Search results for: 'hover'
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BELLOW, Saul. The Adventures of Augie March.New York : 1953
First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Patricia, To the best dressed, best-natured woman in New York from her admirer - and friend, Saul". The recipient was likely Viking Press's publicity director Patricia MacManus, with whom Bellow had become friends. MacManus started working for Viking... Learn More£4,500.00Stock Code: 118332
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BENTLEY, Nicolas. "Would you require something for sleep, madam, or cross-Channel purposes?"c. 1959
Christopher Cockerell's hovercraft, which resembled a mattress, made its first successful crossing of the English Channel on 25 July 1959. The cartoons and illustrations of Nicolas Bentley (1907-1978) were part of the warp and weft of English popular culture in the 1950s and 60s. Never savage, though often waspishly accurate and exuding an urbane air... Learn More£275.00Stock Code: 67001
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WALE, H.J. Sword and Surplice;1880
First edition. "Service from 1845 in the Hussars in India and the Crimean War" (Bruce). A really very uncommon memoir, OCLC listing just 8 copies worldwide - BL, London Library, Cambridge and NLS in the UK, California State, Detroit and Cleveland Public Libraries, NY Historical Society in the US - COPAC another at Oxford. Wale was commissioned as a... Learn More£350.00Stock Code: 61736
