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Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good.

Zustand: New.

Cloth. Zustand: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. A first edition copy of William Spencer Beaumont's scarce history of Prussia, Austria, and Venetia, with reference to the Austro-Prussian War. The first edition of this scarce work in the publisher's original cloth binding, with decorative gilt to the front board and spine. All edges gilt. Binder's label of Smith Bros. to the rear paste down. Prize bookplate to the front paste down. Captain William Spencer Beaumont (1848-1926) was a British army officer and a member of the London County Council. In this work, he provides a history of Germany, Austria, Prussia, Italy and France, and the causes of the Austro-Prussian War. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, boards are fairly smart and bright, though there are large splits to the cloth to both joints. A little shelf wear to the extremities and head and tail of the spine. Both hinges are split and very tender, held to the spine only at the head and tail. Front free end paper to the title page detached; the rest of the pages are firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Good Only. book.

8vo., First Edition, with plates and facsimiles in the text; black cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The first detailed account of the Emergency Services Organisation, of which the author was Head, and the work involved in maintaining supply throughout WWII. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Boards are worn and marked.Prize book plate.Attractive school binding.Foxing.Excellent binding.With reference to the late war.Illustrated.Very good copy,condition given in terms of age.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Published in London in 1902, this is the First Edition of this scarce early work on The Bible, Geology, Creationism and Evolution, bound in the original bevelled edged covers, 7.5 inches tall, 410 pages, illustrated with a double page colour geological section, 2 further plates and a map. The covers have some noticeable fading and discolouration of the cloth along lower edges, some fraying to spine ends and corners, some mild splitting of cloth along spine edges, internally old ownership names to front endpaper and title page, foxing and some staining to endpapers, light occasional foxing within else in good acceptable condition.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Very Good. Prater, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Wood, Stanley L.; waters, D.B.; Nicolson, W.C.; Robinson, T.H.; Hiley, F.E.; Sindall, A.; De Walton, John; Edwards, Lionel; Whitaker, W.G.; Elcock, Howard K. (illustrator). First Edition. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: 'Twixt Sunset and Sunrise - Mining Engineer William Bartle relates a story from Mexico where, outside the large cities "no foreigner's life is worth a farthing"; The Cannibal Islands - Part II - photo-illustrated article by Clifford Collinson who has lived in the Solomon Islands for several years and, in this instalment, visits the little-known atolls of Ong-Tong-Java, with nice photos; The Disappearance of Annie Mooney - A thirty-year-old mystery is solved in a strange and unlooked-for manner - was she kidnapped by the Chinese all those years ago?; The Most Wonderful School in the World - A remarkable "sun-cure" establishment at Aigle in the Swiss mountains where children - recently hopeless cripples - learn their lessons and romp in deep snow clad only in loin-cloths and boots! - with photos; Obyada, Bad Indian - story related by a member of the Royal North-West Mounted police about a troublesome individual near Red Deer, Alberta; The Rum-Runner - the story of a sea captain's first smuggling voyage, as told in St. Pierre, headquarters of a fleet of ships engaged in the liquor-running business; Soliman the Seer - the mysterious fortune-teller of the Pyraid of Cheops; The Children of the Wilderness (Conclusion) - Juliet Bredon's photo-illustrated travels in little known Mongolia; A Wildfowling Adventure - a nasty little adventure on the Solway Firth; Fishing for Crocodiles - using a special hook and line; On Patrol - a quaint little experience related by a flying officer of the Royal Air Force; The MIssing Links - An Indian magician discovers a thief when the police had failed; Round the World With a Lasso - former Texas Ranger Captain George Ash tours the world giving exhibitions and training troops in the use of the lasso - article with photos; The Strangest Mutiny on Record - The Schooner Pedro Varela; Six Hundred Thousand Francs - One of the most audacious jewel robberies ever perpetrated (in Paris); and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this excellent vintage issue.

First and limited deluxe edition of the monumental Legion Book; one of only one hundred numbered copies printed for private distribution by the Prince of Wales and signed by a remarkable array of British writers and artists, as well as four prime ministers. Quarto, original publisher's full deluxe pigskin over boards elaborately decorated in blind and gilt, top edge gilt, tissue-guarded color frontispiece, engraved title-page vignette, illustrated with 16 captioned tissued-guarded plates in various techniques (some signed by the artist) and 32 collotypes. One of one hundred numbered copies printed for private distribution by the Prince of Wales and with five pages signed by each of the 89 contributing writers and illustrators as well as four prime ministers (three British Prime Ministers: David Lloyd George, Stanley Baldwin, and Ramsay MacDonald, and French Prime Minister Georges Clemenceau) including: Winston Churchill (who was not yet a Prime Minister), Rudyard Kipling, P.G. Wodehouse, Eric Gill, Stanley Spencer, Charles Ricketts, W. Heath Robinson, Laura Knight, William Nicholson, Paul Nash, David Low, Rebecca West, John Lavery, Max Beerbohm, Vita Sackville-West, Hilaire Belloc, Mark Gertler, Edith Sitwell, Jacob Epstein, W.H. Davies, and Aldous Huxley among others. This is number 84. The Legion Book was created at the request of H.R.H. The Prince of Walesâ"who would later become King Edward VIII and, following his abdication, the Duke of Windsorâ"as a fundraising initiative for the British Legion. All profits from its sales were intended to support the organization. The book features contributions from 85 distinguished British writers and artists including Winston Churchill, Rudyard Kipling, P.G. Wodehouse, Aldous Huxley, Vita Sackville-West, G.K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Augustus John, Eric Kennington, and John Nash. It was compiled and edited by James Humphrey Cotton Minchin (1894â"1966), a veteran who served with the Cameronians and the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. While the trade version saw several reprints, a special edition of 600 numbered copies was also produced. Of these, 500 bore the editorâs signature, but âthe first 100 were reserved for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, sponsor of the volume, in his gift.â According to the note at the conclusion of the Table of Contents, âFive pages of contributorsâ signatures appear after the Dedication, with additional signed pages opposite Collotype No. 3 and Collotype No. 20.â Every contributor signed the book, with the sole exception of John Singer Sargent, who died in 1925, before the project was completed. In near fine condition with toning to the extremities of the front panel and front hinge. Housed in the original publisher's custom folding cloth clamshell box. An exceptional example of this rare signed limited edition. Formed in the aftermath of a war that had shattered a generation, the Royal British Legion emerged in May 1921 as a unified voice for the countless veterans left woundedâ"physically, mentally, and economicallyâ"by the First World War. The staggering cost of the conflict, with nearly 3.2 million British Empire casualties, exposed the inadequacy of postwar support. A fully disabled veteran received just 30 shillings a week, and any claim had to be made within seven years of discharge. In response to such injustice, several ex-servicemenâs groups came together to create the Legion, not merely as a charity, but as an advocate for those who had borne the brunt of industrialized warfare. From its inception, the Legion fought for fair pensions, better employment opportunities, and meaningful support for both former service members and their familiesâ"laying the groundwork for a broader movement of remembrance, welfare, and national responsibility that continues to this day.

First edition, 8vo, (ii), iv, (ii), 500, 4 advertisement pp. Frontispiece, some occasional foxing, armorial bookplate. Partly unopened in the original gilt and blind decorated red cloth, recased.