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Couverture souple. Zustand: bon. R240071721: 1995. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 108 pages - nombreux dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte - textes sur deux colonnes - ouvrage recouvert d'un plastique transparent. . . . Classification Dewey : 640-Economie domestique. Vie à la maison. …

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Royal octavo. Pp. iii, 14, 140, 15-31. Plus colour frontispiece portrait of King Edward. Plus 10 colour plates of uniforms, one of which is colour lithograph; 2 line-drawn plates; 2 photographic plates with 34 depictions of buttons. HARDCOVER, bound in the original red cloth with gilt embossed lettering and crown, bit shabby, rebacked with new spine, manuscript title on spine, new endpapers; few plates with offset in blank margins, one line-drawn plate edge-frayed with tear at blank margin. A sturdy copy, just about good. ~ FIRST EDITION. Fully collated. The extended, illustrated advertisement section is divided into two parts, one at the beginning and one at end. This copy contains an amendment "Colonial Service: Evening Dress" tipped-in. From the library of C. P. Mulder, renowned collector and international heraldry authority, with his charming armorial bookplate,"Nil Desperandum" tipped-in. For a complete catalogue of Mulder's library, from which we offer a considerable number of items, see: C. P. Mulder: "Catalogue of Works on Orders, Decorations and Medals in the Library of C. P. Mulder" (Rotterdam, 1988). See also: C. P. Mulder & A. A. Purves: "Bibliography of Orders and Decorations" (Copenhagen, 1999). 005-10. ~ ~ NOTE: TOTAL REDUCTION SALE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. An illustrated study of the animals housed at the London Zoo, produced only a few years after its opening. Volume I is the first edition, Volume II is a later edition.A zoological study written by the zoologist Edward Turner Bennett and illustrated by William Turner, for the Zoological Society of London.The Society was founded in 1826, with the aim to create a collection of animals for study at leisure, founding an institution which later became London Zoo. This work explores the animals housed in the Zoo, which included the Arabian oryx, greater kudus, orangutan and the now extinct quagga and thylacine.Illustrated with vignettes throughout.Volume I covers quadrupeds, Volume II birds.Sixteen pages of adverts to the front of Volume I. In a full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, Volume I is a little worn, with lifting to the head of the spine. Chips to the spine label of Volume I, spine label to Volume II is age-toned and a little rubbed. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Faint dampstains to the boards. Spine of Volume I is faded. Hinges of Volume I are tender. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with scattered spots. Good. WIlliam Harvey (illustrator). book.…