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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean, tight and unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. Foreword by Gerald Durrell. 24 pages of illustrations. First UK edition. In this insider's explanation of zoos, the noted conservationist describes the life of a modern zoo, with a style as beguiling and colourful as the antics he celebrates. He describes the work and world of the keeper, the vet, the researcher, the curator and many more, and his astonishing animal lore ranges from aardvark to zebra, as he tells how zoo vets operate on the broken leg of an 8 foot komodo dragon and stitch the tongue of Krinkles the aardvark. He tells how fast one has to run to outpace a mamba, how to avoid being squashed by a mischievous elephant, and how to scare a Bengal tiger back into its cage. Abounding with incidents from major zoos around the world. **** NOT EX LIB **** 15. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007781. ISBN: 0297776606
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Imprint: London, Anthony Blond, 1967 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a strip of age darkening to endpapers) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The son of Lord Glenavy, a journalist for many newspapers including the Irish Times and the Sunday Dispatch, a television celebrity, writer and humourist, known for his endearing stammer, his autobiography is a cool, honest look at his real life. Illustrated. **** NOT EX LIB **** B2B. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 007640.
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which has a little creasing to top. Volume 2 of Macmillan Anthologies of English Literature series, which brings together drama, poems and prose from a wide range of English Renaissance authors. Many complete texts are included and there are substantial selections from major writers such as Spenser, Shakespeare, Donne and Milton with the texts having been carefully modernised making them fully accessible to readers for the first time but still reflecting the rich and various styles of the period. 13. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002814. ISBN: 0333392655
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Imprint: Oxford, Capstone Publishing, 2001 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY ROGER CAMRASS on front endpaper with inscription - 'Tim, Following in your great footsteps, now is the time for personal atomisation, 23/09/01'. Picking up where Cap Gemini Ernst and Young's last blockbuster 'Blur' leaves off, this book creates a radical manifesto for the future of organizations. The authors examine the radical changes that are going to sweep across the global economy in the next decade, and their revolutionary theory is put to the test, looking at all sectors of business. 12. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007310. ISBN: 184112172X
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Imprint: Newbury, Berkshire, Countryside Books, 1986 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Sussex has a great wealth of stories from its long history and a fascinating folklore. These are tales from its rich treasury. Some are legends of dragons and magic. Others tell of piracy and smuggling. The old seasonal customs have their place too, as have the famous and infamous characters from the past. 51. Illustr.: Osmond, Don. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010796. ISBN: 0905392450
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Imprint: Éditions De La Martinière, 1996 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Une belle copie. Avec ses 674 pages et ses 500 photographies en noir et en couleurs, La Fabuleuse Histoire De La Boxe raconte 300 ans d'un sport dont la sanction supreme, le K.O. redouté par certains, souhaité par D'autres, en fait une discipline particulière. **** DÉBALLÉ POIDS EST 2.5 KILO PEUT EXIGER D'APPOINT FRAIS DE PORT **** 2. Book Condition: Très Bon. Binding: Couverture Rigide. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 009282. ISBN: 9782732421698
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Imprint: Michael Joseph, 1987 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with slight age fading to page edges else very clean, unmarked and with no inscriptions.with VG+ dustjacket . A fictional saga of Sara and Josiah Wedgwood who created the famous pottery. This is the author's first novel for Michael Joseph. L. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 000633. ISBN: 0718128001
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Imprint: London, Severn House, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Originally published in 1980 as Captain Black under the pseudonym Caroline Martin. Pictorial laminated boards of the highwayman and heroine with matching dustjacket. Dustjacket has the smallest of creases at the spine head. A near Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket. An historical novel set in the time of the exiled Charles II. **** NOT EX LIB **** **** NOT LARGE PRINT **** 24. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 000827. ISBN: 0727853937
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Imprint: London, Ivy Leaf, 1991 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with pictorial laminated boards as dustjacket with Fine complete dustjacket. This vividly illustrated book gives the full story of many of the monumental disasters of the 20th century, those of accidents and those of natural calamities such as volcanic eruptions, includes the sinking of the Titanic, the R101 and Hindenburg disasters, San Francisco earthquake. 20B. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 004647. ISBN: 0863630189
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Imprint: New York, Parker Publishing, 1968 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black title on yellow boards which have minor marks to back but no wear. Internally there is some indentation from writing to the front endpaper, some light foxing to closed edges else a clean and unmarked copy. A book on a system of self control of the mind to greatly relieve many medical ailments written by a medical doctor. Author claims that Unitrol ( From Unit and Control) can change your temperament and improve memory. **** NOT EX LIB **** A1C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000569.
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Imprint: Lewes, East Sussex, Glyndebourne Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A near Fine copy of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera programme for 1979. Operas are Fidelio - Beethoven; Il Ritorno D'Ulisse in Patria - Monteverdi; Die Schweigsame - Strauss; Cosi Fan Tutte - Mozart; La Fedelta Premiata - Haydn. 11. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011315.
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Imprint: London, William Heinemann, 1953 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. TRUE FIRST EDITION (NOT the later 1954 US edition). Gilt title on red boards which have fading to spine but no wear. Internally there is light foxing to endpapers, to closed edges and a little to some pages else clean, tight and unmarked. 199 pages. Harry Paul Capon (1912-1969). Paul Capon was a UK writer who also worked for many years as an editor and administrator in film and television production, ending his career as head of the Film Department of Independent Television News. From 1942 he wrote fairly copiously in various genres, including detective stories. No one believed Professor Elrick of the London Radar Research Laboratory when he announced in 1977 that Earth was in imminent danger of attack. Ever since his discovery of the dark star, Nero, the Professor and his young assistant, Jim Shannon, had studied the planet and its satellites through the radaroscope with a growing sense of impending doom. There seemed to be positive proof that the third planet, Poppea, had a civilization which was technologically far more advanced than Earth's. He was proved correct when the hideous Poppeans invade the Earth. 5. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 008671.
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1957 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a strip of age toning to endpapers with dustjacket which has a repaired closed tear and is not price clipped. 320 pages. In his first book devoted exclusively to music for twelve years, Neville Cardus ranges at large over the music scene, which he has described with such grace in the columns of the Manchester Guardian and elsewhere. Starting with an appreciation of Toscanini, he writes of other conductors, including his favourite, Sir Thomas Beecham, and of the status and function of the conductor in a modern symphony concert. Next he turns to composers, writing with special force of Mahler, Strauss, Mozart, Elgar and contemporary English composers. In a stimulating and witty section about Opera, he recalls his visit to Vienna. Finally he considers the principles which lie - or should lie - behind musical criticism. B2B. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 009705.
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Imprint: London, A.R. Mowbray, 1946 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Black title to red cloth spine withblack and grey title and clock motif on paper covered boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good+ most well kept copy. Comprises: Foreword on The Dignity of Man; of the Catholic Church; and of the Church of England; The Background of Everything; The Purpose of God Persist in Spite of the Fall of Man; The Church of England - Its Four Essentials; The Church of England - Its Weaknesses; The Way of Recovery; The Price of It All; Appendix I - Synopsis of the Faith and Practice of the Catholic Church and the Church of England, and of the New Testament; Appendix II - The Structure of the Eucharist / Holy Communion; Appendix III - General points. R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010338.
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Imprint: London, Faber and Faber, 2001 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Winner of the 2001 Booker Prize. Map endpapers. A biography of the notorious Ned Kelly and his gang who became folk heroes, more so after his hanging in 1880. A1C. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003221. ISBN: 0571192165
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Imprint: London, The Pax House, 1942 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt titles and motif on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear and with fading to spine. Internally there is a name and date to front endpaper, a crease and very small tear to two pages, light foxing to endpapers else a clean tight copy. 98 pages. R5. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010869.
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Imprint: New York, Broadway Books, 2008 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. 259 pages. First Edition, First Printing. In her twenties, Janet Carlson was a successful competitive ballroom dancer, but she abandoned dancing to raise a family and pursue a more conventional profession as an editor for a luxury lifestyle magazine. Twenty years later, she seemed to have it all: two beautiful daughters, a glamorous job, and a handsome, talented husband. Despite all of her successes, she felt a terrible void - her marriage was deeply troubled, and she was somehow withdrawn in the very midst of her own life and the lives of her children. Then, one Valentine’s Day, her husband gave her ballroom dancing lessons as a gift, and everything changed. She discovered the joy, passion, and confidence she hadn’t realized had gone missing for so long. Over time, Janet discovers that ballroom dancing also contains the secrets to life and love: the give-and-take of dance, two bodies in rhythm and harmony, mirrors the reciprocity of human relationships. Total trust between partners is as vital on the dance floor as it is within a marriage. And yet, both partners - in dance and in life - must stand on their own two feet. The unadulterated joy Janet feels as she intuitively moves to the music speaks to the kind of absolute, whole-body happiness we were born to have. On the dance floor, she finds resolve in the waltz, self-confidence in the tango, and passion in nearly everything. Embracing dance once more allows her to let go of a marriage that was completely out of sync; put more heart and emotion into her work; find more time to truly be with her children; and ultimately rejoice in her intrinsic balance and poise. Told with precision, grace, and painstaking honesty, Quick, Before the Music Stops is the tale of one woman’s midlife renewal through dance, and how her newfound empowerment transcends the dance floor and becomes immediate and relevant in every aspect of her life. It shows us how to recognize and celebrate both our strengths and our flaws, reignite passion for the everyday, and how to step from the periphery into the light and surrender to the music. A1B. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 011072. ISBN: 9780767926829
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Imprint: London, Heinemann/Quixote, 1981 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine uninscribed copy with complete dustjacket which has fading to the spine. A comprehensive work which lists over 1.000 deities of the ancient and modern world who have a story that is worth telling and those that have played a significant part in the religious experience of mankind and which blends fascinating information with entertaining anecdotes and comment. Arranged by Africa, America, Asia, Europe, Middle East (including Egypt) and Oceania together with an index. It proves, if nothing else, that while God may have created man, it is man who has created gods. 16. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003029. ISBN: 0434980056
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Imprint: London, Cassell, 1971 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue cloth boards which have a few small minor marks to front else clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there are a few minor marks to fore edge else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has only light wear to edges. 562 pages. A comprehensive history of the Archbishops of Canterbury from Augustine in AD 597 up to Arthur Michael Ramsey in 1961, who was the hundredth Archbishop since St. Augustine, who came over from Rome. Since that remote time, which ante-dates the monarchy, Archbishops have been inextricably involved in the developing life of the English people. Canterbury was early the driving force behind a civilizing mission which in Anglo-Saxon days pointed the way to national unity and built up the prestige of Kingship. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.2 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COST **** R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007089. ISBN: 0304938505
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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1996 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small mark left by sticky label removal from front pastedown) with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. x + 401 pages. 31 illustrations. Robert Runcie the 102nd Archbishop of Canterbury, invited Humphrey Carpenter to be his biographer in his closing months as Archbishop of Canterbury. It triggered a sequence of meetings over four years in which, playing Boswell to Runcie's Johnson, Carpenter reveals the man behind the office and, through many focuses, draws a picture of an archbishop grappling with eventful times for the relations of Church to state. Runcie's archbishopric saw the first visit of a Pope to British soil, the Falklands War, and his own peace envoy, Terry Waite, being taken hostage in Beirut. It saw him at odds with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and criticised by factions within the Anglican hierarchy. R2. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 010263. ISBN: 0340571071
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Imprint: London, Quercus, 2008 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. An As New copy in and As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First Edition, First Printing. a large format volume of 256 pages lavishly colur illustrated. Journeys to sacred places or shrines undertaken as acts of veneration or penance have been a feature of religious observance from the earliest times. Ancient religions had holy sites, temples and groves, such as Delphi and Dodona in Greece, where oracles and their priestesses were reputed to be able to tell the future. Even older is Stonehenge - whose original religious purpose is still shrouded in mystery - and the Pyramids of Giza, defying all attempts to fathom their mysteries. During the medieval period Christian pilgrimage - to Jerusalem, Rome, Constantinople and Santiago de Compostela - was a sacred obligation and a trial of faith. On the other side o the Eurasian landmass, the Golden Temple and the Dome of the Rock became two of the holiest sites of the Sikh and Islamic faiths, with pilgrimage to Mecca, or hajj, becoming one of the Five Pillars of Islam.The author tells the stories of 50 sacred sites across all five continents, including sites venerated by all of the major religions. Many of the world's holiest sanctuaries and landscapes are here examined in a series of concise, informative and lavisly illustrated essays. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY BOOK OF 1.32 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COSTS. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 011050. ISBN: 9781847244215
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with age fading to page edges with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. A further historical fiction novel in the author's 'Daughters of England' series. The author is also the best selling novelist Jean Plaidy and Victoria Holt and as Philippa Carr does not let the history overwhelm the story. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.83 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST C3D. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 002386. ISBN: 0002235293
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Imprint: Berne, Alfred Scherz, 1946 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Card covers have age darkening with hardly any wear. Internally there is age darkening to page edges else clean, tight and unmarked. 220 pages. Scherz Phoenix Books volume 45. Very good condition considering its age. First published in 1944 this is a scarce early printing. 'Dick Markham is engaged to a beautiful but somewhat mysterious young woman named Lesley Grant. When they attend a cricket match in the English village of Six Ashes, they stop at the nearby fair and Lesley insists on seeing the fortune teller. She is apparently unaware that the fortune teller is being played by Sir Harvey Gilman, the Home Office pathologist and expert on crime. After her session, Dick visits Sir Harvey. The crime expert is about to tell his visitor something unpleasant about Lesley when he is shot and wounded, accidentally it seems, by Lesley herself. Later that night, Sir Harvey tells Dick that he recognized Lesley as a murderer who killed three husbands but was never convicted . . . because she somehow got the men to inject themselves with poison. Later that night, Sir Harvey dies in a locked and sealed room, in the exact same fashion as the three husbands.The famed Dr. Gideon Fell is called in to assist the investigation, and what he says after simply seeing the corpse turns the whole case upside down. The brilliant sleuth knows he is on the trail of a cunning killer with a hidden motive, but his cryptic comments leave everyone else baffled. As Fell unravels the clues, including a set of drawing pins found scattered beside the body, the murderer strikes again. Meanwhile, a desperate Dick Markham can't help wondering whether Lesley is a woman in grave danger or a threat to his life.' **** NOT EX LIB **** 50. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010226.
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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2008 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Near Fine unmarked copy which has a few spots to top edge with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. Silk page marker bound in. New spies with new loyalties, old spies with old ones; terror ar the new mantra; decent people wanting to do good, but caught in the moral maze; all the sound, rational reasons for doing the inhuman thing. A work of deep humanity and uncommon relevance to our times, poignant, compassionate, peopled with characters the reader never wants to let go. D4F. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 011455. ISBN: 9780340977064
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Imprint: London, Darton, Longman & Todd, 1988 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. 62 pages. Introduction by Mary Craig. Ever since the publication of his classic 'Letters from the Desert' Carretto has been recognised as a great spiritual writer, and in his writings can be found guidelines for a prayer life deeply relevant to today's Christians. The book contains a series of readings based on the themes of Carretto's work. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R7. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 007014. ISBN: 0232517525
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Imprint: London, Fount, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean and unmarked copy. Edited by Gian Carlo Sibilia. Translated from the Italian by Michael J. Smith. Carlo Carretto (1910-1988) was an Italian leader of Catholic action and at the age of 44 he heard the call of God to go into the Algerian desert and joined the Little Brothers of Jesus of Charles de Foucauld. These remarkable letters to his sister, written during arguably the most crucial period in the great writer's life, when he explored to the full the particular Christian calling from which he would never be distracted, begin in 1954 and end in 1983 with her death, and are personal, sincere and deeply affectionate. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R6. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 005883. ISBN: 0006275044
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Imprint: London, Macmillan, 1924 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Red boards have minor marks to back and no wear. Internally there is age toning to endpapers else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy. 83 pages + 9 illustrations by the original illustrator Henry Holiday. The classic nonsense poem by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson which follows a crew of ten trying to hunt the Snark, a creature which may turn out to be a highly dangerous Boojum. 11. Illustr.: Holiday, Henry. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011213.
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Imprint: London, Andre Deutsch, 2001 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy with near Fine dustjacket (would be Fine but dustjacket has been sellotaped to pastedowns. Based on research for Cromwell Productions' television series, it is the story of the Second World War as told for the first time by survivors of Germany's armed forces, with secrets bottled up for a lifetime being revealed, unheard stories are told at last and memories which have been hidden away for 60 years are finally brought to light. A remarkable personal record of the Third Reich's rise and fall from the inside, brilliantly researched. 12. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 004886. ISBN: 0233999698
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Imprint: London, Victor Gollancz, 1990 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page. A near Fine copy with a small mark to front endpaper caused by the erasing of a name with a complete dustjacket which has a small indentation to front VG+. A humorous novel of King Fadl who wants part of the neighbouring kingdom of Zibda, which intrudes into his kingdom. He telephones Sultan Nabil of Zibda to make him an offer he can't refuse but GCHQ are listening in and a disgraced MI42 agent, Charlie Hammond, is sent to gather information. Hammond meets an English teacher, Armitage, there and when the Ministry for the Suppression of Vice and the Encouragement of Virtue orders the circumcision of all expatriates, Hammond and Armitages's troubles are just beginning, then they are caught in flagrante by Abdul Wahhab Higgins, Jesuit turned Muslim zealot, can they escape the lash? A glorious black comedy. *** NOT EX LIB *** A1D. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002506. ISBN: 0575045531
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Imprint: London, Victor Gollancz, 1990 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with dedication. A near Fine copy with a touch of foxing to front endpaper with a complete dustjacket which has creasing to front. A humorous novel of King Fadl who wants part of the neighbouring kingdom of Zibda, which intrudes into his kingdom. He telephones Sultan Nabil of Zibda to make him an offer he can't refuse but GCHQ are listening in and a disgraced MI42 agent, Charlie Hammond, is sent to gather information. Hammond meets an English teacher, Armitage, there and when the Ministry for the Suppression of Vice and the Encouragement of Virtue orders the circumcision of all expatriates, Hammond and Armitages's troubles are just beginning, then they are caught in flagrante by Abdul Wahhab Higgins, Jesuit turned Muslim zealot, can they escape the lash? A glorious black comedy. *** NOT EX LIB *** A1D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002785. ISBN: 0575045531
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Imprint: Southsea, Hants., Royal Marines Historical Society, 2013 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy. Special Publication No. 39. Fourth Revised edition. This fourth revised edition has been updated to include the most recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Libya and maritime counter piracy operations in the Indian Ocean. This history traces rthe development from soldiers who served at sea to the modern day commando force, providing the manpower for amphibious operations. It also has a wide range of appendices covering colours, traditions, memorable dates, music and a comprehensive chronology, including over 16 pages of colour illustrations. 51. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 011013. ISBN: 9781908123053
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Imprint: London, Michael Joseph, 1978 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The world's most prolific and best-loved romantic novelist, presents her personal choice of over four hundred pictures, by artists whose inspiration has also been hers, on the universal and many-faceted subject of love. The book also contains some fascinating insights into the lives of the world's greatest lovers - many of whom have been the subjects of her historical works. The pictures are accompanied by Miss Cartland's inimitable blend of original interpretation, wit, social comment and personal reminiscences. 3. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007581. ISBN: 0718117190
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Imprint: New York, Wings, 1996 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy (Fine apart from a light crease to front endpaper) with near Fine dustjacket. Five complete and unabridged texts of the original editions brought together under the caption of Love and Luxury from the grand dame of romance. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.15 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** C3C. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010824. ISBN: 0517182394
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Imprint: London, Marshall Cavendish, 1978 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy in red leatherette boards with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Comprises :- The Proud Princess - first published in 1976; The Magnificent Marriage - first published in 1974; The Bored Bridegroom - first published in 1974; Kiss the Moonlight - first published in 1977; The Devil in Love - first published in 1975. 637 pages with author's note stating that she is delighted that her five favourite novels are all together in one book. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.42 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 16. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010823. ISBN: 0856854964
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Imprint: Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy wit near Fine complete dustjacket. It is 1999, and when the pope dies, throwing the Vatican into a welter of subterfuge, the papal prefect Thomas Costello, finds himself at the hub of affairs he doesn't understand and cannot control. Not even he could have predicted the new pope's unexpected approach to church policy or his subsequent battle of conscience between faith, free will and fatalism. It would take him around the world and across the path of his old friend, Robert Paine. The press are soon alerted and as political editor of The Times, Paine is expected to investigate events in Rome, but when he realises the extent of Costello's involvement, he is torn between friendship and his commitment to his paper. What is the reason for the pope's secret meetings, and why is there a sudden, yet concealed meetings between the world's religious leaders? What is the meaning of the unknown word on the lips of the dying pope? Why are government agencies interested in Paine's activities? Costello and Paine pool resources to try and unravel the mystery. **** NOT EX LIB **** D4E. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 005039. ISBN: 1857763351
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Imprint: New York, Peter Pauper Press, 1957 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy. Boards have a little wear to edges with a small separation to lower front spine side. Dustjacket has wear to edges and a small tear. Illustrated with wood engravings by Boyd Hanna specifically for this volume. The present text is derived chiefly from The Gospel of Buddha, a compilation by Paul Carus from many source-books of Buddhist teachings, including Beale. R1. Illustr.: Hanna, Boyd. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 010801.
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Imprint: London, Nicholas Brealey, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. xvii + 237 pages. John Case, the leading authority and foremost chronicler of open-book management, author of The Open Book Management, in this practical and highly accessible book, explains how to identify critical numbers, how to bring the corporate financials down to earth, and how to set up a system that gets everyone in the business working to improve performance. B2A. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008257. ISBN: 1857882032
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Imprint: Cologne, Taschen, 2002 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. A very large format volume of 400 pages. A luscious picture book of interiors and a guide to some of the most spectacular getaways in Europe. Featuring a selection of the most unique hotels and guesthouses from Sweden to Turkey. The book mixes gorgeous colour photographs with directions, contact and other information. Unique hotels featured include: the Icehotel in Sweden, Amhuinnsuidhe Castle in Scotland, Chateau de Bagnols in France, and many others in Norway, Ireland, England, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, France. Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, and Turkey. PLEASE NOTE: A VERY LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 2.74 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 5. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 009431. ISBN: 3822858897
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Imprint: London, Blandford Press, 1971 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An unmarked copy which has a very thin line of fading to lower boards but no wear. Internally there are a few spots of light foxing to top and fore edges else a clean, tight copy. Dustjaket is VG+ and is not price clipped. 209 pages. 96 colour plates. 6 pages of sketches with many more throughout the text. The author has made a life-long study of costume and fashion, and here presents an authoritative encyclopedia of interest to the fashion designer, photographer, wardrobe mistress or theatrical performer, as well as to the general reader. 309. Illustr.: Cassin-Scott, Jack. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 009363. ISBN: 0713707402
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Imprint: Barcelona, Lunwerg Editores, 2003 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Tapa Dura. Este libro se centra en la creación fotográfica latinoamericana desde 1991 a 2002. Un periodo en el que el debate sobre las identidades culturales fue especialmente activo. La fotografía no se ha mantenido ajena a este proceso; de hecho, durante esa década se produjo la definitiva integración de la fotografía en el mundo del arte. La multiplicidad de los puntos de vista expuestos pretende ofrecer una visión panorámica que muestre el amplísimo espectro creativo de la fotografía latinoamericana. UN GRAN LIBRO PESADO DE 2,75 kilo - REQUIERE ENVIO ADICIONAL 5. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 010057. ISBN: 9788477829423
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Imprint: New York, William Morrow, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. The author presents a masterful, easy to grasp, overview of science's answers to the great questions as we understand them today. The heart of the book consists of six chapters, each devoted to a case study of one of the major mysteries of modern science - The origin of life on earth, the real sources of human behaviour and social patterns, how we acquire language, the fundamental nature of our thinking processes, the possible existence of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe, the impact of our own scrutiny on what we observe as real. Each chapter is presented in the form of a jury trial with conventional scientific wisdom as the prosecution and alternate views presented by the defence. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.92 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 12. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003625. ISBN: 0688081312
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1986 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine copy which has a previous owner's small address label to front endpaper with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Eight well known Christian writers investigate the qualities which have made Basil Hume one of the most popular religious leaders of his time. 15 photographs. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 002370. ISBN: 0002176157
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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2000 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR with inscription to half title page. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Second impression. The author is the widow of Roy Castle, the popular television entertainer. This beautiful collection celebrates the beauty and variety of God's creation. She has known hard times, particularly the pain of bereavement, but she would be the first to know also the sheer delight of living, and this personal collection contains poetry and prose which celebrates life in alll its fullness. D6. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 007510. ISBN: 0340756152
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Imprint: London, New English Library, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. Map endpapers. The Australian author's novel set in the rugged outback, the great red centre of Australia, is a tale of life in the first half of the twentieth century. PLEASE NOTE: A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.86 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST D4C. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 003259. ISBN: 0450406628
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Imprint: Manchester, Manchester University Press, 1971 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a few spots to lower closed edge) with VG dustjacket which is not price clipped. xxxix + 187 pages. Frontispiece illustration of Processus Noe. First published in 1958. This is an edition of the six complete pageants which together form the major part of the Wakefield Group in the Towneley Cycle. Although they were probably written by the same playwright and are certainly among the best pageants written fot the religious stage in medieval England, they have not been edited before as a group. Two, Magnus Herodes and the Coliphizacio, have not been reprinted since 1897, except by the Early English Text Society. Furthermore, every edition of a Towneley pageant published since 1897 has been based on the EETS text, without reference to the manuscript itself which is in the Huntington Library, Sam Marino, California. The text of the edition presented here is a newly transcribed from photographs of the manuscripts, and this transcription has resulted in several improved readings. C3B. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 009678. ISBN: 0719001196
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Imprint: London, Piatkus, 2005 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 266 pages. Illustrations in the text. Did you know that the law requiring a London taxi driver to carry a bale of hay on top of his cab to feed the horse was in force until 1976? Or that Oliver Cromwell passed laws ordering the demolition of theatres, the imprisonment of actors and the fining of the audience? Or that you are not allowed to feed or shoe horses on the road? However you can herd cattle along the streets, provided you do not 'wantonly and unlawfully pelt, drive or hunt any such cattle'. Nigel Cawthorne takes the reader on an entertaining tour of the wilder shores of the British legal system. and unearths an extraordinary collection of the most bizarre and arcane laws that have been enacted over the centuries. 24. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008459. ISBN: 0749950366
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Imprint: London, Constable, 1979 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. 208 pages. 74 illustrations. Second impression corrected for errors in the first edition. Lord David Cecil's book is intended neither as a straightforward biographical narrative of Jane Austen's life, nor as a study of her as author; but rather as an attempt, with the help of material drawn from her letters, her novels and other people's memories of her, to reconstruct and depict her living personality and to explore its relation to her art. Auberon Waugh, in reviewing the book, states '..is a masterpiece which ought to be in every educated home.' 4. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 010384. ISBN: 094624003
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Imprint: Geneva, Edito-Service 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title and decoration to spine on dark green leatherette and mustard coloured leatherette boards. A Fine unmarked copy. Yellow page marker bound in. Uniform with Books That Have Changed Man's Thinking Series. Translated from the Italian by John Addington Symons. With an introduction and appreciation by Arthur Calder-Marshall. Portrait frontispiece and 29 illustrations. Not dated but circa late 1960's / early 1970's. 11. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 002685.
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Imprint: London, J. M. Dent, 1926 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt title and medallion motif on grey cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with slightly dulled spine and just a little wear to spine head and tail. Internally there is age darkening to endpapers else very clean, tight and unmarked. Translated by Anne Macdonell with an introduction by Henry Wilson. Fully illustrated with 28 drawings in pen and ink by Adrian De Friston and many contemporary portraits. xiv and 368 pages. Includes a note on the translation, Letter from Cellini to Benedetto Varchi, Prefatory Sonnet and Declaration (Respecting the Writing of the Memoirs) and the Memoirs in two books. 1. Illustr.: Friston, Adrian De. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 005329.
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Imprint: London, Methuen, 1980 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title and motif of the Don with a sword on brown boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked with a touch of foxing to top edge. Dustjacket by George Him is complete with some fading to spine and a slight stain to lower spine. Translated by J.M. Cohen, abridged by Olive Jones and with 210 drawings by George Him. A wonderfully illustrated edition of this classic work. 4. Illustr.: Him, George. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004792. ISBN: 0416879101
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