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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Text unmarked. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing and bumped corners. Spine has clear tape over it. Previous owners name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day.

Blue Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No date of publication; Owner's bookplate on fep. Some age toning to the edges, else very clean and tight. Sunned spine, bumped head and foot of spine and corners. 218pp. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Hardcover.

Condition: New.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Collected from the best authorities. Decorations by Clare Mackie. Fine. Pictorial boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

HC. Condition: good, brown cloth (hardcover). 381pp "A Chronicle of The Sensational Dramas, Enchanting Romances, Tragical Histories, Pathetic Trials, Fierce Passions and Pure Hearts of All Who Have Lived and Loved From the Earliest Times to the Present Day with Faithful Descriptions of the Virtues and Charms Which Inspired Them and The Joys and Disasters Which They Caused.".…

HC. Condition: good, brown cloth (hardcover). 372pp Volume 1 ONLY - "A Chronicle of The Sensational Dramas, Enchanting Romances, Tragical Histories, Pathetic Trials, Fierce Passions and Pure Hearts of All Who Have Lived and Loved From the Earliest Times to the Present Day with Faithful Descriptions of the Virtus and Charms Which Inspired Them and the Joys and Disasters Which They Caused.". B&W illustrations (illustrator).…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

n.d. (c.1920's) 927 pages rebound / thumb prints & some soiling / some torn pgs binding (fair) pages (fair/poor).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HARDCOVER. Hardcover edition. 179pp, large 12mo in tan cloth. soilng and cover wear, toning to spine, front hinge lightly weak, book shaken yet solid binding, clean throughout, Good.

Paperback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

1938 927 pages with tabs binding (poor) pages (good/fair) should be rebound.

n.d. (c.1920's) 927 pages rebound / a few stained or soiled pages (fair).

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First thus. A small (very small) pocket guide to the card game of whist. Date of publication estimated from an ad reference to "General Grant." First and last pages include the following advertisements; front cover: Highland Stove Foundry, back cover Geo. F. Blake Mfg Steam Pumping Machinery, Inside back: Andrews Folding Beds, Inside Front: Commercial Union Insurance, and additional full-page ads for: Bent and Bush Hatters and military furnishers, Fitchburg Railroad, Thomas Groom Stationers, Boston Belting and Rubber Goods, Bovinine beef and mutton concentrate, Shore Line Route (Boston to New York Railroad), Blue Cross Pickles, and the Great Rock Island and Albert Lees Routes (railroad). This little booklet offers 'The Lead,' 'General Rules,' and 'Practical Hints.' 64mo (3 3/4" tall x 2 1/2" wide), 24 pages, thread saddle stitch, stiff printed wraps. A very good, clean neat copy overall with minor shelf wear, and some exterior soiling--a spot of staining or foxing to the cover fore-margin and fore-edge and spine (probably old finger staining), fore-edge stain extends throughout but at the fore-margin only, text not damaged, paper moderately yellowed but not fragile. A unique item.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

n.d. (c.1920's) 927 pages title page missing / rebound binding (fair) pages (good/fair).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Second. VERY GOOD bright cover.

Half-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 170p. illus.

Condition: rebound (fair). n.d. (c.1920's) 927 pages.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black Boards with gilt titles to spine, 245 x 190 mm approx. 288 pp. illustrated with b/w photos and with scale plans and technical information.First published in 1978 the copy offered is of the 2nd impression 1980 and being issues 5 to 8 of the Quarterly Journal published by Conway under the same name with contributions from noted maritime historians and writers covering the development, design & history of the naval vessels. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ VG (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - a little rubbed to extremities, 1 cm tear and associated crease to top front panel. Supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Black Boards with gilt titles to spine, 245 x 190 mm approx. 258 pp. illustrated with b/w photos and with scale plans and technical information.First published in 1977 the copy offered is of the 2nd impression 1980 and being the first Volume of the Quarterly Journal published by Conway under the same name with contributions from noted maritime historians and writers covering the development, design & history of the naval vessels. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ VG (Book- no previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket - a little rubbed to extremities, no nicks or tears and supplied in a removable proprietary protective sleeve).…

Blindstamped Cloth. Condition: Good+. Early Reprint. 256 pages, a few illustrations have been "colored". The title pages has a dime size hole in it. The binding is tight although the gilt titling is a faded.