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Published by Negro Universities Press, Westport, CT, 1970
Book
Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 320 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings.
Published by The Carey Press, 1935
Seller: Cambridge Rare Books, Cambridge, GLOUC, United Kingdom
HARDCOVER. Condition: GOOD. 1935. The Carey Press. Hardcover. GOOD Gilt titles, navy boards. The boards and spine are marked and worn. Text is clear and bright. Foxing throughout. Some marks on pages. Some black and white photographs. Endpapers discoloured. 8x5.
Published by Scott, Webster, and Geary, London, 1838
Seller: Victoria Bookshop, BERE ALSTON, DEVON, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Poor. 8vo. Fading to spine and boards. Front board detached Title page loose. Library label attached to front pastedown.Cracked hinges. Book.
Published by Adam Scott, London, 1853
Seller: Luis Porretta Fine Arts, Nanaimo, BC, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Bound in crimson full calf, gilt titles and decoration, Phoenix in gilt on front board, five raised panels with gilt floral embellishments within, previous owners signature (1858). A lovely clean, tight, copy, Scarce. ; 7" x 5"; 576 pages.
Published by T. T. and J. Tegg / Richard Griffin, London / Glasgow, 1834
Seller: Wheeler's Bookshop, Midhurst, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Early Edition. 1834. 12mo. Original grey cloth with blind-stamped decorations. Gilt titles and decorations to spine. 67 pp. Memoir of William Wilberforce, Esq. (detailed biography) followed by 364 pp main text by Wilberforce. Pages and binding clean and sound. No inscriptions. Rubbed patch to paper of front pastedown. Overall VG+.
Published by William Rees. -5, 1854
Seller: Francis Edwards ABA ILAB, Hay on Wye, United Kingdom
2 vols. xvi + 400pp. + xii + 420pp. With viiipp. of subscribers. Mounted port. frontiss. (faded), 1 mounted sihouette portrait, 23 plates. Signature of V E Irving Brynmawr, some browning and foxing, bound in original blind embossed cloth with gilt harp to upper boards, some darkening and marking, corners bumped, spines chipped with loss. Includes list of subscribers.Includes bibliographical references and index.Earliest book published in Wales with an original photograph present.Price was exceptionally interested in Welsh culture, he assisted Lady Charlotte Guest with her translation of the Mabinogion. US$105.
Publication Date: 1854
Seller: Addyman Books, Hay-on-Wye, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition. William Rees, London/Longman & Co., London. 1854. Two vols. Blue cloth, gilt type to spines and large gilt harp illus. to upper boards with folliage illus. in blind to both upper and lower boards. Differing frontis. each vol. 400 pages; 419 pages. Occasional ills. Index. Extremities rubbed; inscriptions to front paste-down end-paper each vol.
Published by William Rees, Llandovery, 1854
Seller: Three Geese in Flight Celtic Books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Welsh Edition. Original Blue 1854 Good- Hardcover Gilt Harp on cover. Vol. I. only. 400 pp. B/W Illus Frontis Portrait. Complete No writing in texts NOT a library copy which alone is rare. Front board leans forward Gilt spine lettering. Thomas Price, Bardic name, "Carnhuanawc" was no Iolo Morganwg. Rev. Price did not invent his Celtic studies While a product of his time his far sighted understanding of Welsh Arthurian legend's place in European literature as a humanizing presence and in respecting woman was far advanced in it's comparison with Arabic, and Classical Latin Literature. Carnhuanawc also understood the "likeness" in Brythonic and Gaelic Celtic culture. Here he translates and speaks of Irish, Welsh, and Breton culture in his "Tour through Brittany" includes costume drawings and insight as well as Manuscript Calligraphy and Breton Ballads with Breton song and music notation. Overall "Good-' tight shape with flaws as in spine soiling with tiny hole but rare, complete and amazingly clean within and NOT a library copy. See our Three Geese In Flight Celtic Books Scans. Celtic and Arthurian Legend since 1977.
Published by W. Williams; and Williams, Brecon: London, 1823
Seller: Madoc Books (ABA-ILAB), Llandudno, CONWY, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The first Brecon Eisteddfod! Disbound, frontis, [3], (iv-vi), [1], 2-47 pp, [1] adverts, 1 pl (coloured MS facsimile-lightly spotted), ink note at tp head. First edition, VG+ (205*132 mm). Eisteddfodau can be traced back to the fifteenth century, but the tradition declined, and was only revived in the nineteenth century by such societies for the encouragement of ancient British literature, poetry, and music as their Cambrian Society in Gwent, founded in Brecon in 1822. This is an account of the Society?s foundation and their first Eisteddfod, together with the text of an address on Aneurin by the Rev. Thomas Price of Llangeney and four (English) poems.
Published by Maclean Hunter, Montreal, 1957
Magazine / Periodical First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fair. Woods, Rex (cover); Price, Arthur; Potter, Jack (illustrator). First Edition. 68 pages. Features: One-page colour Eaton's ad features the logos of many of the brands which have helped in their success; Dr. W.E. Mann of the Anglican Church of Canada says the church should meddle in politics; Dictaphone one-page ad shows gruff executive at work; Fantastic one-page colour ad for the '57 Chevy (1957 Chevroley) features large illustration of aqua tail fin; Long Diistance telephone ad lists prices per minute, such as Toronto to Vancouver for $2.95 per minute; One-page colour-ad for Confederation Life features painting of Jacques Cartier by J.D. Kelly; One-page colour-photo ad for GE's floor cleaner and polisher shows housewife in high heels at work; The Changing Face of Canada - five pages of colour photos of Canada's new architecture and art/design; She's TV's First Atlantic commuter - photo-illustrated article on Elaine Grand; What I Saw on Red Election Day - photo-illustrated article of Election Day in Poland; The Story of the Conachers (part 3) - article featuring one-page photo of Charlie Conacher shaking hands with Stafford Smythe in 1929 on the day he signed with the Leafs; History's Biggest Quiz Show; Why Don't We Brag About Maple Syrup? - photo-illustrated article; Their Job is Other People's Business - photo-illustrated article on the girls of the telephone answering services who answer the phone for 30,000 Canadians; Thomas Radall describes his most memorable meal, December 6, 1917, after the massive Halifax explosion; and more. One-page colour-photo Canadian Club ad features pearl diving in Mexico; Crown & Anchor beer ad features colour photo of adults gathered around the record player; Dramatic one-page colour Buick ad features pink and white car and huge lettering; Colour ad for Philadelphia's Sheraton Hotel; Colour ad for the Tea Council of Canada inside back cover shows adults watching home movies on reel-to-reel projector; Back cover colour Coke ad features Snow Valley winter scene; and more. Page 27/28 missing (we believe they contained an ad and movie reviews). Page 41 loose but present. Average wear. Unmarked. A worthy vintage copy.