Showing posts with label Collectible Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Collectible Books. Show all posts

Cars of the World - J.D. Scheel 1963

Cars Of The World, by J. D. Scheel 

Cars of the World
J.D. Scheel

First Edition

1962

Boxed Four Part Set Soft Cover 

Contains 850 full colour illustrations

Books are perfect as new, box is split 

Price: R300,00

SOLD!

Woman's World M.A.White 1950


Woman's World.

Jukes, Alleyne M. (Editor), Designed By Pritchard, Alan G. With Illustrations By Goodall, Robin And Photography By De Lisle, Gordon.
Bookseller: Arete Books
(Melbourne, VIC, Australia)

Book Description: M A White, Melbourne. Hardcover. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. It Is A Book For The Modern Woman Of The 50'S. It Covers Everything That A Wife And Mother Should Know From Cleaning Cooking, Etiquette, Love Marriage, Interest And Hobbies And Deportment And Makeup To Buying A House Or Car. Hundred Of Photographs Some Full Very 50'S Colour Plates Of The Woman In The Home Cooking , Showering, Dining Typing, Shopping. Heaps Of Stylized Line Drawings And Black And White Photos.

Condition: Fair needs some restoration

Price: R150,00 

Gorillas in the mist - Dian Fossey First Edition

 

Book Description:

First Edition 1983
Published by: Hodder & Stoughton London

 

Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket; 1st edition. 1st printing. Frontispiece. 1/2 black cloth cover in very good + condition with no edge and cap wear. Dust jacket in very good + 6.25" x 9.5"; 326 pages. 

Price: R250,00 

Living Free - Joy Adamson (First Edition)

 
Living Free
The Story of Elsa (Born Free) and her cubs

First Edition

Book Description:

Hard Cover with Dust Jacket (Plastic Cover)

Introduced by Sir Julian Huxley

Published by:Collins & Harvill Press 1961 London

46 pages of Colour Photos 

Price: R300,00 
 

Born Free - Joy Adamson

 


Book Description:

Born Free (First Edition) 

Hard Cover

Collins & Harvill Press, London, 1960. Illustrated Paper Boards.

Book Condition: Good Condition.

Black & White & Colour Illustrations (illustrator).

Preface by: Lord William Percy

Forward by: Captain Charles Pitman

Extracts from George Adamson's Letters

Price: R250,00


The Bab Ballads by W.S. Gilbert (6th Edition) 1910

The Bab Ballads 

with which are included 

Songs of a Savoyard 


Published by Macmillan & Co, 1910.

Sixth Edition

Book Description:

Hardcover Board with red cloth, spine has five raised bands and is leather. The top and side of the pages are gilt (gold). Inside pages are decorated with color patterns on card.

 Book Condition:

Cover is old but interior as new, owner's name dated 1915

350 comical drawings by the author W.S. Gilbert.

Very Collectable Book 

Price: R450,00

Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age - First Edition

Book Description:

Hard Cover (Black Binding and Blue)

First Edition - 1957

Condition: Excellent

More Info:

Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc., New York, New York, U.S.A., 1957. Hard Cover. Book Condition: G. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated "First Edition" with "H-G" code on copyright page, 335pp. with b/w illustrations.

Price: R300,00 

The First Edition of The Incredible Journey- Sheila Burnford

 
I have the "first edition" of The Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford in excellent condition with dust jacket.   
Book Description: 
First edition Hodder & Stoughton ., 1961. Original cloth gilt, dust jacket. Illustrations by by Carl Burger. The basis of the Walt Disney film. This is the true first edition and precedes the first US edition. 
Value on other sites as per link below range from $160 - $200
Any one interested should make me an offer! 
R500,00

The Cape Gun Smith - Barry M. Berkovitch



The Cape Gun Smith 

Barry M. Berkovitch 

A history of the gunsmiths and gun dealers at the Cape of Good Hope from 1795 - 1900, with particular reference to their weapons. 
Printed by: The Stellenbosch Museum 

First Edition 

Book Description: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket, pages 127, black and white sketches 
Condition:              New
Published:              1976 

Price:R350,00 


A Second Treasury of The World's Great Letters - Edited by Wallace Brockway & Bart Kieth Winer


Book Description: Hard Cover Blue Cloth
Published: 1941
Printed by: Simon And Schuster New York
Condition: Excellent
Pages:633

Price: R150,00 

Faeries - Brian Froud and Alan Lee



Book Title: Faeries 
Published: 1978 
Editor: David Lavkin 
Illustrators: Brian Froud and Alan Lee
Printed by: Pan Books 
Cover: A4 Soft Cover 
Condition: Good 
Book Description:
Pages:298, Illustrations in colour and black and white sketches 

Price: R300 

Churchill The Walk with Destiny - H.Tatlock Miller (First Edition)



Book Description:

First Edition (Limited) stamped No. 5786 Dec; appears to be autographed by the author; hard cover coffee table book; colour illustrations and black and white photographs; 253 pages; printed 1959

Book Condition: Excellent 

Price: R450 

Born to Star - The Lupino Lane Story by James Dillion White



First Edition 
Book Title : BORN TO STAR THE LUPINO LANE STORY
Author : James Dillon White

"Lupino Lane has covered every side of show business - music hall, pantomime, musical comedy, revue, films, broadcasting.  He has been an acrobat, acted, mimed, sung, produced shows, directed films, bought a theatre. Born To Star is full of wonderful anecdotes - on and off stage.  It is also a tribute to one of our greatest and most gallant comedians."

Publisher : Heinemann 
Publication Year : 1957
Book Format : Hardback with dustjacket
Pages : 304
Condition : Good 

Price: R50,00 

The British Boy's Annual 1921



The British Boy's Annual 1921 

Edited by Eric Wood, with four colour plates and numerous illustrations in Black and White

Cassell and Company, LTD
1921 

Condition: Age Spots 

Price: R100,00 

Hard Cover First Edition Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - J.K.Rowling


Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban First Edition Hard Cover 1999

In Perfect Condition 

Price:
R300,00 

John Everard - My hundred best studies


John Everard My hundred best studies

First Edition

London: The Bodloey Haed, 1954. 100 black andwhite full-page plates. 8to. Author's signaturegold-stamped at front board.FIRST EDITION.21 x 16 cm. (8.3 x 6.3 in.)(1)

Highly Collectible Stunning 100 Nudes Plates in Black and White
 by the World Famous Photographer John Everard 


Dust Cover slightly torn and damaged - book in excellent condition

Value +/- £150

Price: R900,00