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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing of the eighth issue of "Espionage Magazine". Featured are 16 short stories Takeo Yoshikawa: Success at Pearl Harbor by Jules Archer, The Magic Pebble by Matt Curtis Waldroop, Sabotage by P.E. Halycon, Seaman Jack's by Percy Spurlark Parker, Incident in Cuba by Herbert Harris, Sense of Justice by Robert Cittadino, Backup by Edward Wellen, The Spy Who Came in with a Cold by J.F. Peirce, Evensong by Francis Nevins, Jr., The Best Laid Plans. by Ben Luckhardt, Searching for the Edelweiss by Walter Dean Myers, The Inspector's Small Frustration by C.K. Chandler, The Perfect Shot by A.W. Whitworth, The Defenestration of Prague by Josh Pachter, On File. by Richard Walton, Spying Through Time by Joe Lewis. Light age toning to the pages. In near fine condition.

Half Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (in mylar). P. Endsleigh Castle; G.J. Goulding; K. Broomfield; A. Sturgess; R. Percy; E. Freeman; R. Ward (illustrator). Owners name stamped on inside front cover and front free end paper. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers slightly edge and corner rubbed. Dust jacket slightly edge and corner worn with some light wear on the spine. Unpaginated. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" -9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. Hard Cover. No Jacket. HBNODJ, No Date, 1930s, Pictorial Color Boards with cloth Spine, Minor Rub, Wear & Scuff Primarily Edges Extremities, Interior relatively Nice, tight Clean minor wear & Light Fox & few small page Tears, VG+/VG+, NODJ, 208 pgs.

Hardcover. 2nd impression. 616 p.; 19 cm. [First printed May 1933] Pencilled signature on ffep: L A Weigle -- Yale University Preface -- Introduction: "Christ or chaos?" 1 Vindication, E.A. Burroughs, 2 Demands of ordinary man, Albert Mansbridge -- Part I. Present chaos: 1 Intellectual and moral confusion, W.R. Matthews, 2 Confusion in literature, Richard Ellis Roberts, 3 Social and economic confusion, P.T.R. Kirk, 4 Con- fusion in international relations, J.H.B. Masterman --Part II. What Christi anity is: 1 Secret of Christ, Charles E. Raven, 2 Christ's conception of Kingdom of God, A. Herbert Gray, 3 Original fellowship idea of Christian church, J.W. Hunkin, 4 Christian view of man as social, J.S. Bezzant, 5 Christianity and history: a) General development,Malcolm Spencer, b) Social progress and continental churches, A.E. Garvie, c) Stockholm Conference, G.K.A. Bell, 6 Uniting Christian forces, Edward S. Woods, 7 What church is doing: social activities, S.E. Keeble -- Part III. Christian solution: 1 Personal and family life,A.A. David, 2 Education, Sir Charles G. Robertson, 3 Social and economic order: a) Basis of exchange,Hewlett Johnson, b) Civic and industrial reform,J.M. Rees, c) Individual function and community, E.C. Urwin, (d) Labour and leisure, A.M. Royden, (e) Rebirth of village, W.Beach Thomas, 4 State and constructive citizenship,W.G.S. Adams, 5 World of inter national affairs: a) Christianity and League of Nations, Lord Dickinson, b) Crisis and East,J.B. Raju, c) Disarmament, C.G. Lang, d) Christian peace policy, E. Goff, 6 Is there an alternative? a) Scientific humanism, H.G. Wood, b) Industrial secularism, M.B. Reckitt, c) Communist secularism, N.A. Berdieav, 7 Church in the world, F.R. Barry, 8 Conclusion, William Temple. Good orig. red boards, chip from head of spine.

Condition: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original green paper covered boards, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 6''. ISBN 0333247663. Contains 349 printed pages of text. Small fox splash to the fore edge, small bookplate on front paste down of the noted collector Peter Apap Bologna. Near Fine condition book, in near Fine condition illustrated dust wrapper with minimal creasing to the tips, not price clipped £5.95. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this protects and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0333247663 MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Ex library copy. Coverboards have light shelfwear. Pages lightly tanned. Foxing on edges. Dustjacket is heavily worn with rear panel missing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Charles Whymper, J. Wolf, H. Willink (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1894 FIRST EDITION. Two-Volume DELUXE LARGE PAPER LIMITED FIRST EDITION numbered by publisher on printed limitation page. Two volumes complete. Original orange cloth boards with gilt coat of arms on front covers, navy spines and corners with gilt lettering spines, TEG, original dark greenish navy coated EPs, untrimmed fore-edge and bottom edge both volumes. Both volumes have loss of much of the spine covering (see photos), but bindings are very solid and not broken or cracked. This set is an obvious candidate for rebacking. The covers have significant rubbing along edges and corners but the boards are relatively clean and bright with a few faint dark smudges (nothing serious). Each volume has previous owner's bookplate and small bookseller ticket on front pastedown otherwise no owner marks or writing on any pages, Some fore-edge foxing is present but nearly all pages are completely free of foxing and are clean. Each volume measures 251mm tall x 200mm (compared to 195mm tall for the regular first edition). Volume one has 494 pages, 20 b/w full-page illustrations and photos, 57 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume two has 483 pages, 13 full-page illustrations and photos, 56 b/w in-text illustrations and photos, index. Volume one covers hunting in the arctic (whacking a giant walrus with an ax from a small whaling boat), three chapters on hunting in the Caucasus, a chapter on Mongolia, two chapter on hunting chamois and stags in the Alps, a chapter on elk in Scandinavia, a chapter on big game throughout Europe, hunting in Spain and Portugal, hunting in India tigers, a chapter on travel/camping considerations, a chapter on rifles and ammo, a chapter on taxidermy, a small bibliography. Volume two mostly about hunting in Africa with specific chapters on various types of big game hunting: lions, antelopes, hippos, giraffes, ostriches, rhinos, buffalo, elephants, with several chapters on South Africa including some history, a chapter on travel with Livingstone, some chapters on East Africa including special hunting considerations regarding gear, routes, etc. Volume two concludes with one chapter on big game hunting in North America (bears, wapiti, moose, cougars, bison, deer, elk, caribou, bighorn, mountain goat, antelope mainly in British Columbia, Alaska, Colorado and Pacific NW), and a brief chapter on hunting musk ox. PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK BEING OFFERED.

Condition: Good. Second edition. Dust jacket is scuffed top and bottom with small tears. It is price clipped. Pages are age tanned but clean. Binding is tight. 8vo.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. [Espionage/Intelligence/Security] Ninth printing. Octavo (23 x 16cm), pp.xiv; 368; [2]. Publisher's cloth hardcovers, top edge red, in typographic dust-wrapper. Gift inscription in ink, jacket clipped with minor wear. Shows well. Don Whitehead was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist and war correspondent, covering the Eighth Army in North Africa, the Allied invasion of Sicily, D-Day landings and the Liberation of Paris. He also covered the Korean War in 1950. His book, The FBI Story was adapted into a 1959 film, starring James Stewart. In 1956, the book was reviewed by novelist Ian Fleming for The Sunday Times, under the title 'The Great Policeman'; 'Easter Egg' hunters will notice a carefully-placed copy of the book in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No. From the comprehensive Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with pencilled ownership. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert C58, D7, p.536, 545.

Profile Publications Limited - 1970 - 3rd Edition - In-4 cartonné, sous jaquette illustrée - 336 pages - Nombreuses illustrations en N&B et en couleurs, in et hors texte, dans l'ouvrage - Texte en anglais Bon état général - Menus frottements - Légères rousseurs sur les tranches - Intérieur frais.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. [Espionage] FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY with associated material. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.xviii; 206. Illustrated with black & white plates. Publisher's red cloth lettered in gilt, typographic dust-wrapper priced at 15s. With SIGNED inscription to title page, two spy-related newsclippings tucked in, loose invitation to the Sir Percy Sillitoe exhibition, Sillotoe's change-of-address card addressed in his hand to Colonel E.L. Spencer, DSO, OBE, stamped addressed envelope to same. Light wear, engraved bookplate to pastedown; near fine. Memoirs of spymaster Sir Percy Sillitoe, the former head of MI5 who collaborated with Ian Fleming on 'The Diamond Smugglers' (1957). The highly-decorated, recipient Edward Leslie 'Joe' Spencer (1902-1976) was an SOE agent, rising to Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2 (British), and Chief of Counterintelligence HQ Berlin. Post-war he joined Sillitoe at MI5. From the comprehensive Bibliographical Archive assembled by Jon Gilbert, with pencilled ownership. His encyclopaedic guide to the works of Ian Fleming (2012) won the 16th Breslauer Prize for bibliography. Gilbert, p.648. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. HBDJ, Stated 1st Issued In This form 1933.UK, LONDON , Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Contains Two Complete Stories: Little Women And Good Wives. Mild Shelfwear And Edgewear, Tanning From Age, But Intact, No Loose Pages, Or Other Damage, Foxing, Otherwise An Unmarked, Clean, And Solid Copy. DJ Mild Shelfwear And Egdewear, With A One Very Small Chips On The BTM Of Spine DJ.

Profile Publications Limited - 1971 - 3rd Edition - In-4 cartonné, sous jaquette illustrée - 288 pages - Nombreuses illustrations en N&B et en couleurs, in et hors texte, dans l'ouvrage - Texte en anglais Bon état général - Menus frottements - Légères rousseurs sur les tranches - Intérieur frais.

Condition: new. Questo è un articolo print on demand.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND pp. ix + 396.