Major Fowler (7 results)

Condition: Good. 1975. No Edition Remarks. 33 pages. Signed by the author. Pink paper cover with lettering. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Overall a good condition item. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

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

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

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. A VG or better Columbia Studio release schedule which measures 6.5" x 9.5" inches when closed, 9.5" x 12.5" when open to display the wonderful movie graphic and 12.5" x 18.5" when fully open to view the schedule of upcoming releases. Studio release schedules were sent to film distribution companies in advance of a film's release and contained a listing of the main cast, director and running times of the films to be released over the next few months. Ultra rare. Size: 12" x 18". Poster.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Title page undated, preface dated 1910, this is an early paperback printing of George Fowler's manual on methods of food preservation, the book provides step-by-step instructions for preserving everything from fruits and vegetables to poultry and game using his vacuum-sealing process George Fowler, Lee & Co. Ltd: was based in Reading, England, his company became a leading manufacturer of bottling and fruit-preserving appliances. Their equipment was highly regarded, eventually earning them a royal appointment as suppliers to King George VI. The book is a paperback format measuring 8.5 inches tall approx, running to 107 pages with illustrations. CONDITION The covers have some discolouration and staining, internally there is some colour bleed which affects the page edges of the last few pages, some page corner creasing, some straining to inner joints, a few marks within else in good general condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Hardback in card covers and cloth bound spine. No Edition Stated but presumed early 1900's. Small 8vo. hardback b/w portrait of Fowler in uniform pasted to upper board. 144pp. with various advertisements and piece of sample parchment bound-in. Many b/w illustrations. Clean and unmarked.…

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Indeed. A limited edition of Herbert Swire's insightful first hand account of the Challenger expedition, colourfully illustrated by the author. A limited edition of three hundred copies by the Golden Cockerel Press, this copy is numbered one hundred and sixty.In the original cloth slipcase, in a very good condition.Herbert Swire's first hand account of the Challenger expedition, on which he was Navigating Sub-Lieutenant. In this work, extracted from his journals, Swire presents a person narrative of the Challenger's circumnavigation of the globe in 1872 to 1876, a monumental voyage that made many discoveries that lay the foundation of oceanography.Each volume is illustrated with a colour frontispiece, in addition to three colour plates to Volume I, four colour plates to Volume II, and monochrome in-text illustrations throughout. Collated, complete.With a foreword by Major Roger Swire, and an introduction by G. Herbert Fowler.The illustrations are by the author. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original cloth slipcase. Externally, smart. Spines are a little age-toned. A few light marks to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with scattered spots, mostly to the first and last few pages. Slipcase is a little rubbed and worn with a few light marks, in a very good condition. Very Good Indeed. Herbert Swire (illustrator). book.…