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Ellswoth, Lincoln · 1938

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

William Heineman Ltd, 1938. Hardcover. Second volume of his autobiography about the arctic regions covering the author's two flights with Amundsen in the Arctic and his flights with Byrd in the Antarctic. A story of aviation in extreme conditions and survival in an Antarctic s...

Scottish Notes and Queries Vol. X - June 1896, to May 1897. (1st Series)

1897

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

D.Wyllie & Son, 1897. Hardcover. xiv+192p illustrated and comprehensively indexed. In attractive half leather with maroon boards and green and maroon labels on spine with raised bands. Marbled endpapers. Clean and tight without marks or signatures; some rubbing about spine but...

Prescriptions ( a Series of Medical Odes from Penode, Sexode to . Maritalode)

Gordon, David · 1978

£4.00 (€4.79 | $5.28 | ¥844)

Scan Publishing, 1978. Hardcover. 26p ; says doctor to prim lady patient in Cartoon on rear cover Trouble with your piles, love? It's nothing to the trouble I'm having with my rhyming couplets. Some shelf wear and red stain.top right corner. . Very Good

The Reign of Terror - a Collection of Authentic Narratives of the Horrors Committed by the Revolutionary Government of France Volume II of 2 Only

1899

£17.00 (€20.38 | $22.46 | ¥3,586)

Leonard Smithers and Co., 1899. Hardcover. A Collection of Authentic Narratives of the Horrors Committed by the Revolutionary Government of France under Marat and Robespierre Written by Eye-Witnesses of the Scenes. Translated From the French interspersed with Biographical Noti...

Anticipation Containing the Substance of His M----Y's Most Gracious Speech to Both H---S of P--L--T, on the Opening of the Approaching Session, Together with a Full and Authentic Account of the Debate Which Will Take Place in the H--E of C--S.

1778

£16.00 (€19.18 | $21.14 | ¥3,376)

T.Becket, 1778. Disbound from a larger Book. Printed for T. Becket, 1778, 1778. Pages vi, (2), 74. A successful witticism, forecasting the King's and indeed all the speeches (including those of Burke and Fox) at the opening of Parliament. With an unpaginated leaf - 'The Gentle...

Original Classic Golfing Print on Postcard - Their First Hazard - Howard Chandler Christy

1910

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Edward Gross, 0. . Original Coloured postcard of a famous Golfing Print by Howard Chandler Christy. Unused and VG; On rear Sole Distributer, Edward Gross, N.Y. (Series No.3) and Entered at Stationers Hall, London. Undated c.1910? . Very Good

The Pleasure Girls - Promotion Press Publicity (Press Book)

1965

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

Compton-Cameo Films Ltd., . Soft Cover. Press Book advertising literature for the film The Pleasure Girls studded with still pictures from the film and suggested tie ups for local promotions in peripheral cinemas - e.g. Milk - Tie up with the town's largest dairy using the cat...

A Note on Nathaniel Highmore, M.D. (1613-1685) and His Memorial Tablet in Purse Caundle Church, Dorset

De Courcy Prideaux, W. · 1914

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

John Bale, Sons & Danielson, Ltd, 1914. Soft Cover. The Author discovered a black marble tablet under the floor of Purse Candle Church dedicated to Nathaniel Highmore an early Anatomist and Philanthropist. 4p string bound offprint from the Proceedings of the Royal Society of M...

Britten-Norman Islander Price List and Specification May 1971

1971

£10.00 (€11.99 | $13.21 | ¥2,110)

Britten-Norman S, 1971. Original Pamphlet. Folded sheet giving 4 pages - Photograph of an Islander on first page; Specification on Page 2; Price List in $ and £ on Page 3 and additional options on Page 4. Printed in two tone colours - black & Blue. VG No marks . Very Good

Record of the Great Floods in Bath - Reprinted from the Bath Herald - 1894

1894

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

William Lewis & Sons, The Bath Herald Office, 1894. Soft Cover. 16 Page booklet titled Record of the Great Floods in Bath and the Surrounding Disctricts November 13 & 15, 1894. Reprinted from the Bath Herald. In green wrappers (chipped and detached) with details of flooding st...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - Mgm Press Book Issued for the Film

1958

£24.00 (€28.77 | $31.71 | ¥5,063)

M-G-M Pictures Ltd, 1958. Soft Cover. Press Book advertising literature for the film version of the book by Tennesse Williams. Pressbooks were used by movie theatres to aid them in advertising a film. They were not available to the public. Large Folio 16p Stapled. Contains mul...

E. Flammarion & A. Vaillant, Advertising Calendar 1924

1924

£6.00 (€7.19 | $7.93 | ¥1,266)

E. Flammarion & A. Vaillant, 1924. Soft Cover. E. Flammarion & A. Vaillant Paris, Lyon, Marselle & Le Havre. Advertising Calendar 1924. Tiny - 2 1/4 tall with attractive coloured pictorial firm card covers. With notes page - a few neat pencil entries. 32-pages. Text in French....

Catalogue of Rare and Valuable Collections of Books in Scottish, Antiquarian and General Literature. Dowell's Ltd. Edinburgh 20th,21st and 22nd December 1933

1933

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Dowell's Ltd, 1933. Soft Cover. 63p catalogue (1454 items) of this 3 day book Auction in Edinburgh - including the Kirkland Library formed by The Late John Richarsdon., (W.S) which belonged to Henry Edward Richardson and that which belonged to the Late Miss Barbara Peddie Pate...

Catalogue of Valuable Librararies of Books in Art, Architectural, Scottish and General Literature. Dowell's Ltd. Edinburgh 25th,26th & 27th February 1931

1931

£9.00 (€10.79 | $11.89 | ¥1,899)

Dowell's Ltd, 1931. Soft Cover. 90p catalogue (1825 items) of this 3 day book Auction in Edinburgh - including the (libraries) of J.P. Croal, 15 Belgrave Place, the Late Sydney Mitchell, The Pleasance, Gullane and the Late William M'Lean, M.O.H. Dingwall. Catalogue bit dusty w...

(Medical) Catalogue of the Museum (Held in the Geological Department, Marischal College Aberdeen) for the British Medical Association Meeting July 1939.

1939

£14.00 (€16.78 | $18.50 | ¥2,954)

Aberdeen University Press, 1939. Soft Cover. 52 page catalogue with a Pathological section and 78 items listed under a Historical Section - includes portraits, prints, surgical instrumemnts, iron lungs (old and new), and relics of Resurrectionist Days in Aberdeenshire. Wrapper...

A Catalogue of the Works of David Nutt (Est. 1830)

1911

£15.00 (€17.98 | $19.82 | ¥3,165)

David Nutt, . Soft Cover. 71p with index. Not dated but latest books published 1911. so pre WWI. Sections on Belle Lettres, Poems, Plays, Fiction, History and Biography etc. Condition - browned and delicate; front cover and first few pages detached. Little sellotape reinforcin...

Argyll Map - 6 to the Mile - Quarter Sheet - LIX Nw Ardchatten and Muckairn Parish - Beinn Fhionnlaidh and Ground Nw of Head of Loch Etive - 2nd Edition 1900

Ordnance Survey · 1900

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ordnance Survey, 1900. . Sheet size 22 1/2 x 16 3/4 (57 x 43 cms). Map shows valley of Allt nan Gaoirean draining towards the Etive and Beinn Fhionnlaidh. Dated 1897. Large flat rolled in tube. Clean & near fine. . Near Fine

Argyll Map - 6 to the Mile - Quarter Sheet - LIX Sw Ardchatten and Muckairn Parish - Head of Loch Etive - 2nd Edition 1900

Ordnance Survey · 1900

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ordnance Survey, 1900. . Sheet size 22 1/2 x 16 3/4 (57 x 43 cms). Map shows head of Loch Etive with Glen Etive House and lochside road to beyond the pier. Dated 1897. Large flat rolled in tube. Clean & near fine. . Near Fine

Argyll Map - 6 to the Mile - Quarter Sheet - IX Nw Ardnamurchan Parish - East Shore of Loch Shiel - 2nd Edition 1900

Ordnance Survey · 1900

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ordnance Survey, 1900. . Sheet size 22 1/2 x 16 3/4 (57 x 43 cms). Map shows east (Argyll) side of Loch Shiel from Innis sothards beyond Rudha nan Sliseag. Very good. Printed 1897 though dated 1900 at top. Large flat rolled in tube. . Good +

Argyll Map - 6 to the Mile - Quarter Sheet - XV Se Ardnamurchan Parish - Gortenfern - 2nd Edition 1900

Ordnance Survey · 1900

£5.00 (€5.99 | $6.61 | ¥1,055)

Ordnance Survey, 1900. . Sheet size 22 1/2 x 16 3/4 (57 x 43 cms). Map shows north east end of the coast of Ardnamurchan Peninsula with Gortenfern, Beinn Bhreac etc. Good - blind tear lower border. Printed 1897 though dated 1900 at top. Large flat rolled in tube. . Good +