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Warner Special Marketing, 1993. Audio CD. Very Good. /CDS HAVE LIGHT SCUFF MARKS, INSERTS ARE MINT/*SHIPS WITHIN 24HRS!!*

The Folio Society, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

The Penn Publishing Company , 1922 . Hardcover. Good. Early reprint; 347 p., clean and unmarked except for gift inscription showing this to have been a school prize; frontis. with tissue guard, somewhat creased; binding firm; in absence of d.j. the blue boards with clear black lettering have slight bumping at corners, light scuffing; light stains on fore-edge.

United States Naval Institute, 1956. Second Printing of the Revised edition. Owner signature. Near Fine book in a Good dustjacket.

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-26. Paperback. Good.

Royal Agricultural Society of England, London, 1845. First Edition. Disbound. Very Good Condition. 13 pages. Note; this is an original article separated from the volume, not a reprint or copy. Size: 15 x 22 cms. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Royal Agricultural Society of England; Inventory No: 512796..

Ottawa, Canada: Dominion of Canada, Department of Agriculture, Experimental Farms Branch, Cereal Division, 1921. 57pp [corner wear, including chipped corner, upper rear cover] Bulletin No. 97. First Edition. Saddle-stapled wrappers. Very Good-. Illus. by B&w illustrations. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

NY: Clayton, 1931. Vol. VIII, No. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Harry Bates. Cover art by Wesso for "The Red Hell of Jupiter" by Paul Ernst. Includes "In the Orbit of Saturn" by R. F. Starzl; "The Heads of Apex" by Francis Flagg; "Brood of the Dark Moon" (pt. 3 of 4) by Charles Willard Diffin; "The Solar Magnet" by Capt. S. P. Meek; "The Readers' Corner". Illustrated by Wesso. Letters from John Taine and others. Old tape at free edges of both covers; spine is ghosted; short tears; tanning.. SingleIssueMagazine. Good.

Boston & New York:: Lee & Shepard / Lee, Shepard & Dillingham,, 1876.. Hardcover first edition -. Good only in original red cloth with gilt panels and a stamped illustration on the front cover - wear to the covers, some spine slant, corners bumped, etc. (the blank pages at the beginning and end were used for arithmetic problems - in pencil) . First edition. The title story is about silver mining in Virginia City, Nevada - but this includes a lot more, as the subtitle indicates. Includes a frontispiece., and over 200 illustrations by W.L. Sheppard, Frank Merrill and others. 261 pp plus a final illustration. Slightly oversized.

Non-applicable. single_issue_magazine. Good-. . 7x10x1. GOOD-. Orange illustrated Pulp Magazine, bagged for protection with a stiff backing board, detached fly page, creases and small tears to spine, small chunks missing from top edge or spine hinge on covers and pages, small creases, light creases and discoloration to covers, brown stains on back top edge and back spine hinge, pages are brown and brittle..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.

N.P.: Charles R. Burrows. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Near Fine/Issued Without Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto, 96 pp., b/w photos, facsimiles. The author served on the USS Tennessee battleship from 1942 to 1945 in the South Pacific. This is his self-published (circa 2003) account of his service. The USS Tennessee participated in 14 major operations against the Japanese including: Tarawa, Kwajalein, Saipan, Guam, Tinian, Leyte, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, etc. Clear plastic cover & binding in near fine cond. No markings or underlinings. Not ex-lib. Rare.

Walsworth Publishing, 1979. 308pp, illus throughout, photos in colour, large A4 format (311x235mm), original blue cloth with gilt. Wear to blank endpaper where a price has been partially erased otherwise all in very good condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Shipmasters' Society, London, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A Volume containing a Series of Papers from the Shipmasters’ Society, London 1896-1899. Includes Seventh Session, Course of Papers No. 45: April 1896, Why the Officers of the Mercantile Marine Should be Members of a Shipmasters’ Society by W Caius Crutchley; Eighth Session, Course of Papers No. 46, October 1986, Introductory Address to the Members by Rt Hon. Sir Charles W Dilke; Legal Duties of the Shipmaster at Home and Abroad by Benedict W Ginsburg; Course of Papers No. 47, November 1986 Notes on Details of Steamship Construction by Captain M J Butcher; Course of Papers No. 48, January 1897 The Detection of Inflammable Gas and Vapour on board Ships by Professor F Clownes; Course of Papers No. 49 February 1987, Sea Apprentices of the British Merchant Navy by William Allingham; Course of Papers No. 50 & 51 April 1987, Hints on Elementary Stability with Some Remarks on the Carriage of… Read More

London: George Routledge & Sons, Ludgate Hill, 1867. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Frontispieces. LONDON : 1867-1875. Hardbacks. 6 volumes complete. Frontispieces to each volume. Original green cloth as issued.; matching set; gilt lettered spines. Untrimmed edges as issued. Original brown end-papers. Bright, tight and clean. Neat owner names; no internal markings. Minor wear and dulling to some spines. A little foxing. VERY GOOD. Approx 300 pages per volume. [v. 1] John Christian Curwen. William Biamire.--[v. 2] Sir J.R.G. Graham, bart. of Netherby.--[v. 3] The Howards (introductory) Lord William Howard ("Belted Well" of Naworth), Charles, eleventh duke of Norfolk, Henry Howard of Corby castle, George, seventh earl of Carlisle, Rev. Richard Matthews, John Rooke, Captain Joseph Huddart.--[v. 4] William Wordsworth, Susanna Blamire, Thomas Tickell, Jane Christian Blamire, the Loshes of Woodside, Dr. Thomas Addison, Hugh Lee Pattison.--[v. 5] John Dalton.--[v. 6] George Graham,… Read More

Brown cloth with debossed bands to front; debossed gilt particulars to front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Preface by the Right Honourable Sir Claude Macdonald G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.B., H.B.M. Minister at Peking (1896-1900) and Ambassador at Tokio (1900-12). Illustrated with 50 black and white photographs and a fold-out map. Includes a catalogue of publisher's memoirs, biographies, etc. at back. Foxing throughout. [xxii] 344 pp. [16] 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches.

New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1939. First edition. 8vo. xii, (2), 381 pp. Plates, line drawings, folding temperature chart, endpaper maps. Account of a 1938 ascent of K2, the second highest mountain in the world, that reached 26,000 feet, about 2200 feet short of the summit." Neate 65. Very good. Original red cloth (spine faded, spots of discoloration along rear joint), gilt spine title (dull). (#8421).

London: George Routledge & Sons, Ludgate Hill, 1867. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Frontispieces. LONDON : 1867-1875. Hardbacks. 6 volumes complete. Frontispieces with tissue-guards (plus other plates all intact). Original green cloth as issued.; matching set; gilt lettered spines. Untrimmed edges as issued. Original brown end-papers. Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Minor wear only. VERY GOOD INDEED. Approx 300 pages per volume. [v. 1] John Christian Curwen. William Biamire.--[v. 2] Sir J.R.G. Graham, bart. of Netherby.--[v. 3] The Howards (introductory) Lord William Howard ("Belted Well" of Naworth), Charles, eleventh duke of Norfolk, Henry Howard of Corby castle, George, seventh earl of Carlisle, Rev. Richard Matthews, John Rooke, Captain Joseph Huddart.--[v. 4] William Wordsworth, Susanna Blamire, Thomas Tickell, Jane Christian Blamire, the Loshes of Woodside, Dr. Thomas Addison, Hugh Lee Pattison.--[v. 5] John Dalton.--[v. 6] George Graham,… Read More

LONDON: WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS LIMITED, 1883. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Poor/No Jacket. Scarce in first edition. Front board and up to page 5 of first book detached, cloth missing from rear board. Boards rubbed and marked, spine darkened, fore edge foxed, Albert Harrison bookplate to front pastedown, prelims lightly foxed, pencil inscriptions to some margins on some of the books otherwise clean throughout. Good rebinding copy. Full list of titles and authors, in order of appearance, as follows: Inaugural Meeting Of The Fishery Congress By H.R.H. The Prince Of Wales Fish Diseases By Professor Huxley The Destruction Of Fish And Other Aquatic Animals By Internal Parasites By T. Spencer Cobbold Fish As Food By Henry Thompson Food Of Fishes By F. Day Fish Culture By Francis Day The Natural History And Cultivation Of The Sole By W. Houghton Propagation Of The Salmonidae By W. Oldham Chambers The Propagation Of Freshwater Fish Excluding Salmonidae By W. Oldham Chambers Crustaceans Bt Thomas Cornish;… Read More

New York: The International News Company, 1926. Book. Illus. by Leigh, Conrad; Inns, Kenneth; Sutcliffe, Norman; Gillett, F.; Forestier, A.; Peddie, Tom; De Walton, John; Carruthers, G.P.; Board, Ernest; Holloway, Cyril; Cowes, Dudley S.; Carruthers, G.P.; Dewar, W.. Good. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Generously illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: The Paymaster's Dillemma - A story of American Army life in Manila; The "Place of the Evil Spirit" - The history of Strathcona National Park on Vancouver Island, with photos; The Blind Seer - A curious story of native "magic" in Egypt showing how a blind "wizard" undertook to discover a thief; Fighting the Dingo - The greatest menace to the prosperity of Australian sheep-farmers - with intersting photos; The Saving of Montague Smith - A West African, condemned to death, evades the death-penalty and turns his 'execution' into… Read More

London: George Newnes, Ltd., 1944. Book. Illus. by Treslian, S.;. Fair. Single Issue Magazine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Pages 291-348 plus several pages of great vintage ads. Features: "Killer Sleeman" - a Mountie's challenge handling a cop-killer; The Man Who Lost Face - a young ship's officer gets in the bad books of Chinese smugglers; The Inventor of the "Rugger" - William Webb Ellis; Amateur Bandit; A Paraguayan Dance - wild and wooly doings; "Humpie" - the unfortunate choice of a gold-seeking partner; Crocodiles in Northern Australia - article with great photos; The Clue of the Single Finger-Print - Part III of the robbery ofthe First National Bank at Lamar, Colorado and the bloody aftermath; "Bhang" - the smoking of this forbidden narcotic in Africa; My Elephant Drive - a tale from the Belgian Congo - with photos; Madui's Curse - a Rhodesian tale; Beachcombers' Luck - an amusing story from the… Read More