Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
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- MACDONALD FOR THE COOKERY BOOK CLUB, [1966]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and full-page illustrations in the text, wanting front free endpaper, page edges tanning slightly as often; original blue cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in lightly age-soiled dustwrapper. Bright copy of the CBC edition of David's third book, and the last of the trilogy that changed the nature of English cookery forever. First published in 1954, it presented an entirely novel world of taste, ingredients and cookery to a ration-oriented and culinary sombre Britain still in the aftermath of WWII. This edition contains the text of t... continua a leggere
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- COLLINS, 1974
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with plates, double-page map in the text and endpapers maps; handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled in gilt with an anchor motif, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, in custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE. Vivid account of the chase by the well-known broadcaster (who served as a sub-lieutenant in TARTAR during the action). Particularly good on... continua a leggere
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- MICHAEL JOSEPH FOR THE COOKERY BOOK CLUB, [1967]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition thus, with title in green and black, title-vignette and illustrations in the text; pictorial green cloth, upper board blocked in red, gilt back, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. David's classic compilation was first published by Joseph in 1960 with a second (heavily revised) edition in 1965. This CBC edition contains the revised text together with all of Renny's delightful illustrations. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. continua a leggere
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- SPELLMOUNT, STAPLEHURST, [1997]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 2 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition thus, with very numerous illustrations and maps (many coloured in outline) in the text and endpaper maps; cloth (red/green respectively), gilt backs, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. Vol I: The First Battalion; Vol. II: The Second Battalion. Kipling undertook the history of the regiment in WWI following the death in action of his son John at the Battle of Loos whilst serving with the Second Battalion; a personal tragedy from which the author never fully recovered. After five and a half years of research ('done with agony and bloody sweat') the work... continua a leggere
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- OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, OXFORD, 1986
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with title-vignette and illustrations (a number full-page) in the text; grey cloth, gilt back, purple endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Collects fifteen classic tales. continua a leggere
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- PHOENIX HOUSE, [1961]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 45 plates and 41 plans; original blue buckram, gilt back, blue top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. A standard reference. The fourth, final and by far the scarcest of Cook's comprehensive survey of English church buildings and their contents. Covering the period from the seventh to the sixteenth centuries, it includes much detail on structure, duties and privileges in addition to plan and architecture. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. continua a leggere
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- FOLIO SOCIETY, 1992
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece and 16 plates; pictorial cloth, backstrip lettered in red, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case, the case just a little browned at extremities. continua a leggere
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- FOLIO SOCIETY, 2019
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition thus, with frontispiece, coloured plates and illustrations, maps in the text and coloured endpaper maps; blue cloth, upper board with printed paper label, backstrip lettered in yellow and black, a near fine copy in publisher's cloth slip-case. continua a leggere
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- VIKING, [2002]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., Fifth Impression, with plates and maps; brown cloth, gilt back, plum endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a month after the first edition. A valuable modern account that casts doubt on the inevitability of the British victory. Sorsky 332. continua a leggere
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- EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE, [1948-50]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with portrait frontispieces, plates and maps; green cloth, gilt backs, a very good, bright, clean set in unclipped dustwrapper. Revised and expanded version, in two volumes, of Petrie's standard history, first published as a single volume in 1932. COMPLETE SETS ARE SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Pargellis & Medley 3310. continua a leggere
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- OXFORD PUBLISHING [WITH] GREAT WESTERN SOCIETY, [1974]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: Oblong 4to., Second Edition, with photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley 11999, 12028. continua a leggere
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- MODEL & ALLIED PUBLICATIONS, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, D, [1962]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. continua a leggere
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- CROESOR JUNCTION PRESS, [LLANFROTHEN], [1982]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with very numerous photographs and illustrations throughout, and printed endpapers; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the separately printed 'Notes' leaf loosely inserted. continua a leggere
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- [BOOKLAW/RAILBUS, NOTTINGHAM], [1995]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: Roy. 4to., with very numerous photographs throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 18267. continua a leggere
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- BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION, 1957
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., with coloured and monochrome illustrations throughout; black cloth, upper board lettered in yellow, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Publication code BR 33014. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 3089. continua a leggere
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- MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PUBLICATIONS, [1979]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 4to., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; pictorial boards, a fine copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. continua a leggere
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- CROWOOD PRESS, [RAMSBURY], [2010]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with photographs and illustrations throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. continua a leggere
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- [PRIVATELY PRINTED], GLASGOW, 1973
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; red cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION. Ottley, 10675. continua a leggere
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- IAN ALLAN, [1963]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., Second Edition, with frontispiece, plates and numerous diagrams and tables in the text; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, backstrip lightly faded at tail else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the first edition. The standard reference. Ottley, 2911 (recording the first edition). continua a leggere
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- IAN ALLAN, [SHEPPERTON], [1974]
- Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
- Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with plates and illustrations in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Ottley, 12000. continua a leggere
