ADAMSON Joy

Queen of Shaba. The Story of an African Leopard. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins,, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition, with plates and endpaper maps; blue cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

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Book number: 47901

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: natural history, adamson, joy adamson, leopards

ADAMSON Joy

The Searching Spirit. An Autobiography. With a Foreword by Eslpeth Huxley. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Collins and Harvill Press,, 1978. 8vo., First Edition, with plates; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, blue endpapers, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Cross & Perkin B11.

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Book number: 29842

Catalogue: Natural History0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, joy adamson, george adamson, elsa, africa, kenya, elspeth huxley, conservation, born free

ADAMSON W.A.

Trout. How To Catch Them. [Fourth Impression]. BRIGHT COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Herbert Jenkins,, [1961]. Sm. 8vo., Fourth Impression, with diagrams in the text; original blue cloth, backstrip lettered in blue, a very good, bright, clean copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter with minor loss (affecting lettering) at bottom edge of front panel.

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Book number: 15231

Catalogue: Sports & Pastimes0

Keywords: angling, fishing, fly-fishing, trout, how to catch them

ADAN Abraham

On the Banks of the Suez. An Israeli General's Personal Account of the Yom Kippur War. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Arms & Armour Press,, [1980]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece map, photographs and maps in the text, and endpaper charts; brown cloth, backstrip lettered in white, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter very lightly chafed at lower edge. Already scarce in this condition.

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Book number: 22019

Catalogue: Military0

Keywords: military, yom kippur war, suez, arab-israeli conflict, abraham adan, abraham adan, military, post-1945, the, banks, the, suez

ADBURGHAM Alison

Silver Fork Society. Fashionable Life and Literature from 1814 to 1840.

Constable,, [1983]. 8vo. First Edition with frontispiece and very numerous illustrations throughout; burgundy cloth backstrip lettered in silver a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper the latter sunned at backstrip.

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Book number: 27597

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, alison adburgham, silver form novels, regency, a. adburgham,literature, silver, fork, society

ADDISON William

Audley End. With a Foreword by Lord Braybrooke.

Dent,, [1953]. 8vo., First Edition, with a coloured frontispiece, 16 monochrome plates and endpaper pedigrees, endpapers very lightly spotted; cloth, gilt back, fore-edges lightly spotted else a very good, clean copy in unclipped, lightly browned dustwrapper. Powell, p.289.

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Book number: 8952

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, essex, saffron walden, audley end, country houses, stately homes, william addison, topography, essex, audley, end

ADDISON Joseph

Cato. A Tragedy. Adapted for Theatrical Representation, as performed at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane, and Covent-Garden. Regulated from the Prompt-Books, by Permission of the Managers. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN BOARDS

Bell,, 1791. 12mo., with 2 engraved plates; twentieth century grey boards, upper board with printed paper label, a very good, bright, crisp copy.

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Book number: 32076

Catalogue: Literature0

Keywords: literature, addison, joseph addison, cato

ADDISON William

The County Books. Suffolk. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hale,, [1950]. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, 48 plates and folding map; original series binding of green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper, the latter with loss (not affecting lettering) at head of backstrip and at upper edge of front panel. Published in Hale's seminal County Books series. Steward 411.

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Book number: 49194

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, county books, suffolk, william addison

ADDISON Joseph

Dorset Watermills. NEAR FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS

Newcomen Society,, [1962-1963]. 8vo., First Edition, with numerous photographs, maps and diagrams; original printed wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Offprinted from the Transactions of the Newcomen Society Vol. XXXV. SCARCE.

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Book number: 43418

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, windmills, watermills, dorsetshire, dorset, joseph addison, newcomen society

ADDISON William

Epping Forest. Its literary and historical Associations. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY

Dent,, [1945]. 8vo., First Edition, with 32 plates and double-page map in the text; green cloth, gilt back, a very good, bright, clean copy. Still the most comprehensive, and certainly the best-written, work on the subject.

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Book number: 44009

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, essex, epping forest, epping, william addison

ADDISON William

Essex Heyday.

1949]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece, 34 collogravure plates on 30, a full-page ilustration in the text and endpaper maps; cloth, gilt back, a very good copy in the dustwrapper, the latter worn at edges and joints.

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Book number: 586

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, essex, william addison, topography, essex, essex, heyday

ADDISON William

Essex Worthies. A biographical Companion to the County.

1973]. 8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 6 plates on 4; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in the dustwrapper.

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Book number: 587

Catalogue: Topography0

Keywords: topography, essex, william addison, topography, essex, essex, worthies

ADDISON P.

Listening to Britain. Home Intelligence Reports on Britain's Finest Hour, May to September 1940. Edited and with Introductions and a Glossary by Paul Addison and Jeremy A. Crang. FINE COPY

Vintage,, [2011]. 8vo., original printed wrappers, a fine copy.

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Book number: 22736

Catalogue: Military0

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ADDISON Hilda

Mary Webb. A short Study of her Life and Work. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY

Cecil Palmer,, [1931]. 8vo., First Edition, with portrait frontispiece and 2 plates, endpapers lightly spotted; green cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in black, uncut, a very good, clean copy. A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. Uncommon in any condition.

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Book number: 8443

Catalogue: Modern First Editions0

Keywords: modern first editions, modern firsts, mary webb, hilda addison

ADDISON Joseph

The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison. With the Life of the Author. EARLY FRANKLIN LIBRARY COPY OF RARE PHILADELPHIA PRINTING

Printed for Benjamin Johnson, Jacob Johnson and Robert Johnson, Philadelphia PA,, 1805. 12mo., First Edition thus[?], some mild age-soiling; contemporary full calf, expertly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, boards worn, a good, sound copy. This copy was formerly in the Franklin Library in Camillus [New York State?] as volume No. 65. The library's printed accession sheet (with number and original cost completed in MS) is mounted on front paste-down with a related MS note on facing page. The latter page also bears a large circular blind stamp containing the word 'YALE' and dated 1802. The accession sheet carries the library's lending regulations: 'This book belongs to The Franklin Library, in Camillus, and liable to the following fines: For lending, or exchanging with any person 25 cents; Turning over a leaf with a wet finger 6 cents; Turning down a leaf 6 cents; Every drop of tallow 6 cents'. A NOTABLE, ALBEIT AGE-WORN, COPY OF AN EARLY AMERICAN LIBRARY BOOK COMPLETE WTH ACCESSION DATA. We can find no record of this edition. VERY SCARCE.

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Book number: 28165

Catalogue: Literature0

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