Morwyn, or the Vengeance of God by Powys, John Cowper - 1937

Village Press, 1974. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

Cassell And Company, 1937. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1937. First Edition. 322 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth with gilt titles to spine. Book has been rebound by library, with expected inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Pages have slight foxing, tanning and minor thumbing. Occasional heavy foxing. Boards have some moderate edge wear, with slight bumping to corners and minor bumping to spine ends. Boards very rubbed and marked overall. Spine is noticeably sunned. Book has a heavy forward lean. Gilt is bright.

Village Press, London, 1974,. 1974. Soft cover. paperback, 322pp, owner's name on endpaper, edges browning, text clean and tight, cover edges rubbed, no creasing on spine, Good condition. .

London: Village Press, 1974. Paperback. Very Good/No d/j as Published. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Type: Book N.B. Some light rubbing to edges and corners of covers and spine.

London.: Cassell & Company Ltd., 1937. 322pp. Original blue cloth with gilt panels on the spine. Faint rubbing & tanning to the spine, but clean & bright. Internally, light foxing to the early & later pages, page edges are spotted. . First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Cassell, 1937. Hardcover. Good. 8vo.. Blue-green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine. Boards are faded and bumped at edges. Pages are age-tanned but clean. Previous owner's signature on fep. 1937

Cassell and Co.: London, 1937. First edition (& 1st printing). Hardcover. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1-2] 3-321 [322], original blue cloth, spine panel stamped in gold. Edges of page a little browned and spotted, a near fine copy (+ mint facsimile dustjacket).

London: Cassell. London, Cassell, 1937. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Powys' fantasy exploring the horrors of vivisection. Jacket is a little tanned to the spine with evidence of a shop sticker having been partially removed. Some tanning to the rest of the jacket. Book and block nice, except one leaf stained. [9906, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1937.

London: Cassell. London, Cassell, 1937. First edition, first impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Powys' fantasy exploring the horrors of vivisection. Jacket is a little tanned and scraped. Some spotting to the edges and a little bumping to the spine tips. [10908, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1937.

London: Cassell. London, Cassell, 1937. First Edition. First Impression. Hardback. A very good copy. Powys' fantasy exploring the horrors of vivisection. Jacket is a little tanned. Some spotting to the edges and a little bumping to the spine tips. Some foxing internally and to the edges. [10217, Hyraxia Books]. . Very Good. Hardback. 1st Edition. 1937.

Lisbon, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal / Centro de Estudos Históricos, Universidade Nova, 2021.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 8°, original illustrated wrappers. As new. 110 pp., (1 blank l.), profusely illustrated, indexes of authors, places of publication, printers and booksellers. One of 500 copies. *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION of this excellent exhibition catalogue. Alves Dias is one of Portugal's leading historians, and a distinguished bibliophile.***

Special Offers Entomology . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 1994. pp.xviii, 127 with 8 coloured illus. 8vo. New hdbk. in new dw. RRP £20.00. A fascinating book describing the author’s experiences of studying butterflies in the UK. All native British Butterflies are mentioned at some point in the text, which is handsomely supported by 8 watercolour plates by Mandy Shepherd.

Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Peregrine Books. 2000. pp.xii, 249 with illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. RRP. £27.00. The distinguished naturalist, Derek Ratcliffe, passed away in 2005 aged 75. Born in 1929, this book tells the tale of his life from boyhood, when his interest in birds, butterflies, moths and dragonflies started to develop, through to the period in his life before 1970. Ratcliffe took the opportunity presented by writing this book of paying tribute to some of the people who helped him along the way and became lifelong friends.

Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Gloucestershire Orchard Trust. 2018. pp.vi, 50 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.

Pequena., 2017. 1st. Ed.. pp.xxii, 234 with b/w. photos. 8vo. A new softback. This is the first book to describe comprehensively the history of whaling in Brazil, starting with traditional whaling as a Portuguese crown monopoly and culminating with the introduction of modern ships, equipped with harpoon guns in the twentieth century - an initiative led by a British company (Duder and Brother) in Brazil.

Special Offers Gardening . 1st. Ed. Pub. Hartpury Heritage Trust. 2013. pp.xiv, 214 with colour photography throughout. Large 8vo. New softback.

Pequena., 2009. 1st. Ed.. pp.303 with many photographs. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. This volume is a celebration of the life of Edward Beveridge Binnie, (born on the Falkland Islands in 1884) the eighth child of immigrant Scottish parents. The book traces his rise from humble beginnings through Falkland Islands Government service to becoming the first Antarctic Magistrate.

Natural history Monographs . 1st. Ed. Pub. Pequena. 2006. pp.xvi, 363 with many illus. 8vo. New hardback in new dw. Signed by the author, Ian Hart. A fascinating account of the whaling industry in the Falkland Islands Dependencies. The sequence of events which led to the extension of British sovereignty in the Antarctic and the legislation & policing imposed by the Falkland Islands Government to control the burgeoning whaling industry are also discussed.

Pequena., 2020. 1st. Ed.. pp.xx, 380 with b/w. photographs and illustrations throughout. 4to. New hardback in new dw. Print run of just 400 copies. Signed by author. There have been very few attempts to document British involvement in the whaling and sealing industry. This book describes, in detail, some of the major companies that undertook this trade and the profound effect this had on the whale and seal populations in the southern hemisphere.

Lourenço Marques, [from rear cover] Composto e Impresso na Sociedade de Estudos, 1960.. FIRST and ONLY EDITION. 4°, original pale blue printed wrappers (browned, short tear on spine). Illustrations, maps and tables in text. Some light dampstains. In good condition. Old faint circular stamp on front cover. (2 ll.), 11 pp., (1 l.), 9, (2) pp., (1 l.), 7 pp., (1 l.), 8 pp., (1 l.), 7 pp., (1 l.), 9 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 9 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 15 pp., errata slip, (1 l.), 4 pp., (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 23 pp., 2 folding tables, (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 11 pp., (1 l.), 10 pp., (1 ll. plates, printed on both sides, 1 blank l., 1 l.), 7 pp., (8 pp. illustrations, 1 blank p., 1 l.), 13 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 23 pp., (1 l.), 11 pp. including 3 full-page illustrations, (1 l.), 6 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 24 pp., (1 blank l., 1 l.), 5 pp., (1 l. with bibliography, 2 ll. plates, 1 l.), 17 pp., (1 l.), 14 pp., (1 blank l.). *** FIRST and ONLY EDITION. The volume contains four brief… Read More