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INTO THE UNKNOWN WEST or The Story of Columbus

By: MUNDELL , Frank

Price: £15.00

Publisher: London, GALL & INGLIS:

Seller ID: 120491

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Good +

Undated.BLue & Creamv boards wit Sailor to front & to spine.Thick format, 253pp.One frontis illus. by prominent Victorian artist of the time. light-med fox tan spotting 1st/last pages+ foredge. Older child & collectors.History - Columbus.[ fiction novel based on facts] tight binding, no exposed hing , No inscsp., clean copy, very minoe edgewear as encased in protective clear , easily removable , cover. Please see our actual image of the book offered for sale.
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A CATALOGUE OF CAMPAIGN AND INDEPENDENCE MEDALS ISSUED DURING THE TWENTIETH CENTURY TO THE BRITISH ARMY

By: N.W.POULSOM , Major.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: NEWCASTLE, MINERVA MUMISMATIC HANDBOOKS no 4: 1969

Seller ID: 121016

ISBN: 0900309024

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: VG+

Internally fine throughout. Illustrated Card Covers, Stapled laminated paperback. 215 x 140 mm approx. 128 pp. Handbook No Four in series.Contents, Campaign, United Nations, Independence and Commonwealth Campaign Medals. Lists in detail the different dies of medals awarded to and authorised to be worn by the British Army, and to give reference to the authority for the awards. VG+ ( Book- Light shelf soiling to front cover and minor rubbing. No previous owner name or insc.) 20/- . Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.
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THE SAGA OF SHIPS , BROOKE BOND PICTURE CARD ALBUM

By: NAISH , George , VILLIERS , Alan [ Intro.] COBB , David ,

Price: £4.00

Publisher: READING, BROOKE BOND OXO Ltd: 1960

Seller ID: 124248

Binding: Paper Back

Condition: Near Fine

Near FINE P/b.Small Oblonbg.Brooke Bond Picture Cards [ Brooke Bond Tea Album ]Text by G Naish , Intro. by A Villiers , .Colour illustrated by D Cobb. undated c.1960's [Clean staples, 6d , no inscsp , some cards show tiny tan edge-outline ] Complete - 50 cards neatly stuck. No inscsp. 110x184mm Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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ADVENTURES AT HAMPTON COURT

By: NEEDHAM, VIOLET

Price: £80.00

Publisher: LONDON, LUTTERWORTH PRESS: 1954

Seller ID: 10325

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: VG

Maroon Boards with gilt lettering to spine, Illustrated end papers, 160pp. First Edition 1st printing 1954.VG/ Poor+(Book- Name of previous owner to free front end paper which has been partially snopaked out. date of publication in ink to foot and a few light foxing spots. Boards clean and free from shelf wear. Dust Jacket- price clipped with numerous tears max- 30mm top rear panel and ditto to top front panel, nicks and with some loss- max 13x15mm chip to top front panel near spine fold with lesser pieces of loss around head and tail, associated line creases and colour loss rubbing generally ...
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THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM in verse

By: NESBIT, E , [ NESBIT , Edith ]

Price: £50.00

Publisher: Saint Paul's Graveyard , London, GRIFFITH, FARRAN OKEDEN & WELSH [ Griffith , Farran & Company ]: 1894

Seller ID: 9260

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

c.1894.SCARCE.Small P/b.Illustrated sewn card, landscape format, Undated, Credited on rear end paper as produced and printed by Ernest Nister, Nuremberg, Unpaginated, 14pp all edges gilt. Short story in rhyming verse and charming vignettes and illustrations of two Victorian children following what they believe to be the Star of Bethlehem across a snowy winters landscape in search of the Christ Child, An early and scarce title by Edith Nesbit who later found fame with The Treasure Seekers and The Railway Children. Good + (book- small impressed book seller's seal to half title, moderate general ...
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CLOCKS In Colour

By: NICHOLLS , Andrew , Horologist , LOOSEMORE , Bob ,

Price: £4.00

Publisher: London, Blandford Press Ltd: 1975

Seller ID: 124400

ISBN: 0713706694

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: VG+

VG+ H/b in VG D/j.1st.Includes Listed Clock & Watch Collections worldwide.[ Early History / Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Black Forest / Holland / France / England / USA / Japan / China ] Glos; Biblio.204pp. Text closely linked with outstanding colour photography by Bob Loosemore.illus.33 figs.& 80 pages of photo-plates.[ champagne cloth gilt ttiles, No inscsp. no annotation, tight binding, only defect fox tan top page edges & initial top of ffep [first blank page] Dust Jacket not price-clipped, spine fade & small nick top spine edge. Please see our images of the actual book offered for ...
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DOT A TALE FOR THE VERY LITTLE ONES in Words of One Syllable

By: No Author Stated , COOKE , E W , Artist

Price: £20.00

Publisher: London, SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE / SPCK: 1870

Seller ID: 117872

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Victorian Red cloth boards with black and gilt embossed decs and gilt titles. 155x125mm approx.92pp+ 4 of publisher's adverts. Illustration of a Tinker's wayside camp engraved by E W Cooke 1869 to frontis, tissue guard and further steel engraving repeating the small gilt illustration to front board on half title. Tale of Dot the small child of a Tinker, Bill Mace and of her friendship with a playmate,Nell.Undated but [1870] according to listings held at National and University Libraries Good (Book- Shelf wear and fading to extremities of boards with numerous lliquid splash marks. Ink stamp nam...
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THE DISCOVERY OF SHIP MODELS

By: NORMAN BOYD

Price: £8.50

Publisher: COLCHESTER, NAPIER EDITIONS: 1983

Seller ID: 121630

ISBN: 0946235015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

SIGNED Copy.Blue Faux leather boards with gilt titles to spine. 152pp. 51 b/w photographic plates. Interesting work which sets out to explain the development of ship models through the ages ; the many purposes of models, most of which had a serious part to play in the countless stages of maritime development. Chapters include Shipbuilders' models, Napoleonic Prisoner Models, Sailor Models, Recreational models and kits, Experimental models, Some modern professionals and Training models etc. The book also contains an extensive list of collections available to view, hints for prospective collecto...
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THE BIG LAUGH

By: O''HARA, JOHN

Price: £4.00

Publisher: London, THE CRESSET PRESS: 1962

Seller ID: 8161

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Fine

H/b+ Dust Jacket,FINE/VG.1st ed. dark Blue cloth+ Gilt titles. 250pp.This novel is set in Hollywood; featuring the singularly unsavory youth Hubert Ward. (book- no previous owner name or inscription, fine] Dust Jacket not price clipped, 18s , minor shelf soiling to white of rear panel , tiny rub to front corner edge , even tanned spine..now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover .Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.
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MOTHER GOOSE'S NURSERY RHYMES

By: OPPER , F , ANNON TRADITIONAL

Price: £200.00

Publisher: LONDON, J.M.DENT: 1900

Seller ID: 119591

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair

(The book has been graded fair because of the loss of one leaf pp257/8 containing the rhymes and associated illustrations for Jack Spratt's Cat and Little Blue Ben and damage to the fore edge of the colour frontis plate. The latter has been laid on to a leaf of paper the same as the new end papers The book has also clearly been a favorite as over 20 of the pages of illustrations have been coloured or partially coloured- in the main quite neatly. There are also some fingerprints/ smudges to numerous pages). This is a scarce and collectable book there being no offerings elsewhere that we can fin...
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EXLIBRIS JAPAN An INTRODUCTORY HANDBOOK to the BOOKPLATES of JAPAN [ A Study of Japanese Bookplates ]

By: PARFIT, Cliff , Director English Centre , Japan

Price: £120.00

Publisher: TOKYO , Japan, NIPPON EXLIBRIS Association: 1982

Seller ID: 6317

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Fine

An UNCOMMON title of a subject matter of increasing interest to artists & collectors alike." Meticulous workmanship, beautiful handmade paper & careful printing are all part of the Japanese exlibris world; in a country of small - bonsai, netsuke & origami - small graphic work has a special appeal to Japanese artists." A study of Japanese bookplates containing an introductory essay on Japanese Exlibris, Short bibliography, 71 pages of Colour plates showing Bookplates & List of Japanese Exlibris Artists. Unpaginated.240x190mm.Fine/Near Fine (Olive boards with gilt titles to book , No i...
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THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF POTTERY and PORCELAIN No 51

By: PAYTON , GEOFFREY , PAYTON , MARY

Price: £4.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne: 1973

Seller ID: 10362

ISBN: 0723215189

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Fine

FINE H/b in near Fine D/j.1st ed.illustrated 8 Pages of Colour plates + 123 line & 1/2 tone , 192pp. No 51 in Observer series.Preface , intro; An A-Z of Pottery & Porcelain , 4 Appendices [ Dates / Notable collections / Useful books / Marks ] " First rate deserving every success" Geoffrey A Godden FRSA" [Bright Sky blue boards navy titles. Book 1278-573 , card no 73-80247.[ No inscsp ]Dust Jacket price clipped,.Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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The OBSERVER'S BOOK of GLASS

By: PAYTON , Mary , PAYTON , Geoffrey

Price: £4.00

Publisher: London, Frederick Warne & Co Ltd: 1976

Seller ID: 122404

ISBN: 0723215499

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: VG+

VG H/b in VG+ D/j.1st ed.1976. No 62 in series.192pp.Colour & b/w illustrated: 95 b/w & 8 Pages in Colour.Bristol Blue vase to front.G Patton & M Payton are widely known to Collectors , A-Z Glass and Appendices Card no.75-8054.[ 608.1175] no inscsp. clean throughout. fox tan starting to end papers & foredge.[ Dust Jacket price clipped starting to fox cream; no loss, no tears, no crease] Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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GOLD AND INCENSE A West Country Story , SIGNED COPY

By: PEARSE, Mark Guy

Price: £5.00

Publisher: London, HORACE MARSHALL & SON: 1900

Seller ID: 4245

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Fair

Fair Slim H/b.49th Thousand Undated, A West Country fiction tale of Bygone days. Illus. in line. [ tight binding, med-heavy margin mark-foxing tan , ink inscsp. to initial blank page, above Author's signed name ]some markings & fade to boards , softness top/tail spine.96pp. 185x100mm.Small Vol. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale.
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GUIDE TO THE COLLECTION OF WELSH BYGONES A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF OLD-FASHIONED LIFE IN WALES

By: PEATE, IORWERTH C.

Price: £65.00

Publisher: CARDIFF, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES AND BY THE PRESS BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES: 1929

Seller ID: 8966

Binding: Soft Back

Condition: VG

SCARCE Paperback , VG , Card wraps with printed titles. xvi + 148pp + LII b/w photo. plates at end. Part I pp 1 to 79 contains a descriptive account of old fashioned life in Wales with chapters on Crafts and industries such as Spinning and Weaving, Wood- Turning, Mining and Domestic industries. The Kitchen- Fireplace, Cooking, Knives Forks Spoons, Horse-brasses, Clocks Chairs dressers etc. The Farm - Sheep Marks, Threshing and Winnowing, Appliances, Social and commercial life bank notes and tokens etc. Folklore and Customs, Transport etc etc. Part II The Catalogue pp 80-145 being the exhibits,...
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LALIQUE A Collector's Guide

By: PERCY , Christopher Vane , Interior Designer of Repute [Home & Abroad] & Lalique Collector

Price: £29.00

Publisher: New York, Crescent Books / Crown Publishers: 1977

Seller ID: 124346

ISBN: 0517690950

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: VG+

VG+ H/b in VG+ D/j 1st ed.Author one of London's most successful Interior Designer who has been collecting Lalique since 1971; the owner of several of the artist's most famous works.Of unique interest to collectors will be the comprehensive list of all the 1,562 objects listed in Lalique's massive trade catalogue of 1932.....some dated for the first time. illustrated 72 [ listed] large b/w photo-plates with some in Colour. Intro; [ The Man & His Glass - French Glassmaker Artist Rene Lalique , Born 1860 France / for a collector / Vases / bowls / tableware , macots , scent bottles , paper weigh...
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STEIFF Sensational Teddy Bears, Animals and Dolls

By: PISTORIUS, ROLF, PISTORIUS, CHRISTEL ,

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Maryland, USA, Hobby House Press: 1991

Seller ID: 11624

ISBN: 0875883567

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: Fine

FINE Large H/b in FINE D/j.1st ed.Steiff Teddy Bears , Dolls & all kinds of Animals: cats dogs & wild animals. Textby R & C Pistorius. How to test for the Authenticity of Steiff / Reference..Intro; Brief history - Margarete Steff 1847 - 1909. Steiff ephemera - advertising products. Hugo Steiff credited for starting the factory belt-production. Profusely Colour illustrated.Biblio;160pp.[ bright mid-blue cloth , book Fine as new, No inscsp] Dust Jacket also Fine as new.335x235mm approx. Now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover . Please see our images of the actual book offere...
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RAMAGE AND THE DRUM BEAT

By: POPE , DUDLEY

Price: £20.00

Publisher: LONDON, Weidenfeld & Nicolson: 1967

Seller ID: 8198

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

H/b+ D/j Near FINE/VG.The second in the " Ramage" Series of maritime adventures centered on the British and Spanish sea battle known as the Battle of Cape St Vincent. Red boards with gilt lettering to spine. Illustrated end papers. 270pps. (book- no previous owner name or inscription. illus. end papers.A little light foxing to top edge of book block - all else Fine] Dust Jacket not price clipped, 21s , mild fade to red title on spine. No nicks or tears.now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover .Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale.
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SOME NOTES ON PERIOD FURNITURE AND DESIGN

By: RADFORD MOSES

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Washington D.C., USA, W B MOSES & SONS: 1925

Seller ID: 123095

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

rare.Buff Card wraps (Stapled/Saddle stitched) paperback with black titles to upper panel and blind blocked boarders.150 x 90 mm approx. Undated (Copyright 1925) Un paginated [48pp] Floor plan of period exhibit Dept of Interior Decoration W B Moses & Sons, Inc. + 19 b/w illustrations with descriptive pages of text opposite of items of period furniture presumably then available from this famous Washington Furniture and Drapery store on 11th and F streets Washington and which disbanded in 1937. Good (Booklet - covers show edge wear and some soiling. Top of title page worn thin from erasing of ...
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ANTIQUE MAPS

By: RADFORD, P.J.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: DENMEAD, PORTSMOUTH, P J RADFORD: 1965

Seller ID: 5990

Binding: Hard Back

Condition: VG

VG H/b in VG D/j. Interesting work on Antique Maps giving Pointers to Identification of Originals from Modern Reproductions; the production of the original maps, including their colours, & notes on the principal map maker with examples of their work. 46pp. b/w illustrated. VG/VG ( Illust. Cream Cloth boards repeating illustration to dust jacket. No inscsp. no annotation, tight binding] D/j not price clipped,20/- ,edgewear crease-line rear base, small nicks/closed tears, ;ight fade / fox.now in clear easily Removable proprietary protective cover . Please see our image of the actual book offered...
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