Archive for February, 2009

When the Journey’s Over

Damage to back board.

The Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson


The Poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Usual age toning to boards. Previous owner’s name on fep. Binding slightly shaken with some foxing to pages.

South African Beachcomber

Ink inscription and date (1962) on fep with foxing to pages.

Berkshire Vale

Binding slightly shaken with some foxing to pages.

Kruger Park Adventures


South African Anglers Guide, a guide to Sea and Freshwater Fishing By Robbie Wegener

Shelf wear to top and bottom of spine of jacket cover with previous price stamp on fep.

Field Engineering and Mine Warfare, Pamphlet No. 8


Field Engineering and Mine Warfare, Pamphlet No. 6


The Cricket in the Cage

Slight browning to pages.

Doctor Dolittle’s Circus

Binding slightly shaken with foxing to page edges. Usual age toning to boards.

Playback

Previous owner’s name on fep and paste down fep and slight foxing fep.

The Red Fleet and the Royal Navy

Slight foxing on dust jacket.

The Red Fleet and the Royal Navy

Past owner’s name and date in ink on front endpaper; stain on front fep. Text clean; binding slightly skewed. Boards mildly soiled and with red writing on front board; corners bumped.

The Vicor of Wakefield

Binding is slightly shaken with usual age toning.

The Story of Mrs Tubbs

Binding slightly shaken with some foxing to pages.

The Story of a Short Life

Foxing to pages, with damage to spine and boards.

The Rules of Rhodesia

Jacket is bumped on top and bottom of spine with previous owner’s name on paste down fep.

The Pyramid

Jacket cover has slight shelf wear to top and bottom of spine.

The People of the Chasm

Usual age toning with mild foxing to pages. Previous owner’s name and date (1948) on paste down fep. Includes eight full-page illustrations by Thomas Somerfield

The Happy Return

Slight fading to greenboards and bottom right corner bumped. This first edition has toned antique-wove paper made by John Dickinson and was bound by James Burn.

Tackle Making for Anglers

Worn boards with foxing to prelims. Splitting at cloth to spine but binding tight.

Phil’s Cousins


Man in Swart

An Afrikaans translation of Man in Black by Jonny Cash. Jacket cover bumped on top and bottom of spine.

Hunlikely

Pictorial hard cover with red linen spine. Binding slightly shaken with browning to boards and some foxing on pages. This is a second impression, same year as the first.

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