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Zustand: Good. The Baton - An historical study of the Marshalate by W. C. Rundle, 1950.Publisher: William Clowes and Sons Ltd., London.Binding: hardback cloth.Description / Condition: Light shelf wear to boards; no jacket. Light foxing to pages.Please see pictures for further information.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First edition. The scarce first edition copies of two popular Victorian works, military and Methodist stories with engravings throughout. 'Stand at Ease!' is the very scarce first edition, 'Mark Harvey' the scarce first edition of this work.Two volumes bound in one.'Stand at Ease!', published 1892, is a heroic war novella. Written by E. C. Rundle-Woolcock.'Mark Harvey', published 1896, is collection of short stories relating to Cornish Methodism, an entertaining Victorian collection. The lead story follows a revered engine driver, Mark Harvey. Written by W. Jago.Illustrated with a frontispiece to each work, four plates to 'Mark Harvey', and in-text engravings to each volume.Bookplate of John Blowey to the front paste down. Presentation label to the recto to the front endpaper.Four pages of publisher's adverts to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is a little faded. Light marks and some rubbing to the boards and spine. A little bumping to the spine and extremities. Bookplate of to the front paste down. Presentation label to the recto to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. First Edition. xxiv, 62 pages. Features: First to Sail the Sahara - article (with cover illustration) about the Sheppard family which attempted to windsail across the Sahara Desert - with map and photos; The Bull of Contention - melons of the Bhelwah plantation in north Bihar are being destroyed by a bull antelope which the Hindus consider a sacred nilgai; The Forest Glade Murders - photo-illustrated article from Northern Rhodesia; Captain Mitchell's Last Fight - his schooner spots a U-boat in 1942 (article with photo of the U-boat); The Incredible Snake Man - "Professor" Morrisey deliberately exposed himself to venomous snake bites in Africa; Black Death - a wolf terrorizes farmers and livestock near Kamloops, B.C.; Eggs for the Prisoner - the author was accused of smuggling and imprisoned without food or drink in a cabin of a stifling Pakistani river steamer; March Macabre - horrific ant attacks while obtaining WWII rubber in Ecuador; Britain's Unmapped Outpost - St. Kilda; Trouble at Thirty Fathoms - something goes wrong while welding underwater in a fast-flowing Papua, New Guinea river; Killer Turned Preacher - last instalment of "West to Adventure", the thrilling story of the life of "Jack" Letheby, trapper, prospector and professional gambler; The Squaw's Curse - Marie was the prettiest girl in the Spalumcheen tribe near Kamloops, British Columbia; and more. Bit of pencil writing on front cover. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Nicolson, W.C. (cover); (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. (xvii) 369 pp incl. index. Black cloth boards with gilt titles to spine in a complete lightly faded dw which also has light crease mark to front panel. Fully illustrated in b&w, with graphs, tables & figures throughout the text.…