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New York. American Heritage Publishing Co. 1974. Bound in titled cloth covered boards. 4to. Illustrated throughout with various colour and monochrome plates en texte. A Very Fine copy in a Fine, price clipped dustwrapper.

Paris. Aux Editions Arc-En-Ciel. 1946. Bound in string tied pictorial portfolio. Folio (10" x 13.5"). This edition limited to 1000 numbered copies of which this is number 872. Illustrated with 44 full page Pochoir plates bound losse in portfolio as issued. Portfolio has been repaired with plastic tape both externally and internally to acceptable effect. Plates are Fine, bright and crisp. A rare and most desirable issue.

Berkshire. Golden Cockerel Press. 1930. Bound in pictorial gilt titled cloth. Small 4to. This edition is limited to 500 numbered copies of which this is number 342. Magnificently illustrated with 13 tissue-guarded engravings upon wood by Blair Hughes-Stanton. Beautifully stark engravings highlight this wonderful tale. Staining to covers, very mild staining to prelims, else a Very Good copy.

Toronto. The Ryerson Press. nd. (1941.) 8vo. First Canadian Edition. Illustrated by photographs. Informative accounting of the RAF Squadrons patrolling the skies of France during the Battle of B Britain by the famous BBC observer Very Good in chipped dustwrapper.

Washington D.C. Navy Department- Chief of Naval Operations. May 1944 - Sept 1945. Bound in imprinted cloth over boards. Small 8vo. (7" x 5"). Monthly flying log of ARM3c Frank William Gardiner. Detailing training and combat missions 5/44-9/45. Most flights, including combat missions are noted as being flown in the Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon and occurred in the Pacific Theatre of War. Noted are patrol missions, many designated as "Rocket", sub-hunting, with various notations of bombing activity. Also accompanying the log is a rare propaganda leaflet, the likes of which were dropped in profusion over Japan to worn the citizenry of their impending doom. This leaflet presents Japanese text with a large photograph of a B-29 formation unloading their bombs. Further accompanying these items is a small black and white photograph of an airborne PV2 (presumably Gardiners), which bears the ink inscription on the back reading " Good old Y092". This associates with Gardiners log… Read More

Stoughton. Western Hemisphere, Inc. MCMLXX Bound in gilt titled red cloth over boards. Gilt motif of scale to front cover. Thick 4to. Illustrated with monochrome plates. A Very Fine, crisp copy.

New York. Charles Graham and Co. 1924. Pictorial green cloth. Square 12mo. Illustrated with in-text colour plates by Lang Campbell. A Near fine, lovely copy.

Boston. Little, Brown and Co. 1900. Bound in full gilt ruled grain morocco, with decorative gilt tooling to front cover. Gilt -tooled raised bands . Gilt titles. Gilt-tooled internal fleural dentelles. Pictorial endsheets. 12mo. Illustrated with colour frontis and monochrome line drawings. Front hinge starting but firm, sunning to spine and portions of front cover, else a Very Good copy.Lovely.

New Haven. Yale University Press. 1926. 8vo. Colour frontis and monochrome plates by Dorothy Lathrop. A Very Good copy in soiled and chipped dustwrapper.

Boston. Little, Brown and Company. 1854. Lavishly bound in scarlet 3/4 grain morocco and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with ornate gilt tooled motifs. Raised bands. Gilt titles. Marbled endsheets. t.e.g. ( top edge gilded). 16mo. 4.6" x 7". Illustrated with an engraved frontis portrait. The very mildest of edgewear. A Fine, bright, beautiful set.

San Francisco. Book Club of California. 1985. Bound in brown cloth covered boards with pictorial inset to front cover. Paper spine label. Tall 8vo. 1 of 500 copies. Printed by Patrick Reagh, Printers. Illustrated with monochrome photographs. A Very Fine copy in Fine original wrapper.

New York. Walker and Company. 1967. Thick 4to. 1st Edition. Illustrated with Colour and Monochrome plates. Very Good in Very Good dustwrapper.

West Chester. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. 1986. Pictorial decorated cloth. 4to. Illustrated by photographs. Fine in Fine dustwrapper.

London. Hildesheimer and Faulkner. n.d.(1888). Bound in elaborate pictorial boards. 8vo. First Edition. Illustrated with full page mezzotints by Alice Havers and further monotints en texte by Ernest Wilson. Usual Shelfwear to edges, foxing to prelims with various mild occasional foxing throughout, (not affecting plates), usual spine cracking but very firm. A Very Good copy of this most scarce and charming title.

New Haven. Yalu University Press. 1979. Thick 4to. Second Printing. Profusely illustrated with colour plates, drawings, plans, diagrams, etc. Ann exhaustive and beautifully presented work. Fine.

Santa Barbara. Mission Creek Studios. 1988. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards with gilt pictorial cover plate. 4to. First Edition. Signed by the Authors. Profusely illustrated throughout with monochrome photographic portraits by Carolyn and Edwin Gledhill. A Very Fine copy in a Fine dustwrapper.

Tehran. The Bank Melli Iran. Bound in gilt titled cloth over boards. 4to. Illustrated throughout with colour and monochrome plates. A Very Fine copy in a Near Fine dustwrapper.

London. Jarrold and Sons. n.d. (Circa 1910). Bound in pictorial gilt titled blue cloth. t.e.g. Tall 4to. Illustrated throughout with full page mounted plates and further illustrations after drawings, photographs, engravings, etc. The slightest of rubbing to extremities, corners gently bumped. A Near Fine bright copy.

Stuttgart. J.G. Gottafchen. 1881. Extravagently bound in half paneled red morocco and marbled boards. Gilt ruled spine compartments with extremely ornate gilt tooled motifs in the Art Nouveau fashion. Gilt titles. Marbled edges. Decorative Nouveau endsheets. 8vo (5" x 7.25"). Occasionally illustrated with full page monochrome plates. Text in high German. The slightest of occasional wear to spine and covers. A Fine, bright, brilliantly bound set.

London. Constable and Company, Ltd. 1909. Bound in ribbon-tied pictorial gilt decorated vellum. t.e.g. Tall 4to (9.5" x 11.75"). This edition limited to 250 numbered copies of which this is number 206 signed by W. Lee Hankey. Illustrated with 40 tipped-in colour plates by W. Lee Hankey and further monochrome vignettes and plates. Covers and spine darkened (as usual). One ribbon lacking. 2.5" repair to front cover at front hinge. An extremely crisp and bright, Very Good copy.