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Zustand: Fair. 1933. Reprinted. 201 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth boards with lettering. Black and white illustrated map frontispiece. Pages and binding are presentable with common faults. Text is legible throughout. Some issues present such as cracking, inscriptions, inserts, moderate foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Minor splits to spine ends and corners causing cloth to be frayed. Lettering is clear. …

Zustand: Good. 1950. First Edition. Paperback. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Zustand: Good. 1950. First Edition. Paperback. . . . . .

Zustand: Good. No edition remarks. 166 pages. No dust jacket. Green paper covered boards with cloth spine. Black and white photographs. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have moderate shelf wear with some rubbing, fraying and corner bumping. Some moderate sunning and tanning. …

Zustand: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 166 pages. No dust jacket. Green paper covered boards with brown cloth to spine. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to gutters causing binding to be loose, however pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Spine is in good condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. xii 249pp hardback, cream cloth gilt, with frontispiece and portrait plates by A. Arrowsmith, ex-cathedral library with bookplate. A. Arrowsmith (illustrator).

Leinen, gebunden; oranger Einband, schwarzer Rücken, schwarzweisses Signet auf Vorderdeckel / Anz. Seiten: 76 / 18,3 x 20,6 cm / mit 14 Schwarzweisstafeln (Fotos von Hans Eckert), Zeichnungen von Willi Helbling, Signet von Erwin Stark, Gestaltung von Paul Bieger / Zustand: sehr gut, geringe Gebrauchsspuren Sprache: de.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. 1st Edition. Published in 1935, this is the first edition of this collection of anecdotes of people & characters the author met on his travels and encounters in Shropshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire, etc. this example retaining the rarely seen attractive pictorial dustjacket, the jacket has some browning and light marking, else in good complete condition, now housed in a removeable protective sleeve, foxing and light browning to endpapers, else in good general condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Published in 1935, this is the first edition of this collection of anecdotes of travels and encounters in Shropshire, Worcestershire, etc. this example retaining the rarely seen attractive pictorial dust jacket, the jacket has some edge wear rubbing, light marking, short edge tears, else in good complete condition, now housed in a removable protective sleeve. Light spotting to rear of books cover, foxing to outer page edges within, else in good general condition.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. An illustrated first edition in the scarce original unclipped dust wrapper. A first edition,in the original grey cloth, with the scarce, unclipped dust wrapper, in very good condition. Featuring a monochrome frontispiece and six further monochrome plates, including maps and photography. Collated, complete. The account of English writer and British Army Officer (Lieutenant Colonel) W. Byford-Jones. Byford-Jones was also ajournalist who contributed to Wolverhampton's 'Express & Star', becoming their Deputy Editor and News Editor. He investigated the 1944 graffiti scandal in Worcestershire, when the skeleton of an unknown woman was found inside a wych elm. He wrote a number of other titles on the Middle East, and the history of oil production. Bound in original grey cloth. In the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Moderate marks to rear board. Mild fading and spotting to spine. Light spotting to endpapers. Dust wrapper smart. Mild chipping and rubbing to extremities. Mild sunning to dust wrapper spine. Light, scattered spotting to dust wrapper reverse. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean, with the occasional spot. Mild scattered spotting to text block edges. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. An excellent signed first edition of these charming Midlands stories, with the original dust wrapper. Signed by the author to the front free endpaper. First edition. With the publisher's unclipped (unpriced) dust wrapper. This entertaining volume recounts the stories of the lives of 50 men and women the author has met in the cottages, halls, workshops, offices and streets of the Midlands. We meet earls, innkeepers, farmers, industrialists, mayors, artists and authors, alongside quaint characters in the more secluded parts of the countryside. Illustrated with fifteen monochrome portraits by A. Arrowsmith. Collated, complete. From English writer Wilfred Byford Jones, better known for his works on the Middle East and the history of oil production. In the original cloth binding. With the publisher's unclipped (unpriced) dust wrapper.Externally, excellent, with minimal shelf wear and a touch of toning to the head and tail of the spine. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine, with chipping to the head. A couple nicks and closed tears to the wrap's edges, and a couple minor spots to the rear panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and light spotting to the endpapers. Author's signature to the front free endpaper and an additional contemporary ink inscription. Near Fine. A. Arrowsmith (illustrator). signed by author. book.…

0. Sprache: Deutschu.

3 SS. auf Doppelblatt. 4to. Mit Beilage (s. u.). In italienischer Sprache an einen Marquis: "Se serivendo a V. S. Illustriss. dovessi imitare lo stile epistolare Ottolini, dovrei certamente incominciare questo mio colla Buona Notte, mentre adesso che serivo, essendo pressoche suonate le undici pomerid. egli è appunto il momento di dar bando alle case e abbandonarsi ad un placido sonno [.] L'attento esame delle carte a me affidate, mi fa scorgere la mancanza di talune altre, o per lo meno lascia nelle posizioni de vani e dei dubbj, che a toglierli e dissiparli mi sono indispensabili degli schiarimenti [.] Con Tutti questi chiacchere e con quelle dell'acchiusa Promemoria seritte al raggio di fioco lume cioè quanto il dire mal tramandate epeggio espresse, non vorrei aver la tediata [.]" ("Wenn ich beim Schreiben an Se. Hochwohlgeb. den Briefstil Ottolinis nachahmen sollte, müsste ich dasselbe mit 'Gute Nacht' beginnen, denn jetzt, während ich schreibe u. es alsbald 11 Uhr nachm. schlagen wird, ist gerade der Augenblick, die Säufer zu bannen und sich einem ruhigen Schlafe zu überlassen [.] Die aufmerksame Prüfung der mir anvertrauten Papiere lässt mich das Fehlen anderer erkennen, oder lässt zumindest leere und zweifelhafte Stellen vermuten, zu deren Fortnahme und Zerstreuung mir Aufklärungen unerlässlich sind [.] Mit all diesem Gerede u. mit jenem des angeschlossenen Promemorias, im Strahl des schwachen Lichts geschrieben, nämlich, was das sozusagen schlecht Überbrachte u. noch schlechter Ausgedrückte anbelangt, hätte ich Sie nicht gelangweilt [.]"). - Beiliegend die im Brief erwähnte eh. Denkschrift (4 SS. auf 2 Doppelbll. mit eh. Korrekturen und Redaktionsvermerken) zu Sitzungen, zw. 10. V. 1845 und 19. VIII. 1846, vor allem den Buch- und Schreibwarenhändler Ottolini betreffend (weitere Namensnennungen u. a.: Aporti, Asili, Araldi, Centenari, Grecchi, Madoglio, Manara, Ottilio, Romilli). Bignami fasst einige Inhalte zusammen und notiert offene Fragen. - Jeweils mit hs. Transkription und Übersetzung. Mit Rundstempel und Inventarnummern ("4061" u. "4062") der Handschriftensammlung J. K. Riess.…

kol. Lithographie v. Gaetano Dura b. Federico Gatti, um 1833, 19 x 11 (H) Fast karikatives Blatt.