THE TITLE PAGE OF THIS BOOK IS MISSING SO I CANNOT VOUCH FOR THE PUBLISHER OR THE DATE BUT THE FIRST EDITION WAS PRODUCED IN EDINBURGH BY BELL AND BRADFUTE IN 1798. LARGE FOLIO (28 BY 42 CM) LATER REBINDING IN HALF LEATHER RAISED BAND GILT DECORATION TO THE SPINE RED TITLE LABLE MARBLED ENDPAPERS. BOUND INTO THE FRONT IS A FOUR PAGE HAND-WRITTEN INDEX IN 19TH CENTURY COPPERLATE. THE BINDING IS ATTRACTIVE TIGHT THE PAGES VERY CLEAN. BOOKPLATE OF WILLIAM HENRY MASON TO THE FRONT PASTEDOWN. SOME COPIES REFER TO ARMORIAL PLATES IN THE TEXT BUT NOT IN THIS COPY. 562 pp. EXTRA POSTAGE FOR OVERSEAS.
3 VOLUMES IN FINE CONDITION IN A FINE SLIPCASE ALL ILLUSTRATED BY ALEXY PENDL. THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET:- INTRODUCED BY A.N. WILSON. THE SMALL HOUSE AT ALLINGTON INTRODUCED BY MARGARET MARKWICK. FRAMLEY PARSONAGE INTRODUCED BY ANTONIA FRASER.THIRD PRINTING.
WHEREIN IS DESCRIBED THE APPROACH OF BOTH ARMIES WITH A PLAN OF THE BATTLE ITS CONSEQUENCES THE FALL TREATMENT AND CHARACTER OF RICHARD. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED BY WAY OF AN INTRODUCTION A HISTORY OF HIS LIFE TILL HE ASSUMED THE REGAL POWER. FIRST EDITION OCTAVO HALF LEATHER SLIGHTLY RUBBED MARBLED BOARDS AND END PAPERS RAISED BANDS INTRODUCTION lxxxiv FOLDING MAP 180pp. WITH THE BOOKPLATE OF SIR GEORGE STRICKLAND MP AND LAWYER OF BOYNTON HALL YORKSHIRE. A VERY NICE COPY.
THIS IS THE DERBYSHIRE SECTION OF VOLUME 3 OF THE BEAUTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES. BOUND IN HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. PAGES 291-552. WITH 5 PLATES. VERY GOOD.
CARD BOOKLET WITH ACCOMPANYING BOOK. THE BOOKLET IS ISSUED BY THE TO-KEN SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN FOR THE STUDY AND PRESERVATION OF JAPANESE SWORDS AND FITTINGS. IT GIVES BIOGRAPHICAL DETAIL OF VARIOUS JAPANESE SWORDSMEN AND THEIR SWORDS. THE BOOK IS A GLOSSY OBLONG OCTAVO PRODUCTION WITH PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SWORDSMEN AND THEIR SWORDS WITH TEXT IN JAPANESE. BOTH ITEMS ARE IN FINE CONDITION AND HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL CARDBOARD BOX. VERY RARE.
FIRST EDITION VERY GOOD COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER. BOOKPLATE OF PREVIOUS OWNER. THIS STUDY OF THE BEE-EATERS COVERS ALL 24 SPECIES OF THIS COLOURFUL FAMILY WHICH RANGES FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE AFRIC AND THE MIDDLE EAST TO INDIA CHINA SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. A MAJOR PART OF THE BOOK COMPRISES THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS WITH COMPLEMENTARY COLOUR PLATES OF 42 SPECIES AND SUB-SPECIES AND DETAILED MAPS. THER ARE MORE THAN 100 DRAWINGS BY JOHN BUSBY.
REPRINT. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER WITH SLIGHT FADING TO THE SPINE. THIS STUDY OF THE BEE-EATERS COVERS ALL 24 SPECIES OF THIS COLOURFUL FAMILY WHICH RANGES FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE AFRIC AND THE MIDDLE EAST TO INDIA CHINA SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. A MAJOR PART OF THE BOOK COMPRISES THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS WITH COMPLEMENTARY COLOUR PLATES OF 42 SPECIES AND SUB-SPECIES AND DETAILED MAPS. THER ARE MORE THAN 100 DRAWINGS BY JOHN BUSBY.
REPRINT. FINE COPY IN FINE DUSTWRAPPER. THIS STUDY OF THE BEE-EATERS COVERS ALL 24 SPECIES OF THIS COLOURFUL FAMILY WHICH RANGES FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE AFRIC AND THE MIDDLE EAST TO INDIA CHINA SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. A MAJOR PART OF THE BOOK COMPRISES THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS WITH COMPLEMENTARY COLOUR PLATES OF 42 SPECIES AND SUB-SPECIES AND DETAILED MAPS. THER ARE MORE THAN 100 DRAWINGS BY JOHN BUSBY.
FIRST EDITION NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER WITH SLIGHT FADING TO THE SPINE. THIS STUDY OF THE BEE-EATERS COVERS ALL 24 SPECIES OF THIS COLOURFUL FAMILY WHICH RANGES FROM SOUTHERN EUROPE AFRIC AND THE MIDDLE EAST TO INDIA CHINA SOUTH-EAST ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. A MAJOR PART OF THE BOOK COMPRISES THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS WITH COMPLEMENTARY COLOUR PLATES OF 42 SPECIES AND SUB-SPECIES AND DETAILED MAPS. THER ARE MORE THAN 100 DRAWINGS BY JOHN BUSBY.
VERY GOOD BLACK CLOTH – GILT TITLES. PRINTED FOR CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE. A PLAY LINKING ANCIENT PLAYS THE POLITICS OF OXFORD UNIVERSITY AND CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE.
A VERY GOOD COP CONTAINED IN A SLIPCASE. A FAITHFUL REPRODUCTION OF THE 1729 EDITION. WHICH INCLUDES THE WORDS AND MUSIC OF ALL THE AIRS AS WELL AS THE SCORE FOR THE OVERTURE. WITH COMMENTARIES BY LOUIS KRONENBERGER AND MAX GOBERMAN ON THE LITERARY AND MUSICAL BACKGROUND AND WITH THE ORIGINAL WORDS OF ALL THE AIRS THAT JOHN GAY ADAPTED FOR THIS WORK.
FINE COPY IN SLIPCASE . BLACK AND RED COVER ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE AUTHORS COLLECTION. INTRODUCTION BY CHRIDSTABEL BIELENBERG.
STILL SHRINK-WRAPPED. HENCE A FINE COPY IN LIKE SLIPCASE. ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAUL COX. ABOUT 60 STORIES BY USTINOV SHAKESPEARE DICKENS CHESTERTON WAUGH CHURCHILL AND MANY OTHERS.
