Charles Dickens by Trevor Dawson - 2012: Conjurer, Mesmerist and Showman

Robert Hale Ltd. Very Good/Good. 1969. Hard Cover. 8vo 0709109512 Dust jacket slight wear to edges, closed tear, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks.240 pages clean and tight. This work covers the whole of northern England, west of the Pennines, from the River Lune to the River Eden. The author begins with the Lakes, the most famous tourist region in Great Britain, and goes on to deal with Carlisle and the Eden Valley, the Solway, Morecambe Bay, East Westmoreland and Lancashire, north of the River Lune. These are like the "outer suburbs" of Lakeland, and owe much of their personality and history to the presence of the nearby mountains. The book takes a look at some of the most popular places in England, and at the same time, draws attention to lesser-known spots which are well worth discovering. It points out landscapes and shore-scapes, woods and flowers, stone circles and Roman camps, farms, villages, churches, old iron ore… Read More

Accrington: W J T Dawson. G: in Good condition without dust jacket as issued. Chip to spine base. 1975. First Edition. Illustrated laminated card cover. 190mm x 220mm (7" x 9"). 64pp. B/w illustrations. .

Leicestershire: Matador, 2015. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. Signed with best wishes by Trevor Dawson to front free endpaper. 10" X 6 7/8". ix, 64pp. Mild edgewear to dust jacket. Textured green paper over boards, with spine lettered in silver. Bumping to tail of spine, else fine. Binding is firm and sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A very nice copy of this celebration of the magic of Signor Arvi, the famous illusionist who conquered Britain and America for over 20 years and whose mysterious and intriguing life has never before been revealed, signed by author and magic historian Trevor Dawson.

London: Percival Marshall and Co., 1909. Hardcover. Fair. Ex-library. Recased with the publisher's original blue cloth sides stamped in black and gilt. Board edges worn. Blacked-out call number on spine and black-out marks on a few pages, otherwise no other library markings. Bottom margin of one leaf removed, leaving the text unaffected. Issued with 24 illustrated plates I-XXIV [plate I absent]. 53 pages. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. [Issued as a supplement to Vol. XIX of the Transactions of the Junior Institution of Engineers.] The inaugural Gustav Canet Lecture, delivered by Trevor Dawson (1866-1931), managing director of Vickers from 1906-1931, Lieutenant, Royal Navy, and the first Gustave Canet Gold Medallist of the Junior Institution of Engineers. Knighted in December 1909. Contents: [I] Introduction on recent history of mechanics and ordnance. [II] The Influence of Metallurgy on Guns (steel manufacture, wire-wound vs. solid steel, gun construction). [III] Powders and Explosive Compounds and… Read More