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London: Cassell and Co.,, 1976. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. LONDON : 1976. Hardback. Black cloth; gilt lettered spine. In black and colour pictorial dust-jacket (not price-clipped). Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. A few fox spots to fore-edge. Minor use only. NEAR FINE in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. (iv), 204 pages. WILLIAM HAGGARD (born Croydon 11 August 1907, died Frinton-on-Sea 27 October 1993) was the pseudonym of Richard Henry Michael Clayton, the son of the Rev. Henry James Clayton and Mabel Sarah Clayton. He was an English writer of fictional spy thrillers set in the 1960s through the 1980s, or, as the writer H. R. F. Keating called them, "action novels of international power." Like C. P. Snow, he was a quintessentially British Establishment figure who had been a civil servant in India, and his books vigorously put forth his perhaps idiosyncratic points of view. The principal character in most of… Read More

Pontefract - Ackworth: C. Elcock & J. Lucas., 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Engraved Title-page and Plates. FIRST EDITION. PONTEFRACT : 1833-1837. Edited by Luke Howard. Hardback. 5 bound volumes of the entire periodical - ceased publication in 1837. Engraved title-page opposite printed title-page to volume one. One fold-out plate (facsimile of a letter in 1660 and eight other facsimiles as plates). Contemporary brown calf-leather; spine and corners. Marbled boards. Indexed. Spines with slight wear; strong and soundly bound. VERY GOOD. Very scarce as a complete set. Referenced by: Smith I, 983. LUKE HOWARD FRS (1772-1864) was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. He was born in London, the son of Robert Howard, a lamp manufacturer, and educated at the Quaker school in Burford,… Read More

Pontefract - Ackworth: C. Elcock & J. Lucas., 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Engraved Title-page and Plates. ** SALE ** FIRST EDITION. PONTEFRACT : 1833-1837. Edited by Luke Howard. Hardback. 5 bound volumes of the entire periodical - ceased publication in 1837. Engraved title-page opposite printed title-page to volume one. One fold-out plate (facsimile of a letter in 1660 and eight other facsimiles as plates). Contemporary brown calf-leather; spine and corners. Marbled boards. Indexed. Spines with slight wear; strong and soundly bound. VERY GOOD. Very scarce as a complete set. Referenced by: Smith I, 983. LUKE HOWARD FRS (1772-1864) was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. He was born in London, the son of Robert Howard, a lamp manufacturer, and educated at the Quaker school in… Read More

Pontefract - Ackworth: C. Elcock & J. Lucas., 1833. First Edition . Hardcover. Average. 8vo. Engraved Title-page and Plates. FIRST EDITION. PONTEFRACT : 1833-1837. Edited by Luke Howard. Hardback. 5 bound volumes of the entire periodical - ceased publication in 1837. Engraved title-page opposite printed title-page to volume one. One fold-out plate (facsimile of a letter in 1660 and eight other facsimiles as plates). Contemporary brown calf-leather; spine and corners. Marbled boards. Indexed. Spines worn with loss; main labels present volume numbers missing; strong and sound. Lacks one title-page. Text complete. Average. Very scarce as a complete set. Referenced by: Smith I, 983. LUKE HOWARD FRS (1772-1864) was a British manufacturing chemist and an amateur meteorologist with broad interests in science. His lasting contribution to science is a nomenclature system for clouds, which he proposed in an 1802 presentation to the Askesian Society. He was born in London, the son of Robert Howard, a lamp… Read More

London: Martin Secker, 1935. First ENGLISH . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. LONDON : 1935. [ Joseph and his Brethren ; 2 ]. Translation of; Joseph und seine Brüder. Hardback. Light-yellow textured cloth; gilt lettered spine & cover. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Minor wear and dulling only. VERY GOOD. 273 pages. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick, Literature, MacDonald, Rarities, Theology and History. ]. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. LONDON : 1935. [ Joseph and his Brethren ; 2 ]. Translation of; Joseph und seine Brüder. Hardback. Light-yellow textured cloth; gilt lettered spine & cover. No owner name or internal markings. Bright, tight and clean. Minor wear and dulling only. VERY GOOD. 273 pages. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, CHS, Cumberland, Everyman, GKC, Inklings, Keswick,… Read More

Chicago: Youth Publications, 1945. First Edition . Hardcover. Good Plus/Good Plus. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. CHICAGO : 1945. Hardback. Frontispiece and 10pp plates. Original light-blue cloth; dark-blue lettered spine. In yellow pictorial dust-jacket (not price-clipped ($1.50). Bright, tight and clean. No owner name or internal markings. Boards bumped to foot with minor wear to book and jacket. Internally very good indeed. GOOD in like jacket; now in a clear protective sleeve. TORREY MAYNARD JOHNSON (March 15, 1909[1] - May 15, 2002) [2] was a Chicago Baptist who is best remembered as the founder of Youth for Christ in 1944. For a time Johnson had his own local radio program called Songs in the Night, which he later turned over to Billy Graham who was also hired as the first full-time evangelist employed by Youth for Christ International. At one time, he was pastor of Messiah Baptist Church, 2930 W. Flournoy Street, Chicago, Illinois. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping**. [ Rosley Books for… Read More

Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1995. Revised Edition . Soft cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. GRAND RAPIDS : 1995. Paperback. Dark-red printed covers. No owner name or internal markings. Tight, bright and clean.Slight dulling to spine. No creases to spine or covers. VERY GOOD INDEED. Over 700 pages; complete Bible. 8vo. **Will be well-packed for posting/shipping** [ Rosley Books for Antiquarian books, Cumberland, Literature, Rarities, Theology and History. ].