Archive for October, 2008

The Merchant Navy

Dust jacket in very good condition . Good firm copy

Wind Star: The Building of a Sailship

Inscribed and signed by master of the Windstar to the previous owner.

The Southern Octopus


Steam Tramps and Cargo Liners, 1850-1950

Card covers, in good condition. Series: The ship.

A History of Frank C. Strick and His Many Enterprises

Limp covers as new on outside, minor staining inside.

Gathering of the Clans : The History of the Clan Line Steamers LTD

Inscribed by previous owner.

The Luck of H.M.S Dragon

Some sections blacked out by censor. Also two small white marks on cover.

Circus, Gedichte Von Walter Schwyzer, Lithographien Vo Karl Madritsch

Folio size cover, 40cm x 30cm. Lithograph on front and back cover, slightly spotted. Title page plus 7 loose pages of text including the page stating that this issue is number 10 and bearing the signatures of both Madritsch and Schwyzer. ( loose pages bearing signed lithographs by Madritsch.

China Diary: Stephen Spender, David Hockney, with 158 Watercolours, Drawings and Photographs, 84 in Colour

Past owner’s name in ink on front fep. DW has closed tears at top and bottom edges of folds, front top repaired with adhesive tape.

Check List of the Birds of Northern Rhodesia

Publication sponsored by the Dept of Game and Tsetse Control. “This is the fourth in the series of check lists…” (blurb).  Illustrated by seven coloured plates, twenty pages of b/w photos and a fold out map. Boards show fading on edges and spine, mottling on fore edges of pages. DW slightly scuffed with chipping at top and bottom edges and small pieces missing.

Captain Scott’s Message to England

Excellent clean copy. DW has minor wear, crease and small tear at front top edge. Spine and flaps secured with tape. Four tipped in photos present, and binding good.

Cango: The Story of the Cango Caves of South Africa

Ink presentation inscription on verso of front fep. Some browning on front and back endpapers. DW has chips and small tears at top and bottom edges.

Burger’s Daughter

Text clean, binding tight. Ink presentation inscription on verso of front fep. Top fore edges faded. A little marking and wear to lower edges of boards. DW lightly scratched and worn, spine faded.

Bloomsbury: The Artists, Authors and Designers By Themselves

Past owner’s name in ink on front fep, otherwise an excellent clean copy. This is a large item that may  incur extra postage.

The Mint: a Day-book of the RAF Depot Between August and December 1922 with Later Notes By 352087 A/c Ross

Text very clean and whole; some foxing on endpapers and binding slightly skewed. Lower edges of boards a bit faded. DW spine browned and marks to panels.

Wild Flowers of Natal

Two volume set: Coastal region (1975), Inland region (1978). DWs minimally scuffed.

First Ladies of the Cape

No date of publication. Past owner’s name in ink on front endpaper. A clean, little worn copy with illustrations.

El Alamein: Ultra and the Three Battles

Clean fresh copy with sunned spine.

Jackboot : The Story of the German Soldier

DW price clipped and scuffed, with tears at bottom.

Normandy to the Baltic

Clean text with maps in front and back pockets. Neat ink inscription on front fep. DW torn and missing spine.