Henry Hudson
Published in1899 this is the First Edition of this book on Sir Humphrey Kynaston, The Robin Hood of Shropshire, who reputedly lived in a cave on the sandstone hill in Nesscliffe, bound in the original gilt decorated cloth, the book measures 8 inches by 5 inches approx, 375 pages, with seventeen pages of illustrations. The cover has a small snag to the cloth on the upper board, a small ink stain to the edge of the spine, and some noticeable discolouration of the cloth to the lower edge of the rear cover, internally foxing to endpapers with foxing marks on and off within the book, page edges are untrimmed else an acceptable example of the hard to find first edition
R. Rowe
Published in January 1811, this is a scarce hand coloured linen backed folding map of Warwickshire by R. Rowe, housed in its original slipcase, the slipcase measures 7 inches by 4.5 inches approx., fully opened the map measures 17 inches by 14 inches approx. The slipcase is darkened, rubbed and stained else in good condition, the map has some foxing and light marking, a little fraying to edges, some staining to reverse else in good condition, this is a lighter item, shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout where possible
John MacCulloch
Privately printed for the author in 1823, this is the First Edition of this very scarce book on the Scottish scenery around Blair Atholl, Dunkeld in Perthshire, and Kinross, The book is not illustrated but its original owner, an Elizabeth A. Murray, has added a number of illustrations and newspaper clippings to the endpaper and blank areas within the book, along with handwritten notes, some of it connected with fishing, with a handwritten list of lakes and what fish can be caught, also a list of the highest hills in the area, a handwritten chart at front giving the monthly rainfall in the Dunkeld area for the years 1859 through to 1867, and other notes of local interest. The binding is in a very worn state, loss of leather to spine, both boards are virtually detached from the binding, some old tape repair marks along spine edge, internally some light marks to the contents, one page browned due to a newspaper clipping that has been left between those pages (pictured) creasing to endpapers, a few other small marks else in good general condition. BINDING IS IN NEED OF REPAIR, BOARDS ARE VIRTUALLY DETACHED. ELSE A VERY INTERESTING EXAMPLE OF THIS RARE BOOK WITH MANY ADDED HANDWRITTEN AND OTHER PIECES BY ITS ORIGINAL OWNER
Geo. W. Hawley, Compiled by P. E. Dunlap
Undated, probably late 1800s, this is W. Hawleys illustrated Guide to Niagara Falls and Points of interest, bound in hard covers, with 14 pages of illustrations which fold out in concertina fashion, multi images to most pages, this is followed by 59 pages of text on the falls, their history, including human attempts at swimming and going over the falls etc. covers rubbed and marked, it may have a new spine, if it has, then it has been professionally done, minor damage to top of first image (pictured|) text block inside is printed on cheap paper which has browned throughout, there is some inner strengthening to the text block which has been resewn by a previous owner, the text pages are loosened in places else in acceptable condition, this is a lighter item, overseas shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout
Published in London in 1812, this is Francis Moores Almanack for the year, this copy bound with printed covers added by Wood & Watton of Shrewsbury, who published The Shrewsbury Chronicle and Shrewsbury Royal Almanack, online records show Wood printed the Shrewsbury Almanack in the years 1801-1803, with no records of any later dates being issued, so this London printed almanack from 1812 with their covers put on it might be what it evolved into later, just using a London printed almanack and adding their own covers. The cover is interesting as it lists local publications on its reverse, including a few remaining copies of Robert Baughs large 9 sheet map of Shropshire at the price of two guineas, which is around £200 in todays money. The undersize covers and page edges are worn with corner curling, some small edge tears and a couple of small diamond shaped holes cut out in plain page margins, Plymouth Athenaeum rubber date stamp to inside rear cover also dated 1812. This is a lighter item, overseas shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout where possible
Undated, but most likely dating to the second world war, this is an interesting manuscript book probably belonging to a member of the RAF maintenance ground crew in which he has written notes for the maintenance of the bomber aircraft, planes mentioned in the text are The Lancaster Bomber, The Wellington, Warwick, Stirling, etc With notes on the Gun Fire Interrupter, the Taboo Mechanism, Gun and Auxiliary rams, Gun Turrets, and much more The book is 8 inches tall approx., and has around 38 used pages. Covers marked, a couple of creased pages else in good condition.
Published circa 1960, this is a scarce 52 page publication about the newly refitted Royal Navy C-Class Destroyer HMS Caprice and her first voyage after the modernisation refit HMS Caprice was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, ordered on 16 February 1942 from Yarrow, Scotstoun. She was originally to be named HMS Swallow but this was changed to Caprice before launch to fit her revised class name. She is the only British warship to have had this name. She was adopted by the Civil Community of Bexley and Welling, as part of the Warship Week programme. Following the war Caprice paid off into reserve. Along with other Ca group destroyers she was selected for modernisation by Yarrow in 1959. Work included a new enclosed bridge and Mark 6M gunnery fire control system, as well as the addition of two triple Squid anti-submarine mortars. Following the refit, Caprice was sent to the Far East, joining the 8th Destroyer Flotilla at Singapore. She remained in the Far East for four years before returning to Britain. On 1 January 1961, she was on passage from Hong Kong to Singapore when she responded to a distress signal from the Panamanian freighter SS Galatea, which had run aground on Pearson Reef in the Spratly Islands. Caprice saved 20 of the 21-man crew of Galatea, but Galatea's captain fell into the sea during the rescue attempts and died. Two of Caprice's crew were awarded the Queen's Commendation for Brave Conduct for their part in the rescue. The book is 11 inches tall, soft cover format. Some marking to covers, internally noticeable page corner creasing, with other edge creasing wear else in good acceptable condition.