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paperback. Condition: Good. Illustrated by Author Photo Inner Back CoveR (illustrator). First Edition?. GOOD Condition PAPERBACK.solidly bound, no names etc, but covers have old tea stain along spine folds .; black titles on glossy white paper covers. cover art by TM shows hand writng on lined paper. RED ENDPAPERS.; 309+pg pages; .many authors in popular anthology.WELL KNOWN AND RESPECTED POETS WITH A THEME OF HEALTH, HEALING, SOMETIMES THE NEARNESS OF DEATH.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1978). 1978 1st edition. 4to (188 x 254mm). Ppvi,279. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, bibliography. Gilt flintlock pistol motif to purple boards, spine titled in gilt. Cloth slightly stained / minor faults, otherwise fine in dust-wrapper. A great find for any gun enthusiast, and now available again after these many years. In the years following the publication of The Mantons: Gunmakers, in 1967, much extra information came to light, including many more guns. This new information is presented here in the same format as the original volume. Chapters include; John Manton and family - diary of events with additional information, further shotguns, rifles and pistols; Joseph Manton and family - diary of events with additional information, further shotguns, rifles and pistols; Thomas Manton and others. The Manton Supplement is a good read in its own right, even if you haven't seen a copy of the the original The Mantons: Gunmakers. .

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Geochemistry of Water. USGS 1961, Wrappers, good condition, rubber stamp on cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. All near fine. No inscriptions and not price clipped. The Dust Jacket is intact, bright and clean. Smart purple hardcovers with a golden gun embossed into the centre of the hardcover. The 279 pages are bright and clean and the spine is tight. The authors are without question amongst the world's leading authorities on British gunmakers. This copy is being sold by a long established UK bookseller and not a mass lister., which infers that there are no nasty surprises and the book is just as described. It does have a very, very slight musty aroma. An excellent copy of a scrupulously well researched books. Kindly note that an international order will incur an extra postal charge due to weight.

Unbound. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. William D. Hayes, (illustrator). 1st Edition. DJ ONLY NO BOOK, 1st EDITION , $3 on Inner DJ Flap, 1960 , DJ Only! NEAR FINE- Condition, Lite Wear ,Why do tires sing ?, why paper follows a moving car ? How a gas pump works , how can you estimate distance from a car , ETC SERIES #3 of a group in which Mr. Barr guides his reader in "open-end" experiments- to observe and learn, not with elaborate equipment but with a few simple objects and with his eyes, his ears, his sense of smell and his imagination. This book pays attention to the many objects of interest seen from a car window. It also gives answers to questions which have bothered you for years. In addition, it tells how to do bird-watching andtree and animal recognition, all from a moving car.

Condition: new. ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 1978). 1978 1st edition. 4to (188 x 254mm). Ppvi,279. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, bibliography. Gilt flintlock pistol motif to purple boards, spine titled in gilt. Fine new copy in dust-wrapper. A great find for any gun enthusiast, and now available again after these many years. In the years following the publication of The Mantons: Gunmakers, in 1967, much extra information came to light, including many more guns. This new information is presented here in the same format as the original volume. Chapters include; John Manton and family - diary of events with additional information, further shotguns, rifles and pistols; Joseph Manton and family - diary of events with additional information, further shotguns, rifles and pistols; Thomas Manton and others. The Manton Supplement is a good read in its own right, even if you haven't seen a copy of the the original The Mantons: Gunmakers. PREVIOUS PRICE GBP 50.00.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). HBDJ , 1962, book club, PC top & bottom inner flap DJ, Nice red cloth with Gold Gilt, DJ light rub, wear tiny chips tears Extremities, tiny stain bottom pgs edge, Interior nice, tight clean light Fox & tiny stain bottom corner 5 or so pgs, F-/NF,AS-IS, 305 pgs,

Condition: As New. Unread copy in mint condition.

Condition: New. Brand New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Fine copy in dustjacket,

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. DJ art by Chris Gall, HBDJ, July 1994, STATED 1st edition, with #1 Intact Number Line , F/F-, light wear, DJ Protected in Clear Mylar Cvr, 214 pgs. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 280 Pages, Illustrated, Original Blue Cloth Boards With Silver Lettering, D/W Mostly Complete, Chipping to the edges, and Closed Tears to the Wrappers, Some old Masking Tape to the Inside of the Wrappers.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Condition: Gut. 569 Seiten; Das hier angebotene Buch stammt aus einer teilaufgelösten wissenschaftlichen Bibliothek und trägt die entsprechenden Kennzeichnungen (Rückenschild, Instituts-Stempel.). Der Buchzustand ist ansonsten ordentlich und dem Alter entsprechend gut; ENGLISCH! The book offered here comes from a partially resolved scientific library and transmits the appropriate markings (spine label, institute stamp .). The book condition is otherwise properly and according to age well; ENGLISH! Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1100.

Condition: Very Good. Text block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, without highlights or underlining. Supporting Bay Area Friends of the Library since 2010. Well packaged and promptly shipped.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Sticker to spine and inside cover. Stamps to FEP and title page. Wear ato cover, especially at edges and corners, but text is clean, tight and bright. Ex-Library.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust wrapper with small soil mark to rear panel.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Ex library with the usual blemishes. Lower edge of front board bumped. This book is heavy and will attract postal surcharges. A00000295.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Inner Flap DJ Original Price Intact of $2.50 but theres Large Triangular Piece Out affecting some of the Description & light Tape Residue Top, Back inner Flap DJ light Small Scuff Mark, HBDJ, 1st edition, 1951, 1ST Printing, with R Colophon on Copyright page, X-LIBRARY Light Wear & Small Stamp Outer Bottom pages Edges, NO OTHER Library Markings, GOOD-/GOOD+ , AS-IS, LAST PG CLIPPED top right affects few Words of 2 Lines of Text at right side ONLY, DJ light Rub, wear & tiny Chips Tears Extremities, Extremities edge of DJ Trimmed by 1/8 inch or LEss, Black Cloth cvr light cover crease Lettered in Yellow on Spine, 7 3/4" tall,

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1989). 1989 1st edition. 4to (220 x 302mm). Pp183. Colour plates, b/w photographs throughout. Blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Fine in dust-wrapper and original, though slightly damaged, cardboard mailing box. "For the authors, the work of Messrs Griffin, Tow and Bailes presents the wonderful characteristics which come alive when one handles their products. With this in mind, it has been their aim to record all that they know of these makers and their work in the belief that the result may help to give others comparable pleasures to those which they enjoy themselves". Chapters include: Introduction; Family trees of Griffin and Tow; Sources of information; Benjamin Griffin; Joseph Griffin; Messrs Griffin and Tow; John Tow; Description of arms; Charles Grierson; William and George Bailes. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. Large 4to (230 x 302mm). Pp479. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Clean copy in dust-wrapper but with approximately 1cm square gouge from spine and corresponding gouge to d/w spine. Number 620 of an edition of 750 cloth-bound copies. A good book on the history of the early British gunmakers. "Continuing their series on British gunmakers, in this volume the authors cover the period from the very beginning up to 1740." Published in an edition of only 750 cloth-bound copies and 20 de luxe leather-bound copies. This is a copy of the cloth-bound issue. Chapters include: Introduction; Sources of reference and conventions; List of gunmakers before 1640; Colour plates; The gunmakers, their lives and examples of the weapons they made. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1980). 1980 1st edition. 4to (193 x 253mm). Pp166. B/w photographs & illustrations throughout, pictorial end-papers. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Very good copy in slightly torn & repaired dust-wrapper. "By providing a photographic index of trade cards, together with an historical account of the case and its contents, the authors have not only produced a work of deep interest to all gun collectors but also provided an essential work of reference for the authentication and dating of firearms during the period." Chapters include: The evolution of cases for guns, rifles and pistols - 17th and early 18th centuries, 1760-1775, 1775-1785, 1785-1800, 1800-1820, 1820-1845, 1845-1860; Powder magazines; Pictorial index of trade cards and labels with gunmakers' addresses; Pictorial index of cased sets of guns, rifle and pistols; Tools and equipment found in gun, rifle and pistol cases - 1760-1775, 1775-1785, 1785-1800, 1800-1820, 1820-1845, 1845-1860; Engravers of gunmakers' trade cards and labels. .

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1984). 1984 1st edition. Large 4to (230 x 302mm). Pp479. Colour and b/w photographs. Blue cloth, gilt vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 750 numbered copies. Very good in just slightly shelf-worn dust-wrapper and original cardboard mailing carton. Number 551 of an edition of 750 cloth-bound copies. A good book on the history of the early British gunmakers. "Continuing their series on British gunmakers, in this volume the authors cover the period from the very beginning up to 1740." Published in an edition of only 750 cloth-bound copies and 20 de luxe leather-bound copies. This is a copy of the cloth-bound issue. Chapters include: Introduction; Sources of reference and conventions; List of gunmakers before 1640; Colour plates; The gunmakers, their lives and examples of the weapons they made. .

hardcover. Condition: Good. Good. Dust Jacket NOT present. CD WILL BE MISSING. . SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. , Contributors to this volume include Marchette Chute, Richard Altick, John T. Winterich, Iona & Peter Opie, Vincent Starrett, Joseph Campbell & others. B&W illustrations. HBDJ, 1957, Stated First Edition,VG+/VG, AS-IS, THICK Black embossed Cloth with Gold Gilt Title,Yellow Illustrated DJ SPINE sunned with Light wear Fox tiny chips Extremities DJ, 503 pgs, Interior nice tight clean Light wear , Fox , Signed by Author.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1st U.S. Edition, Stated 1st Printing, 1967, F-/VG, DJ light Rub, wear & Tiny Chips Tears Edges Extremities, SalmonOrange Cloth Cover with Black Lettering on Spine, Interior nice tight clean light wear Fox,217 pgs, DJ light Soil along Edge near Spine, DJ protected in Clear Mylar Brodart, .This is the first American edition revised by William Burroughs, From the Olympia Press Paris edition of 1962, with added material. Burroughs' fourth Novel, 'Posed little time so I'll say good night.' Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical, drawn from his experiences as an opiate addict. A primary member of the Beat Generation, and regarded as an avant-garde author who affected popular culture as well as literature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, 1936, STATED 1st Modern Library edition on Copyright pg,in correct dust jacket with 245 Titles metioned on Back, Some mended Clear TAPE repairs on DJ Verso. NF/GOOD-, AS-IS, THICKGreen Cloth Hardback Book with Gilt Streamer man running has light sun edges is square, clean, and tight. No loose, torn, or soiled pages. Spine Cvr sun top edge & Faded gold Gilt Titles, 4 1/4 X 6 3/4 IN. APPROX ,Dust jacket with some wear and chips small Tears Extremities& DJ spine Foxed with TINY HOLE IN CENTER WEAR . Almost separated at the flaps and spine repaired. DJ Protected Clear Mylar, Green TOPSTAIN light Fade, 615 pgs, NO ADS IN BACK.

Condition: Very Good. The History of John Twigg and the Packington Guns, part of the great British Gunmakers series. The dust wrapper is price clipped and torn both top and bottom. Previous owner's signature and address label on fep. the interior with 12 colour and 545 monochrome illustrations is clean, clear and unmarked.; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall Very Good.

Hard Cover. First Edition. Hard Cover. First Edition. HBDJ, 1964,stated 1st edition, Orange Cloth lettered in Black on Spine, Minor Wear & small mrk spine DJ, VG+/VG+.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Book Club Edition. HBDJ, NOT EX-LIBRARY, 1959, EARLY Printing, VG/VG, AS-IS, Book Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. RED, BLACK & GREEN Illustrated Cloth hardback of 2 boys with binoculars light wear Tape Residue with DustJacket, still a clean, attractive copy, SPINE FADE WEAR DJ,Steve Grendon with his big ideas & his imagination & Sim Jones with his good old horse sense team up once again & get themselves deeply involved in their 2nd Mystery, solve problem of strange goings-on at nearby Farm. it was even worth the price of their short, unwilling stay in local Jail. Childrens, important and well-written book for young adults, ages 10-14, with fabulous illustrations.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1967). 1967 1st edition. 4to (190 x 254mm). Ppxvi,300. Colour & b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue cloth with gilt pistol vignette on upper board. Slight tanning but very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Detailed examination of the lives and careers of John and Joseph Manton, with reference to many of the weapons made by them. Includes a list of every Manton known at the time of publication, and an appendix on other gunmaking Mantons. .