Lovell Smith E M (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Thus. Facsimile reprint of the 1931 first. A very good clean copy.

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, v + frontispiece + 133pp, illus,VG+, in d/w, VG+.

Hardback in Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. Condition Notes: Dust wrapper lightly sunned at the spine, a decent copy otherwise; Hardback. Dust wrapper over red boards with gilt titles to the spine; Measures 8¾" x 5¾" (0.7 kg); pp 128; Includes: Index: General; Black & White photos on individual leaves within the text; Black & white drawings; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #204963 ||.

First edition, octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to boards, v + frontispiece + 133pp, illus, VG- (heavy browning to boards, lighter browning to page edges & eps, unattractive tape repair to spine).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. tidy copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. In goodish condition with damaged spine. Binding is holding well. Front e/p has been removed so book opens to pre-title page. Signed by the author on the title page. 128pp with index at rear. Illustrations throughout. Touch of foxing and some age discolouration. Informative and readable, this book illustrates the bygone era of the coach and provides us with an insight into these exciting, romantic early days of passenger transport. Signed by Author.

octavo illus boards, 133pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to spine, light foxing, soiling and scuffing to covers, light foxing and soililng to page edges).

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: New. First Edition. As miners and prospectors from the Victorian gold fields rushed to the new goldfields of Otago in the 1860s, the renowned coach operators Cobb and Co, also extended its business. In this important contribution to New Zealand's transport history, E. M. Lovell-Smith relates how coaching companies operated in the Otago and Southland areas until the late 1870s. Lovell-Smith has recorded the competition, struggles, incidents and accidents the tragic, humorous and even courageous.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Photos, Drawings (illustrator). 1st. The South Island gold rush of the 1860s, centred on Central Otago and Southland, created an immediate demand for quick and reliable passenger transport services between the coast and the hinterland areas where the diggings were situated. As many of the miners and prospectors were from the Victorian gold fields, which were becoming worked-out, it was logical that Cobb and Co, the most renowned of coach operators, should extend its businees to the new fields. The author's opening chapters deal with the arrival of this company and its employees. Lovell-Smith, in this important contribution to NZ's transport history, covers the operations of the many coaching companies that operated in the Otago and Southland areas until, by the late 1870s, the railways were making such inroads to the coaching services that they literally fell by the wayside. In compiling this history the author not only had access to the archive of the many newspapers published in the gold rush towns wihich, like the news-sheets, were often short-lived, but he also had the advantage of speaking with those personally familiar with the actual coaching era. Thus the book is enlivened with anecdotal recollections of coaching competition, of struggles in unyeilding weather and terrain, of incidends, accidents--some tragic, humerous and even courageous episodes and the characters at the reins. Lovell Smith spent "many years of patient research" gathering material for the book, with the excellent results found in this record of the coaching days. A VG copy of a now scarce first edition of 1931, published in Christchurch by Lovell-Smith and Venner. 128 pages, with unpaginated five pages general index and index of hotels and coaching inns, plus list of early drivers of Otago/Southland. Light beige hard covers are VG with black titles and stage coach drawing to front, corners lightly bumped , half-title page has been removed from this copy, otherwise internally excellent, no inscriptions. Illustrations include photo frontis. 30 b/w histopric photos, including some portraits, 22 pen and ink drawings by the author enhance the book, used mainly as chapter head and tail cameos.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very good first edition copy in stiff card pictorial boards, b&w photos and illstns. Clean pages, slightly tanned at the spine, a blob of paint or similar on the rear cover.

Paper Covers. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 21 cm, 71 pp, paper covers - light marginal wear and small closed tears, with paper chip at head of spine, and a little light foxing. Name in pencil to title page. Good overall. Bagnall T311; possibly written by T. Le Cren. Very scarce. "This simple and artless diary of a New Zealand soldier boy, who found himself projected out of his body into a land of peace and beauty, was transmitted to earth, with the sole purpose of comforting his mother and all mothers who mourn. The communicated message is but the part of a huge plan. For, with their modern outlook and training, coupled with their youthful enthusiasm, they are weaving the pattern that is ultimately destined to be transmitted to earth and become the New World Order.". English.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. E M Lovell-Smith (illustrator). 1020 x 63 cm. Lithographed by Coulls Somerville Wilkie, Christchurch. FIne coloured poster detailing features of the glacier, showing hotel, tracks, etc. Very minor faults on margins. Rare.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Illustrated by Ross, Alex (cover); Stan Klimley; Tom Lovell; LawrenceBeall Smith; Joe De Mers Margret and H.A. Rey; (illustrator). First Edition. 338 pages. Features: Town of the Month - Clayton, New Mexico (NM); Woodbury ad features photos of Nina Spencer of New York and James Locke; Lovely Ivory Soap ad features photo of Maggi McNamara; Shingles; Assignment in Hollywood; Classy photo-ad for Warner's bras; Nice two-page color-photo Kelvinator ad; Asthma in Children; Willett furniture ad; Fantastic color ad for American Airlines shows Van Johnson and Jane Wyman of the film "Three Guys Named Mike"; Keep up with Medicine; What you should know about the AAA; Color Lux ad features Evelyn Keyes; Color Camay ad features beautiful Mrs. Charles A. Morrow, Jr., the former Barbara Sommers of Califon, NJ; Things to Forget; A Kind of Glory - story by Lois Montross; Career Girl Carolyn Workman of Cincinnati; Locksmith article; The Name - story by Eleanor Duvall; Paco's Donkey - story by Martha Gellhorn; The last six weeks of pregnancy; A Woman to be Envied - story by Evelyn Apitz; Women and the New War; Special Feature - Magic Make-up and Personal Color Chart with beautiful color photos; Lovely bridal fashion photos; Color Ivory Snow ad; Why Children quit taking lessons; Zozo ad features Curious George comic; Pond's ad features photo of The Viscountess Boyle; Raytheon TV (television) ad; Jergens ad features photos of Jane Russell; Firestone Foamex ad features color photo of Edward J. Crowley; Color Avon ad features Claudette Colbert with her rep. Mrs. Nelle Ginthner; Claudette Colbert in Woodbury ad; Toni ad features photos of Jane Cartwright, Nellie Jane Cannon and twins Ann and Roxie Shumaker; Nice Jell-O pudding ad; Tea Talk; Maytag washing machine ad; Lovely color Coke ad shows young lady in green jacket with six-pack; Chromcraft furniture color ad; Yvonne DeCarlo in La Cross ad; Colr ad for Glidden paints; and much, much more. Average wear. Please note: Large chunk 5 x 4" missing from upper corner of pages 333-338 and back cover, otherwise a worthy vintage copy of this charming issue.; Magazine; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Good Housekeeping - The Magazine American Lives By, April (Apr. 1951 - Clayton, New Mexico Woodbury ad features photos of Nina Spencer of New York and James Locke; Lovely Ivory Soap ad features photo of Maggi McNamara; Shingles; Assignment in Hollywood;

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 28 Volumes. All FIrst Edition, FIrst Printing. All FIne/FIne. All DJs in archival covers. A collector's set. Unread. Additional shipping required for this set.