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By: Anon
Price: £18.00
Publisher: Hertfordshire, Railway Correspondence & Travel Society: 1976
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 030005
96pp, b+w photos, drawings, technical details. Softback, slight fading to spine, a VG copy. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Birmingham, The Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd: 1964
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021726
28pp, map, illustrated with photographs of Directors, employees, buses and premises. Card covers, slight edge rubbing/creasing/browning, overall general light ageing and wear, a Good+ tight copy of this commemorative brochure. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £250.00
Publisher: London, Sports & Sportsmen Ltd: 1934
Edition: Limited/Numbered
Seller ID: R15222
Limited edition, this copy No. 704/1000. Full leather binding. xvi + 536pp, index of notable personalities, 12 tissue-guarded photogravures, over 200 other illustrations. Full red morocco, 5 bands, gilt decoration and titling to compartments, gilt border lining to bevelled boards, gilt inside dentelles to boards, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. some edge rubbing to spine head/tail, corners and occasionally to edges, a little indenting to rear board, occasional marks, ... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, Published for the Mercian Brigade By The Kingswood Press: 1950
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: R15181
Undated, but circa 1950 based on contents. 257pp, illustrated. Card wraps, crest to front cover, covers rather soiled, some edge rubbing and minor loss, slight corner creasing, light foxing to edges otherwise a VG tight copy. Details an outline history of the four regiments comprising the Mercian Brigade: The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment; The Worcestershire Regiment; The South Staffordshire Regiment; The North Staffordshire Regiment. Each regimental history supported by cons... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Warwick, The Robert Spennell Press: 1914
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022655
Includes a list of Magistrates, Sheriffs, County Council, Standing Joint Committee, County Officers, County Buildings and Bridges, Polling Districts, Unions, Acreage, Population, County Rates and Expenditure, Tables of Fees, &c., &c. xxxii + 261pp, map, index, Thick card covers, the stamp of 'Knowle Hall, Knowle' to front, covers rather grubby, some paper loss mainly to bottom edge of front, general ageing, minor marks to contents, uneven edge with excess/loss to 1 page,... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Russia, Eksprint: 2004
Seller ID: 019304
48pp, colour illustrations to verso of covers, extensively illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings. Light wear only, small label glue mark to rear, a VG clean tight copy. Russian text only. Useful reference for the military modeller. Unable to translate any of the Russian text, but the English sub-title on the cover indicates that the book features the Jagdpanzer 38 (SdKfz 138/2). View more info
By: Anon
Price: £275.00
Publisher: London, Printed for The Proprietors By Richard Watts: 1824
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 030119
xiii + 476pp, 2 drawings, 2 colour plates, as called for. Full calf binding, 5 raised bands, gilt decoration within, title label, gilt lining to boards. Spine dulled, small split on 1 edge to spine head, bumping to corners, numerous rubs and marks, general foxing to contents, owner's details (Westminster address) to front pastedown, binding tight, overall a Good+ copy.. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, Military Press International: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022386
iii + 146pp. Large softback, light wear only, a VG copy. Includes brief summary of unit commanders and composition. Useful reference. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £45.00
Publisher: Bovey Tracey, The Flyfisher's Classic Library: 1994
Edition: Limited Edition
Seller ID: R23709
The 8 colour plates from the original (1848) 'Jones's Guide to Norway and Salmon Fisher's Pocket Companion', with the frontispiece and title page. The whole supplied loose as issued within folded art paper and contained in a red presentation box, gilt titling and decoration, leather lining and red silk ribbon. Limited edition of 500. Fine set, ideal for framing. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £15.00
Publisher: London, The Institution of Mechanical Engineers: 1958
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: R23728
223pp, index to countries, alphabetical listing by surname within towns and cities within England and the rest of the world. Red boards, slight sunning to spine, light general wear, VG clean tight copy. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Hertfordshire, Railway Correspondence & Travel Society: 1976
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 030006
104pp, folding map, b+w photos, drawings, technical details. Softback, slight fading to spine, a VG copy. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: USA, Cummins Engine Company, Inc: 1988
Seller ID: 021533
270pp, drawings and photographs. Landscape format softback, corner crease to 1 page otherwise a VG copy. Printed March 1988. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £75.00
Publisher: London, The London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London): 1913
Seller ID: 017118
18pp + 444pp + 238pp. This volumes appears to be 3 documents bound together, relating to lectures and classes at the LSE for the session 1912-13. The 18pp section at the front is a mini prospectus of courses offered and previous students and their railway companies. Bound in are 2 further documents:- : 1st July 1913: Section 1: General Railway Classification of Goods By Merchandise Trains; Section 2: Special Classification of Explosives and Other Dangerous Goods By Merch... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £40.00
Publisher: London, Printed for Henry Washbourne: 1839
Edition: New Edition
Seller ID: 021856
118pp + 12pp adverts at rear. Blind-stamped boards, fraying to spine head, otherwise general light wear, owner's signature to title page, some foxing/marking to contents, overall a Good copy. This is the 1839 New Edition, 'Enlarged by a Chapter on the Duties, Trusts, Etc., of Guardians'. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £50.00
Publisher: Ipswich, John Raw: 1818
Seller ID: 019228
xv + 404pp, illustrations in text. Full leather binding, gilt and stamped border to boards, 4 bands gilt decoration within, gilt on black spine label. Some edge rubbing to boards, which are very secure, some foxing/marking to contents, occasional corner crease, overall a Good+ copy of a scarce title. Ownership inscription to front endpaper dated March 14th 1863. Assumed 1st edition (ref British Library). View more info
By: Anon
Price: £10.00
Publisher: The History Rambling Club:
Seller ID: 020768
24pp, a collection of articles, prose, with illustrations executed by Mary Slade from ideas by various Commonwealians. Undated, but circa 1962. Booklet, light ageing, a few marks, a Good tight copy. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £10.00
Publisher: London, J. A. Allen and Company: 1969
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 020204
xx + 374pp, 3 folding maps, adverts. Gilt on red cloth boards, slight spine fading, bumping to lower corners, small surface loss to spine base corner, glue marks (from sellotape) to pastedowns and endpapers, contents otherwise VG. Contains details of Hunts, including their countries, histories and former Masters, of Foxhounds, Harriers, Staghounds, Draghounds, Beagles, Basset Hounds, Otterhounds and Bloodhounds, in the UK and Ireland; Hunts of America, the Commonwealth, ... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £40.00
Publisher: London, Forster Groom & Co Ltd: 1913
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 030117
Card covers, folding map within, small booklet to verso of front cover entitled 'Notes to Accompany Sketch Map to Illustrate Napoleonic Campaign (Ulm and Austerlitz) 1805'. Under is an envelope holding flags. Within are 4 white and 6 black pins, 4 red flags and 6 home-made white flags. There should be a mixture of red and blue so the latter are missing and have been replaced. General edge creasing to card covers, browning edges, some browning to verso of map, which is fr... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Kent, Benn Publications Limited: 1977
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 017365
264pp, index, 5 language glossary, adverts and directory, leather page marker. Large softback, slight fading to spine edge, light ageing to contents, overall a VG copy. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £100.00
Publisher: London, Ward, Lock & Co Ltd:
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022411
128pp, with 16 plates in colour. 100 illustrations and text based on the First National 'Pictures' Technicolor Production 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'. Undated, but film was released in 1938, so this is assumed to be a 1939/40 first edition. Illustrated front board, rubbing to corners of front board with slight loss, very slight spine twist, light general ageing, overall a very nice copy in the scarce (repair to corner of rear panel, small losses mainly to spine base a... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £25.00
Publisher: Tanganyika Railways and Ports Services: 1949
Edition: First British Edition
Seller ID: 017845
93pp, index, data tables throughout plus narrative. Green card covers, 3 splits to spine but covers and contents very firmly attached, a few corner creases, overall a Good copy of an unusual document. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Toronto, Toronto Transit Commission: 1971
Edition: Revised Edition
Seller ID: 022193
68pp, maps, black and white photographs. Softback, light wear and ageing only, a VG copy. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Smethwick, Cape Hill Press Limited: 1923
Seller ID: 021846
58pp, index, black and white photographs. Softback, front cover tatty with edge loss and tears, loss to spine, minor loss to rear. Original stapled publication, reading creases, some foxing, some edge tears to contents. In Fair-to-Good condition overall, it is tight and represents a fascinating insight into Redditch at a time when the population was circa 16000 only. Includes details of numerous local businesses and their owners/directors. Sold as a working copy only. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Wellington, John Mackay: 1899
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022854
129pp plus various covers and adverts bound in. Rear paper cover is missing, not obvious that any other pages have been lost looking at tightness of (rusty) staples. Small softback, corner creases, small loss to 2 corners, occasional annotation, general foxing, a fascinating period publication. A Good copy with faults. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £200.00
Publisher: London, Offices of 'Echoes from the Clubs': 1867
Edition: First British Edition
Seller ID: 016730
3 volumes of a weekly magazine, published every Wednesday. All volumes in matching green boards, gilt border to each panel, gilt titling. Volume I: v+ 401pp, index. Light wear, rear endpaper creased. Volume II: v + 453pp, illustrated. Light wear, illustrated. Volume III: vi + 672pp. 15mm split to spine top otherwise light wear, general foxing, numerous double page illustrations plus folding plates, some of which have been misfolded and sit unevenly, with some creasing an... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £25.00
Publisher: London, The Rolls House Publishing Co Ltd: 1927
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 018646
61pp, full page illustrations by Fitz. 'Published by general request', this is the 2nd edition. Small hardback, a few marks to covers, some foxing mainly to endpapers, a few page edge rough cut with minor losses, corner loss to pages 45-6, overall a Good copy of a scarce title. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £50.00
Publisher: London, Printed for J. Morphew, Near Stationers-Hall: 1711
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 020960
The Preambles to the Patents for Advancing the Right Honourable William Lord Dartmouth to the Dignity of Viscount Lewisham, in the County of Kent.. Thomas Lord Raby, Viscount Wentworth, of Wentworth-Woodhouse and Stainborough, in the County of York. And Robert Lord Ferrers, Viscount Tamworth, in the County of Stafford. Modern rebinding, quarter-bound in dark brown buckram over tan cloth boards, blind-stamped panel of buckram to front board, 8pp, horizontal internal creas... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £150.00
Publisher: London, Dean & Son Ltd:
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021857
12pp + 2pp adverts at rear, 6 coloured plates of which 4, plus the cover illustration, are in raised relief. Softback, some staining to front cover, less so to rear, a few marks to latter, approx 1 inch split to spine, binding secure. A few marks to contents, plates are bright and VG. One relief plate to front pastedown, a 3rd page of adverts to rear pastedown. A Good copy with faults as described. Extremely scarce. Undated, presumed circa 1880 first edition (ref British... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Sheffield, Midland Railway Society: 2014
Edition: Facsimile Reprint
Seller ID: 021064
x++ + 104pp, map, black and white photograph, a facsimile reprint of the original 1914 publication for the last summer workings before WW1. Arranged in 4 sections, London to Scotland; London to Leeds, Bradford & Heysham; London to Manchester & Liverpool; North and West of England. Spiral bound, some annotation (coloured lines against some of the formations) for previous owner's analysis otherwise a VG copy. Scarce. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Warwick, The Robert Spennell Press: 1924
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022656
Includes a list of Magistrates, Sheriffs, Members of Parliament, County Council, Standing Joint Committee, County Officers, County Buildings and Bridges, Polling Districts, Unions, Acreage, Population, County Rates and Expenditure, Tables of Fees, &c., &c. xxxii + 284pp, map, index, Thick card covers, covers rather grubby, some edge rubbing, general ageing, minor marks to contents, overall a Good copy. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £15.00
Publisher: Birmingham, Birmingham and Midland Omnibus Company Limited: 1960
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 020257
56pp, photographs and illustrations. Grey boards, light wear, a few marks, light ageing to contents, corner creasing to a few pages at rear, overall a Good + copy without dustwrapper, probably as issued. Detailed itinerary and gazetteer for passengers on the tour. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Surrey, Ian Allan Publishing: 2011
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 021527
2011 reprint. Laminated boards, a VG clean copy. In 4 parts covering steam locomotives by pre-nationalisation company, plus sections on BR standards, Pullman Cars, Electric Units, DMUs. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Birmingham, The Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Co. Ltd: 1954
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021725
24pp, map, illustrated with photographs of Directors, employees, buses and premises. Card covers, edge rubbing/creasing/browning, corner crease to first page, overall general light ageing and wear, a Good tight copy of this commemorative brochure. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £30.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Baily's: 2006
Edition: First British Edition
Seller ID: 021567
lxiv + 512pp, illustrations. Gilt on red boards, a VG copy in dustwrapper. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £12.00
Publisher: Cambridge, Baily's: 1997
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021675
cvi + 534pp, illustrations. Red cloth boards, gilt titling, slight edge wear, overall a VG copy. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £40.00
Publisher: Cork, Office of 'Forward', Soldiers' Home: 1904
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021693
192pp, illustrated. Red pictorial boards, some edge rubbing, cover lifting slightly to rear, spine sunned, foxing to contents, complete with detachable order forms (partly split but quite secure), a few marks, creases to contents, overall a Good copy of a very scarce publication. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £50.00
Publisher: London, Art and Book Company:
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021716
50pp, 8 plates (7 called for), all tissue guarded, errata slip, 2 relevant newspaper obituaries. White boards, edges browning, a few marks, patterned endpapers, general foxing to contents, creases to one tissue guard, some crinkling to pages. Overall a Good copy. Undated gift inscription from R Dering (Rebecca, formerly Ferrers, nee Orpen) to 'The Rev Bernard Grafton, In Memoriam of EHD'. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Cheltenham, WH Smith & Son:
Seller ID: 021732
16 photographs attached to one side only of each page, each photograph approx. 7in x 4.5in. Card covers with small photograph to front inside lined black box, with titling around. Card covers, edge creasing/rubbing, a few creases to corner tips of photographs, which are mainly of Cheltenham itself plus a few of the immediate area surrounding. Landscape format softback, a Good copy. Undated, probably circa 1910. Extremely scarce, no record in the British Library, an inter... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £250.00
Publisher: London, T Nelson & Sons: 1856
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 021739
17 numbered pages, printed on one side only, including frontispiece. Hand coloured illustrations throughout, featuring see-saws to marbles, to I spy and hide and seek. Pictorial boards, gilt decoration with coloured illustration within, split to spine (30mm approx, repaired), loss to spine head/tail, edge rubs, edge browning, marks to rear board. Small insect holes to front hinge, general foxing to contents, overall a Good copy of an extremely scarce book. (No copy in Br... View more info
By: Anon
Price: £10.00
Publisher: Guildford, The Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum: 1991
Edition: Second Edition
Seller ID: 030100
43pp, index, maps, black and white photographs. Softback, VG. View more info
By: Anon
Price: £20.00
Publisher: Frome, The Church of England (St. Aldhelm's) Home for Boys: 1909
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 022262
72pp, recipes throughout, not illustrated. Green cloth boards, browning, a few marks to boards, foxing to contents, overall a Good tight copy of a scarce publication. View more info
