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VARIOUS. Foreword by John Galsworthy. "The Queen's Gift Book". In aid of Queen Mary’s Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals For Soldiers And Sailors Who Have Lost Their Limbs In The War.
Hodder & Stoughton. 1915
4to. In blue cloth covers with black to spine and front. With dustwrapper. 160pp. Prof. ills. with b/w line drawings, and colour plates tipped in. In very good condition with good dustwrapper (dw; faded, rubbed and torn but intact apart fron smallpiece missing from top edge at back). Not price clipped. Slight browning to endpapers. Else a clean and tight copy. A collection of stories, articles and poems by J.M.Barrie, John Buchan, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jeffrey Farnol, Jerome K.Jerome, "Sapper", and others. Illustrations by Harry Rountree, W.Russell Flint, Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, and others. Produced early in the war, some of the stories and poems have a slightly Jingoistic air.
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20.00 GBP
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VARIOUS (JOHNS, W.E.): Boy’s Own Paper.
Boy’s Own Paper. May 1961
In illustrated limp paper covers. 64pp. Prof. ills. in monochrome and b/w. In very good condition. Slightly rubbed around edges with small creases. Else a clean and tight copy. Vol 83, No 8. A mid 1950s edition of the popular boys’ magazine which ran until the late 1960s. This edition has a Biggles story by W.E.Johns and articles on Test Cricket, Rugby Sevens, surfing, sailing, adjusting cycle gear hubs. Many fascinating advertisements of the period.
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8.00 GBP
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VARIOUS (JOHNS, W.E.): Boy’s Own Paper.
Boy’s Own Paper. Dec 1961
In illustrated limp paper covers. 80pp. Prof. ills. in monochrome and b/w. In very good condition. Slightly rubbed around edges with small creases. Else a clean and tight copy. Vol 84, No 3. A mid 1950s edition of the popular boys’ magazine which ran until the late 1960s. This edition has a Biggles story by W.E.Johns and articles on training circus horses, fictional detectives, cycling, fastest trains, cycle time trials. Many fascinating advertisements of the period.
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VARIOUS (JOHNS, W.E.): Boy’s Own Paper.
Boy’s Own Paper. Jun 1958
In illustrated limp paper covers. 64pp. Prof. ills. in monochrome and b/w. In very good condition. Slightly rubbed around edges with small creases. Else a clean and tight copy. Vol 80, No 9. A mid 1950s edition of the popular boys’ magazine which ran until the late 1960s. This edition has a Biggles story by W.E.Johns and articles on Calgary Stampede, Colin Cowdrey and cycling. Many fascinating advertisements of the period.
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8.00 GBP
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VARIOUS (JOHNS, W.E.): Boy’s Own Paper.
Boy’s Own Paper. Jul 1958
In illustrated limp paper covers. 72pp. Prof. ills. in monochrome and b/w. In very good condition. Slightly rubbed around edges with small creases. Else a clean and tight copy. Vol 80, No 10. A mid 1950s edition of the popular boys’ magazine which ran until the late 1960s. This edition has a Biggles story by W.E.Johns and articles on Tom Graveney, Stanley Unwin and an article on astronomy by Patrick Moore. Many fascinating advertisements of the period.
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VARIOUS (JOHNS, W.E.): Boy’s Own Paper.
Boy’s Own Paper. Oct 1954
In illustrated limp paper covers. 72pp. Prof. ills. in monochrome and b/w. In very good condition. Slightly rubbed around edges with small tear. Else a clean and tight copy. Vol 77, No 1. A mid 1950s edition of the popular boys’ magazine which ran until the late 1960s. This edition has a Biggles story by W.E.Johns and an interview with Benny Hill. Many fascinating advertisements of the period.
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VARIOUS: Boy’s Own Paper. Eighteenth Annual Volume.
"Boy’s Own Paper" Office. 1895-96
Folio. In marbled half calf covers with gilt to spine. 824pp. prof. ills. with b/w engravings and chromolithographs. B/w engraving by Louis Wain on p73. In good condition. Spine rubbed and split at edges. Marks to covers. Edges and corners rubbed and bumped. Spines slightly cracked. Some browning and staining to endpapers, with top corner missing from front endpaper. Some fold out colour plates are slightly damaged. A collection of stories, articles and pictures from the B.O.P. 1895-96. Includes a picture by Louis Wain, and an article by G.A.Henty. Also articles on Custer’s Last Stand, elephant shooting in India, Arctic exploration, bears, angling, butterflies, cycling, dentistry, Dick Whittington, Hurling, lizards, Nelson, photography, Victoria Cross, and many articles on constructing machines.
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LEIGHTON, ROBERT (assisted by eminent authorities on the various breeds): Dogs and all About Them.
Cassell and Company 1910 (1st.).
8vo. ( 14 cm x 20 cm). Nice original dark blue cloth lettered in gold on spine and in yellow on front cover. Nice oval col. chromo.plate of a dog on front cover, double border lines. Coloured frontispiece, and 16 photo. plates. 344 pp. / cat. Tiny closed tear top of spine and a small weak indentation halfway down side of spine. Else nice bright binding. Inside only slightly foxing. Very good. A concise and practical handbook on matters canine. Based on the authors larger book "New Book of the Dog". Dogs include: English mastiff, the bulldog, the St. Bernard, the Newfoundland, the great Dane, the otterhound, the miniature breeds, the Maltese dog and the pug, etc., etc.,
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40.00 GBP
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Various. Drawing and Design.
Hutchinson. 1921/22
Lge 4to. In green cloth covers with gilt to spine and black to front. 847pp. With b/w photographs and colour reproductions with 12 tipped in plates. In very good condition. Spine slightly rubbed at ends with small chips. Small marks on covers. Corners slightly bumped. Hinges slightly cracked. Small marks on some pages. Plates clean and bright. Else a clean and tight copy. A monthly art magazine published between May 1921 and April 1922. Interesting articles beautifully illustrated. Includes colour plate of Corfe Castle.
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24.00 GBP
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VARIOUS: Ocean Warriors. Famous Sea Fights Recounted by Famous Men. The "Active Service" Series.
Thomas Nelson and Sons. London. n.d.ca 1915.
Tall 8vo. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine and front. Colour plate pasted to front. 310pp. With colour frontis and one othe colour plate. In very good condition. Corners slightly rubbed. Mild foxing to edges. Prize bookplate to front endpaper, dated 1915. Foxing spots throughout. Else a clean and tight copy. Famous sea fights and the men who fought them. Includes Sluys, Spanish Armada, Martin Frobisher, henry Hudson, Mayflower, Blake, Nile, Drake, Nelson,
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12.00 GBP
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Various: The Cornhill Magazine Volume 20, July to December 1869
Smith, Elder and Co 1869
Bound in pictorial red cloth with gilt on spine and cover 760pp. With Black and White illustrations throughout. In very good condition. Extremities a little worn. Cover slightly warped. Mild foxing to edges. Neat inscription on first blank page. Some pages marked. Hinge cracked at back. A collection of articles, stories and poems including; The Execution By Hari–Kiri, Andrew Marvell, Henri Quatre And The Princess Of Conde, Indian Railways, A Change In The Cabinet: An Episode Under The Second Empire, and Useless Knowledge.
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VARIOUS: The County Books. 58 volumes. Beds, Berks, Cambs, Ch Isles, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland and Westmorland, Derbys, Devon, Dorset, Durham x2, Essex, Glos, Hants & I.o.W., Hereford, Herts, Highlands of Scotland, Isle on Man, Kent, Lancs, Leicestershire, Leinster Munster & Connaught, Lincs, London x 6, Middx, Monmouth, Norfolk, Notts, Northants, North East Lowlands, Northumberland, Orkney, Lowlands & Glasgow, Lowlands & Edinburgh, Shetland, Shropshire, Skye & Inner Hebrides, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Ulster, Warwick, Western Isles, Wales x 2, Wilts, Worcestershire, Yorkshire x 3.
Robert Hale. London. 1948-63
In green cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Fold out maps at back. In very good condition with very good dustwrappers (dw; several spines slightly faded. Some slight rubbing at ends of spines. In removable plastic covers. Not price clipped). Clean and tight volumes. A set of books describing the Counties of the British Isles as they existed before 1973. Scotland, Wales and Ireland are treated slightly diferently with several counties covered in one volume. Stories and anecdotes covering the history and the topography.
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600.00 GBP
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Various. The Dorset Year Book for 1931.
Publ.by the Society of Dorset Men. 1931.
Brown soft pict.paper covers; 296 pp. Num. ills., incl. one of "The Townhall, Bridport" and "Swanage". incl. list of members and presidents, etc. In good condition. Has lean, small marks on cover. In removeable plastic cover. Small marks near edges. Contents incl.: A chat about Bridport / Weymouth to Swanage by the Cliffs / Day in the Isle of Purbeck / Stephen Pope etc.;
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16.00 GBP
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VARIOUS: The Gem Library containing Stories and Maxims for the Young.
Edinburgh. Johnstone, Hunter and Company. n.d. ca1884
8vo. In decorated gilt blue bevelled cloth covers with gilt vignette to spine. All edges gilt. Black endpapers. 112pp. With b/w frontis and decorated vignettes at chapter headings. In good condition. Spine slightly faded and rubbed at ends. Presentation inscription on first blank page, dated 1884. A couple of slight separations at gatherings. Else clean and tight. Victorian moral tales for children.
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VARIOUS: The Regional Books. 31 volumes. Black Country, Breckland, Broads, Channel Shore, Cotswolds, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Fens, Forest of Dean, Gower, Holiday Lancashire, Isle of Wight, Mendips, Peakland, Pembrokeshire National Park, Rhondda Valley, Romney Marsh, Salisbury Plain, Scilly Isles, Sedgemoor and Avalon, Solway Firth, South Hams, Southern Marches, Suburban England, Thames Estuary, Torridon Highlands, Vale of Berkeley, Vale of Pewsey, Weald of Kent and Sussex, Wessex Heathland, Wirral Peninsula.
Robert Hale. London. 1952-63
In red cloth covers with gilt to spine. With dustwrapper. With b/w photographic plates. Some have maps at back, some have maps on endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrappers (dw; Some slight rubbing at ends of spines. In protective plastic covers. Not price clipped). Clean and tight volumes. A set of books describing the Regions of England covering the history and topography.
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475.00 GBP
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Various: The War in Pictures. Five volumes of six.
Odhams. London. 1948 (1st.)
In blue pebbled cloth with gilt to spine and blind embossed design to front. With illustrated dustwrappers and card boxes. 320, 320, 256, 256, 256pp. Prof. ills. with b/w photographs and coloured endpapers. In very good condition with good dustwrappers (dw; Slightly rubbed around edges. A couple have small tears and chips at top of spines. Some slight rubbing at corners. Not price clipped). Covers bright with slight bumping to corners. Else clean and tight copies. Card boxes intact but worn. A pictorial record of WWII, covering all the theatres. Vol one begins in 1938 and gives the background to the rise of Germany. Vol five ends in Sept 1944. Vol six is absent.
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45.00 GBP
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