ATKINSON ALEX & RONALD SEARLE

USA for Beginners, By Rocking Chair Across America

London, Perpetua. 1959, First Edition. Cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Ronald Searle. pencil name to fep, book tidy, DW edge wear with splits and chipping to corners, 111pp illustrated throughout by Searle. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 004263

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Cartoon Caricature Humour Humor Art Ronald Searle Usa America Ronald Searle

FISHER ALEXANDER

The art of enamelling upon metal : with a short appendix concerning miniature painting on enamel

London, The Studio Limited. 1906, First Edition. Quarter cloth, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. cream cloth spine frayed at head and tail, tan papered boards soiled with browned backstrip, some splashes of brown staining to spine cloth, faint small india ink name at head of upper board , name to fep as well, contents tidy, colour frontis with tissue guard, second plate also colour, rest of 26 plates in B&W, (8) 38pp + plates. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012133

Catalogue: Antiques & Collectables

Keywords: Hand Craft Enamel Enamelling Vintage Antique Arts and Crafts

FRATER ALEXANDER

Beyond the Blue Horizon, On the Track of Imperial Airways

London, Heinemann. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 0434270806) Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. A history of the airline company and the routes from London to Brisbane via the Middle East and South East Asia, unclipped dust jacket has a few puncture holes to lower joint and small piece chipped at head of spine, 430pp. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 005747

Catalogue: Transport Aviation Motoring

Keywords: Imperial Airways British Middle East South East Asia New Guinea Company History Aviation Flying 0434270806

JOHNS C A EDITED W B ALEXANDER

British Birds in Their Haunts

London, Routledge. 1948, revised. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: William Foster & Roland Green. teal cloth with blind embossed falcon to upper board, gilt titled spine, unclipped DW some splits along the joints and folds, pasted colour plate to upper panel, small area of label lift hard to spot it, illustrated with 64 coloured plates and 251 figures, ' with a glossary of common and provincial names and of technical terms' twenty-fifth edition, xv 286pp + 69 plates at rear, revised edition of a work originally published in 1862. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012949

Catalogue: Natural History & Farming

Keywords: Britsh Birds Ornithology Plates Wildlife Natural History Fauna William Foster & Roland Green

POWELL E. ALEXANDER

Fighting in Flanders

London, Heinemann. 1915, reprint. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ill.: Mrs. Donald Thompson. cloth handling soiled, corners bumped, peice rubbed or chewed off at top left corner of upper board, pen and pencil name to fep, light foxing to closed edges, xix 231pp + plates and folding map ( with one minor tear) , frontis. with tissue guard, a journalist in Flanders during th early years of the First World War, much to do with Belgium and the Belgian experience of German occupation. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 008640

Catalogue: Militaria Non-Fiction

Keywords: Great War World War One First World War Military History Journalism Non-Fiction German Army Flanders Belgium Mrs. Donald Thompson

KENT ALEXANDER

Form Line of Battle!

London, Hutchinson. 1969, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. price clipped DW has minor rubbing to spine ends and corners, brown cloth, one small brown water spot to closed top edge of pages, 320pp map endpapers, author's second work, naval fiction with Captain Richard Bolitho on the Hyperion. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 010798

Catalogue: Militaria Fiction

Keywords: Nautical, Historical Fiction, 18th Century, Eighteenth Century, British Royal Navy, Captain Richard Bolitho, Hyperion, Modern First Edition

GILCHRIST ALEXANDER

From the Middle Temple to the South Seas

London, John Murray. 1927, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ex-Library, large blue cloth, binding loosened, boards rubbed to corners and spine ends, spine ends frayed, lower board creased to outside cloth only. Ex working mens circulating library with plate to front paste down and stamps to endpapers and some in text, one has offset onto plate of Culebra Cut, Panama canal. Lacks two plates (at pp 158 and 162). 287pp + plates +2 pp adverts at rear, Autobiography by former Chief Police Magistrate, Fiji and Senior Puisne Judge of the High Court of Tanganyika. Much history of the South Sea Islands including piracy and blackbirding as well as occurences during the Great War. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 012702

Catalogue: Australia & Pacific

Keywords: Fiji New Hebrides Solomon Islands Blackbirding Piracy South Pacific World War One Naval Law Justice Policing

BUTLER JOAN PSEUDONYM ROBERT WILLIAM ALEXANDER

Gilt Edged

London, Stanley Paul. 1953, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. (500 gram rate) unclipped dust jacket with some edge rubbing and handling soiling, minor chipping or splitting to spine ends, 224pp. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 010444

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Humour Humor British Fiction Modern First Edition Collectable Collectible Pseudonym Robert William Alexander

BUTLER JOAN PSEUDONYM ROBERT WILLIAM ALEXANDER

Heat Haze

London, Stanley Paul. First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped dust jacket under mylar sleeve has some closed tears and chipping to spine head, under the mylar it looks better than the scan shows, book has some light foxing to the closed edges and very minor to endpapers, 256pp, undated, assumed first as carries same 9s 6d price to flap, (500 gram rate). Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 012258

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Humour Humor British Fiction Modern First Edition Collectable Collectible Pseudonym Robert William Alexander

BUTLER JOAN PSEUDONYM ROBERT WILLIAM ALEXANDER

Inside Work

London, Stanley Paul. 1956, First Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. lacks jacket, spine leans, free endpaper removed, small split at heel of spine, faint foxing to end apers, 192pp (500 gram rate). Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 011649

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Humour Humor British Fiction Modern First Edition Collectable Collectible Pseudonym Robert William Alexander

BAIN ALEXANDER

Logic, Part First; Deduction

London, Longmans Green and co. 1879, First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. rubbed edges, sunned spine, fraying to spine ends and corners, smalll ink name top of title, surface rubbing to cloth, some small pen and pencil marks to contents page margins and some pages in the text, xv 283 pp + adverts, part of a 'full course in logic'. Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 002864

Catalogue: Philosophy & Religion Modern, Mysticism

Keywords: Philosophy Victorian British Scottish Logic

BUTLER JOAN PSEUDONYM ROBERT WILLIAM ALEXANDER

Loving Cup

London, Stanley Paul. First Edition. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. economy standards printing, unclipped dust jacket has publishers 5/~ price, very minor handling wear, very small edge tears at spine folds, very minimal foxing, very tidy copy, undated, scarce title, (500 gram rate). Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 011254

Catalogue: Humour & Cartoons

Keywords: Humour Humor British Fiction Modern First Edition Collectable Collectible Pseudonym Robert William Alexander

THEROUX ALEXANDER

Master Snickup's Cloak

Limpsfield, Paper Tiger. 1979, First Edition. (ISBN: 0905895436) Pictorial Boards, 4to - over 9? - 12" tall. Ill.: Brian Froud. price clipped dust jacket with slight crease near top edge of rear panel, near fine book and wrapper, unpaginated approx 40pp full colour and page illustrations with medieval style text. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 012251

Catalogue: Childrens Young Adult

Keywords: Illustrated Fiction Young Adults Brian Froud Medieval Fantasy Tale 0905895436 Brian Froud

KENT ALEXANDER

Midshipman Bolitho and the 'Avenger'

London, Hutchinson. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0091320402) Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. unclipped DW under plastic sleeve, plastic sleeve has adhesive strip along top and bottom edges which has bled a small amount onto the top and bottom edges of the DW and also the book boards, shows as minor darkening, bottom fore edge of boards small amount of insect damage ( minimal ) 144pp map endpapers. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 003752

Catalogue: Militaria Fiction

Keywords: Bolitho Nautical Historical Fiction Hornblower18th Century Eighteenth Century British Royal Navy Cornwall Smuggling 0091320402

ROBERTSON ALEXANDER

Mussolini and the New Italy ( Signed Presentation By Author )

London, H R Allenson. 1929, Revised and Enlarged. Cloth, 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. Ex-Library, first British edition , being a revised and enlarged second edition, black cloth with gilt titling, spine leans and some splitting at spine ends, a small square area has been marked to top or lower board where a label has been cut away, shows only as some scored lines cut into the cloth ( no loss of book cloth ), bottom edge of boards rubbed through to the boards tape rust to paste downs, fep has inscription from the author [ To the Rev P B Fraser M.A. with kindest regards & all good wishes in God's blessing on him & his work from Alexander Robertson The Author, Ca' Struan Venice Aug 1931 ] also a school library stamp and a withdrawn stamp, a withdrawn stamp to title page, one to the printers imprint at rear and also to the raer fep, 178pp + 2pp adverts + port frontis of Mussolini and 24 plates, a catholic priest gives a glowing account of the great benefits Mussolini has brought to Italy in rescuing her from Communism and Poverty. Good/No Jacket. Signed by Author.

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Book number: 003958

Catalogue: Biography

Keywords: Benito Mussolini IL Duce Dei Fascisti Italian History Politics Biography Fascist Fascism