From Here to Eternity. by Jones, James - 1951

Planete, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 16 vols in4to, la collection complete. Tous les volumes avec jaquettes + mylar, sauf l'an mille et les cathedrales qui n'ont pas des jaquettes, seulement protection mylar, L'etat de livres est Tres Bon, jaquettes: Bon - Tres Bon. Les titres: La Prehistoire, La Protohistoire, Les Pyramides, La Sagesse, L' Universel, La Barbarie, La Guerre Sainte, L' An Mille, Les Cathedrales, Les Decouvertes, Les Renaissances, Les Aventures, Le Romantisme, Le Realisme, L' Abstrait, L'An 2000 .

Hard cover Folio (15 x 12 in). Original gilt tooled full brown morocco, edges gilt marbled endpapers. Pages complete xxiv + 180, with 250 full-page black and white engravings on card with captioned tissue-guards.Containing two hundred and fifty beautiful engravings selected from the Dore Bible, Milton, Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, Atala, Fontaine Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine with critical essays by Edmund Ollier.Page edges lightly scuffed and rubbed with some small scratches to cover boards - some remedial work done to secure the cover boards and spine, but otherwise good. Card plates bright but some foxing to the outer edges. Some foxing to the later text pages.The plate index is a little tricky to use, but all plates are present with the following corrections:Plate 75 misplaced to p130, plate 91 misplaced to p95.Note: This volume is heavy (38x31x10cm, approx 10kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

Fleet Street, London: Printed for Benjamin Motte. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1728. Hardcover. Collection of poems and essays from Jonathon Swift, Alexander Pope. Front hinge is cracked, but pages are still securely attached. Minor edgewear to leather bound volume. Pages show some damp stains, and remnants of apparent bookplate stuck to front free end paper. Lovely crest bookplate still inside front cover for Chris. Jeaffreson, Esq. Dullingham. Minor creasing and dog ears, moderate foxing, particularly to end papers. Contents include (abbreviated) : Martinus Sciblerus his treatise of the Art of Sinking in Poetry, Miscellanies in Verse ; 8 x 4.90 x 1.20 inches; 318 pages .

Small quarto (11 x 8 1/4 inches) Published in the Interest of the Firemen's Relief Fund, December 1900. 116 pages of half tone black and white photos of early Los Angeles, portraits, and advertisements for Los Angeles businesses of the period.

Descriptive text includes a short history of the Los Angeles Fire Department: "In May, 1875, Engine Company No. 2 was organized."

Good condition: original red cloth binding, showing mild age toning, title on front cover, floral patterned end papers.

Many photos of early Los Angeles fire stations, with horse drawn equipment.

Portraits include: the mayor, the Fire Commissioners back to 1871, Chiefs, Captains, Lieutenants, Engine Drivers, Engineers, Hosemen, and Ladder men.

Advertisements include breweries, hardware supplies, saloons, blacksmiths, and stables among many others.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, New York 1877. Square 8vo, pp. 54; color illustrations by Crane engraved by Edmund Evans; original terra cotta-backed pictorial boards , all edges rubbed; interior fine.Red cloth spine with red card paper covered boards, having black and white illustrative titles and decoration. One of the earliest Crane-Evans collaborations, originally published in London, 1877. (Together with : The baby's bouquet.) No Date. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Internally in wonderful condition with no marks or browning. Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Full of wonderful illustrations in addition to the sheet music to a host of children's favourite nursery rhymes. 10 Full page colour illustrations and intricate border designs that are truly beautiful. Walter Crane was an artist, designer, socialist, interior decorator and leading member of the Arts & Craft movement. edge wear. Illustrated in colour with plates… Read More

Planete, 1969. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 16 vols in4to, la collection complete. Tous les volumes avec jaquettes + mylar, sauf l'an mille et les cathedrales qui n'ont pas des jaquettes, seulement protection mylar, L'etat de livres est Tres Bon, jaquettes: Bon - Tres Bon. Les titres: La Prehistoire, La Protohistoire, Les Pyramides, La Sagesse, L' Universel, La Barbarie, La Guerre Sainte, L' An Mille, Les Cathedrales, Les Decouvertes, Les Renaissances, Les Aventures, Le Romantisme, Le Realisme, L' Abstrait, L'An 2000 .

Hard cover Folio (15 x 12 in). Original gilt tooled full brown morocco, edges gilt marbled endpapers. Pages complete xxiv + 180, with 250 full-page black and white engravings on card with captioned tissue-guards.Containing two hundred and fifty beautiful engravings selected from the Dore Bible, Milton, Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio and Paradiso, Atala, Fontaine Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine with critical essays by Edmund Ollier.Page edges lightly scuffed and rubbed with some small scratches to cover boards - some remedial work done to secure the cover boards and spine, but otherwise good. Card plates bright but some foxing to the outer edges. Some foxing to the later text pages.The plate index is a little tricky to use, but all plates are present with the following corrections:Plate 75 misplaced to p130, plate 91 misplaced to p95.Note: This volume is heavy (38x31x10cm, approx 10kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery.

Fleet Street, London: Printed for Benjamin Motte. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1728. Hardcover. Collection of poems and essays from Jonathon Swift, Alexander Pope. Front hinge is cracked, but pages are still securely attached. Minor edgewear to leather bound volume. Pages show some damp stains, and remnants of apparent bookplate stuck to front free end paper. Lovely crest bookplate still inside front cover for Chris. Jeaffreson, Esq. Dullingham. Minor creasing and dog ears, moderate foxing, particularly to end papers. Contents include (abbreviated) : Martinus Sciblerus his treatise of the Art of Sinking in Poetry, Miscellanies in Verse ; 8 x 4.90 x 1.20 inches; 318 pages .

Small quarto (11 x 8 1/4 inches) Published in the Interest of the Firemen's Relief Fund, December 1900. 116 pages of half tone black and white photos of early Los Angeles, portraits, and advertisements for Los Angeles businesses of the period.

Descriptive text includes a short history of the Los Angeles Fire Department: "In May, 1875, Engine Company No. 2 was organized."

Good condition: original red cloth binding, showing mild age toning, title on front cover, floral patterned end papers.

Many photos of early Los Angeles fire stations, with horse drawn equipment.

Portraits include: the mayor, the Fire Commissioners back to 1871, Chiefs, Captains, Lieutenants, Engine Drivers, Engineers, Hosemen, and Ladder men.

Advertisements include breweries, hardware supplies, saloons, blacksmiths, and stables among many others.

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London, New York 1877. Square 8vo, pp. 54; color illustrations by Crane engraved by Edmund Evans; original terra cotta-backed pictorial boards , all edges rubbed; interior fine.Red cloth spine with red card paper covered boards, having black and white illustrative titles and decoration. One of the earliest Crane-Evans collaborations, originally published in London, 1877. (Together with : The baby's bouquet.) No Date. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Internally in wonderful condition with no marks or browning. Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans. Full of wonderful illustrations in addition to the sheet music to a host of children's favourite nursery rhymes. 10 Full page colour illustrations and intricate border designs that are truly beautiful. Walter Crane was an artist, designer, socialist, interior decorator and leading member of the Arts & Craft movement. edge wear. Illustrated in colour with plates… Read More