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London: World of Islam Festival Trust, 1983. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 12 x 8½ Inches 0905035322 Hardcover Excellent book on fine artistic Islamiv bookbindings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, 205 pages in very bright clean condition, many colour, B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text describing the historic bindings. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped just very slight fade to spine, HEAVY BOOK 1.5Kg with secure packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007041)
Oxford Uk: Oxford University Press, 1987. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 9 ½ x 6 Inches 0195888685 Inscribed By Author Hardcover Very informative book on the Rubber industry anrd the Rubber trade from its beginnings. 380 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text. Commisioned by the Singapore International Chamber of commerce Rubber Association and has their Gold compliments sticker on the title page. INSCRIBED by AUSTIN COATES on title page For John Carr with my thanks and good wishes Austin Coates 10.12.87. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped,slight fade to spine, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007040)
South Dakota: Cochran Pub Co, 1989. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 10 ¼ x 8¼ Inches 0936259116 Hardcover Very informative book on the Colt Peacemaker revolver, 160 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped, small tear to bend of wrapper at front 1 inch long a nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007039)
London: Quiller Press, 2000. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 11 ½ x 8¼ Inches 1899163549 Inscribed By Author Hardcover Very informative book on the firm of gunmakers Greener, written by Graham Greener fifth generation in the firm INSCRIBED by him on front endpaper To Kevin Apps with best wishes from Graham Greener. 231 pages in very bright clean condition, many colour,B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text. HEAVY BOOK 1.5 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007038)
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London: New Cavendish Books, 1977. Illustrated by Terence Cuneo. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 13¼ x 10¾ Inches 0904568083 Hardcover Excellent book on the artist Terence Cuneo and his work, 244 pages in bright clean condition . Many colour and B/w illustrations plus very informative text, no dustwrapper as issued, original slipcase is present with some wear to edges and tear to rear of slipcase 4 inches long. Outer boards are very bright and clean. HEAVY BOOK 2-5 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS. A pleasing very bright copy SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. (Book ref. 004663)
Madrid: Artegraf, 1996. First Edition. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 ½ x 6¾ Inches 8477902518 Card Cover Very informative book on ports and trade in history, TEXT in ENGLISH and SPANISH., 459 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer illustrated card covers are clean just very slight fade to spine, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007037)
Amsterdam: Neha, 1993. First Edition. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 9 ½ x 6¼ Inches 9071617661 Card Cover Very informative book on the Dutch economy and undustry in the 1400s to 1700s, a series of nine studies by different writers. 280 pages in very bright clean condition just very light very occasional pencil marks in the margins,Light mark to front card cover, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007036)
Oxford Uk: Thomas Shrimpton and Son, 1878. Second Edition Revised Enlarged. Embossed Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 ½ x 5 Inches Hardcover Very informative book on the city of Oxford, its buildings, people, places and history, second revised and enlarged edition. 296 pages plus 18 pages of adverts in overall clean condition just light occasional foxing and a small light brown patch to firsty couple of pages where a newspaper cutting has lain, bookplate of Samuel Garcia Asher on inside frint board, Many B/w full page b/w illustrations and fold out map at rear, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer boards are lightly rubbed on edges with embossed landscape view of buildings on front and rear boards. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007034)
London: H M Eastern African Trade and Information Office. First Edition. Paper Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 ¼ x 5½ Inches Paper Covers Very informative pamphet produced for people consideringsettling in Rhodesia not dated but latest dates referred to in text are 1924 to 1927 so assumed somewhere after 1927 certainly looks that period and came from a collection where other items were early to mid 1930s. Contains 31 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer paper covers are very lightly marked, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007033)
South Africa: Nyasaland Advisory Committee on Publicity, 1936. First Edition. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 ¼ x 5½ Inches Card Cover Very informative book on Nyasaland, 84 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text on all manner of things for the traveller at time of publication, NO dustwrapper, outer card covers are very lightly marked with some small creases to rear. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007032)
Ottawa, ON, Canada: Dominion Bureau of Statistics Canada, 1937. First Edition. Illustrated Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 ½ x 5½ Inches Card Cover Very informative book on Canada at time of printing, 191 pages in very bright clean condition, many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text on all aspects of Canadian life, agriculture, business, constuction and social conditions. NO dustwrapper, outer card covers are clean, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007031)
London: Hamish Hamilton Ltd, 1989. Illustrated by Gerald Scarfe. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 11 ½ x 8½ Inches 0241128595 Signed by Author/ Publisher Hardcover Excellent book of satirical cartoons by Gerald Scarfe, 96 pages in very bright clean condition, slight ripple to first few pages and vertical bend to last few pages not a hard crease but a bend maybe where someone has bent the pages slightly not too unsightly, INSCRIBED by GERALD SCARFE ON TITLE PAGE To Lynette Merry Christmas Gerald Scarfe. 43 full page, colour illustrations plus a few other smaller ones,all present as listed plus very short descriptive text, Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007030)
Illinois: Open Court, 1975. First Edition. Cloth Covered Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8 ¼ x 5½ Inches 087548316x Hardcover Very informative book on Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, examing the story, places and the characters, their inspiration and meanings.201 pages in very bright clean condition, very informative text, dustwrapper is also lightly marked with tiny closed tear to top front and very slight discolouration to edges, not price clipped, A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007029)
Turin: Fiat Press Department, 1966. First Edition. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 11 x 8½ Inches Hardcover Very informative book on the history of Fiat cars, 138 pages in very bright clean condition, text in English. Many colour and B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, a few light indentation marks, not price clipped, comes in original thin card slipcase which has some light marking. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007028)
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1903. First Edition. Gold Decorated Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 9 ½ x 6 Inches Hardcover Very informative books, two volumes giving the history of the Hawtrey family, 508 pages in volume 1 and 405 pagres in volume 2 all in overall clean condition just some foxing to first and last few pages of each volume and occassionally inside on other pages. Thirteen B/w illustrations and fold out pedigree chart, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrappers, outer boards are lightly rubbed on edges with some slight darkening around edges and slight fade to top front of volume 1. HEAVY BOOKS 2 Kg with packing EXTRA POSTAGE REQUIRED FOR OVERSEAS.Overall a nice example of these books SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007027)
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983. Illustrated by Rosemary Fawcett. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 11 ¼ x 8¾ Inches 0374317909 Hardcover First American edition of this book by Roald Dahl, 32 pages in very bright clean condition, many full page colour illustrations and smaller b/w illustrations,all present as listed. Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007026)
Dorset: The Blackmore Press, 1983. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. 11 ¾ x 8 ¾ Inches 0950897809 Signed by Author Hardcover Very informative book on Claygate village in Surrey, 148 pages in very bright clean condition just very light foxing to outside edges of pages not inside, Many B/w photographs and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, SIGNED by Malcolm Peebles on front endpaper. NO dustwrapper, outer boards are very bright and clean, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007025)
Hampshire UK: David Schutte, 1999. Illustrated by Val Biro. First Edition First Printing. Illustrated Card Covers. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8 ¼ x 6 Inches 0952148226 Signed by Author/ Artist/ Publisher Card Covers First issue of a book of seven plays for radio written by Anthony Buckeridge and beautifully illustrated by Val Biro. Limited edition of 100 copies this is number 100, SIGNED by Anthony Buckeridge, Artist Val Biro and publisher David Schutte.Card cover book is in near fione like new condition A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007024)
London: B T Batsford Ltd, 1987. Illustrated by Brian Cook. First Edition First Printing. Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 10 x 8 Inches 0713457007 Signed by Author and Artist Hardcover Excellent book on the artist Brian Cook and his wonderful illustrations for Batsford British Topographical books.144 pages in very bright clean condition just small fold in on the bottom corner of one page where the the page was not trimmed properly and has been folded in, Many colour and B/w illustrations,all present as listed plus very informative text, Dustwrapper is also very bright and clean, not price clipped. SIGNED by BRIAN COOK BATSFORD on title page. A very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007023)
London: C Carlyle Gall, 1935. First UK Edition. Card Covers. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 ¾ x 5½ Inches Card Covers Very informative book on travel by railway in South Africa at time of publication, first UK print taken from African and Rhodesian Mining Manuals ,96 pages in very bright clean condition, many colour, B/w photographs, map and illustrations, all present as listed plus very informative text, NO dustwrapper, outer card covers are bright and clean, a very nice example of this book SEE IMAGE. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST (Book ref. 007022)