- Category = Bibliography,Ephemera,Food & Drink,History,Military,Other Interesting Volumes,Politics,Science & Nature,Sport
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Institution for the Propogation of the Faith
To aid the Foreign Missions of the Old and the New World
Paris: E. J. Bailly, 1850. First edition. A lovely clean copy of this prospectus. No flaws. A brief outline to the work of the institution. Although undated, this would seem to have been printed in 1850. 8 pp. 4 leaves (2 sheets) unbound.
Book ID: 1035More details Price: £15.00 -
Invitation for the talk / dinner by Gaston Louis-Vuitton
Lyon: Le Vieux Papier Société Archéologique, Historique et Artistique, 1936. Invitation for the talk / dinner hosted by Gaston Louis-Vuitton to the sellers of caskets and trunks, organised by 'Le Vieux Papier Société' in Lyon on May 11, 1936. Invitation pour le dîner-causerie offert par Gaston Louis-Vuitton aux vendeurs de malles, organisé par 'Le Vieux Papier Société' à Lyon le 11 mai 1936.
Book ID: 2150More details Price: £20.00 -
It Was Wartime Then.
Salisbury: Michael Russell (Publishing) Ltd, 1986. Memoir. Owners bookplate to the front end paper, signed by the author on the title page, some fading to the spine, illustrated with b/w photographs throughout. 111. pp
220 by 140mm (8¾ by 5½ inches).Book ID: 2039More details Price: £15.00 -
Jazz My Love
Paris: Éditions Vade Retro, 2003. First French edition. Hardback in unclipped dust jacket. Full of b/w and colour images - most full-page - of jazz musicians. Text in French. Captions / quotes in English. Boards, dust jacket and inside of book all in very good condition. 310 x 310 mm (12¼ x 12¼ inches).
Book ID: 3722More details Price: £30.00 -
John Crome the Elder. I Text and a critical catalogue II Illustrations.
Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1978. Two volumes of this Catalogue Raisonné of Crome's work. Both volumes First Edition. Cream cloth in dust wrappers. Both of the wrappers are in good, sound condition, with a little fading to the top edge only. Slight water staining to the bottom part of the spine. No chips or tears. Cream cloth is in good, clean condition. Internally clean and tidy throughout - nice copies. xxv, 1-321,. 166 pages. Vol I. includes 16 full page colour plates. Vol II gives 242 images of Crome's work, portrayed in sepia. 290 x 220 mm (11½ x 8¾ inches).
Book ID: 3255More details Price: £50.00 -
John Leech's Pictures of Life and Character. From the Collection of Mr. Punch.
Volume 3.
London: Bradbury, Agnew, & Co, 1887. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, red cloth covered bevelled boards. Artistically dedicated with elaborate hand painted inscription to front end paper. Very well preserved overall. All page edges gilt. 286 pages. 310 x 255 mm (12¼ x 10 inches). Très bon exemplaire dans les planches biseautées d'origine, couvertes de tissu rouge et dorées. Dédié artistiquement avec une inscription peinte à la main sur le papier de garde. Très bien conservé dans l'ensemble. Toutes les tranches des pages sont dorées. 286 pages. 310 x 255 mm (12¼ x 10 pouces).
Book ID: 3064More details Price: £70.00 -
Kamp Tussen School en Leven.
Amsterdam: (AJC) Arbeiders-Jeugd-Centrale. First edition. Record and information book for attendance at the 1934 AJC socialist youth movement camp De Paasheuvel in Vierhouten. It tells attendees what to bring, what to wear, how to act and what to do once they go home again! This is the year that Koos Vorrink, the outgoing chairman of the AJC, gave his farewell speech at the week long camp. The AJC promoted traditional good manners, no alcohol or tobacco, lots of exercise, folk dancing, drama and music. Front cover green woodcut design by Fré Cohen. In good clean condition. 10 pages. 170 x 105 mm (6¾ x 4¼ inches).
The AJC (1918 - 1959) was a socialist youth movement.
Book ID: 3700More details Price: £30.00 -
Khwab O Khayal or "Visions of the Past".
Official Text-Book for the Examination of Civil and Military Officers by the Higher Standard Hindustani
Calcutta: The Baptist Mission Press, 1911. First Edition. Hardback. Colonial British officers and civil servants who lived in India during this period were expected to learn to speak the Indian languages in order to communicate directly with their staff and men. Hindustani was the considered 'lingua franca', spoken as it was over much of the area which, at that time, constituted British India. Higher Standard Hindustani examinations remained, virtually unchanged, until 1947.
Binding is tight and square. The paper covering the spine is split at the bottom. Boards are soiled but somewhat stained. The book has definitely been used as there are small / light pencil annotations to some pages. 220 x 135 mm (8¾ x 5¼ inches).
Book ID: 2337More details Price: £80.00 -
King Leopold's Ghost. A Story of Greed,Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Book ID: 4225More details Price: £40.00
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King Monmouth.
Being A History of The Career of James Scott "The Protestant Duke" 1649-1685.
Book ID: 4348More details Price: £40.00
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L'Aiglon en images et dans la fiction poetique et dramatique.
Book ID: 4345More details Price: £40.00
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L'Ambassadeur du grand-duc de Toscane et les proscrits florentins, épisode inédit du règne de Henri III
Book ID: 4048More details Price: £75.00
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L'Anarchie, sa Philosophie, son ideal.
numéro 9 - Bibliotheque Sociologique.
Book ID: 3592More details Price: £90.00
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L'Apoticaire Charitable.
Book ID: 3486More details Price: £250.00
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L'Avant-garde de Saumur
L'Avant-garde journal politique, littéraire, artistique, agricole, industriel et des intérêts locaux "puis" journal de l'arrondissement de Saumur, politique, littéraire, artistique, agricole, industriel et des intérêts locaux
Book ID: 4057More details Price: £25.00
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L'Ecumoire, histoire japonoise. [Tansaï et Neadarné]. Nouvelle edition.
Book ID: 4349More details Price: £550.00
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L'intrus
- Satirical French illustration - Hand coloured lithograph
Book ID: 4278More details Price: £125.00
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La Colere.
Berne: Se Trouve chez Herbert Lang, 1946. First / Limited edition in cream dust wrapper. Fairly clean, but with some closed tears and nicks. Clean mustard coloured boards. Contains 20 full pages cuts by Masereel, depicting the violence and horror of the war. Number 189 of 650 numbered (but not signed) copies on matt paper. Unpaginated. 330 x 250 mm (13 x 9¾ inches). Première / édition limitée sous emballage anti-poussière. Enveloppe de crème. Assez propre, mais avec quelques déchirures et entailles fermées. Nettoyez les planches de couleur moutarde. Contient 20 coupes pleines pages par Masereel, illustrant la violence et l'horreur de la guerre. N° 189 des 650 exemplaires numérotés (mais non signés) sur papier mat. Non paginé. 330 x 250 mm
Book ID: 3614More details Price: £80.00 -
La Femme En France.
Photos de Daniel Frasnay.
Book ID: 3683More details Price: £30.00
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La Jambe artificielle "La Française"
Book ID: 3239More details Price: £25.00