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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 159 Pages Illus.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. Not dated but c 1910. Blue cloth boards, illustrated and gilt decorated, gilded spine illustration (a little rubbed at edges, rounded at spine tips and corners, few mild marks). Elaborate prize presentation plate on front paste-down, indicating that the book was presented to one John Rouse by Iver Heath Council School for good attendance in 1915. A little internal spotting, else neat, clean, bright and firm. 8vo 0. Pearse, A (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. Not dated but c 1910. 466pp. Blue cloth boards, illustrated and gilt decorated, gilded spine illustration (a little rubbed at edges, rounded at spine tips and corners). Colour plate frontispiece and further decorations in text. Previous owner's name on front and rear endpaper. Neat, clean, bright and tight. Before the advent of dust jackets, many books, especially those for children were bound in brightly coloured cloth with pictorial blocking in gold and colours, often on the spine as well as the front board. This volume is one of those, a part of the Kingston Library edition of Kingston's works for children. Pearse, A (illustrator). …

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First edition thus. Black and white Illustrations by W.H.C. Groome. Cocked spine with rubbing and age-toning on the boards, very good, lacking the dustwrapper. A collection of stories.

Zustand: New. 1986. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Falstaff | Lyrical Comedy in Three Acts | W. Beatty-Kingston (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | 56 S. | Englisch | 2017 | hansebooks | EAN 9783744797009 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Hansebooks GmbH, Trakehner Weg 52, 22844 Norderstedt, gb[at]hansebooks[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu. …

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnVignettes from many engagements of the Victorian Royal NavynnFor many, the great age of sail, typified by Nelson and his Royal Navy was the finest hour of British sea power. In its struggle with Napoleonic France it fought its gre.

Hardcover. Collector's Edition. Octavo, 568 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in decorated blue leather with paneling and gilt lettering to spine. Minor general shelf wear. Edges of textblock gilt. With silk endpapers and a silk ribbon bookmark. Slight fading to bottom edge of rear free endpaper. Shelved Case 8 1/4. 1400773. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. …

Cloth. Zustand: Good. First edition. The scarce first edition of this charming collection of short stories, illustrated throughout by W.H.C. Groome. The first edition. In the publisher's original green cloth binding. A collection of short stories by a variety of authors, including G.A. Henty, G. Manville Fenn, David Ker, Headon Hill, W.H.G. Kingston, Reginald Horlsey, and Harold Blindloss. Illustrated with a frntispiece and six plates by W.H.C. Groome, one of the most prolific children"s book illustrators of his era. Collated, lacking the plate to p.303. Including stories such as 'On the Spanish Main', 'The Guerrilla', 'West African Yarns', and more. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail. Rubbing to joints. Faint marks to boards. Ink inscription to front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Plate facing p.56 disbound but present, loosely inserted inside the volume. Pages are bright and clean, with light spotting to the front and rear. Lacking one plate. Good. W.H.C. Groome (illustrator). book. …

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Roy Gardner - Californian Bandit Extraordinary; Exploring the Salton Sea - an exploration by two motorcyclists - article with photos; Across Remote Yunnan - Part I - account of a journey through the little-known region where China and Tibet meet - article with photos; Besieged by Man-Eating Lions - a woman's terrible ordeal in East Africa; Shipwrecked in Bering Sea - Thrilling story of the passengers and crew of a schooner wrecked in the icy Bering Sea; Trailing the Gun-Runners - Part I - the United States tries to preserve peace in the Negro Republic of Dominica in 1906-7; The Last Fight of the Five Hundred - Part III - French troops are overwhelmed by Mustapha Kemal Pasha and his rebel Kurds and Turks during the siege of Urfa; American Crooks in Europe - sketches of the meteoric careers of Walter Sheridan, Max Shinburn and Adam Worth; The Decoy Telegram - an engineer's narrow escape from death; A Model Town Made From Corks - model town built by M. Jean Bertrand, musical director at Maskelyne's Theatre of Mysteries, London; The Limits of the Law - an illiterate Justice of the Peace is called on to administer justice in Mink Lake, in the Lesser Slave Lake district; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 90-176, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Prater, E.; Holloway, C.; Oakdale, E.G.; Hodgson; E.S.; Wood, Stanley L.; De Walton, John; Whitaker, W.G.; Coller, H.; Waddell, J. (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: The Last Fight of the Great Green Eel - three-day battle with a Conger eel in Trinidad; De Rougemont Right After All! - Shortly after his passing, the incredible stories by Louis de Rougement of adventures with the wild blacks (aborigines) of Australia are proven true! - article with great photos; The Lure of the Jewel - The Forcing of the Duke of Brunswick's safe; Crossed Trails - A remarkable tale of linked lives; The Midnight Visitor - A grim tale of the famous North-West Mounted Police of Canada; Trapped in a Well - two men in Nebraska set out to deepen a well; The Moffat County Mystery - an odd tale from Colorado; A Film-Hunter on the Amazon - Part II - Probably the most adventurous expedition ever undertaken in the interest of film-making - article with interesting photos; A Christmas Hunt in East Africa - sometimes 'exiles' can have a good Christmas; A Double Escape a thrilling royal tiger hunt in India; A Man's Luck - Part V - the true story of a man who set out to build an Alaskan home for the girl of his dream but kept being jailed; The Accursed Lake - The strange story of David Burton and Charles Snisted in New Zealand; The Living Death - an explorer's grim story from the South American jungle; Anthropop - Apology; and more. pp. 8 [ads], [2] 268-351, 9-16 [ads]. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality vintage copy of this wonderful issue. Holmes, Fred; Elcock, Howard; Prater, E.; Tennant, Dudley; Peddie, Tom; Elcock, Howard; Sindall, A.; Peddie, Tom; Wood, Stanley L.; Prater, E.; Hiley, F.E. (illustrator).…