Windrush press london (8 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Clean, unmarked, crease-free copy. BP/Brit Mil Hist.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Second printing. 245pp. Numerous black and white illustrations, maps, charts etc. Maps on endpapers. Blue cloth-covered boards. 4to. Very slightly rounded on upper leading edge, in a pictorial dust jacket, with mild flat creases along upper edge. Large, tight, solid and clean throughout. Presents the history of this famous London suburb from earliest times to the present day as well as some of the famous and infamous characters who have lived there - from the great Cecil family, to the infamous Duke of Cannizaro, William Wilberforce and the highwayman Jerry Abershaw. .…

Green Cloth Boards. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. Journey into the world of Isaac Newton and his contemporaries, Samuel Pepys, John Evelyn, Edmund Halley and Christopher Wren. 214pp illustrated in colour and black and white. Gilt lettering to spine, black endpapers. Near fine copy in near fine unclipped DJ. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. the Far -farers a Jorney from Viking Iceland to Crusader Jerusalem Fully illustrated. Book and Boards are square clean and tight price includes 2nd class postage UK only.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This beautifully illustrated book gives a vivid account of life on board the Endeavour and its epic journey into the unknown between 1768 and 1771 . Although the British Government claimed it was a scientific expedition to observe the transit of Venus across the sun, the true purpose of the expedition was to try and discover Terra Australis. Illustrated. The boards, binding and text block are all square, tight and crisp, the dust jacket has a tiny nick and minor creasing to the head of the back panel of the dustjacket. Book price includes 2nd class post in UK only.…

Zustand: Fine. Reprinted edition in publisher's original colour illustrated card wrap covers [soft back], deep French flaps. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains (x), 194 pp with monochrome illustrations, figures, maps and photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 1841881902 DENMARK (Danish | Danmark).…

dj. First Edition. [Intelligence/espionage] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.285; [1], blank. With black & white plates. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced £16.95. A lovely fine copy. 'Rygor-S owikowski' was a Polish Army officer whose intelligence work in North Africa facilitated Allied preparations for the 1942 Operation Torch landings. Described as "the only allied agent with a network in North Africa", he was awarded the American Legion of Merit and Poland's Gold Cross of Merit with Swords. Following demobilisation in 1947, he settled in London. Gilbert, p.639-40.…

dj. First Edition. [Intelligence/espionage] FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, warmly inscribed by the translator. Octavo (24 x 16cm), pp.285; [1], blank. With black & white plates. Presentation ink note to endpaper from George Slowikowski to an Algerian resistance fighter. Publisher's black cloth with gilt titles to spine, illustrated dust-jacket priced £16.95. A fine copy. 'Rygor-S owikowski' was a Polish Army officer whose intelligence work in North Africa facilitated Allied preparations for the 1942 Operation Torch landings. Described as "the only allied agent with a network in North Africa", he was awarded the American Legion of Merit and Poland's Gold Cross of Merit with Swords. Following demobilisation in 1947, he settled in London. This copy was later part of the collection of bibliographer Jon Gilbert's copy (pencilled ownership within). Gilbert, p.639-40. Signed.…