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PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

BPM. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. ORIGINAL 1966 PUBLICATION; softcovers; ex-corporate library; light foxing of endpages and edges; light creasing of corners of covers and leaves; o/w in good condition. Book.

BPM. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. A thick hardback book, re-bound in deep, rich, dark green leather, with gorgeous gilt titles on the spine. This wonderful period book is in excellent condition and as its a used book, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. Published in 1919 (MCMXIX) by T.N. Foulis, First Edition, printed in Scotland by R & R Clark Ltd. Edinburgh. Editor's Preface by Herbert Maxwell dated 1914. 470 original hand cut pages plus index pages, original title cloth boards, and a list of new books issued by publisher. Nice gilt edge to top of papers. Please note when package properly this book is a heavy item, therefore postage/shipping overseas may increase from listed price depending on final destination. All pages intact and nice tight binding and marbled endpapers. A well presented book that would adorn any stylish library. G. DENHOLM ARMOUR & EDWIN ALEXANDER (illustrator).…

4 leaves, 98 pp. with some whole-page illustr. New cloth (stamp on title verso). Sprache: Englisch.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No. 92 of 300 copies. Pastedown split at front board otherwise very good.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. 50 pages. Articles: Why Hitler Declared War on Russia - how Rudolph Hess and his flight figured into it; Why I Publish the Fritz Thyssen Manuscript - the dramatic story behind a remarkable Liberty series; My Life in the Army - by Jimmy Stewart; Problem Horse - the surprising story of Whirlaway; Tournament Golf - It's Tough!; Short Stories: A Very Blind Date; Johnny Allenby and the Beautiful Rebel; Diagnosis; The Indian Sign. Serials: Murder with Southern Hospitality - Part 5; Footsteps Behind Her - Part 9. Ads: Great photo ad inside the front cover features's Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel; Fantastic colour centerfold by GM advocates "A Good Life Work for Any Man"; Castoria children's laxative; Post's Bran Flakes; Palmolive Soap; Sal Hepatica; Cameo Menthal Cigarettes; Dettol; The 1941 CNE; Kotex; Lux Soap - featuring Madeleine Carroll; Tampax; Great WWII ad on back cover photo-illustrates the marine lifeline to Britain and promotes lending to support the war effort. Crossword completed. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Mead Maddick Lownds (cover); Reves, Emery; La Salle, Charles; Rubin, Hy; Schucker, James; (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A readable copy. All pages and the cover are intact (dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but notes cannot obscure the text. Acceptable condition copy. Limited edition, no.205 of 300. Ex library book with usual stamps and stickers. Binding loose from text block, both sections remain in one piece. Wear and rubbing to board edges. Some slight pulling to text block, foxing to edges, tinted red. Contents clear. A suitable reading copy, candidate for rebinding. Please feel free to contact us for further images or information. …

Folio. viii + 240pp. 18 litho. plates including 1 colour and 11 tinted/sepia. Light age toning, marbled e.ps., contemporary gilt rule edged green half morocco, extremities sl. rubbed, gilt ruling and blind motifs with rubbed gilt lettered labels to spine, light cracks to head of joints, t.e.g. Ex.-libris Mr J.O. Manton, District Superintendent Midland Railway Company, with a manuscript note from him inserted, 'This edition of the . is one of two extra large paper copies printed specially for Mr Wm. Bemrose 'No. 5.' 1881 .'The Limitation Leaf states '.is limited to Two extra large paper copies, Ten large paper copes and Three hundred copies . No. 5. Signed 'Bemrose & Sons'. Additional postage may be necessary US$371. …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Mad Mike" - Part I - The adventures of a well-known South Seas character, including his romantic connection with the beautiful half-caste Laumona; The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko - Photo-illustrated article on the shy and elusive East African Sanya race; My Wife's Double - told by Sidney Fitzgerald, now chief engineer with a firm in Portuguese East Africa; In Quest of the Unknown - Part I - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges meets the strange islanders of the San Blas Archipelago and the mysterious Chucunaque - illustrated with photos; My Chinese Crystal - This story of events surrounding an ancient crystal, believed to be stolen from a Chinese temple, will keenly interest students of the occult; The Very Keen Man - How an energetic Central African Native Commissioner conceived a Great Scheme - and what happened to it; The Great Pay-Train Hold-Up - For several years the police of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were at their wit's end to deal with an epidemic of pay-roll robberies; The Big-Game Trapper - R.D.S. describes some thrilling experiences encountered by well-known trappers; Through Savage Europe - Part III - Richard Carline describes his holiday painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro - with photos; "Down Texas Way" - The wife of a Texas rancher tells the tale of three high-spirited youngsters, a desperate gang of escaped convicts, a night alarm, and a mysterious disappearance; Across the Great Sahara - Part IV - The story of a wonderful exploit - a camel-back journey from south to north through the Sahara - with photos; Donnelly's Luck - An old prospector strikes it rich, only to fall into the hands of rascally claim-jumpers; Twenty-Three Hours of Horror - A young fireman, Clermont Lafayette Staden, falls overboard from the American oil-tank steamer Fred W. Weller in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue. Sutcliffe, Norman; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; Skelton, J.R.; Crombie, Charles; Vedder, S.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; De Walton, John; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Tennant, Dudley (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Black Cat Luck - Story related by John McAgee, a Texas cowman; The Fete of "St. Muslin" - Annual festival in Tarare, France to honour M. Antoine Simonet, inventor of Muslin which is made in local mills - article with photos; Exploring in Central Barzil - Part III - A small English expedition explores the Amazon's forests and studies the native peoples; The Signalman Baboon - Photo-illustrated article about "Jack", a baboon who assists his crippled master, James Edwin Wide, in operating railway signals and other important tasks at Uitenhage, near Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Among the Bohemians - Photo-illustrated article on the peoples of the little-known young Republic of Czecho-Slovakia; The Three Angleteers - Part II - The continuing adventures of three bored Englishmen who travelled in Europe; Msimba Konguo's Curse - A curse is put on an Irish trader by a native headman in Nyassaland; Marooned! - A strange and romantic story of the South Seas, reminiscent of the old Island days when unscrupulous traders did much as they pleased; Treed By a Bison - Many sportsmen consider the Indian bison a more dangerous opponent than the tiger; Beating Our Way - Two young men surpass a hobo at his own game of getting free train rides; A Hundred Dollars a Day - Salmon Fishing Off Vancouver Island - long photo-illustrated article by Charles Greenwood; The Watching Eyes - A tale from the South African constabulary of Mangwere; My Volcano Trip - Climbing La Nevada, an active volcano near Toluca, Mexico; A Bunch of Keys - A traveller's story of an odd little adventure in Boston, MA in 1911; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Wood, Stanley L.; Webb, Arch.; Reynolds, Warwick; Abbey, S.; Prater, E.; Cameron, John; Soper, Geo.; Elcock, H.K.; Waters, D.B.; Woodville, R. Caton; Robinson, T.H.; Lloyd, S. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No. Limited to 300 copies; on the completion of which the plates and stones were destroyed. No, 228. Ex-Library with the usual stamps and stickers rebound, with the usual stamps and stickers, first page has some creases and tears to edges, some dogeared pages. Tanned edge paper. Inv U5A42.…

A complete run of the first three years of The Union Jack Detective Supplement. 191 issues bound into three volumes, as issued by the publisher. Volume I collects 87 issues published the week ending 6 May 1922 to 29 December 1923; Volume II collects 52 issues published the week ending 5 Jan 1924 to 27 December 1924; Volume III collects 52 issues published the week ending 3 January 1925 to 19 December 1925. Each volume in the original uniform blue cloth with titles stamped in blind to the upper board, and titles in gilt to the spine. Edges speckled red. Illustrated throughout. All are in very good condition, the bindings square and firm, the cloth with a few small marks but bright and fresh. The contents are toned and spotted, with the occasional finger mark, closed, or corner tear. An attractive set, scarce in this form. A fascinating collection of crime capers and detection, fact and fiction, card sharps and con men, ripper murders and body thieves, from England to Australia. Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…