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Green cloth boards with paste-on pictorial on front. Cover shelf worn, especially top spine. Missing last page. Penciled-in note on front endpaper. Includes 2 fold-out maps at end of book, 11 black & white photographs.

Multicoloured, mottled boards with brown leather corners and spine. Spine in compartments, title in gilt on red and date in gilt on black plus gilt rules and decorations. Tightly bound: cracked front and back where boards meet binding but still solid. Front fixed end paper has stamp: Burden, The Hill, Clevedon, Som and original owner's crest and name: Sir William Miles. Front free endpaper top: 32 and signature N.W. Griffiths. Small label bottom of inside back cover: T. Kerslake and Co. Bookbinders Bristol. Two volumes in one: Almanac (96 pages) and Companion to the Almanac), total 287 pages plus index.

Original tricolor stiff-card wrappers. Tightly bound with square corners. 69 pages of plates: illustrations, plans, portraits. Introduction by Christopher Hussey. Life and work of celebrated eighteenth century English landscape architect Capability Brown. 262 pages. Signed by author.

Not dated presumed first edition Everyman's Library - Five volume set - Reign of Elizabeth. Red cloth boards with imprint on the cover show wear of time. Gilt illustration on the spine is faded. No D/J as issued. Illustrated end papers. The binding is detaching from the spine. Volume II has some small cracks in the gutter. Volume III has a cracked back gutter. Volume IV has cracked after front end paper. .All pages are secure and the text is unmarked. The text block is age toned and the top edge is coloured. Vol. I 493 pp, Vol II 500 pp, Vol. III 461 pp, Vol. IV 453 pp, Vol. V 496 pp

With Foreward by G.M. Trevelyan, O.M. Bright teal cloth boards with gilt Latin stamps on the cover and gilt lettering on the spine. Dust jacket unclipped in protective mylar has some chips on the edges. Top edge of the text block has blue stain. The binding is secure. The text is age toned, clean, clear and unmarked. 400 pp

Very Collectible British edition, 2nd reprint October 1934 Royal blue cloth boards with gilt lettering showing very slight bumping on the ends of the spine. Tiny label from Bookseller, Hull, UK on bottom of back end paper. The binding is intact and secure. The dust jacket is protected with a Brodart cover. The D/J is illustrated by Bip Pares. There are some missing pieces and wear on the D/J edges. Latin inscription in blue print on the end papers. The text block is clean and unmarked with age toning. pp 128

Easton Press Collector's Edition. Nine of ten in set, V.10 missing. Bound in genuine leather, hubbed spine with gold accents and monarch's coat of arms on front board. Tightly bound thread sewn pages, gilded page ends. Watered silk end sheets. Permanent satin ribbon page marker. Color image of monarch on frontispiece. Easton Press nameplates enclosed and unattached (x nine).

The Birth of Britain, Vol 1 (1958) 6th printing 521pp. The New World, Vol 2 (1959) 1st printing 433pp. The Age of Revolution, Vol 3 (1957) floating "W" 402pp. The Great Democracies, Vol 4 (1958) 1st Printing 403pp. The books are clean, sound and unmarked except for one line of text on p167 (vol 3) underlined in pencil. There is slight bumping on the spines and some corners. No dust jackets. Each 6"x 81/2" May require higher shipping.

Collector's Edition. EASTON PRESS books are among the highest quality leather bound books ever produced. Bound in full genuine leather with hubbed spine, accented with 22kt gold lettering and designs, printed on archival paper (acid neutral) with gilded edges, smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Lustrous silk moire endpapers. A silk page marker is sewn into the binding. This book, in pristine condition, belongs to the Military History series. Collector's Notes and Easton Press nameplate laid in.

An extremely rare copy in very good condition after 143 years. The gilt lettering and black illustration on the green cloth cover board and spine are in very good condition although there is some bumping and wear on the corners and edges. The text block is age toned and the binding is intact. There is no dust jacket. This inscribed copy was gift to a young girl, Ada Bullers, for her work at the Hunslet Sunday School, Leeds, UK in 1879. This is the memoir of Mrs. Jane Tucker, the wife of the Rev. Charles Tucker, "Sometimes missionary to Haabai and Tonga" in the South Pacific. The book was written by her niece who spent time with her aunt during her later years back in England. Both women were "Halls", a well known family name in early Weslayan history. 132 pp

The black cover boards with sliver text on the spine are in like new condition except for slight bumping on the top of the spine. The intact dust cover shows some mild fading and wear. The binding is tight and secure. The text block is clean and unmarked with very light foxing of the pages. 37 black & white illustrations. 282 pp

Dark navy/black boards with gilt print on the spine. The bindings are like new except for a loose top end (1'-2") of the spine on Vol. 1A The text blocks are clear and unmarked except for some dark smudges on the top edges from storage on a dusty shelf. Exlibris marked with small tag "from the library of.." 1A Roman Britain (1987) Peter Salway 1B The English Settlements (1988) J.N.L.Myers III From Doomsday to Magna Carta 2nd Ed (1987) Austin Lane Poole IV The Thirteenth Century 2nd Ed. (1988) Sir Maurice Powicki V The Fourteenth Century (1988) Mary McKisack VI The Fifteenth Century (1988) E.F. Jacob VII The Earlier Tudors (1991) J. D. Mackie VIII The Reign of Elizabeth 2nd Ed. (1991) J.B. Black XV English History (1990) A.J.P. Taylor

Green cloth covers with black lettering, stained on spine and front. Binding is secure and text block foxed. Handwritten note on page 42 -- "A good story". Stories contributed by authors as J.M. Barrie, A. Conan Doyle, and Rudyard Kipling. 12 tipped-in color plates, reproductions of paintings by various well-known British artists. Numerous black & white illustrations throughout the text, also by well-known British artists. All Profits From Sale are Given to The Queen's "Work for Women" Fund which is acting in conjunction with The National Relief Fund. Ex-Libris.Inscription to grandchild, January 16 1915. Publication date unmarked, but estimated 1915.140 pages.

Preface By The Marquess Of Salisbury And Ava.
Blue cloth with gilt on front cover and spine; shelf-worn on edges. Front hinge exposed slightly; pages still quite tightly bound. Previous owner's notes & underlines in text are witty additions. A few minor marks in the text.

Decorative blue boards with black lettering. Blue cloth boards a bit rubbed. Previous owner's name on 1st page. Binding intact with some cracking. Foreword by John Galsworthy. "In Aid of Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for soldier and sailors who have lost their limbs in the war". King & Queen portraits and 10 color plates are loose but all are present. Many black & white drawings. Publication date unmarked, circa 1915. 160 pages.

Blue cloth boards with black lettering are a bit rubbed. Binding solid.Text block is age-toned. Foreword by John Galsworthy. "In Aid of Queen Mary's Convalescent Auxiliary Hospitals for soldier and sailors who has lost their limbs in the war." Stories contributed by authors such as J.M. Barrie, Joseph Conrad, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Ernest Thompson Seton. 12 tipped-in color plates, reproductions of paintings by various well-known British artists. Numerous black & white illustrations throughout the text, also by well-known British artists. Publication date unmarked, but estimated 1915. Owner's name signed on 1st page. Handwritten initials bottom right corner page 160 pages.

The Special Operations Executive was a British secret service, formed in 1940 to encourage underground resistance to Hitler's Germany.Dust jacket in quite good condition. Burgundy cloth covers in very good condition; includes 4 maps in back pocket. No marks.