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London: Hachette. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2004. Hardcover with dust jacket. 1844300803 . Illustrated with black & white photographs and colour artwork. Near fine hardback with a near fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. "The late 1800's and early 1900's constituted a golden age of extravagance and privilege for sailing; it was a sport enthusiastically enjoyed by royalty and wealthy families across the Western world: Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Tsar of Russia, the Price of Wales, King Alfonso XIII of Spain, the Rockefellers, the Vanderbilts, president Roosevelt and Pierpont Morgan to name but a few. This is a fascinating collection of narrative, photographs, paintings and memorabilia looking back at the belle Tpoque of yachting and private sailing - a way of life that has not been equaled since. Offers an unparalleled insight into the era's professional racing and sailing events, yacht clubs, regattas, the opulence and scale of the ships themselves, the… Read More

Carrs Lane Church 1907, Printed By Cond Bros Birmingham. Attractive little book with loads of character, Original oatmeal coloured boards, the front and rear boards are overlaid with decorative paper, the front cover carries the title in gilt backed by blind stamped decorative art work in the art nouveau style, the rear board cover is plain with the exception of a small motif from the printer, corners bowed, generally sound and clean, faded hand written name and address of a previous owner who lived in Guildford to front endpaper, uncut page edges, 90 pages, plenty of thought provoking quotations set within a single green line frame, includes a coloured plate of the Digbeth Institute. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inches approx. Digbeth Institute was originally opened in 1908 and was owned by the Carrs Lane Church. It was regularly used for church groups, various meetings, shows and some exhibitions. It was eventually sold off to the City Council in 1955 as "no longer fit for the purpose it was… Read More

London: Brassey's. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1996. First English Edition. Hardcover with dustjacket. 1857530802 . History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Fine decorated blue cloth, The dustjacket is a trifle damp stained on the reverse which has not affected the book. No inscriptions. Numerous colour maps. "This book, the fifth in the New Series, is concerned with the Regiment’s part in the first two years of the Second World War, at home, in Europe and in Africa. It covers the relatively small Regular element existing in peacetime and the massive growth brought about by the urgent need to to expand for war. Armed at the outset mostly with guns which differed little from those employed in the First World War, the Regiment was ill-equipped in the quality and quantity of its equipments and in the standard of training of most of its men. These deficiencies were eventually overcome. "; Black& white photographs; Tall 8vo 9" - 10" ; (xxv) 383 pages .

London, W H Allen 1983. Near fine light brown boardswith brown cloth to spine, black titles. Very good unclipped dust jacket. 201 pages including index. Approx size 8.5 X 11 ins. A pictorial celebration of the great aircraft of World War II and the Confederate Air Force pilots who fly them today. .

Newton Abbott, David & Charles, 2002. Fine pictorial laminated boards, hard back in matching dust jacket, 11.0 x 9.0 inches approx. , not price clipped, no inscriptions, orange endpapers, 288 pages including index, fully illustrated with black and white photography and with coloured illustrations. Recollections of an age of steam. .

Thornton Gallery, Snape Bedale Yorkshire, 1976. 0950534102 . First edition quarto 68 pages illustrated with black & white photographs. Fine grey cloth hard back with a near fine unclipped dust jacket. No inscriptions. .

London & York: Henry Frowde John Samposon. Very Good. 1892. Hardcover. Very good clean condition. Slight rubbing to top and bottom of spine, minor scuffs to front board, previous owner's bookplate on inside front endpaper, hand written ink inscription on page following front endpapers dated 1892, minor foxing. A very good sound copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 408 pages .

London, Secker & Warburg, 1941. First edition: Original green cloth boards (hardback) , 7.5 x 5.25 inches approx. , slight fading to the spine, no dust jacket, pretty little coloured farmyard picture without inscriptions pasted to front pastedown, 296 pages, two black and white illustrations concerning the evolution and anatomy of man. .

Chatto and Windus. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very good and sound red cloth, neat initials to front endpaper no other inscriptions or marks. Numerous black & white illustrations in text. Some colour illustrations. ; Black & white photographs, diagrams, some colour; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 434 pages .

London: The Dropmore Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1948. Limited/Numbered Edition; First Printing. Hardcover with dust jacket. No. 83 of a limited print of 750: Near fine boards. Sage green quarter buckrum slightly faded to bottom of spine, dust jacket in very good condition with slight fading to spine, extremities showing some wear in accordance with age, on the whole in very sound and clean condition, internally the book is clean and fresh showing no signs of use, some pages are still uncut, 89 numbered pages, followed by list of the Members of the Mary-Le-Bone Club and Index. No inscriptions. Introduction by Neville Cardus. Illustrated with wood engravings by John O'Connor. ; Wood block print; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 89 pages .

London, Mowbray, 1989. 0264671600 . First edition 8vo 271 pages Very good green cloth hard back with a very good dust jacket. No inscriptions. Biography of Edward Bouverie Pusey , 1800-1882, English clergyman, leader in the Oxford movement. .