Search Results: Authors starting with A from Wadard Books PBFA

Newcastle Upon Tyne: Andrew Reid & Co, 1922. The 'Varsity Rowing history starting with a review of rowing upon the Wear and notes on "The Henley of the North" to which has been added 'Durham School Rowing' by REv.R.Poole and 'The Durham Amateur Rowing Club' by J.Burrell. xx, 250pp with black and white plates. A scarce item.. Cloth. Very Good. 220x145mm.

London: Methuen & Co. Ltd, 1924 Words by A.A.Milne, Music by H.Fraser-Simson, Decorations by E.H.Shepard. Grey boards, corners rubbed. Library plate of The Imperial Headquarters, The Girl Guide Association. Remnant of label to front end paper.

Klisjeer: John Greigs Selection of Adriansen's best photographs from fjords and mountains in Norway. Undated circa 1930s. 37 full page plates in black and white.. Shows signs of having been folded.

East Molesey, Surrey: Ian Allan, 1961 Vol. 11, Nos. 70 - 81. Bottom corner nibbled on eight of the twelve copies, no loss of text, otherwise very good.

Shepperton, Middlesex: Ian Allan, 1965 Vol. 15, Nos. 118 - 129. All with covers and very good.

London: Country Life, 1931 A month by month perambulation through Britain and abroad seen from a walkers viewpoint. 24 moody black and white pencil plates by Margaret Dobson A.R.E. 268 pages.

Amsterdam: Time Life, 1979 184pp well illustrated in colour and black and white. Simulated leather covers with pictorial onlay. Near Fine.

Amsterdam: Time Life, 1980 176pp well illustrated in colour and black and white. Simulated leather with pictorial onlay. Near Fine.

Amsterdam: Time Life, 1984 176pp well illustrated in colour and black and white. Simualted leather with pictorial onlay. Near Fine.

London: Unwin Brothers, 1932 The diary of Lieutenant A.B.Scott, M.C. (X and W Trench Mortar Batteries; Reconnaissance Officer, 32nd Divisional Headquarters) - The diary of The Rev. R.E.Grice-Hutchinson M.C. (Chaplain to the 32nd Divisional Artillery) - The diary of Major L.Heathcote-Amory (Royal Devon Yeomanry and Staff Captain 32nd Divisional Artillery) together with the memories of several others. 685pp of compulsive reading.

Woodbridge, Suffolk: The Antique Collectors Club, 1970 This is an invaluable reference for Pot-Lids, Potted Meat and Fish Paste jars, Trinket Set Accessories, Pratt-Ware and Borders, even if the pricing is out of date. 496pp plus index.

Burton Upon Trent, Staffs: MAB Publishing The products of all the main factories which produces underglazes colour- as well as black and white - printed ware are listed, illustrated and priced. 96pp plus covers.

London: University of London Press, 1918 "In England it has for a long time been understood that every sailor or soldier who has lost a limb has the right to expect that he will be supplied with a good artificial substitute. And, further, it has been taken for granted that this will, in the case of the lower limb, be a full artificial leg and not a peg leg." 160pp plus publishers lists. Well illustrated.

London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1919 "Our way lay up the Shinfield Road; and at first we kept to the road, scorning the communication trench, 'Shinfield Street' which ran along the left hand side. But soon after we had surmounted the slight hill beyond Pepper Lane a distant "tut-tut-tut" warned us that "Artful Otto" was at work, and we dropped into the dark trench. Artful Otto was a German machine gunner somewhere on the left who had discovered that if he fired onto the wall of the "Merry Maidens" public house, the ricochets would go spinning down Shinfield Road, and might even enfilade the communication trench itself." This well written and scarce title gives an intimate insight into the conditions of field ambulance work during the Great War. 157pp.

Paris: Furne et Cie, 1854 xv, 403pp gilt edged, with engraved frontis plate. French language text. Frontis tissue aged and some nominal light foxing otherwise remarkable clean. Sun fade to the upper board but not affecting spine.

London: George Newnes, 1924 The author was organiser of programmes for the BBC and places on record, whilst impressions are fresh in his mind, the history of British broadcasting during its very first year.
177pp with black and white plates.

London: Jarrold & Sons, 1914 Marching Songs for Soldiers adapted to well known tunes by A.C.Ainger.
The words and music.
170x110mm with twin staples (replaced)

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1905 The author was Chief Secretary to the Administration of the East Africa Protectorate and writes of the Masai at a time when they inhabited the inland districts of British and German East Africa. 356pp, 27 black and white plates and a folding map in colour. Ex libris plate to front paste down.

Westport, Conn: Negro Universities Press, 1970 Originally published in 1905 by the Clarendon Press, Oxford. xxviii, 356pp with twenty seven black and white plates and a folding map. From the library of Desmond Morris with his bookplate to the front paste down.

London: A&C,Black, 1925 A tale of Camp, Comradeship and Courage.
234pp. colour frontis plate.
Inscription to front end paper. Dustjacket has seen better days but has kept the cover in good shape.
Book size 190x130mm