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Soft cover. Condición: Fair. Illustrated. Some foxing & stains to cover. Some light edge nicks & wear to covers. Else fair +. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. 76 pages. George Orwell reviews "Jail Journey" / W R Rodgers "Summer Holidays" (poem) / J B Priestley Labour Leaders At The Ivy" / R Ironside "Burne-Jones And Gustace Moreau" / William Empson "Passing Through U.S.A." / Cecil Day Lewis "Weather Signs" (poem) / J Maclaren-Ross "A Bit Of A Smash".…

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 6th edition ; 680 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 29 cm. ; ISBN: 0276420225; 9780276420221 LCCN: 93-139281 ; LC: DA650; Q941/T/1990; Dewey: 914.104/859 ; OCLC: 28425381 ; blue and black cloth with gold designs ; in gold filigree slipcase ; wear on edges of slipcase ; fold out maps of England ; Contents: Treasures in their time -- Gazetteer of the treasures of Britain -- Famous people -- Map Section -- Gazetteer of the treasures of Ireland -- Collections index -- 1000 years of design -- The language of experts ; "he most comprehensive illustrated guide to the art, architecture, and history of Britain ever produced. Written by a prestigious team of expert authors, Treasures of Britain includes over 2,000 alphabetical entries that describe England's heritage and landscape, from medieval churches and cathedrals to historic castles and stunning gardens. Lavishly illustrated with over 1,500 color photographs, this is an unrivaled volume, a classic source of information on Britain's past and present." ; includes sections on Robert Burns, Bath, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, Canterbury Cathedral, Coventry Cathedral, Thomas Hardy, Dover Castle, Dunstable, Durham Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, Mary Queen of Scots, Glasgow Art Galleries and Museum, Greenwich, Elizabeth I, Hever Castle, Samuel Johnson, Usher Gallery Lincoln, Treasures of Liverpool, London, Duke of Wellington, Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, British Museum, Montacute House, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University, Peterborough Cathedral, Francis Drake, Nelson, St Alban's Abbey, William Shakrespeare, Warwick Castle, Wells Cathedral, Wilton House, Windsor Castle, Edward Elgar, Worcester Cathedral, The Kit-Cat Club, Rebels and Reformers, The Abbey Theatre, The Dublin Dramatists, William Butler Yeats, Chester Beatty Library ; FINE/VG. Book.…

Single Issue Magazine. Condición: Fair. First Edition. 88 pages plus 24 pages of nice vintage ads. Features: The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge of the Kuki Khels - a grim story from the North-West frontier of India; Photo of storehouse of human skulls and bones beneath church at Hythe, Kent; In Quest of Cannibals - part 1 - Exploration and Adventure in Unknown New Guinea - with great photos; Desert Flying - part 1 - over Sinai, Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Persia; Morrison's Moose - adventure at a logging camp near the borders of Maine and New Brunswick; Relief Worker's Adventures - part IV - thrilling illustrated experiences among the war victims of Armenia, Syria and Persia; My Day with Royalty - at a Royal Review in Siam; The Sheep Thief; My South African Adventures - part 3; The Bear Man; The Adventures of Newspaper-Man - part VI - odd experiences as an emigrant; Trapped in a Sunken Submarine; Black Man's Magic - amazing photo-illustrated article in the fetish and witchcraft practiced in the Belgian Congo; 'Twixt The Snake and the Rock - thrilling adventure while mountain climbing near Delolali, India; Dragged by an Airship; The Apostle of the Coco-nut (Coconut) - a man in the German New Guinea Islands professes coco-nuts are the proper and only food for man - article with many photos. Openings to and loss from backstrip. Minor moisture-induced undulating. A worthy copy of this fascinating vintage issue.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Wide World Magazine, The Magazine for Everybody, Vol. XLIV, No. 259 - Relief Worker's Adventures Kabakon Island Copra The End of the Master Bandit - The Death of Emiliano Zapata; The Women Snake-Charmers of Mount Popa, Burma (Myanmar); The Revenge. Illustrated by Prater, Ernest; De Walton, John; Webb, Arch.; Thomas, E.H.;Wood, Stanley L.; Peddie, Tom; Leete, Alfred; Carruthers, G.P.; Robinson,T.H.; Soper, G.; Evison, G.H.; Cleaver, Ralph; (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. First Edition. A magazine of Art & Literature. Scarce limited ed copy, no 147 of 150. A second volume was published in 1897. Numerous illustrations. Ricketts has designed the covers and contributed two illustrations one being an original engraving. The title page is designed by Selwyn Image and the endpapers by Lucien Pissaro. Pre and post-lims and a few inner pages foxed, spine a little bumped at foot and a little bumped and frayed at top, the odd scuff and minor mark elsewhere. But a very good copy indeed of the limited edition. With the exotic bookplate of Gilbert C Elliot, fine book collector, initialled by the designer with an interlocked AB.…