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1964 Democratic Convention Newspaper Coverage: August 25-28, 1964
Atlantic City, N.J.: Atlantic City Press, Philadelphia Daily New, New York Daily News, Various, 1964
First Edition, Very Good, No Jacket
First Edition. Newspaper coverage of the 1964 Democratic Convention in Atlantic City, which nominated LBJ and Hubert Humphrey to run against Barry Goldwater. Tuesday August 25 is full issues of both the Philadelphia and New York Daily News, Wed - Fri August 26 - 28 is full copies of the Atlantic City Press. Copies are tanning and getting brittle with age, but in generally good to very good condition. A large and heavy item which will require additional shipping cost.
000485
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50.00 GBP
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1964 LBJ Victory Coverage
New York Times, York (Pa) Dispatch, N Y Daily News, NY Journal American, Various, 1964
First Edition, Very Good, No Jacket
First Edition. Newspaper coverage of the 1964 election victory of LBJ and Hubert Humphrey over Republican contender, Barry Goldwater. All dated November 4, 1964. Copies are tanning and getting brittle with age, but in generally good to very good condition. A large and heavy item which may require additional shipping cost.
000486
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35.00 GBP
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1964 Presidential Election Ephemera
1964
Very Good,
1964 election materials (Democrat only) - Campaign brochures, invitations, memorabilia, catalog of promo materials, Daily telephone directories for the convention, Roll of delegates and alternates, Directory of convention delegates, candidates, etc. Draft of platform. 24-page newspaper advertising supplement, "Mr President, The Office, The Man" 3 Newsweek convention souvenir tally boards with sheets. A large and heavy volume which may require additional shipping cost.
000484
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50.00 GBP
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A Decanter Guide to Bordeaux 1996
Decanter Special Publications, London, 1996
Magazine, Very Good, No Jacket
80pp inc many colour illustrations - One of the Decanter Magazine guides to wine regions. Articles include: "Bordeaux's young generation", "Is 1995 a classic year?", "Spotlight on Caberbet Franc", "Cotes-price bargains", "The best of the 1990s" and others. Magazine is immaculate. ProvenanceThis book comes from the library of the late Ian de Hamel, who died in 2003, and who during WWII was a Flight Lt flying Sunderland with Coastal Command during 1944-45 and was a bit of a wine connoisseur and friend of the author. It was purchased at Fellows and Sons Auction, Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2005.
008159
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12.50 GBP
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A Decanter Guide to Bordeaux 1997
Decanter Special Publications, London, 1997
Magazine, Very Good, No Jacket
88pp inc many colour illustrations - One of the Decanter Magazine guides to wine regions. Articles include: "Estates under pressure", "Twenty-five years of great Sauternes", "The bargains of Bordeaux", "Understanding Bordeaux", "The merchant's tale", "Extravagant tastes" and others. Magazine is immaculate. ProvenanceThis book comes from the library of the late Ian de Hamel, who died in 2003, and who during WWII was a Flight Lt flying Sunderland with Coastal Command during 1944-45 and was a bit of a wine connoisseur and friend of the author. It was purchased at Fellows and Sons Auction, Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2005.
008157
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12.50 GBP
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A Decanter Guide to Bordeaux 1999
Decanter Special Publications, London, 1999
Magazine, Very Good, No Jacket
104pp inc many colour illustrations - One of the Decanter Magazine guides to wine regions. Articles include: "Which to buy and which to drink", "The Irish element", "Cadillac and the premieres cotes", "Bed, board and Bordeaux", "Bordeaux on a budget" and others. Magazine is immaculate. ProvenanceThis book comes from the library of the late Ian de Hamel, who died in 2003, and who during WWII was a Flight Lt flying Sunderland with Coastal Command during 1944-45 and was a bit of a wine connoisseur and friend of the author. It was purchased at Fellows and Sons Auction, Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2005.
008158
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12.50 GBP
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A Tribute to Duke Ellington: "We Love You Madly"
Verve, USA, 1973
Gatefold Sleeve, Fine -, Fine -
Stereo,
2 LP set (2-V6S-8818) - A grand and glorious tribute to the Duke by the greats of Jazz's golden age. Artists include: Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Oscar Peterson, Coleman Hawkins, Stan Getz, Al Hibbler, Was Montgomery, Gene Krupa, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Hodges, and Buddy Rich. Liner notes by Harvey Siders, Sleeve (multi-colour graphics including portrait of the Duke by Robert Hickson) has minimal edgewear, and a "remaindered" cut to the top edge near the fold. Record in near mint condition, in original anti-static sleeves.
004873
Price:
17.50 GBP
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Best Mystery Stories
Faber & Faber Ltd, London, 1935
Reprint, Cloth, Very Good, No Jacket
485pp - This is a mystery story anthology. There is no editor listed but other details indicate that this is the "Cheap Edition" reprint of what was titled "Best Mystery Stories of the Year 1932". Authors included are: A. E. Apple, Amos Baxter, Agatha Christie, W. A. Darlington, H. de Vere Stagpoole,arlton Eadie, David Evans, L. Patrick Greene, Ormond Grenville, Ben Hecht, Jack Hulick, Louis Kaye, Frank King, Kobold Knight, Denis Mackail, W. J. Makin, Douglas Newton, Edward Percy, Robert E. Pinkerton, Oscar Schisgall, W. A. Sweeney, and Ethel Lina White. Covers (black cloth yellow (faux gilt?) titles to spine) are very slightly soiled and edgeworn. Pages are lightly tanned, otherwise without flaws.
008682
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20.00 GBP
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine: Vol CLX, July--December 1896
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh, 1896
First Edition, Half-Leather, Very Good, No Jacket
882pp inc index - This is the bound volume of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Vol CLX for July through December 1896. William Blackwood, the Edinburgh publisher, started this monthly in April, 1817 as a Tory rival to the Whig-supporting "Edinburgh Review". John Lockhart, who led the campaign against what he called the Cockney School of Poetry of Leigh Hunt and William Hazlitt, was its first editor. Although a Tory periodical, Blackwood's Magazine did support the work of the radical poets, Percy Bysshe Shelley and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The magazine ceased publication in 1980, according to the spartacus.schoolnet website. Included are: a poem by Hamish Hendry, an article about Caithness by Herbert Maxwell, an article about "The Musical Temperament..." by W. W. Hutchings. Also an unsigned article commemorating the 100th anniversary of Robert Burns, an article about an excursion into the Atlas Mountains by Walter B. Harris, an in-depth examination of "England's Duty in South Africa" by A. Michie, an unsigned critiqu of "The Novels of Mr Blackmore", an unsigned critique of a biography of the magazine's first editor "The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart" and a review of the new book by J M Barrie "Sentimental Tommy", Covers (half leather on brown cloth with five raised gilt decorated bands to spine and gilt titles to maroon morocco panel on spine) are split at front hinge and joint and at rear joint, rubbed at corners with some wear to edges and some soiling to cloth at front and rear panels. Marbled end papers and page edges. Some foxing and smuging to prelim pages and title page, else textblock is immaculate. A large and heavy volume (almost 2Kg) which may require additional shipping cost.
008228
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35.00 GBP
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Break-Through - An Introduction to Studio 2 Stereo
EMI, London, 1967
First Edition, Single Sleeve, Very Good +, Very Good
Stereo,
1 LP (STWO1) - Twelve tracks. Here's another one of those compilation albums from the '60s, the sole purpose of which was to demonstrate to a new market, the wonders of STEREO. This one features pieces by Franck Pourcel, Eric Delaney, Louis Bellson, Norman Newell, Joe Loss and others. Sleeve is slightly edgeworn, soiled and rubbed. Record is VG.
003494
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15.00 GBP
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Break-Through: An Introduction to Studio Two Stereo
Columbia EMI, London, 1967
First Edition, Single Sleeve, Very Good +, Very Good
Stereo,
1 LP (STWO-1) - Features a variety of music played by Franck Pourcel, Norrie Paramor And His Orchestra, Wout Steenhuis, The Norman Newell Orchestra, Joe Loss & His Orchestra, Manuel And The Music Of The Mountains, Ron Goodwin And His Orchestra, Pepe Jaramillo, The Band Of The Irish Guards, Garry Blake And His Orchestra, Semprini, and Eric Delaney And Louis Bellson. A compilation of 12 stereo performances intended to give the public a taste of the wonders of stereo sound when stereo was just gaining popularity. Sleeve is lightly edgeworn, soiled and rubbed with a price sticker to front panel. Record (in anti-static inner sleve) is VG+ with minimal amount of noise.
008096
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7.50 GBP
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California 2000: a Supplement to Decanter Magazine
Decanter Special Publications, London, 2000
Magazine, Very Good, No Jacket
48pp inc many colour illustrations - One of the Decanter Magazine guides to wine regions. Articles include: "On the Road", "Big Reds, Little Reds", "A Higher State", "Encounters of the third kind" and others. Magazine is immaculate. ProvenanceThis book comes from the library of the late Ian de Hamel, who died in 2003, and who during WWII was a Flight Lt flying Sunderland with Coastal Command during 1944-45 and was a bit of a wine connoisseur and friend of the author. It was purchased at Fellows and Sons Auction, Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2005.
008165
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Cassell Dictionary of Sex Quotations
Cassell - Market House Books, London, 1997 0 304 34939 9 / 9780304349395
First Thus, Trade Paperback, Fine, No Jacket
297pp inc index. "This unexpurgated collection of well over 2000 quotations explores some 50 themes to do with matters sexual.." from, adultery to virginity and wedding nights. Book is immaculate.
000363
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Chateau Cos d'Estournel: a Decanter Magazine Promotion
Decanter Special Publications, London,
Magazine, Very Good, No Jacket
Three-page foldout with colour poster on reverse - A special promotional item from Decanter Magazine. It was removed from an issue of the magazine, but isn't dated. Nor is it damaged, except for the staple holes. The text about Chateau Cos d'Estournel tells about the winery in the Saint-Estèphe appellation of the Bordeaux region of France. Item is immaculate. ProvenanceThis book comes from the library of the late Ian de Hamel, who died in 2003, and who during WWII was a Flight Lt flying Sunderland with Coastal Command during 1944-45 and was a bit of a wine connoisseur and friend of the author. It was purchased at Fellows and Sons Auction, Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2005.
008167
Price:
10.00 GBP
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Various; Lovell, Bernard (intro)
Cosmology Now
BBC Books, London, 1974 0 363 12370 2
Reprint, Cloth, Fine, Very Good
168 inc index and illustrations - "Cosmology has always faced scientists with an awesome challenge: to describe the history and structure of the entire universe in terms that mankind can accept and understand. Now startling new observations being made in the depths of space are threatening to shatter the very foundations", says the blurb. The chapters are each written by an eminent cosmologist and the book is based on a BBC Radio 3 series. Cover (dark blue cloth with gilt titles to spine) is Fine. DJ (in protective sleeve) has edgewear including three small closed tears and creases at the top. Book is immaculate.
001939
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7.50 GBP
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Country Idylls
Raphael, Tuck & Sons, London,
First Edition, Pictorial Cloth, Very Good, No Jacket
"After Birket Foster",
Unpaginated but about 35. Undated but appears to be late Victorian. Anthology of poems about nature from a variety of poets including Robert Bloomfield, Mary Howitt, J. Sterling, Longfellow, Wordsworth, J. R. Lowell, Cowper, S. Coleridge, etc. Covers (grey cloth with colour illustration of mother and two children at seashore and titles in gilt to front board) are bevelled, lightly soiled, and minimally edgeworn. Textblock is missing FEP, lightly soiled and foxed, and a crack is starting at front hinge. AEG.
004951
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65.00 GBP
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Creative Cooking and Entertaining
Readers Digest Association Ltd, London, 1986
First Edition, Laminated, Fine-, No Jacket
432pp inc index, b&w line drawings and plenty of colour photos. Includes the following chapters - "Breakfast and Brunch" by Anne Ager; "Morning Coffee" by Geraldine Holt; "Lunch, Dinner and Supper" by Jeni Wright; "Afternoon Tea" by Holt; "Children's Parties" by Helen O'Leary; "Drinks Parties" by O'Leary; "Dinner Parties and Lunch Parties" by Ager; "Buffet Parties" by Jennie Reekie; "Picnics" by Christine France; "Barbecues" by Rosemary Waley; and "Emergency Entertaining" by Clare Payne. Also Special Features about coffee, wine, tea, table setting, presentation and garnishing etc.
Book (with ribbon bookmark bound in) is immaculate. A large and heavy volume which may require additional shipping cost.
003190
Price:
14.95 GBP
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Cupid's Almanack
Peter Pauper Press Inc, New York, 1956
First Edition, Decorative Card, Fine -, Fine -
McCrea, Ruth,
61pp - A collection of romantic epigrams. Book and DJ are immaculate except for slight tanning.
005120
Price:
5.00 GBP
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Decanter Bordeaux 1992
Decanter Special Publications, London, 1992
Magazine, Very Good, No Jacket
80pp inc many colour illustrations - One of the Decanter Magazine guides to wine regions. Articles include: "Baronne Philippine de Rothschild talks to Colin Parnell", "Step-by-step guide to the Appellations", "Left Bank: Graves and Medoc 1986 to 1991", Right Bank: Pomerol and St-Emilion", "Return of Sauternes" and others. Magazine is immaculate except bottom half of first page was removed. ProvenanceThis book comes from the library of the late Ian de Hamel, who died in 2003, and who during WWII was a Flight Lt flying Sunderland with Coastal Command during 1944-45 and was a bit of a wine connoisseur and friend of the author. It was purchased at Fellows and Sons Auction, Birmingham (UK) in Dec 2005.
008160
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12.50 GBP
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