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    • FOLIO SOCIETY, 2002
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured portrait frontispieces, numerous coloured plates, many maps (a number coloured in outline) in the text, and patterned endpapers; pictorial cloth, gilt backs, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-case framed and lettered in gilt. The set comprises Vol. I: The Rise. February 1793 - September 1805; Vol. II: The Zenith. September 1805 - September 1812; The Fall. September 1812 - June 1815. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Sandler 689 (recording the first edition of 1966) continua a leggere

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    • HMSO, 1942
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with photographs from the film throughout; strongly bound in brown buckram, upper board with printed paper label, terracotta endpapers, ORIGINAL PICTORIAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, a fine copy. The profusely illustrated book of of the classic WWII film of the same name (1942) written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger as their first venture under the Archers brand. Starring Hugh Burden, Eric Portman, Bernard Miles and a host of others, the film is now widely regarded as one of the finest of British wartime dramas. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. continua a leggere

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    • FOLIO SOCIETY, 2022
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with comic-strip illustrations throughout; pictorial cloth, main volume and facsimile comic housed in publisher's blocked slip-case. continua a leggere

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    • AMALGAMATED PRESS, [1939-1947]
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 10 vols., roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispieces and titles toned in sepia, and many thousands of photographs, illustrations and maps (many toned in sepia or blue); publisher's original binding of navy half roan, blue buckram sides, gilt backs, primrose endpapers, ORIGINAL WRAPPERS PRESERVED, boards mildly age-marked as often else a remarakbly bright, clean, copy. Splendid set of Hammerton's monumental pictorial history of WWII. It was published throughout the conflict in 255 parts (varying from weekly to fortnightly), and subsequently issued in bound volumes: either burgundy pictoria... continua a leggere

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    • GEOFFREY BLES, 1961
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition thus; grey cloth, backstrip lettered in red, red top, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Bright copy of the first omnibus edition, combining The Screwtape Letters (first published 1942) with the first publication of Screwtape Proposes a Toast. The author's new Preface is dated 18 May 1960. The dustwrapper rear panel features a drawing of Screwtape by the author, first printed in the US edition of 1943. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION. Hooper 9. continua a leggere

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    • FOLIO SOCIETY, 1992 [2008]
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition thus, with illustrated title-spread, illustrations (a number full-page) in the text and endpaper maps on pale blue stock; pictorial terracotta cloth, upper board and backstrip blocked in blue and white, a near fine copy in publisher's board slip-case. This edition was first published in 1992 with emblematic binding. continua a leggere

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    • FOLIO SOCIETY, 2022
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition thus, text in four-colour throughout; patterned boards, upper board and backstrip blocked and lettered in silver, a near fine copy in publisher's foil-blocked board slip-case. continua a leggere

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    • HODDER & STOUGHTON, [1953]
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, 7 coloured and 48 monochrome plates, and numerous illustrations in the text, some faint offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; blue cloth, gilt back, blue top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped, mildly age-soiled dustwrapper, the latter chafed (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Dustwrapper artwork by W. Heaton Cooper. Neate 393. continua a leggere

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    • FOLIO SOCIETY, 2015-2022
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 3 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, with coloured frontispieces, coloured plates, double-page plan in the text and endpaper maps; pictorial cloth heightened in gilt, backstrips lettered in brown and gilt, a near fine set in publisher's board slip-cases. The FS edition of this classic fantasy comprises A Wizard of Earthsea (2015), The Tombs of Atuan (2022), The Farthest Shore (2022). COMPLETE SETS OF FIRST PRINTINGS ARE SCARCE. continua a leggere

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    • HART-DAVIS, 1961
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, title-vignette and numerous illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, tiny signature on front free endpaper; terracotta cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chafed (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. Bright, crisp copy of Durrell's account of his animal-collecting expedition to the Argentine during the late 1950s, travelling from Buenos Aires to Patagonia and up to Jujuy. It is another of his collaborations with his finest illustrator Ralph Thompson; the two were brought together ... continua a leggere

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    • JONATHAN CAPE, [1949]
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 14 plates on 11 and 3 folding maps (2 coloured), some barely discernible offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers; red cloth, gilt back, red top, fore-edge lightly spotted else a near fine copy copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter lightly browned at backstrip. A classic of its time, recalling Maclean's Buchan-like experiences before and during WWII. Includes coverage of the Moscow State Trials, operating with LRDG in the Western Desert, kidnapping a general and being dropped in occupied Europe as Churchill's personal envoy to Tito. THE... continua a leggere

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    • GEOFFREY BLES, [1943]
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: Sm. 8vo., First Edition, small neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; orange cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Collects eight of the author's well-known talks broadcast by the BBC in the autumn of 1942. Four talks have fresh sections added to bring in points which the author had not time to include in the original boradcasts; these talks are included in both broadcast and revised versions. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION, ESPECIALLY IN THE DUSTWRAPPER. Hooper 12. continua a leggere

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    • FOLIO SOCIETY [IN ASSOCIATION WITH ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY, BRITISH LIBRARY AND SCOTT POLAR RESEARCH INSTITUTE], 2012
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 12 vols. in portfolio plus Commentary volume in slip-case, together 2 cases, 8vo., First Edition thus, with numerous plates, illustrations and maps; the twelve facsimile volumes housed in box portfolio with clasp, Commentary volume in cloth gilt in board slip-case, a near fine set. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES (THIS COPY No. 738). The first complete facsimile of the original edition. continua a leggere

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    • SAMPSON, LOW, MARSTON & CO., [C. 1890]
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., Tenth Edition thus, with 18 plates containing 24 plans of naval battles, 3 full-page maps and large folding map (this last lightly age-soiled); handsomely bound in full navy crushed morocco, sides with gilt frame border, back with raised bands ruled in gilt, second and fourth compartments lettered and ruled in gilt, all other compartments tooled with anchor in gilt, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, uncut, gilt blocking from original upper board and backstrip mounted on new and separate preliminaries, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Mahan's most... continua a leggere

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    • JONATHAN CAPE, [1949]
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 14 plates on 11 and 3 folding maps (2 coloured); 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, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, custom-made-slip-case, an elegant copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. [SLIP-CASE NOT SHOWN IN IMAGE.] A classic of its time, recalling Maclean's Buchan-like experiences before and during WWII. Includes coverage of the Moscow State Trials, operating... continua a leggere

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    • HERBERT JENKINS, [1931]
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition, with fine portrait frontispiece; handsomely bound in full dark geen 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, gilt top, hand-made endpapers, ribbon marker, original pictorial cloth from upper board mounted on new leaf at front, custom-made slip-case, a most attractive copy ideal as a gift or for presentation. Elegant copy of the omnibus edition, collecting thirty-one of the immortal Jeeves & Wooster stories. VERY SCARCE. Jasen, p.273. continua a leggere

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    • FOLIO SOCIETY, 2022
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 2 vols., 8vo., First Edition thus, text in gold and black, with coloured frontispiece, coloured plates, illustrations in the text and printed endpapers; pictorial cloth blocked in gilt and colours, gilt backs, black tops, a fine set in publishers blocked board slip-case with interior illustration. Fifth instalment of the splendid FS edition of 'A Song of Ice and Fire'. The set comprises Vol. I: Dreams and Dust; Vol. II: After the Feast. continua a leggere

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    • [STRAND MAGAZINE], [1893]
    • Libreria: Antiquarian Bookshop Island Books (Regno Unito)
    • Note Bibliografiche: 8vo., First Edition,with illustrations in the text; attractively bound in full blue buckram, upper board with printed paper label, a near fine copy. FIRST APPEARANCE OF HOLMES IN THE STRAND AND THE APPARENT DEATH OF HOLMES. Original serial publication from The Strand Magazine, Vol. VI, December 1893, complete with Paget's iconic illustrations, although sadly his immortal image of Holmes and Moriarty at Reichenbach does not appear here; it was first published as frontispiece to the 'Memoirs'. Chronologically the last of the second series of twelve Homes short stories, but the eleventh when t... continua a leggere

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