Four Postcards, First Edition (9 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. WATSONVLILLE: 220 pp., incl. index; 8vo; illustrated brown cloth; endpapers reproducing an early panoramic lithograph of Watsonville; copiously illustrated with historical photographs, maps, and other reproductions. Laid in are five - 5" x 7" sepia postcards related to Watsonville. HOME: 100 pp.; 4to; cloth in orange jacket with moderate rubbing and a 1" closed tear top edge. A showcase of historic homes in b&w photographs and drawings. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: 64 pp.; 4to; illustrated wrappers; advertisements & reproductions of engravings of homes, buildings, secenes. A reprint in facsimile of E. S. Harrison's original edition of 1890. Copy of a typed letter on letterhead of the Santa Cruz Lumber Co. from Leslie W. Ley, President, to Mr. Al Schadel, Curator, Santa Cruz County Historical Museum regarding the companies pleasure in playing a role in the publication. Some tanning to bottom portion of letter. THE WALK AROUNG SANTA CRUZ BOOK, A Look at the City's Architectural Treasures, by Margaret Koch, 105 pp.; SOFCOVER; photographs, maps, drawings. Fine condition.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Four early C20th postcards of Somalia, Malawi, Cameroun, Kenya & Tanzania. 3 unused, 1 used. 1 colour. 1 dated 1930.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Skulduggery Pleasant, Playing with Fire, The Faceless Ones, Dark Days, Mortal Coil, Death Bringer, Kingdom of the Wicked, Last Stand of Dead Men, The Dying of the Light. Signed UK first editions, first printings of the first 9 books in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. Four books are also lined, 2 are doodled and 3 promotional postcards (2 signed) are included. All books are in at least near fine / near fine unread condition. Condition photos uploaded to Abe are of Skulduggery Pleasant and Mortal Coil. Additional photos of individual books are available on request. Skulduggery Pleasant (ISBN 9780007241613) UK 1st edition /1st printing (Harper Collins, 2007). Flatsigned and first-lined 'Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone?' to title page. Near Fine / Near Fine unread condition with a slight spine lean (see photos) and just minimal shelfwear and page tanning. Protected dustwrapper. With signed promotional postcard. Playing with Fire (ISBN 9780007257034) UK 1st edition / 1st printing (Harper Collins, 2008). Flatsigned to title page. Very near fine / very near fine with just tiny traces of shelfwear. Bookseller's 'Signed First Edition' sticker to front cover. The Faceless Ones (ISBN 9780007302147) UK 1st edition /1st printing (Harper Collins, 2009). Flatsigned, lined and dated 26 Mar 09 to title page. Fine / Fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. With signed promotional postcard. Dark Days (ISBN 9780007325948) UK 1st edition /1st printing (Harper Collins, 2010). Flatsigned, lined 'These are dark days indeed' and dated 26 Sep 10 to title page. Fine / Fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. Mortal Coil (ISBN 9780007325986) UK 1st edition /1st printing (Harper Collins, 2010). Flatsigned and doodled to title page. With promotional bookmark. Book has developed a very slight lean to spine (see photos) and is therefore graded Near Fine / Near Fine unread condition. Death Bringer (ISBN 9780007326020) UK 1ST edition / 1ST printing (Harper Collins, 2011). Flatsigned to title page. Very near fine / very near fine unread condition with just tiny hints of shelfwear to the spine. Protected dustwrapper. Kingdom of the Wicked (ISBN 9780007480227) UK first edition first printing (Harper Collins, 2012). Flatsigned, lined and dated 14 Sep 12 and doodled to title page. Fine / Fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. Last Stand of Dead Men (ISBN 9780007489206) UK first edition, first printing (Harper Collins, 2013). Flatsigned to title page. Fine / fine unread condition. Protected dustwrapper. The Dying of the Light (ISBN 9780007489251) UK first edition, first printing (Harper Collins, 2014). WHS Exclusive Collector's Edition. Flatsigned to title page. Protected dustwrapper. With promotional postcard. PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING Our descriptions are accurate. Photos are of the actual book(s) for sale - if you require additional photos, please ask. We will despatch your books rapidly (almost always within 24 hrs of the receipt of your order) using proper book wraps / boxes. For books sold for more than £50 we will use only despatch methods that are fully tracked, insured and will require a signature on delivery. Postage costs are included in our prices for UK customers. For overseas customers, we have set a standard Abe postal rate, but will communicate direct with customers and charge the actual cost of postage and packing by tracked and insured delivery methods requiring signature. Please note that new EU regulations make it impractical for us to post books to the EU. Therefore, prospective customers from the EU are requested to email us before making an order so that we can discuss how best we might get the books they want to them. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Eight early C20th postcards of Sierra Leone. 1 unused, 3 used. 2 are dated 1905.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good ++. First Edition. Two Original Black and White Mounted Photographs and Four Postcards of North Devon from the 1930's. Includes Shallowford Home of Henry Williamson, the River ? Combe Martin, Hunters Inn, Watermouth Bay and Woolacambe Sands. Condition is good. From the estate of the Henry Williamson family. Size of Large Photographs are 320mm x 230mm. Postcards 137mm x 88mm. Large photographs quite age toned. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18471.

Paper. Condition: Good. First Edition. Four Original Handwritten and Signed Postcards by Writer Antonia Fraser to Fellow Writer Josephine Pullein-Thompson. Dated C1990. Both authors were great friends. Friendly letters about gardening. PEN and other matters. Lady Antonia Margaret Caroline Fraser, b1932 is a British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction. She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter (1930-2008. Josephine Mary Wedderburn Pullein-Thompson 1924-2014, sometimes known as Josephine Mann, was a British writer known for her pony books. She was a leading member of the Pony Club and PEN International. Size is 150mm x 108mm. Condition is good. More images can be taken upon request. Ref17704. Signed by Author(s).

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Four B&W early C20th postcards of African Feticheurs. 2 used, 2 unused.

NA. Condition: Fine. First edition. The four postcards were clearly part of a series, with their similar heroic graphics. The Czech Legion was formed during the First World War by Czechoslavakian patriots hoping to gain independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire by fighting along with the Entente allies, including significantly, Russia. The Tsarist government was initially lukewarm in its handling of Czech warriors but after the Czech nationals proved themselves an effective fighting unit, Russia allowed for the formation of the Legion and permitted the Legion to recruit Czech and Slovak prisoners-of-war. (Remember that as part of the Austrian territory, Czech conscripts would have been part of the Austrian army which was fighting Russia.) Not long after, however, came the Bolshevik Revolution, and things became dicey for the Legion. The Bolsheviks first priority was suing for peace with Germany, which had in fact done what it could to stir up the Revolution, and the Central Powers, led by Germany, had a strong interest in shutting down the Czech Legion. The Czechs managed to defeat the German army though and negotiated passage through Siberia. This did not occur as planned, though, as mutual suspicions between the Czechs and the Bolsheviks grew. The upshot was that the Czech Legion not only remained intact, but it also made common cause with the White Russians fighting the Bolsheviks. With a force approximately 60,000 men strong, the Legion proved again a very potent fighting machine, winning many battles against the struggling Soviet forces, and by mid-1919 it actually controlled the entire Trans-Siberian Railroad line. But their fortunes turned during the Summer, as the Soviet troops gathered strength, both in numbers and fighting ability, and started to eat away at the territory a short time earlier controlled by the Whites. As the Legion had to give up one piece of the railroad line after another, its final efforts were dedicated to a complete evacuation in Vladivostok, which it achieved with many a cliffhanger. The returning Legionnaires would come to form the nucleus of the Czechoslavak army. In any case, these cartoons appeared at a time that the Legion was flush with success, and Ekaterinburg, the city where the tsar's family were murdered, was a stronghold of the Czech Legion for a time and a center for their printing enterprise(s). The virulent anti-Sovietism may have been an outgrowth of its war against the Bolsheviks, but one can see that in many ways these cartoons anticipated much later ridicule and some of the fears expressed about the Soviets were indeed prophetic.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Four Postcards Of Ukrainian Patriotic Subjects, Anti-Russian, Color Illustrations Of Patriotic Subjects, Four Different Publishers, Undated But Circa 1917-1921, Unused But Somewhat Worn And Aged. One Dramatic Postcard Shows A Peasant Woman Tied To A Cross, Two Children At Her Feet, Burning City And Village In Background, Four Black Evil Fantastic Birds Coming At Her At Top, One Bird With Russian Hat With Red Star, Another Wearing The Russian Imperial Crown; Ukrainian Text On Reverse, 8 Lines, And Three Lines Explanatory Text In Ukrainian And German. The Moscow Orks From The Northeast, Lithuania, Poland, And Hungary From The West, The Don Cossacks And Turkey From The South, And The Mongols From The Southeast, Have Fought Over The Vast Plains (Now Independent Again As "Ukraine") For 1200 Years, But The Battlefields Are Much Older, Extending Into The Dim Recesses Of Ancient History, And The French And Germans Have Made Their Own Attempts From Further West. The Inhabitants Of The Mediterranean Countries, East Asia, Africa, And Central And South America Have Been Largely Innocent But Received Huge Numbers Of Refugees Fleeing Repeated Incursions Into Ukraine. Vladimir Putin Claims That Reads History Carefully But Has Missed The Vast Majority Of Historical Material On Ukraine, Apparently A Visual Or Comprehension Impediment.