Lowe William Bill (3 results)

Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 4to. Large book:Dimensions 265mm x 190mm.pp. 548.Signed presentation copy: "Mrs. Booth, with affectionate regards from yours, ever sincerely, Vincent A. Applin." / Vincent A. Applin was Secretary to the Executive Committee of the American Exhibition in London in 1897. This was the show that made William Cody (Buffalo Bill) a household name with his Wild West show./ Original publisher's cloth binding in Black, lettered gilt with an illustration of the four emblems of each exhibition and the statement in gilt the front cover:"Peace has her Victories no less renowned than War." Black and white illustrations. Gilt top edge and hand cut pages. Frontispiece photograph of John R. Whitley, the exhibition organiser./John Robinson Whitley, (1843Ğ1922) was a British entrepreneur who inaugurated the Earl's Court Exhibition Grounds in West London in 1887. After four major exhibitions on the site (1887Ğ1892), he moved to France where in partnership with Allen Stoneham, he developed Touquet-Paris-Plage and created Hardelot-Plage. He was a brother-in-law of pioneering French cinematographer, Louis Aim Augustin Le Prince and grandfather of Air marshal Sir John Whitley. Very good indeed. Front cover split at spine. Very slight tanning and foxing. Signedes.