ALCORN Robert Hayden

No Bugles for Spies. Tales of the OSS NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

David McKay, New York NY,, [1962]. 8vo., First Edition; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a a near fine copy in unclipped, very lightly rubbed dustwrapper. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 38599

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, ww2, wwii, espionage, oss, office of strategic services, robert alcorn

ALCORN Robert Hayden

No Bugles for Spies. Tales of the OSS. [First UK Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Jarrolds,, [1963]. 8vo., First Edition; blue cloth, backstrip lettered in white and orange, fore-edge lightly spotted else a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Published a year after the US edition. The UK edition is considerably scarcer than its US counterpart. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 38600

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, ww2, wwii, espionage, oss, office of strategic services, robert alcorn

ALDEN'S GUIDE

Alden's Oxford Guide with Notes on the District and Rivers. NEAR FINE COPY

Alden, Oxford,, [1950]. Sm. 4to., with folding map as frontispiece, and numerous plates and plans; printed wrappers, coves very lightly dust-soiled else a near fine copy. With very numerous trade advertisements at front and rear. Cordeaux & Merry 250; Upcott, p.243 (recording the first edition of 1874).

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Book number: 26522

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, oxfordshire, oxon, oxford, alden's guide, topography, oxfordshire, alden's, oxford, guide, notes, district, ad, rivers

ALDEN & COMPANY

Alden's Oxford Guide. With Notes on the District and Rivers, Key Plan of the University and City, Map of Central Oxford and numerous Illustrations. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Oxford,, n.d. [c.1936]. Sm. 4to., with numerous illustrations from half-tones (some full-page) and a map in the text, and a folding map at end; original printed wrappers, joints rubbed and upper cover a little browned else an unusually clean, sound copy of a work hard to find in this state. For many years the standard visitor's guide and packed with fascinating views and advertisements.

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Book number: 779

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, oxfordshire, oxon, oxford, alden, company, topography, oxfordshire, alden's, oxford, guide

ALDEN E.C.

Alden's Oxford Guide. With Key-Plan of the University and City. [Thirty-Ninth Edition]. One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Thousand.

Alden & Co., Bocardo Press,, [1912]. Sm. 4to., Thirty-Ninth Edition, with colored frontispiece, 3 coloured plates, 8 plates in monochrome, large folding map coloured in outline, and front endpaper map; original limp blue cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, radial corners, a very good, bright, clean copy. With the Notice dated August 1913 printed on red stock and mounted facing front free endpaper. With very numerous trade advertisements at front and rear. Cordeaux & Merry 250; Upcott, p.243 (recording the first edition of 1874).

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Book number: 24087

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, oxfordshire, oxon, oxford, alden, guide books, e.c. alden, topography, oxfordshire, alden's, oxford, guide

ALDERSON A. D.

The Structure of the Ottoman Dynasty. NEAR FINE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

Clarendon Press, Oxford,, 1956. 8vo., First Edition, with maps in the text and 63 detailed genealogical tables (the majority folding), neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; green buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy. SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 47786

Catalogue: History0

Keywords: history, ottomans, ottoman, ottoman dynasty, turkey, alderson

ALDERSON Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Edwin Alfred Hervey

With the Mounted Infantry and the Mashonaland Field Force, 1896. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN PUBLISHER'S BINDING

Methuen,, 1898. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 8 plates and large folding map at end; navy diced cloth, boards framed in blind, upper board blocked in gilt with 'Types of the Force' repeated from frontispiece, gilt back, uncut, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, new hand-made endpapers, a very good, bright, crisp, clean copy. Sold from an institution with neat circular stamp on title only. With 40pp publisher's catalogue bound in at end. VERY SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 36271

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, to 1914, africa, south africa, mashonaland, rhodesia, zimbabwe, matabele, second matabele war, matabele rebellion, edwin alderson

ALDIN Cecil

Just among Friends. Pages from my Sketch Book.

Eyre & Spottiswoode,, 1934. Roy., 4to., First Edition, with 28 fine full-page tinted plates by the author, small neat inscription on lightly spotted front free endpaper; original dove-grey cloth, upper board lettered in black, upper board mildly age-marked else a remarkably, bright, fresh, crisp copy. Over eighty fine portraits of dogs. A favourite target of breakers, and subsequently scarce in any condition.

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Book number: 10852

Catalogue: Illustrated Books0

Keywords: illustrated, aldin, dogs, puppies, cecil aldin, illustrated books, just, among, friends

ALDINGTON Richard

Lawrence of Arabia. A Biographical Enquiry. NEAR FINE COPY

Collins,, 1955. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece, 11 plates on 9, and 3 full-page maps and full-page pedigree in the text; original black buckram, gilt back, a near fine copy. Arguably the most important of the early biographies, and the first really to begin to penetrate the myth. With extensive list of sources. O'Brien E192.

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Book number: 26788

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, lawrence, te larence, arabia, biography, aldington, ww1, great war, middle east, richard aldington

ALDINGTON Richard

Portrait of a Rebel. The Life and Work of Robert Louis Stevenson. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Evans Brothers,, [1957]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and plates, neat contemporary inscription on front free endpaper; green cloth, gilt back, grey top, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 46998

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, aldington, richard aldington, stevenson, robert louis stevenson

ALDOUS Tony

The Illustrated London News Book of London's Villages.

Secker & Warburg,, [1980]. Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, numerous photographs in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 10997

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, london, camden town, bedford park, rotherhithe, bermondsey, kew, clapham, mill hill, marylebone, fulham, bloomsbury, southwark, putney, enfield, tony aldous, topography, london, illustrated, london, news, book, london's, villages

ALDRICH Mildred

A Hilltop on the Marne. Being Letters written June 3 - September 8, 1914. NEAR FINE COPY

Houghton Mifflin Company, Riverside Press, Cambridge MA,, 1915. 8vo., First US Edition, with a frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), 4 plates and endpaper maps, neat contemporary signature in pencil on frontispiece recto; original green cloth blocked and lettered in gilt and black, gilt back, uncut, a remarkably bright, clean copy. Scarce in this condition. Enser, p.202 (recording the first UK edition of the same year).

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Book number: 13354

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, ww1, great war, france, marne, aldrich, letters, mildred aldrich, military, wwi, western front, hilltop, the, marne

ALDRIDGE James

The Last Exile. A Novel. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hamish Hamilton,, [1961]. 8vo., First Edition; red tweed cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter sunned and neatly reinforced at backstrip. Wide-ranging novel set in Egypt during the Suez crisis.

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Book number: 30863

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, middle east, egypt, suez, james aldridge,

ALDRIDGE James

The Sea Eagle. IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Michael Joseph,, [1944]. 8vo., First Edition, small signature on front free endpaper, endpapers lightly spotted; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly browned at backstrip and lightly nicked at extremities. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.

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Book number: 29130

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first edition, modern firsts, james aldridge, sea eagle

ALDRIDGE James

Signed with their Honour. [Third Impression].

Michael Joseph,, [1942]. 8vo., Third Impression, tiny contemporary signature on front free endpaper; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter chipped at head of backstrip and lightly browned on (predominantly white) rear panel. With the trade ticket of City Book Agency of Johannesburg on front free endpaper. Published a month after the first edition.

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Book number: 22405

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

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