Taming of the Slough de Sheck Exley

London, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1888.. Early British edition. Contains two stories: From the Earth to the Moon, and A Trip round the Moon: a sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. There is a frontispiece illustration, and another facing page 6. The titlepage and first few pages of the text are foxed, but the Boards are in very good codition with illustrations on the front cover and spine.

World Publishing, New York, NY, 1876. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Size: 8mo - over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4" tall. 767 pp. Pages are yellowed, but are clean. Heavy foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Previous owner's inscription on endpapers. Moderate water damage to text, covers unaffected. Bumped and rubbed. Corners are rounded. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2 - 3 pounds. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 108310. . Additional shipping charges may apply.

New York: New York Book Company, 1870. First Thus . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 650pp. 42 plates of engravings. illus. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine titles. Hinges broken, front end paper missing, old masking tape connecting front paste down and frontispiece verso, mostly mild/ some moderate foxing to interior, light wear to board edges and spine ends, spine mildly cocked. This is an apparent reissue with a twist of original title by the publisher of the 1869 Women of New York or the Under-world of a Great City by Ellington - a pseudonym according to OCLC, possibly for James Dabney McCabe in the opinion of one scholar (citation on request). The contents: Women of Fashion, Women of Pleasure, Married Women, Wicked Women, Female Artistes, Life in a Female Seminary, Other Women, Female institutions. The last paragraph of the preface sums up the book's general premise: " There are doubtless many true and noble women among the fashion and… Leer más

Boards have water stain.DJ with clipped corners and water stains.Feathered edges to pages.

This book is in nearly new condition, inside and out. See photos.

Wellington, NZ: NZ Dept of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1965. Cream heavy card wraps with Red cloth spine (initials to front) pp 283 with 21 tables and 43 figural illus including many maps. Very tight and clean with presentation slip tipped in to ffep. Overweight #New Zealand History#. First Edition. Quarto Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1895. 2nd revised and enlarged edition. Subtitle continued "embracing framework building, field magnet and armature winding and grouping, compounding, etc.. with examples of leading English, American, and Continental Dynamos and Motors." CONDITION Brown bds with bright Gilt title, Black publishers device and borders to front (mild shelf wear, sl damp mark top front cnr) pp xvi 368 with 114 figural illus, publishers list and advertising to rear. Copy is Near Fine with very bright interior, name in Blue pencil partially erased to verso of title page.. 2nd Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

W. R. Vansant, 1904. Hardbound. Condition: Very Good-. No dust jacket. First Edition. 649 pp. Text white with light sunning along top edge. Clean, unmarked with green design endpapers. Prior owner attribution in pencil on front free endpaper. Illustrated with b/w and full color illustrations and diagrams. "Vivilore: the pathway to mental and physical perfection; the twentieth century book for every woman; a brave and scholarly treatment of sex-life, parenthood, child training, beauty laws and vital interests of women and of men; also a comprehensive treatment of disease and its remedies, including materia medcia. A plea for self-knowledge, self-mastery, and self-development. Embellished with 140 illustrations in rich colors and exquisite half-tones, with numerous scientific pictu res which answer essential questions. Complete index and glossary."

Please note that the overall condition is acceptable, however some pages have been removed over time and details of the page count are included in the description.
928 numbered pages, illustrations and advertisements throughout. Some typical content includes:
Motor memoranda
Character and colour of the Chelsea pageant
Triumph of the Lusitania
Naval disaster off the isle of Wight
Lady Disdain
World's greatest meteorite - A letter from Commander Peary
Refer to the index pages in the gallery image for a complete listing of the content. 
Warnambool Mechanics Institute stamped on numerous pages.

Note: This volume is heavy (42x32x6cm, approx 6kg). Arrangements can be negotiated for the most cost effective method of delivery. 

Pages Missing:
223-226
465-480 out of place
894-900

Tears:
321 supplement
737, 759,761

Incorrect No. 867

1947 softcover as pictured. This is an interesting collection of newspaper columns written by Virginia Brooks during a trip to Europe, Palestine and Africa in 1947. The primary purpose of the trip was big game hunting in Africa. Though quite readable the post WWII colonial attitude concerning the middle east and Africa is troubling as is the glorification of trophy hunting. Binding is firm, spine uncreased. Covers are rubbed and lightly soiled. Front endpapers mottled. Text appears unmarked. Includes several b&w photographs of the author and her companions. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OB3