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F.R. KENDALL: EXTRACT FROM LETTERS 1858-1865
Written by Franklin Richardson Kendall.
Stock no. 1826617
Published by P & O.
1st
1968.
Very good condition.
Franklin Richardson Kendall was born into a family with great naval traditions and joined the P & O Head Office in London. He remained with P & O for 50 years before retiring. This is a collection of selected extracts from letters written to his mother during the tumultous times of change between 1858 and 1866. Large format. Cloth spine, cream cardwraps with black title to front. Tipped in colour frontis of the Ripon leaving Southampton. B/w photos. 89 pages. A few light creases to covers. Covers are a little grubby from handling. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- MARITIME
- POSTAL SERVICE
- LETTERS
- COMPANY HISTORY
MARY AND RICHARD: A TRUE STORY OF LOVE AND WAR
Written by Michael Burn.
Stock no. 1825876
Published by Arbor House; William Morrow.
1st USA
1989.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Biography of Mary Booker and Richard Hillary. The story of one man's late wife's love for another man. Red cltoh spine with gilt title, grey paper boards. B/w photos. ISBN: 155710042X. Foxing to text block and minor foxing to prelims. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
- RAF
- BIOGRAPHY
- LETTERS
WHEN YOU LOOK BACK
Written by Eve Knight.
Stock no. 1325023
Published by Cobden-Sanderson Ltd..
1st
1933.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
An anthology of letters to children from illustrious persons (including Joseph Conrad, Alexandre Dumas, Hans Andersen, Catherine of Aragon, etc). Green cloth, gilt title to spine. 178 pages, top edge green, others untrimmed. Spine slightly bumped with some fading. Some slight foxing to textblock. Dustwrapper is slightly edge chipped, browned to spine with small stain to centre.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ACCOUNTS AND LETTERS OF THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH VOYAGES (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Christopher Columbus; Paolo Emilio Taviani; Consuelo Varela; Juan Gil; Marina Conti; Luciano F. Farina; Marc A. Beckwith.
Stock no. 2140820
Published by Istituto Poligrafico E Zecca Della Stato.
1994.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Nuova Raccolta Columbiana - English Edition. In Two Parts. Large format. Fold-out maps. Ministry of Cultural and Environmental Assets. National Commission for the Celebration of the Quincentennial of the Discovery of America. ISBN: 8824038077. Contained in a very good slip case.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- LETTERS
- TRAVEL
- EXPLORATION
ORDNANCE SURVEY LETTERS MEATH
Written by Michael Herity; et al.
Stock no. 2140540
Published by Four Masters Press.
1st IRELAND
2001.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Letters containing information relative to the antiquities of the county of Meath collected during the progress of the Ordnance Survey in 1836. Green boards with gilt title to spine. ISBN: 1903538033. Some spotting to covers. Foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (EUROPEAN)
- IRELAND
- MAPS
- LETTERS
- CARTOGRAPHY
- SURVEYING
NO PARACHUTE: A FIGHTER PILOT IN WORLD WAR I
Written by Arthur Gould Lee.
Stock no. 1823951
Published by Jarrolds.
1st
1968.
Very good condition.
The letters in this volume were written in France in 1917 when the author was a pilot in No 46 Fighter Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps. Dark mauve cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0090865901. Spine a little faded, board edges lightly rubbed. Text block browned.
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- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- AVIATION
- LETTERS
- BIOGRAPHY
A SOLDIER'S TALE: THREE NINETEENTH CENTURY STORIES OF LIFE AT WAR (3 VOLUMES)
Written by B.H. Liddell Hart; Marc Raeff; Christopher Hibbert; Jakob Walter.
Stock no. 2136702
Published by The Windrush Press.
2000.
Slightly better than very good condition.
Card wraps. Contains: The Letters of Private Wheeler 1809-1828 edited by Hart; The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier Jakob Walter edited by Raeff and The Recollections of Rifleman Harris edited by Hibbert. Contained in original pictorial slip case which is very good - some scuffing and wear.
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- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- MILITARY
- LETTERS
ADVICE TO JULIA: A LETTER IN RHYME
Written by Henry Luttrell.
Stock no. 2135289
Published by John Murray.
1820.
Good condition.
Brown boards; paper title to spine. New edition. Scuffing and marks to covers; uneven fading. Chipping to spine. Bookplate to front pastedown. Foxing throughout. Some page edge creasing. A reading copy.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
- LETTERS
- ANTIQUARIAN
LETTERS FROM ENGLAND
Written by Robert Southey.
Stock no. 2135020
Published by The Cresset Press.
1951.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth. The Cresset Library Edition. Bumping to spine and corners. Page edge browning. A few foxspots.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- LETTERS
THE LIVES, AMOURS AND MISFORTUNES OF ABELARD AND HELOISE
No author listed.
Illustrated by E.A. Cox.
Stock no. 1319053
Published by F. Lewis Publishers Limited.
1st
1947.
Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.
Pale red cloth with gilt titles. 104 pages. Colour illustrations. Spine and corners bumped. Small booksellers sticker to front pastedown. Some foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper is worn with large pieces of loss and also foxed.
- Categorised in:
- LITERATURE
- ILLUSTRATED
- LETTERS
ENGLAND'S CONSTABLE
Written by Joseph Darracott; John Constable.
Illustrated by John Constable.
Stock no. 2129376
Published by Folio Society.
1st thus
1985.
Slightly better than very good condition.
The Life and Letters of John Constable. Grey cloth, pictorial onlay to front cover. Colour & b/w illustrations. Onlay to front cover showing signs of wrinkling. Pictorial slip case is very good, with some light wear.
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY
- LETTERS
YOURS PICTORIALLY
Written by Randolph Caldecott; Michael Hutchins.
Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott.
Stock no. 1811201
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd..
1st
1976.
Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Illustrated letters of Randolph Caldecott, edited by Hutchins. Blue cloth with gilt titles. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0723219818. Spine and corners lightly rubbed.