the end p160. Toning/dusting to page edges, some light marking in places, contents/illustrations good. Medium usage. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.
A very popular annual series. A must for all film nostalgia collectors.
For Queen and Empire. Books for the Children, with many Illustrations. c1902.
Published by John F. Shaw & Co., 48, Paternoster Row, London, E.C. Dimensions : 255mm x 190mm x 18mm. Weight : 0.600kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Books for the Children. With Many Illustrations. (Series). For Queen and Empire. Stories by Gordon Staples, M.D., R.N., E.A. Gillie, C.H. Lyall, Duncan McClaren, G. Stebbing, Kade Chattan. Published by John F. Shaw and Co., 48, Paternoster Row, London, E.C. Printer not listed. Splendid Picture Boards, Eighteenpence each. (18d.).
8vo, heavy duty, light gloss, 128 numbered pages with many part and full plate black and white illustrations and one colour full plate frontispiece.
Condition/Notes : Splendid full colour front board with wear to edges, bumps and wear to corners, marking and light scratching to face. Back board with full printed advertisement for Hovis Food for Infants and Invalids with wear to edges, bumps and wear to corners and light wear to face. Navy blue linen spine with wear top and tail, multicoloured printed title and shining sun top and tail. Front paste-down with full pasted printed advertisements for medicines with light marking/wear; some curling to corners and toning to edges. Front e/p with more printed medical ads; verso similar with light usage. Full colour gloss frontispiece follows "He caught up the wounded man and carried him off. p95"; good condition and colours. Title facing with toning to edges; verso list of "Books for Children (series) with many illustrations" including this volume priced at 18d. Contents follow. Commences p5 with A Ride for Dear Life by Dr. Gordon Staples, R.N. (All alone on the Veldt) and so thru to p128 the end of "How Jim Enlisted". Followed by back e/p with ads for medicinal items; verso more ads medical and facing paste-down with ads for Baby Food and Robinson's Groats. Generally, light/medium wear with clean pages, small tear to lower border edge of plate p101. Toning throughout to edges. Binding good with light strains in places, but light/medium p96/97 with linen visible (2mm max). Dusting to edges. Overall, a very interesting volume concentrating on Afghan and South African conflicts. Undated but latest text reference 1901. Quite rare volume.
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French Tapestry edited by Andre Lejard, copyright by Paul Elek, 1946. First Edition..
French Tapestry edited by Andre Lejard, copyright by Paul Elek, 1946. First Edition.
Produced by "Les Editions du Chene", Paris and printed in France. Includes French Tapestry Exhibition Catalogue 1947. Dimensions : 319mm x 244mm x 13mm. Weight : 0.950kg net. Condition : Good.
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French Tapestry, edited by Andre Lejard. Copyright for British Empire Reserved by Paul Elek Publishers, Ltd., 37-38, Hatton Garden, London, E.C.I., 1946. Catalogue No 171/9. Produced by "Les Editions du Chene", Paris and printed in France by L'Imprimerie Lang et Blanchong, Paris and L'Imprimerie Mourlot Freres, Paris. Typography and Lay-Out by Guiton Chabance.
Dimensions : 319mm x 244mm x 13mm. Weight : 0.950kg net (including additional catalogue described below.
Also includes Masterpieces of French Tapestry, An Exhibition held at The Victoria and Albert Museum, March 29 to May 31, 1947. Published by The Arts Council of Great Britain 1947. Printed by Lund, Humphries & Co. London and Bradford. 39 numbered plates black and white and colour.
Dimensions : 305mm x 243mm x 2mm.
Condition/Notes : (1). Good. No DJ. The front linen dark burgundy linen board has wear to edges and bumps to corners with sunning to face; title and publisher in white. Back board similar with bump to mid-top edge and some scratching to face. Cream linen spine has wear top and tail, gilt title and foxing spots with marking to edges. Front paste-down and e/p blank off-white with toning to edges. Blank gloss white frontispiece; sub-title facing. Frontisplate follows with full colour plate "Detail of the Apocalypse tapestries in Angers cathedral". Title page facing with details; verso copyright, production and printing details. Contents follows. List of Illustrations follows, frontisplate and plate 1 to plate 129. Preface follows. Tapestry Technique commences p9. Illustrations on every page in black and white and some single and double fold-out colour illustrations/plates. Colours fresh and strong, condition good. Gloss pages good and clean with toning to margins. Binding quite tight. Ends p 106, followed by Bibliography p 107. Blank e/p with toning/browning edges and facing paste-down similar. Dusting to edges.
(2) French Tapestry Catalogue front colour printed cover good with dusting and usage but edges good. 2 staples lightly rusting. Back similar with crease/fold lower lh corner and wear lh edge. Foreword on inside f/cover. Title follows with details; toning to edges. List of Illustrations verso, plates 1 to 39. Catalogue No. 1 to 113. Black and white plates and 4 colour plates. Plates good condition with toning to page borders.
Ghosts Over Britain by Peter Moss 1977. Ist Edition.
Published by Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton Ltd; in assn. with BCA. Dimensions : 247mm x 162mm x 18mm. Weight : 0.590kg net. Condition : Good.
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Ghosts Over Britain; True Accounts of Modern Hauntings by Peter Moss.
Illustrated by Angela Lewer.
First Published in GB by Elm Tree Books/Hamish Hamilton Ltd., London, in association with BCA.
Printed in GB by GPS Print Ltd., London. 1977.
ISBN 0-241-89743-2
8vo, 173 gloss medium duty numbered pages with many black and white illustrations and photographs.
Condition/Notes : Good. DJ has light wear to edges, light marking to face and wear to corners. Back DJ similar. DJ spine with wear to top edge. DJ front fold has toning to top edge, PM to lower rh corner and summary. DJ back fold has brief bio of author. Front e/p blank with Ex Libris label and owner's name address 1976. pp with title follows. Title page follows; verso copyright page with toning to edges. Contents follows. Introduction follows. Commences with Shadows of Violence - The Suicide Room p9. Through to last page p173. Blank e/p. Pages good with light/medium usage and toning to edges. Illustrations/photos good. Binding quite tight. Some small edge tears in places where pages were un-cut and have been separated.
Goethe and the Twentieth Century, J.G. Robertson. M.A., Ph.D., Cambridge U.P. 1912. First Edition.
Published by the University Press, Cambridge. 168mm x 122mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.200kg net. Condition : Good.
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The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature series.
Goethe and the Twentieth Century, J.G.(John George) Robertson, M.A., Ph. D., Professor of German Language and Literature in the University of London.
Published by Cambridge University Press, Fetter Lane, London, E.C. 1912. 1st Edn.
Printed by Turnbull and Spears, Edinburgh. 1912.
16mo, i-ix, 155 medium duty numbered pages; followed by 4 pages advertising.
Condition/Notes : Good. No DJ. Faded red linen front board with black ink design and title centre; light wear edges, bumps corners. Similar back with marking. Spine sunned with full details in faded black; light wear top/tail. Front p/d, e/p blank with foxing; pp with foxing. Sub-title, The Cambridge Manuals of Science and Literature, followed by title; verso copyright. Title facing as front board in black and white described as a reproduction of design used by earliest known Cambridge printer John Siberch 1521. Preface v-vii April 1912. Contents. Commences p1 and through to p152 followed by Index. 2 loose newspaper cuttings added by previous owner. Toning to border edges. Medium usage. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.
This is quite rare 1st Edition.
Greuze, Harold Armitage, Bell's Miniature Series of Painters, 1902. 1st Edition.
Published by George Bell & Sons. Dimensions : 158mmx 103mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.150kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Bell's Miniature Series of Painters.
Greuze by Harold Armitage.
Edited by G.C. Williamson, Litt.D.
Published by George Bell & Sons, London. 1902. 1st Edition.
Printed by Billing & Sons, Limited, Guildford.
16mo, i-viii, 61 medium duty, coarse, numbered pages. Followed by 1-16 Messrs. Bell's Books Advertising.
8 illustrations, 1 photogravure frontispiece and 7 gloss plates.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. Front maroon limp leather board with wear to edges, rubbing to face, some marking, gilt title. Back board similar. Spine with wear top and tail, rubbing, faded gilt lettering and decoration. Pencil script to front p/d. Front e/p detached by clean vertical cut at 8mm from lh edge. pp with title Greuze; verso list of Bell's Miniature Series of Painters with full details. Frontispiece, with tissue guard, follows with photogravure engraving (Swan Electric Engraving Co.) The Broken Pitcher (Louvre); foxing spots to margin. Title page facing with centre illustration. Preface follows p v-vi. Table of Contents follows; List of Illustrations verso. Commences p1 Life of Greuze Early Years and through to p61. Printing details follow. Advertising pages follow p1-16. Back e/p with foxing spots. Pages with light foxing in places, dusting to borders, some pages rough cut fore-edge. Plates good. Binding quite tight but with straining p16/17, p32/33, p48/49 and printing page/1. Maroon linen marker. Gilt top edge. Dusting to edges. Quite rare volume.
Heilige Wasser, Ignace Marietan, Schweizer Heimatbuecher Nr.21/22, 1948.
Published by Paul Haupt, Bern. Dimensions : 244mm x 182mm x 6mm. Weight : 0.210kg net. Condition : Good.
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Heilige Wasser, Ignace Marietan, Schweizer Heimatbuecher Nr. 21/22.
Verlag Paul Haupt, Bern.
Autorisierte Ubersetzung von Walter Laedrach.
Alle Aufnahmen von Charles Paris.
Copyright 1948 by Paul Haupt, Berne.
8vo, Paperback, 80 medium/light, light gloss, numbered pages and 64 black and white photographs.
Condition/Notes : Good. Front illustrated cover light wear edges, light marking face, drawing of irrigation system; top lh corner detached from inner light board. Back cover blank with light wear to edges, abrasion to lower rh edge/spine. Spine sunned. Front fold with details; back fold with other books in series. Title page with details, pencil script top rh corner 5/-; verso copyright page. Commences p3 Heilige Wasser Der Kampf um das Wasser im Wallis and through to p16. Photographs commence p17 and through to p80 each with description in German. Pages good with light toning. Photos good with light toning border edges. Light usage. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges.
An interesting collection of images in this study of Swiss irrigation systems by the well-known author and naturalist.
Heinrich Zille. Studien. Eingeleitet von Prof. Dr. Adolf Behne. 1st Edition. Kunst. 1949.
Published by Das Neue Berlin. Dimensions : 255mm x 177mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.300kg net. Condition : Good.
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Heinrich Zille. Studien. Eingeleitet von Professor Dr. Adolf Behne (1885-1948).
Published by Das Neue Berlin 1949. 1st Edition.
8vo, 96 economy medium duty numbered pages including 79 full page drawings (some coloured).
Condition/Notes : Good. The illustrated front board has light wear to edges and corners, toning to edges and marking to face. Blank back board similar with toning to edges. Burlap spine with light wear and black lettering. Blank p/d and e/p. pp with title. Title page follows with toning to edges and browning; verso copyright page. Foreword by Prof. Dr. Adolf Behne commences p5 through to p8. Collection of drawings commences p9 through to p88; mostly charcoal but some tinted or coloured. Good condition with toning/browning to border edges. Nachwort follows by Werner Torste (p89-96). Blank e/p; p/d pencil handscript top edge C/A 13- some foxing spots in places. Binding quite tight. Light usage. Dusting/browning to edges. A very good and scarce study of works by this famous German illustrator (1858-1948).
Histoire de P. - P. Rubens, par Andre' van Hasselt, 1840. 1st Edition.
Imprimerie de la Societe' des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles. Dimensions : 222mm x 148mm x 24mm. Weight : 0.580kg net. Condition : Quite good.
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Histoire de P. - P. Rubens, suivie Du Catalogue General et Raisonne', par Andre' van Hasselt. 1840.
Imprimerie de la Societe' des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles.
Gerants : MM. de Wasme et Laurent.
8vo, i-ii, 394 medium/light duty numbered pages.
Condition/Notes : Quite good. Purple coloured linen front board is in quite good condition with light wear edges, calf leather corners with wear, light marking to face with sunning bands to edges. Back board similar with marking to linen face and wear to calf corners. Spine with calf leather and gilt lettering on black; rubbing to top and tail and face. 30mm calf border to boards; light rubbing and scratching. Front p/d with Edward Henry Scott label attached. e/p facing blank off-white; verso blank.pp blank. Frontispiece follows with engraving plate Pierre Paul Rubens; foxing in places. Tissue-guard missing. Title page follows with details and crest dated 1840; foxing in places. Le Prince de Ligne, Andre' van Hasselt follows, pi-ii. Histoire commences p1 through to p394. FIN. Table follows. pp and e/p blank. Lithograph Chateau de Steen A' Elewyt facing p106. Letter from Rubens dated 12 May 1624, 20mm tear rh edge and creasing, facing p109. Pages with toning to border edges; torn lower corner p233. Foxing in places. Binding quite tight except strain to frontispiece/title page and slight strain p178/79. Dusting to edges.
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