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A Present from The Crystal Palace. Designed by Sir Josh. Paxton, M.P., Opened by the Queen, May 10, 1854. by [Bookmark] Stevens, Thomas - [1868]: Length of Palace 1392 Ft. Breadth 384 Ft. Area of Park 192 Acres. Length of Hot Water Pipes 16 Miles. Height of Water Tower 284 Ft. Water in Tower Tanks 2500 Tons.
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A Present from The Crystal Palace. Designed by Sir Josh. Paxton, M.P., Opened by the Queen, May 10, 1854.: Length of Palace 1392 Ft. Breadth 384 Ft. Area of Park 192 Acres. Length of Hot Water Pipes 16 Miles. Height of Water Tower 284 Ft. Water in Tower Tanks 2500 Tons.
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Stevens, Thomas. A Present from The Crystal Palace. Designed by Sir Josh. Paxton, M.P., Opened by the Queen, May 10, 1854. Length of Palace 1392 Ft. Breadth 384 Ft. Area of Park 192 Acres. Length of Hot Water Pipes 16 Miles. Height of Water Tower 284 Ft. Water in Tower Tanks 2500 Tons. Coventry: Thomas Stevens, [1868] 23.7 cm x 5.2 cm.G. A. Godden says, "These Crystal Palace book-markers were woven there where a loom producing these beautiful specimens of silk weaving may be seen in operation daily, and specimens obtained." The Machinery Department, Crystal Palace, Sydenham was the address given in print advertising, but the verso of the book-marker itself has the woven maker's mark, "T. Stevens, Coventry." This Stevengraph features an image of the Crystal Palace, and beneath this image is the information give above as the title of this souvenir book-marker in pure woven silk. Called a Stevengraph after Thomas Stevens (1828-1888), the inventor of a loom that produced examples of this fine mechanical weaving at his factory in Coventry. Woven on white silk with purple, red, green, black and gold. This is a woven picture of the Crystal Palace as it appeared after its move to Sydenham, the reconstruction took place from 1852 – 1854, where it stood until its destruction by fire in 1936. This book-marker probably dates from the late 1860s. Lacks red tassel, but otherwise fine. See: G. A. Godden, Stevengraphs and other Victorian Silk Pictures, 345.
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THE LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON, RAILWAY ENGINEER
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Sketch of the Political History of India from the Introduction of Mr. Pitt's Bill, AD. 1794 To the Present Date
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Aide Memoire to the Military Sciences. Framed from contributions of officers of the different services, and edited by a committee of the Corps of Royal Engineers
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The History of the Second Queen's Royal Regiment. 6 volume set
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London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1887-1906. Complete set of Davis' monumental history which was published at intervals between 1887 and 1906 (the later volumes being published by Eyre and Spottiswoode). 6 volumes. Numerous colour and other illustrations and maps. Publisher's blue cloth with grenades and other devices stamped in gold on the spines and boards. (For other British army regimental histories please search my stock using the keyword regimental.)
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The Hull Quarterly and East Riding Portfolio, Vols. I, Nos. I-IV and Vol II Nos. I-IV. January 1884 to December 1885
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A Brown & Sons Limited, Hull, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Dark red covers with black and gilt lettering and simple decoration are lightly rubbed at the edges, ex-library copy with usual pasted labels, stamps and ticket wallet. Paper is split over webbing at internal hinges with some looseness in the front joint but covers are firmly attached, internal binding is sound, pages are clean but a little darkened. Many black and white illustrations. Articles include: January 1984: The Plate and Insignia of the Hull Corporation by Alderman Kelburne King; Some Scraps of Holderness Folk-Lore by Wm Henry Jones; The Influence of the Northmen on our Language by John Nicholson; Star Showers and Red Sub-Sets by A N Somerscales; William Wilberforce, a Biographical Sketch & Catalogue of Exhibition; The Meterology of Hull by William Lawton; The Johnson Mss Correspondence; The Old Walls of Hull; Notes Queries reviews etc. April 1884: Cottingham Castle and Its Lords by C…
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John Murray. London. 1857. Third Edition, Revised, With Additions. The same year as the First edition. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Portrait frontis. Finely bound, by Frost & Co, of Bath, in half tan calf. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt floral wavy role. Compartments decorated with double ruled borders. Within the borders are floral corner decorations and decorative centre pieces. Red and blue labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Tan cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A fine copy in a highly attractive fine binding.
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Sketch of the Political History of India from the Introduction of Mr. Pitt's Bill, AD. 1794 To the Present Date
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Aide Memoire to the Military Sciences. Framed from contributions of officers of the different services, and edited by a committee of the Corps of Royal Engineers
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The History of the Second Queen's Royal Regiment. 6 volume set
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The Hull Quarterly and East Riding Portfolio, Vols. I, Nos. I-IV and Vol II Nos. I-IV. January 1884 to December 1885
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Red Pottage
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Red Pottage. By Mary Cholmondeley. Copyright 1899, Harper & Brothers First Edition. 375 pages plus adverts. Used. Good- condition/ No DJ included. Plot Summary: "Red Pottage follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with the weak-willed Hugh Scarlett after he has broken off an affair with Lady Newhaven (which he does not originally realize has been discovered by her husband)." Book title is taken from the Bible story of Esau.
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TRINITY: 450 YEARS OF AN OXFORD COLLEGE COMMUNITY
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Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. pp: 500. SIGNED FIRST EDITION. Wrap-around pictorial dust jacket, deep blue cloth covered boards with the college insignia stamped in gilt on the top board. Includes pictorial endpapers, colour frontispiece, and a foreword by The Honourable Michael J. Beloff, President of Trinity College. The book is a history of the venerable college from its inception. There are black and white photographs throughout. The appendices contain; drawings of the college grounds, list ofTwentieth-century Fellows, list of member of the college in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, and index. This is a near fine copy inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.
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The Seven Dials Mystery (A Midnite Mystery)
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The Seven Dials Mystery (Midnight Mysteries) 1944 Books, Inc. Stated 1st. Pr. Thus) RARE IN THIS EDITION. By Agatha Christie. USED. Good-/ No DJ. Black boards, gold titling on spine. Light pop bottle rings mar front board. Original copyright by Dodd, Mead 1929. Loose last gather has been neatly taped in. A clean copy. Summary: "When Gerald Wade died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping draught seven clocks appeared on the mantelpiece. Who put them there and had they any connection with the night club in Seven Dials? This is the mystery that Bill Eversleigh and Bundle and two other young people set out to investigate...".
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Nobody's Fool
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Remembered Death (aka Sparkling Cyanide) G&D Hardcover w/DJ 1945
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The History of King Richard the First of England: With Engravings
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The History of King Alfred of England: With Engravings
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The 1854 edition of Jacob Abbott's The History of King Alfred of England, part of the Abbott's Histories series. Red cloth, blindstamped on both front and back. Gilt on spine. Famed full-color frontispiece is intact, as is tipped-in protective tissue. All nine B&W engravings are intact.Spine is discolored and darker than rest of jacket, with wear on heel and top. Small markings on FFEP. A few pages have deckled bottom edges. Pages are age tanned and have small stains.
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection)
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Three Blind Mice (Agatha Christie Mystery Collection) (aka The Mousetrap). Black faux leather binding. First Edition Thus Bantam Books Inc., NY, September, 1988. Number line: 0987654321. As New. Summary: "A blinding snowstorm—and a homicidal maniac—traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate." THE MOUSETRAP: Known as the "world's longest-running play," The Moustrap has been running since 1952 and celebrated 70 years in London in 2022."
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Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).
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