Nine Hundred Block

Sanderson, Edgar: The Fight for the Flag in South Africa, London Hutchinson & Co. 1900

1900. Blue cloth; red lettering; frontispiece of Field-Marshal Lord Roberts; one hundred illustrations and maps from drawings by various artists; 136 pages. No dustjacket, as issued. Condition: Slight bow to top cover; hinge starting at several points; cloth is discolored, mostly on top cover near joint as well as spine (which has affected several letters on spine); cloth is rubbed; corners are bumped; endpapers are toned and have light foxing; first free endpaper has offset; previous owner's signature on first pastedown endpaper with date (February 1900); preliminaries, text block, and edges have light toning; some pages have light foxing; contemporary notation (done in 1900?) in ink in bottom margin on page 10 has bleed through pages' eight and nine; rear free endpaper has offset; fold marks at foot of several pages; and pages' 93-96 are shorter than balance of text block (done in production]; else Good Plus. This collectible book is a history of the war from the Boer Ultimatum to the advance of Lord Roberts. The latter commanded the imperial forces in South Africa. A wonderful historical perspective. First Edition Hard Cover

[SW: History, South Africa]

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Plymouth Cordage Company. Golden Anniversary Celebration by the Plymouth Cordage Company in Honor of Gideon Francis Holmes: Plymouth, Massachusetts, March Twenty-Seventh Nineteen Hundred and Nine. Cambridge, Massachusetts: University Press, 1909.
Ten full page sepiatone plates. Rust brown cloth with company blindstamp, gilt and uncut edges, frontis portrait with protective tissue, 150 pages. The book is in good condition with some all-around surface and edge rubbing, top spine tip barely beginning to fray, a bit of finger soil and foxing to the endpapers, sound text block, good hinges, clean pages with no names or other markings..

F First Edition, H Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Good.

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Martyn, Norma: The Nine Bronze Tripods, Stanmore, New South Wales Cassell 1977
ISBN: 0726954535 Good Various

500 g; 210 pages, includes chronological table, glossary and notes, translation of calligraphy, and illustrated with some black-and-white drawings. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. The top centimetre of the front panel, and the spine section of the dust jacket have slightly faded, and the top edge of the dust jacket, and also the bottom edge, primarily round the spine, is chipped and rubbed. Some minor rubbing to the top edges of the fold over is. Traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block. "These fascinating stories within a story, rich in the invention, ingenuity and imagination, are set in the Middle Kingdom at the time of Shang T'ang, the first Emperor of the Shang dynasty of ancient China -- a time of mystery recorded only in legend and by archaeological fragments which have been pieced together. For all these things happened over three thousand five hundred years ago." -- front fold over blurb First Edition Good Hardcover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Mythology -- Chinese

[SW: mythology, aphorisms, China ChildrenChildren's Books]

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Percival Westell: Every Boys Book Of British Natural History : With Chapters And Notes On Nature -Photography And One Hundred And Nine Original Illustrations, London The Religious Tract Society 1906
Good/ very Good

With An Introduction By The Right Hon.Lord Avebury.Covers are dark blue with gilt titles on front and a coloured tipped in plate of a snake.Spine is attractively illustrated.There is a prize sticker on ffep.Text block has some spotting as do the book extremities. Decorated Boards

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