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paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The Chandlers Grieve: v. 4 This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .

Zustand: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Chapman and Hall, 1948. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is a very good ex-library copy with book plate on the front pastedown, typical library markings, underlining on the title and copyright pages, and a bump to the bottom edge of the front cover. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very clean copy with a faint crease in the front cover.

8vo, xiv+176p. extreme outer margins lightly browned. Externally a good copy in original boards, dustjacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Small octavo. 60 pages black & white plates, with accompanying descriptions, supplementary bibliography and index. New copy, kept in storage, with very slight wear to the dustwrapper and very minor browning to both free endpapers. Priority orders will be dispatched by Royal Mail TRACKED 24 or courier (particularly if over 2kg). Standard mail will be dispatched by Royal Mail TRACKED 48 (up to 2kg), heavier items by courier . Overseas orders will be dispatched by Royal Mail International.Tracked. PLEASE CONTACT ME FOR MY PRIVACY POLICY.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. THE FRONT AND BACK BOARD COVERS ARE CLEAN WITH MINOR SCUFFING TO THE CORNER EDGES OF THE BOOK. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. From the Library of John Russell Taylor.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Very good tight copy in dust wrapper, light age spotting to the wrapper, small tear at base of spine.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. First Printing. Publisher's full blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Profusely illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Hancock, seven in-text plates, and 120 full-page plates of his work with explanatory text on the opposite page, all on glossy stock. . The volume is in excellent condition, unmarked, tight, square, and clean. The unclipped (42s) dust jacket (now in Mylar) is chipped and worn, with loss at the heel of the spine and small open tears at the head of the spine. NEAR FINE/GOOD. Photographs. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xvi, 88, (240-plates) pp.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. *** PLEASE NOTE *** The bookshop is currently closed for holidays. Items can still be ordered, but will not be dispatched until we reopen on Saturday 6th July 2nd September. Many thanks for your patience. *** Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding. Slight bumping to board edges. A few marks to the boards. Light browning and slight foxing to page edges and endpapers. Good solid binding. Very clean text throughout. Illustration from front cover of jacket has been pasted to front pastedown endpaper, and blurb from front flap of the jacket is pasted to rear pastedown endpaper. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xvi, 160.

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. 1st Edition. As new, unread copy.

hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. First Edition. Dust jacket price clipped. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. Some light rubbing to corners and edges of spine. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

First Edition. Near fine copies both in the original gilt-blocked blue cloth boards, the primary work housed in a very good dust-wrapper (now mylar-sleeved), the supplement now housed in a protective plastic sleeve. Dust-wrapper somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled. Both volumes' endpapers and edges lightly foxed, with the interiors remaining bright and clean. A well-preserved set overall. Physical description; complete in 2 volumes : illustrations, plates, portraits ; 23 cm. Notes; Vol. 1: The life and work of Robert Hancock (1948). xvi, 88, [127] pages of plates. Vol. 2: Supplement to the life and work of Robert Hancock (1955). Unpaginated. Subjects; Hancock, Robert. Engravers. Transfer-printing. Worcester porcelain. Bow porcelain. 18th century. 20th century. Illustrated. 3 Kg.

Zustand: Very Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDBig chip out of front panel of dust jacket. Still a very good copy and an important work.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Ex library stamp on rear of title page. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. Rubbing to corners and edges of spine. No jacket. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Zustand: Used - Good. Good hardbacks. 1st ed. Photocopied pages in 2 binders. Published between 1948 & 1955. An account of the life of the 18th century engraver and of his designs on Battersea and Staffordshire enamels and Bow and Worcester porcelain. Appears to have been photocopied from library books. These books weigh well over 2kgs packed; extra shipping may be required Used - Good. Good hardbacks.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Somerfield, T.; Drigin, Serge; Sutcliffe, Norman; Holloway, Cyril; Cameron, John; Hiley, F.E.; De Walton, John; Inns, Kenneth (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Jogi's Curse - An Indian government official is cursed by a wondering jogi (priest) and the prophecy is tragically fulfilled; An Underground Wonderland - Fantastic photo-illustrated article on the Carlsbad Cavern of New Mexico; Adrift in the China Seas - Sent off to fetch help for their crippled steamer, H.W. Millard, G. Grant Simmons and their companions are blown off course and suffer an eight-day ordeal; "Watu Wa Miti" - R. St. Barbe Baker founded the "Men of the Trees" in Equatorial Africa to preserve trees which were continually being burned to secure land for cultivation - with photos; The Man Who Wanted a Change - A factory hand seeking escape travels to the South Seas, only to return sadder and wiser; Two Years in Borneo - Part I - Oscar Cook spent eight years there, the last two of which were quite strenuous - with photos; "The Man With the Buried Head" - photo of alms-seekers in India; The Promotion of Private Smith - The inside facts of an affair involving Private Smith, a young soldier in the American Army, stationed in the Philippines; The Last of the Bushrangers - Mrs. Mary J. Nichols reflects on the old pioneer days in Tasmania and the 'sticking-up' of an isolated station by the last gang of bushrangers that operated in the island - with photos; Forbidden Nepal - Hugh Walter had unusual opportunities to visit this closed state and provides interesting glimpses of the manners, customs, and principal religious festivals of the Nepalese - with photos; White Man's Magic - While exploring the interior of New Zealand the author and his companion fell afoul of a rascally Maori tohunga, or medicine man; Where Cannibals Roam - Part II - An eventful journey into the unknown interior of Papua, with photos; "Old Peter" - C.N.C. Hayter, formerly of the Royal North-West Mounted Police, describes instances of 'second sight' he witnessed among Eskimos, thus providing independent corroboration of a story about apparent Eskimo telepathy in this publication a few months ago; What Happened to Spott - A funny story about a miserly old South African storekeeper and a black mamba snake; The World's Largest Goldfish Farm - founded by Eugene Shireman of Martinsville, Indiana - with photo. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Illustrated by Nicolson, W.C. (cover); Goss, G.W.; Hiley, F.E.; Gillett,Frank; Skelton, J.R.; Briault, S.; Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Dewar,W.; Carruthers, G.P.; Carruthers, G.P.; Eyles, D.C.; Holloway, Cyril;Goss, G.W. (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 265-352 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man's Adventure - terrible experience for Ross Knight in the High Sierras of California; The Golden River - The Kawarau River in New Zealand is to be dammed so its bed may be mined for gold - photo-illustrated article; The Missing Necklace - a tale from the Malay Peninsula; The Lady and the Python - photo-illustrated story from Port Elizabeth; My Novel Holiday - Mercer Sherwood Maloney works as a 'messman' on a cargo-steamer in order to visit Europe; My Search for the King's Treasure, by Lieut. Colonel K.M. Foss, Late Indian Army; The Case for the Sea-Serpent - the log of the "St. Francois Xavier" reports a sighting, according to a 1903 news clipping from the 'Vancouver Province'; Where Cannibals Roam - part 3 - wonderfully photo-illustrated article from Papua; The Looker-on - how card sharks on an Atlantic liner were unmasked; Saved by "The Wide World Magazine" - how reader Hubert H. Arthur benefitted from a 1922 article on a Japanese science called 'Katsu'; Johnny Mackay's Last Hand - a half-breed card player in Canada's northland; Man Versus Lion - South African game ranger is forced to kill lion with sheath knife; Remains of man found in hollow tree - news clipping from the World Herald of Omaha, NE; Two Years in Borneo - part 2 - a strange story of love potion; Some Adventures with Bears - bear stories from Alberta and British Columbia; One-page General Electric ad features 'electric logger' in the Washington woods; One-page Lionel Strongfort ad entitled "When Marriage is Fatal". Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine - True Stories of Adventure, August (Aug.) 1925, Vol. LV No. 328 - Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano / Two Years in Borneo Hunting the Giant Crocodiles of the Bayano, Central America - with amazing photos; The Radio Man'.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Nicolson, W.C. (cover);Davis, G.H.; Leigh, Conrad; Lloyd, Stanley; Wood, Stanley L.; Holloway, Cyril; Sindell, A.; Soper, G.; De Walton, John; Wightman, W.E.; Gillett, F.; Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom (illustrator). First Edition. Pages 353-440 plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Features: What Happened to Mary Clark near Indianapolis - her car was hit by a train and she ended up on the front of the train which thundered on through the night!; The Haunted Bungalow - extraordinary story from South Africa; A Thousand Miles From Anywhere - Reverend Martyn Rogers and his family spent three years on the island of Tristan da Cunha - where mail came only once per year!; The Living Death - an eccentric chemist marries an Aztec girl in the hope of discovering the secrets of ancient Aztec dyes; Sands of Destruction - the fierce Atlantic is destroying the coast of Donegal in the north-west of Ireland - article with graphic photos; How I Lost My Job - the author worked as a teamster in British Columbia, until he lost a wagonload of explosives near Burns Lake; Two Years in Borneo - part 3 - the exciting outbreak at the Lubuk Estate; Trial by Ordeal in Africa; A Woman in Unknown Morocco - Fay Sutton's photo-illustrated narrative; Where Cannibals Roam - part 4 of 4 of this photo-illustrated article on a trip to the interior of Papua; The Stolen Telluride - A West Australian gold-miner's story; A Double Event - members of the South African Constabulary gets involved with horse racing; The Montreal Hold-Up - Canada's most daring armoured car robbery in broad daylight; The Downfall of "The Colonel" - a very clever American crook; Anderson's Pole-Cat - an exhausted British Columbia prospector stumbles upon a fortune in a trackless wilderness. Average wear. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this great vintage issue.

Zustand: Very Good. Archive concerning research material and letters from contributors for 'The M.G. Log'. First published in 1993 by Souvenir Press. Editorial consultant: Jean Cook. American edition published by Greenwich Editions in 1997. Contributors were Peter Haining (Octagonal Fever), Jean Cook (Cecil Kimber's daughter), Cyril Mellor (Vintage MG's), Barry Foster (Racer of Classic MG's), David Saunders (The Immortal 'T' type MG), Geoff Shirt (MGB - World's Most Popular Sports Car), Anna Guerrier (The MG Fast Ladies) and Mike Allison (Restoring MG's). A couple of pages of Haining's handwritten notes. Five typescripts of different versions varying in length (one or two with duplicated pages) of Haining's piece, with corrections. Two typescripts (one incomplete) of Jean Cook's piece on her father Cecil Kimber, with corrections, plus a further heavily corrected paragraph about Cecil Kimber. Draft typescript of Mike Allison's contribution. pp. 9. with corrections. Typed description of M.G. models. Typed Contents page. Typed outline for photographs for the M.G. Log. pp. 9. Typed outline of content. pp. 6. Both with a few corrections. Handwritten photocopy of '"Old Number One" and the Vintage Years' by Cyril Mellor. pp. 16 (one page article included). Typed piece by Stirling Moss. pp. 6. Photocopy of article by Cecil Kimber. pp. 12, a few taped in. Typed list of useful addresses and other information. Two typed lists of books about cars. pp. 10. 10 photographs of MGs, Jean Cook features in several of them, 5 slides, 3 transparencies all of MGs. Accompanied by photocopies of photographs. Letters dating from 1992 include typed signed letters and in some cases a photocopy of the letter has been attached and about 15 photocopies of Haining's letters introducing himself and outlining the content of the book and what is required. Typed blurb for the book from Haining to Tessa Harrow at Souvenir Press. Typed signed letters to Haining from Anna Guerrier, racing driver, Jean Cook, daughter of Cecil Kimber, the inventor of the first M.G. (4 letters, full of assistance), Ernest Hecht at Souvenir Press confirming Haining's contract, Philip Jennings, historian of the Early MG Society, Cyril Mellor of 14/40 fame, Mike Allison, M.G. specialist, Don Hayter, Bob Patterick, an old friend who drove MGs, and Geoff Shirt, his letter includes his photocopied article on the 5th Kimber Birthday Run. Jennings and Hayter declined to contribute to the book. Other material includes a returned cheque for a back issue of Classic Cars not available and a page from Thoroughbred & Classic Cars. Letters dating from 1993 include two lengthy handwritten letters to Haining from David Saunders, editor of the T Register Yearbook for the MG Car Club with Haining's photocopied replies and his photocopied introductory letter (dated December 1992). Four photocopied articles also attached. Fax from Haining to Ernest Hecht about payment. Photocopy of Haining's introductory letter to Glynn Guisti and a photcopy of a letter to Cyril Mellor. Typed signed letter to Haining from Jean Cook with handwritten message about the irreplaceable photographs she has sent him. Typed signed letter to Haining from Richard Monk, the MG Owners Club General Manager, enclosing transparencies. Typed signed letter to Haining from Jean Cook enclosing the final draft of her piece with a handwritten message at the end. Typed signed letter to Haining from Cyril Mellor. A handwritten letter to Jean Cook from Edith Pargeter (Ellis Peters) the detective author who admits she doesn't drive, handwritten at top 'To Peter with compliments Dennis.' Typed signed letter to Haining from The Souvenir Press enclosing a questionnaire from Jean Cook which is present. Handwritten letter to Anna [Guerrier] from Liz [Wigg] at Rivers Fletcher Motor Racing enclosing photographs. Handwritten letters to Haining from Jean Cook and David Saunders and a handwritten card from Cyril Mellor. Fax from Tessa Harrow. Typed signed letter from Haining to Greg Allport, Rover Cars concerning use of the MG logo with faxed reply. Memo to Tessa Harrow. Typed signed letter from Haining to Ernest Hecht with names and addresses of contributors. Typed signed letter to Haining from Mike Allison. Fax from Radio Suffolk to Ernest Hecht. Undated handwritten letter to Haining from David Saunders enclosing his piece and two handwritten postcards from Barry Foster. Letters from 1994 include some of Haining's handwritten notes, stapled photocopies of Haining's letters to some of the contributors and others concerning the return of photographs etc., together with typed signed letters from Jean Cook (handwritten postscript and earlier list of photographs), Anna Guerrier (2 letters), Ron Cover, Geoff Shirt and Cyril Mellor. No response from Barry Foster included. Other material includes photocopies of articles, photocopied excerpts from publications, cuttings from magazines and newspapers and other items relating to cars. Very good. Very good.