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Imprint: New York, Avon, 1994 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good unmarked copy. xix + 312 pages. The book takes the reader on an enthralling journey of scientific discovery starting with the case of Phineas Gage - a construction foreman who in 1848 survived a freak accident in which a 3 1/2 foot iron rod passed through his head - and continuing on to Damasio's experiences with modern-day neurlogical patients affected by brain damage. 20. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010093. ISBN: 0380726475
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Imprint: London, Dance Books, 1987 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 213 pages. 48 pages of black and white photographs. The captivating and long-awaited memoir of Alexandra Danilova, one of this century's greatest and most beloved ballerinas. Her story is the story of modern ballet itself, from its beginnings in Imperial St. Petersburg, through its incubation in the glamorous and intrigue-ridden world of the Ballets Russes, to its triumphant apotheosis in the hands of George Balanchine in America. At each step, 'Choura', as she is known to generations of balletomanes, was present as both witness and creator. 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010919. ISBN: 0903102978
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Imprint: London, Thomas Yosseloff, 1959 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title and house motif on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally clean and unmarked. A Very Good + copy. Pictorial dustjacket is complete with a little chipping G+. A treasury of previously untapped material revealing the contributions made by this army of volunteer women nurses who followed the regiments to the front in the Civil War, appearing on every battlefield from Bull Run to Appomattox. These women endured as much privation as the soldiers and their many letters and diaries have been skillfully sifted and selected to form this fascinating book. Includes the story of a woman who lived as a soldier for two years without having her sex discovered. 25 photographic illustrations. B2C. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 002147.
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Imprint: London, Robert Hale, 1975 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. The author has produced a book in which text and photographs (his own), equally balanced and each complementing the other, present an intimate picture of one of the loveliest of the English counties. A wonderful work with 112 black and white photographs and 1 map. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3C. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 005426. ISBN: 0709147228
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Imprint: London, Virago Press, 2005 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. Translated from the French by Penelope Dening. On 28 May 1996 twelve year old Sabine Dardenne was kidnapped by the man who turned out to be one of Belgium's most heinous paedophiles. She was his prisoner for eighty long days. 'The Dutroux Affair' shook the whole of Europe. Far from sensationalising the horror, her story, dignified and restrained, is ultimately uplifting. 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007126. ISBN: 1844082091
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Imprint: London, George Harrap, 1960 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on blue boards which are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is a small neat inscription to front endpaper else clean and unmarked with a little foxing to closed edges. Pictorial dustjacket is price clipped with a small removal and some chipping. The author was drama critic for the Daily Telegraph since 1919 and is an autobiography of a playgoer rather than a person. Throughout his long career he has reviewed numerous plays although the title is only a conservative one and covers the interesting late Edwardian era up to after World War II. C3D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 001941.
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Imprint: London, Phoenix House, 1949 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red title to spine and six acting figures in red on yellow cloth boards which are clean and unmarked apart from a small mark to back and with no wear. Internally clean, tight and unmarked with light foxing only to closed edges. An interesting work with short chapters on Burbage, Betterton, Garrick, Siddons, Kean, Irving and the role of the audience. 8 photographic illustrations. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3A. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 002420.
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Imprint: London, Bounty, 2007 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in pictorial laminated boards with a dustjacket which has a close repaired tear and a stain (not visible to front) and is price clipped. 215 pages. 27 illustrations. Over 55,000 men from Bomber Command lost their lives in World War II. On one raid alone, Nuremburg in March 1944, more airmen lost their lives than were lost in the Battle of Britain. Historytells of nations of these men, mobilised to answer their country's call, fighting for ideals, living, dying, possibly returning home. One such man was Arthur Darlow, grandfather of the author, who was a pilot of a Lancaster crew in 405 RCAF Squadron, made up of British and Canadians. They were one of the legions of RAF bomber crews that took the offensive against Germany or most of the war. Their story, vividly recreated by Stephen Darlow is a special one. D4A. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 011095. ISBN: 9780753715277
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Imprint: London, Duckworth, 1987 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy which has a small bump to one corner tip with VG+ price clipped dustjacket which has a very small repaired closed tear. Introduced by Barry Took and Peter Alliss. Written by one of the greatest of all writers on golf, Bernard Darwin's classic description of the golf courses of the British Isles, first published in 1910, dropped from sight and lurked unnoticed for 80 years. It now emerges in a new edition as fresh, fascinating and full of golfing wisdom as when it was first penned. It provides not only a hole by hole description of many Great Britain and Ireland's leading courses but an intriguing evocation of the time when the 'gutty' was being replaced by the rubber cored golfball. An amusing and scholarly introduction by Barry Took and Peter Alliss sets the scene. 23 plates. 22. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004984. ISBN: 0715621734
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Imprint: London, J. M. Dent 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title on blue cloth boards which have age darkening to spine and a touch of wear to spine head and tail. Internally there are fairy decorated endpapers and two contemporary inscriptions else a very clean, tight and unmarked copy. 317 pages. Coloured engraved frontispiece ' she left the room walking rigidly with eyes half shut' from chapter IV. A Good+ copy. Uniform with The Wayfarers Library. Not dated c. 1910's. Inscription dated Christmas 1915. B2D. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000482.
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Imprint: London, George Routledge, 1892 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gilt title on green cloth boards which have fading to spine and a touch of wear to top corner tips. Internally there is the usual darkening of endpapers and age toning of page edges else a clean, tight copy. 365 pages + index. Top edge gilt. Translated by Henry Frith. Printed on Japan Paper and profusely illustrated on most pages by Aranda, De Beaumont, Montenard, Myrbach and Rossi, engraved by Guillaume Brothers. **** SCARCE **** B2D. Illustr.: Aranda, De Beaumont, Montenard, Myrbach and Rossi. Book Condition: Very Good TEG. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000258.
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Imprint: London, The London Book Co., 1907 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Half brown leather with gilt fleur de lys and title on green cloth boards. Light wear to spine head and tail and corner tips. Internally there is foxing to endpapers and to fore and lower edges else a clean, tight copy. xxvi + 429 pages. Photogravure portrait of Daudet to frontispiece after a pastel drawing by Will Rothenstein and 3 coloured plates by Louis Edward Fournier. Translated with a critical introduction by Professor Trent. Appendix of portraits by Octave Uzanne. Uniform with A Library of French Masterpieces edited by Edmund Gosse. **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.89 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 4. Illustr.: Fournier, Louis Edward and Rothenstein, Will. Book Condition: Good TEG. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 000292.
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Imprint: New York, John Wiley & Sons, 2000 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 29 of the world's most respected and influential corporate leaders, ranging from Dr. Daniel Vasella of Novartis and Timothy Koogle of Yahoo. discuss how they are preparing to meet the challenge of a radically changed 21st century business environment. The authors are senior partners with PricewaterhouseCoopers. 21. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007334. ISBN: 0471357626
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Imprint: Lewes, East Sussex, The Book Guild, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy (Fine apart from a small mark to fore edge) with near Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 534 pages. 'When is a rebel not a rebel? When he is Jorel Kable, who fights his own kind in the belief that to destroy the corrupters is to destroy corruption. When is a machine not a machine? When it is the creature known as Wispy, conditioned to kill with neither desire nor justification for her actions. When is a killer not a killer?. When he is Rudi Kingston, whose radical values drive him to commit acts no sane individual would countenance; he has no just cause, just himself. Bring these bizarre characters together in a future imagined with extraordinary detail, add the chilling influence of an alien race for whom there is no concept of the individual and the result is Enemies of Society. This book was later turned into a six parter:- Becoming Death, Destroying Worlds, Passion for Dead Leaves, Send in the Swords, Let Not the Left, Morituri. PLEASE NOTE : A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.9 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 24. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 010244. ISBN: 1857762738
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Imprint: London, Werner Laurie, 1958 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Boards have very minor marks but no wear. Internally there is a contemporary name to ront endpaper else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has staining and age darkening and is not price-clipped. xvi + 486 pages. 20 illustrations..The author tells the stories of many famous ballets, including such favourites as The Firebird, Petrouchka, Robert Helpmann's Hamlet and Casse Noisette. In outlining the plot-sequence behind the stylised actions of the dancers, she explains the underlying symbolism in each ballet and shows how effective the creative combination of movement, grouping, decor and choreography can be. Contains a valuable index giving details of the source of each story, information about the composer of the music, the scenic and costume designer, as well as the date and place of the first performance. B2E. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 011303.
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Imprint: Newton Abbot, David & Charles, 1995 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Pictorial laminated boards as dustjacket. 25 projects are presented in a range of styles, including Victorian, Staffordshire and Art Deco, with discussions on the techniques, materials and equipment used. Easy to follow diagrams and detailed colour photographs. 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 004980. ISBN: 0715301675
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Imprint: London, Little Brown, 1998 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. In this unique and fascinating book, Hunter Davies tells the life stories of 21 people who were born in 1900 - from all walks of life, all parts of the country, all occupations, all of whom have survived two world wars and experienced technological changes and new social attitudes. Included are a miner, a doctor, a factory worker, a West End actress, a Cambridge professor, and of course, the Queen Mother. At the same time he charts the progress of several institutions and inventions which also began in 1900. **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.83 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 22. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007410. ISBN: 0316644714
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Imprint: London, SCM Press, 1972 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. ix + 385 pages. As a reference book this volume is intended to provide background knowledge about worship for those who are regularly involved in it or would learn about it. It seeks to concentrate on the information that Christians today need in order to participate with understanding in the worship of traditions to which they belong. At the same time, it aims to assist them to appreciate traditions and contemporary practices other than their own, familiarity with which is required to further the cause of ecumenical co-operation. The entries relate not only to the historic Christian churches, such as the Anglican, the Lutheran, the Presbyterian and the Roman Catholic, but also to those bodies which have intimate links with the biblical and Christian inheritance, such as the Pentecostals and the Unitarians. In addition, accounts are given of the other major world religions such as Islam and Judaism. **** NOT EX LIB **** PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.9 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST R1. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 008964. ISBN: 0334003253
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Imprint: London, Darton, Longman & Todd, 1967 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good clean, tight copy which has two lines and a question mark to the margin of one page and some underlining on one page. Dustjacket has taped repairs and some wear. xii + 540 pages. Professor William Davies is an internationally known biblical scholar, and this work is an attempt to eliminate the remoteness of biblical scholarship and to present, as clearly as possible, the essence of the faith of the New Testament. It is written for those in every walk of life, who have neither the time nor the guidance for detailed study, but who yet desire to grasp the central thrust of the foundation document of Christianity. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fair Stock number: 006526.
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Imprint: London, Headline, 2000 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine price clipped dustjacket. Here, told for the first time, is the captivating story of the flower shop and the intriguing tales of the men and women who worked in them from Victorian times to the present. With stunning period drawings, photographs and illustrations, it is a magnificent and lasting tribute to the splendours of the flower shop. **** A HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.0 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE EXTRA SHIPPING COSTS **** 2. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006115. ISBN: 074274053
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. 13 line diagrams. How will the world end ? With a bang or a whimper ? Indeed must it have an end at all ? In this free ranging account, acclaimed scientist and author Paul Davies surveys the latest predictions about the ultimate fate of the universe, and assesses the profound scientific and philosophic implications. The universe may expand for ever, sliding inexorably towards a state of total degeneration or it could eventually collapse, obliterating itself in a big crunch. C3B. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007165. ISBN: 0297815024
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1982 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy with VG+ complete dustjacket. After the success of his Walk Along the Wall and A Walk Around the Lakes, Hunter Davies now turns his boots and his pen to walking along Britain's old railway tracks, and it's the most original and the most exciting walk he has made, not just as a piece of nostalgia, invoking memories of a bygone age, but also revealing one of our greatest natuaral heritages. 8 pages of illustrations and maps. **** NOT EX LIB **** C3A. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 004676. ISBN: 0297780425
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Imprint: Edinburgh, B & W Publishing, 2000 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page with dedication " To Clifford - One of my dearest friends". A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. A novel set in Glasgow in the 1930's of Nicholas Cartwright, successful novelist, who lives in a splendid home in the West End with his beautiful wife Virginia and their two children, where everything is perfect in their comfortable, privileged lives. Until one dreadful day, when their world is touched by tragedy and they find themselves struggling to come to terms with a mystery that will haunt them for years to come. Meanwhile in the run down tenements of Springburn, the Gourlay family are battling to make ends meet, the Depression has hit Glasgow hard and Erchie Gourlay is unemployed ,and only the long hours spent sewing and dressmaking by his three daughters keeps the spectre of poverty at bay. The future looks bleak for them until the arrival of a destitute young girl on their doorstep brings them new hope of a better life. **** NOT EX LIB **** 12. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 003735. ISBN: 1903265088
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Imprint: Exeter / London, Webb and Bower / Michael Joseph, 1987 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy which has a small place and date written on front endpaper and a very small indentation to spine with dustjacket which has a small hole to spine which has been tape repaired. A large format volume of 209 pages lavishly illustrated with photographs by Simon McBride and contemporary illustrations. The England of William Shakespeare was not only his birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, nor the place where he spent most of his life writing and performing plays - London, but also the many towns where the distinguished theatrical touring company of the day performed his works, presumably often accompanied by Shakespeare himself; Marlborough, Faversham in Kent, Rye, Dover, Bath, Bristol, Oxford, Coventry, Shrewsbury, Ipswich, Wilton, Barnstaple, to name but a few. All these places are described in relevant detail in the book. In London and Stratford there are buildings and landscapes that enable us to reconstruct, with the use of specially commissioned photographs and an illuminating text, the Elizabethan world in which Shakespeare lived. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.95 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** **** NOT EX LIB **** 13. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008008. ISBN: 0863501036
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Imprint: London, Headline, 1995 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with a Fine dustjacket. The financial editor author portrays a counter argument to the doomsday predictions of others and contends that such predictions have been proved wrong in the past two decades. He puts forward a powerful and detailed case for the view that the next century will be much better and that the young of today will be the lucky generation. An optimistic, provocative and challenging book. *** NOT EX LIB *** 4. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 002442. ISBN: 0747212376
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Imprint: London, Hutchinson, 1984 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good + copy with small siganature to front endpaper with VG + dustjacket which is price clipped. A story of Frank Cole, born to a strangely split inheritance, privately educated, the son of a woman from a rich and well connected family who had forsaken her background to work as a midwife in a poor part of South London. Cole's crusading political career takes him leftwards, to a covert career as one of Mosley's blackshirts, then to Spain and finally to a career in the Labour Party but at the heart of his character is a mystery which is suddenly revealed as the story unfolds. 162. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 003170. ISBN: 0091555302
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Imprint: New York, Free Press, 2009 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in an As New dustjacket which is not price clipped. First US Edition, First Printing. ix + 47 pages. Illustrated throughout. The book is a stunning counter-attack on advocates of 'Intelligent Design', explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist 'argument'. Dawkins sifts through rich layers of scientific evidence: from living examples of natural selection to clues in the fossil records; from natural clocks that mark the vast epochs wherein evolution ran its course to the intricacies of developing embryos; from plate tectonics to molecular genetics.. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 011046. ISBN: 9781416594789
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Imprint: London, Oxford University Press, 1954 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Silver title on blue cloth boards which are clean and unmarked with just a touch of light wear to spine head and tail. Internally there are indentaions left from erased pencilled name to front endpaper, light foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket is complete with wear and chipping to top and bottom, particulary to spine. Coloured frontispiece. An imaginative reconstruction, based on the few available facts, of Sir Francis Drake's young life. It tells how the young Drake, whose home was a derelict man of war lying in Gillingham shipyard, first went to sea on board a small trading vessel and how it's captain played an active part in the movement to restore Protestantism to England and conjectures that it was during these voyages that his lifelong hatred of the Spanish was bred. B2D. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 010875.
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Imprint: London, William Kimber, 1975 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine uninscribed copy with dustjacket which is not price clipped. 227 pages 16 photographs and 6 illustrations in the text. The veteran political interviewer presents a new slant on autobiography by presenting it as an interview of himself revealing frank answers to a host of qusetions detailing his long career in television. 20. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002398. ISBN: 0718301544
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Imprint: London, The Bodley Head, 1961 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Gold title on green boards which are clean, unmarked with no wear. Internally there is light foxing to page edges and closed edges, an inscription to front endpaper else clean and unmarked G+. Pictorial dustjacket has some minor chipping and a light ring shaped mark but is complete G+. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith and translated from thr French by Margaret Morgan. A story of five children, on holidays in the mountains, who are trapped by a landslide whilst asleep and cannot understand what has happened as they stumble around in the dark and use smell to detect what food is around and eventually figure out a way to signal for help. C3E. Illustr.: Wildsmith, Brian. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Good Stock number: 001734.
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Imprint: Kingswood, Surrey, The World's Work (1913) Ltd, 1958 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A clean, tight and unmarked copy with age darkening to page edges. The autobiography of a dedicated soul, representing a first-hand account of convent life,as well as the harmonious freedom a nun may gain from obedience to divine discipline. Portraits of other nuns provide a glimpse of the different personalities that make up a religious community, their duties and diversions, their lapses, conflicts and achievements. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R6. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 006725.
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Imprint: New York, Arch Cape Press, 1989 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with VG+ dustjacket which is not price clipped. A large format volume of 99 pages with 70 full colour plates. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, one of the most famous of the impressionist painters, is also the one who represents the quest of Impressionism itself - an appetite for the new. The book presents 70 carefully selected plates that represent Renoir's major work. In addition to these beautifully reproduced paintings there are introductory essays that provide critical insight. PLEASE NOTE : A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.975 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 25. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 010233. ISBN: 0517683725
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Imprint: London, Geoffrey Chapman, 1967 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine dustjacket. Father de Rosa, in this refreshing and stimulating work, focuses attention on two of the most hotly debated questions in theological circles : the meaning of the incarnation and the meaning of original sin. In summarizing the views of leading contemporary theologians, both Catholic and non-Catholic, on these subjects, he succeeds in making the reader experience for himself the exciting, challenging, absorbing character of theological inquiry. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 006656.
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Imprint: Powys, Plane Tree, 2003 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Very Good+ clean and unmarked copy. A collection of the poets work chosen by himself illustrated with photographs from his life. 51. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 004786. ISBN: 1842941216
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Imprint: London, The Medici Society, 1928 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gilt titles on quarter calf with leather labels to spine, four raised bands and five compartments with small gilt designs on brown calf leather with marbled paper sides. There is just a little light wear to spine and to board edges and a small mark to back. Internally there are marbled endpapers and pages are very clean, tight and unmarked with age darkening to map bound in at rear. Bellegarde printing in France. First published in France in 1926, this luxury edition is the first English one rather than the more common cloth bound. 156 pages and map with coloured extra title page. Illustrated throughout with beautiful sepia tint photographs. Uniform with 'The Picture Guides' series. 3. Book Condition: Very Good TEG. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 005283.
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Imprint: Bideford, Devon, D & S, 2001 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine unmarked copy with near Fine priceclipped dustjacket. A fascinating work on the ancient Chinese art of face reading which concentrates on the physical features to determine our character and our lives. It introduces us to the basic principles of Chinese medicine of which face reading reflects the core belief that the part reflects the whole, and it is with the oriental traditions of divination and the vagaries of fate that this book is primarily concerned. An aspect of oriental practice that has yet to be widely accepted in the west. **** A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 0.81 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST **** 3. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 003578. ISBN: 1903327202
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Imprint: New York, The Macmillan Company, 1947 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black titles on tan cloth boards which have some light marking to back else clean and without wear. Internally there is foxing to closed edges, 3 vertical pink lines to the index of illustrations, small pink marks to the top margins of 2 pages, and a closed tear to the lower margin of one page else a clean and unmarked copy. Map endpapers with 84 illustrations by Earl L. Poole and Alexander Seidel. Stated First Printing. A comprehensive work by the author who is from the American Museum of Natural History and the New York Zoological Society. 1. Illustr.: Earl L. Poole and Alexander Seidel. Book Condition: Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 001913.
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Imprint: Stroud, Gloucestershie, Chancellor Press, 2001 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in pictoial laminated boards with dustjacket which has a minor taped repair to lower front flap edge and which is not price clipped. 200 pages. Illustrated throughout. The Desert Rats, the 7th Armoured Division, wore its famouse insignia of the jerboa, the long-tailed rodent, with pride. It was Winston Churchill's favourite division and was widely recognised as being among the most powerful in Europe during the second world war. This book tells the story of the division's final campaign, from Normandy to Berlin, in the words of the soldiers who fought with it. 21. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Near Fine Stock number: 011083. ISBN: 0753702649
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Imprint: London, Thames and Hudson, 1997 Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. A Fine unmarked copy in red laminated boards with Fine dustjacket. A large format volume of 112 pages. 250 illustrations, 100 in colour. The nostalgic French popular songs of the modern era instantly bring back memories of St. Germain's smoky night clubs, of Edith Piaf singing her heart out and bringing tears to the eyes of several generations, of Maurice Chevalier's unique Gallic wit and charm, of the tough sexiness of Yves Montand or Charles Aznavour and of Juliette Greco's love-struck poetry. This enchanting book is a celebration of a long-lasting love affair with these french songs and their singers: Their Poetry, Witty Play on Words, Sadness By Day and passion at night. Each chapter is devoted to a theme and a song it inspired - love itself, Paris, joy, nostalgia - and is illustrated by stunning photographs of the artists, sheet music, record covers and posters. Compiled by Pierre Delanoë who has written the lyrics of over 3,500 songs for France's leading stars and is the author of several books on French popular music. PLEASE NOTE: A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 1.05 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH MAY REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 1. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 010013. ISBN: 0500018316
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Imprint: New York, Columbia University Press, 2000 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. First US Edition, First Printing. The author ruminates on the life of the writer and the significance of language as art. The title novella takes as it's central conceit a famous anecdote about Hemingway's early work and in the eight reflections that surround the novella he contemplates various aspects of his craft. 154. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 001371. ISBN: 0231115423
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Imprint: London, Sampson Low, Marston, 1946 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. White title on green cloth boards which are very clean and unmarked with no wear but gentle bumping to lower front spine side and corner tip. Internally there is light foxing to closed edges and sporadically to the margins of some later pages. ix + 234 pages. 14 illustrations. Foreword by Anthony Hawtrey. These three plays, here published for the first time, were originally produced at the Embassy Theatre under the management of Anthony Hawtrey, director of the Embassy in 1945. Full cast list includes many notable actors of the time. 1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 008765.
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Imprint: London, Collins, 1970 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A Very Good+ unmarked copy. 124 pages. Translated by Hubert Hoskins. Introduction by Bernard Towers. The distinguished Dutch philosopher aims to give an introduction to the philosophy of Teilhard de Chrdin. The object of this study is to present Teilhard's thinking in the easiest way possible to understand. **** NOT AN EX LIBRARY COPY **** R8. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010740.
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Imprint: London, Bloomsbury, 1989 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine uninscribed copy with a small bump to one corner tip and with dustjacket which is price clipped. Fascinating case studies by the authors of whom Delgado brought to the attention of the press in 1981 the existence of circles in fields at Cheesefoot Head,Hampshire. A fascinating and detailed investigation with theories, profusely illustrated by photographs. *** NOT EX LIB *** 11. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 002682. ISBN: 0747503575
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Imprint: London, Viking Kestrel, 1988 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First UK edition. A near Fine unmarked copy with pictorial laminated boards which has age darkening to page edges. A gripping novel based on a true story of a young American Indian. For Sacagawea, a young Indian girl from the Rocky Mountains, life had been hard, captured by slave hunters from the bloodthirsty Minnetaree, then 'won' in a game by a French Trader. Things change when her new husband is hired as a guide by a group of explorers, and its Sacagawea who proves invaluable as an interpreter and guide. **** NOT EX LIB **** 24. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 005156. ISBN: 06700819042
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Imprint: New York, Cambridge University Press, 1992 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket. xii + 445 pages. 45 illustrations. Captain Bligh and the voyage of the Bounty are the starting point of this new study of the famous mutiny in history, literature and film. By juxtaposing an account of the mutiny with an analysis of its evolving place in history and culture, it offers a new interpretation of the mutiny in the context of its historic and cultural representations. Beginning with an anlysis of naval life and ritual abord the Bounty, the author argues that the mutiny did not take place due to punitive violence , as Captain Bligh is shown to be one of the least violent of British Navy captains. Instead, he argues, Bligh misunderstood the theatrical nature of shipboard life, especially his role as captain. Moving to a larger stage, the book shifts to the reception of the mutiny in 18th century England. Connecting the voyage of the Bounty with the cultural exploration and revolutions of the age, Dening shows that a mythology arose almost immediately around the participants of the mutiny and their actions, a mythology that has been continually reinterpreted into 20th century literature and film. B2D. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 008198. ISBN: 0521383706
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Imprint: London, Hodder and Stoughton, 1964 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A near Fine clean, tight and unmarked copy with VG dustjacket which has age darkening to spine. The biography of 'Algy' the nickname acquired by William Strowan Amherst Robertson (1894-1957) as a schoolboy at Westminster. He was one of the pioneers of the Franciscan movement in the Anglican Church, a spiritual director, a missionary in India, associated with the Oxford Movement, had respect for other faiths, and when Gandhi was shot declared a day of mourning. **** NOT EX LIB **** R1. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 007069.
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Imprint: London, Ebury Press, 2002 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A near Fine unmarked copy with dustjacket whih has a repaired closed tear and is not price clipped. A large format volume of 288 pages. Photo illustrations throughout. Endpapers are fight posters. Foreword by Jose Torres with an introduction by Victor Bockris. A celebration of the life and career of the most famous and revered champion. With over 250 pages of meticulously researched text and spectacular photographs - many never before published - the book offers a unique portrait of Ali's meteoric rise to fame. PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS A LARGE HEAVY VOLUME OF 2.1 KILO UNPACKED WEIGHT WHICH WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING COST 5. Book Condition: Near Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Very Good Stock number: 010863. ISBN: 0091886805
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Imprint: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2007 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An As New copy in and As New Dustjacket which is not price clipped. xi + 302 pages. 32 illustrations. Family charts of the Children of Queen Victoria, House of Erbach--Schonberg, House of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Grand Ducal House of Hesse-Darmstadt. The youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert was a daughter, Beatrice, 'the last princess'. She hardly knew her father, who died when she was only four. But his shadow, and that of her mother's titanic grief, coloured the remainder of Beatrice's long life. When the Prince died, Queen Victoria turned to Beatrice for comfort and distraction. In time she came to rely on Beatrice absolutely, while also demanding her complete submission. Queen Victoria regarded Beatrice as both her companion and secretary, entrusting her to edit and bowdlerise the many volumes of her journal after her death - charge that occupied Beatrice for over 30 years. Despite her mother's determination to prevent her from so much as thinking of love, her guard eventually and at twent-eight Beatrice was allowed to marry handsome Henry of Battenberg. Like her mother Beatrice was a carrier of haemophilia. One of her three sons was a haemophiliac, and her daughter, Victoria Eugenie, in marrying Alfonso XIII of Spain transmitted the gene to the Spanish royal family with catastrophic results.. Book Condition: As New. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: As New Stock number: 011045. ISBN: 9780297847946
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Imprint: London, The Alderman Press, 1985 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. vi + 325 pages. 17 illustrations. There have been Bishops of London for as long as the City's history has been recorded and this book tells for the first time the story of the long line of devoted and courageous men who, because of their position in the capital, have been in the forefront of religious upheavals and struggles for power between various factions down the ages. R4. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hard Cover. Jacket: Fine Stock number: 007888. ISBN: 0946619166
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Imprint: Bordeaux, Des Femmes, 1976 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Cinéastes, actrices, théoriciennes, script-girls, monteuses ont joint leurs regards et réflexions pour ce recueil initié par les femmes de Musidora, à l'origine du premier festival de films de femmes. Musidora est sortie de son fichier de films pour rassembler ces textes qui arrivaient, circulaient entre nous, débuts, amorces d'une réflexion sur des images vues ou qui n'existent pas encore que nous voulons voir, que nous rêvons. Un langage commun? Une tonalité sans doute. Une respiration. Un livre. Saisir la caméra comme d'autres femmes s'emparent du stylo, c'est aller au dehors, marquer de nouveaux territoires, quitter ' la chambre à soi' (que Virginia Woolf avait toute raison de revendiquer ]), c'est franchir des pas dans l'univers du fictif, briser le miroir. Des approches plutôt que des analyses, des questions plutôt que des réponses : une exaspération certaine devant La Femme mise en images comme en morceaux choisis : une certitude, tout cela doit changer. 50. Book Condition: Très Bon. Binding: Couverture Souple. Jacket: No Jacket Stock number: 010905. ISBN: 2721000586
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