Robert Leake (42 results)

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book. Binding is moderately loose. Moderate shelf wear. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Ex-Library.

PF. Condition: New.

Condition: New. In.

Paperback. Condition: Gut. 358 p., with figures, Good condition. Library copy with usual marks. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 985.

Hard Cover. Condition: NF. No Additional Printings Noted. SIGNED - Octavo. Blue buckram covered boards and spine with shiny gilt lettering on both the spine and the front board. Book has a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine and at the very tips of the outsdie corners. Whtie endpapers. Signed and inscribed by the author on the free front endpaper in blue pen: "--- + ------ / November 1997 / Robert L. Leake." Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 145 pages. Illustrated with photographs and a few maps. No dust jacket. Signed by the Author.

Condition: New. In.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 446pp, lightly illustrated with line drawings and page decorations, portrait frontispiece. Brown cloth-covered boards, decorated with blind rules and gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Decorated endpapers. Satin ribbon marker bound in. 8vo. Cloth a little rubbed and rounded at corners and spine ends, a few mild marks. Hint of spotting on ungilded text block edges. Previous owner's name neatly inked on half title page else internally neat, clean, bright and tight. A compilation of essays, extracts, dramatic pieces etc - included A Slave 1843; Joe Coster; Driving and Dreaming; Mr Checks on Statutes; Major Curzon; At Oberammergau, and many more. Handsome volume.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. xviii, 480 pages, xlix page appendix ; 21 cm.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Melbourne, The Hawthorn Press, 1973. Octavo, [xii], 206 pages plus 8 pages of plates. Cloth; top edge slightly foxed; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper (lightly sunned, rubbed and marked). 'R.R. Leake became the first superintendent of the Saxon merino flock imported by the South Australian Company' (dustwrapper blurb).

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. Smith, Hal (cover); Karsh; Scott, John; Blaisdell; Leake, Gerald; Golton, Glenn; (illustrator). First Edition. 80 pages. Features: Lovely cover illustration of young lady and butterflies by Hal Smith; Colour ad for the Parker "51" pen inside front cover; Charming half-page colour Orange Crush ad features brown bottle and little girl in yellow dress; One-page colour ad for Heinz 57 Sauce; What Does Soviet Russia Want? - column with photo of Sir Robert Alexander Watson Watt, inventor of the Radiolocator; Colour ad for Parker Quink ink; Blue Top Brewing Company one-page ad features "The Garden Home"; One-page ad for the Trans-Canada Telephone System features map of Canada and old-style rotary phone; Vocalist Portia White - photo-illustrated article; The Gold Salt Box; Exploits of M.I. 5 - part 1 of photo-illustrated article which reveals the first detailed record of Britain's secret agents in Germany and enemy-occupied territory; Rebound; Now That We're To Be Married; Scullers (Rowers) John B. (Jack) Kelly, Sr. and John B. (Kell) Kelly, Jr. - article with photo; The Girl Who Would Be Queen - photo-illustrated article on Princess Elizabeth; Stand By for Action; Man of the Month - Sidney Earle Smith, President of the University of Toronto; Ottawa Roundup - reflections on Mackenzie King's long tenure as Prime Minister; Lovely colour one-page Pontiac ad features 1946 grey two-door; Nice one-page colour ad for Waterman's pens; Fantastic colour centrefold ad for the 1946 Mercury 114 (red four-door); Beautiful two-page colour Chevrolet ad features green 1946 Style Master four-door; Eagle-Lion Pictures ad features actor James Mason; Nicely-illustrated one-page colour ad for Canadian Pacific features speeding night freight train; Music instruction for your musical child; Odo-Ro-No ad features lovely photo of Leslie Aspinall; Arrid deodorant ad features quarter-page black and white photo of Gypsy Rose Lee; Hollywood fashion patterns; Nice colour ads for Swift's premium bacon, Rice Crispies, Johnson's Wax and Fry's Cocoa; One-page Tangee make-up ad features illustrations of Mrs. George Murphy and Constance Luft Huhn; Ladies' holiday fashions; Nice colour ad for Woodbury Powder features Kathryn Grayson; One-page colour Cutex ad features French-style illustration of veiled lady; Colour ad for S.O.S. scouring pads and GSW home appliance; Nice colour White Rose ad inside back cover; Back cover colour Coke ad features graduates celebrating on shady porch; and more. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this wonderful vintage issue.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dingle, Adrian (Cover Art); Leake, Gerald; Saila, Clement; Machtey (illustrator). First Edition. 52 pages. Features: Nice cover painting by Adrian Dingle shows a typical rural winter scene - man pumping water from well with workhorses and barn in background; Austria's Underground Fights for Liberation; Canada in Washington - article and photos, including one of Ambassador Lester "Mike" Pearson; Until That Day (fiction); Dynamite Hockey - Article by Joe Primeau, coach of the St. Mike's Juniors - with two photos; "Stamp-Licker" Airstrip - the story of how Canadians invented the PBS airstrip which has revolutionized Allied airfield equipment in European battle areas; Your Glands and You; Woe to the Victor - the political situation in Italy, with photo of a black market; Swords for Slander (fiction); Goldfish King - George Aston produces more goldfish than all other breeders in the British Empire combined! - article with photos; Battle Close-Up (fiction); Vancouver Pin-up Yvonne de Carlo - photo with article; Nice colour comic strip-style ad for Chase & Sanborn coffee features Charlie McCarthy ice-skating on a lake; Kodak ad features colour photo of a maiden with very long fair hair flowing down her back; Nice colour-illustrated ad for Swift's Premium Bacon features little boy and butcher; Colour ad for Fry's cocoa shows mother and two children on sled; Nice colour Studebaker ad inside back cover features their tracked Weasel cargo carrier at military use in the Pacific islands; Old Dutch cleanser ad on back cover. Average wear. Unmarked. A nice vintage issue.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, (1973). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (iv, 206pp.). With b/w illusts. and endpaper maps. Associated newspaper article loosely inserted. 1st ed. Fine. NOTE: A sheep farmer in the early days of Colonial South Australia he was also involved in local politics.

Condition: New. PRINT ON DEMAND.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 476. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1893 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 476.

no binding. Condition: good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

no binding. Condition: good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

no binding. Condition: good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

no binding. Condition: good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

no binding. Condition: good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.