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Title: RAILWAY WORLD ANNUAL 1976 - TRAINS , TRANSPORT, STEAM
ENGINES, TRAVEL.
Author: edited by Alan Williams
Publisher: Ian Allen,London, 1975, FIRST EDITION, hardcover 4to without dj, 17 chapters, illustrations in black & white and in colour, 132pp.
Condition:Hardcover with title to spine, STRAIGHT, TIGHT and CLEAN in VERY GOOD CONDITION with no inscriptions, with very mild rubbing.
Description: Last of the true narrow guage; Standards; Cardiff Valley rail; Signal failure; Waterloo; Steam for Scrap; the '65 and much more
Title: RAILWAY WORLD ANNUAL 1975
Author: edited by Alan Williams
Publisher: Ian Allen,London, 1974, FIRST EDITION, hardcover 4to without dj, 19 chapters, illustrations in black & white and in colour, 136pp.
Condition:Hardcover with title to spine, STRAIGHT, TIGHT and CLEAN in VERY GOOD CONDITION with no inscriptions, with very mild rubbing.
Description: The Prison Line; London Transport; Cornwall Rail; Lincolnshire; Diesels; The Tunnel; The B & I Railway and much more.
Title: C 1840 edition The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane
by Le Sage Translated from the French of Le Sage by SMOLLETT
Author: Translated by T. Smollett M.D. This old printing has foxed Steel Engravings and a CLEAN interior with Georgian-style yellow endpapers.
Publisher: Charles Daly, London, no date c.?, 1840. Early edition. Hardcover. With frontispiece, vignette on title, and 12 other illustrations - apparently steel engravings.
Condition:Bordered red cloth-bound hardcover with ornate gilt title to spine, STRAIGHT and TIGHT in GOOD MINUS CONDITION with an inscription ( a name) to the top of the first page of text. The spine only has been protected with an adhesive tranparent cover.
Description: Tobias George Smollett (1721 – 1771) was a Scottish poet and author. In the preface to his first novel, The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748), he acknowledges the influence of Alain René Le Sage’s L’Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane (1715–35)
Title: GREAT RESIDENCES - ILLUSTRATED PERSPECTIVES ON POWER, WEALTH AND PRESTIGE - Architecture Palaces & Castles
Author: Foreword by JOHN JULIUS NORWICH - FIRST EDITION
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley, London, 1993, FIRST EDITION, hardcover Folio with dj, 180 pages, COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS, ILLUSTRATIONS, FLOOR PLANS throughout, apricot eprs & Index
Condition:Black cloth-bound hardcover with bright gilt title to spine, minimal edgewear, CLEAN & TIGHT in VERY GOOD CONDITION, previous owner's name to fr.paste-down, in an unclipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with repaired tear to bottom spine, slight rubbing and edgewear.
Description: From Windsor Castle, The Palace of Versailles, The Red Fort, Agra to the Hearst Castle in California this volume takes 12 of the world's most glorious palaces and explores their character.
There are 12 Contributors - one for each residence.
Title: PSALMS and HYMNS 1901 With Supplement for Public, Social & Private Worship for the use of the Baptist Denomination
Author: a collection of PSALMS & HYMNS for the Baptist Church 1901 330 pages Leather bound with Index 1272 entries
Publisher: Published by the Psalms and Hymns Trust, 22A Furnival Street, Holborn, London (Two doors from the Baptist Mission House), 16mo, gilt page edges, dated 1901 (20,000).
Condition:Brown leather-bound hardcover with gilt title to frontcover, STRAIGHT, ROBUST and INTACT in GOOD CONDITION with inscription to title- and preface page page, opposite title-page, spine is slightly shook but intact and there is wear to the leather cover.
Description: A comprehensive and detailed collection of the Psalms and Hymns used by the Baptist Church in 1901.
From No. 1 " Praise to Thee, Thou great Creator"
To No. 1271 "God bless our native land".
Finishing with the Te Deum Laudimas.
Title: OLD 1883 Illustrated STOCK DOCTOR & LIVESTOCK ENCYCLOPAEDIA, including Horses, Cattle, Sheep,Swine & Poultry LEATHER
Author: J. RUSSELL MANNING, M.D., Veterinary Surgeon. To Which has been added A COMPLETE HISTORY OF BEES - First Australian Edition 1883 LEATHER SPINE
Publisher: Pacific, Sydney, 1883, hardcover large 8vo without dj, 1082pp., plus 16 pages Australian Supplement,COLOUR & B/W ILLUSTRATIONS/LITHOGRAPHS,including Steel Engravings
Condition:Black cloth-bound hardcover, leather to corners & spine w gilt title to spine & gilt trims, rubbing to spine, corners, edges & covers (check scan), no inscriptions, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION, faded marbling to outside page edges, light foxing, no dj
Description: Carefully prepared, after a Ripe Experience of twenty-five years in stock-raising and an extensive practice in veterinary surgery, and a treatise on dogs. With a large fold-out Chart for Accurately Determining the Age of a Horse from 6 months to 29 years.
Title: POOR JACK - Classic - A Frederick Marryat boy's naval adventure SCARCE
Author: CAPTAIN MARRYAT, C.B. - With Illustrations by Clarkson Stanfield, R.A. - OUT OF PRINT BOOKS
Publisher: Henry G. Bohn, London, 1850, hardcover large 8vo without dj, 384 pages, B/W ILLUSTRATIONS/ENGRAVINGS, 51 Chapters & Finale
Condition:Blue cloth-bound h/c with gilt title with design to spine, gilt design & embossed design to corners, rubbing to spine, corners & edges, CLEAN & TIGHT in GOOD CONDITION, name to title pge, frspiece has a couple of small tears, rough-cut pages, frcvr loose
Description: It tells the story of Thomas Saunders, a sailor's son and neglected street urchin struggling to survive in Greenwich, London in the early 19th century. ("Poor Jack" was the title given by the waterfront boys, or mudlarks, to their chief.)
Title: GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS - 22nd Edition October 1975 - with AUSTRALIAN SUPPLEMENT
Author: Editors and Compilers : Norris & Ross McWhirter Sports Editor : Suzi Biggar
Publisher: pub. Guinness Superlatives, London, 1975, 382pages including Australian Supplement, hardcover quarto no dustjacket, illustrations, Index.
Condition:Card-bound hardcover with title to spine & illustrated frcover, STRAIGHT, TIGHT and CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION with no inscriptions. Slight age-toning to page edges and slight bump at base of spine.
Description: Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Earl of Iveagh
Preface by Norris and Ross McWhirter
From The Human Being to Human Achievements and all sorts inbetween!
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