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SNAIL AND THE PENNITHORNES
Written by Barbara Willard.
Illustrated by Geoffrey S. Fletcher.
Stock no. 1328457
Published by The Epworth Press.
1st
1957.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Green boards, cream title to spine and snail vignette to front cover. Excellent b/w text illustrations. 182 pages. 8" x 5.5". Minimal bumping to spine. Light crease to lower corner of page 53/4. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and slightly browned to spine with minimal loss at top.
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- CHILDRENS
THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN
Written by William Mayne.
Illustrated by Shirley Hughes.
Stock no. 1328456
Published by Oxford University Press.
1st
1954.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The story of a hunt for treasure in the Yorkshire Dales. Green cloth, silver title to spine. B/w text illustrations. 216 pages. Spine slightly bumped with slight browning to base of spine. Endpapers browned and foxed, some foxing to textblock. Small patch of surface paper damage to front free-endpaper from removal of a small label. Dustwrapper is edge rubbed, slightly browned to spine and foxed on verso.
SUSAN, BILL AND THE IVY-CLAD OAK
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by E.H. Shepard.
Stock no. 1328454
Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd..
1st
1954.
Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The story of Susan and Bill's Ivy-leaf Club. Red boards, black titles and vignette. Colour frontis. B/w illustrations. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing else contents clean. Dustwrapper (price-cut by publisher with 'new' price printed above) is slightly edge worn with slight loss to top of spine.
SPRING COMES TO NETTLEFORD
Written by Malcolm Saville.
Illustrated by Joan Kiddell-Monroe.
Stock no. 1328453
Published by The Children's Book Club.
Good condition in a good dustwrapper.
The third of the Nettleford novels. Peach boards, black titles to spine. Endpapers are maps. B/w illustrations. 191 pages. Spine and corners bumped with some browning to top of spine. Page edge browning throughout and some heavy foxing. Dustwrapper is edge worn, torn and creased with slight loss to top of spne, rear panel is slightly browned.
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EARLY BUSES AND TRAMS
Written by David J. Trussler.
Illustrated by David J. Trussler.
Stock no. 1828628
Published by Hugh Evelyn.
1st
1964.
Almost very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.
The subjects for this collection have been chosen for their variety of age, design and livery and for the part they have played in the development of public transport on the continent of Europe as well as in the United Kingdom. Very large oblong format. Brown cloth boards with gilt titles. 10 full page colour plates. Unpaginated. Foxing to endpapers and prelims. Several pages have not been bound in (but preesent). Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few small closed tears, 3.5" closed tear to lower rear edge with slight surface paper damage and has been repaired to verso with clear tape, foxing to rear panel.
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- BUSES
- TRAMS
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POEMS
Written by Dorothy Frances Gurney.
Stock no. 1828626
Published by George Newnes Ltd..
1st
1913.
Almost very good condition.
White spine with title block. Blue/grey paper boards. Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed and uncut. xiii and 111 pages. SIGNED by the author with a gift inscription to her husband on the free front endpaper. Spine browned, title label peeling just a little. Boards browned and mark to rear board. Corners a little worn. Some foxing present throughout. Some pages unopened. Overall a decent working copy.
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- POETRY
THE SEMAPHORE
Written by T.W. Holmes.
Stock no. 1828624
Published by Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd..
1st
1983.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
This book describes how methods were found to communicate between the Admiralty in London and ships at Portsmouth and Plymouth during, and after, the Napoleonic Wars, when only hiterhto horsemen could take messages. The Shutter Telegraph and The Semaphore. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and diagrams. 223 pages. ISBN: 0722316291. Front edge of spine lightly worn from reading wear. Previous owner's bookplate to rear of free front endpaper, along with minor paperclip marks. Contents clean. Blue dustwrapper is rubbed and scuffed, lightly faded to spine and worn at top of spine.
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- TELEGRAPHS
- MARITIME
THE MOLE (NMN 22)
Written by Kenneth Mellanby.
Stock no. 1828623
Published by The Country Book Club.
1st thus
1973.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
New Naturalist Monograph (Book club edition) grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 18 b/w photos and 35 text figures. Minor fading to top & tail of spine. Foxing to text block and some page margins. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned and foxed, a couple of minor closed tears (no loss), rear panel a little grubby.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NEW NATURALIST
- MAMMALS
- MOLES
THE NEW POLY-OLBION: TOPOGRAPHICAL EXCURSIONS
Written by Andrew Young.
Stock no. 1828622
Published by Rupert Hart-Davis.
1st
1967.
Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.
Andrew Young is well known not only as a poet of unquestioned stature but also as a weriter with a great love for the British countryside. In this book, he takes us on a leisurely, affectionate journey through an England that is rapidly disappearing. A gently, lyrical guide to pastoral Britain, written in prose with the vision of a poet. Small format. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 95 pages. Text block foxed with some foxing bleeding on to the margins (minor). Else contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK)
- TOPOGRAPHY (UK GENERAL)
- COUNTRYSIDE
THE TRAVELLER'S HANDBOOK FOR NORMANDY & BRITTANY
No author listed.
Stock no. 1828621
Published by Thos. Cook and Son.
1914.
Almost very good condition.
Dark red cloth, gilt titles. Folding colour map of Normandy and Brittany to front, b/w maps and plans, some folding. Cook's Guide. viii and 288 pages including index plus 68 pages of advertisments to rear. Spine rubbed at front & rear edge, text block grubby. Endpapers browned. Small piece of loss to top corner of front endpaper. Writing in ink to rear endpapers. A few grubby & age related marks present. All maps present. Some hinges pulled. Overall, a nice working copy.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- EUROPE
- FRANCE
- NORMANDY
- BRITTANY
- COOK'S GUIDES
AIRCRAFT AND SUBMARINES
Written by Willis J. Abbot.
Stock no. 1828620
Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons.
1st
1918.
Good condition.
The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons. Red cloth boards, gilt titles. Green pictorial endpapers. 8 colour plates plus 100 b/w other illustrations and plates. xiv and 388 pages including index plus publisher ads to rear. Spine worn at top & tail with fraying, a few holes to front edge, faded. Boards a little marked. Lower rear corner of board worn. Text block browned. Joints pulled. A little pencil annotation to contents. A few marks to contents. Hinges a little pulled but binding is tight. Sold with all faults, a good reading copy.
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- MILITARY
- AIRCRAFT
- AIRSHIPS
- SUBMARINES
- ARTILLERY
THE ART OF THE FIRST FLEET & OTHER EARLY AUSTRALIAN DRAWINGS
Written by Bernard Smith; Alwyne Wheeler.
Stock no. 1828619
Published by Yale University Press.
1st
1988.
Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Edited by Smith & Wheeler. In 1788, the First Fleet landed in New South Wales, and European settlement in Australia began. Among those on board the eleven ships of the fleet were artists who recorded their impressions of the land, its indigenous people, its flora and fauna, and incidents or events which they considered significant. This volume contains many little-known works of art from the voyage and from the early years of settlement. Large format. Pale grey cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Colour & b/w illustrations. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0300041187. A lovely copy. Pictorial dustwrapper is unevenly faded, mainly to front panel.