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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Hardcover. No DJ. Ex-Library with usual markings. Text unmarked. Marker markings on page edges. Covers show minor shelf wear with a light stain on front. Binding tight, hinges strong.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Zustand: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Gerard Hoffnung, Cartoonists, Humor, Biography) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 128 pages. 9.25x6.50x0.31 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2014. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 246 pp. ; red cloth with gold lettering ; no dustjacket ; Contents : A word from the president / C H Lewis -- Peace (poem) / Carolyn Cunningham -- Adventures into American Rose Annuals / Helen D Carswell -- A priceless blessing that costs nothing (poem) -- Keep it simple / Ralph M Dasher -- Sun kissed roses / J A Herholdt -- Nearly wild (poem) / Ollie Giltner -- A way of life / Verona E Weeks -- Rose plant quality control project / Dr Dennison Morey -- To paint a rose / Mrs Henry Diener -- The most perfect phase, judging hybrid teas / Dr A S Thomas -- Understock testing in the New Orleans area / Dr. A. G. Viskell -- Old Roses, living antiques of the rose world / Mrs Walter P Merhoff -- The Isle of Guernsey / Peter D W LePelley -- One little rose (poem) -- An engineer looks at the relation between cutback and bloomtime / Thomas S West -- Pest control in roses / Harvey E Barke -- A hybridizer's dream (poem) -- Why patented roses / George M Hart -- About roses in Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, Rumania and Hungary / Josef Henyk -- Report on rose research in the U. S. Department of Agreiculture / Robert N Stewart, Peter Semeniuk -- American Rose literature since the war / Theo. Mayer -- The little rosebud (poem) / Bertha McQuerry -- Finis to International Sleuthing for a Rose" / Mrs. Walter P Merhoff -- Our chemical fertilizers / Orville E Bowles -- Some species native to North America / Dr Blanche McAvoy -- Unique genes in hardy wild roses / Percy H Wright -- Leaves (poem) / Pearl Kell -- Iran rose city, Isfahan / A. Varzandeh -- Experiments in producing new moss roses / Rev Walter Stanley Smith -- Roses in Scandinavia / Homer C Lyman -- All-America Rose Selections -- New rose patents -- New roses of the world -- Ineligible roses -- Proof of the pudding -- Illustrations : Palm Springs -- C. H. Lewis -- John F. Kennedy -- Polynesian Sunset -- Planning a rose picture -- Crown Jewel -- Eminence -- Mister Lincoln -- Camelot -- Oklahoma -- Happy Birthday -- America's Junior Miss -- Lotte Cunthart -- Seneca Queen -- Valby Park -- Woburn Abbey -- Green Rose. ; VG. Book.…

Zustand: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered silver back. Quarto. 10½'' x 8''. Contains 208 pp with two-colour aerial plans and monochrome archive photographs throughout. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper with very slight sun fading of the red lettering to the spine, not price clipped. Typed letter dated 22nd February 1993 from Laddie Lucas' private Onslow Square, London residence mounted in a cream envelope opposite the front free end paper SIGNED 'Sincerely, Laddie Lucas'. The recipient of this letter, Robert Pearce, has a smart bookplate 'Robert & Dulcie Pearce' to the front free end paper. SIGNED by both authors to white labels to the title page (Laddie Lucas refers to these in his letter) 'Johnnie Johnson' and 'Some great air battles to remember - but never I hope, to see again | Laddie Lucas 22. ii. 93' also SIGNED by Tony Iveson to the Tirpitz frontispiece illustration 'Tony Iveson DFC | Pilot of KC-F on Tirpitz attacks.' Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Housed in Fine condition marble paper covered open-fronted slip case. Member of the P.B.F.A. ROYAL AIR FORCE (RAF).…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. A charming collection of classics from Collins, including Dickens, Hardy, Ainsworth, Walter Scott, George du Maurier and Defoe. The Collins Clear Type Press Classics, a charming collection of eight volumes, believed to have been published in c.1910.In the publisher's original maroon buckram cloth, with glit decoration to spines.Intended as an affordable means of attaining the classics, the Clear Type Press Classics offered readers the likes of Dickens, Scott and Hardy with decorative title leaves and illustrations as seen with this group.- Under the Greenwood Tree, written by Thomas Hardy, containing a frontispiece and another monochrome plate illustrated by Percy Graves.- Oliver Twist, written by Charles Dickens, containing a frontispiece and six other monochrome plates of the main characters. Collated complete.- Robinson Crusoe, written by Daniel Defoe, with an introduction by Frederick Dunbar, containing a frontispiece and three other monochrome plates by J. Finnimore.- Trilby, written by George du Maurier, with an introduction by Frederick Dunbar, containing a frontispiece and another monochrome plate illustrated by Frank Gillet.- Kenilworth, written by Walter Scott, containing a frontispiece andsix other monochrome plates of the main characters illustrated by C.J. Staniland.- Windsor Castle, written by William Harrison Ainsworth, containing a frontispiece and four other monochrome plates illustrated by Herbert Butler.- The Pickwick Papers, written by Charles Dickens, containing a frontispiece and and six other monochrome plates illustrated by J. Eyre.- The Old Curiosity Shop, written by Charles Dickens, containing a frontispiece and seven other monochrome plates illustrated by W. H. C. Groome. In the publisher's original buckram cloth. Externally, smart, with minor edgewear and dulling to spines and boards. Minor rubbing to front joints, a little heavier to Kenilworth. Slight creasing to spines, a little heavier to Trilby. End papers are generally bright and clean, with minimal smudges and slight browning to edges of Trilby and Castle. Internally, generally firmly bound, with delicate binding for leaves up to p.33 of Pickwick. Pages are bright and clean, with tape marks to pp.511-516 of Pickwick. Small creases to top left of leaves pp.368-373 of Ainsworth. Very Good. Percy Graves; J. Finnimore; Frank Gillet; C.J. Staniland; Herbert Butler; J. Eyre; W. H. C. Groome (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: Twenty-Four Days Adrift - The appalling experiences that befell the crew of the U.S. steamer Dumaru, destroyed by fire and explosion in the Pacific in 1918 - from the logs of Radio-Operator T.W. Bean and Assistant Engineer F.J. Harmon; The Kidnapping of Father Heslin - this unassuming parish priest of Colma, California ultimately died - newspapers helped in catching the kidnapper; The Cross-Eyed Englishman - a rousing story of the Canadian North-West which occured 150 miles north and west of Winnipeg near Lake Winnipegosis; After Big Game With a Camera - Major A. Radclyffe Dugmore hunts big African game with a camera; A Wipe In the Eye - A British officer's amusing account of a lion-hunt which involves a spear; At Grips With a Leopard - Story from Jan Pienaar of the Beira Mashonaland Rhodesia Railway; The Man-Eating Crocodile - The Native Commissioner in charge at Balovale in Northern Rhodesia describes a crocodile surely responsible for many deaths; The Cannibal Islands - Part III - Clifford W. Collinson lived for several years in the Solomon Islands and here describes his visit to the mysterious island of Choiseul and its hidden stronghold - with nice photos; A Rescue By Aeroplane - Captain M.N. Albert's plane crashed on a trip over Northern Quebec and Ontario; Photo of bamboo organ in Catholic church in Los Pinas, Philippines; England's Oddest Treasure-Trove - A vast hoard of gold and silver coins is discovered at Seaton Carew, on the Durham Coast; Exploring in Central Brazil - Part I - A small expedition left England in 1921 to explore the mighty Amazon forests and study the wild Indian tribes - article with photos; Bandit-Hunting - Captain George Ash describes his 18 months serving under Francisco (Pancho) Villa, and a battle with outlaws in Santo Domingo; The Voyage of the "Sargon" - The disastrous voyage of this Grimsby trawler which arrived home weeks late - article with photos; The Bandit of Marseilles - A Bulgarian in France, upset for a sentence passed upon him,begins a vendetta against inoffensive citizens; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue. Hiley, F.E.; Wood, Stanley L.; Nicolson, W.C.; Verpilleux, E.; Graves, Percy; Webb, Arch; Woodville, R. Caton; York, W.G.; Prater, Ernest (illustrator).…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: Bill Carlisle, Train Robber - An account of the amazing exploits of a man described as "the last of the train-robbers", who would notify officials when he was about to rob a train!; In Quest of the Dragon Lizards - Part I - A thrilling account of adventures on a remote Dutch East Indies island in pursuit of prehistoric flesh-eating lizards (the Komodo dragon) - with photos; The City of Golden Geese - A lively photo-illustrated account of the foie gras industry in the old city of Strasburg in Alsace; Mungoro Meets His Match - A Rhodesian tale; The End of the Chase - A hunt for a monstrous elephant near Lake Nyasa; Photo of a Kentish stilt-walker in field of hops; The Man in No. 35 - How a British officer discovered, in a Russian prison, Julius Weinberg, a Jewish banker who had actually handed Lenin and his accomplices ten million marks from the German Government in order to finance the Bolshevik revolution that destroyed Russia as a fighting force - the little man knew too much, and paid with his life for his refusal to surrender the incriminating receipts; Cycling Round the World - Part II - Kai Thorenfeldt spent over two years riding over 20,00 miles! - with photos; The bachelor Homesteaders of British Columbia - A breezy photo-illustrated account of the adventures and hardships of this cheery, happy-go-lucky class of men; The Girl Stowaway of the Cecilie - Part II - Jeanne Day snuck aboard the Herzogin Cecilie before it departed Australia for Falmouth - with photos; A Ride in the Night - An officer of the King's African Rifles falls ill on the Abyssinian frontier of Kenya Colony; The Chief's Gift - A tale from a New Zealand sheep farmer; Teddy Murphy's Close Call - A child disappears into a well in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 84 pages plus 12 pages of nice vintage ads. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this nice vintage issue.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, November 1928, Komodo, Butirski, Caucasus British Military Agency, Cheka, Tcheka, Butirski Prison, Julius Weinberg, Trotsky, Djerjinski, Bolshevik Financier, Bill Carlisle - Train Robber, Bill Carlisle, train robbers, In Quest of the. Illustrated by Sutcliffe, Norman; Lance; Sindall, A.W.; Holloway, Cyril;Prater, Ernest; Spence, Percy; Wightman, W.E.; De Walton, John; Inns,Kenneth; Seper, George (illustrator).…