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JOHN BULL’S OPEN DOOR: A Plea for it to be Shut by (A London Business Man).
Bartlett’s Publishing Co., N.d. c.[1909]. Large 8vo. [iv] adverts. + [iv] + 107pp. + [iv] adverts. 24 full page ills. including 4 cartoons by Will Inglis. F.e.ps. browned, some sporadic light marginal browning, title page lightly browned and spotted, upper hinge cracked, unobtrusive sm. blind embossed stamp to upper leading corner of front f.e.p., original black lettered red cloth backed illus. red boards, light soiling, edges rubbed with some wear to corners, some fading to lower board, sl. waterstaining across head of spine and sl. onto upper board, head and tail of spine sl. bumped and chipped.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 283756
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.25 US$ 31.35 | JP¥ 4845]
Catalogue: ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS
Keywords: ECONOMICS; ECONOMICS
A VISIT TO LONDON: Containing A Description of the Principal Curiosities in the British Metropolis. By the Author of "The Visit to a Farm-House"
William Darton, 1820. New Ed. With Additions and Improvements by T.H. 12mo. 212pp. 7 engraved plates including 1 folding. Some browning and occasional staining, some creasing, several leaves with minor marginal loss including signature K3 with silked tear, ex.-libris W.A. Foster, rebound in modern brown morocco, blind motifs and gilt lettering to spine faded to tail, fading sl. intruding onto boards with minor marking.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 283780
GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 145.75 US$ 156.74 | JP¥ 24223]
Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: ENGLAND
Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; ENGLAND
BETRAYAL IN THE PHILIPPINES. With an Introduction by Harold L. Ickes.
A.A. Wyn, New York, 1946. 1st Ed. 272pp. Good in lightly soiled and chipped d/w. repaired in a couple of places to verso, spine faded.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 288368
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.25 US$ 31.35 | JP¥ 4845]
Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: SOUTH EAST ASIA
Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; SOUTH EAST ASIA
SCENERY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND In Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 from the Library of ... A Bibliographical Catalogue; [And] LIFE IN ENGLAND ... Architecture Drawing Books Art Collections Magazines Navy and Army Panoramas Etc. [And] TRAVEL in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 ... 2 vols.
Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1972. Reprint. 4 vols. 4to. 3 colour frontiss., 102 plates, 156 figures. Very good in d/ws.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 284541
GBP 400.00 [Appr.: EURO 466.25 US$ 501.56 | JP¥ 77513]
Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: GENERAL VOYAGES
Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; GENERAL VOYAGES
WHY WE EAT, HOW WE EAT. Contemporary Encounters between Foods and Bodies.
Ashgate, 2013. 1st Ed. xvi + 310pp. 5 figures, 2 tables, 1 box. Very good in original pale blue and white lettered black coloured pictorial laminated boards.
¶ Critical Food Studies.
¶ Critical Food Studies.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 283709
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.25 US$ 31.35 | JP¥ 4845]
Catalogue: ECONOMICS: COOKERY
Keywords: ECONOMICS; COOKERY
ENGLISH - ARABIC DICTIONARY OF FINANCIAL & MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING. With English - Arabic & Arabic - English Glossaries.
Librairie du Liban Publishers, Beirut, 2005. 2nd Ed., Revised and Enlarged. Large 8vo. xvi + 353pp. + [i] + [xxxvi]. Good in very sl. rubbed d/w.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 287385
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.25 US$ 31.35 | JP¥ 4845]
Catalogue: ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS
Keywords: ECONOMICS; ECONOMICS
THE FALL OF ABD-UL-HAMID. With a Preface by his Excellency Mahmud Shefket Pasha.
Methuen & Co., 1910. 1st Ed. xiii + 316pp. + 47pp. publ. adverts. 10 ills., map. Some light browning, paper split to upper hinge, original gilt lettered cloth, sl. cloth loss to corners, spine faded and chipped with loss across head.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 276415
GBP 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 116.75 US$ 125.39 | JP¥ 19378]
Catalogue: NAVAL AND MILITARY: GENERAL MILITARY
Keywords: NAVAL AND MILITARY; GENERAL MILITARY
A SONG IN METAL. Folk art of Uzbekistan.
Tashkent, Gafur Gulyam Art and Literature Publishers, 1986. 4to. 252pp. 180 colour plates from photos., 9 pages of b/w. photos. Parallel Kazakh/Russian/English text. Half title sl. spotted, original brown lettered white cloth sl. spotted along edges, good in d/w. lightly faded to spine.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 288634
GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.25 US$ 31.35 | JP¥ 4845]
Catalogue: ART: PRECIOUS METALS
Keywords: ART; PRECIOUS METALS
MEMOIRS of ... With a View of His Lectures, Writings and Character by George Macilwain.
Hurst and Blackett ..., 1854. 2nd Ed. 2 vols. xvi + 346pp. + [i] + 378pp. Light browning, marbled e.ps. and edges, contemporary half calf with cloth boards, corners sl. rubbed, dec. gilt raised bands with gilt lettered labels to spines.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 275894
GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 58.5 US$ 62.69 | JP¥ 9689]
Catalogue: MEDICINE: MEDICINE
Keywords: MEDICINE; MEDICINE
ROCK-CLIMBING IN SKYE.
Longmans, Green and Co., 1908. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xxii + 330pp. + [i]. 30 full page ills. in collotype, 9 diagrams of the chief routes, folding map in rear pocket. Some light browning, modern e.ps., ex.-Manchester Free Lib. with blind stamps, original gilt lettered cloth, rubbed, recased with repairs and faint signs of label and gilt accession no. to tail of spine.
¶ Neate A01 ‘Third part of the classic Jones-Abraham trilogy. The author was a mountain photographer who, with his brother George and O.G. Jones, was largely responsible for the development and popularization of rock-climbing in the Lake District and other parts of the British Isles.’
¶ Neate A01 ‘Third part of the classic Jones-Abraham trilogy. The author was a mountain photographer who, with his brother George and O.G. Jones, was largely responsible for the development and popularization of rock-climbing in the Lake District and other parts of the British Isles.’
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 274078
GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 105 US$ 112.85 | JP¥ 17440]
Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: SCOTLAND
Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; SCOTLAND
ROCK-CLIMBING IN NORTH WALES.
G.P. Abraham, 1906. 1st Ed. xx + [i] + 394pp. + [iv]. publ. adverts. 30 plates, 10 pen and ink sketches, 9 outline drawings of routes. Annotations to contents, some light browning, hinges sprung before text, gilt lettered cloth, joints corners and spine rubbed, t.e.g.
¶ Neate A08 ‘His most important work, being the second part of the classic Jones-Abraham rock climbing trilogy. George Dixon Abraham (1871-1965), and Ashley Perry Abraham (1876-1951) photographers and rock-climbers. ODNB ’... In the 1890s the Abrahams produced the first photographs of climbers in action, which were soon in demand for illustrations for books and guides ... Around 1900 the brothers planned to produce a guide to Snowdonia but here they ran into obstructive secrecy and resentment over their intrusion into the area from the leisured classes who made up the majority of climbers in Snowdonia and looked down on the Abrahams, who were in trade. Nevertheless, [the above work] was published in 1906 ...’
¶ Neate A08 ‘His most important work, being the second part of the classic Jones-Abraham rock climbing trilogy. George Dixon Abraham (1871-1965), and Ashley Perry Abraham (1876-1951) photographers and rock-climbers. ODNB ’... In the 1890s the Abrahams produced the first photographs of climbers in action, which were soon in demand for illustrations for books and guides ... Around 1900 the brothers planned to produce a guide to Snowdonia but here they ran into obstructive secrecy and resentment over their intrusion into the area from the leisured classes who made up the majority of climbers in Snowdonia and looked down on the Abrahams, who were in trade. Nevertheless, [the above work] was published in 1906 ...’
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 280099
GBP 225.00 [Appr.: EURO 262.5 US$ 282.13 | JP¥ 43601]
Catalogue: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL: WALES
Keywords: VOYAGES AND TRAVEL; WALES
CLASSIC SHORT STORIES. American Short Stories. English Short Stories. Russian Short Stories. French Short Stories. Irish Short Stories.
Folio Society, 1997-2000. 6 vols. Large 8vo. Numerous ills. throughout. Original gilt lettered differing coloured cloth, some very minor rubbing, light fading to spines, together in four sl. rubbed gilt lettered black dec. slipcases.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 286639
GBP 125.00 [Appr.: EURO 145.75 US$ 156.74 | JP¥ 24223]
Catalogue: LITERATURE: 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE
Keywords: LITERATURE; 20TH CENTURY LITERATURE
GREEK DRESS. A Study of the Costumes Worn in Ancient Greece, From Pre-Hellenic Times to the Hellenistic Age.
John Murray, 1908. 1st Ed. xvi + 134pp. 54 figures. From the library of Dr James Bynon, age toning, original brown lettered dec. fawn cloth.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 287457
GBP 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 US$ 50.16 | JP¥ 7751]
Catalogue: ART: COSTUME AND NEEDLEWORK
Keywords: ART; COSTUME AND NEEDLEWORK
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS OF MANUFACTURING COAL GAS, For the Lighting of Streets Houses, and Public Buildings, with Elevations, Sections, and Plans of the Most Improved Sorts of Apparatus Now Employed at the Gas Works in London, and the Principal Provincial Towns of Great Britain; Accompanied with comparative Estimates, exhibiting the most Economical Mode of procuring this species of Light.
London, Printed for Thomas Boys, 1820. 2nd Ed. xv + [i] + 334pp. + [ii]. 7 plates comprising 6 folding hand coloured aquatint plates (frontis. reinforced and with fold split) and hand coloured aquatint to title page. Some browning, later e.ps., original patterned boards, loss to edges, upper leading corner creased, rebacked with much of original spine laid down.
¶ Friedrich Christian Accum or Frederick Accum (1769–1838) German chemist, whose most important achievements included advances in the field of gas lighting, efforts to keep processed foods free from dangerous additives, and the promotion of interest in the science of chemistry to the general populace. Originally published as Practical Treatise on Gas-Light, London 1815, going through four English editions to 1818, rewritten as the above and first published in 1819.
¶ Friedrich Christian Accum or Frederick Accum (1769–1838) German chemist, whose most important achievements included advances in the field of gas lighting, efforts to keep processed foods free from dangerous additives, and the promotion of interest in the science of chemistry to the general populace. Originally published as Practical Treatise on Gas-Light, London 1815, going through four English editions to 1818, rewritten as the above and first published in 1819.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 270959
GBP 400.00 [Appr.: EURO 466.25 US$ 501.56 | JP¥ 77513]
Catalogue: MEDICINE: TECHNOLOGY
Keywords: MEDICINE; TECHNOLOGY
ACKERMANN’S REGENCY FURNITURE & INTERIORS. Introduction by Stephen Jones. Published to mark the centenary of H. Blairman & Son.
Crowood Press, Marlborough, 1984. 1st Ed. 4to. 200pp. Frontis., port. and 188 colour and b/w. plates. Good in d/w. lightly faded to spine.
Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional sellerBook number: 287386
GBP 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 87.5 US$ 94.04 | JP¥ 14534]
Catalogue: ART: FURNITURE AND WOODWORK
Keywords: ART; FURNITURE AND WOODWORK
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