Rare 1st. Edition from LeCrastinBooks

A story for children heavy on religion but written in a sprightly way. Secondary title is "The History of Mary and her Family". This is a first edition, published in 1848 in London by Seeleys (a certain Seeley is also the printer). See photos of Wiki page on the author and indications of a library-held copy. This is a very rare book and… Read more about this item

384pp.1980 film directed by John Irving.

vii + 88 pp. Printed by Purnell and Sons, Ltd., Paulton (Somerset) and London First impression of the true first edition, published in 1940. There were two issues of this book - the first was in blue-green paper covered boards, as with this issue, and there was a second printing in pale orange paper covered boards, which incorporated some corrections to… Read more about this item

First edition thus, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 25-348; 4 plates within text block, 8 folding charts depicting a vertical section of the Atlantic, depth chart, paths of hurricanes, sea drifts, winds and routes, and the gulf stream, and 1 folding table of a pilot's sheet - all in perfect condition barring one small tear(4 cm.) on Plate VIII; original navy blue… Read more about this item

Apparently two copies of this 48 page brochure exist in the BNF. These are the only ones we have been able to locate - so, VERY RARE! This is an argument in favour of a drastic (two-thirds) reduction to leave only the light brigades, still in 1869 potentially useful on the battlefield. This booklet was purchased by Louis Tronchin, a Colonel… Read more about this item

In three 8vo. volumes. Vol. 1: Three unnumbered title pages + vi-viii, pp.287 + 32 pp. Publisher's catalogues No.1 & 2, dated October, 1842; Vol. 2: 269pp. plus identical 32 pp. catalogues; Vol. 3: 225pp. and an additional note by author. With an engraved frontispiece to each volume, numerous engraved illustrations in the text, and publisher's advertisement catalogues to Vols. I and II. Spines… Read more about this item

An attractive, didactic children's book very probably written in 1844 by the Swiss (Geneva) wife of the "co-author", a Protestant Pasteur -Pasteur de l'église réformée evangelique- telling the story of a boat trip up the Rhône river, from Avignon to Geneva. viii + 203 pp. The unusual cover page is composed of a series of vignettes. Free postal delivery worldwide.

London: Heinemann, 1951. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good. The dust jacket is slightly faded. There are four half-inch or less tears where it bends around the spine, i.e. at top and bottom. There is one other quarter inch tear and it has been bumped, particularly at the top spine end and there are a couple of other minor folds or… Read more about this item

A genuine and VERY RARE single volume first edition of the second book in Forester's famed Hornblower series published in April 1938, well before the bundled volume: Ship of the Line/Flying Colours. The front title page of the dust jacket has been cut and glued onto the inside (page 2) of the hardcover. Binding is tight, slightly slanted, with cream-coloured inside… Read more about this item

Paris: Alphonse Derenne, 1880. softcover, 68 pages extant. poor. Medical thesis: full title " De l'Absence Congénitale du Vagin consideree surtout au point de vue de sa pathogénie et de son traitement"