London: Fulham and Hammersmith Historical Society, 1974. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Signed by Author Book Well researched Local Company History. Illustrated with some B&W Photos. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR in a Gift inscription to Terry Manbre, dated 1975, on ffep. Page edges speckled Red. 54 Pages, 120g, 8 1/2" Tall. Slight edge wear. Pages in very good, clean condition. No other inscriptions. (Book ref. 014026)
London: Fulham and Hammersmith Historical Society, 1974. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Book Well researched Local Company History. Illustrated with some B&W Photos. 54 Pages, 120g, 8 1/2" Tall. Slight edge wear. Pages in very good, clean condition. No inscriptions. (Book ref. 014025)
London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, 1942. Cloth. Near Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Book Fascinating account of farming on a Welsh Mountain. Includes; Pigs, Sheep, Poultry, a Fox shoot and a Hay Harvest. Green cloth cover with White lettering to spine. 255 Pages, 380g, 8" Tall. "Margaret" written on ffep, no other inscriptions. Jacket has edge wear, 4 small closed tears 1/2" - 3/4" long, repaired from inside with clear tape) and a very narrow narrow strip missing at top of spine (1/4" wide). Clipped.. (Book ref. 014024)
London: Fulham and Hammersmith Historical Society, 1974. Soft Cover. Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Book Well researched Local Company History. Illustrated with some B&W Photos. 54 Pages, 120g, 8 1/2" Tall. Edge wear & chipping around spine and a small scrape in top left corner. Pages in very good, clean condition. No inscriptions. (Book ref. 014023)
London: Odhams Press Ltd, 1965. First Edition. Leatherette. Very Good +/Slipcase. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Book 3 Books in Original Red Leatherette Slipcase; A Churchill Anthology, Selections from the Writings and Speeches of Sir Winston Churchill. Edited By F. W. Heath. 720 Pages; Churchill His Life and Times, by Malcolm Thomson, 480 Pages. Illustrated with B&W Photos; Painting as a Pastime, by Winston, Spencer Churchill, 32 Text Pages + 18 Colour Plates of Sir Winston's Paintings. Memorial Edition. Red Leatherette covers with Vignette Portrait of Churchill on fronts. Gilt lettering on Blacks Grounds to spines. All Page edges red. Each Frontispiece illustrated with a portrait of Churchill. No inscriptions, nice clean copies. Very slight fading to spines. (Book ref. 014020)
London: Macmillan and Co Limited, 1925. Decorative Cloth. Near Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall Book 1925 Reprint of the 1905 Globe Library Edition. Attractive Prize Binding of Light Blue cushioned cloth with Purple Vertical Stripes and Darker Blue Horizontal stripes. Gilt Lettering &some decoration to front & spine and Gilt school badge on front. All Page Edges Gilt. Text arranged in Double Columns. Introductory section xxxi Pages. Main Text 800 Pages. 7 1/4" Tall, 630g. Prize label on endpaper dated 1931. Spine colour slightly faded with a few small spots of browning. No inscriptions apart from the label, pages in very good, clean condition. (Book ref. 014010)
Auckland, New Zealand: Libraries Department, Auckland City Council, 1963. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Book Fascinating and well researched Biography of Pioneer William Morgan who sailed for New Zealand in 1852. Very interesting, vivid Journals written by a man involved in a wide variety of Pioneering activites. Illustrated with B&W Portrait Photos of William, his wife Jane and a few other B&W illustrations & Maps. Light Green card cover illustrated with forest landscape on front. 154 Pages + Index. 8 1/2" Tall, 310g. Some edge wear and creases to cover. Previous owner's label on inside cover, no other inscriptions. Pages in very good, clean condition. (Book ref. 013991)
Redruth, Cornwall: Dyllansow Truran, 1989. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1850220476 Book Fascinating Biographies of 2 remarkable Cornishmen who played leading roles in the history of South Africa and New Zealand; Bishop Colenso, the foremost defender of the blacks in Natal and William Colenso, one of New Zealand's greatest Naturalists. Red cloth cover with silver lettering to spine.133 Pages, 370g, 9 1/8" Tall. No inscriptions. Very slight edge wear to jacket. Not clipped. (Book ref. 013989)
New York: Macmillan, 1976. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0026204509 Book Biography of the great Irish Poet. Well illustrated with 16 Pages of illustrations in Full-Coulour and 60 B&W. Green cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 232 Pages, 870g, 10" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket has slight edge wear and a nick at top corner of spine. Not clipped. (Book ref. 013988)
London: Hutchinson, 1996. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall 0091792118 Signed by Author Book SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE, no other inscriptions. Triple Biography of 3 extraordinary men who all fied young; Christopher Wood, Painter; Richard Hillary, Spitfire Pilot & Author; Jeremy Wolfenden, Journalist. Black cloth cover with Gilt Lettering to spine. 309 Pages, 680g, 9 1/2" Tall. 3 small black marks (probably from a pen) on a few fore page edges (not visible when book is open. Slight edge wear to jacket. Not Clipped.. (Book ref. 013986)
London: Macmillan & Co Limited, 1949. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Book Biography of Prince Albert. Illustrated with 8 B&W Plates. Red cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 292 Pages, 490g,8 1/2" Long. Spine colour faded. Previous owner's inscription on endpaper. No other inscriptions. (Book ref. 013966)
London: Hamish Hamilton, 1958. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Ex-Library "Selected and Translated from the Memoirs of the Duc de Saint-Simon by Lucy Norton." Preface by Nancy Mitford. Complete with Fold-Out Genealogical Charts. Strong Brown Cloth Library Binding. 312 Pages, 730g, 9" Tall. Withdrawn stamp and old price on ffep. Library stamp on reverse of title page. No other inscriptions. (Book ref. 013962)
London: Fulham and Hammersmith Historical Society, 1974. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Book Well researched Local Company History. Illustrated with some B&W Photos. 54 Pages, 120g, 8 1/2" Tall. Some edge wear & small light creases around spine. 2 very small patches on front cover (perhaps an old label was removed) and a little very faint browning (see photo). Pages in very good, clean condition. No inscriptions. (Book ref. 013961)
London: Eland, 1986. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall 0907871615 Book Fascinating account of 68 Years on a Hertfordshire Estate. Vivid and Unsentimental picture of life on a semi-feudal Estate. 215 Pages + adverts, 300g, 8 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Very light little crease to cover at bottom corner. Book appears unread. (Book ref. 013957)
Redruth, Cornwall: Dyllansow Truran, 1989. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1850220476 Signed by Author Book Fascinating Biographies of 2 remarkable Cornishmen who played leading roles in the history of South Africa and New Zealand; Bishop Colenso, the foremost defender of the blacks in Natal and William Colenso, one of New Zealand's greatest Naturalists. SIGNED by the Author on the title page. Red cloth cover with silver lettering to spine.133 Pages, 370g, 9 1/8" Tall. Small penciled inscription on corner of ffep. (Book ref. 009229)
Bath: Chivers Press, 1981. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Ex-Library LARGE PRINT EDITION. Poignant account of the heroic exploits of R.A.F. Pilots in World War II. 239 Pages, 420g, 8 1/2" Tall. Library l"Withdrawn" stamp on Endpaper. Front free endpaper removed. 3 small letters stsmped on title page. No inscriptions in the text. Spine leaning slightly. (Book ref. 013915)
London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1925. Illustrated by Alken, H & Rawlins, T. J.. Cloth. Very Good +/Good+. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Book Riveting Biography of a Dashing and Daring Sporting gentleman of the Regency Period. Beautifully illustrated with 18 Full-Page Colour Plates by H. Alken & T. J. Rawlins. Frontis illustration shows Mytton jumping his Horse over railings to join Huntsmen & Hounds. Red cloth cover with bright gilt Fox Mask on front and Gilt Lettering on spine. Page edges untrimmed. 155 Pages, 850g, 10 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions except old penciled price on ffep. Jacket has some very small closed edge tears at the top (repaired from inside with clear tape) and a tiny piece missing from top edge at the back. (Book ref. 013884)
London: Macmillan and Co, 1876. Full-Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Book "with Portrait of Savonarola, Engraved by C. H. Jeens and illustrations from Drawings by Professor Delamotte. Handsome contemporary Brown Tree Full-Leather Binding with 5 Raised Bands to spine. Gilt Title in 2nd Compartment with Gilt Decoration filling others. Gilt decoration to edges and inside borbers. All Page Edges Gilt. Endpapers Marbled. Contents include 3 Chapters on Dante. Chapters on "The Cathedral Buyilders" include Donatello and Brunelleschi. Chapters on "The Monks of San Marco" include "The Angelic Painter" and several on Savonarola. Last Chapter is on the Great Artist Michel Angelo. 395 Pages, 1.2 Kilos, 9" Tall. Slight edge wear and some wear down sides of spine. No inscriptions except old penciled price in corner of ffep. Pages in very nice, clean condition. Book weigh 1.2 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be a little extra. Please ask if you would like more pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. (Book ref. 013867)
Leicester Square, London: Bickers & Son Ltd, 1891. Full-Leather. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Book Frontis illustrated with a Portrait of Napoleon with facsimilie signature beneath. Detailed Biography from Napoleon's birth in Corsica to his death & funeral on St. Helena. Full page illustrations include Crossing the Alps and Waterloo. Contemporary Brown Tree Full-Leather Binding with 5 Raised Bands to spine. Gilt title on Red ground in 2nd compartment, Gilt Decoration filling the others. Narrow decorative gilt border to front & back. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled. 8 1/2" Tall. Leather split down sides of s[pine but boards still attached. 3 very small pieces of leather missing from sp[ine (see photo). Front board slightly warped due to a little bowing of first few pages. No inscriptions. Pages & Plates in very good, clean condition. (Book ref. 013865)
London: Longmans, Green & Co, 1901. Full-Leather. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall Book Handsome Green Calf Full-Leather Prize Binding. 5 Raised Bands to spine with Gilt Title on Red Ground in 2nd compartment and Gilt Decoration filling the others. Beautiful Gilt Badge illustrated with a Crucifix, "College of Christ of Brecknock" on front. Narrow Gilt Decorative border to front & back. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled. Very interesting Letters, includes Macaulay's time at Trinity College, Cambridge; HisTime in Parliament and in India; Travels in Europe and his Literary achievements including the Histories. 704 Pages, 720g, 7 1/2" Tall. Illustrated Presentation label pasted to endpaper. Very slight edge wear. Some fading to leather, mainly at spine and top (see photos). No inscriptions apart from the label, pages in very good, clean condition. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. (Book ref. 013863)