An Account of the Principal Pleasure Tours in Scotland: With a Copious Itinerary of the Great Lines of Road, and the Several Cross Roads in the Country. Illustrated with Maps and Views

John Thomson and Co, 1821. Hardcover. iv + 168pp + 174pp + List of Plates. Large folding hand coloured map of Scotland and another but lacks one map facing Itinerary. 8 engraved views of Edinburgh, falls of Bruar, Island of Staffa with Fingal's cave etc.. The book is complete in old half leather binding with marbled boards. The book is tight and clean but there is some rubbing of the boards and an old professional repair to the top of the backstrip. Owners signatures on the fep and front pastedown which also has a booksellers label - C.Thurnam Carlisle There is some toning and a blind tear on the first map and some splitting of the folds on the second map. Very collectable or presentable condition. See scans. . Very Good

Creaking Shelves BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 011480

THOMAS ANEURIN

Con Molto Piacere [with Great Pleasure] 150 of Singing with the Hereford Choral Society

Leominster: Orphans Press, 1111. Paperback. 88pp, illustrated, bound in VG original card covers 1987; Octavo. Very Good .

Castle Hill BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 056363

Keywords: Herefordshire British Topography Music Musicians

MAGEE, DAVID / GRABHORN PRESS

Ladies & Gentlemen: David Magee Takes Great Pleasure in Presenting for the Delection of All Lovers of Fine and Exotic Printing the Grabhorns at Play with Nineteenth Century Types

San Francisco, CA: David Magee / Grabhorn Press, 1959. Other. B&W Illustrations; This is a one page advertising flier folded in half (making four pages) advertising a new Grabhorn book for 1959 - Nineteenth Century Type - which David Magee was featuring in his shop. The flier is in Very Good condition. There is some light wear to the spine ends and corners, and some light horizontal creasing to the item. There are a couple of spots of finger dirt to the covers. "In 1923 David Bickersteth Magee opened a bookshop in San Francisco, California. A successful book and manuscripts dealer, he served as president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the Roxburghe Club of San Francisco, and the Book Club of California. He was also a member of the Bohemian Club and the Grolier Club. Magee was the author of several books, including Jam Tomorrow (1941) , Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1915 - 1940 (1940) , Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940 - 1956 (1957) , Infinite Riches (1973) , and many articles in Bookman's Weekly. David Magee died on July 17, 1977. He was preceded in death by his wife Dorothy. ". Very Good .

S. Howlett-West BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 44943

Catalogue: Books on Books

Keywords: Books On Books David Magee Publisher Grabhorn Press Type Faces Small Publishers Small Press Typography Limited Editions

REID, ALEC (ED)

With Great Pleasure: An Anthology of Poetry and Prose from the British Broadcasting Company Radio 4 Programme

London, Hutchinson, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Pp 240. Claret cloth boards stamped in gilt on the spine. Name in ink on the ffe else a clean, unmarked copy in a tight binding and bright, unclipped dust-jacket. Very Good +/very good +.

The Glass KeyProfessional seller

Book number: 85617

Catalogue: Poetry

THOMAS Aneurin

Con Molto Piacere [with Great Pleasure] 150 of Singing with the Hereford Choral Society

Orphans Press. Paperback , Condition: VeryGood.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000243293

THOMAS Aneurin

Con Molto Piacere [with Great Pleasure] 150 of Singing with the Hereford Choral Society

Orphans Press. Paperback , Condition: VeryGood.

Aardvark Rare BooksProfessional seller

Book number: mon0000250126