ARGOSY (C. S. FORESTER; TALBOT MUNDY; BORDEN CHASE; KARL DETZER; ALBERT RICHARD WETJEN; FRANCES SHELLEY WEES; HOLMES ALEXANDER; ALFRED BATSON; ROY DE S. HORN; CHARLES DORMAN; EDUARD H. OHLSSON; J. WENTWORTH TILDEN; ERIC SHARPE)

Argosy Weekly: September, Sept. 17, 1938 ("Beat to Quarters"; "Lost House")

NY, Frank A. Munsey Co. 1938. SingleIssueMagazine. Vol. 284, No. 5. Pulp magazine. [Edited by Chandler H. Whipple.] Cover by Rudolph Belarski for "Beat to Quarters" (pt. 1 of 6) by C. S. Forester. Includes "Milk of the Moon" by Talbot Mundy; "All Hackmen Are Smart" by Borden Chase; "Backfire" (novelet) by Karl Detzer; "Rope's End" by Albert Richard Wetjen; "Lost House" (pt. 4 of 6) by Frances Shelley Wees; "Yannigan's Choice" by Holmes Alexander; "Wolf! Wolf!" by Alfred Batson; "Southbound to Singapore" (pt. 6 of 6) by Roy de S. Horn. Features: "Not the Heat but the Aptitude" by Charles Dorman; "The Dogs Do Bark" by Eduard H. Ohlsson; "The Star You Can't See" by J. Wentworth Tilden; "My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" by Eric Sharpe; "Argonotes"; "Looking Ahead!" Creasing; creased tear at upper edge of front cover (see scan); printing error to front; tears to spine; tanning.. Very Good-.

Books from the cryptProfessional seller

Book number: PR676

Catalogue: Pulps

Keywords: Adventure Action Fantasy Mystery Science Fiction Pulps Catalog1 Catalog Adventure Pulps

Carr, Mrs. William, Mrs. Eli Thurston, Mrs. Charles J. Holmes,

History Annals and Sketches of the Central Church of Fall River, Massachusetts A.D. 1842 - A.D. 1905.

Fall River, MA, Central Church Fall River, 1905. VG. Dark green binding, gilt lettering. Beautiful condition. Views of the church, portraits of important personages. Owner names ft endpaper, sl extremity wear.

Crabtree's Collection Old BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS043499I

Catalogue: History

CONWAY, MARTIN; HOLMES, CHARLES J; HAMMERTON, J A [ED.]

The World's Famous Pictures. 2 Volume Set

London: The Educational Book Co, [1950]. First Edition. Blue/gilt hardback half leather cover. 340mm x 260mm (13" x 10"). [600pp.]. 1144 mezzogravures in each volume, 12 colour plates with critical notes. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas.. VG : in very good condition. Previous owner's insc. to fep .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: L0260

Catalogue: Art History

Keywords: Art History

Conway, Sir Marten & Charles J. Holmes [selected by] / J. A. Hammerton (ed.)

The World's Famous Pictures / 2 Volumes

London, Fleetway House, ND. Hardcover. Unpaginated. Folio. Two volume set bound in original decorated tan cloth. All pages and periodicals show wear at edges. Covers of periodicals are worn. Cover of issue 6 torn. Some plates, including colour plates in issues 5 & 18, are torn at edges (illustrations are undamaged). Colour plate in issue 4 chipped at corner (illustration undamaged). Front cover of issue 23 and rear cover of issue 24 are detached. Boards stained and worn. Possible candidates for mounting or framing - could be very handsome. Good+ condition overall. Each volume contains 12 stapled periodicals bearing the title 'The World's Famous Pictures', as well as a title page and list of pictures contained in the volume. Each periodical contains 12 black and white mezzogravures, and 1 detached colour plate. Issue 1 contains an extra detached plate. All plates are present. Periodicals, title pages and lists of illustrations are loose within binding. Ill.: 288 b&w, 24 colour plates.

Bison BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 9900036826

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Art History;Fine Art Prints;History of Painting;;;;;; 288 b&w, 24 colour plates.

Grete Williams Gallery (San Francisco); Charles Stark; Rexford Holmes (lithog.)

Drawings Photograph: Charles Stark, San Francisco 1958

San Francisco: Grete Williams Gallery, 1958. 33 x 24.5 cm (13x9¾") loose leaves as issued, housed in folded portfolio, with illustrated front cover. Very Good with punctures at corners, small tears, some edge wear. 7 lithographed leaves of art by Charles Stark, loose, laid in, including one title leaf (two leafs missing). Edition of 250 copies. Lithography by Rexford Holmes, San Francisco. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 15-10609

Catalogue: Ephemera

GARD, WAYNE; ULM, AARON HARDY; HIGH, STANLEY; BACON, ROBERT L.; NEIL, JUDGE HENRY; HUBBARD, SAMUEL; PHILLIPS, HENRY A.; FINGER, CHARLES J.; HOLMES, FRED L.

The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, June 19, 1926 - the New 'Real Estate Bond' Industry

Dearborn, Michigan: The Dearborn Publishing Co, 1926. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Clarke, W.W.; Fitzgerald, William O.; Honore, Paul. 32 pages. Features: The Queen of Kipling's Mandalay - article on Burma with photo of Supayalat and King Thibaw; The New 'Real Estate Bond' Industry (2nd article of 2) - First Mortgages on the Unknown Future Amount to Many Millions; A Good Look at Our Young People - analysis discloses that the newer generation is not deteriorating; Why Not Keep Faith with the Moro Race? - Justice is due to these people as well as to the other natives of Philippines - photo illustrated article on these people of Mindanao; What Has Become of Ben? - a boy whose restless gypsy blood made him an aimless wanderer; Mr. Henry Ford's Page - "Low wages shows poor management, poor finance, poor production"; Editorials - Senator Borah to the Lead, The Unitarian Women of the U.S, How important is news?, Which way is Coolidge going?, Anesthetic discovery at the University of Wisconsin; African Lions Roamed in Hollywood - discoveries indicate prehistoric game trail once extended from Old World to New; Why the Great Strike Failed - American gives vivid pictures of English lovel-headedness when millions of workers downed tools - article with photos; The Voyage of the Victoria - Westward Ho! (part 5 of a series); When General U.S. Grant Gathered Hides at Galena - for a time he forsook army life to engage in humble ways of earning a living in commerce; Ad for The Canal Band and Trust Co. of New Orleans; interesting piece about Jewish historian Josephus and his original text, in Aramaic, describing Jesus and his life; Mark Twain as Traveler (short article); New Oriental Limited ad features Glacier National Park; A Dance a Week - Positions of Feet in Dancing; Wild Flower Gardens - The Pansy King of Wisconsin, William Toole, Sr.; Fascinating illustrations of Pioneer tests in Aerostats (balloons). Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, June 19, 1926 - The New 'Real Estate Bond' Industry Magellan Montgolfier Brothers Queen of Kipling's Mandalay - article on Burma with photo of Supayalat and King Thibaw; The New 'Real Estate. Good .

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Book number: 838g4915

Keywords: 19 1926 ' ' Kipling's ; ' Conspiracy Back Issues Travel Exploration & Adventure

J.A. Hammerton; Sir Martin Conway; Sir Charles J Holmes

The World&Apos;S Famous Pictures

London, Amalgamated Press, c1927. First edition. Cloth. A lovely compilation of famous artwork of the world, complete in two volumes. Selected by Sir Martin Conway (formerly Slade Professor of Fine Arts) and Sir Charles J. Holmes (former Director of the National Gallery London). Edited by Sir John Alexander Hammerton, one of the most successful creators of large-scale works of reference. He also contributed to Mee's 'Children's Encyclopaedia' and his greatest achievement is arguably 'Harmsworth's Universal Encyclopaedia&apos. This work is complete in two volumes. The first volume contains 144 mezzogravures and 12 colour plates, as well as critical notes on the artwork. The second volume also contains 144 messogravures and 12 colour plates, with critical notes on the artwork. In the publisher's original decorative cloth binding, with gilt lettering to the front boards and spines. Externally, smart, with bumping to extremities as well as to the head and tail of the spines. Some sunning to the spines. A few marks to the boards and spines as well. Internally, hinges are slightly strained but remain firm. Books are firmly bound. Scattered spotting to the pastedowns and free-endpapers, but otherwise pages and bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 788J3

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: art National Gallery Martin Conway Charles J Holmes National Gallery Various

Holmes, George Charles Vincent

Ancient and Modern Ships; Part II; the Era of Steam, Iron & Steel

London, Wyman and Sons, 1906. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with black and gilt lettering; gilt spine lettering; bw illustrated frontispiece; 219 pp, 102 bw illustrations plates and folded tables. Presentation copy to Sir Philip Watts from author inscribed on title half page. Part 2 only of a 2 volume set, this being: The Era of Steam, Iron & Steel. Good (overall shelfwear to boards, internal hinges loose but all pages are intact. Light age toning. Bookplate of Spencer Nichols Van Bokkelen inside front cover.) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 186306

Keywords: Maritime ; Shipbuilding ; ;

Holmes, Charles H.,

Australia's Patchwork Creature, the Platypus: Man Succeeds in Making Friends with This Duck-Billed, Fur-Coated Paradox. . ..

Washington, D.C., National Geographic Magazine, Undated. Trade Paperback., G+ in Wraps. Paperbound Extract Material. Pages: 10. Clean, Binding Tight.

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Book number: MASTER217855I

Catalogue: Animals

HOLMES, CHARLES

Bicentenary Memorial Exhibition of Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. Illustrating the Various Periods of His Work, Also the Work of His Antecedents and Contemporaries , and His Influence on the Art of His Own and Later Times.

Ipswich: Ipswich Museum, 1927. First Edition; First Edition. Original Wrappers. Very good copy of this 91 page Catalogue. The Bicentenary Memorial Exhibtion of the works of Thomas Gainsborough, shown in Ipswich in 1927.With a Preface by R. R. Tatlock, and an introduction by Charles Holmes. 208 works by Gainsborough and others are Catalogued. With 9 mounted b/w Plates. Slight wear to covers, but generally a very good, clean copy.; Paperback; Quarto. Very Good with no dust jacket .

Literary Cat BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 29120

HOLMES, CHARLES S

The Clocks of Columbus: The Literary Career of James Thurber

London: Alison Press/Secker & Warburg, 1973. First UK Edition. Blue hardback cloth cover. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 360pp. b&w plates.. G : in Good condition with dust jacket. Ex-lib .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: bgt033

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Biography First Editions Literary Criticism

HOLMES, CHARLES S.

Clocks of Columbus Literary Career of James Thurber

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd, 1973. Hardcover. ISBN: 0436200805. 460pp, blue cloth with dustwrapper; 9.4 X 6.5 X 1.7 inches; 360 pages. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket .

Castle Hill BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 80019

Keywords: 0436200805

Holmes, Charles S.,

The Clocks of Columbus: The Literary Career of James Thurber.

New York, Atheneum, 1972. 1st. Hardcover., Vg/G 1" Tear on Front Dj Panel. Dj Spine Faded. Pages: 360.

Vintage BooksProfessional seller

Book number: MASTER020088I

Catalogue: Literature

HOLMES, CHARLES S.

The Clocks of Columbus. The Literary Career of James Thurber.

First UK Edition; 8vo; pp. 360; b/w illustrations; adhesion and ink mark to front sleeve, scuffing to back of dustjacket, chipping to dustjacket, 1cm tear and surface abrasion to front of dustjacket, otherwise a very good copy. London, An Alison Press Book, (1973). Thurber's struggle against blindness is one of the themes explored in this book.

Time BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 13587

Keywords: Literary biography american literature

Holmes, Sir Charles, introduction

Commemorative catalogue of the Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900. Held in the galleries of the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London. January-March 1929

London, Oxford University Press, 1930, 1. 27x36cm., Hardcover (cloth). XXX+311pp., . Black & White images. Conditie: Very good. frontispiece color plate, CXX black/white plates, .

KastenvolPrivate seller

Book number: 1203