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The Second Edition With AdditionsPublished by Printed for and sold by W. Brown, 17782nd ed with additions. second of 2 vols. 8vo (8½ x 5½ ins). Contemporary polished calf, raised ribbed spines gilt ruled in six compartments with gilt lettered labels, board edges gilt tooled (boards lightly marked and scratched and corners bumped). Please note condition carefully: Full leather calf binding finely tooled BUT both boards are detached, have been previously mended with paper at the inside hinges, title page browned, prelim pages adhere to front board. A couple of page corners bent or folded. Sold as-is. Please examine the images.Author:Captain Philip Thicknesse (1719 – 23 November 1792) was an English author, eccentric, and friend of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. Philip Thicknesse was born in Staffordshire, England, son of John Thicknesse, Rector of Farthinghoe, Northamptonshire and Joyce (née Blencowe) Thicknesse. He was brought up in Farthinghoe.Thicknesse visited the Colony of Georgia in… Read More

J.M. Dent, London, 1954 First edition, 5th (posthumous) printing. Binding: Hardcover, with jacket. Author signature card glued-in onto the title page. "Thank you, sincerely Dylan Thomas." Book Condition: Very Good, jacket, very good with slight chipping to top and bottom of the spine, mylar protector. A play for radio later adapted for the stage and screen follows an all-seeing narrator through a fictional Welsh village, he hears the dreams and innermost thoughts of the villagers as they sleep, and when they awake we see how this affects their waking lives.Under Milk Wood A Play for Voices by Dylan Thomas, with preface and musical settings by Daniel Jones. Book Description: Internally very good & clean, no name or inscription, the top edge of text block with shelflife, unmarked beige cloth boards. D/j unclipped good only with loss top/tail of spine & rubbing along edges. Now protected by clear cellophane sleeve. Hardback with dustjacket, 5" x 7 1/2", 101 pages, with preface, musical score, and… Read More

Richard G. Badger, 1917 HAS THE NORTH POLE BEEN DISCOVERED? by Thomas F. Hall. Personal copy of Frank Clune OBE, 1893-1971. Richard G. Badger, Boston 1917. Hardcover illustrated with illustrations, charts, and folding maps. Iconic Australian writer Frank (Francis) Clune's personal copy, with his Ex-Libris bookplate in front. (see ref example in the National Library of Australia) Published in 1917, this volume is bound in red cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the front board and spine cover. The work is a look at the published works of Cook and Peary to determine if they truly did reach the North Pole on their expeditions. Folding plates and a folding map that is stored in a pocket on the rear board. History is entitled to the truth in all vital matters. Therefore, the sole purpose of this book is to unfold the truth concerning the claims of Mr. Peary and Dr. Cook regarding the discovery of the North Pole. Although Congress, The National Geographic Society, Copenhagen University and various… Read More

Angus & Robertson, 1972.Hardcover first edition 9780207125027Includes a typed copy of a possibly unpublished manuscript of poem 'Apollo Descended' by Tranter. Single folded sheet has an area of staining not affecting the text. A fine copy, jacket slightly rubbed, typed page inserted has a stain.