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Hutchinson, 1930. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. From Hutchinson's 'Blue Star Library' of 2s 6d novels. Not dated but probably c1929. Publishers' blue cloth lettered black. Good, clean and sound copy. Patchy fading to upper portion of the spine. Some damage to the front free end paper, perhaps the removal of a label or bookplate. No inscriptions. Rare with a dust jacket - this is a mostly complete example but has been heavily restored, very rubbed, particularly on the spine and has some small areas of loss. Jacket and title page are lettered '7th thousand'. 256 pages. Approx. size 7.5" by 5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27317. .

Eveleigh Nash and Grayson, 1926. Second impression . Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Good, clean and sound copy. Original publishers' blue cloth. Spine lettering gilt. A little rubbed at extremities but a nice copy. 320 pages, portrait frontis. & plates, index. Approx size 8" by 5.5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27754. .

Trustees of the Wallace Collection, 1996. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Presentable, clean, tight and sound set. Original publisher's hardcover binding and slipcase. Dust jackets not clipped or faded. No inscriptions. 1667 pages, many colour and b/w plates, extensive notes/appendices, glossary, index of names. Approx. size of each volume 9.5" by 8". Very heavy set - overseas customers please enquire re shipping costs. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; ISBN: 090078556X. ISBN/EAN: 9780900785566. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28631. . 9780900785566

Chatto & Windus, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. A presentable, tight and sound copy. No inscriptions. Endpapers browned. Wrapper price clipped, very slightly sunned on spine, light edge wear. xvi + 319 pages. The wrapper is an Edward Bawden design. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24018. .

Methuen, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. The author's first book, scarce - especially with its wrapper. Tight and sound copy. Publisher's blue paper covered boards with printed label on front board. Short tear at head of spine. Partial browning of pages 15 to 20 not obscuring text. Wrapper quite browned and rubbed in places and generally dust soiled. Small chip from head and tail of spine, partial tear to front joint of wrapper. Small ownership inscription on front free endpaper, larger one on front turn-in of wrapper. Vii + 39 pages. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0023862. .

Hutchinson, 1895. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Harry Furniss. Publisher's decorated cloth binding, all edges gilt. Nice example, a good sound copy. Gilt decoration bright, corners bumped, inner joints cracked but strong, very slight wear to edges, no inscriptions. With page illustrations by Harry Furniss and vignettes by his daughter, Dorothy. ix + [6] + 201 pages, publisher's ads. at rear. Approx. size 8" by 5". Illustrator: Harry Furniss. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27799. .

Phaidon, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. An excellent, clean and sound copy. Jacket ditto, not price clipped. No inscriptions. 128 pages, many colour plates, bibliography, index Size approx. 11.5" by 9.5".  Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; ISBN: 0714824798. ISBN/EAN: 9780714824796. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27665. . 9780714824796

Picador, 1994. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Key book re Winchell/Runyon/New York etc. An in-depth, scholarly study. Very presentable, clean, tight and sound copy in a similar, unclipped wrapper. No inscriptions. Xvi + 681 pages, plates, notes, bibliography, index. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0330320165. ISBN/EAN: 9780330320160. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0023459. . 9780330320160

Heinemann, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. Masefield's poetry alongside his prose history of the ship and its voyages. Numbered and signed by author. No. 26 of 525 copies. Publisher's blue/black cloth gilt binding. Very good, clean and sound copy, just slightly faded on spine. No inscriptions or bookplates. ix + 119 pages, colour frontispiece, b/w plates, 3 fold-out diagrams at rear. Approx. size is 10" by 8". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Signed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28627. .

MacMillan, 1889. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Edited, with biographical introduction and explanatory notes, by the Rev. J.G. Wood. Very presentable, tight and sound copy in the original publisher's cloth and gilt binding. No inscriptions. A particularly nice copy. xvi + 520 pages, many illustrations, glossary, bibliography, various notes re lenders, index.  Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26346. .

Richard Bentley, 1889. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Hon. Lewis Strange Wingfield (1842-1891). His account of visits to China, Japan and the Philippines.Tight and sound copy in the publisher's red cloth bindings, bevelled edges, decorated in red and gilt. The bindings are faded and have some rubbing in places. Tiny amount of worm damage in Vol. 1 which does not affect any text. Some staining to rear endpapers of Vol. 2. Small ink stain tp lower edge of Vol. 1 text block - again, does not affect any content. 289 + 310 pages. Approx. size 9" by 6". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; china; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26746. .

John Hamilton, 1927. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. An American flyer in the Royal Flying Corps of World War One. A clean, tight and sound copy. Rear inner joint cracked but sound. Publisher's cloth binding alittle rubbed/worn at extremities. Pictorial end papers. Ink ownership inscription. 277 pages, colour plates. Approx. size 9.5" by 6.5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Military; Aviation; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27168. .

Ammonite Press, Keynsham, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. . Short foreword by Leslie Crowther. Excellent detailed study, as usual with this author. Very good, tight and sound copy in similar dust jacket which shows only light wear and a little sun fading. No inscriptions. x + 342 pages, roll of honour, black and white plates, index. Approx. size 9.5" by 7". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; . ISBN: 0952320215. ISBN/EAN: 9780952320210. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 26791. . 9780952320210

Ammonite Press, Keynsham, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Inscribed by Author. Short foreword by Leslie Crowther. Excellent detailed study, as usual with this author. Very good, tight and sound copy in similar dust jacket which shows only light wear. x + 342 pages, roll of honour, black and white plates, index. Approx. size 9.5" by 7". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; Inscribed by Author. ISBN: 0952320215. ISBN/EAN: 9780952320210. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 28236. . 9780952320210

Martin Secker, 1916. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Great War poems by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland. Presentable, tight and sound copy. Publisher's hardcover binding with paper spine label. A good sound copy, a little dust soiled externally. The paper spine label is quite rubbed and worn. No inscriptions. Forty two poems. viii + 96 pages. Approx. size 7" by 4.5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27708. .

A .& C. Black, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A good and sound copy. Text block with some foxing, as usually found. Publlishers' cloth binding in the uncommon dark red variant. Binding lightly rubbed at extremities, slightly faded on spine. xvi + 46 pages text followed by unpaginated plate section featuring 80 posters - some full page colour plates. Approx. size 10" by 8". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27142. .

Jordan, London, 1800. Third Edition. Soft Cover. Good. A former Mayor of London described by the DNB as a 'talented and energetic' public servant. This is the first of his two published works. It does not mince it words, both Adam Smith and Blackstone being described as 'nonsensical blockheads'. He was opposed to wars with the French and anti the free trade movement. 'After being employed for some time in a London linen draper's, he opened, about 1786, a draper's shop of his own, and made a considerable fortune. In 1818 he was returned to Parliament, as a liberal, for the City of London. He lost his seat at the election of 1820, but regained it in 1826, and retained it till his death, taking part vigorously in the parliamentary debates, and strenuously supporting reform. In 1823 he was Lord Mayor of London. Waithman died in London on the 6 February 1833'. A disbound pamphlet. First few leaves loose, lacks the half title. Library stamp to verso of title page. Viii… Read More

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Eleven essays on the impact of war on economic development in Europe. Covers wars from the 12th century to WW2. Extensive notes, bibliography and index. Very good copy. Dust wrapper not clipped, lightly worn along edges. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History ; ISBN: 0521205352. ISBN/EAN: 9780521205351. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 0019906. . 9780521205351

Faber, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Translated and with an introductory note by Sir Peter Chalmers Mitchell. Presentable, clean, tight and sound copy. Some passages of text have erasable pencil underlining. Text block partially unopened, a few pages carelessly opened. xi + 316 pages, plates ( correct as per list ), index. Approx. size 9" by 6".. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27889. .

Ramsay Head Press, Edinburgh, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Clean, tight and sound, a good copy in the publisher's boards and an unclipped dust jacket. Minor wear to edges of jacket which is also lightly rubbed, quite faded at extremities. Large ownership inscription on front pastedown. 47 pages. Approx. size 7.5" by 5". Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 27380. .