Search Results: Varia 1 from Harry E Bagley Books Ltd

Hollywood, CA: Rising Sun Productions, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed By Author on front Blank. Special Collector's Edit. # 839 of 1000. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. black dec. buckram, gilt spine, xi, 421 pages, illustrated with over 400 illustrations from photographs, dec. endpapers, all edges gilt, 2 CD's (one inside front cover, one inside back cover, never opened), Certificate of authenticity bearing the author's initial and chop mark of publishing house laid-in, in protective mylar jacket, as new Size: 8 Vo,..

Halifax N.S.: T.C. Allen & Co., 1898. Textbook. Fair. Hardcover. blind stamped cloth.pp., 143, wear at spine ends, corners, covers faded, hinges starting, some small moisture stains on end papers, ink names, inscription on front endpaper, W.T Kenedy was Principal of County Academy, Halifax, O'Hern was Principal of St. Patick's Boys' High School, Halifax Size: 12mo., [18 cm].

New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., 1936. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 8vo,.. red cloth, gilt cover and spine, pp.,viii,299, errata slip laid in, signed, presentation copy " To Narinine Joseph from her old friend Vilihjalmur Stefansson,November 16 1936." CONTENTS: The standardization of error.--The pleasures of buncombe.--Are explorers to join the dodo?--Travelers' tales.--Standardized wolves.--Beyond the frontier.--Olof Krarer.--History of the bathtub in America.spine ends lightly chipped, some darkening to spine, clean, tight copy.

New York: W.W. Norton, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo,.. blue cloth, gilt spine, 690 pages illustrations, index, ex lib. with ink stamp and trace of rear pocket, dust jacket has edge tears with some small losses, in protective mylar jacket."This book traces the evolution of the American /Canadian fishing schooner from the eighteenth century to the last working and racing schooners of the mid-1930's. The Designers, Builders, and crews are also discussed. There are 137 plans of schooners which graphically show the development of the type..

New York: The Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., 1957. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. printed paper wraps, 456 pages, port., index, Series Title: Ukrainian Acad. of ARts and Sciences in the United States, Annals, v. 5, no. 4 (18). no.1-2 (19-20) , some chips to edges, spine is lightly faded, some pencil underlining to early pages, ink sig at top edge of title, Size: 8 Vo.,.

Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press,, 1992. Book. Fine. Black Cloth,. First Edition. pp., vii, 304, index. The first collection of scholarly essays to treat the topic of antisemitism in Canada, a complete history has yet to be written Size: 8 Vo.,.

NY & Chicago,: Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co., Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition?. gilt, blind-stamped cloth, pp., iv, 282, marbled edges, light wear at corners, A vol. in Robinson's Mathematicl Series Size: 12mo.

New Haven: Yale Univ. Press,, 1963. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. pp., xx, 537, [2], chips, small tears and shelf wear to d.j. spine of d.j faded, The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, ranks among the most important books published in England during the late seventeenth century. This book if valuable not only as a study of Rochesterbut for the light it sheds on the works of Dryden, Buckhurst, Sedley, Etherege, and other poets. CONTENTS: The collection of 1680.--Special studies.--Lists of early texts and ascriptions (p. [363]-477)--Appendices (p. [479]-516) A. Additional poems in the Yale manuscript.--B. Checklist. Size: 8 Vo., (25cm).

Stuttgart and Augsburg: J.G. Cotta, 1856. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. bound in red buckram, gilt spine, pp.,255, (2) adverts,some scattered light foxing, small damage to lower edge of front cover near foreedge, else a tight, sound copy Size: 12mo.

Glocester: The British Publishing Company Book. Very Good. Paperbound. First Edition. n.d. (1944) 32 pages, illustrated, b & w illustrations from photographs, large , 4 fold, panorama of bomb damage to Broadgate, Coventry, inside back wrap, 8 b & w illustrations on verso of panoorama, clean, bright copy. This little book, compiled by a sightless person, is not a narrative, but an impression of the raids on Coventry which he heard, but could not see. Size: 12mo.

Philadelphia,: J.B. Lippincott., 1917. Book. Very Good. Blue Cloth,. 1st Amer.. pp., 258, illustrated, colored frontispiece, 7 black and white illustrations from photographs, index, light wear at edges, ink sig on front end-paper, light wear to cover resulting in slight fading of cover title, fore-edges lightly foxed. Size: Sm. 8 Vo.,.

NY,Vantage Press,1959,1 st edit., Book. Fine. Hardcover. 8 vo., cloth,d.j.,227p.,mended tear in d.j.,book is fine. Tells of the author's nearly fifty years at the Waldorf..

Cambridge: Harvard Univ Press,, 1961. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. cloth,pp., x,384; [16] pp of facsims., index, a clean, sound copy. Frank attempts to describe the first forty years of English newspapers, a valuable work of scholarship on a complex subject. Size: 8 Vo.,.

Jerusalem and Baghdad: The American Schools of Oriental Research Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 23 issues; pict paper wraps, published quarterly, averaging 100 pp a year, illustrated, small ink stamp of former owner on front wrap of some issues, some issues are holed to facilitate a binder Size: 8 Vo.,.

London: Thomas Nelson & Sons,, 1883. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. New Revised Edition. orig.red pict. gilt dec. cloth cover and spine, pp., xii, 350, illustrated with 210 illustrations by Giacomelli, all edges gilt, index, ink inscription on the front free end-paper, minor wear to edges, very slight spine fade,Translated from the French by W.H. Davenport Adams, Michelet, Jules 1798-1874 Size: 4 to., (25 cm.).

Toronto: Frederick D. Goodchild, 1922. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo,.. pictorial cloth cover,227 (1) advert., numerous text illustrations, light wear at cornersand spine ends, spotting to edges, covers lightly soiled. The first Canadian edition of a scarce book..

London: Verso Editions, 1981. Book. Very Good. Paperback. Second Edition. 8 vo,.(22 cm.). printed paper covers, 368 pages, 2nd expanded edition, including "Into Political Emergency-a retrospect from the 80's" CONTENTS: The Twilight of the British State; Scotland and Europe; Old and New Scottish Nationalism; Culture and Politics in Wales; Northern Ireland: Relic or Portent? English Nationalism: the Case of Enoch Powell; The English Enigma; Supra-Nationalism and Europe; The Modern Janus; Into Political Emergency (A 1981 Postscript) Index.

Jerusalem and Baghdad: American Schools of Oriental Research Book. Very Good. Paperbound. 22 issues, printed paper wraps, (some with pict. wraps), some with illustrations, average 32 pp per issue, some with 3 punch holes in margins for binding, small ink stamp of former owner on front wraps, Size: 8 Vo.,.

Girard, Kansas: E.Haldeman Julius,, 1945. Book. Very Good. Paperbound. printed paper wraps, pp., 24, some minor fading to wraps Size: 8 Vo., postage will be reduced.

[Toronto, Ont.]: Appetite by Random House, 2013. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 4 to. two tone cloth, gilt spine, xxii, 247 pages : illustrations, fine copy in protective mylar, CONTENTS: The tradition of service -- The Butler speaks -- The etiquette of entertaining -- Table manners for the 21st century -- The art of good housekeeping. Foreword by Sean Davoren. "A simple and essential guide to living gracefully and tastefully"--Jacket. A founder of North America's only registered school for butlers and household managers outlines straightforward guidelines for household management and entertaining with unpretentious sophistication and style, sharing modern advice on top-recommended practices of etiquette and simplicity..