John K Sidebottom (8 results)

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 174pp, small quarto. slight cover wear, tight binding, clean throughout, Very Good- chipping, cover wear, chipping to edges, Good+.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. BOUN IN LIGHT BLUE CLOTH HARDCOVER, THIS 4to 1948 FIRST EDITION IS VG. PUBLISHED FOR THE POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY BY ALLEN AND UNWIN IN LONDON. X1/174pp WITH PREFACE BY POSTAL HISTORY SOCIETY CHAIRMAN, ROBSON LOWE, 18 CHAPTERS, 13 APPENDICES, THREE MAPS SHOWING OVERLAND MAIL ROUTE, SEVERAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF THOMAS WAGHORN'S CACHET'S, BIBLIOGRAPHY AND INDEX. ALSO, 8 ILLUSTRATIONS AND 9 ENGRAVINGS OR VIGNETTES. FIXED FRONT ENDPAPER CARRIES BOOKPLATE OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS PHILATELIC SOCIETY, DATED 1958. GENERAL CONDITION VG. …

Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN.…

Very good with fair dust jacket. Name on front fly leaf. Dust jacket has a two inch triangular piece missing at bottom back edge, is well worn at spine tips and corners, and has five edge tears taped on inside. 174 pages. Illustrated.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1945. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good. Dust jacket is very good.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation copy from the author to Jack Ward. Presentation Copy from the Aut.

hardcover. Condition: very good. very good(-). First. Illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, upper front cover in right corner faded from sun exposure, front flyleaf and last blank page partially browned. London: George Allen and Unwin, (1948). History of the Overland Mail Route from England via Egypt to India.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Light blue cloth boards w/ dark blue titling to spine / no DJ. Binding square and tight, covers lightly soiled/rubbed w/ light bubbling (mostly to rear), gently bumped corners and a hint of concavity along vert axis, fep SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS and dated 1948, otherwise, text block bright, clean and unmarked throughout on lightly read pages w/ dusted/soiled/foxed page ends. 174 pps, 1/2 Title, portis, (presumed 1st Edition), illus's, facsim's, photos, plates, maps, append's, biblio, index, notes. An excellent, well-documented treatise on mail service from Great Britain to India including steam navigation, rail, and overland routes, Waghorn's journeys and agency in the mid-1800s, financial difficulties and quarantine regulations as originally prepared by one of Great Britain's most noted collectors (Sidebottom), augmented by new and complimentary information prepared by (Clear) and published for the Postal History Society in Great Britain. Signed by Author(s).…