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THE PEDLAR'S PACK
Written by Mrs. Alfred Baldwin.
Illustrated by Charles Pears.
Stock no. 1202912
Published by W. & R. Chambers Limited.
circa
1910.
Almost very good condition.
Delightfully illustrated yellow cloth covers. Brown endpapers. 9 colour tissue-guarded plates and other b/w illustrations. 397pp + 2pp adverts. Spine and corners bumped. Covers grubby and illustration to front is a bit rubbed. Name plate to front pastedown, name in ink to verso of frontis, name address and date in ink to title-page. Some fingermarks else contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
ASLAK WHERE ARE YOU?
Written by Viola Wahlstedt.
Illustrated by Tessa Jordon.
Stock no. 1202899
Published by Macmillan London Limited.
1st UK
1971.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
Aslak was disgusted - schools were no place for Lapps. Green boards, silver title to spine. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0333105672. Spine slightly bumped. Light foxing to endpapers and outer page edges. Dustwrapper has several small closed edge tears and is faded at spine and edges.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES
Written by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Illustrated by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair.
Stock no. 1202891
Published by George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd..
1st
1931.
Very good condition.
Large oblong format. Brown cloth spine, brown pictorial boards. Pretty colour plates. Spine bumped and slightly rubbed. Corners bumped and worn. A few marks to covers. Page corner tips lightly creased. Foxing to contents else clean.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- POETRY AND VERSE (CHILDRENS)
THE NORMANDY BATTLES
Written by Bob Carruthers; Simon Trew.
Stock no. 1802734
Published by Cassell & Co..
1st
2000.
Nearly fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
The real story of the Normandy Battles, which saw some of the fiercest fighting on any front in the Second World War. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos and illustrations. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 0304353965. A very nice copy in a pictorial wrapper which is lightly rubbed at corners.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
SNAKEHEAD
Written by Anthony Horowitz.
Stock no. 1202800
Published by Walker Books.
Circa
2007.
Fine condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Alex Rider bites back! Black boards with silver title to spine and snake head vignette to front cover. 397 pages. ISBN: 9781406309355. 5th printing. Wrapper is edge-creased.
- Categorised in:
- CHILDRENS
- BOYS
- CHILDRENS (YOUNG ADULTS)
WARRIORS THE UNITED STATES MARINES
Written by Agostino Von Hassell; Keith Crossley.
Stock no. 1802729
Published by Howell Press.
1st
1988.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
A compelling collection of photographs and text about the spirit and determination of America's modern ground forces. Large format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w photos. 198 pages. ISBN: 0943231086. A fine copy in a pictorial wrapper which has the remains of a small label to front panel and is lightly scuffed.
THE STORY OF PASSENGER TRANSPORT IN BRITAIN
Written by J. Joyce.
Stock no. 1802718
Published by Ian Allan.
1st
1967.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
An outline history of the development of public transport in England. B/w photos. Covers nice and clean. Minor foxing and browning to endpapers. Top edge of text block a little dusty. Contents fine. White dustwrapper is lightly scuffed else a very nice example.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- RAILWAYS
- BUSES
- COACHING
- HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
LUFTWAFFE
Written by Williamson Murray.
Stock no. 1802709
Published by George Allen & Unwin.
1st thus
1985.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Strategy for Defeat 1933-1945. A re-interpretation of the European air war, 1939-1945, with sobering lessons fro contemporary Western air forces. ISBN: 0049230808. Inscription in ink to front pastedown which is mostly hidden by front flap of dustwrapper. Contents fine. Price-cut pictorial wrapper has a 1.5" closed tear to front spine edge.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- AVIATION
- GERMANY
- WORLD WAR II
VICTORY IN EUROPE
Written by Chris Bishop.
Stock no. 1802704
Published by Chancellor Press.
1st
1995.
Nearly fine condition.
From D-Day to VE-Day in Pictures. White glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos. 112 pages. ISBN: 1851528776. A very nice, clean copy.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN THE WEST
Written by Charles Messenger.
Stock no. 1802700
Published by Cassell.
1st
1999.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
The history of the Second World War in the western world - in Russia, Europe, the Mediterranean and Africa, by a leading historian of the War in the West. Large format. Dark grey boards, silver title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 224 pages including index. ISBN: 0304352241. A fine copy in a pictorial wrapper lightly creased at edges.
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR II
THE SPRINGTIDE OF LIFE
Written by Algernon C. Swinburne; Edmund Gosse.
Illustrated by Arthur Rackham.
Stock no. 1202693
Published by William Heinemann.
1st
1918.
Very good condition.
As the close of his life approached, Swinburne often expressed his desire to extract from his various volumes those poems addressed to children. He died without doing so. Edmund Gosse has brought together this collection of Swinburne's poems which are concerned with infancy. Rackham's delicate and romantic illustrations are a perfect complement to the text. 8 colour plates plus b/w text decorations. Dark green cloth with gilt titles and vignette to front cover. Green/white decorated endpapers. 133pp. cr 4to. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Covers rubbed. Endpapers lightly browned and foxed. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- POETRY
- ILLUSTRATED
AVIATION PHOTO ALBUM 2
Written by Michael J.F. Bowyer.
Stock no. 1802643
Published by Patrick Stephens.
1st
1980.
Very good condition.
A second collection of rare and interesting photographs depicting aircraft of many types and nationalities from the First World War to the present day. They have been carefully selected from the Photopage files of Airfix Magazine. Cardwraps. B/w photos. 95 pages. ISBN: 0850594103. Covers lightly edge-rubbed. Previous owner's name & address stamp in ink to verso of front cover. Contents clean.