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Image for Souvenir Programme of the Portsmouth Naval Review July 26th 1924 Containing Plan of The Fleet Official ( Program for the Spithead Review )

Souvenir Programme of the Portsmouth Naval Review July 26th 1924 Containing Plan of The Fleet Official ( Program for the Spithead Review )

By: No Author / The Spithead Review Programme

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: Portsmouth, England, Portsmouth, UK: Souvenir Programme ( Program ) for the Naval Review ( Printed By Gale & Polden of London ), 1924, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1924

Seller ID: 166015

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair (see description)

-------------softcover, souvenir programme for the Naval Review of Saturday July 26th 1924 at Portsmouth, a Fair example only, offered as is, front cover and first page have been taped as they were loose at one time, tape on complete length of spine, chips and tears including a long closed tear (taped) on the centrefold, centrefold has come loose from the staples, centrefold shows the actual layout of the FLEET for the REVIEW, unpaginated, some foxing and small stains, 16 pages plus covers, ---NAVAL REVIEW and inspection was carried out by His Majesty King George V who was aboard The ROYAL YAC...
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Image for The Mercury Magazine: The Journal of the TS MERCURY Old Boys' Association. 25th Anniversary Edition, 2004 ( T S / Training Ship Mercury / HMS Gannet )

The Mercury Magazine: The Journal of the TS MERCURY Old Boys' Association. 25th Anniversary Edition, 2004 ( T S / Training Ship Mercury / HMS Gannet )

By: No Author / TS Mercury Old Boys' Association / John Richardson, Captain David Parsons; David Muffett, Guy Thomas; Bob Chilcott; John Dashwood-Quick; Ted Allen

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: England, Hants, UK: TS Mercury Old Boys' Association, 2004, 1st Edition, First Prinitng: 2004

Seller ID: 161712

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------softcover, about 6w x 8.25h inches, a Near Fine copy with a wee bit of light rubbing, 36 pages, b&w photos, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo.
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Image for Famous Buildings of Greece and Rome ( Triumphs of Ancient Architecture )(inc. Athens -The Acropolis, Parthenon, Temple of Theseus, Choragic Monument of Lysicrates; Rome - Forum; Arch of Titus, Coliseum, Pantheon; Pompeii; Sicily; Attica; Tivoli; Paestum )

Famous Buildings of Greece and Rome ( Triumphs of Ancient Architecture )(inc. Athens -The Acropolis, Parthenon, Temple of Theseus, Choragic Monument of Lysicrates; Rome - Forum; Arch of Titus, Coliseum, Pantheon; Pompeii; Sicily; Attica; Tivoli; Paestum )

By: No Author / William Henry Davenport Adams

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Nelson and Sons, No Date (circa 1866 ), 1st Edition , First Printing (assumed): 1866

Seller ID: 158119

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------hardcover, about 4 x 6 inches, no date -this could be later than 1866 but it is certainly no later than the 1880's, dark blue cloth with gilt design and lettering, a Very Good+ example, a bit of light tip wear, no dustjacket as ssued, 128 pages, super two page frontispiece in colour of Roman ruins, b&w illustrations, a real charmer, contents include: ATHENS - The Acropolis; The Parthenon; The Temple of Theseus; The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates / ANCIENT ROME - The Forum; The Arch of Titus; The Coliseum; The Pantheon; Trajan's Column / PAESTUM / TIVOLI - The Temple of the Sibyl ...
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Image for A Visit to Edinburgh; Containing a Description of the Principal Curiosities and Public Buildings in the Scottish Metropolis / 1818 ( Frontispiece intact )( Scotland ) ( George Heriot Hospital / School related)

A Visit to Edinburgh; Containing a Description of the Principal Curiosities and Public Buildings in the Scottish Metropolis / 1818 ( Frontispiece intact )( Scotland ) ( George Heriot Hospital / School related)

By: No Author, Advertisement Intro By S.S.S. ( Sophia S Simpson ?) ( Lucy Marchmont / Maria Woodville ) ( George Heriot Hospital / School related)

Price: $134.93 CAD

Publisher: Edinburgh, Scotland / London, England, Edinburgh / London, UK: Printed for Fairbairn & Anderson ( Successors to Mr Creech ) and G & W B Whittaker, Darton & Co., W Darton, Jr. (printed By Walker & Greig ), 1818, 1st Edition, First printing: 1818

Seller ID: 166384

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

----------hardcover, about 3.5 x 5.5 inches, leather bound, a Good copy only, rubbing and staining to the leather, two inch section of the upper part of the spine is gone, crack along the spine and front cover fold but still very much attached, ink name and date " James Black Sept. 18th, 1821 " on front blank endpaper, both covers sport the stamp / logo / motto / emblem for George Heriot School " I Distribute cheerfully", some loss to the gilt of the emblem, this likely once belonged to a former student of GHS and was not likely from the GHS library as there are no indications of school owners...
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CSS Georgia ( Pamphlet -also known as State of Georgia and Ladies' Ram )( C.S.S. )( Ironclad / Civil War )

By: No Author; US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District

Price: $12.08 CAD

Publisher: USA, USA: No Author; US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District, No Date (circa 1980 ), 1st Edition, First Printing ( ? ): 1980

Seller ID: 162187

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

----------softcover, about 8.5w x 5.5h inches, a Very Good example, a bit of light rubbing and wear, unpaginated (8 pages), b&w and colour photos, illustrations, produced just after divers started the long term excavation project, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED///
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The Royal Marines and Eastney / Supplement to the July / August Issue 1991 of The Globe and Laurel, the Journal of The Royal Marines

By: Oakley, Captain Derek / The Royal Marines / Supplement to the July / August Issue of The Globe and Laurel

Price: $24.23 CAD

Publisher: England, Hilsea, Portsmouth, UK: Supplement to the July / August Issue of The Globe and Laurel, 1991, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1991

Seller ID: 155348

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

-----------softcover, about 8.25 x 11.5 inches, a Very Good+ copy with a bit of light rubbing, 10 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo .
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Image for Plodding Toward Terror: A Personal Look at the Jack Ruby Case ---a Signed Copy ( JFK / John F Kennedy Assassination / Lee Harvey Oswald shooting related)

Plodding Toward Terror: A Personal Look at the Jack Ruby Case ---a Signed Copy ( JFK / John F Kennedy Assassination / Lee Harvey Oswald shooting related)

By: Pabst, Ralph M. ( Signed )

Price: $60.68 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Vantage Press, 1974, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1974

Seller ID: 154868

ISBN: 053301302X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------hardcover, a solid clean Very Good copy, some bumps to the board edges and corners otherwise a VG+ copy, a tight square copy, in a lightly chipped and torn Good dustjacket with a sticker pull on the spine of the jacket, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, a bit of sunning to the spine, signed and inscribed on the half title page "To Kim S_____ truly a wonderful person, Best wishes from the author, Ralph pabst 1976", quite scarce, 174 pages, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life, Illustrated By Peter Pendrey / Folio Society Edition

By: Parkman, Francis, Introduction By Martin Ridge / Folio Society

Price: $13.43 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Folio Society, 1975, 1st Folio Edition, 2nd Printing: 1975

Seller ID: 149214

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see description)

----------hardcover, a Near Fine copy, no dustjacket as issued, in a lightly rubbed near Fine slipcase, lino-cut illustrations in b&w by Pendrey, 309 pages, a nice edition, likely an unread copy, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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To the Ends of the Earth, with 47 illustrations ---by Francis K Pease ( Arctic / Antarctic / Falklands related)

By: Pease, Francis K

Price: $371.18 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Hurst and Blackett, 1935, 1st edition, First Printing: 1935

Seller ID: 165036

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, overall a solid Good to Very Good example, blue cloth, some light soiling to boards, some fraying at tips tips, some foxing to paper, front blank endpaper has been removed, no dustjacket, book has 284 pages plus ads, b&w photos throughout, a quite scarce book relating Pease's adventures from 1925 to 1934 onboard The HMS Discovery, he details his voyages from pole to pole, with stops in South georgia, the Cape, the Falklands, Tristan, etc., --- Pease had an excerpt from this book printed in Fifty Strangest Stories Ever Told from 1937 titled Gripped By An Iceberg ---from th...
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Image for 4 VOLUMES NARRATIVE OF EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON TO CHINA SEAS AND JAPAN, PERFORMED IN YEARS 1852, 1853, 1854 UNDER COMMAND OF COMMODORE M C PERRY, UNITED STATES NAVY / Observations of the Zodiacal Light, from April 2 1853 to April 22 1855, Etc

4 VOLUMES NARRATIVE OF EXPEDITION OF AN AMERICAN SQUADRON TO CHINA SEAS AND JAPAN, PERFORMED IN YEARS 1852, 1853, 1854 UNDER COMMAND OF COMMODORE M C PERRY, UNITED STATES NAVY / Observations of the Zodiacal Light, from April 2 1853 to April 22 1855, Etc

By: Perry, Commodore M C ( Matthew Calbraith ); Francis L Hawks; Rev. George Jones

Price: $539.93 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: AMS Press / Arno Press, 1967 ( Facsimile Reprint of the 1856 Beverley Tucker of Washington Edition ), 1st ARNO/AMS Edition, First Printing: 1967

Seller ID: 155757

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

------------4 volumes (ONE SHIPPING PRICE ), three are hardcovers, one is a map portfolio, all are Very Good+ copies, a bit of dustiness to black cloth, a bit of sunning to the spines, some smudging to the bottom edges of the text blocks just due to the size and thickness of these books, all 3 books are about 8.75 x 11.25 inches, map portfolio is roughly the same size and in a matching black binding, all maps are prresent (with 2 of the maps being listed on the front panel of the portfolio but actually being in the book -as issued), a bit of age toning to endpapers, 537 (volume 1 ), 414 + 14 +...
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Image for Bolsheviks and the Bottle: Drink and Worker Culture in St Petersburg 1900 - 1929 -by Laura L Phillips / Northern Illinois University Press ( Alcohol / Vodka )

Bolsheviks and the Bottle: Drink and Worker Culture in St Petersburg 1900 - 1929 -by Laura L Phillips / Northern Illinois University Press ( Alcohol / Vodka )

By: Phillips, Laura L / Northern Illinois University Press

Price: $25.58 CAD

Publisher: Illinois, DeKalb, IL: Northern Illinois University Press, 2000, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2000

Seller ID: 162003

ISBN: 0875802648

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 6.25w x 9.25h inches, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket with sunning to the spine and rear panel, 211 pages, ---"This innovative study of drinking provides rich insights into changes and continuities in everyday life among revolutionary St. Petersburg's workers. Drawing on a wide array of previously untapped sources, Phillips sheds fresh light on issues of revolutionary change, class, and gender as she probes the tenacious resiliency of alcohol-centered culture in the face of state efforts at prohibition. --Readers will find a sophisticated examination ...
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Image for PEROU: Les Royaumes Du Soleil et De La Lune /Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal ( French Language Edition ) ( PERU: The Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon )( Inca / Incan Archaeology, Art, Sculpture, etc )

PEROU: Les Royaumes Du Soleil et De La Lune /Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal ( French Language Edition ) ( PERU: The Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon )( Inca / Incan Archaeology, Art, Sculpture, etc )

By: Pimentel, Victor avec Walter Alva, Ulla Holmquist, Natalia Majluf, Luis Eduardo Wuffarden; Nathalie Bondil / Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Montreal, Quebec, Montreal, PQ: Musee Des Beaux-Arts Montreal, 2013, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2013

Seller ID: 161359

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good+ ( see Description )

---------hardcover, about 9.75w x 11.25h inches, overseas shipping (anywhere outside of Canada and the USA ) will require additional charges, a Very Good+ example, a few small marks to the covers, small nick at lower spine tip, 379 pages, colour and some b&w photos, spectacular photographic images of stunning archaeological artifacts from the Incan empire as well as pre-Columbian and the later colonial era, all text is in FRENCH, ---" this ambitious volume showcases more than 4,000 years of Peruvian art in approximately 350 diverse, exciting works. A large selection of pre-Columbian treasures,...
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Tiberius -The Life of Tiberius Claudius Nero, Pervert, Murderer, Tyrant ---by Frederik Pohl ---a Signed Copy

By: Pohl, Frederik ( Fred ) writing as Ernst Mason (signed) ( Aka: Edson McCann (with Lester del Rey), James MacCreigh; Donald Stacy; Ernst Mason; Walt Lasly )

Price: $101.18 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: Ballantine, 1960, 1st Edition, First Printing, Canadian Imprint: 1960

Seller ID: 165695

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------paperback, a Very Good copy with a bit of light rubbing, a bit of age toning to the paper, signed and inscribed by Pohl "to John", any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Tiberius -The Life of Tiberius Claudius Nero, Pervert, Murderer, Tyrant ---by Frederik Pohl ---a Signed Copy

By: Pohl, Frederik ( Fred ) writing as Ernst Mason (signed) (Aka: Edson McCann (with Lester del Rey), James MacCreigh; Donald Stacy; Ernst Mason; Walt Lasly )

Price: $101.18 CAD

Publisher: London, England, London, UK: Panther, 1963, 1st UK Edition, 2nd Printing: 1963

Seller ID: 165696

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------paperback, a Very Good copy with a bit of light rubbing, a bit of age toning to the paper, store stamp, signed without inscription by Pohl, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo /// SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for A Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill as Broadcast By Radio Station CFRB, Toronto January 24, 1965 / Script By John Collingwood Reade, Narration By Jack Dennett

A Tribute to Sir Winston Churchill as Broadcast By Radio Station CFRB, Toronto January 24, 1965 / Script By John Collingwood Reade, Narration By Jack Dennett

By: Reade, John Collingwood (script), Narration By Jack Dennett ( Sir Winston S [ Spencer ] Churchill related)

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Toronto, Ontario, Toronto, ON.: CFRB Radio Station, 1965, 1st Edition, First (and Only ) Pressing: 1965

Seller ID: 162529

Binding: Record Album

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

------------33 and 1/3 record album, album looks new so a Near Fine record, in a lightly rubbed Near Fine plain black sleeve with silver label lettered in black, a scarce Churchill related item, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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The Pageant of Morayland -by Jamres B Ritchie ( Elginshire, County of Moray, Scotland )

By: Ritchie, J B ( James ); Foreword By Alexander gRant (signed)

Price: $40.43 CAD

Publisher: Scotland, Logie House, Dunphail, Scotland ( Elgin, Moray ): The ELGIN COURANT, 1932, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1932

Seller ID: 162746

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good (see description)

-----------hardcover, about 5w x 7.25h inches, a solid Good to Very Good example, light wear and rubbing, sunning to the spine, browning to the endpapers, --- I do not know if this was issued with a dustjacket, inscription on the verso of the front board by a former owner " This book shows the tradition on which Moray rests. I've read these stories over & over and seen where they were created. I hunted all over the county for a copy and ended up getting one from Sandy Grant the publisher", --- this copy has been signed by Grant on the verso of the rear board, 242 pages, b&w photos and illus...
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Image for Life along the Hudson: Wood Engravings of Hudson River Subjects from Harper's Weekly 1859-1903 (includes a Color Portfolio )(inc. Steamers, Bridges, Catskill Mountains, Convicts at Sing-Sing; Collisions; West Point; Harvesting Ice; Ice Yachting; etc)

Life along the Hudson: Wood Engravings of Hudson River Subjects from Harper's Weekly 1859-1903 (includes a Color Portfolio )(inc. Steamers, Bridges, Catskill Mountains, Convicts at Sing-Sing; Collisions; West Point; Harvesting Ice; Ice Yachting; etc)

By: Ruge, Valice F (ed.) / Haper's Weekly, a Journal of Civilization Iillustrators Include: Winslow Homer; Theodore Russell Davis; John P Newell; C A Palmer; Stanley Fox; J C Babcock; A R Waud; W A Rogers; Harry Ogden; W P Snyder; J E Kelly; Charles Graham;

Price: $20.18 CAD

Publisher: Woodstock, New York, Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, 1994, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1994

Seller ID: 162391

ISBN: 0879515236

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 9.75h x 12w inches, a Near Fine example, in a slightly rubbed Very Good+ dustjacket, 90 b&w and colored illustrations, super scenes predominately from the 19th century-, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo.///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Image for Agents of Empire: How E L Mitchell's Photographs Shaped Australia -by Joanna Sassoon ( Australian Photographer / Photographic / Photography History )( ( Ernest Lund Mitchell )

Agents of Empire: How E L Mitchell's Photographs Shaped Australia -by Joanna Sassoon ( Australian Photographer / Photographic / Photography History )( ( Ernest Lund Mitchell )

By: Sassoon, Joanna ( E L [ Ernest Lund ] Mitchell related)

Price: $44.48 CAD

Publisher: Melbourne, Australia, Melbourne, Australia: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2017, 1st Edition, First Printing: 2017

Seller ID: 164174

ISBN: 1925333736

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

----------softcover, a Near Fine example, a wee bit of very light rubbing, looks new, 259 pages, b&w photos throughout, ---"For nearly 100 years, E.L. Mitchell's emblematic photographs have shaped ideas about Australia. But who was Mitchell and why did he succeed above his competitors? With unprecedented access to private collections and showcasing his extraordinary photographs, Agents of Empire charts Mitchell's rise from his struggles as a migrant in New South Wales and Queensland to significant image-maker in Western Australia. It then follows the journeys of individual photographs across t...
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Image for The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz, the Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's VOLKSWAGEN -by Paul Schilperoord ( Adolf Hitler )(chapters include: From Tropfenwagen to Volkswagen; Motor-Kritik; The Bug is Born; Nazi Smear Campaign; VWs for the Autobahn; etc)

The Extraordinary Life of Josef Ganz, the Jewish Engineer Behind Hitler's VOLKSWAGEN -by Paul Schilperoord ( Adolf Hitler )(chapters include: From Tropfenwagen to Volkswagen; Motor-Kritik; The Bug is Born; Nazi Smear Campaign; VWs for the Autobahn; etc)

By: Schilperoord, Paul ( Josef Ganz related)

Price: $26.93 CAD

Publisher: New York, NY, N.Y. / New York: RVP Books, 2012, 1st English Language Edition, First Printing: 2012

Seller ID: 162591

ISBN: 1614122016

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Near Fine (see desciption)

-----------hardcover, about 6w x 9.25h inches, a Near Fine example, in a Near Fine dustjacket, looks new, small smudge on the bottom edge of the text block, 274 pages, b&w photos and illustrations, ---"The astonishing biography of Josef Ganz, a Jewish designer from Frankfurt, who in May 1931 created a revolutionary small car: the Maikfer (German for "May bug "). Seven years later, Hitler introduced the Volkswagen. The Nazis not only "took" the concept of Ganz's family car-their production model even ended up bearing the same nickname. The Beetle incorporated many of the features of Ganz's orig...
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Image for The Yorkshire Dalesman A Monthly Magazine of Dales' Life and Industry volume number 5, Issues # I to # 12, (inc. Clockmakers; Druids Temple, a Sham; Mole Catcher; Freshwater Lobsters; Wandering Minstrel; Nicknames of Upper Swaledale; Oatcake; Grouse etc )

The Yorkshire Dalesman A Monthly Magazine of Dales' Life and Industry volume number 5, Issues # I to # 12, (inc. Clockmakers; Druids Temple, a Sham; Mole Catcher; Freshwater Lobsters; Wandering Minstrel; Nicknames of Upper Swaledale; Oatcake; Grouse etc )

By: Scott, Harry J (ed.) The Yorkshire Dalesman Volume number 5, Issues 1 to 12 (inc Ella Pontefract; Frank W Dibb; Robert D Leakey; Herbert Waddington; et al.

Price: $33.68 CAD

Publisher: England, England: The Yorkshire Dalesman Number 1 to # 12, Volume I, April 1943 to March 1944, 1st Edition, First Printing: 1944

Seller ID: 164165

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good (see description)

----------12 issues of this still running magazine, year five issues collected and bound into boards (done by the magazine I suspect ), green cloth, overall a Very Good example, overall light wear, some foxing, all 12 issues with about 20 to 30 pages per issue, b&w photographs and illustrations, this volume includes an index, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE///
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Category: History