Published by Hutchinson and Co, London, 1953
Seller: Melanie Nelson Books, Livingston, NY, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. -------------Green cloth covers, 9 1/4" tall. 400 pages with maps, endpaper maps and illustrations.----------VERY GOOD CONDITION, light wear covers, signature and a 1989 date on flyleaf- - - no dust jacket.
Language: English
Published by London:Jenkins, 1964
Seller: Robert F Butterworth, Lytham St.Annes, LANCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 11.07
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 1st ed. 183pp. Top edge of first couple of pages yellowed. Occasional fxg. mainly to outer edge o/w VG/VG sl chipped dw. The autobiography of one of the last modern sea captains who learned their trade in sail.
Published by Herbert Jenkins London 1964, 1964
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
first edition, blue cloth, 183pp, VG(v sl bruised corners, v sl cocked, v sl edgewear, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG(price clipped, v sl wear & tears to extrems, foxing internally & to flaps, v sl rubbed & soiled0.
Language: English
Published by Klemm, London, 1960
Seller: Brian P. Martin Antiquarian and Collectors' Books, Midhurst, SUSSE, United Kingdom
First Edition
Cloth Bound. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1960 first edition. 237-page text in good+, tight, clean condition, with no inscriptions. Binding tight, wit some darkening and light wear to spine. For further details of contents etc see photos of thi copy attached. (BM28).
Published by Hardy's, London, 1966
Seller: River Reads, Torrington, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.
Published by Copyright at the Press of the Publishers, England, 1935
Seller: Book Bungalow, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 13.77
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketPictorial Boards. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No dj. First Edition. Nice old boys annual with colourful front cover, line illus in text. Paper tanned with low notes of old tobacco smell, cover bright and displays well, minor splitting to backstrip ends, not threatening to worsen. No date, compendium of short stories, no publisher, says made in England and looks to be 1930's, No 622c, with biplane in foreground and monoplane in background. Size: 4to.
Hardcover. 1953, 3rd ed., hb, no dw, 8vo, illustrated, spine lettering faded, good only.
Language: English
Published by Country Life/George Newnes, 1918 first edition, 1918
ISBN 10: 1169258301 ISBN 13: 9781169258303
Seller: KULTURAs books, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Edwards, Lionel (illustrator). First Edition. Hardcover in original binding, green cloth with beige cloth at spine. Large 8vo. First printing. Light soiling to boards, lightly bumped corners. All edges gilt. Tight binding, clean interior pages. Illustrated from drawings by Captain Lionel Edwards and from photographs. With a note by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig. Many black-and-white plates; a few in color. Covers many aspects of horse and mule use in World War I. 130 pp.
Language: English
Published by The Royal Engineers Institute, Chatham, UK, 1898
Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
US$ 55.34
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Articles include the selection and testing of cement, sanitary and epidemics, Steam engines and geographical surveying, and siege railways, eleven articles in all. Includes 5*plates along with other illustrations and diagrams, some folding. 305pp. Green cloth boards with regimental initials in gilt to upper board and gilt lettering to spine. Spine cloth sunned. Rubbing to corners of boards. Scuffs to head and foot of spine. Owners name to free endpaper.
Published by Hutchinson London 1953, 1953
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
reprint orig. cloth Very Good 8vo. 400pp., frontis., colour & b/w plates, maps, plans, One of the most detailed & remarkable escape books ever written. Many diagrams & plans of tunnels etc. lacks front end paper o/w a very good copy.
Published by Royal Engineers Institute, 1901
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat shadow-stained, dulled, and rubbed as with age. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; Includes 30 plates, many folding. 305pp. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers Periodicals. Military engineering Great Britain History 20th century Periodicals. Edwards, R. F. 3 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Royal Engineers Institute, Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom, 1900
Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
US$ 69.17
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. Articles related to the Corps of Royal Engineers, such as suspension bridges and light railways. Book is well illustrated with fold-out maps, diagrams and photographs. Includes 10*plates and many tables and line drawings. 289pp. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering. Corners bumped. Spine cloth faded. Joint between free endpaper and title page has split along lower half leaving front board a little loose. Text block in good order.
Language: English
Published by Royal Engineers Institute, Chatham, UK, 1898
Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 74.71
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Numerous articles relating the tasks of the Royal Engineers, including: water purification; the use of cement; steam engines; and the use of coal gas. Includes 30*plates, many folding. 305pp. Original green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Spine cloth sunned. Front board has been water damaged at the top corner which has extended onto the front end papers and title page and opposite the copyright page, though not seriously on these inner pages. Title page is heavily foxed. Text-block is tight and pages are generally in sound condition other than as mentioned and some light foxing. Name written on fixed end paper.
Published by Gale & Polden, 1913, 1913
Seller: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st. 60p. A Continuation from 1881 to 1913 of Lieutenant-Colonel William Starke's Short History of the East Yorkshire Regiment. Embossed russet cloth. Spine sunned. Bookplate. Near Fine copy.
Published by Royal Engineers Institute, 1901
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition
First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat shadow-stained, dulled, and rubbed as with age. Spine uniformly sun-toned. Bumped corners. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; Includes 30 plates, many folding. 305pp. Subjects; Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers Periodicals. Military engineering Great Britain History 20th century Periodicals. Edwards, R. F. 1 Kg.
Language: English
Published by Royal Engineers Institute, Chatham, UK, 1898
Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 117.60
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Numerous articles relating the tasks of the Royal Engineers, including: water purification; the use of cement; steam engines; and the use of coal gas. Includes 30*plates, many folding. 305pp. Original green cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. Boards heavily faded to edges and to spineCorners lightly bumped. End papers have been replaced. Pages and hinges tight.
Published by Intelpost (Melbourne) c.1990, 1990
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st edition original boards As New large octavo c.200pp., H.M.A.V. Bounty Ship's Log: Being the full & complete journal of a voyage from Portsmouth to NSW in HMAV Bounty. No. 69 of 100 copies. Neat ownership inscription o/w nice copy.
Published by London, Collins, 1936 (1st.), 1936
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 30.44
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketTall hardback, approx 12.5 x 10 inches. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine. In good condition. Cloth faded on spine and around boards. Some handling marks. Some minor light foxing spots to prelims and some minor spots to inside pages, plates clean and bright. No inscriptions. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 98pp. Illustrated with 6 coloured and 6 monochrome plates, and B&W chapter heading vigettes and tailpieces by Lionel Edwards. Chapters include: Front Line Polo / Crimean Racing/ Nimrod Militant (pick-sticking) etc., etc.; It includes an account of the pack of hounds that Wellington brought from England and hunted throughout the Peninsular campaign. Lionel Dawson was hunting correspondent for the Daily Telegraph.
Language: English
Published by Seeley, Service, London, 1930
Seller: Portman Rare Books, Tonbridge, United Kingdom
First Edition Signed
US$ 242.11
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. EDWARDS, Lionel et alia. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Signed limited first edition, in all 375 this being number 7 of the first ten not offered for sale, signed by the editor on the Publisher's Note and the coloured tipped in frontis piece signed by Lionel Edwards, octavo, full blue leather, light wear to corners, two small bruises on front sunning to spine, gilt decoration on front and titles across spine, top edges gilt, toning to untrimmed edges otherwise internally clean and bright, illustrated with 61 tipped in plates of which four in full colour, 368 pages. a very handsome beautifully produced volume. Heavy item (1.5kg net weight) may require additional for shipping. [QH] [QP]. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Robert Jennings, London, 1824
Seller: Antiquariat Kastanienhof, Pirna, Germany
Softcover. Condition: Gut. n/a. 12,5x20,5 cm leichte Randläsuren und leicht altersfleckig ,sonst GUTES EXEMPLAR.---Schöne historische Ortsansicht, am Flussufer etliche Boote, eines und ein großes Floß auf dem Wasser, vorn ein Paar beim Betrachten der Szenerie. Für Ihre Zufriedenheit versenden wir mit DHL und ausschließlich mit Trackingcode für eine sichere Sendungsverfolgung! Weitere Angebote unter antiquariat-kastanienhof , 1 Seiten. nein.
Published by Country Life and George Newnes, London, 1918
Seller: MAE Books, Dunoon, ARL, United Kingdom
First Edition
US$ 103.76
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Lionel Edwards (illustrator). 1st Edition. Blue paper on boards with white cloth on spine. Black lettering and coloured illustration on front board. Blue lettering to spine. Rubbing to edges of boards with light 'show-through' at corners. Light foxing at end papers front and rear.Otherwise generally clean and tidy throughout. Illustrated with black and white and colour drawings by Capt. Lionel Edwards, and black and white photographs. A Scarce item.
Published by Hutchinson London 1953, 1953
Seller: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
First Edition
1st ed. thus dust jacket Nice Copy octavo 400pp., frontis., colour & b/w plates, maps, plans, One of the most detailed & remarkable escape books ever written. Many diagrams & plans of tunnels etc. covering the Authors' eight remarkable escapes from German POW Camps. Uncommon, especially in this condition.
Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Fair. Cuneo, T.T.; Holloway, Cyril; Osmond, Edward; Brock, H.M.; Treslian, S. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 117-176 plus several pages of vintage ads. Features: Forty-Eight Days Adrift! - after being torpedoed, nine Norwegian seamen spent weeks adrift; Three Mean Killers; Revenge! - in 1916 North Bay, Ontario Pole Leo Leopold vows to get Detective Fred Fefbyre when he gets out of prison; The Fatal Watch; Lost Mines; Cowboys Adrift - two youngsters from a Cariboo, British Columbia ranch make their first trip to Vancouver; Deck Passage; The Ming Jar - what happened after the author purchased a choice piece of porcelain; "Prickly Pete"; The Relapinawa Buffalo - an outlaw buffalo terrorizes an entire Ceylonese district; The Yellow Box; The Amateurs; The Finger of Fate; The Interlopers - an Australian cattle drover story; Adventures with Polar Bears; and more. Above-average wear to front cover and back strip so front cover holding loosely. Small bit of sticker remnant on front cover. Contents clean and unmarked. A worthy copy.
Published by London, Collins, 1936 (1st.), 1936
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 76.09
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketTall hardback, approx 12.5 x 10 inches. Green cloth with gilt lettering to spine, with original dustwrapper. In very good condition in good dustwrapper. (Dw Some rubbing on edges, cream foxing a few chips, two inch tear head of spine, Not price clipped.) Cloth faded at head spine. Some minor light foxing spots to prelims, some minor spots to inside pages, plates clean and bright. Gift Inscription on third blank page. Else a good clean and tight copy. 98pp. Illustrated with 6 coloured and 6 monochrome plates, and B&W chapter heading vigettes and tailpieces by Lionel Edwards. Chapters include: Front Line Polo / Crimean Racing/ Nimrod Militant (pick-sticking) etc., etc.; It includes an account of the pack of hounds that Wellington brought from England and hunted throughout the Peninsular campaign. Lionel Dawson was hunting correspondent for the Daily Telegraph.
Published by London, Collins, 1936 (1st.) Ltd Ed. 14/75., 1936
Seller: PROCTOR / THE ANTIQUE MAP & BOOKSHOP, DORCHESTER, United Kingdom
Association Member: PBFA
US$ 332.03
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketTall hardback, approx 12.5 x 10 inches. Half bound with green calf leather to spine lettered in gilt and green cloth to boards. Top page edges gilt. In very good condition. Rubbing to leather on ends of spine, some minor light handling marks to cloth. Endpapers clean. Signed by both Author and Illustrator. Inside pages and plates all very clean and tight throughout. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 98pp. Illustrated with 6 coloured and 6 monochrome plates, and B&W chapter heading vigettes and tailpieces by Lionel Edwards. Chapters include: Front Line Polo / Crimean Racing/ Nimrod Militant (pick-sticking) etc., etc.; It includes an account of the pack of hounds that Wellington brought from England and hunted throughout the Peninsular campaign. Lionel Dawson was hunting correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. Scarce Signed Limited Numbered Edition.