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18 Black & White Matt Photographs of Dresden in Folder. c1960.

Folder holding 18 photographs of Dresden. Dimensions : Folder : 235mm x 175mm x 10mm. Photographs : 228mm x 167mm. Weight : 0.300kg net. Condition : Good.

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18 Black & White Matt Photographs of Dresden Landmarks in a green linen folder.

Unknown publisher/printer. c1960.

Condition/Notes : Good/Very Good. The front green linen board is in good condition with light wear to edges, gilt title Dresden. Back board similar. Spine good with no lettering. Inside folder is blank with cream linen corner straps to hold the photographs and paper base with vertical side folds. No script or descriptions. No indication of publisher or printer. The 18 matt b&w photographs are in good condition with numbers 1 - 18 verso. The first plate has very small crease to top rh corner (1mm) caused by inserting into the linen corner strap. There is very slight toning to top edges and toning to edges verso. There is no description or identification to the plates but will be known to anyone familiar with Dresden. A very good, historical collection of good quality photographs.

A Saga of British Industry, The Story of The British Plaster Board Group, 1959.

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.

Canterbury (British Cities Series) by William Townsend, 1950 1st Edition.

Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd., London. Dimensions : 192mm x 130mm x 20mm. Weight : 0.300kg net. Condition : Good.

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Canterbury (The British Cities Series) by William Townsend.

Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd., London W.1.

Printed by The Whitefriars Press Ltd., London and Tonbridge, Spring 1950. 1st Edition.

12mo, i-viii, 88 medium/heavy coarse, numbered pages with 51 numbered black and white photographic plates.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Quite good. DJ front has wear and small tears to upper edge, light rubbing rh edge, red stain to lower edge; illustration of Cathedral by Brian Cook. DJ back has similar wear but with 35mm vertical tear to lower rh corner; List of The British Heritage Series. DJ spine, wear top and tail with sunning.  DJ front fold with toning to top and lh edges; price marked 8s. 6d. Net and summary of book and author. DJ back fold similar wear with  list of The Face of Britain series. Dark maroon linen front board with light wear, slight bumps to corners, very light marking front face. Back board similar with light 10mm mark above centre. Light wear top and tail spine. Blank front e/p with pencil script top rh corner 1m 3.99 Trav WK36. pp follows with list of The British Cities Series. Frontispiece follows with black and white photo of West Front of the Cathedral. Title page facing; verso copyright page. Contents follow, pvi-vii Plan of Canterbury, Acknowledgments p viii follow. Commences p1 Chapter I Canterbury Scenery and so through to p81. Notes follow p82-83. Bibliography p84, Index p85-p88. Blank e/p. Pages good with some light foxing to borders. 51 photo plates (full and half-plate) good with descriptions. Light usage. Binding quite tight. Foxing and dusting to edges.

A classic historical volume.

Crucibles, The Lives and Achievements of the Great Chemists by Bernard Jaffe, 1934.

Published by Jarrolds Publishers Limited, London, MCMXXXIV. 2nd Impression. Dimensions : 231mm x 154mm x 36mm. Weight : 0.800kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Crucibles, The Lives and Achievements of the Great Chemists, by Bernard Jaffe, M.A., Professor of Chemistry, Colombia university. Winner of the International $7,500 Francis Bacon Award for the Humanizing of Knowledge. Second Impression. Published by Jarrolds Publishers Limited, 34, Paternoster Row, London, E.C.4. MCMXXXIV. Printed in Great Britain by Henderson and Spalding Ltd., London, S.E.15.

8vo, 318 medium coarse numbered pages with 24 black and white gloss plates.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. The black linen front board has light wear and wear to corners and light marking to face. Gilt embossed emblem in centre. Back board similar with scatching marks to face. Spine with wear top and tail and sunning. Gilt lettering. Front paste-down and e/p blank off-white with presentation label attached to paste-down. pp with title and quote verso. Frontispiece follows "The Elixir of Life" by John A. Lomax with creasing to rh border edge and toning to border edges. Title page follows with details; verso printing details. Dedication follows. Contents follows : Chapters I to XVI, Epilogue, Notes, Sources and Index. List of Illustrations follows. Pages good but with toning to edges and foxing in places. Plates good except "Svante Arrhenius" facing p188 which is detached with wear to edges but good. Dusting and foxing to edges. Binding quite tight and fully intact (except above plate).

Deutschland, Orbis Terrarum, Landschaft und Baukunst, Martin Hurlimann, Atlantis Verlag, Berlin, 1934.

Deutschland, Collection of 255 sepia toned photographs of Germany in 1931. Dimensions : 312mm x 227mm x 29mm. Weight : 1.550kg net. Condition : Fair.

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Orbis Terrarum Deutschland Landschaft und Baukunst, Einleitung von Ricarda Huch, Hrsg : Martin Hurlimann. Originally published 1931. Copyright 1934. Published by Atlantis Berlin. 1934. (See images for full details).

Collection of sepia toned photographs of Germany in 1931 printed on numbered pages 33 to 288.

Condition/Notes : Fair. Dark red linen boards with gilt title and decoration below. Marking in places, wear to edges. Split to spine linen rh edge full length but intact. Back board similar wear. Spine, wear rubbing top and tail, faded gilt title, split to linen both edges of spine. Creasing to rh edge title page and some losses to rh edge. Introduction p5-31 printed in traditional Gothic script; general usage to pages. Photos p33-288 in quite good/good condition, some light marking to borders in places. p289-316 photo descriptions with key to plate numbers and map of Deutsches Reich. p317-319 Index to photos Photoautorenverzeichnis. 

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 Adaptor 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.

Encyclopedia of Sports Games and Pastimes, Publisher Fleetway House London, 1936.

Published by Fleetway House, London. Dimensions : 232mm x 148mm x 50mm. Weight : 1.140kg net. Condition : Quite good/Fair.

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Encyclopedia of Sports Games and Pastimes, Complete in One Volume with 64 Art Plates and about 1250 Illustrations. The History, Principles and Practice of All Outdoor and Indoor Sports and Pastimes, with Rules and Regulations, and their Up-to-Date Records alphabetically arranged for Ready Reference. 

Published by The Fleetway House, London. 1936.

Condition/Notes : Quite good/ Fair. Front faded red linen board has wear/marking top lh edge and usage to face. Blind embossed illustration of the classical discus thrower. Back board similar. Spine light wear top/tail, faded black ink lettering and illustrations, rubbing to edges and sunning. Blank front p/d. Wear to guttering. Facing e/p with owner's name and inscription top rh corner dated 1963; marked 5/- upper edge. Frontispiece follows with full plate photo of Record-Breaker's. 2/3mm gap to binding e/p-frontispiece but intact. Title page facing; verso Editorial Note. Commences A p3 AA and through to p765 followed by Supplement 766-770. List of Special Plates (62 plus f/p). Classified Index.

Plates good. Illustrations good. Pages with general light usage, light small stains in places, dusting to borders. Binding generally quite tight but with strains in places. Fully intact. Dusting to edges.

A popular publication of the period. This edition 1936 as Supplement updated to 1935. 

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.

1947 and 1949 editions also available. Enquire for info and images. Thanks.

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.

Illustrierter Fuhrer Durch Den Dom Zu Prag von Dr. Anton Podlaha, 1925.

Illustrated guide, self-published Prague 1925. Dimensions : 150mm x 110mm x 5mm. Weight : 0.060kg net. Condition : Fair.

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Illustrierter Fuehrer Durch Den Dom Zu Prag, von Dr. Anton Podlaha, Dritte Auflage Prag 1925.

Selbstverlag des Verfassers. Druck der Buchdruckerei Unie.

Condition/Notes : Fair. The front soft cover is fair condition with wear to edges and creasing to lower rh corner. Illustration of Cathedral with some marking to face. Preis mark lower edge (Kc' 4.-). Back soft cover is blank with two creases top lh corner and some foxing. Plain spine with marking. Title page with full details in German language. 2 staples are rusted with some marking to pages around staples. p3-22 detached due rust, p27-38 detached due rust, plates 1 to 32 intact. p3 to 40 have full description of the Cathedral in German language. The black and white plates with photographic reproductions of the views inside and outside of the Cathedral are good but with some staining to border edges around the staples. Plan of the Cathedral follows. An interesting historical publication.

Melba, A Biography by John Hetherington. 1967. First Edition.

Published by Faber & Faber Limited, London. Dimensions : 241mm x 152mm x 34mm. Weight : 0.750kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Melba. A Biography by John Hetherington. 

Published by Faber & Faber Limited, 24, Russell Square, London WC1. 1967.

Printed by Ebenezer Baylis and Son Ltd., The Trinity Press, Worcester and London.  

First Edition.  mcmlxvii.

8vo, 312 medium/heavy duty, numbered pages with photographic plates. 

Condition/Notes : Quite good. DJ quite good with protective cover. Front good with toning to edges and colour toning, no damage. DJ back, good,  program from Nov 6th 1911 Theatre Royal with toning/dusting, no damage. DJ spine toning top/tail, library sticker lower "B.MEL". DJ front fold good, summary by author, price marked 50s net lower rh corner. DJ back fold The Story of Australia. 

Purple cotton boards good with light wear edges. Front p/d pencil handscript upper edge "Re-read May 93", Worksop Public Library stamp lower rh corner. pp with title; verso Other books by John Hetherington. 

Colour plate frontispiece Melba by Rupert Bunny.

Title page with Worksop Public Library stamp centre; verso copyright page with details and library references. Author's Note, Contents, Illustrations List. Commences p15 and through to 312 including Index. 

Medium usage. Pages good with some light marking in places. Toning/dusting to border edges. Black and white photographic plates good. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges, library stamp to top edge. Well protected by the DJ plastic cover. 

Prag und Umgebung Reisefuhrer, Band 26, 1925.

Griebens Reisefuhrer. Dimensions : 155mm x 102mm x 5mm. Weight : 0.120kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Griebens Band 26 Prag und Umgebung, 1925. Reisefuhrer. Grieben - Verlag, Albert Goldschmidt, Berlin. 1925.

Mit zwei Karten und drei Grundrissen.  18. Auflage.

16mo 126 fine gloss numbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. Front cover light wear to edges and creasing/marking to face. Back cover similar with 30mm tear up from lower edge and 10mm x 10mm lower rh corner missing. Some creasing to edges and face. Full cover ad for Zeiss-Tessar camera (see photo below). Very informative guide book to Prag in Deutsch language with diagrams and maps. Large fold-out map attached to last page. Pages generally quite clean but rusting to the staples which has stained some pages around the staples. Some pages partly detached. Interesting ads for the period. An interesting historical record of life in 1920's Prague.

Romance of Empire South Africa by Ian D. Colvin, 1910.

Published by The Caxton Publishing Company, Clun House, Surrey St., London, W.C. Dimensions : 212mm x 147mm x 45mm. Weight : 0.840kg net. Condition : Fair. Colour plates : Good.

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Romance of Empire South Africa by Ian D. Colvin, with 11 reproductions in colour of original drawings by G.S. Smithard and J.S. Skelton. Published by The Caxton Publishing Company, Clun House, Surrey Street, London, W.C.. Printed by R. & R. Clark, Limited, Edinburgh. 1910.

8vo, 327 heavy duty numbered pages. Romance of Empire Series. Edited by John Lang. Dedicated to S.R.C.. Contents : Chapters I to XXVI.

Condition/Notes : Fair. The front dark green linen board is worn to edges and bumped/worn to corners. Marking to face. Gilt emblem on South Africa in lower rh corner. Back board similar with 120mm tear down from top rh corner along spine edge showing cotton bind. Spine sunned to brownish green, gilt lettering. Wear to top and tail and edges with some fraying.  Blank front paste-down and e/p with previous owner's name stamp top lh edge. Foxing to e/p. Title page with full details and illustration. Contents follow; List of Illustrations. Note that first illustration (Frontispiece) is missing - all others intact and good condition with good colours. Most pages good and clean but some light marking and foxing in places. 5mm gap between back board and back e/p revealing cotton bind but intact. Binding quite tight and fully intact except missing frontispiece as noted above. A very good historical volume and quite scarce with good coloured illustrations. 

Saladin, a Biography by Geoffrey Hindley, 1976. 1st Edition.

Published by Constable & Company Ltd., London. Dimensions : 221mm x 139mm x 23mm. Weight : 0.440kg net. Condition : Good.

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Saladin, a Biography by Geoffrey Hindley. First Published in GB by Constable & Company Ltd., 10, Orange Street, London, WC2H 7EG. Printed in GB by The Anchor Press Ltd., Tiptree, Essex. 1976.

ISBN 0 09 457790 0

Dimensions : 221mm x 139mm x 23mm. Weight : 0.440kg net.

8vo, (i-xv), 208 medium duty numbered pages including 16 black and white photo plates.

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Quite good, light wear to edges, small tear top lh corner, light marking. DJ back similar, no tears. DJ spine light wear top and tail , red lettering. DJ front fold with summary and price marked £4.95. DJ back fold, bio of author. Front rouge linen board with light wear. Back board similar. Spine light wear top and tail, gilt lettering. Blank front e/p; pp with title. Frontispiece with photo The Dome of the Rock at Jerusalem. Title facing; verso copyright details. Contents. List of Illustrations. Introduction. Commences p1 through to p208 including Notes, Bibliography and Index. Pages good with light wear and general usage, light toning to border edges. Photo plates good. Binding quite tight. Crimson inked top edge. Dusting to edges.

San Gimignano, Tourist Guide, by Mario Serchi. April 1965. 1st Edition.

Published by Poligrafico Toscano, Firenze, Empoli. Dimensions : 168mm x 122mm x 6mm. Weight : 0.150kg net. Condition : Good.

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San Gimignano, Tourist Guide, by Mario Serchi. Published by Poligrafico Toscano, Firenze, Empoli. Riproduzioni fotografiche fornite da Foro F. LLI Fontanelli. First Published April 1965.

16mo, 125 light gloss numbered pages, including 70 illustrations in black and white and a city plan.

Condition/Notes : Good. No DJ, as issued. Front printed cover has light wear to edges, wear to corners and marking/usage to face. Back cover has similar with publisher's emblem in centre. Spine blank except Ediz. Inglese lower quarter. Front e/p with full plate Panorama from the gardens of the Hospital of Santa Fina. Title page facing; verso copyright page. Contents follows. Useful Information for the Tourist follows. Commences p9 with Historical Account. Pages good with toning to border edges, light usage. Illustrations good. Alphabetical Index of the Most Important Places follows. Back e/p with publishing details; verso attached Price Mark label L.400 with creasing to page below. Folding City Plan attached to inside back cover; toning/browning to edges. Binding quite tight. Browning to edges.

St Francis of Assisi Pictorial Biography L von Matt, W Hauser 1956 1st Edn

Published by Longmans Green & Co., London. Dimensions : 248mm x 173mm x 29mm. Weight : 1.020kg net. Condition : Good.

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St. Francis of Assisi, A Pictorial Biography by Leonard von Matt and Walter Hauser.

Translated from the German by Sebastian Bullough, O.P.

Published by Longmans Green & Co. Ltd., 6&7, Clifford St., London W1. 

Plates printed by Imago, Zurich.

Text printed in G.B. by Hazell Watson and Viney Ltd., Aylesbury and London.

This edition first published in 1956.

8vo, i-vi, 106 light gloss medium duty numbered pages and 200 matt photographic plates by Leonard von Matt.   

Condition/Notes : Good. DJ : Quite good. The DJ front has wear and creases to edges, light marking face, picture of St. Francis attributed probably to Donato of Siena. DJ back wear to edges, advertising for St. Pius X (full plate) with marking in places. DJ Spine with wear top and tail, wear to edges, light marking face, black with off-white print. DJ front fold toning top edge, dusting edges, summary, PM 30/- lower rh corner. DJ back fold, toning top edge, dusting rh edge, blank. Ochre gloss front board, dusting to edges, few spots upper edge, gilt line drawing St Francis centre. Back board similar, small punch hole lower rh corner, blank. Blank except 357 in pencil top lh corner Spine light wear/dusting top and tail, gilt lettering. Front p/d blank with few foxing spots to edges. Front e/p few foxing spots in places. pp with title follows. Title page follows; verso copyright page. Contents follows [v] (List of 200 plates and pages). Acknowledgements follows [vi]. Commences page [1] The Coming of Francis; verso Notes on the four plates that follow. Facing Plate 1 View along the valley of the Tescio towards the hill-town of Assisi. So through to Plate  [200] View of Assisi from the Road to Rivotorto. Maps follows page [97], followed by Epilogue by the Photographer p[100], epilogue by the Writer p[101], Index of the Plates [102]-]103], Footnote references p[104], A Short Bibliography p[105], Previous Works by the Same Authors p[106]. Blank e/p with few light foxing spots. Back p/d with few foxing spots, 357 in pencil top lh corner. Pages good with dusting and toning to border edges. Plates good. Light usage. Binding quite tight. Slight cocking to vol. Light dusting to edges.

Stories of London by E.L. Hoskyn, B.A., Illustrated, 1914. 1st Edition. Blacks Historical Series.

Published by Adam and Charles Black, London. Dimensions : 197mm x 135mm x 15mm. Weight : 0.260kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Stories of London by Elizabeth Louisa Hoskyn, B.A. (Lond.) with a Preface by Dr. Sophie Bryant, D.Sc., Litt.D.

Black's Historical Series.

Published by Adam and Charles Black, 4,5,& 6, Soho Square, London, W. 1914. 1st Edition.

Printed by Billing and Sons, Ltd., Printers, Guildford.

12mo, 64 heavy duty coarse, numbered pages with 16 coloured/black & white plates and 2 sketches.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. Maroon linen front board, light wear to edges, bumps to corners, toning to edges, marking and fading to face, black ink lettering and illustration. Back board similar with toning to edges. Spine wear top and tail, sunned, faded black lettering/illustration, 12mm tear to lower centre. Blank p/d, pencil price top lh corner. e/p facing with pencil price top rh corner, blue ink handscript presentation dated Xmas 1936. Frontispiece follows with title; verso colour plate No. 1 An old river-wall or embankment (Chelsea) see page 9 with tissue guard. Title page facing with details/illustration 1914. Preface follows p3-4 by Sophie Bryant. Contents and List of Illustrations follows p5; verso black and white print No. 2 Part of the buildings of the old Charter House School, its chapel and playground (See p.28.). Stories of London I Some Very Old Stories commences p7 and through to p63 the end of St. Paul's Cathedral; verso advertising Black's Historical Series. Blank e/p with foxing bands; p/d facing with ink stamp W.E. Baxter Ltd. High-Class Stationers, Printers, Bookbinders, High Street, Lewes. Pages good with foxing spots and dusting/toning to edges. Plates good with light dusting border edges. Medium usage. Quite tight binding with light strain p32/plate No.9 and p41/plate No.12. Dusting to edges.

Very interesting volume by this well-known historian who produced books intended to inculcate an appreciation of history in school children but also appealing to the adult readership. Excellent plates from classic paintings of London.

The Epic of Mount Everest by Sir Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., 1st Edn., 5th Reprint 1929.

Published by Edward Arnold & Co., London. Dimensions : 210mm x 140mm x 40mm. Weight : 0.600kg net. Condition : Good.

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The Epic of Mount Everest by Francis Younghusband, K.C.S.I., K.C.I.E., 1st Edition, 5th Reprint, 1929.

Published by Edward Arnold & Co., London.

Printed by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London.

8vo, 319 medium/heavy duty numbered pages with 16 black and white photographic plates and 2 maps.

Condition/Notes : Good. No DJ. Light brown (tan) linen front board is good with light wear edges and corners, light marking face, faded black lettering. Back board similar with bumps to corners and some scuffing to face. Spine with medium wear top and tail, rubbing edges, worn black lettering. Blank p/d and e/p with pencil price £2.50 and note "review in GJ Sept 1931 p301" top rh corner. PLN lower lh corner in pencil. pp with title, foxing spots. Frontisplate follows with photo Colonel Norton at 28,000 feet. Title page facing; verso copyright page. Preface follows p5 by F.E.Y. Contents p7-8 Chapters I to XXIX. List of Illustrations follows; verso map of The Route followed by the Expedition. Commences Chapter I The Idea p11 and through to end p315. Index follows p317-319. Blank e/p. Pages good with medium/light usage, dusting to edges, foxing spots throughout mostly in borders. Photographic plates good. A few light pencil notes in borders. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges. Slight cocking to vol. 

The Forbidden Game; A Social History of Drugs by Brian Inglis. 1975. 1st Edition.

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London. 1975. Dimensions : 242mm x 164mm x 34mm. Weight : 0.660kg net. Condition : Fair.

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The Forbidden Game. A Social History of Drugs by Brian Inglis.

Published by Hodder and Stoughton London 1975. 1st Edition.

Printed by The Garden City Press Limited, Letchworth, Herts., SG6 1JS.

ISBN 0340167610

8vo, 256 medium/heavy numbered pages. 8 black and white photo plates.

Condition/Notes : Fair. DJ : Quite good. The DJ is in quite good condition with plastic protector cover. 25mm long horizontal tear to face from mid rh edge. Face, colour good. Library stickers to spine. Summary to front fold, price marked £4.95 net in UK. Photo of author and brief bio to back fold. Maroon Rexine boardswith light marking, gilt letters to spine. 

Remnants of College Library label to front e/p and stamped "Withdrawn". pp with title and By same Author verso. Title page, copyright and College stamp verso. Contents follows. Illustrations list follows. Introduction p9/10. Commences 1 Drugs and Shamanism p11 and through end including Postscript, Acknowledgements, Sources and Index. Pages quite good with medium usage, dusting to edges. Photo illustrations between p112 and 113 good. Binding quite tight. Dusting and light marking to edges.

A well-read volume.

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The Historians' History of the World, Edited by H.S. Williams, Vol. XXIII, The Times, 1908.

Published by The Times, London, 1908. Dimensions : 259mm x 171mm x 69mm. Weight : 2.000kg net. Condition : Fair.

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The Historians' History of the World, edited by Henry Smith Williams, LL.D., Volume XXIII, published by The Times, London, 1908. Copyright 1904, 1907, by Henry Smith Williams. Printed by Morrison & Gibb, Limited, Edinburgh.

Volume XXIII, The History of the United States, Book II, Later Colonial and National Periods.

8vo, 686 medium numbered pages plus xxxv pp's and 48 illustrations including quality photographic plates.

Condition/Notes : The front dark maroon leather board has wear to edges, bumped corners, marking to face and split from the spine along lh edge. The board is not detached but is loose. The back board is similar with wear and rubbing to rh edge along spine. The spine has wear and rubbing to top and tail with wear to ribbing. Gilt print. Front paste-down and e/p have maroon marbling with 90mm split to cloth on hinge but not detached. Front e/p verso blank. pp's follow with title. Frontispiece follows with black and white engraving of Francis Parkman with tissue guard. Title page follows with full details and dated 1908; verso printing details. Contents follows pvii - pxii (Chapters I to VIII). Illustrations Volume XXIII follows with page numbers for the 48 illustrations including 7 photographic plates of paintings and prints and 1 coloured Map of The United States. The pages are generally in good clean condition with light toning to borders and some foxing spots in places. Light general usage. A General Bibliography follows from p671 to p686 followed by the Map. Marbled e/p and paste-down good condition. The binding is tight and fully intact with the exception of the aforementioned front board. Gilt edges. Overall, a very interesting and detailed study; part of the 25 Volume set. 

The Holborn Series, Geographical Reader No. 4, Scotland, Ireland, Canada & Australasia. Edited by William Lawson, 1892.

Published by Educational Supply Association Limited, London. Dimensions : 174mm x 113mm x 18mm. Weight : 0.300kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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The Holborn Series. Geographical Reader, No. 4, Edited by William Lawson, F.R.G.S., Scotland, Ireland, Canada and Australasia. Published by Educational Supply Association Limited, 42A, Holborn Viaduct, London; March 1892. 

16mo, 222 medium duty, light gloss, numbered pages with many black and white illustrations.

Condition /Notes : Quite good. No DJ. The dark red linen front board has medium wear to edges, bumps to corners, light marking/staining to illustrated face. Back board has water stain to upper and lh edges and a black ink ESA (publisher) emblem in the centre, medium wear to edges and bumps to corners. Spine has wear top and tail, title in black ink and sunning. Front paste-down is blank off-white with red ink staining around edges.Facing e/p has browning to centre block and pencil script top rh corner £1-. Title page follows with another ESA emblem in centre and full details, pencil script top edge; verso price list for Holborn Geographical Readers. Preface follows. Contents Parts I to III. Geographical Reader commences p5 Scotland 1. Highlands and Lowlands through to Australasia p206. Appendix follows p207; verso map of Scotland. Summary of Leading Facts p209-p221. Names Liable to be Mispronounced p222. Blank back e/p with browning block centre. p/d blank with red ink staining to edges. Pages good with light usage, light marking. Binding quite tight. Dusting to edges. A very interesting vintage collectible educational volume describing the state of knowledge at the end of the 19th Century.

The King's England, Nottinghamshire, The Midland Stronghold, Edited by Arthur Mee. First Edition 1938.

Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited London EC4 1938. Dimensions : 201mm x 137mm x 38mm. Weight : 0.640kg net. Condition : Fair.

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The King's England, Nottinghamshire, The Midland Stronghold. Edited by Arthur Mee, with 219 Places and 109 Pictures. Published by Hodder and Stoughton Limited, St Paul's House, London, E.C.4. Printed by Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd., Bungay, Suffolk, 1938. First Printed 1938.

8vo 339 numbered medium light gloss pages.

Condition/Notes : The dark red linen front board has wear to edges, bumps to corners and marking/wear to face. Faded black ink print. Back board similar with water stains. Spine wear to top and tail, creasing and taped to rh edge with brown synthetic tape covering half the spine face. Wear to lh edge also with cotton bind showing in places. Front paste-down blank off-white with some foxing. Facing e/p blank with pencil script top edge. Addendum slip added referring to error on page 200. pp blank follows with foxing, facing blank pp with Nottinghamshire crest top rh corner. Verso list of The King's England First 15 Volumes. Frontisplate follows with sepia photo of Southwell Minster. Title page follows with full details; verso printing details. Editor's acknowledgement follows. List of Pictures of Nottinghamshire follows with page numbers. The pages generally are good with some usage marks and toning to border edges and some foxing in places. Sepia pictures are good. Back paste-down and e/p have map of Nottinghamshire in 5-mile squares. There is straining to the bind here with 5mm gap showing cotton bind but intact. Binding intact but generally volume well used. A very detailed historical account of the county with very detailed descriptions of historic buildings, churches and monuments.

The Orthodox Eastern Church by Adrian Fortesque, Ph.D., D.D. 1907. First Edition.

Published by the Catholic Truth Society, London. Dimensions : 227mm x 145mm x 42mm. Weight : 0.820kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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The Orthodox Eastern Church by Adrian Fortesque, Ph.D., D.D., published and printed by The Catholic Truth Society, 69, Southwark Bridge Road, S.E., 1907. First Edition.

8vo, xxvii, 451 medium/heavy duty numbered pages. Illustrated by the author.

Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. Front maroon linen board has light wear to edges, bumps to corners and marking to face. Gilt lettering and cross motif. Back board similar with some light scratching. Spine with wear top and tail, sunned and light marking. Faded gilt with publisher's emblem lower. Blank p/d and e/p with foxing and faded pencil owner's name. pp with title and foxing. Frontispiece follows with woodblock print of The Church of the Holy Wisdom at Constantinople drawn by the author. Title page faces with full details; verso inscription by Persae 186-189. Preface follows v-viii. Contents ix-xii. Illustrations; 6 by the author. List of Books xv-xxvii. The Orthodox Eastern Church commences p2 through to p439. Comprehensive Index to p451. Pages good with toning to border edges, light browning and light usage. Foxing spots in places. Foxing to back e/p and p/d and red ink stain to lower edges. Binding quite tight. Gilt to top edge, fore-edge rough cut and some pages still uncut in pairs. Lower edge uncut. An interesting study in the First Edition.

Under Six Reigns. The House of Waterlow, by John Boon. 1925.

Published by Waterlow & Sons Limited. MCMXXV. Dimensions : 300mm x 230mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.520kg net. Condition : Good.

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Under Six Reigns. Being some account of 114 years of progress and development of the House of Waterlow under continuous family management. By John Boon.

Published and printed by Waterlow & Sons Limited, London. MCMXXV. 1st Edition.

4to, 41 heavy duty numbered pages with sepia illustrations and photographs.

Condition/Notes : Good. The cream coloured front board is in good condition with light wear to edges and corners, no bumps, light browning to face in places, gilt title, embossed emblem to upper centre and grey lettering The House of Waterlow to lower quarter. Back board similar but with bump to top lh corner and light marking dusting in places. Rounded spine with light wear top and tail, no lettering, sunned. Front paste-down blank cream with light foxing in places and impression of emblem top upper centre. Front e/p blank with some light browning patches in places. Loose presentation card from Waterlow & Sons Limited to ...blank... and beg acceptance of the enclosed copy of "Under Six Reigns" London Wall, London, 1926. E/P verso blank. pp follows white, blank. pp with title facing; verso blank. Facing sepia illustration "Old Carpenters' Hall, London Wall, used by Waterlows about 1850 as a printing factory and warehouse (From an old print). Frontispiece follows with sepia illustration of James Waterlow - Portrait of the Founder (From a painting in the possession of Sir William A. Waterlow, K.B.E.) with tissue guard. Title page follows with summary and publishing details 1925; verso blank white. Foreword follows; verso blank. Commences p1 Origin of the Family and through to p41 ends Conclusion. Verso List of Awards, Directors and Establishments & Manufactories follows; verso Table showing members of the Family who have been partners in or directors of the business. Blank pp follows. Blank e/p. Pages good with 50mm margins; light toning to border edges. Good illustrations. Light usage. Tight binding. Dusting to edges.

An interesting and quite scarce volume.

Verona, History, Art, Itineraries of the City, Biondetti Editore, Verona, 1981. 5th Edition.

Tourist Guide with Map. Dimensions : 190mm x 111mm x 10mm. Weight : 0.220kg net. Condition : Good.

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Verona, History, Art, Itineraries of the City. Tourist Guide with Topographic Map. 

Translating Agency, Ramponi, Verona.

Copyright by Grafiche Biondetti, Via Verdi - 37060 Castel D'Azzano, February 1975.

5th Edition, Printed 31.01.1981 in Verona. Map of the City.

12mo, 127 gloss numbered pages, many colour photographs. 

Condition/Notes : Good. Tourist guide to the Italian city of Verona. Plastic sleeve to the cover. Light foxing in places, toning to border edges. Good condition, light usage. Colour plates good with good colour. Dusting to edges. Binding quite tight. Folded map of the city in good condition. 

Views of Oxford, 20 photographs, published by Alden & Co. Ltd., Oxford. 1922. 1st Edition.

20 plates, F.F. & Co.. Dimensions : 170mm x 233m x 5mm. Weight : 0.190kg net. Condition : Fair.

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Views of Oxford. 

Published by Alden & Co. Ltd., 35, Cornmarket Street, Oxford. 1922. 1st Edition. 

Printed by Alden & co. Ltd.

Photographs from F.F. & Co., Oxford. 

16mo. 20 matt photographs with name description below. Medium/heavy duty unnumbered pages.

Condition/Notes : Fair. Maroon faux leather boards with wear to edges and corners. Blind embossed pattern, gilt title centre and publisher below. Similar wear back board with some small losses in places. Wear and rubb ing to spine, no lettering. Double staple binding. Front e/p blank; back e/p blank. Medium usage, some marking and small tears to borders. Some foxing. Plates good. Centre binding reinforced with taping stripped stamped on side "Fragile, with care". Binding (stapled) firm and intact. Dusting to edges.

Interesting note, the address of publisher/printer is now occupied by KFC Oxford.

A rare and historical collection. 

Warfare in the Air, Sydney E. Veale, The Pilot Press, Revised Edn., Feb. 1943.

Published by The Pilot Press Ltd., London. Dimensions : 267mm x 220mm x 5mm. Weight : 0.240kg net. Condition : Quite good.

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Warfare in the Air, The R.A.F. at War since the Battle of Britain by Sydney E. Veale.

Published by The Pilot Press Ltd., 100, Great Russell St., London, W.C.1.

Printed in GB by W.S. Cowell Ltd., London and Ipswich. February 1943, Revised Edition.

Ministry of Information and The Aeroplane helped in this publication.

4to, 47 medium/light duty, gloss numbered pages with 49 black and white photographic illustrations ( Crown Copyright or courtesy of The Aeroplane).

Condition/Notes : Quite good. No DJ. Front faded RAF blue linen board with light wear edges and corners, fading to face, gilt RAF emblem to upper centre. Back board similar, blank. Spine wear top and tail, sunning, faded. Front p/d p e/p blank off-white with owners sig. top rh corner. Full page drawing The Handley Page Halifax II with full key below; verso photo Supermarine Spitfire VBs in line. Title page follows; verso copyright page. List of Illustrations facing; verso double plates Hurrican and Spitfire. Commences p7 The Dominant Role of Air Power and through to the end Illustration The Short Stirling Four with key above and to rh side. Blank back e/p. Toning to edges, with general medium usage, good illustrations. Binding normal, slight strain to front p/d-e/p but fully intact. Dusting to edges. Very interesting historical publication, quite rare. 

Women of Theresienstadt Voices from a Concentration Camp, Ruth Schwertfeger, Berg 1989.

Voices from a Concentration Camp, Published by Berg Publishers Ltd., Reprinted 1989.

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Women of Theresienstadt, Voices from a Concentration Camp, Ruth Schwertfeger.

Published by Berg Publishers Limited, Morrell Ave., Oxford.

Printed in GB by Short Run Press Ltd., Exeter. 1989. Reprint.

ISBN 0-85496-192-5

8vo, 152 pages, 11 illustrations (drawings and photos). Weight : 0.310kg.

Medium brown boards in good condition with light wear to top and lower spine. Pages good condition, clean no marking. Binding tight. Pencil £40 upper edge back board p/d. DJ good condition, light wear upper spine edge.