Search Results: Titles starting with W from CHARLES BOSSOM

Everyman's Library. Very Good/Very Good. 1992. Hard Cover. 8vo 1857151038 Dust jacket complete and unclipped, slightly creased and small mark. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. lxxii, 868 pages clean and tight. .

London: Dent. Very Good. 1946. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Title label slightly rubbed. Previous owner's inscription on ffep. Frontis portrait. 147 pages clean and tight. .

London: SELIA. New. 2009. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo 0907370071 pp. 102. Illustrated. A fascinating compilation of facts relating to the W.H.Smith business as well as the Smith family. This book provides a. wealth of information relating to the development of the W.H.Smith business starting in the late eighteenth century, first as wholesale distributors of London newspapers, next as bookstall and advertising contractors to most of the Victorian railway companies and then, starting in the early twentieth century, as retailers in most high streets, shopping centres and transport locations in the U.K. .

London: SELIA. New. 2009. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo 0907370071 pp. 102. Illustrated. A fascinating compilation of facts relating to the W.H.Smith business as well as the Smith family. This book provides a. wealth of information relating to the development of the W.H.Smith business starting in the late eighteenth century, first as wholesale distributors of London newspapers, next as bookstall and advertising contractors to most of the Victorian railway companies and then, starting in the early twentieth century, as retailers in most high streets, shopping centres and transport locations in the U.K. .

London: SELIA. New. 2009. First Edition. Paperback. 8vo 9780907370079 pp. 102. Illustrated. From the "Introduction The history of W.H.Smith provides a perfect illustration of how a family-run newsagent's business, operating from a small shop in London, could develop into the country's largest wholesale distributor of newspapers as well as becoming the first multiple retailer. The story also exemplifies the Victorian ideal of `self-help' which held that anyone, however humble their background, could rise to a position of wealth and influence so long as they had a strong sense of moral purpose and were prepared to work hard. At the start of the nineteenth century the Smith business was a modest affair with a single shop. By using the developing network of turnpike roads and fast horse-drawn coaches to distribute newspapers throughout the British Isles, the business, within a few years, had grown to be the country's largest wholesaler of London newspapers. The… Read More

London: SELIA. New. 2009. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo 0907370071 pp. 102. Illustrated. A fascinating compilation of facts relating to the W.H.Smith business as well as the Smith family. This book provides a. wealth of information relating to the development of the W.H.Smith business starting in the late eighteenth century, first as wholesale distributors of London newspapers, next as bookstall and advertising contractors to most of the Victorian railway companies and then, starting in the early twentieth century, as retailers in most high streets, shopping centres and transport locations in the U.K. .

London: SELIA. New. 2009. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo 9780907370079 pp. 102. Illustrated. A fascinating compilation of facts relating to the W.H.Smith business as well as the Smith family. This book provides a. wealth of information relating to the development of the W.H.Smith business starting in the late eighteenth century, first as wholesale distributors of London newspapers, next as bookstall and advertising contractors to most of the Victorian railway companies and then, starting in the early twentieth century, as retailers in most high streets, shopping centres and transport locations in the U.K. .

London: SELIA. New. 2009. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo 9780907370079 pp. 102. Illustrated. Please note the photograph ( WHS Abingdon 1963 ) advertising this book on is not in the book, but depicts a typical WH Smith shop of the 60s. The bookseller Charles Bossom managed this shop in the late 1960s. The book is a fascinating compilation of facts relating to the W.H.Smith business as well as the Smith family. This book provides a. wealth of information relating to the development of the W.H.Smith business starting in the late eighteenth century, first as wholesale distributors of London newspapers, next as bookstall and advertising contractors to most of the Victorian railway companies and then, starting in the early twentieth century, as retailers in most high streets, shopping centres and transport locations in the U.K. .

Newton Abbot: David & Charles. Very Good/Very Good. 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket some shelf wear to top, not price clipped. Original green cloth with bright gilt titles. Contents very clean and tight. .

London: Arms and Armour Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1972. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket unclipped with very slight shelf wear to upper jacket edge. Brown cloth with gold titles to spine. Very slight shelf wear to upper and lower spine. Very slight bumping to lower front book corner. No ownership markings. Black and white illustrations. 656 pages clean and tightly bound. .

New York: T. C. & E. C. Jack. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Dust jacket unclipped but with small closed tears along upper and lower jacket edges. No printed date. First Edition. Titles to front and spine with photographic plate to cenre in colour. Original coloured boards with titles to front and spine. Photographic plate to front in colour. No ownership markings. Masterpieces in colour edited by T. Lemen Hare. 78 pages with light foxing to some page edges, otherwise clean and securely bound. .

London: George Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good/Good. 1984. First Edition. Hard Cover. Lge 8vo 0297783815 Dust jacket closed tear, wear to top edge, unclipped price. Brown cloth with bright gilt titling. Illustrated end papers. No ownership marks. 544 pages clean and tight. .

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. Very Good. 1950. Card Cover. Lge 8vo Parlamentary debates (Hansard). House of Commons, Official Report. Volume 475. No 46. .

1911. THE WEEKLY NOTES: BEING NOTES OF CASES HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE HOUSE OF LORDS: THE COURT OF APPEAL: THE CHANCERY, KING'S BENCH, AND PROBATE, DIVORCE, AND ADMIRALTY DIVISIONS OF JUSTICE: AND CASES IN BANKRUPTCY. 1911. 2 GEO. V. PART I. TABLE OF CASES VII, 398 ((VI) PAGES CLEAN AND TIGHT. Cover brown cloth with gilt titling on spine. .

1912. THE WEEKLY NOTES: BEING NOTES OF CASES HEARD AND DETERMINED BY THE HOUSE OF LORDS: THE COURT OF APPEAL: THE CHANCERY, KING'S BENCH, AND PROBATE, DIVORCE, AND ADMIRALTY DIVISIONS OF JUSTICE: AND CASES IN BANKRUPTCY. 1912. 3 GEO. V. PART I. TABLE OF CASES VIII, 492 PAGES CLEAN AND TIGHT. Cover brown cloth with gilt titling on spine. .

London: Popular Dogs Publishing Co Ltd. Very Good/Very Good. 1986. Hard Cover. 8vo 0091614503 Dust jacket complete but price clipped. Green cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership inscription. A little dusty. 234 pages clean and tight. .

London: Duckworth. Very Good/No DJ. 1911. First UK Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo Red cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Gilt shield on upper cover. A few small marks. Previous owner'a small inscription on f. paste down. 534 pages clean and tight. .

WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION. Very Good. 2004. Soft Cover. Articles on World War I with b/w photos. .

WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION. Very Good. 2003. Soft Cover. Articles on World War I with b/w photos. .

WESTERN FRONT ASSOCIATION. Very Good. 2002. Soft Cover. Articles on World War I with b/w photos including: Commemoration of the First Battle of the Marne Modement, 1 September 2002. Home Office Code of Practice for War Memorial Custodians. .