Locomotives of the British Railways. Southern Group. A Pictorial Record. [Together with] ... London, Midlands & Scottish Group. A Pictorial Record
London, Andrew Dakers Limited, [1950s] and 1955. More
London, Andrew Dakers Limited, [1950s] and 1955. More
London, Ian Allan, [1965], 1966, 1966 and 1966. The complete set. Titles are; Volume 1: Southern Railway; Volume 2: London & North Eastern Railway; Volume 3: London, Midland and Scottish Railway; and Volume 4: Great Western Railway. More
London, Chapman and Hall, 1926. With the ownership signature of Ernest H.M. Baillie, the sportswriter 'BAIL', who possessed an exceptional cricket library (see the MCG website). Includes Australia v England, 1893-1909. Also with the stamps (pocket, card and cancellation datestamp) of the Melbourne Cricket Club library. Catton also writes of..... More
London, A. and C. Black, Ltd., 1924. Provenance: [Sir] Edward Wheewall Holden (1885-1947), the influential motor-body builder whose business became a household name. His armorial bookplate is mounted on the front pastedown of each volume (along with the small paper label of the contemporary Adelaide bookseller F.W. Preece). [2 items]..... More
Birmingham, Gryphon Editions, 1990 (facsimile edition)/ 1920. One of the Legal Classics Library; complete with the useful 'Notes from the Editors' booklet. More
London, Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde, 1751 (second edition)/ 1749. Offered with a copy in similar condition of the first edition of a companion volume, 'The Works of that Ancient, Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Thomas Chalkley ... containing his Epistles and Other Writings' (London, Luke Hinde, 1751). London-born..... More
London, John Stockdale, 1794 [new edition]/ 1782. The dedication referred to in the title runs to 116 pages. More
London, John Stockdale, 1794 (new edition)/ 1782. The dedication referred to in the title runs to 116 pages. More
Colchester, John Drury, 1972 [facsimile]/ 1893. One of 500 copies. More
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1949 [first British edition]. More
Weybridge, Whittet Books, 1978. More
London, Cassell and Company, 1929. With a foreword by John Buchan. More
Franklin Center, The Franklin Library, 1981 (first thus). John Urban Nicolson (1885-1944), notable translator and author; the woodcut illustrations originate 'from a facsimile of Samuel Pepys' own copy of Chaucer's works'. More
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1980. 'An English Bishop of the Age of Becket'. More
Heath and Reach, Leonard Hill Books, 1974. More
London, Bodley Head, 1983/ [the originals date from the 1700s and 1800s]. The 35 titles are: Orbis Sensualium Pictus; Goody Two-Shoes; A New Year's Gift for Little Masters & Misses; The Birth-Day Gift, or the Joy of a New Doll, from Papers cut by a Lady; The Death and Burial..... More
London, The Royal Horticultural Society, 1948 (second impression)/ 1936. More
London, Faber and Faber, 1964 (first thus). The front free endpaper is inscribed and signed by the author: 'I'm sure the Crocodile's | house isn't as beautiful | as this one! | With best wishes | Richard N. Coe'. 'This brilliant piece of comic verse is a very free adaptation..... More
Brimscombe Port, The History Press, 2014. 'Thousands of Old Etonians flocked to the front, with many of them stepping out of the classroom, into the army and onto the battlefields before they had left their teenage years behind. Over 1,200 of them would not return. Historian Alexandra Churchill's groundbreaking narrative..... More
The first one shows Churchill arriving, standing in the rear of an open vehicle. In the second one, he is seen addressing the huge crowd from the steps of the Town Hall. His informal speech, a warning against complacency, was widely reported at the time. The full text is readily..... More
London, George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd., 1938 (first edition). 'Churchill has, during the six years 1932-38, achieved an extraordinary ascendancy in the House of Commons.... This book ... comprises more than forty of the speeches which he has delivered during this time on the paramount topics of foreign affairs..... More
London, 1941 (the first volume, first edition) and Melbourne, 1942 to 1947 [Volumes 2-6, all first Australian editions]. More
London, Heinemann, 1967 to 1988 (all first editions, with the exception of Volume 3, a second impression in the same year as the first edition). Specific details of the individual volumes are as follows. Volume 1: Youth, 1874-1900 (1965). Volume 2: Young Statesman, 1901-1914 (1967). Volume 3: The Challenge of..... More
London, Heinemann, 1966 to 1988 (all first editions). The biography proper comprises eight volumes, as follows. Volume 1: Youth, 1874-1900 (1966). Volume 2: Young Statesman, 1901-1914 (1967). Volume 3: The Challenge of War, 1914-1916 (1971). Volume 4: 1917-1922 (1975). Volume 5: 1922-1939 (1976). Volume 6: Finest Hour, 1939-1941 (1983). Volume..... More
London, Gale & Polden Ltd., 1913. The event was 'Under the direction of Charles B. Cochran'; Carl Hagenbeck (1844-1913) died in April 1913 of snakebite. More