SKELTON (John) ASHTON (John)

A Ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge. Reproduced in facsimile with an historical and bibliographical introduction by John Ashton.

London: Elliot Stock, 1882. 4to, 96, [2]pp., bound in the de-luxe full vellum binding, decorated in red and gilt, soiled. The earliest known printed English ballad.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 39158

Keywords: BALLADS

Butt, John (ed.); J. M. Cameron, D. W. Jefferson & Robin Skelton (assist)

Of Books and Humankind. Essays and Poems Presented to Bonamy Dobree

London, UK: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1964. 8vo. Red Cloth, Dust Jacket with protective Bro-Dart style book jacket. Very Good. 232 pp. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 68-1194

Catalogue: Books

(Charles I). Skelton, Sir John.

CHARLES I.

Goupil & Co., 1898. 1st trade Ed. 4to. [vi] + v + 185pp. Colour frontis. (tissue guard repaired), 18 plates, numerous ills. Light browning, marbled e.ps., upper hinge cracked, gilt fillet edged navy half morocco with blue cloth boards, corners rubbed, some marking, joints rubbed with some cracking towards tail, loss to gilt tooled spine, t.e.g.

Francis Edwards BooksellersProfessional seller

Book number: 283304

Catalogue: HISTORY: HISTORY

Keywords: HISTORY; HISTORY

DUNN, H.H.; DURHAM, MABEL; SHEPSTONE, H.J.; NORTH, SYDNEY H.; LITTLER, A.E.; BROOKE, W.; HAWKES, E.W.; SKELTON, JAS.; RANSOME, JOHN; GAILLARD, HENRI

The Wide World, the Magazine for Men, April [Apr. ] 1917, Vol. 38, No. 228: Across the Atlantic in a Tug

New York: The International News Company, 1917. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Abundant black and white illustrations and reproductions of photos. Features: How I Saved My Husband From Execution - Mr. Yaro Galvon had been condemned to be shot by the Mexican Government; An Unknown Switzerland - Canada's Unknown Alpine Wonderland - The Canadian Rockies; Across the Atlantic in a Tug - Captain J.W. Penberthy spent 2.5 months taking a tug from Argentina to England; A Flying Man in South America - Part I - John G. Barron imported a monoplane to South America and spent 2.5 years their giving exhibition flights, often to people who had never seen an airplane - article with great photos; The Third Attempt - How I Escaped From Germany - Corporal John Southern explains how he succeeded on his third attempt; Seaman Blake Discovers Coney Island - an exciting day for two unsophisticated bluejackets of the Royal Navy; The Dogs of War - All abou the "Four-Footed" Soldiers of France, with nice photos; Round Labrador and Hudson Bay - Part II - E.W. Hawkes travelled 3,000 miles in Labrador and Hudson Bay, gaining a vivid impression of its lonely trading ports and mission stations, and the curious manners and customs of the Eskimos - article with photos; "Back to the Land" - city-worker Frank Hemstreet decides to try his luck as an extra hand on a farm during harvest near Vanguard, Saskatchewan; "Red Rube" - an account of the lurid career of one of the most daring and successful train robbers to plague American railroad and express companies; The Saving of Paris - how the wit of a humble woodman's widow led to the preservation of the Western Railway of France in the early days of WWI; "What Happened to Glenholme" - a merchant ship is sunk by a German U-boat in the Mediterranean; and more. pp. 4 [ads], [2], 483-572, [16] ads. Covers detached as one but present. Unmarked with moderate wear. A quality vintage copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Wide World Magazine, April 1917, Venustiano Carranza, Yaro Galvon, firing squad, Mexico, Canadian Rockies, Captain J.W. Penberthy, South America - aviation - history, John G. Barron, World War 1914-1918 - Prisoners - escapes, Corporal John Southern, POWs,. Good .

RareNonFiction.com - Rare Books and Vintage MagazinesProfessional seller

Book number: 346h5203

Keywords: 1917 J.. Issues Travel Exploration & Adventure

Forster, Edward (author) ; Anker Smith; Samuel Middiman; Luigi Schiavonetti; James Fittler; James Heath; Abraham Raimbach; George Noble; Nicolo Schiavonetti; J Taylor; William Skelton; Anthony Cardon; Edward Smith; William Sharp; James Mitan; John Burnet;

The British Gallery of Engravings : From Pictures of the Italian, Flemish, Dutch and English Schools : Now in the Possession of the King, and Several Noblemen and Gentlemen of the United Kingdoms : With Some Account of Each Picture. First Edition

London: William Miller, 1807. Large folio. New lambskin and marbled boards by the Russian-American binder Sasha Mosalov. Most of original spine preserved. 10, [2], 10, [2], [104] pages, 52 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 50 cm. 13.5 x 20 inches. OCLC Number: 54231279 Artists include Edward Forster; Anker Smith; Samuel Middiman; Luigi Schiavonetti; James Fittler; James Heath; Abraham Raimbach; George Noble; Nicolo Schiavonetti; J Taylor; William Skelton; Anthony Cardon; Edward Smith; William Sharp; James Mitan; John Burnet; Francis Engleheart; Charles Heath; William Bromley; Anthony Van Dyck; Peter Paul Rubens; Joshua Reynolds, Sir; Claude Lorrain; Richard Wilson. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 51-3464

Catalogue: Books

Gibb, William and John Skelton

The Royal House of Stuart

London, Macmillan and Co, 1890. Hardcover. Oversized, 3/4 brown leather and vellum over boards, gilt design and lettering on front cover, 5 raised bands with gilt lettering on spine, marble end papers, all edge gilt, XI, 40 pp, 8 pp, 40 color plates. The introductions to the plates are by Sir John Skelton and descriptive notes are by W.H. St. John Hope. Illustrated by a series of forty plates in colours drawn from relics of the Stuarts. Good+ (heavy scuffing, soiling and shelfwear to covers, pages are clean and clear, previous owner's bookplate on ffep) .

Kevin Mullen, BooksellerProfessional seller

Book number: 190590

Catalogue: General European Art

Keywords: General European Art ; House of Stuart; Scotland Antiquities ; ;

GIBB, WILLIAM (SKELTON, JOHN [INTRO])

The Royal House of Stuart

London: Macmillan & Co, 1890. First Edition. Green hardback cloth cover. Library rebind. 320mm x 410mm (13" x 16"). [80pp.]. 40 coloured plates. Forty large colour plates of the relics of the House of Stuart, with descriptions and history.. G+: in Good plus condition without dust jacket as issued. Ex-lib. Library stamp embossed on plates .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3026

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History Scotland Illustrated Books Royalty

GIBB, WILLIAM [ILLUS.]; SKELTON, JOHN [INTRO.] (SKELTON, JOHN [INTRO])

The Royal House of Stuart

London: Macmillan and Co, 1890. [First Edition]. Half-leather vellum cover. 320mm x 410mm (13" x 16"). [80pp.]. 40 coloured plates drawn from relics o fthe Stuarts. Forty large colour plates of the relics of the House of Stuart, with descriptions and history.. G : in Good condition with marbled eps.. Cover rubbed with corner and edge wear. Spine ends scuffed. Inner front hinge at fep cracked. Contents tight and overall G+. Aeg .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3026a

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History Scotland Illustrated Books Royalty

GIBB, WILLIAM [ILLUS.]; SKELTON, JOHN [INTRO.]

The Royal House of Stuart

London: Macmillan and Co, 1890. [First Edition]. Half-leather vellum cover. 320mm x 410mm (13" x 16"). [80pp.]. 40 coloured plates drawn from relics of the Stuarts. Forty large colour plates of the relics of the House of Stuart, with descriptions and history.. G : in Good condition with marbled eps. Cover rubbed with wear and soiling to vellum. Spine ends scuffed. Some light foxing to prelims - contents otherwise overall G+. Aeg .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 3026b

Catalogue: History

Keywords: History Scotland Illustrated Books Royalty

HEATH, John & SKELTON, Michael J. (eds)

Provisional atlas of the insects of the British Isles, part 2: lepidoptera (moths-part one)

Biological Records Centre, 1973. Used - Very Good. VG paperback in plastic comb binding . Blue card covers faintly yellowed; otherwise a clean, tidy copy in plastic comb binding. Loosely inserted are two stapled paperbacks: Lepidoptera Distribution Maps Scheme: Guide to the Critical Species parts VI and VII. Lasiocampidae: Saturniidae: Endromidae: Drepanidae: Thyatiridae: Sphingidae: Notodontidae: Lymantriidae: Arctiidae: Nolidae. Photo:http://cibimages.blob.core.windows.net/img-1/stand_94952_jpg.jpg. ISBN: 0900848626

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS317088I

JOHN SKELTON. EDITED BY PHILIP HENDERSON

The Complete Poems of John Skelton, Laureate

Dent. 1966. hardcover, 19 to 25 cm tall, Octavo, (8vo). Ill.: Illustrated with frontispiece facsimile from original manuscript. Please note this copy does NOT include a jacket. Previous owners' ink inscriptions. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Good.

M. Godding Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: 284435

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Illustrated with Frontispiece Facsimile from Original Manuscript.

SKELTON John, HENDERSON Philip [Editor]

The Complete Poems of John Skelton (1460-1529) Laureate

J.M. Dent, 1959. 3rd edn. 8vo. Original gilt lettered white cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (small tear at edges - otherwise VG in protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. xxviii + 448 (previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper and pencil notes on rear endpaper). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 189339

Catalogue: Literature poetry

SKELTON John

Poems

William Heinemann, 1924. Limited numbered edn (477 of 780). 8vo. Original gilt lettered green cloth (scuffed at at top edge of spine). Pp. xvi + 208 (previous owner's neat inscripton on front endpaper and armorial bookplate on front paste-down). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 105156

Catalogue: Literature poetry

John Skelton

A Selection of his Poems. Crown Classics Series

Grey Walls Press. hardcover , Condition: VeryGood.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000356634

Kuppord, Skelton (John Adams)

A Fortune from the Sky

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. 230pp. Pictorial blue cloth stamped in white and gold, tissued frontispiece. Two names and toning to front endpapers, scattered foxing throughout, tips and spine ends worn, decorations and lettering faded. About very good. In Bleiler, 1978, p. 117.; Octavo. .

Parigi BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 18323

Catalogue: Science Fiction & Fantasy

Keywords: SCIENCE FICTION, GREAT BRITAIN, INVENTIONS, DEATH RAY, CONSPIRACIES